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style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Next week: it's
not too late to register for the Second Gene and Protein Automated
Function Prediction Meeting.</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">The Second
Automated Function Prediction Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">August 30 -- </span><st1:date
month="9" day="1" year="2006"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Sep 1 2006</span></st1:date><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">, </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">to be held at the
University</span></st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"> of </span><st1:PlaceName><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">California</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"> </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">San Diego</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://BioFunctionPrediction.org">http://BioFunctionPrediction.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Sequence and
structure genomics have generated a wealth of data, but
extracting meaningful information from genomic information is becoming
an
increasingly difficult challenge. Both the number and the diversity of
discovered genes are increasing, and about 40% of known sequences are
tagged as
“unknown function” Automated protein function prediction is rapidly
gaining
interest among computational biologists in academia and industry. The
first
Automated Function Prediction (AFP) meeting was held alongside ISMB
2005, and
gathered together some 100 attendees for a full day of talks, poster
sessions,
and a discussion panel. The second meeting will be a three day event,
August
30-</span><st1:date year="2006" day="1" month="9"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">September 1st ,
2006</span></st1:date><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"> at the campus of
UCSD in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">San Diego</span></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">, </span><st1:State><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">California</span></st1:State></st1:place><span
style="font-family: TimesNewRoman;">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">AFP 2006 will
feature:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Plenary talks
delivered by leading researchers in the field<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Conference
proceedings published as research papers in BMC Bioinformatics<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Special
discussion panel on gene and protein annotation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style=""> </span></span><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">A poster session<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Keynote speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Shoshana Wodak, </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">University</span></st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"> of </span><st1:PlaceName><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Toronto</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;" lang="IT">Anna
Tramontano, University of Rome, “La Sapienza”<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Russ B. Altman, </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Stanford</span></st1:PlaceName><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">University</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Philip E. Bourne,
UC </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">San Diego</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Terry
Gaasterland, Scripps Institute of Oceanography<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;" lang="NO-BOK">Steven
E. Brenner, UC Berkeley<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Adam Godzik,
Burnham Institute and UC </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">San Diego</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Christos
Ouzounis, European Bioinformatics Institute<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Session topics
include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Function from
sequence.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Function from
genomic context<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Phylogeny based
methods<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Function from
molecular interactions<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Function from
structure<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Function
prediction using combined methods<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Assessing
function prediction programs<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: TimesNewRoman;">Towards CAFA:
Critical Assessment of Function Annotation<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Full program now available</b>:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://biofunctionprediction.org/AFP/afp06/program/">http://biofunctionprediction.org/AFP/afp06/program/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><span
style="font-size: 14pt;"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://BioFunctionPrediction.org">http://BioFunctionPrediction.org</a><br>
</span></b></p>
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Iddo Friedberg, Ph.D.
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
10901 N. Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla, CA 92037
Tel: (858) 646 3100 x3516
Fax: (858) 795 5249 ** NEW **
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://iddo-friedberg.org">http://iddo-friedberg.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://BioFunctionPrediction.org">http://BioFunctionPrediction.org</a></pre>
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