From sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org Wed Sep 1 12:26:39 2010 From: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org (Sandra Borthwick) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 12:26:39 +0100 Subject: [Sbforum-general] NextgenBUG meeting - 7th Sept in Glasgow Message-ID: ** REMINDER ** The next NextGenBUG (next generation sequencing Bioinformatics User Group) will be on 7th September, Tuesday from 12:30-16:30 Location: University of Glasgow, GilmoreHill Campus (Adam Smith Building, Rooms 915 & 916) A buffet lunch will be provided between 12:30 and 1:30. Agenda details, meeting logistics (parking etc) and details of other short talks - please see http://genepool.bio.ed.ac.uk/nextgenbug/meeting/20100907 Please add your name to the list at http://genepool.bio.ed.ac.uk/nextgenbug/meeting/20100907 Volunteers are welcome to give the usual 15 - 20 minute presentations. -- Sandra Borthwick, Executive Assistant Scottish Bioinformatics Forum The Royal Society of Edinburgh 22-26 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2PQ Tel:? +44 (0)131 240 2783 Fax: +44 (0)131 240 2786 email: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org www.sbforum.org 10th International Conference on Systems Biology Edinburgh, UK. 10th-15th October 2010 http://www.icsb-2010.net/ The SBF is a project of the RSE Scotland Foundation, Scottish Charity No. SC024636 The information contained in this e-mail is confidential, intended for the above named individual/s and may be legally privileged. This message may contain personal views which are not the views of the Foundation/Forum, unless specifically stated www.rsescotlandfoundation.org.uk? www.sbforum.org From sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org Fri Sep 3 18:42:21 2010 From: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org (Sandra Borthwick) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:42:21 +0100 Subject: [Sbforum-general] Stochastic Modelling of Biological Networks - workshop Message-ID: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Event: Stochastic Modelling of Biological Networks - workshop Date: 14th September 2010 Location: LT907, Livingstone Tower, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XH. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stochastic Modelling in Biology has been regarded as a challenging topic in systems biology and relevant areas, not only because it is useful in the study of complex biological systems, but also presents many challenges to mathematical and engineering research. This workshop is mainly to bring together researchers who have common interests in stochastic modelling of biological networkss to promote, encourage, and influence more cooperation, and to bring together various disciplines e.g. biology, mathematics, engineering, computer science. There will be invited talks and posters, and also spaces in the programme designed to encourage interaction between the attendees with the aim of promoting further collaborative research work. Some financial support is available to students. For catering purpose, please let us know if you could come by REGISTRATION AT http://www.mathstat.strath.ac.uk/research/hosted/workshops/workshop_sto_model_biology/registration_form For directions please visit our location map http://www.mathstat.strath.ac.uk/about_us/location Directions for travelling to the department http://www.mathstat.strath.ac.uk/about_us/travel Contacting: Dr. Hong Yue (hong.yue at eee.strath.ac.uk) -- Sandra Borthwick, Executive Assistant Scottish Bioinformatics Forum The Royal Society of Edinburgh 22-26 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2PQ Tel:? +44 (0)131 240 2783 Fax: +44 (0)131 240 2786 email: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org www.sbforum.org 10th International Conference on Systems Biology Edinburgh, UK. 10th-15th October 2010 http://www.icsb-2010.net/ The SBF is a project of the RSE Scotland Foundation, Scottish Charity No. SC024636 The information contained in this e-mail is confidential, intended for the above named individual/s and may be legally privileged. This message may contain personal views which are not the views of the Foundation/Forum, unless specifically stated www.rsescotlandfoundation.org.uk? www.sbforum.org From sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org Mon Sep 6 17:04:23 2010 From: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org (Sandra Borthwick) Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:04:23 +0100 Subject: [Sbforum-general] ** Final Prog and Abstracts available** - SBF/S3 - Storing, Accessing and Sharing Data Message-ID: ** REMINDER ** *** Final Programme and Abstract booklet NOW AVAILABLE *** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Storing, Accessing and Sharing Data: Addressing the Challenges and Solutions Date: 9th September 2010 Location: Royal Society of Edinburgh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The event will showcase how technology can underpin the requirements for biomedical and life science research data management and sharing in Universities and other research organisations. Addressed will be the feasibility of achieving data storage, access, and sharing from a technological perspective. ?The areas that will be addressed/considered are: o ? Cost effectively storing Data o ? Data Mobility/ Accessibility/ Transfer of data o ? Meta Data ? best ways to store the data and