Biotechnology
and Bioinformatics Symposium
Call
for Papers
The 4th Annual Biotechnology and
Bioinformatics Symposium (BIOT-07) will be held in Colorado Springs, CO, on
October 19 and 20, 2007.
History
The symposium started in Colorado Springs in 2004 and
was held at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs in 2004 and 2005. It
was held at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah in 2006. The symposium
attracts regional, national and international authors for paper presentation.
Selected papers from the Symposium have been published in special issues of the
International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications. The
symposium has already attained a high level of reputation.
Objectives
The symposium's objective is to showcase research and
development activities in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and
Biotechnology and to promote future interdisciplinary activity and research in
these areas. Like previous years, BIOT-2007 will
bring together scientists, engineers and other practitioners from
Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and the Medical research community.
Each field that BIOT
attracts has its own tradition. For example, in Computer Science, it is
traditional to require submission of full papers for review several months
prior to a conference or symposium. Conferences in other disciplines generally
require that an abstract or extended abstract be submitted for review. Although
this crossover meeting will bring together people from fields where the
publishing paradigm is different, we have decided on the following. Authors are
required to submit a 2-page abstract or summary of their paper for review. Such an abstract should have the format of a regular
paper although short in length. If an abstract is accepted, the author(s) will
be asked to submit full papers of up to 6 pages in length. The Symposium
proceedings will contain the full-length papers.
Major
themes, areas and suggested topics include
We invite papers in any
area of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, theoretical as well as practical.
Here is a list of topics: Analysis of complex biological systems,
Bioenergetics, Biomedical research, Biotechnology, Cellular function,
Comparative genomics, Data mining in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology,
Databases in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Drug delivery systems, Evolution
models, Functional genomics, Genetics, Gene identification, Genomics, High
performance computing in Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Mathematical and
computational models of cellular systems, Mathematical models of biophysical
processes, Mathematical physiology, Microarray analysis, Molecular function,
Molecular sequence and structure, Microarray analysis, Neural circuits
modeling, Ontologies for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Pathways, Pattern
recognition, Phylogenetics, Physiology, Population biology, Promoter analysis
and discovery, Protein structure and analysis, RNAi analysis, Sequence
alignments, SNPs, Systems biology, Theoretical and mathematical biology.
Additional topics include Commercial applications of biotechnology and
bioinformatics, Industrial applications of biotechnology and bioinformatics,
Legal impacts of biotechnology and bioinformatics, Social impacts of
bioinformatics and biotechnology, Technology transfer and Venture capital for
biotechnology and bioinformatics industry,.
Submissions
An extended abstract must report significant research
results, findings or advances within its own field. However, since the
symposium is geared toward a diverse audience of biologists, computer
scientists, chemists, engineers, technology transfer individuals, graduate
students, professors, industry individuals, etc., the papers or extended
abstracts must be presented in a lucid manner accessible to such individuals.
You
should submit a two-page, single-spaced extended abstract by the submission date
given below. Use the IEEE author style available at http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/authors/transjnl/index.html
. Each extended abstract must be in 2-column format. The extended abstract must
show the names of the authors, their mailing and electronic addresses, and up
to 3 keywords. An extended abstract must contain a paragraph summary of work
followed by additional sections. Please note that sections in an extended abstract
must contain enough information so that reviewers can judge the quality of work
being reported. Thus, an extended abstract is like a mini paper. Each extended
abstract will be reviewed.
Full
Paper Submission
If
your extended abstract is accepted, you must submit a full paper of up to a
maximum of 6 pages by the submission date given below. Please follow the IEEE
Transactions author style. The format is mandatory. When every paper follows a
consistent format, the Proceedings look nice and professional. Each paper must
be in 2-column format. The paper must show the names of the authors, their
mailing and electronic addresses, and up to 3 keywords on the top page. Each
paper must contain a paragraph abstract or summary followed by other sections You
must submit a camera-ready paper by the date specified below. The papers will
be printed in the Symposium proceedings.
Submission Procedure
PDF
submissions are accepted through an automated submission system .
Journal
Publication
The
best papers from BIOT-2007 will be published in the International Journal of
Bioinformatics Research and Applications (IJBRA).
Important Dates
.
Submission Deadline: August
10, 2007 (Two pages of Extended Abstracts).
.
Acceptance Decision: August
27, 2007
.
Full 6-page papers due
after revision: September 24, 2007
.
Symposium Date: October 19
and 20, 2007
At least one author must be registered in BIOT-07
for a paper to be included in the proceedings.
Hosted by:
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Contact for Papers:
Jugal Kalita (jkalita@uccs.edu, 719 262
3432)
Administrative Contact: Trish Rea (prea @ eas.uccs.edu, 719 262 3544)
Location:
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs