18th Bologna Winter School

Revisiting Bioinformatics Foundations

Bologna - February 13-17, 2017

Organization:
International Master in Bioinformatics and Interdepartmental Centre "Luigi Galvani" of the University of Bologna

with the support of:
the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SIB)
COST ACTION NGP-NET

Link http://www.biocomp.unibo.it/~school2017/

Is Bioinformatics science? And if so which are its foundations? In the era of data production at a rate of terabytes per week (at least in the biological field) the requirement of data analysis in real time more and more stands on the automatic applications of tools organised in pipelines that transfer previously acquired knowledge to a virtual world of sequences. The question then poses on the foundations of such an approach and to which extent we can rely on what we invented so far. The school will revisit the bases of our approach to reach the state of art in giving answers to specific problems of functional and structural annotation and highlighting once more that only the knowledge of the electron densities of the molecules and their interactions should drive our understanding of the ever increasing massive deluge of data present in the data bases.

Programme
Revisiting Bioinformatics Foundations
February 13-17, 2017
Caffè della Corte, Corte Isolani 5/B, Bologna

Monday, February 13th
Genes and Proteins
Arthur Lesk, David Jones

Tuesday, February 14th
Metagenomics
Patrizia Brigidi, Anders Krogh

Wednesday, February 15th
Protein Structure and Stability
Anna Tramontano, Roberta Chiaraluce, Piero Fariselli

Thursday, February 16th
Genes and Diseases
Mauno Vihinen

Friday, February 17th
RNA and Epigenomics
Montserrat Corominas, Roderic Guigò

Lectures will be given at Caffè della Corte, Corte Isolani 5/B, Bologna from 10.00 am to 1pm and from 3 to 6.00pm.

Lunches and coffees are included.
Application
APPLICATION should be submitted by e-mail to: school2017@biocomp.unibo.it

Maximum number of participants is limited to 30 students
For Application send a short C.V. to school2017@biocomp.unibo.it
You will be notified by e-mail of acceptance

Deadline for application: February 6th, 2017

SCHOOL FEES: 500 EURO that covers material, courses, lunches, coffee breaks

REDUCED FEE FOR YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (SIB) : 300 EURO

ACCOMODATION at the ERASMUS COLLEGE, in downtown Bologna:
160 EURO per person for a double room (6 nights)
260 EURO per person for a single room, if available (6 nights)
Dues will be payed upon acceptance with modalities to be specified

Revisiting Bioinformatics Foundations
c/o Prof. Rita Casadio
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
School of Science
Via Selmi, 3
40126 Bologna - ITALY

Organisation: AIRBBC
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca in Biofisica e Biologia Computazionale

Travel
ACCOMODATION
ERASMUS College: via de' Chiari, 8
Tel: +39 051 276711

How to get to the ERASMUS College
from the airpot: BUS BLQ (AEROBUS) from Airport to Central Station
from the station: BUS C from Central Station to Cartolerie or BUS #11 from Autostazione to Garganelli

LECTURES
Il Caffè della Corte: corte Isolani, 5B
Tel: +39 051 261555

How to get to Il Caffè della Corte:
From the train station take the public bus, #27 or #25, and get off at the first stop after the Due Torri. The entrance to Corte Isolani is located at #19 on Strada Maggiore.

From the Due Torri, the two towers at Piazza della Mercanzia, follow along Via Santo Stefano. The entrance to Corte Isolani is located at #18 along this street.

From the highway we recommend driving towards the center of Bologna and leaving the car in a parking area along the viali, which is the street that circles the perimeter of the historic downtown. Traffic is limited in the downtown area and allows only those vehicles with proper permits to drive inside the historic area.

Bus schedules can be obtained at the official TPER website.

People & Contacts
Email: school2017@biocomp.unibo.it

Scientific Committee: Rita Casadio, David T. Jones
Organising Committee: P. Fariselli, P.L. Martelli
Local Committee: G. Babbi, S. Bovo, P. Di Lena, G. Profiti, I. Rossi, C. Savojardo

Organising Secretary
AIRBBC: Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca in Biofisica e Biologia Computazionale
c/o Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences
School of Science
Via Selmi, 3
40126 Bologna - ITALY
tel: (+39) 051 2094005