also how to make sure the right people can access the material and the wrong people can?t! o ? Effectively managing different data types e.g from millions of small files to lots of large image files o ? Indexing the data and being able to recover the right information o ? Data sustainability and Durability (is it appropriate to move data to tape and if so when and how do you futureproof this?) o ? Tiering of Data to help reduce cost (and the automation of this) o ? Scalability o ? Building a resilient infrastructure *** Final Programme *** http://www.sbforum.org/cmsimages/event_progs_10/090910_Data_storage_prog_v9.pdf *** Abstract booklet *** http://www.sbforum.org/cmsimages/abstracts_10/Data_storage_abstracts_booklet.pdf For more information and registration details please see: http://www.sbforum.org/events.php?e_id=95 Thank you for your time, we look forward to seeing you on 9th September. -- Sandra Borthwick, Executive Assistant Scottish Bioinformatics Forum The Royal Society of Edinburgh 22-26 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2PQ Tel:? +44 (0)131 240 2783 Fax: +44 (0)131 240 2786 email: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org www.sbforum.org 10th International Conference on Systems Biology Edinburgh, UK. 10th-15th October 2010 http://www.icsb-2010.net/ The SBF is a project of the RSE Scotland Foundation, Scottish Charity No. SC024636 The information contained in this e-mail is confidential, intended for the above named individual/s and may be legally privileged. This message may contain personal views which are not the views of the Foundation/Forum, unless specifically stated www.rsescotlandfoundation.org.uk? www.sbforum.org From sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org Fri Sep 10 10:55:54 2010 From: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org (Sandra Borthwick) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:55:54 +0100 Subject: [Sbforum-general] Workshop on Biological Networks: theory and applications In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Event: First Workshop on Biological Networks: theory and applications Date: 8th October 2010, Location: Informatics Forum, G.03, 10 Crichton Street, Edinburgh EH8 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ We invite you to attend the First Workshop on Biological Networks: Theory and Applications. This workshop will bring together scientists of different backgrounds with an interest in biological networks in an informal, friendly atmosphere. A central aim is to enhance communication between disciplines and to potentially initiate now cooperation. The workshop will consist of short talks and ample time for discussion and interaction. Participants are invited to submit an abstract for a short talk (15 minutes + 5 minutes discussions). Rather than presenting new results, the presentations and discussions in this workshop should help to identify and discuss current problems and opportunities for collaboration and interaction between the participants. We therefore welcome submissions dealing with either the computational and mathematical analysis of biological networks, or with biological data that could potentially benefit from theoretical models and analysis. The event is free, and includes a lunch and coffee breaks. To allow us to plan the catering, please register at: http://sicsa-networks.eventbrite.com/ before the 4th of October 2010. A few travel bursaries are available for PhD and postdocs students working in Scottish universities. To apply, indicate the amount together with a short description of the reason of the request during registration. The day will end with a plenary lecture delivered by Dr. Anne Smith (School of Biology at the University of St Andrews), title TBA. This even is sponsored by: SICSA (http://www.sicsa.ac.uk/) The Scottish Bioinformatics Forum (http://www.sbforum.org/) Contacts: Dr. Matthias Hennig (mhennig at inf.ed.ac.uk) Dr. Pierluigi Frisco (P.Frisco at hw.ac.uk) -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. -- Sandra Borthwick, Executive Assistant Scottish Bioinformatics Forum The Royal Society of Edinburgh 22-26 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2PQ Tel:? +44 (0)131 240 2783 Fax: +44 (0)131 240 2786 email: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org www.sbforum.org 10th International Conference on Systems Biology Edinburgh, UK. 10th-15th October 2010 http://www.icsb-2010.net/ The SBF is a project of the RSE Scotland Foundation, Scottish Charity No. SC024636 The information contained in this e-mail is confidential, intended for the above named individual/s and may be legally privileged. This message may contain personal views which are not the views of the Foundation/Forum, unless specifically stated www.rsescotlandfoundation.org.uk? www.sbforum.org From paolo.romano at istge.it Thu Sep 16 17:08:18 2010 From: paolo.romano at istge.it (Paolo Romano) Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:08:18 +0200 Subject: [Sbforum-general] NETTAB 2010: Submission deadline is approaching: Sep 24, 2010 Message-ID: <201009161609.o8GG8NdY015557@clus2.istge.it> NETTAB 2010 on "Biological Wikis" joint with the BBCC 2010 workshop on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Campania November 29 - December 1, 2010, Naples, Italy http://www.nettab.org/2010/ http://bioinformatica.isa.cnr.it./BBCC/BBCC2010/ The deadline for the submission of oral communications is quickly approaching, submit you contribution within next Friday September 24, 2010 through the EasyChair site ( http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nettab2010 ). The lenght of contributions for oral communications should be between 3 and 5 pages, including tables and figures. See more instructions below. NETTAB 2010 workshop promises to be a great meeting for all researchers involved in the exploitation of wikis in biology. Don't miss this opportunity to discuss your ideas and doubts with such scientists as - Alex Bateman, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom - Alexander Pico, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, San Francisco, USA - Andrew Su, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation (GNF), San Diego, USA - Dan Bolser, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom - Robert Hoffmann, Computational Biology Center, cBIO, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, MSKCC, New York, USA - Thomas Kelder, Department of Bioinformatics (BiGCaT), Maastricht University, the Netherlands - Jaime Prilusky, Bioinformatics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel - and many other who, we hope, will join the workshop. Here below, please find a summary of the Call. The complete Call is available on-line at http://www.nettab.org/2010/call.html . Further information is availble at http://www.nettab.org/2010/ . ============ CALL FOR PAPERS TOPICS The following list is not meant to be exclusive of any further topics as stated above. Submitted contributions should address one or more of the following topics: * Wiki development tools o Wikimedia o Wikimedia extensions o Semantic Wikis o Wiki-coupled CMSs o Other wikis * Arising issues for the biomedical domain: o Authoritativeness of contributions and sites o Quality assessment o Users acknowledgement o Stimulatation of quality contributions o Authorships management and reward o 'Scientific production' value for contributions o Management of bioinformatics data types * Wikis and collaborative systems for: o Genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, any -omics o Proteins analysis and visualization o gene and proteins interactions o metabolic pathways o oncology research * Issues to be tackled by wiki and collaborative research for: o Genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, any -omics o Proteins analysis and visualization o gene and proteins interactions o metabolic pathways o oncology research The NETTAB 2010 workshop is a joint event with the BBCC 2010 workshop on This deadline also applies to the BBCC 2010 workshop. Submit for BBCC through the same EasyChair site and select 'BBCC session' topic. TYPE OF CONTRIBUTIONS The following possible contributions are sought: * Oral communications * Posters * Software demos All accepted contributions will be published in the proceedings of the workshop. DEADLINES * September 24, 2010: Oral communications submission o Decisions announced: October 24, 2010 * October 29, 2010: Early registration ends * November 29 - December 1, 2010: Workshop and Tutorials INSTRUCTIONS Kindly follow the instructions carefully when preparing your contribution and submit your contribution through the EasyChair system at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nettab2010. All contributions should follow the same format, as specified here: font type: Times New Roman, font size: 12 pti, page size: A4, left and right margins: 2.0 cm, upper margin: 2.5 cm, lower margin: 2.0 cm. The lenght of contributions for oral communications should be between 3 and 5 pages, including tables and figures. They should include: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion, References. All contributions for oral communications will be evaluated by at least three referees. For any further information or clarification, please contact the organization by email at info at nettab.org. ORGANIZATION (see http://www.nettab.org/2010/organization.html for the Scientific Committee and more information) Co-chairs * Angelo Facchiano, CNR-ISA, Avellino, Italy * Paolo Romano, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy We look forward to meeting you in Naples! Paolo Romano and Angelo Facchiano on behalf of the Scientific Committee Paolo Romano (paolo.romano at istge.it) Bioinformatics National Cancer Research Institute (IST) Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, I-16132, Genova, Italy Tel: +39-010-5737-288 Fax: +39-010-5737-295 Skype: p.romano Web: http://www.nettab.org/promano/ From sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org Wed Sep 22 14:52:47 2010 From: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org (Sandra Borthwick) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:52:47 +0100 Subject: [Sbforum-general] Discerning Diversity in Ageing - SBF/SBMN workshop - 10th November Message-ID: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discerning Diversity in Ageing - SBF/SBMN workshop Date: 10th November 2010, 9:30 am Location: Room G.07 Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ageing has become a subject of growing scientific importance, due to increasing life expectancy in industrialised countries and the ageing population this entails. All living organisms feel its effects and so there is a diversity of model organisms available with which to study it. The event seeks to gather researchers from within and outwith the ageing field, both experimental and theoretical, whose research can contribute to unravelling the diversity amongst ageing processes. The meeting is intended to serve as an introduction to the field for inter-disciplinarary researchers and as an opportunity for collaboration for established researchers. Leading scientists will present the state of our knowledge and the challenges ahead and this will provide the springboard for general discussions around two main themes: heterogeneity of ageing within species and inter-species comparison of ageing. CONFIRMED SPEAKERS: Tom Johnson, University of Boulder, Colorado Jan Lindstrom, University of Glasgow Jo?o Pedro de Magalh?es, University of Liverpool The workshop will be a real opportunity for everyone to set collaboration and research agenda in a field that is increasingly prioritised by funding bodies. Participants are invited to present posters showing how their research can help further our understanding of the themes covered during the workshop. Networking session There will also be a networking and poster session at the end of the meeting, where refreshments will be available. For more information and registration details please see: http://www.sbforum.org/events.php?e_id=97 Please feel free to display our flyer to anyone who this event may be of interest to: http://www.sbforum.org/cmsimages/event_flyers_10/111010_Ageing_workshop_flyer.pdf Thank you for your time, we hope to see you on 10th November! -- Sandra Borthwick, Executive Assistant Scottish Bioinformatics Forum The Royal Society of Edinburgh 22-26 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2PQ Tel:? +44 (0)131 240 2783 Fax: +44 (0)131 240 2786 email: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org www.sbforum.org 10th International Conference on Systems Biology Edinburgh, UK. 10th-15th October 2010 http://www.icsb-2010.net/ The SBF is a project of the RSE Scotland Foundation, Scottish Charity No. SC024636 The information contained in this e-mail is confidential, intended for the above named individual/s and may be legally privileged. This message may contain personal views which are not the views of the Foundation/Forum, unless specifically stated www.rsescotlandfoundation.org.uk? www.sbforum.org From r.breitling at bio.gla.ac.uk Tue Sep 21 09:00:43 2010 From: r.breitling at bio.gla.ac.uk (Rainer Breitling) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:00:43 +0100 Subject: [Sbforum-general] Postdoc in Metabolomic Systems Biology of Cancer Message-ID: <8DCED318-AD40-4469-9BBD-8332BAD311AE@bio.gla.ac.uk> A 3-year postdoctoral position in Metabolomic Systems Biology is available immediately for a joint project on the metabolomics of cancer cells at the University of Glasgow (Rainer Breitling) and the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research (Eyal Gottlieb). The project will focus on the development of creative bioinformatics approaches for the analysis and interpretation of high-accuracy mass spectrometry datasets, including kinetic data based on stable-isotope labeling, and their integration with transcript information and metabolic modeling. The aim of the project is to understand the metabolic rewiring observed to be a critical factor in the pathology of many human cancers. Candidates should have a strong background in bioinformatics, molecular systems biology, biochemistry, biostatistics and/or bioengineering. Solid programming skills are essential and experience with cancer biology would be a plus. A proven ability of performing creative interdisciplinary research is required. We also expect a pro-active attitude and the ability to initiate and execute research lines independently. Excellent communication and reporting skills are necessary. Qualified applicants are invited to send their applications, including a motivation letter, complete CV, a pdf copy of their 3 best papers and the contact details of academic referees directly to Rainer Breitling (rainer.breitling at glasgow.ac.uk; http://www.tinyurl.com/rbreitling) Key literature: Tennant DA, Dur?n RV, Gottlieb E. (2010) Targeting metabolic transformation for cancer therapy. Nature Reviews Cancer. 10(4):267-77. Rogers S, Scheltema RA, Girolami M, Breitling R (2009) Probabilistic assignment of formulas to mass peaks in metabolomics experiments. Bioinformatics. 25(4):512-8. Scheltema RA, Decuypere S, Dujardin JC, Watson D, Jansen RC, Breitling R (2009): A simple data reduction method for high resolution LC/MS data in metabolomics. Bioanalysis 1:1569?1578. Breitling R, Vitkup D, Barrett MP (2008) New surveyor tools for charting microbial metabolic maps. Nature Reviews Microbiol. 6(2):156-61. Prof. Dr. Rainer Breitling SULSA Professor of Systems Biology, University of Glasgow Honorary Professor of Computational Systems Biology, University of Groningen Mailing address: Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences Joseph Black Building, B3.10 University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ Scotland, United Kingdom tel: (+44) (0)141-330-7374 e-mail: rainer.breitling at glasgow.ac.uk http://tinyurl.com/rbreitling http://gbic.biol.rug.nl/~rbreitling -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: MetabolomicsPostdocAdvert.