Announcement

We are pleased to announce that "The 8th Japan-Korea-China Bioinformatic Training Course" will be held at the Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, in February 25-28, 2009. This time we will also organize a "Bioinformatics Symposium" at which the lecturers of the training course talk about their original research topics. The trainees are expected to attend this Symposium, as well. If you wish to participate in this training course as a trainee, please apply now (see below for application)

Outline

Venue: Kyoto University Main Campus, Kyoto, Japan
- Training Course: South Building, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies
- Bioinformatics Symposium: Room 120, Second Building of Faculty of Science
Dates
- Training Course: February 25-27, 2009
- Bioinformatics Symposium: February 28, 2009
Trainees
- Ten trainees from each of the three countries, 30 in total
- The number of the trainees from Japan is limited to 10
- The trainee is expected to be either a graduate student or a postdoc in bioinformatic or a related area who is fluent in English
Organizers
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Center for Information Biology and DDBJ (CIB-DDBJ) at the National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
- Korean BioInformation Center (KOBIC) at the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
- Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology (SCBIT)
Fees: The attendance fee is free. Moreover, the trainees are covered with travel expenses, lodging and meals. He/She is also provided with a PC linked with Internet during the course.

Lecturers

Country	Name	Affiliation	Training course topic	Symposium topic
Japan	GOJOBORI Takashi	NIG	Use of Genome Network Project databases and H-inv databases
	IKEO Kazuho	NIG	Use of DDBJ databases and its web services	The analysis of gene expression by use of large scale short reads
	GOTO Susumu	Kyoto U	KEGG as a reference database for omics data analysis
	KINJO Akira	Osaka U	Use of PDBj databases and related softwares	Diversity and Universality of Protein Ligand Binding Sites
	SAITOU Naruya	NIG		Evolution of protein non-coding DNA region in vertebrates
	TATENO Yoshio	NIG		Genome scale construction and evaluation of bacterial phylogeny
Korea	Jong Bhak	KOBIC	Omics, Interactomics, and Genomics	Korean Genome Sequence Analysis
	Seungwoo Hwang	KOBIC	Key concepts in microarray data analysis	Reconstruction of vertebrate phylogeny using whole genome data
	Daehee Hwang	POSTECH	From proteomics toward Systems Biology	Exosome-based systems biology
	Heebal Kim	Seoul National U	Finding positive selection signature from genome-wide sequence data	Improvement of prediction and feature detection of microarray data by regularized variable selection methods
China	Li Yixue	SIBS	Genome-wide Regulatory Network Analysis	Modeling human genome-wide combinatorial regulatory networks initiated by transcription factors and microRNAs using forward and reverse engineering
	Liu Lei	SIBS	Microarray Data Analysis	Gene expression module based chemical similarity search
	Xie Lu	SCBIT	Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis	The prognostic role of a gene signature from highly tumorigenic liver cancer cells
	Wei Chaochun	SJU	Gene Prediction Methods and Algorithms	Estimation of gene numbers in human gut microbiaial communities: overall genes and core genes

NIG: National Institute of Genetics
KOBIC: Korean Bioinformation Center
POSTECH: Pohang University of Science and Technology
SIB: Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences
SCBIT: Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology

Program

Bioinformatics Training Course

February 24 (Tue), 2009
15:00-18:00	Hotel check-in (trainees and lecturers will stay in different but adjacent hotels in Kyoto)
19:00-20:40	Welcome reception
Februrary 25 (Wed), 2009
09:00-09:30	Move to Kyoto University Campus by bus
09:30-09:45	Announcement and computer setup
09:45-11:45	Lecture 1: Omics, Interactomics, and Genomics	Jong Bhak	KOBIC, Korea
11:45-13:00	Lunch
13:00-14:30	Lecture 2: Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis	Xie Lu	SCBIT, China
14:45-16:15	Lecture 3: From Proteomics toward Systems	Daehee Hwang	POSTECH, Korea
16:30-18:00	Lecture 4: Use of PDBj databases and related softwares	Kinjo Akira	Osaka U, Japan
18:30-19:30	Dinner
19:30-	Return to hotel by subway
Februrary 26 (Thu), 2009
09:30-10:00	Move to Kyoto University Campus by bus
10:00-12:00	Lecture 5: Genome-wide Regulatory Network Analysis	Li Yixue	SCBIT, China
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-14:30	Lecture 6: Key Concepts in Microarray Data Analysis	Seungwoo Hwang	KOBIC, Korea
14:45-16:15	Lecture 7: Microarray Data Analysis	Liu Lei	SCBIT, China
16:30-18:00	Lecture 8: Use of KEGG Databases and Related Softwares	Goto Susumu	Kyoto U, Japan
18:00-18:15	Move to restaurant on foot
19:00-20:00	Dinner
Februrary 27 (Fri), 2009
09:00-09:30	Move to Kyoto University Campus by bus
09:30-11:00	Lecture 9: Use of DDBJ Databases and Related Applications	Ikeo Kazuho	NIG, Japan
11:15-12:45	Lecture 10: Gene Prediction Methods and Algorithms	Wei Chaochun	SJU, China
12:45-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Lecture 11: Finding Positive Selection Signature from Genome-wide Sequence Data	Heebal Kim	Seoul National U, Korea
15:45-17:45	Lecture 12: Hinv databases and Genome Network Project	Gojobori Takashi	NIG, Japan
17:45-18:15	Move to restaurant by bus
18:30-20:00	Closing reception

Bioinformatics Symposium

February 28 (Sat), 2009
09:00-09:30	Move to Kyoto University Campus by bus
10:00-10:10	Opening announcement
Chair: Tateno Yoshio (NIG, Japan)
10:10-10:40	Talk 1: Korean Genome Sequence Analysis	Jong Bhak	KOBIC, Korea
10:40-11:10	Talk 2: Estimation of gene numbers in human gut microbial communitie	Wei Chaochun	SJU, China
11:10-11:40	Talk 3: Genome scale construction and evaluation of bacterial phylogeny	Tateno Yoshio	NIG, Japan
11:40-12:10	Talk 4: Reconstruction of vertebrate phylogeny using whole genome data	Seungwoo Hwang	KOBIC, Korea
12:10-14:00	Lunch
Chair: Saitou Naruya (NIG, Japan)
14:00-14:30	Talk 5: Diversity and Universality of Protein Ligand Binding Sites	Kinjo Akira	Osaka U, Japan
14:30-15:00	Talk 6: The prognostic role of a gene signature from highly tumorigenic liver cancer cells	Xie Lu	SCBIT, China
15:00-15:30	Talk 7: Exosome-based systems biology	Daehee Hwang	POSTECH, Korea
15:30-16:00	Talk 8: The Analysis of Gene Expression by Using of Large Scale Short Reads	IKEO Kazuho	NIG, Japan
16:00-16:15	Coffee Break
Chair: Ikeo Kazuho (NIG, Japan)
16:15-16:45	Talk 9: Improvement of prediction and feature detection of microarray data by regularized variable selection methods	Heebal Kim	Seoul National U
16:45-17:15	Talk 10: Gene expression module based chemical similarity search	Liu Lei	SCBIT, China
17:15-17:45	Talk 11: Evolution of protein non-coding DNA region in vertebrates	Saitou Naruya	NIG, Japan
17:45-17:50	Ending announcement