CFP

Inbix'17: Indian Conference on Bioinformatics 2017

Birla Institute of Scientific Research

Jaipur, India, November 7-9, 2017

Conference website	http://inbix.bioclues.org/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=inbix17
Abstract registration deadline	August 31, 2017
On-spot registration open	August 31, 2017
Submission deadline	August 31, 2017

Topics: bioinformatics systems biology next generation sequencing algorithms for bioinformatics

About the conference: Research in the fields of bioinformatics and systems biology has gained momentum within the Indian subcontinent over the last several years. As we say “ome” to the next cloud of bioinformatics, technologies such as next generation sequencing (NGS) have ushered an exciting phase in the omic technologies shadowed by systems biology and synthetic biology approaches. The facets of bioinformatics are wide and so are the strategies for leveraging it. Indian bioinformatics community is pretty large and loaded with impeccable research. It is time we all joined hands together to discuss the “I” in Indian bioinformatics spectrum. Having brought several virtual conferences and events together with Bioinformatics.org on bioinformatics to the sub-continent, Bioclues.org announces the Indian Conference on Bioinformatics (Inbix’17). We, the organizers hope this opportunity will not only foster interactions and collaborations among practitioners but will also allow young researchers interact with the world leaders, who are among the top researchers in the bioinformatics and computational biology. While we spur on this annual event, the organizers welcome all bioinformaticists across the world to take part in this august conference which would be held in the joyous pink city, Jaipur.

Organizers: Birla Institute of Scientific Research in association with Bioclues.org

Supported by: International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet)

List of Topics

Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Functional Genomics
Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis
Integration of algorithms
Drug Design and Structural Biology
Metagenomics
Synthetic Biology
Health and Medical Informatics
Big Data

Program Committee

Patron: Purnendu Ghosh*
Organizing Secretary: M Krishna Mohan*
Joint organizing Secretary: Pooran Singh Solanki*

Program chairs: Prashanth Suravajhala* and Sundar Durai
Program co-chairs: Vishal Acharya and Tiratha Raj Singh
Honorary chairs: Shoba Ranganathan and Christian Schonbach

Ideation challenge chairs: Khader Shameer and VS Sundararajan
Tutorial chairs: Partha Sarathi Das and Aditya Saxena
Poster chairs: Raj Kumar Gothwal* and Raghavender Upadhyayula*
Poster co-chairs: Surendra Nimesh* and Rajib Bandopadhyay
Review chairs: Pritish Varadwaj and Prashanti Manda

Women in Biology chairs: Sampat Nehra* and Manika Sehgal
Women in Biology co-chairs: Pragya Chaturvedi* and Renuka Suravajhala*
Publication chairs: Ragothaman Yennamalli and Jeff Bizzaro
Publication co-chairs: Pugalenthi Ganesan and Vijai Singh
Industry Liaison: Harpreet Singh and Sivaramaiah Nallapeta

Program sub-committee (PsC)

Finance chairs: Alok Varshney* and Saumyadip Sarkar
Local Advisory Chairs: S Sinha Roy* and MP Puniya*
Local Advisory co-chairs: Pradeep Bhatnagar* and Pawan Dadheech*
Outreach chairs: MohanKumar Megha and Nagarajan Raju
Hospitality chairs: Narendra Meena* and Vishnu Natani*
Student Liaison: Girik Malik and Pradeep Tiwari
Social activity chairs: Shweta Shrotriya* and Nidhi Gupta*
Registration desk: Sonal Gupta* and Monisha Singhal*
Technical chairs: Radhakishan Meghwanshi* and Manish Agarwal*
Technical co-chairs: SD Tiwari* and Abhishek Karan*

* Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Keynote Speakers

Temple SMITH, Boston University
Thomas Sicheritz-PONTEN, Technical University of Denmark
GPS RAGHAVA, IIIT, Delhi

Confirmed Speakers

Shandar AHMAD, JNU, Delhi
Alfredo BENSO, Politecnico di Turin, Italy
Alok BHATTACHARYA, JNU, Delhi
Saikat CHAKRABARTI, IICB, Kolkata
Michael GROMIHA, IIT, Madras
PK GUPTA^#, CCSU, Meerut
PB Kavi KISHOR, OU, Hyderabad
NK LOHIYA^#, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
Andrew LYNN, JNU, Delhi
Madhan MOHAN, DBT, Government of India
Raja MUGASIMANGALAM, Genotypic Technology, Bangalore
HA NAGARAJARAM, University of Hyderabad
Kamalraj PARDASANI, MANIT, Bhopal
RS RATHORE, Central University of South Bihar
Narahari SASTRY, IICT, Hyderabad
R SOWDHAMINI, NCBS, Bangalore
N SRINIVASAN, IISc, Bangalore
Naidu SUBBARAO, JNU, Delhi
Lakshmipati VADLAKONDA, OU, Hyderabad
Jayaraman VALADI, University of Pune
Rajeev VARSHNEY, ICRISAT, Hyderabad

