LanBix2021: Sri Lankan Conference on Bioinformatics 2021 Virtual Virtual, Sri Lanka, March 19-20, 2021 |
Conference website | http://lanbix.bioclues.org |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lanbix2021 |
Abstract registration deadline | March 16, 2021 |
Submission deadline | March 16, 2021 |
Bioclues.org, India's largest Bioinformatics society has been ins ervice the last 16 years working for mentor-mentee relationships with a next vision 2030 setup. The society has organized several events and workshops over the last one and a half decades. The Bioclues Lanka chapter and Nyschey, Sri Lanka hav ejoined hand stogether in organising this virtual conference which intends to promote translational bioinformatics in the area of Precision Medicine through this conference. Further, this conference will be attended by experts in the fields of Bioinformatics and Precision medicine from all across the world providing an opportunity for the audience to meet the experts in the field.
Invited Speakers
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Scott Edmunds, PhD., Gigascience, Keynote
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Uthayasanker Thayasivam, PhD.,University of Moratuwa. Keynote
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Dinithi Peiris, University of Sri Jayawardenapura. Keynote
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Jayaraman K Valadi, PhD., FLAME University, Pune Keynote
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VS Sundararajan, PhD., Bioclues Entrepreneurship Chair Keynote
- Pritish K Varadwaj, PhD., IIIT Prayagraj, India
- Sachini Fernando, PhD., University of Sri Jayawardenapura
Submission Guidelines
Submit through Easychair Please submit your solution through easychair on or before March 16, 2021.
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. For reviews, you may skip material and methods, results and discussions. The following paper categories are welcome:
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Abstracts/Poster Stubs/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, Discussion, Conclusions. Selected abstracts will be invited for full length paper submission.
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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. CLOSED
Workshop om Omicslogic Bioinformatics Research workshop on Molecular Signatures of Liver Cancer using NGS data
Length: 1 hour. (60 mins)
Date & Time: 20th March, 10 am IST
Objective:
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Introduction to The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)
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PAN Cancer analysis
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Transcriptomics Signature for Tumor Stage Classification
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Summer Online NYSCHEY Omicslogic bioinformatics training & research
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Video Abstracts: A novel way of describing your research. The video abstract must concisely describe your work in no less than 3 minutes. Please use #LanBix2021 your abstract and submit your abstract through easy chair. We will put them up in Youtube page of Bioclues.
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Bus-stop Talk: All participants will be encouraged to introduce their project in 3 minutes each.
Very important: All authors are requested to follow strict guidelines/format whence submitting their papers. All papers must be submitted through easychair.
Program
Here's the Program
Conference highlights
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. In addition to the submissions, we have the following
- Virtual workshops
- Bus-stop pitch
- Placements and career guidance
List of Topics
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Bioinformatics and Big Data
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Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics
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Systems Genomics
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Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis
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Statistical Methods and Integration of Algorithms
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Drug Design and Structural Biology
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Traditional Medical/Functional Genomics
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Health and Medical Informatics
Program Committee
Honorary Conference chairs: NV Chandrasekharan and Sharmila Jayasena
Poster chairs: Thilina Wanigasekara and Suvini Karunaratne
Program chairs: Nishenthaharan Balachandran and Prash Suravajhala
Ideation challenge chairs: Uthayashankar Thayasivam and Vinothraj Grace Arulrajah
Publication chairs: Aparna Banerjee and Tiratharaj Singh
Women in Biology chairs: Pathmasiri Ranasinghe and Rashmi Sukumaran
Student representative chairs: Avinash Selvaratnam, Dave Fernando, Amaya Karawagoda, and Dinithi Fernando
Registration
Category of registration |
Amount (All in LKR)
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Before March 12, 2021 |
March 13 – March 20 , 2021 |
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Bioclues Life Members |
Free |
Free |
Nyschey Life Members |
Free |
Free |
All other Academia |
500 |
1000 |
Workshops |
500 |
1000 |
Industry/overseas |
500 |
1000 |
Please register in two simple steps
1. Fill the form and Pay online or Bioclues Memberships portal. Please note that 500 LKR ~ 185 INR. The Life members may mention "LM" whence registration in the form
2. Please email your screenshot/transaction details to lanbix@nyschey.com and reconfirm.
Proceedings
LanBix2021 proceedings will be published in
- International Journal for Computational Biology (www.ijcb.in)
- Gigabyte journal (https://gigabytejournal.com/)
Venue
The conference will be held virtually through google platform. The link will be provided to the registrants.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to lanbixATbiocluesDOTorg
Sponsors
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Nyschey
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Oxygen Artificial Intelligence
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Spectrum Institute of Science & Technology