Dear Colleague,
On behalf of the IDeA Network for Biomedical Research
Excellence (INBRE), we invite you to the New Mexico
Bioinformatics Symposium (NMBIS) March 8-9, 2007 in
Santa Fe, NM. The focus of this year's
symposium is
Proteomics including NanoBioIT.
The NMBIS, now in its third year, is a premier
educational event for the Southwest region featuring
internationally renowned speakers and hands-on
workshops. Each year has seen steady growth
in participation particularly among principle
investigators, students and professionals.
Over 100 attendees are anticipated for this year's
symposium which will focus on proteomics and NanoBio
IT within academia, industry and government.
Key topics include methods, bioinformatic tools,
resources, and biomedical research. The New
Mexico INBRE website (www.nminbre.org) hosts past
symposia schedules and content.
The two-day program begins Thursday, March 8, with
hands-on workshops followed by an evening poster
session social. It continues all-day Friday,
March 9, with a speaker session featuring a keynote
address from Richard Caprioli,
Ph.D.
The hands-on
workshops
(limited to approximately 40
participants), will be held at the National Center for
Genome Resources (NCGR). The workshops will be
followed by a kickoff seminar by
Dr. Steve Walsh (UNM), student
poster session and social hour. The
speaker session will be held
the following day at the College of Santa Fe. This
venue serves to encourage scientific exchange and
dialogue, networking and interactions among
participants.
The Nano-Network of New Mexico (NNNM)
will host their first Santa Fe meeting immediately
following the symposium on Friday. Through the
NNNM speaker series, the Nano-Network of New Mexico
educates about nanotechnology commercialization and
facilitates networking among nanotechnology-related
interests across the state. The Nano-Network
of New Mexico aims to introduce New Mexican nanotech
interests to corporate and international partners to
increase collaboration, sponsored research, and
licensing/sales opportunities among New Mexico's
commercial, academic, and government resources.
The NNNM meeting will feature a world-class
presentation by Patrick Anquetil
of MIT, discussing market opportunities for the
intersection of biology, information technology,
and nanotechnology with emphasis on genomic and
proteomic opportunites. It is free to attend.
The Nano Network of New Mexico is organized as a
project of the Micro and Nanotechnology
Commercialization Education Foundation (MANCEF),
a volunteer-based, non-profit dedicated to
accelerating the commercialization of miniaturization
technologies through educational products and
projects. MANCEF is recognized as the world's
only global Micro-Nano member network focused on
commercialization. See
www.mancef.org for more
information about the foundation. Additional
MANCEF speakers at the NMBIS event include Dr. Steven
Walsh of the University of New Mexico and Dr. Bruce
Gaber, formerly of the U.S. Naval Research
Laboratories.
Call for Poster Abstracts
- Closing date February 26, 2007
The NMBIS Organizing Committee invites you to submit
a poster abstract of your scientific research for
presentation during the symposium poster session at
NCGR from 6:00pm to 8:30pm on Thursday, March 8,
2007. Although the program will focus on
proteomics and nanobiology technologies,
undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged
to attend and present their work from any area of
bioinformatics.
STUDENTS WHO SUBMIT POSTERS ATTEND FREE!
Student speaking slot: One student
speaker will be selected from the poster abstract
submissions to give a 30-minute presentation of
their work during Friday's speaker
presentations. If you would like to be
considered for this opportunity, be sure to
check the student presentation check box in
the registration form. The selected student
speaker will be notified by March 2, 2007.
Hands-on Workshops
-
Jim Huntley, Ph.D.
- 1) Introduction to Bioinformatic Tools and
Resources for Protein Research;
- 2) Protein Structure Visualization
Tools
- National Center for Genome Resources
-
Gary Siuzdak,
Ph.D.
- Mass Spectrometry in Biotechnology
- Scripps Research Institute
-
Bruce Gaber, Ph.D.
- Molecular Visualization
- Vision Rising, LLC
-
Michael Smoot,
Ph.D.
- Visualization and Analysis of Biological
Interaction Networks using Cytoscape
- University California San Diego
Speakers
-
Keynote:
Richard Caprioli, Ph.D.
- In situ Molecular Profiling and Imaging of
Tissues by Mass Spectrometry
- Vanderbilt University
-
Steve Walsh, Ph.D.
- Nanotechnology Solutions for Biomedical
Applications
- University of New Mexico
-
Stephen Kingsmore,
M.B., Ch.B., B.A.O.
- Emerging Proteomic Technologies in
Medicine
- National Center for Genome Resources
-
Brian Haab, Ph.D.
- Novel Formats and Applications of Antibody
Arrays
- Van Andel Research Intitute
-
Jean-Loup Faulon,
Ph.D.
- Shotgun Protein Sequencing and
Analysis
- Sandia National Laboratory
-
Srinivas Iyer, Ph.D.
- Biological Mass Spectrometry: Current
Approaches and Future Prospects
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
-
Kim Leslie, M.D.
- Endometrial Cancer and Proteomic
Screening
- University of New Mexico
-
Patrick Anquetil,
Ph.D.
- Emerging NanoBioIT Markets and
Applications
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Logistics
Symposium Registration
- Register
- Sign up for workshops (space is limited)
- Submit poster abstract
- Sign-up for student speaking slot
- Get on our mailing list
-
Balance
Due Listing
Best regards,
The NMBIS Organizing committee
Kathe Andrews, SNL
Scott Bryant, MANCEF
Christian Forst, LANL
Jim Huntley, NCGR
Charlotte Mobarak, UNM
Faye Schilkey, NCGR
Dan Weems, NCGR
