Mathematical Analysis of Biological Sequences
August 4 - 6, 1996
Invited Speakers:
Søren Brunak, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, the Technical University of Denmark
Alex Grossmann, Centre de Physique Théorique, CNRS, Marseille
Bernard Prum, Laboratoire de statistique medicale, Université de Paris V
Chris Sander, European Biomolecular Institute, Cambridge (to be confirmed)
Martin Vingron, GMD-German National Center For Information Technology (to be confirmed)
Michael Waterman, Dept. of Mathematics and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California
Program:
Life as we know it today is totally dependent on different types of biological macromolecules
such as DNA, RNA, and proteins. The nucleic acid or protein sequence is a result of the
molecular evolution that has taken place over the last 3 billion years. Present day sequences
may contain fragmented or partially erased information about the various stages of molecular
evolution. Large scale projects such as the Human Genome Project result in an ever growing
number of genes for which the sequence is known.
In recent years there has been an increasing interaction between the biological and mathematical
communities. The mathematical sciences provide useful tools in the quest to uncover the
embedded information, which may reflect structural or organizational features or evolutionary
remnants.
We invite you to participate in a 3 day workshop scheduled for August 1996 in Trondheim,
Norway. Several prominent workers in the field are invited to give lectures. In addition, we will
select presentations from abstracts/posters submitted by the participants. During the workshop
there will be time for discussions and informal gatherings.
Registration :
There is a link to an electronic registration form on the
meeting's homepage (click on the heading). You can also
use the email address below.
Deadline: July 1, 1996
Deadline for Abstracts: April 1, 1996
Email for Requests and Registration: flornes@imf.unit.no