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 265751 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jprocter at compbio.dundee.ac.uk Sun Sep 26 11:28:44 2010 From: jprocter at compbio.dundee.ac.uk (Jim Procter) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:28:44 +0200 Subject: [Sbforum-general] Jalview 2.6 Now Available from www.jalview.org Message-ID: <4C9F205C.3090708@compbio.dundee.ac.uk> I'm very pleased to announce that a new version of the Jalview multiple sequence alignment editor and analysis system is now available for download from www.jalview.org. Jalview 2.6 introduces new web services provided by the JABA web services framework (see www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/jabaws for more information), and its structure visualisation system has been updated to take advantage of capabilities in the latest version of Jmol. Highlights in Jalview Version 2.6 * JABA Web Services for multiple alignment using: o ClustalW o MAFFT o Muscle o ProbCons o T-COFFEE * User modifiable alignment service parameters * Visualization of superposed structures associated with protein or nucleotide sequence alignments. * Export coordinates and projection as CSV from PCA viewer Some of the issues resolved in this release: * Improved layout of Enfin Envision submission service. * clustalx colourscheme colours Ds preferentially when a column is over 50% acidic * Sequence fetcher does not replace ',' for ';' when querying DAS sequence sources * InstallAnywhere builds fail to launch on certain Mac OS X versions As usual, please see the release history at www.jalview.org/releaseHistory.html for the full details, and should you experience any problems with this new version, please send an email to the discussion list at jalview-discuss at jalview.org, or file a bug report on the jalview bug tracker at issues.jalview.org. (ps. If you've never filed a bug report before, then check out the FAQ at http://www.jalview.org/faq.html#reportbug ). Finally, I've also posted the list of Jalview training courses that we are running this year. We will be running three courses over the coming months, in Oxford (4th Oct), Berkeley (25th Oct), and a 1 dat residential course at the EBI. See http://www.jalview.org/training.html for the list, and links to the host institution. Happy Jalviewing! Jim Procter, for the Jalview Team. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- J. B. Procter (JALVIEW/ENFIN) Barton Bioinformatics Research Group Phone/Fax:+44(0)1382 388734/345764http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk The University of Dundee is a Scottish Registered Charity, No. SC015096. From bioinfhub at googlemail.com Mon Sep 27 16:18:44 2010 From: bioinfhub at googlemail.com (Sandra Borthwick) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:18:44 +0100 Subject: [Sbforum-general] Horizons in Synthetic Biology - in collaboration with Scottish Enterprise Message-ID: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Horizons in Synthetic Biology - in collaboration with Scottish Enterprise Date: 20th October 2010 Time: 18:00pm Location: Sir Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow, 1 University Avenue, Glasgow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Synthetic Biology will contribute to resolving many of the technological challenges facing us in the 21st century Synthetic biology adopts an engineer's approach to the design and building of an organism that performs an entirely new function, or can greatly improve the efficiency of currently utilised organisms. Synthetic Biology has the potential to engineer a plethora of solutions that can revolutionise the production of biofuels and biomass, bioremediation, biosensors and biologics to give but a few examples. Researchers in the field of Synthetic Biology ask a simple question: What problems can Synthetic Biology solve for you and your industry? Nexxus invites you to come and hear from a panel of experts in the field, to find out where Synthetic Biology currently is, where it can go and how it is already realising its potential. Programme 18.00 Registration and tea/coffee 18.30 Presentations The event will be chaired by Dr Tony Smith, Managing Director of Ashleworth House Consulting Ltd and chief consultant for the Scottish Enterprise Genome Segment Assembly programme. ? Professor Jim Haseloff, University of Cambridge, UK ? Dr Jason Kelly, Ginkgo Bioworks, USA ? Dr Ian Fotheringham, Ingenza, UK ? Dr Susan Rosser, University of Glasgow, UK 20.00 Buffet and Networking This event is co-hosted with Scottish Enterprise. Through the ITI initiative, Scottish Enterprise has launched the Genome Segment Assembly programme producing a platform technology to combine the designed gene segments into a functional instruction set for the organism. This is one of the key enabling technologies required to develop the field of Synthetic Biology. To register for this free event please see http://www.nexxusscotland.com/events/show/892 -- Sandra Borthwick, Executive Assistant Scottish Bioinformatics Forum The Royal Society of Edinburgh 22-26 George Street Edinburgh EH2 2PQ Tel:? +44 (0)131 240 2783 Fax: +44 (0)131 240 2786 email: sandra.borthwick at sbforum.org www.sbforum.org 10th International Conference on Systems Biology Edinburgh, UK. 10th-15th October 2010 http://www.icsb-2010.net/ The SBF is a project of the RSE Scotland Foundation, Scottish Charity No. SC024636 The information contained in this e-mail is confidential, intended for the above named individual/s and may be legally privileged. This message may contain personal views which are not the views of the Foundation/Forum, unless specifically stated www.rsescotlandfoundation.org.uk? www.sbforum.org