Full Program

BIT Life Sciences' 2nd Annual BioSoft-2010
Theme: Open A New World For IT Industry
Time:
June 23-25, 2010 Venue: Dalian World Exposition Center, Dalian, China


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Scientific Program

Experts from both academia and industries are invited to present contemporary information from current research through commercial implementation of new technologies. Time allotted for oral presentations will be 25 to 40 minutes. English is the conference language.

Time

Activies

June 23, 2010
14:00-17:00

Opening Ceremony
Moderator
Dr. Guohui Li, Principal Investigator, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

14:00-14:05

Chair' s Opening Remark

14:05-14:20

  1. Executives of GO and NGO
  2. Governmental Regulatory Officers
  3. Leading Scientists
  4. Industrial Leaders in Bio-Soft
  5. Sponsors

Keynote Forum
Venue: No. 10 Meeting Room, 2F

14:20-14:50

Title: The New Information Age in Life Sciences and Clinics: From Static Data Warehouses to Decision Support based on Dynamic Semantically Integrated Data and Knowledge Networks
Dr. Erich Alfred Gombocz,
Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, IO Informatics, Inc., USA

14:50-15:20

Title: Who Powers Your Software?
Dr. Guoqing Li,
Director, Computing Platform, BGI-sz, China

15:20-15:50

Title: Genomic Signal Processing: An Overview
Dr. Xiaodong Wang,
Professor, Columbia University, USA

15:50-16:20

Title: To enhance drug discovery efficacy by computational chemistry and bioinformatics approaches
Dr. Weiliang Zhu, Drug Discovery and Design Centre, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

June 23, 2010 
18:00-20:00

Welcome Banquet

Track 1: Robust Hardware and Software for Bio-industry

Track 1: Robust Hardware and Software for Bio-industry
Time: June 24, 2010, Thursday, 08:30-12:10
Venue: No. 5 Meeting Room, 2F, DWEC, Dalian, China

Chair

Dr. Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Coordinator, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK

Co-chair

Dr. Yi-Qin Gao, Changjiang Professor, Peking University, China

08:30-08:55

Title: Reporting Standards for Multi-omics Studies: Focus on Synergistic Efforts
Dr. Susanna-Assunta Sansone, Coordinator, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK

08:55-09:20

Title: ISA Infrastructure and Case Studies: Supporting Standards-Compliant Experimental Reporting and Enabling Curation at the Community Level
Dr. Philippe Rocca-Serra, Technical Coordinator, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
Co-presenter: Dr. Eamonn Maguire, Lead Developer, European Bioinformatics Institute, UK

09:20-09:45

Title: Comprehensive Library for Modern Biotechnology (CLiMB): Sequence Analysis Section
Dr. Shaoguang Liang, 
Manager of bio-cloud application, Computing Platform, BGI-Shenzhen, China

09:45-10:10

Title: Toward High Efficiency Computing for Genomics: Merge the Gap between Silicon and Applications Performance
Dr. Wang Bingqiang, Manager of Application Optimization, Computing Platform, BGI-Shenzhen, China

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: Sequence, Temperature, and Cosolvent Dependence of Simple Protein Structures
Dr. Yi-Qin Gao, Changjiang Professor, Peking University, China

10:55-11:20

Title: Comprehensive Library for Modern Biotechnology (CLiMB): Database Section
Mr. Jing Tian, Manager of Database Administration, Computing Platform, BGI-Shenzhen, China

11:20-11:45

Title: Periodic Analysis on the Psychotic Episode of Individual Schizophrenics by Data Construction Method
Dr. Hsiao-Fan Wang,
Tshing Hua Chair Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

11:45-12:10

Title: Parallel Optimization of MrBayes Using Graphic Processing Unit
Dr. Gang Wang, Professor, Nankai University, China

Track 2: e-Life Sciences

Track 2-1: IT in System Biology and Computational Biology
Time: June 24, 2010, Thursday, 13:30-15:30
Venue: No. 5 Meeting Room, 2F, DWEC, Dalian, China

