[SocBiN] Fwd: RCAM2015 - Announcement and call for abstracts

[Magali Michaut]

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>             2nd Edition of the Workshop
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>      Recent computational advances in metagenomics (RCAM'15)
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> 6th October, 2015
> Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Dr, Roux, Paris, France
> Satellite Workshop of GdR BiM 2015
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> IMPORTANT DATES
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> Submission Deadline (abstract) 6th September, 2015
> Notification                   14th September, 2015
> Registration Deadline:         1st Octobre, 2015
> Workshop Date                  6th October, 2015
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> OBJECTIVES
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> This workshop aims at promoting discussions and collaborations between
> biologists (modelers),  computer scientists and applied-mathematicians
> involved in metagenomics and/or metatranscriptomics studies, either in
> the bioinformatics or statistical aspects of such analysis.
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> Metagenomics  studies  refer   to  analyses  based  on high-throughput
> sequencing  of environmental samples  and microbial ecosystems. Both
> marker-gene (16S, 18S, ITS,  ...)  and whole-genome strategies will be
> adressed to  cover a wide  array of question ranging  from quantifying
> the  microbial  diversity in  order  to  find  structuring factors to
> assessing the functional role of microbial communities.
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> The workshop will provide  an overview of the state-of-the-art methods
> currently used in metaomics including comparative metagenomics and
> metatranscriptomics.  At the  other end  of the  spectrum, case-studies
> will  illustrate  how  these  methods  produce  insightful biological
> knowledge.
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> SCOPE
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> The program of this workshop will consist mainly of presentations of
> refereed papers (30 minutes) and  invited talks (50 minutes). Contributions are
> welcomed on all aspects  about bioinformatics and statistical analyses
> of metaomics datasets, including, but not limited to:
> * new methods, tools or pipelines involved in the characterisation of microbial diversity,
> * original methods for taxonomical assignment,
> * data reduction,
> * comparative metaomics,
> * models for community assembly,
> * challenges for tackling the complexity of metaomics datasets.
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> CONFIRMED SPEAKER
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> Christopher Quince, University of Glasgow
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> SUBMISSION
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> Please send the abstract to rcam at jouy.inra.fr
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> All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the program committee.
> Submitted abstracts should not exceed 2 pages including bibliography,
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> Abstracts must be written and presented in English. They may describe
> work that has already been published or that is simultaneously
> submitted  to  a  journal,   conference,  or  workshop with refereed
> proceedings.
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> REGISTRATION
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> The worskhop is free of registration fees but registration still mandatory
> though the registration form (to come) available at
> http://maiage.jouy.inra.fr/?q=fr/rcam2015
> Registration will close on October 1st.
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> IMPORTANT DATES
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> Submission Deadline (abstract): September 6th 2015
> Notification: September 14th 2015
> Registration deadline : October 1st 2015
> Workshop Date: October 6th  2015
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> ORGANIZERS
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> Anne-Laure Abraham, INRA/MICALIS, Jouy-en-Josas, France
> Valentin Loux, INRA/MaIAGE, Jouy-en-Josas, France
> Mahendra Mariadassou, INRA/MaIAGE, Jouy-en-Josas, France
> Eduardo Rocha, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
> Sophie Schbath, INRA/MaIAGE, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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> SPONSOR
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> The workshop is supported by the metaprogramme "Metaomics of Microbial Ecosystems (M2E)" from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and the Institut Pasteur.
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