Announcement

We are pleased to announce that "The 12th Korea-Japan-China Bioinformatics Training Course and Symposium" will be held in Jeju, Korea on June 17-20, 2014. In addition the training course given by lecturers, there will also be a poster session by trainees as well as a symposium session by both lecturers and selected trainees. We hope that the course will be helpful for your ongoing and future careers in bioinformatics.

Outline

Venue

Ocean Suites Hotel (home page: English Chinese Japanese Korean) in Jeju Island

Schedule

June 17 (Tue): Welcome reception
June 18 (Wed): Training course
June 19 (Thu): Training course
June 20 (Fri): Symposium (One can choose to depart or stay additional night)
June 21 (Sat): Departure (For those who stayed)

Organizers

Korean Bioinformation Center (KOBIC) at Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
National Institute of Genetics (NIG)
Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology (SCBIT)

Trainees

Ten trainees from each of the three countries, 30 in total.
The trainee is expected to be either a graduate student, a postdoc, or a junior researcher in bioinformatics or a related area, who is fluent in English.
All trainees should bring their posters for the poster session. In addition, two selected trainees from each country will volunteer to give a short presentation (15-minute talk and 5-minute Q&A) on the symposium day.

Cost

The attendance fee is free. Local lodging and meals will also be provided by Korea, the hosting country of this year.

What to Bring

Trainees are encouraged to bring their own laptop since lecture notes will be distributed in USB memory stick.

Program

All the program activities are held in the second floor of Ocean Suites Hotel.

Program outline

Tuesday, June 17, 2014: Registration and Reception
-18:00	Hotel check-in and registration	Lobby
18:00-18:30	Opening ceremony	Canola Hall
18:30-20:00	Reception dinner buffet	Canola Hall
Wednesday, June 18, 2014: Training Course Day 1
-09:00	Breakfast	Blue Ocean Cafeteria
09:00-09:30	Poster mounting	Camelia Hall
09:30-10:40	Human disease network analysis reveals the clinical severity of genetic disorders Sanguk Kim POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology)
10:40-11:50	Statistical concepts and modeling methods in bioinformatics Dougu Nam UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
11:50-12:00	Taking group photo
12:00-13:30	Lunch	Blue Ocean Cafeteria
13:30-14:40	Computational comparative genomics and its applications Jaebum Kim Konkuk University	Camelia Hall
14:40-15:50	Gene-set analyses of genome-wide association studies Sangsoo Kim Soongsil University
15:50-16:00	Break
16:00-18:00	Poster session
18:00-19:30	Dinner	Sanho Abalone Restaurant (10 minute walk from hotel)
Thursday, June 19, 2014: Training Course Day 2
-09:30	Breakfast	Blue Ocean Cafeteria
09:30-10:40	Whole genome sequencing of six dog breeds from continuous altitudes reveals adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia Yixue Li Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Camelia Hall
10:40-11:50	Noncoding RNA and Rnomics Runsheng Chen Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Camelia Hall
11:50-13:20	Lunch	Blue Ocean Cafeteria
13:20-14:30	Introduction of DDBJ and microbe genome analysis pipelines Yasukazu Nakamura DDBJ, NIG (National Institute of Genetics)	Camelia Hall
14:30-15:40	Comparison and classification of protein structures Akira Kinjo PDBj, Osaka University
15:40-15:50	Break
15:50-17:00	Bioinformatics in translational medicine Lu Xie SCBIT (Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology)
17:00-18:10	Introduction to evolutionary genomics Naruya Saitou NIG (National Institute of Genetics)
18:10-19:30	Dinner buffet	Blue Ocean Cafeteria
19:30-20:00	Steering Committee Meeting (members only)	Blue Ocean Cafeteria
Friday, June 20, 2014: Symposium
-09:00	Breakfast	Blue Ocean Cafeteria
09:00-09:40	How to analyze Big Data: Marine metagenomics and the diversity of microorganism Takashi Gojobori NIG (National Institute of Genetics), KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)	Camelia Hall
09:40-10:20	Collapsing the 10271 16S rRNA sequences based All-Species Living Tree Bailin Hao Fudan University Supplementary material: All-Spacies Living Tree Project Rel 115 Demo URL: LVTreeViewer and CVTree3
10:20-10:40	Trainee presentation 1 Ryong Nam Kim, Seoul National University An integrated analysis of copy number alteration and global gene expression reveals potential oncogenes underlying stomach cancer
10:40-11:00	Trainee presentation 2 Kyuhong Choe, Seoul National University Protein domain prediction and modeling unit determination for protein structure prediction by using sequence and structure information
11:00-11:10	Break
11:10-11:30	Trainee presentation 3 Baofeng Lian SCBIT (Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology) Comparative analysis of protein interaction networks in ICC and HCC
11:30-11:50	Trainee presentation 4 Kun Zhang Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Science Identifying novel genes and gene refinements in Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis
11:50-12:10	Trainee presentation 5 Nilmini Hettiarachchi The Graduate University for Advanced Studies Lineage specific conserved noncoding sequences of plant genomes
12:10-12:30	Trainee presentation 6 Morteza Mahmoudisaber The University of Tokyo Toward deciphering hominod-specific genomic changes which determine their specific phenotypes
12:30-14:00	Lunch	Blue Ocean Cafeteria
14:00-16:30	Poster session	Camelia Hall
16:30-17:00	Closing ceremony	Camelia Hall
Saturday, June 21, 2014: Departure

