International Workshop on Gene Signaling Pathway Analysis and Representation
Fri 14th November,
Convitto della Calza, Florence, Italy

http://www.dc-thera.org/GeSiPAR

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In cooperation with:

- DC-Thera: Dendritic Cell for Novel Immunotherapies,  European Commission Network of Excellence
- University of Florence, Italy
- University of Rennes 1, Italy
- Wayne State University, USA

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Overview
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The workshop focus on the representation of signaling pathways and its application to -omics data analysis. It is held in conjunction with I-ATLAS: International Workshop on Gene Signaling Pathway Analysis and Representation for immuno-genomics. It will have a public of field experts and potential users, and will propose keynotes, selected talks and a poster session.

Workshop Description
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Functional evaluation of -omics data is of increasing importance as the volume and types of quantitative information on biological systems is increasing.

This requires access to knowledge on biological mechanisms at the molecular level and in particular, the use of representations that capture the structure of these mechanisms, such as pathways. The use of pathway information in the interpretation of -omics data promises to offer an insight that is tolerant to noise in data and to incomplete knowledge of biological systems.

This workshop aims at exploring the issues related to the representation of signaling pathways, and their application in the interpretation of data. It will have an applied focus, with a public consisting of field experts and potential users, and it is held in conjunction with I-ATLAS: International Workshop on Gene Signaling Pathway Analysis and Representation for immuno-genomics.

It will draw attention to issues related to pathway representations and ontologies, to statistical methods for the integration of pathway knowledge into data analysis, and to the visualization of pathway information.

Topics of Interest
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The workshop focus on the representation of signaling pathways and their use in -omics data interpretation. Topics if interest include, but are not limited to:

* Tools and methods to integrate pathway information and high throughput data
* Tools and methods for the representation of pathways
* Visualization of pathways


Workshop Venue and Format
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Convitto della Calza, Florence, Italy.
14th Nov. 2008

Provisional program:

9.00-9.15        Welcome and introduction
-- Session: Pathways, Networks, Ontologies --
9.15-10.05      Keynote: TBA    (45' + 5' questions)
10.05-11.15    Selected talks (1x 25' +5' questions, 2x 15' + 5' questions)
11.15-12.00    Coffee Break and Poster Session
12.00-12.50    Keynote: TBA    (45' + 5' questions)
12.50-14.00    Lunch
-- Session: Statistical methods to asess enrichment functions
14.00-14.50    Keynote: TBA    (45' + 5' questions)
14.50-16.00    Selected talks (1x 25'+5' questions, 2x 15' + 5' questions)
16.00-16.30    Coffee Break and Poster Session
-- Session: Graphical representation of biological networks and concepts
16.30-17.20    Keyonte: TBA    (45' + 5' questions)
17.20-18.30    Selected talks (1x 25'+5' questions, 2x 15' + 5' questions)
18.30-19.30    Poster Session
20.00-            Social Dinner in Florence


Types of contributions
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The following possible original contributions are sought:

 * Oral communications (regular papers)
 * Posters

Accepted oral communications and posters will be included in the abstract's book distributed to the participants.

We will pursue the publication of a selection of revised papers to a high-quality journal.


Deadlines
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Inscriptions open: september, 15th
Deadline for paper submission: october 1st

Instructions
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Submission will be managed through EasyChair.


- Submissions for Oral communications should be between 5 and 7 pages (A4, 12pt, single spacing)
- Posters submissions should be between 2 and 4 pages

We will pursue the publication of extended selected papers to a high- quality journal.

Workshop chairs
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Duccio Cavalieri, University of Florence, Italy
Sorin Draghici, Wayne State University, USA
Andrea Splendiani, University of Rennes 1, France


Program Committee
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To be announced


Workshop Website: www.i-atlas.org
info: info [at] i-atlas [dot] org