7TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
May 27-29, 2011
Central South University, Changsha, China
http://www.cs.gsu.edu/isbra/

The International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and
Applications (ISBRA) provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and
results among researchers, developers, and practitioners working on
all aspects of bioinformatics and computational biology and their
applications. Submissions presenting original research are solicited
in all areas of bioinformatics and computational biology, including
the development of experimental or commercial systems. Topics of
interest include but are not limited to:

* Biomedical databases and data integration
* Biomolecular imaging
* Bio-ontologies
* Comparative genomics
* Computational genetic epidemiology
* Computational proteomics
* Data mining and visualization
* Gene expression analysis
* Genome analysis
* High-performance bio-computing
* High-throughput sequencing data analysis
* Molecular evolution
* Molecular modeling and simulation
* Pattern discovery and classification
* Population genetics
* Software tools and applications
* Structural biology
* Systems biology

We seek two categories of submissions: extended abstracts of up to 12
pages in Springer LNCS format, and short abstracts of up to 4 pages.
Both types of submissions must be made electronically by following the
instructions at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isbra2011i.
Submission implies willingness of at least one author to register and
present at the symposium.

Accepted extended abstracts will be published prior to the symposium
in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics series and
presented orally at the symposium. Accepted short abstracts will be
published online and on CD-ROM and selected for either oral or poster
presentation. As in previous years, full versions of selected
extended abstracts presented at the symposium will be invited to a
peer-reviewed special issue of IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational
Biology and Bioinformatics. The authors of remaining extended and
short abstracts will be invited to submit full versions to a
peer-reviewed volume to be published after the symposium in BMC
Bioinformatics.

IMPORTANT DATES

Extended Abstracts Short Abstracts
(12 pages) (4 pages)

Submission deadline February 11, 2011 April 8, 2011

Notification of
acceptance March 11, 2011 April 22, 2011

Final version due March 18, 2011 April 29, 2011

STEERING CHAIRS

Dan Gusfield (UC Davis)
Yi Pan (Georgia State)
Marie-France Sagot (INRIA)

GENERAL CHAIRS

Mona Singh (Princeton)
Lijian Tao (Central South University)
Albert Y. Zomaya (University of Sydney)

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Jianer Chen (Texas A&M)
Jianxin Wang (Central South University)
Alexander Zelikovsky (Georgia State)