CFP

6th BR-SCS Omics and Data Science: 6thBR-SCS

ONLINE

São Paulo, Brazil, October 25-26, 2021

Conference website	https://sites.google.com/view/rsg-brazil/projetos/br-scs/6-br-scs-2021?authuser=0
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=6thbrscsomicsanddata
Submission deadline	September 15, 2021

Topics: omics data science bioinformatics

The ISCB Regional Student Group - Brazil (RSG-Brazil) will be holding the 6th Brazilian Student Council Symposium (6th BR-SCS 2021) with the theme: OMICS AND DATA SCIENCE. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this event will occur as a virtual meeting in October 25th and 26th, 2021.

Target Audience

RSG-Brazil is recognized as a member of the International Society of Computational Biology Student Council (ISCB-SC) and a venue for students to present and share their research work along the field of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Brazil.

As defined by the ISCB - Competency Framework profiles of Bioinformatics audience (Mulder et al., 2018), we encourage the presence of the three major active groups in bioinformatics and computational biology: Bioinformatics user, Bioinformatics scientist and Bioinformatics engineer.

We reinforce that the presence of researchs performed by Bioinformatics Users are encouraged!!!

Submission Guidelines

We welcome abstracts from all levels of research students and early career post-doctoral researchers.

Oral and Poster presentation*

Language: English
Format: PDF file
Authors: Names, Institution/business information. The correspondence author name must be highlighted with an underline
Abstract: Maximum 350 words. The text should be written in Arial 10 with single spacing

Standard template for the abstract: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sUsHuEDJITk2-jCoILnAX9rRmCdvvpzzZAotKvNwMp4/edit?usp=sharing

*The author has the opportunity of proposing an oral presentation of their abstract, although the Scientific Committee will determine whether it will be presented as oral or poster.

List of Topics

Bioinformatics Scientist and Bioinformatics Engineer

Genome Analysis
Phylogenetics
Structural Bioinformatics
Gene Expression
Genetics and Population
Systems Biology and Networks
Data and Text Mining
Database and Software Development

Bioinformatics Users

General topics for Bioinformatics Users

Key Dates

Registration

Call Opens: June 10th
Call Closes: October 17 th

Note: The registration will be done via link: Symposium Registration

Even with abstract submission, you must register.

Abstract Submission

Call Opens: June 10 th
Call Closes: September 15th - extension 25th.

Result of Selected

The answer about the acceptance will be released on October 11th.

WHY WE HAVE CHOSEN THIS THEME?

ABOUT THE THEME

In the last decades, omics technologies have been extensively used to explore information from the components of the central dogma of molecular biology. The term “omics” comprises genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, as well as metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. Among the different omics branches, genomics was the first one to be developed, and refers to the study of genomes, their structure, function, and evolution. Transcriptomics studies the collection of RNA molecules in a cell, tissue or organism in a given condition, allowing the analysis of gene expression. Proteomics characterizes the whole protein content of a cell in terms of expression, structure, functions, interaction, and protein modifications. Metabolomics, in turn, involves the analysis of metabolites in an organism. Omics sciences have very diverse applications, ranging from environmental to clinical approaches. This includes the discovery of new genes, transcripts, proteins, metabolites, as well as the investigation of functions, structures, and pathways. Metagenomics, for instance, has been also revealing new species. In a general way, omics are fundamental to build scientific knowledge from genetic information. We propose to bring new discussions around these topics for people to update their information and make contributions to the area.

Data science is an interdisciplinary field that uses scientific methods, processes, algorithms and systems to extract information and knowledge from structured and unstructured data. The field covers data preparation for analysis, data analysis, formulation of data science problems, development of data-based solutions and presentation of results. That is why it covers several areas such as mathematics, statistics, information science, computer science, complex systems, data integration, and information visualization. Data science is essential for any sector in the world today, due to the huge amounts of data that are produced daily. In bioinformatics and computational biology, this is not different.When sequencing and analyzing, we generate gigabyte or terabyte quantities from just one organism or a collection. The amount of metagenomic expression data sequence deposition is growing more and more. Learning how to implement data science techniques to expand the possibility of working with this data, as well as obtaining biological information is increasingly essential. The possibility of extracting this data from the results obtained, or even using a database, has been increasingly challenging. There are several methodologies and algorithms within data science that can support the scientific question or be the question itself in that biological data. We intend to present part of this proposal structure. To those who do not know, become familiar and add to those who work on new ideas, assisting in the production of knowledge as well as in the propagation of information.

Committees

Chair Committee

Chair: Elvira Horácio - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética - UFMG, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brasil
Chair: Rayana dos Santos Feltrin - Programa de Pós-Graduação Interunidades em Bioinformática - USP, São Paulo-SP, Brasil

Support

Letícia Lima - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Computacional e Sistemas - Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil

Venue

Due to the interruption of activities caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we will hold a virtual metting.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed directly to the conference chairs: rsgbrazil.symposium@gmail.com