Archive for June, 2010

CCDB adds beautiful data set

Posted on June 25th, 2010 in News & Events | No Comments »

The CCDB just released 3 beautiful large scale brain mosaics detailing the distribution of plasma membrane calcium-dependent ATPases in rat brain published in the study by Kenyon et al. (Journal of Comparative Neurology, in press, electronic version available DOI: 10.1002/cne.22439).  For more information or to view the data set, please visit http://ccdb.ucsd.edu/index.shtm.  You may also wish to try out our Web Image Browser, a new tool for browsing and annotating large microscopic imaging data sets through the web. The WIB allows users to turn off and on different channels and adjust contrast through a web browser.

NIF Webinar – June 15, 2010 / Topic: URLs and URIs

Posted on June 8th, 2010 in News & Events, Webinar Announcement | No Comments »

The Neuroscience Information Framework (NIF) hosts Webinar series on topics focused on collaborating with NIF, getting involved in building the NIF vocabulary, using NIF portal resources, as well as other appropriate NIF topics.

Our next NIF Webinar is scheduled for June 15th, 2010. Please join Dr. Jeffrey Grethe for an informational session on URLs and URIs and their purpose in NIF.  Below is information on how to join the online meeting and accompanying teleconference.

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 • 11:00-12:00 PST
Topic: URLs and URIs: Unique Identifiers, Why Are They Useful?
Presenters: Dr. Jeffrey Grethe
URL: http://connect.neuinfo.org/webinar
Dial-In (toll-free): 866-740-1260
Access Code: 8220739

There will be a discussion period involving the Shared Names Project and the NCBO BioPortal.


Live Session with NIF – June 4, 2010 / Topic: Introduction to NIF

Posted on June 2nd, 2010 in News & Events | 1 Comment »

An informative session and demonstration on the usage of NIF will be held this Friday,  June 4th, 2010. Please join us to learn strategies on finding software tools, reagents, ko-mice, and data!

Date and Time: Friday, June 4, 2010

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Demonstration & Pizza
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Open Discussion With NIF Team Members

Topic: Introduction to NIF
Location: UCSD Leichtag Biomedical Building, Room 107

This session is open to students, researchers, and educators!  Free pizza will be available for attendees.

View the NIF Flyer

We hope to see you there!

The Bioimage Informatics 2010

Posted on June 1st, 2010 in News & Events | No Comments »

The Bioimage Informatics 2010 will be held from September 17 to19 at the new Gates and Hillman Centers of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

It will bring together researchers working at the intersection of bioimaging, computer science, engineering and biological sciences. Researchers will discuss applications of image analysis, computer vision, data mining, machine learning, visualization, and informatics methods to mechanistic analyses of biological systems. Discussion will also cover emerging technologies in biology that are leading to new and complex image data sets that require image informatics.

There is a current call for abstracts (Oral and Poster Presentation), deadline July 1, 2010.

Abstracts for presentations, posters or software/hardware demonstrations related to all aspects of bioimage data mining and informatics, are welcome. Appropriate topics include but are not limited to:

• Bioimage feature measurement, description, extraction, and selection
• Object segmentation and tracking in bioimages
• Object/pattern recognition and understanding in bioimages
• Bioimage ontology and related data mining
• Bioimage data visualization
• Learning models from bioimages
• Other bioimaging related techniques, including transmission, compression, registration, storage, database, etc.
• Tools/software for bioimage data processing and data mining
• Bioimage related biology, bioinformatics, and biomedicine applications, e.g. 3D protein structure reconstruction, gene regulatory network/pathway modeling, etc.
• Joint analysis using both bioimages and other data (e.g. sequences, microarray, protein interaction, etc.)

Abstract Submission: Interested participants should electronically submit an abstract via email no later than July 1, 2010 following the instructions at http://lane.compbio.cmu.edu/bii2010. The abstracts will be reviewed and the authors will be notified of abstracts selected for oral or poster presentation by July 30.

Registration Information: All participants, including invited speakers, will be expected to cover their own expenses and registration fees. A range of housing options will be available. The registration fee of $90 will include an opening mixer, coffee and tea during session breaks, lunches, and a closing cookout on Sunday evening. Optional social events, including one highlighting the history of robotics in Pittsburgh (home of the Robot Hall of Fame) are planned.

Important Dates

June 01, 2010: Opening of registration site.
July 01, 2010: Deadline for abstract submission.
July 30, 2010: Notification of acceptance.
August 17, 2010: End of early registration.
September 17, 2010: Meeting opens.

For more information, please visit http://lane.compbio.cmu.edu/bii2010.