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Dear reader: Please bring this notice to the attention of persons
you think might wish to participate.
Workshop on Biological Database Integration
June 8 - June 10, 1994
Pushchino, Russia
(Registration deadline May 12)
We invite all interested researchers to visit this major center of
biomedical research in Russia and the former Soviet Union. The
workshop will give you the opportunity to informally discuss how to
integrate databases relevant to molecular biology and medicine.
Several leading biological database experts from outside Russia will
be present, and many interesting (and probably unfamiliar) Russian
database projects will be demonstrated by their representatives.
The workshop will be hosted by Professor Evgeni E. Selkov and
coworkers, and is arranged in part by Dr. Ross Overbeek et al. at
Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, U.S.A.
We have scheduled the following events:
o Overview of EMP (Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways database). EMP
contains the encoding of the most important articles (approx.
10,000) describing enzymes, phylogenetically arranged. It also
contains in graphical form most of the known metabolic
pathways for all organisms. We consider EMP the world's leading
database of its kind. All participants will receive a free
academic copy of this database (see details below).
o For the first time, a presentation of a broad selection of
Russian / FSU databases. There will be poster sessions and
demonstrations on PC computers. During this winter we have
collected brief descriptions and invited representatives from
the groups who created (in our judgment) the most interesting
of these. In Russia there exist substantial data collections
ranging from minor ones done by single experts to very large
collections of for example medicinal properties of compounds,
3D structural data, sequence data, culture collections, genetic
markers, tumor characteristics, regulatory sequences, and more.
o Optional introductory course to general metabolism and related
computational issues. This will be given prior to the workshop
(June 5-7) by Professor Selkov.
There will be no scheduled talks. We instead invite open
discussion of topics of common interest, such as metabolism and
enzymes, or phylogeny, alignments, compounds, motifs, and maps. If
you wish to use or generate such integrated biological data, then
please join us.
Sincerely,
Evgeni Selkov
Ross Overbeek
Natalia Maltsev
Amos Bairoch
Nat Goodman
George Michaels
Harold Morowitz
Niels Larsen
Anthony Bonner
Terry Gaasterland
Pat Gillevet
Rick Stevens
Alexander Zamyatnin
Sponsorship
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The workshop is so far unsponsored, but we welcome interested
sponsors. We need help with computer equipment and coverage of
travel expenses for Russian participants.
Practical details
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Pushchino is a community of some 30,000 people located 100 km
south of Moscow. The main acitivity is research. The area is
generally safe. The water is not contaminated; the food is fresh
and locally produced. You will be able at least to send electronic
mail.
The registration fee is US $750 for the workshop if you plan to
attend the introductory course, $550 otherwise. The fee covers housing
(single hotel rooms), meals, and transportation to and from Moscow
International Airport. We accept Visa and MasterCard, or a check made
out in US$ and cashable within the United States. Upon payment of the
workshop fee, participants will be given a US $400 purchase credit for
EMP or an actual CD-ROM copy, if there is enough time before the
meeting. EMP will soon be generally available for $400 ($4000 for
commercial licenses). Registration after the deadline is possible if
you pay extra $100 and if there is enough time.
Participants need at least tourist visas, which are issued by the
nearest Russian consulate, and for which no invitation is needed. To
cover your expenses however, your institution may require a business
visa, which does require an invitation from the hosts; in that case,
please register as soon as possible.
Please fill out the fields below; leave blank the fields that do
not apply. Your citizenship, date of birth and passport number is
needed only if you apply for a business visa. Please send this
information, so that we receive it before May 12, by regular mail,
fax, or electronic mail, to:
Center for Professional Development
Business Office, Mail Stop 3G3
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Fax: 703-993-2112
Electronic mail: overbeek at juju.mcs.anl.gov
Questions can be directed to either Ross Overbeek
(overbeek at mcs.anl.gov) or Mary Baroody at George Mason
University (703-993-2090).
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