Agenda BREW 2003
28.- 30.4.2003, Bielefeld

Monday, 28.4.2003

09:15 Opening
Session Chair: Petra Haenel, Bielefeld
09:30 Robert Giegerich
Algebraic Dynamic Programming
10:25 Constantin Bannert, Bielefeld
Evaluation of the Jumping Alignment algorithm with random and biological data
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Michael Sammeth, Bielefeld
QAlign: a Graphical Framework for Multiple Sequence Analysis
12:05 Leila Taher, Bielefeld
Integration of Comparative and Intrinsic Gene Prediction Approaches using Support Vector Machines
12:25 Thomas Schmidt, Bielefeld
Algorithms for High-Level Genome Comparison
12:45 Lunch
Session Chair: Mathias Katzer, Bielefeld
14:15 Margus Lukk, Helsinki
Exploring metastatic melanoma using micorarray expression data
14:50 Ilana Saarikko, Helsinki
General Optimisation Approach For Normalising cDNA Microarray Data
15:10 Bjarte Dysvik, Bergen
J-Express Pro - A portable software package for the analysis and visualization of microarray data
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Thomas Schlitt, EBI
From gene networks to gene function
Session Chair: Alice McHardy, Bielefeld
16:35 Dion Whitehead, Bielefeld
Trawling for enviromentally specific genes by combinatorial genomics
16:55 Teemu Kivioja, Helsinki
Promoter Analysis of UPR Regulated Genes
17:15 Coffee Break
17:45 Janne Nikkilä, Helsinki
Preliminary genewise regression model for transcriptional regulation of the yeast genes
18:05 Ming Chen, Bielefeld
Reconstruction of Metabolic Pathways via a Web-Based Biological Information Retrieval System
18:25 Finish

Tuesday, 29.4

Session Chair: Frank Zöllner, Bielefeld
09:15 Sebastian Böcker, Bielefeld
Mass Spectrometry in Genomics
Marc Rehmsmeier, Bielefeld
Score Models for Database Searching
10:10 Katja Saarela, Helsinki
Reaction distance metrics
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Thomas Huber, Bielefeld
Influence of cations on the secondary structure in cyclic peptides
11:50 Eckhard Guthöhrlein, Bielefeld
Simulation of Protein-Ligand Interactions by Docking Techniques and Molecular Dynamics
12:10 Björn Voß, Bielefeld
Evaluating the Predictability of Conformational Switches in RNA
12:30 Lunch
Session Chair: Carsten Meyer, Bielefeld
14:00 Klaus Prank, Bielefeld
Mathematical modelling and simulation of gene regulatory signalling
14:55 Victor Kunin, EBI
Reconstruction of gene content of ancestral species
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Juan Carlos Borrás, Helsinki
Microaneurysms Detection in Retinal Images using Support Vector Machines
Session Chair: Thomas Töller, Bielefeld
16:35 Evimaria Terzi, Helsinki
Segmentation Similarity Measures for Biological Applications
16:55 Michael Lappe, EBI
Completeness in Functional Genomics
17:15 Coffee Break
17:45 Merja Oja, Helsinki
Human endogenous retroviruses: Review and research problems
18:20 Finish

Wednesday, 30.4

Session Chair: Mohamed Abouelhoda, Bielefeld
09:30 Jens Stoye, Bielefeld
Suffix trees, affix trees, and some of their applications
10:25 Michael Beckstette, Bielefeld
Efficient Matching of Position Specific Scoring Matrices on Genomic Scale Data using Extended Suffix Arrays
10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Ketil Malde, Bergen
Sequence Clustering with Suffix Arrays
11:50 Kim Roland Rasmussen, Bielefeld
Sequence Search and Alignment with Indexing and Filtering (SWIFT)
12:25 Lunch
Session Chair: Jomuna Choudhuri, Bielefeld
13:55 Klaus-Bernd Schürmann, Bielefeld
Efficient Suffix Tree Construction and Storage with Memory Limitations in Bioinformatics Applications
14:30 Esa Pitkänen, Helsinki
Reconstruction of metabolic networks
14:50 Kimmo Palin, Helsinki
Comparing two models for gene regulation
15:10 Coffee Break
15:40 Final Remarks
16:00 Finish