#Panelists

*Alphabetic order of surnames

Final Program

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Social badges

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Call for papers

~~Submissions closed~~

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Please download the template for your submission from here. For reviews, you may skip material and methods, results and discussions. The following paper categories are welcome:

Oral presentations: All abstracts intended for oral presentations are welcome with a detailed summary of no less than 2 pages. The extended abstract must contain the following sub-heads: Rationale/Motivation, Objectives, Materials and Methods, Results anAfter Aprild Discussion, Conclusions. Select abstracts will be invited for full length paper submission.
Ideation/coding challenge: "Improving the prediction accuracy of 3D domain swapping from sequence information using machine learning." Please find the link to the problem. You're welcome to submit the solution through easychair
Tutorial/workshop: Proposals are invited from researchers across sub-domains of bioinformatics. The taught programme should detail the target audience, duration (maximum 3 hours) and the prerequisites.
Video Abstracts: A novel way of describing your research. The video abstract muct concisely describe your work in no less than 3 minutes. Please hash tag #inbix2017 your abstract to the Inbix'17 Vimeo group and submit your abstract through easy chair.
Posters/stub talks: All poster abstracts will follow the same as described in oral presentations. Select posters will be invited for short stub talks
Elevator pitch: All participants will be encouraged to introduce their project in 30 seconds each.
Panel discussions: We are inviting a few proposals for panel discussions that could last for 45 minutes. Please come up with a proposal along with the abstract and list of potential speakers.

The call for full papers describing the format HAS already been sent to the submitting authors whose papers have been accepted for oral presentations. A few poster talks are also being considered for this. Those which pass the peer-review shall be recommended for publications in conference proceedings.

Very important: All authors are requested to follow strict guidelines/format whence submitting their papers. All papers must be submitted through easychair. Please click here to submit ~~Submissions closed~~

Important dates

Event	Date
Registration/Submission opens	March 4, 2017
Early Bird Registration deadline	April 30, 2017
Submissions close	August 31, 2017
Conference dates	November 7-9, 2017
Publication Proceedings	December 18, 2017
On-spot registration open ( E-mail us)	Till November 7, 2017

Registration

**Registration fee. All in INR**
Type*	Before April 30	Between May 1-July 31	From August 1-November 9
Students incl. Postdocs/ PC member	3000	3300	4000
Academia	4000	4300	5000
Industry/Overseas	6000	7000	8000
ISCB/Bioclues members	10% discount	5% discount	5% discount
Accompanying person	1500	1500	2000

*For on-spot and group registrations, Please contact us.

*Group registration discount of 10% is applicable to those who are at least 5 or more.

Please register in three simple steps

1. Fill-up the form

2. Pay online through card or bank/wire transfer

3. Please e mail your screenshot/transaction details to inbixATbisrDOTresDOTin reconfirm. Please expect a receipt by snail mail.

Travel grants

A few travel grants are available for the student delegates. The best abstracts shall be screened and invited.

~~Applications closed~~

Presenting your work

Oral presentations: If you have been invited for an oral presentation, please prepare your presentation for 15 minutes including 2 minutes catered for Q and A sessions. All presentations must follow the abstract cited by you wherever applicable.

Posters/Poster talks: If you have been invited for poster or poster talks, please download the template from here. Those invited for poster talks, please prepare your pitch for not more than 3 minutes. You will be asked to present it during a short session or tea breaks with poster networking.

Video Abstracts: The video abstracts shall be aired during the tea breaks.

Proceedings

A select few publications in the form of Inbix'17 proceedings will be published in International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications, Bio-protocol, International Journal for Computational Biology and INAE letters before they are submitted to the preprint server, Biorxiv.org. The idea here is NOT to publish in mere high impact journals but also promote the research.

Practical Information

Venue: The conference will be held in the main auditorium of Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur. For more details about the history of auditorium, please click here

Jaipur City: Call it 'Joy'pur. Want to know more about the city? What else could be the best? Here is the wikipedia page

Dress code: The delegates are requested to be in formal dress code. While the auditorium is air-conditioned, you might expect cold breeze early November. Please come along with light woolen.

Travel: Jaipur is well connected by air from all metropolitan cities. There are good number of convenient flights all through (8 kms from venue/hotels). Delegates coming by rail can opt to get down at Jaipur city station (3 kms from venue/hotels).

Hotels: To those who are not invitees, you are requested to book accomodation yourself. For others, we have made specific arrangement at the various hotels/hostels enlisted here. Please get your booking done to avoid last minute rush. Please use discounted code: INBIX whence booking to get a good deal.

#10% additional discount applicable

*For special accommodation discount, please book through OYO -

Sourabh Jain : 9680181181
Bharat keshwani: 9549597927

Social events: Certainly a travelers' destination, the LOC have set up a good social activity for you. You will not miss this! Banquet Dinner: Hotel Gold Palace and on day 1 and Jaipur by night on day 2.

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Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to an alias inbixATbiocluesDOTorg

Flyer

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