smd@occlusal.rutgers.edu (Stanley Dunn) (09/21/89)
For further information, contact one of the organizers listed
below, or smd@occlusal.rutgers.edu or kowtha@jvncc.csc.org.
Molecular Biology Symposium:
Genome Mapping: Future Computational Challenges
Dr. Jacob Maizel heads the modelling section of the
National Cancer Instiute, Frederick, MD. He has been very
actively involved with computational aspects in molecular
biology in general. The title of his talk would be on : Com-
putational Challenges in understanding genome sequences.
Dr. James Ostell is at the center for Biological Infor-
matics, National Library of Medicine(NIH), Bethesda, MD. He
has spent considerable time in developing software packages
for molecular biology applications and is very much involved
in the software standards. He will be focussing on software
packages and considerations for standardizations and general
applicabilites in genome mapping.
Dr. David Sankoff is a Professor of Mathematics at the
University of Montreal. His book(co-authored with Dr.
Joseph B. Kruskal) Time warps, string edits and Macro-
molecules: the Theory and Practice of Sequence Comparision
(Academic Press, 1983) serves as an introduction in to the
theoretical aspects of molecular sequencing. His talk is
entitled: Models and Inference for Genomic Evolution.
The symposium approaches some aspects of molecular
sequencing from the computational point of view. The speak-
ers are well versed both in the theoretical and the practi-
cal considerations of the problem. The evening consists of a
short presentation by each of the speakers and then a lively
interactive discussion period.
The symposium will be held on Wednesday, October 11,
1989 at 7:00 p.m. at Rockefeller University, York Ave. at
66th Street in the Caspary auditorium.
For further information, contact Vijay Kowtha
(201)932-4803, Joe Bogovic (212)241-8032, Robert Heyman
(914)357-1230 or Edna Feher (212)757-0610, Ben Caref
(718)270-1712