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Second Virtual Conference
on Genomics & Bioinformatics

September 24-26, 2002
Founder: Willy Valdivia Granda
Co-Founders: Edward Deckard, Brenda Deckard , William Perrizo

www.VirtualGenomics.Org

Tuesday, September 24 Video Recorded by NDSU

8:00 a.m. Speakers' Breakfast
9:30 a.m.

Opening of the Conference:
Joseph Chapman, NDSU President:
Welcome to the Conference  
Edward Deckard: Dept of Plant Science, The Virtual Conference on Genomics and Bioinformatics  Video

Bioinformatics
Discussion Leader: William Perrizo, North Dakota State University
10:00 a.m. Willy Valdivia Granda
Dept of Plant Pathology, NDSU
"From the gene to the bit: Looking at the past, the present and future."
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10:30 a.m.

Paul Pavlidis
Head Gene Expression Informatics Group
Columbia University (USA) 

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11:30 a.m.

Jeff W. Bizzaro
Director Bioinformatics.Org (USA), "Free and Open Source Software in Bioinformatics: Motivations and Solutions."
Boston Univ Access Grid

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12:30 p.m. Lunch Break

Gene Expression Analysis
Discussion Leader: Katherine Peterson, NIH/NEI (Access DC)

1:15 p.m. Katherine Peterson (NIH/NEI), "An Overview"
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1:30 p.m. Todd Martinsky
Executive Vice President PrincipalTeleChem International, "Making the Perfect Microarray."
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2:15 p.m. Benjamin F. Matthews
Director USDA Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory (USA). "Expression of Genes in Soybean Roots in Response to the Soybean Cyst Nematode."
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3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m.
Xuejun Peng, Department of Statistics and Pharmacology and Mocroarray Core Facility, University of Kentucky, "Statistical Analysis and Experimental Design for Microarray."
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4:30 -
5:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: "Challenges of Bioinformatics for the Understanding of Biological Systems." Discussion Leader: Robert C. Berwick (MIT), Boston Univ. AG Node. Panel Members: Gabriella Ryan Adams, InforMax Inc, Willy Valdivia Granda, NDSU, Lei Liu, The W. M. Keck Center
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6:30 Banquet and Program

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Wednesday, September 25 Video Recorded by NDSU

Biological Modeling and Biochemical Network Construction
Discussion Leader: Deanne Taylor, Serono Reproductive Biology
9:30 a.m. Deanne Taylor
Serono Reproductive Biology, An Overview
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9:45 a.m. Masamuro Tomita
Director Institute of Biosciences Keio University. "E-CELL Project: Computer Similation of the Cell."
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Intellectual Property, Education, Ethics, and Funding Issues
Discussion Leaders: Shahryar Kianian, NDSU
10:45 a.m. Dennis Fernandez, Fernandez and Associates LLP.
"Intellectual Property and Patent Strategy for Biotechnologies"
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11:45 a.m. Lunch Break
12:45 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Educational Challenges and Opportunities." Discussion Leader: Shahryar Kianian, NDSU
Panel Members: Phil McClean, NDSU, Deanne Taylor, Serono Reproductive Biology, Hoseph Brennan, NDSU, Charu Kumar, Dept. of Animal Science, UIUC
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1:45 p.m. Dr. Dan Brock
Institute of Bioethics, NIH
"Genetic Interventions to Prevent Harm and Enhance Normal Function: Some Ethical and Policy Issues""
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2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Specific Interest Discussion: Non-Access Grid Activity
Bioethics, Nodeling/Networks, Gene Expression, Bioinformatics Program, Intellectual Property
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3:45 p.m. NSF
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4:30 p.m. NIH
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Thursday, September 26 Video Recorded by NDSU

From the Sequence to the Proteome
Discussion Leader:
9:30 a.m. Pandjassarame Kangueane, Nanyang Technological University, "An overview."
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9:45 a.m.

Toni Kazic, University of Missouri, Columbia, "What is Function? Adventures in Biochemical Networks and Databases."

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10:45 a.m. Mark Miller
San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Access SDSC
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11:45 a.m. Lunch Break
Transcriptional Analysis Techniques and Challenges: Discussion Leader: Philip McClean, NDSU
12:30 p.m. David Galbraith
Plant Sciences Professor,
Univ. of Arizona (USA).
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1:30 p.m. Brian Ward
Life Science and Technology Center
Sigma-AldrichA
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2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Paul Shapshak, Director, Dementia/HIV Lab., Miami Medical School, "Gene Expression in AIDS vs Control Brains Visualized from Microarrays: A preliminary Study."
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3:30 p.m. Philip McVlean, NDSU, "Concluding Remarks."
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3:40 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Integrating Post-genomic Data: Challenges and Opportunities.
Discussion Leader: Toni Kazic, Panel Members: Gabriella Ryan Adams, Informax, Inc.  Stephanie Rudy, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Univ New Mexico, William Perrizo, Dept. of Computer Science, NDSU
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4:30-4:45 p.m. Conference Closing, Brenda Deckard, Dept. of Plant Science, NDSU                           Video

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