International Conference on Bioinformatics of Genome Regulation and Structure/Systems Biology

The Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences will be hosting the International Conference on Bioinformatics of Genome Regulation and Structure/Systems Biology (BGRSSB-2010) in Novosibirsk, Russia, from 20-27 June 2010.

As one of the key disciplines in modern biology, bioinformatics is a rapidly developing science. Consequently, each of the past BGRS events was focused on the most important topics of that time. To keep this tradition going, BGRSSB-2010 will be centered on bioinformatics and systems biology.
Systems biology largely focuses on the study of the organization and operation of the biological systems at various levels: molecular genetic entities, cells, tissues, organs and organisms on the basis of information encoded in their genomes.
Systems biology strongly depends on high-performance experimental technologies:

• sequencing of genomic DNA, analysis of its between-population and evolutionary variation;
• study of the expression of genes and gene complexes using biochips-based modalities;
• structural and functional analysis of proteins and metabolites using mass spectrometric methods;
• study of the structural and functional organization of biological objects (macromolecules, chromosomes, cells, tissues, organs, organisms) using modern microscopic methods;
• construction of artificial molecular genetic systems using genetic engineering techniques.