Wits

First Southern African
Bioinformatics Workshop

 NBN
Hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the National Bioinformatics Network
PDF Flyer Johannesburg, 28-30 January 2007

Conference Sponsors

Accepted Papers and Posters

Programme. A revised list of accepted papers, talks and posters is available here.

Invited Speakers

Conference Proceedings

The PDF version of the conference proceedigs. BIBTeX citation.

This will be the first in an annual series of bioinformatics workshops and conferences hosted by the South African bioinformatics community under the auspices of the National Bioinformatics Network. The University of the Witwatersrand is pleased to be the host of the first event.

Topics include

Comparative Genomics Data and text mining Data Visualisation
Evolution and Phylogenetics Gene Expression Pathways Genomics and Proteomics
Genotyping and SNP Discovery Machine learning Molecular Structures & Interactions
Novel Computational Tools and Techniques Pattern Recognition Regulatory Networks
Stochastic Modelling String & Graph Algorithms Structural Bioinformatics

People

Programme Committee

Co-chairs: Scott Hazelhurst & Michèle Ramsay, Wits. Members: Alia BenKahla, Institut Pasteur, Tunis; Dan Jacobson, NBN Central; Daniel Masiga, ICIPE, Nairobi; Fourie Joubert, Pretoria; Greg Blatch, Rhodes; Heikki Lehväslaiho, SANBI; Hugh Murrell, KwaZulu-Natal; Hugh Patterton, Free State; Jannie Hofmeyr, Stellenbosch; Judith Bishop, Pretoria; Nicky Mulder, Cape Town; Winston Hide, SANBI.

Organising committee

Jonathan Burke, Pierre Durand, Scott Hazelhurst, Brenda Lacey-Smith, Khayeni Ndlovu, Andries Oelofse, Michèle Ramsay, Christine Rey.

Financial Support

We gratefully acknowledge financial support of:

Wits
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 		CNRS
Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique
within theframework of the NEPAD-France Bioinformatics Initiative.