Announcement
We are pleased to announce that "The 16th Korea-Japan-China Bioinformatics Symposium" will be held in Hayama, Japan on August 29-31, 2018. We hope that the symposium will be a prime channel to promote collaboration in bioinformatics in our region.
Outline
Venue and Hotel
Venue: SOKENDAI Headquarter, Hayama Campus, JapanHotel: Shonan Village Center (Later changed to Lectore Hayama)
Travel information (Airport->Hotel and SOKENDAI campus map)
See this instruction:
Schedule
- August 29 (Wed): Arrival and welcome dinner reception
- August 30 (Thu): Symposium
- August 31 (Fri): Symposium
- September 1 (Sat): Departure
Organizers
- National Institute of Genetics (NIG) and SOKENDAI (Local host)
- Korean Bioinformation Center (KOBIC) at Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
- Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology (SCBIT)
Participants
- Ten presenters from each of the three countries, 30 in total.
- A keynote speaker from each country will give 35-min presentation (30-min talk and 5-min Q&A).
- Remaining nine speakers from each country will give 30-min presentation (25-min talk and 5-min Q&A).
Cost
The attendance fee is free. Local lodging and meals will also be provided by Japan, the hosting country of this year.
Participants
Speakers
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Chen, Runsheng | Institute of Biophysics, CAS | Genome, big data, precision medicine and artificial intelligence | |
Li, Miaoxin | Sun Yat-sen University | Methods for identifying disease causal or susceptibility mutations from high-throughput sequencing data | |
Li, Yixue | CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, CAS | Precision medicine in hepatocellular carcinoma: From cell lines to patients | |
Liu, Lei | Fudan University | Building a knowledge base for precision medicine | |
Liu, Qi | Tongji University | In silico identification and analysis of tumor neoantigens | |
Ning, Kang | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | Big-data for microbiome researches: Data integration, analysis and applications | |
Shi, Tieliu | East China Normal University | Integrative analysis identifies potential DNA methylation biomarkers for pan-cancer diagnosis and prognosis | |
Xie, Lu | SCBIT | Proteogenomic workflow for neoantigen discovery | |
Zhao, Xingming | Fudan University | Identification of metastasis driver mutations by integrating genomics and transcriptomics data |
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Gojobori, Jun | Lecturer | SOKENDAI | Identifying transient receptor potential gene copies in starfish |
Gojobori, Takashi | Professor | KAUST and Waseda University | Bio-prospecting in the Red Sea by use of a pipeline of metagenomics, micro-droplet single-cell technologies and big data analyses |
Imanish, Tadashi | Professor | Tokai University School of Medicine | Genome sequence analysis for diagnosis of infectious diseases |
Innan, Hideki | Associate Professor | SOKENDAI | Evolution of a cancer cell population |
Inoue, Ituro | Professor | National Institute of Genetics | Cancer-related somatic mutations in endometriosis |
Kawashima, Takeshi | Assistant Professor | National Institute of Genetics | Research for the evolution of metabolic pathways utilizing metabolome data |
Ko, Wen-Ya | Assistant Professor | National Yang-Ming University, Taipei | Genetic origins and admixed ancestry characterization of Japansese people |
Nakamura, Yasukazu | Professor | National Institute of Genetics | Genome analyses using NGS for next-generation model species |
Satta, Yoko | Professor | SOKENDAI | Primate phylo-demography and the substitution rate heterogeneity among primate lineages |
Terai, Yohei | Assistant Professor | SOKENDAI | Gene annotation for small genome size organisms |
Jinam, Timothy A. | Assistant Professor | National Institute of Genetics | Phylogenetic analysis of Southeast Asian human populations using whole genome sequences |
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Choe, Yong-Kyung | Director | KOBIC | Introduction to KOBIC |
Hwang, Seungwoo | Senior Researcher | KOBIC | Analysis of MBD-Seq data of Korean CLL patients: As an example of KOBIC Research Support Service |
Kim, Sanguk | Professor | POSTECH | A systematic gene-phenotype comparison between human and mouse to find accurate phenologs |
