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UK Conference of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 2020

Bringing together researchers, software developers and data managers working across the life sciences to share ideas, discoveries, tools and best practice in computational methods.

Start date: 29 September 2020

End date: 30 September 2020

Venue: Earlham Institute, John Innes Conference Centre

Organiser: Neil Hall

Enquiries:

training@earlham.ac.uk

Registration deadline: 27 September 2020

Cost: £10.00

About

The UK-CBCB conference is designed to bring together biologists, bioinformaticians, computer scientists, software engineers and data scientists across the life sciences to share innovations, applications and best practice in their fields.

The conference will be applicable to bioinformatics researchers working on core services or in research teams as well as computer scientists or bioinformaticians developing tools or maintaining data resources.

We are delighted to have confirmed the following sessions:

Structural Bioinformatics - analysis and prediction of three-dimensional molecular structures

Metagenomics and Microbial Bioinformatics - the diversity and complexity of microbial genomes and identification in environmental samples

Single-Cell Genomics - using omics technologies to provide greater resolution at the cellular level and improve understanding of cell responses in their microenvironment

Data Management - approaches for validation, storage and protection of data under the FAIR principles

Bridging Genotype to Phenotype - computational approaches to deciphering the complex interactions between genotype and environment and how these affect phenotype

Computational Proteomics and Metabolomics - harnessing large-scale studies to determine protein and metabolite function for the discovery of biomarkers

This conference is supported by the ELIXIR-UK community.

Organisers

Prof Neil Hall

Director, Earlham Institute
Conference Chair

Prof Carole Goble

University of Manchester
Data Management

Prof Mick Watson

Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
Metagenomics and Microbial Bioinformatics

Prof Christine Orengo

Professor of Bioinformatics, UCL
Structural Bioinformatics

Dr Ralf Weber

Director of Bioinformatics, Phenome Centre Birmingham (PCB), University of Birmingham
Computational proteomics and metabolomics

Prof Chris Rawlings

Head of Computational and Analytical Sciences, Rothamsted Research
Bridging genotype to phenotype

Dr Wilfried Haerty

Evolutionary Genomics Research Group Leader, Earlham Institute
Single cell genomics

Speakers

Dr Sam Nicholls

Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

SESSION: Metagenomics and Microbial Bioinformatics

Majora: Continuous integration supporting decentralised sequencing for national SARS-CoV-2 surveillance

Melanie Schirmer

Technical University of Munich

SESSION: Metagenomics and Microbial Bioinformatics

Linking gut microbial changes to disease using multiomics data

Dr Catalina Vallejos

Group Leader, MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh

SESSION: Single-Cell Genomics

scMET: Bayesian modelling of DNA methylation heterogeneity at single-cell resolution

Dr Michael Morgan

EMBL-EBI and CRUK-Cambridge Institute

SESSION: Single-Cell Genomics

A quantitative genetics view of gene expression noise

Dr Tim Beck

University of Leicester

SESSION: Data Management

Finding, Harmonising and Using Health Data for Research

Prof Susanna-Assunta Sansone

Oxford e-Research Centre, University of Oxford

SESSION: Data Management

FAIRplus, tools and guidelines for making life science data FAIR

Prof David Jones

UCL

SESSION: Structural Bioinformatics

Using machine learning to predict protein structure and function

Prof Charlotte Deane

University of Oxford

SESSION: Structural Bioinformatics

Structure-Focussed Tools for the Development of Therapeutic Antibodies from Natural Immunoglobulins

Prof Ross King

Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

SESSION: Bridging Genotype to Phenotype

Automating Science using Robot Scientists

Laura-Jayne Gardiner

IBM

SESSION: Bridging Phenotype to Genotype

Explainable AI guides integrative biomarker discovery

Dr Timothy Ebbels

Imperial College London

SESSION: Computational proteomics and metabolomics

Towards solving the grand challenges of computational metabolomics

Kathryn Lilley

University of Cambridge

SESSION: Computational proteomics and metabolomics

The spatial organisation of the proteome

Programme

Day 1 - 29 September 2020

10.00 - 10.15

Welcome from EI Director, Prof Neil Hall

10.15 - 11.15

Session 1: Data Management chaired by Carole Goble

Finding, Harmonising and Using Health Data for Research by Tim Beck

FAIRPlus, tools and guidelines for making life science data FAIR by Susanna-Assunta Sansone

11.15 - 11.30

Break

11.30 - 12.30

Session 2: Metagenomics and Microbial Genomics chaired by Mick Watson

Majora: Continuous integration supporting decentralised sequencing for national SARS-CoV-2 surveillance by Sam Nicholls

Linking gut microbial changes to disease using multiomics data - Melanie Schirmer

12.30 - 14.00

Break

14.00 - 15.00

Session 3: Computational Proteomics and Metabolomics chaired by Ralf Weber

The spatial organisation of the proteome - Kathryn Lilley

Towards solving the grand challenges of computational metabolomics - Timothy Ebbels

Day 2 - 30 September 2020

10.00 - 11.00

Session 4: Bridging Genotype to Phenotype chaired by Chris Rawlings

Automating Science using Robot Scientists by Ross King

Explainable AI guides integrative biomarker discovery - Laura-Jayne Gardiner

11.00 - 11.15

Break

11.15 - 12.15

Session 5: Structural Bioinformatics chaired by Christine Orengo

Structure-Focussed Tools for the Development of Therapeutic Antibodies from Natural Immunoglobulins by Charlotte Deane

Using machine learning to predict protein structure and function by David Jones

12.15 - 14.00

Break

14.00 - 15.00

Session 6: SIngle Cell Genomics chaired by Wilfred Haerty

scMET: Bayesian modelling of DNA methylation heterogeneity at single-cell resolution by Catalina Vallejos

A quantitative genetics view of gene expression noise by Michael Morgan

15.00 - 15.15

Final Remarks by Prof Carole Goble

Further information

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Registration deadline: 27 September 2020

Participation: Open to all