Chair

Dr. Pietro Cortona, Professor, École Centrale Paris, France

13:30-13:55

Title: Density-Functional Theory: a Tool in Drug Discovery, a Bridge between Quantum Chemistry and Biology
Dr.
Pietro Cortona, Professor, École Centrale Paris, France

13:55-14:20

Title: One-dimensional Modeling of Blood Circulation in the Human Upper Limb and Its Application in the Analysis of Heat Transfer in the Image-based Hand Model  
Dr. Ying He, Professor, University of Science and Technology of China, China

14:20-14:45

Title: Accurate Charges for Docking of Metalloproteins
Dr. Art E. Cho,
Professor and Chairman, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Korea University, Republic of Korea

14:45-15:10

Title: AFMPB: An Adaptive Fast Multipole Poisson–Boltzmann Solver for Calculating Electrostatics in Biomolecular Systems
Dr. Benzhuo Lu, Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

Track 2-2: Simulating Vital Function from the Atomic Level to Whole Body
Time: June 24, 2010, Thursday, 15:30-17:35
Venue: No. 5 Meeting Room, 2F, DWEC, Dalian, China

Chair

Dr. Jianming Hu, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA

Co-chair

Dr. Ken Takahashi, Assistant Professor, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan

15:30-15:55

Title: Novel Strategies to Inhibit Hepatitis B Virus Reverse Transcriptase
Dr. Jianming Hu, Professor, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA

15:55-16:20

Title: Developing Accurate Quantum-based Polarized Force Field for Proteins
Dr. John Zhang, Professor of Chemistry, East China Normal University, China

16:20-16:45

Title: How Do We Know Force Inside the Body? – Finite Element Stress Analysis
Dr.
Ken Takahashi, Assistant Professor, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan

16:45-17:10

Title: Modeling Immune Response and Memory by Concepts of Network Theory
Dr. Chung-Ming Ou,
Associate Professor, Kainan University, Taiwan

17:10-17:35

Title: Electrophysiological Simulation of Developmental Changes in Cardiomyocyte
Dr. Hitomi I. Sano,
Research Associate, Keio University, Japan

Track 2-3: Bioinformatics in Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics and Metabolomics 
Time: June 24, 2010, Thursday, 13:30-17:10
Venue: No. 6 Meeting Room, 2F, DWEC, Dalian, China

Chair

Dr. Jun Zhu, Director & Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, China

Co-chair

Dr. Mitsutoshi Setou, Professor, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan

13:30-13:55

Keynote Speech:
Title:
Information Systems to Define and Track Biomarkers for Personalized Genomics
Dr. Xitong Li, Senior Manager and Head of Bioinformatics, Genomic Health, Inc., USA

13:55-14:20

Title: Identification of Comparative Molecular Interactions by Computationally Intensive Modeling Methods
Dr. Joe Song,
Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University, USA

14:20-14:45

Title: SOAPas: Ab initio Detection of Alternative Splicing Events with RNA-Seq
Dr. Zhiyu Peng, Director, Group of RNA Research, BGI Bioinformatics Center, China

14:45-15:10

Title: Computation and Presentation of Genetic Analysis for Complex Traits
Dr.
Jun Zhu, Director & Professor, Institute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, China

15:10-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-15:55

Title: Gene-set Cohesion Analysis Tool (GCAT): A Literature Based Web Tool for Calculating Functional Cohesiveness of Gene Groups
Dr. Lijing Xu, Research Associate, University of Memphis, USA

15:55-16:20

Title: GenomeMap – An Open Framework for Genome Annotation Visualization, Retrieve and Analysis
Dr. Lei Kong,
Center for Bioinformatics, Peking University, China

16:20-16:45

Title: Development of Imaging Mass Spectrometry Instrument “Mass Microscope”
Dr. Mitsutoshi Setou,
Professor, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan

16:45-17:10

Title: Intramolecular Excited Energy Transfer Pathways in Proteins: a Computational Approach
Dr. Janneth González Santos,
Professor, Javeriana University, Colombia

Track 3: e-Solution for Integrative Drug Discovery and Development

Track 3-1: Computational Chemistry, Molecular Dynamics and Bioinformatics
Time: June 24, 2010, Thursday, 08:30-12:10
Venue: No. 6 Meeting Room, 2F, DWEC, Dalian, China