Nam, Dougu (Keynote speaker) | Associate Professor | UNIST | Increasing power of genome-wide association study: pathway and meta analysis |
Park, Kiejung | Professor | Sangmyung University | An integrated simulation system for evaluating genome sequence assembly for three sequencing platforms |
Roh, Tae-Young | Professor | POSTECH | Peak enrichment evaluation of histone modification ChIP-Seq data |
Yang, Woojin | Post-Doc | KOBIC | Deep learning model for genetic variants and omics data |
Poster presenters
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Jiang, Lin | Sun Yat-sen University | A comprehensive framework for identifying tissue- or cell type-specific pathology of human diseases based on specific expression profiles |
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Saitou, Naruya | National Institute of Genetics | Swift Neibor-joining method |
Observers
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Byeon, Iksu | Researcher | KOBIC | |
Lee, Banghyuck | Researcher | KOBIC | |
Oh, Sangho | Researcher | KOBIC |
Program
Wednesday, August 29, 2018: Arrival | ||
19:00-20:30 | Welcome party at SOKENDAI |
Friday, August 31, 2017: Symposium Day 2 | |||
Session 5: Chaired by Nakamura Yasukazu | |||
9:25-10:00 |
Dr. Nam Dougu UNIST (Ulsan National Insitute of Science and Technology), Ulsan |
Keynote Talk 3 Increasing power of genome-wide association study: pathway and meta analysis ![]() |
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10:00-10:30 |
Dr. Liu Qi Tongji University, Shanghai |
Talk 15 In silico identification and analysis of tumor neoantigens ![]() |
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10:30-11:00 |
Dr. Imanish Tadashi Tokai University, Isehara |
Talk 16 Genome sequence analysis for diagnosis of infectious diseases |
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11:00-11:30 |
Dr. Yang Woojin KOBIC (Korean Bioinformation Center), Daejeon |
Talk 17 Deep learning model for genetic variants and omics data ![]() |
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11:30-13:00 | Lunch | ||
Session 6: Chaired by Imanish Tadashi | |||
13:00-13:30 |
Dr. Ning Kang Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Huazhong |
Talk 18 Big-data for microbiome researches: Data integration, analysis and applications ![]() |
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13:30-14:00 |
Dr. Innan Hideki SOKENDAI, Hayama |
Talk 19 Evolution of a cancer cell population |
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14:00-14:30 |
Dr. Zhao Xingming Fudan University, Shanghai |
Talk 20 Identification of metastasis driver mutations by integrating genomics and transcriptomics data ![]() |
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14:30-15:00 |
Dr. Terai Yohei SOKENDAI, Hayama |
Talk 21 Gene annotation for small genome size organisms |
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15:00-15:20 | Break | ||
Session 7: Chaired by Innan Hideki | |||
15:20-15:50 |
Dr. Li Miaoxin Sun Yat-sen University, Guanzhou |
Talk 22 Methods for identifying disease causal or susceptibility mutations from high-throughput sequencing data ![]() |
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15:50-16:20 |
Dr. Kawashima Takeshi NIG (National Institute of Genetics), Mishima |
Talk 23 Research for the evolution of metabolic pathways utilizing metabolome data |
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16:20-16:50 |
Dr. Gojobori Jun SOKENDAI, Hayama |
Talk 24 Identifying transient receptor potential gene copies in starfish |
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Session 8: Chaired by Timothy A. Jinam | |||
16:50-16:55 |
Lin Jiang Sun Yat-sen University, Guanzhou |
Poster Session Short Talk 1 | |
16:55-17:00 |
TBA Tokai University, Isehara |
Poster Session Short Talk 2 | |
17:00-17:05 |
Dr. Saitou Naruya NIG (National Insitute of Genetics), Mishima |
Poster Session Short Talk 3 | |
17:05-17:10 |
Dr. Xie Lu SCBIT (Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology) |
Ending Remark | |
18:00-20:00 | Dinner (Shonan OVA restaurant) |
Saturday, September 1, 2018: Departure |
Contact
Dr. Saitou NaruyaProfessor
National Institute of Genetics

Dr. Satta Yoko
Professor
SOKENDAI
