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, Japan

Hotel: Shonan Village Center (Later changed to Lectore Hayama)

Travel information (Airport->Hotel and SOKENDAI campus map)

See this instruction:

../2018/instruction.pdf

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

China
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

Japan
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

Korea
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

China
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

Japan
Saitou, Naruya	National Institute of Genetics	Swift Neibor-joining method

Observers

Korea
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

Thursday, August 30, 2018: Symposium Day 1
9:00-9:05	Dr. Satta Yoko SOKENDAI, Hayama	Welcome
9:05-9:10	Dr. Saitou Narura National Institute of Genetics (NIG), Hayama	Introduction to ABC
Session 1: Chaired by Saitou Naruya
9:10-9:50	Dr. Chen Runsheng Institute of Biophysics, CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Beijing	Keynote Talk 1 Genome, big data, precision medicine and artificial intelligence
9:50-10:35	Dr. Gojobori Takashi KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Jedda	Keynote Talk 2 Bio-prospecting in the Red Sea by use of a pipeline of metagenomics, micro-droplet single-cell technologies and big data analysis
10:35-11:05	Dr. Choe Yong-Kyung KOBIC (Korean Bioinformation Center), Daejeon	Talk 1 Introduction to KOBIC
11:05-11:35	Dr. Ko Wen-Ya National Yang-Ming University, Taipei	Talk 2 Genetic origins and admixed ancestry characterization of Japanese people
11:35-12:30	Lunch
Session 2: Chaired by Gojobori Takashi
12:30-13:00	Dr. Li Yixue CAS-MPG Partner Institute of Computational Biology, CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Shanghai	Talk 3 Precision medicine in hepatocellular carcinoma: From cell lines to patients
13:00-13:30	Dr. Inoue Ituro NIG (National Institute of Genetics), Mishima	Talk 4 Cancer-related somatic mutations in endometriosis
13:30-14:00	Dr. Kim Sanguk POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Pohang	Talk 5 A systematic gene-phenotype comparison between human and mouse to find accurate phenologs
14:00-14:30	Dr. Liu Lei Fudan University, Shanghai	Talk 6 Building a knowledge base for precision medicine
14:30-14:50	Break
Session 3: Chaired by Inoue Ituro
14:50-15:20	Dr. Nakamura Yasukazu NIG (National Institute of Genetics), Mishima	Talk 7 Genome analyses using NGS for next-generation model species
15:20-15:50	Dr. Park Kiejung Sangmyung University, Seoul	Talk 8 An integrated simulation system for evaluating genome sequence assembly for three sequencing platforms
15:50-16:20	Dr. Xie Lu SCBIT (Shanghai Center for Bioinformation Technology), Shanghai	Talk 9 Proteogenomic workflow for neoantigen discovery
16:20-16:50	Dr. Timothy A. Jinam NIG (National Institute of Genetics), Mishima	Talk 10 Phylogentic analysis of Southeast Asian human populations using whole genome sequences
16:50-17:10	Break
Session 4: Chaired by Satta Yoko
17:10-17:40	Dr. Roh Tae-Young POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology), Pohang	Talk 11 Peak enrichment evaluation of histone modification ChIP-Seq data
17:40-18:10	Dr. Shi Tieliu East China Normal University, Shanghai	Talk 12 Integrative analysis identifies potential DNA methylation biomarkers for pan-cancer diagnosis and prognosisa
18:10-18:40	Dr. Satta Yoko SOKENDAI, Hayama	Talk 13 Primate phylo-demography and the substitution rate heterogeneity among primate lineages
18:40-19:10	Dr. Hwang Seungwoo KOBIC (Korean Bioinformation Center), Daejeon	Talk 14 Analysis of MBD-Seq data of Korean CLL patients: As an example of KOBIC Research Support Service
19:30-21:00	Symposium Banquet 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
10:00-10:30	Dr. Liu Qi Tongji University, Shanghai	Talk 15 In silico identification and analysis of tumor neoantigens
10:30-11:00	Dr. Imanish Tadashi Tokai University, Isehara	Talk 16 Genome sequence analysis for diagnosis of infectious diseases
11:00-11:30	Dr. Yang Woojin KOBIC (Korean Bioinformation Center), Daejeon	Talk 17 Deep learning model for genetic variants and omics data
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
13:30-14:00	Dr. Innan Hideki SOKENDAI, Hayama	Talk 19 Evolution of a cancer cell population
14:00-14:30	Dr. Zhao Xingming Fudan University, Shanghai	Talk 20 Identification of metastasis driver mutations by integrating genomics and transcriptomics data
14:30-15:00	Dr. Terai Yohei SOKENDAI, Hayama	Talk 21 Gene annotation for small genome size organisms
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
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
16:20-16:50	Dr. Gojobori Jun SOKENDAI, Hayama	Talk 24 Identifying transient receptor potential gene copies in starfish
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 Naruya
Professor
National Institute of Genetics

Dr. Satta Yoko
Professor
SOKENDAI