Chair

Dr. Zhong Jin, Associate Professor, Computer Network Information Center, China

Co-chair

Dr. Jianguo Yu, Professor, Beijing Normal University, China

08:30-08:55

Keynote Speech:
Title:
Computational Polypharmacology and it’s Applications for Traditional  Chinese Medicine
Dr. Xiaojie Xu, Professor & Director, Peking University, China

08:55-09:20

Title: GridMol: A Three-Dimensional Molecular Modeler and Visualizer in Grid Computing of Computational Chemistry
Dr. Zhong Jin,
Associate Professor, Computer Network Information Center, China

09:20-09:45

Title: Theoretical Investigations on the Electron Transfer in Photosynthesis of Purple Bacteria
Dr.
Takao Tsuneda, Deputy Unit Leader, Advanced Science Institute, Japan

09:45-10:10

Title: SimuPac – A Bio and Chem Simulation Software Package. Our Architecture and Implement
Dr. Jianguo Yu, Professor, Beijing Normal University, China

10:10-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-10:55

Title: From the Viral Tool Box: Assembling within the Lipid Membrane
Dr. Wolfgang B. Fischer,
Associate Professor, Institute of Biophotonics, School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan

10:55-11:20

Title: Molecular Dynamics Study of Liposomes: A Coarse-Grained Molecular Modeling Approach
Dr. Wataru Shinoda,
Leader, National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan

11:20-11:45

Title: Spectral Tuning Mechanism in Photofunctional Proteins: A SAC-CI Theoretical Study
Dr. Jun-ya Hasegawa,
Lecturer, Kyoto University, Japan

11:45-12:10

Panel Discussion

Track 3-2: Computer Aided Drug Designs
Time: June 24, 2010, Thursday, 08:30-10:00
Venue: No. 8 Meeting Room, 2F, DWEC, Dalian, China

Chair

Dr. Jun Zeng, Co-founder and CSO, Qubist Molecular Design, Australia

08:30-08:55

Title: Advanced Methods in Fragment-Based Drug Design and Virtual Screening Applications
Dr. Jun Zeng, Co-Founder and CSO, Qubist Molecular Design Pty. Ltd., Australia

08:55-09:20

Title: Advances and Challenges for Computational Drug Design
Dr. Jung-Hsin Lin, Assistant Research Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

09:20-09:45

Title: Development of Element Modules for Virtual Liver and It's Application
Dr. Won Seok Oh,
Principal Researcher, Bioinformatics & Molecular Design Research Center, Republic of Korea

09:45-10:00

Coffee Break

Track 4: e-Clinical Trials, e-Medicine and e-Health (e-CMH)

Track 4: e-Clinical Trials, e-Medicine and e-Health (e-CMH)
Time: June 24, 2010, Thursday, 10:00-12:00
Venue: No. 5 Meeting Room, 2F, DWEC, Dalian, China

Chair

Dr. John Speakman, Associate Director, Clinical Products and Programs, Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, US National Institutes of Health, USA

Co-chair

Dr. Sorena Nadaf, Director, University of California San Francisco, USA

10:00-10:20

Title: Security and Authentication Issues along the Clinical Trial Data Processing Chain: Challenges and Technical Solutions
Dr. Elke Lang, Professor, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany

10:20-10:40

Title: An Information Architecture to Realize the Promise of Molecular Medicine and Translational Research
Dr. John Speakman,
Associate Director, Clinical Products and Programs, Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, National Cancer Institute, US National Institutes of Health, USA

10:40-11:00

Title: Building a Translational Research Vision at UCSF
Dr. Sorena Nadaf, Director, University of California San Francisco, USA

11:00-11:20

Title: Protection of Bio-Information
Dr. Fengling Han,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

11:20-11:40

Title: Comparisons of Various Generations of the Synthetic Populations
Dr. Alireza Taleei, Professor of Biometrical Genetics, University of Tehran, Iran

11:40-12:00

Title: A Meta-analysis on Acupuncture Therapies in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis
Dr. Xu Min, Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

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