Call for Papers and Posters

Session on Gene Regulation

at the Pacific Symposium in Biocomputing 2003

 

The importance of regulation has been highlighted in the past year with the pending completion of the sequencing of the mouse genome, and the observation that there are many non-coding conserved sequences (CNS) in the human and mouse genomes. The problem of understanding the "regulation code" has been exceptionally difficult, but is finally yielding thanks to the availability of large amounts of genomic sequence combined with expression experiments and data. This session will explore different computational approaches and applications to gene regulation.

Possible Topics:

  • Promoter identification
  • Use of microarray experiments to understand gene expression
  • Statistical methods for detecting transcription factor binding sites on sets of genes with common expression patterns
  • Compilation and expansion of databases of regulatory elements (eg. TRANSFAC, = TRRD, EPD).
  • Conservation of regulatory elements across different species
  • Gene regulatory networks and pathway dynamics

Papers addressing any of the mentioned areas, or any other questions related to whole genome analysis or comparative genomics are welcome. We are especially interested in new results on the analyses of actual experimental data such as results that relate specifically to any of the sequenced genomes.

Referees willing to contribute expertise in genome analysis and related topics should contact one of the session chairs.

Session Co-chairs:

General Information on Papers, Abstracts and Demonstrations

The core of the conference consists of rigorously peer-reviewed full-length papers reporting on original work. Accepted papers will be published in a hard-bound archival proceedings, and the best of these will be presented orally to the entire conference. Researchers wishing to present their research without official publication are encouraged to submit a one page abstract, and present their work in discussion, poster and demonstration sessions. Workstations and Internet connections will be available for demonstrations. Please submit detailed requests for demonstration facilities along with your paper or abstract.

Important Dates

  • Paper submissions due: July 15, 2002
  • Notification of paper acceptance: August 19, 2002
  • Final paper deadline: September 23, 2002
  • Abstract deadline: November 1, 2002
  • Meeting: January 3-7, 2003

All papers must be submitted to russ.altman@stanford.edu in electronic format. The file formats we accept are: adobe acrobat (*.pdf) and Microsoft Word documents (*.doc). Attached files should be named with the last name of the first author (e.g. altman.pdf or altman.doc). Hardcopy submissions or unprocessed TEX or LATEX files will be rejected without review.

Each paper must be accompanied by a cover letter. The cover letter must state the following:

  • The email address of the corresponding author
  • The specific PSB session that should review the paper or abstract
  • The submitted paper contains original, unpublished results, and is not currently under consideration elsewhere.
  • All co-authors concur with the contents of the paper.

Submitted papers are limited to twelve (12) pages in our publication format. Please format your paper according to instructions found at ftp://ftp-smi.stanford.edu/pub/altman/psb. If figures can not be easily resised and placed precisely in the text, then it should be clear that with appropriate modifications, the total manuscript length would be within the page limit.