Poster

Poster presentation (Trainees)

All trainees should present their posters
The size of the poster board is 1m (width) x 1.8m (height)
We recommend to leave 20mm space on each side and design the poster within the maximum dimensions of 0.9m (width) x 1.2m (height)
Poster pins will be provided
Poster mounting: June 18(Wed), 9:00-09:30

Lecturers

Korea
Dr. Sanguk Kim	POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology)	Human disease network analysis reveals the clinical severity of genetic disorders
Dr. Jaebum Kim	Konkuk University	Computational comparative genomics and its applications
Dr. Dougu Nam	UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)	Statistical concepts and modeling methods in bioinformatics
Dr. Sangsoo Kim	Soongsil University	Gene-set analyses of genome-wide association studies
Japan
Dr. Yasukazu Nakamura	DDBJ, NIG (National Institute of Genetics)	Introduction of DDBJ and microbe genome analysis pipelines
Dr. Akira Kinjo	PDBj, Osaka University	Comparison and classification of protein structures
Dr. Naruya Saitou	NIG (National Institute of Genetics)	Introduction to evolutionary genomics
Dr. Takashi Gojobori	NIG (National Institute of Genetics) KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)	How to analyze Big Data: Marine metagenomics and the diversity of microorganism
China
Dr. Runsheng Chen	Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Noncoding RNA and Rnomics
Dr. Yixue Li	Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences	Whole genome sequencing of six dog breeds from continuous altitudes reveals adaptation to high-altitude hypoxia
Dr. Lu Xie	SCBIT (Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology)	Bioinformatics in translational medicine
Dr. Bailin Hao	Fudan University	Collapsing the 10271 16S rRNA sequences based All-Species Living Tree

Travel Information

Direction from Jeju International Airport to Ocean Suites Hotel

Ocean Suites Hotel takes just 10 minutes and 5,000 Won (500 Yen, 30 Yuan) by taxi from the Airport.

(1) Exit the terminal building through arrival gate 5, which will be directly in front of you after baggage claim	(2) Walk across the pedestrian crosswalk	(3) Just get into a taxi	(4) Say to the driver "Ocean Suites Hotel" or bring the printout of this to show him

Shopping

e-mart jeju store (a supermarket, food court, and discount store) is just a block away from the hotel. Shopping time: 10:00 - 23:00

In addition, there is a 24-hour convenience store in the hotel.

Sightseeing Information

One-day guided bus tour

Yeha Tour offers a one-day guided bus tour for 79,000 Won (480 Yuan, 7,800 Yen). They will pick you up at Ocean Suites Hotel and drop you off at the airport. The guide is offered in English or Chinese (no Japanese yet). For inquiry, visit their homepage in English or Chinese.