Bioinformatics to be part of Bio-IT World Asia Conference

Dedicated conference program on Bioinformatics The Bio-IT World Asia 2012 Conference will bring together, life sciences, pharmaceutical, informatics and IT professionals from all over Asia and the rest of the world to one unique location.
 
March 26, 2012 - PRLog -- Needham, MA – Cambridge Healthtech Institute announces the presentations for the Bioinformatics track first annual Bio-IT World Asia Conference, taking place June 6-8, 2012 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.  For more information, visit:  http://www.Bio-ITWorldAsia.com

Personalizing Medicine for Asians
Richie Soong, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Centre for Translational Medicine, National University of Singapore

Developing Tools and Algorithms for Personalised Vaccines
Ee Chee Ren, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR

Omics Strategies to Improve Bioprocess Development
Vishal Rosha, Senior Scientist, BioProcess Research & Development, Novartis Pharma AG

Integrating Genomic Data from the Bench & Bedside – Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing the Quality of Care and Improving Treatment Outcomes
Guna Rajagopal, Ph.D., Executive Director, Bioinformatics, Cancer Institute of New Jersey; Adjunct Professor, Radiation Oncology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Genomic-Discovery Context for Exploiting Useful Patterns
Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Head of Department, Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, La Trobe University

KEYNOTE SESSION

System Analysis of Complex Bacterial Communities
Peter Little, Ph.D., Professor, Associate Director, Singapore Centre on Life Sciences Engineering; Director, Life Sciences Institute; Research Director, Office of Deputy President (Research & Technology), National University of Singapore

Keynote Panel Discussion: Next-Gen Data Trends

Moderator:
Kevin Davies, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, Bio-IT World  

Panelists:
Peter Little, Ph.D., Director, Life Sciences Institute; National University of Singapore Yoshihide Hayashizaki, M.D., Ph.D., Director, RIKEN Omics Science Center
Seong-Jin Kim, Ph.D., President, CHA Research Institutes; Director, CHA Cancer Institute; Distinguished Professor, CHA University.

Bioinformatics – The Catalyst for Life Science Research
Jeremy Barker, M.Sc., M.B.A., MAICD, ACIS, CEO, Queensland Facility for Advanced Bioinformatics, University of Queensland

The Dynamics of Protein Interaction Networks
Marc Wilkins, Ph.D., Professor, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales

Software Platform for Systems Drug Discovery
Hiroaki Kitano, Ph.D., Director, Systems Biology Institute, Japan Science & Technology Corp

Genomic Approaches to Identify Gastric Cancer Targets
Seong-Jin Kim, Ph.D., President, CHA Research Institutes; Director, CHA Cancer Institute; Distinguished Professor, CHA University

A Gene Signature for Predicting Therapeutic Response in Adult Philadelphia Chromosome-Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Ph+ ALL)
Zhuang Zuo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Hematopathology and Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

An Integrated Pipeline for Analyzing Somatic Cancer Variants
Vidhya G. Krishnan, Ph.D., Research Associate, Genome Institute of Singapore

The Bio-IT World Asia 2012 Conference will bring together, life sciences, pharmaceutical, informatics and IT professionals from all over Asia and the rest of the world to one unique location. The Event provides the perfect venue to share information and discuss enabling technologies that are driving biomedical research and the drug development process.

For more information, visit:  http://www.Bio-ITWorldAsia.com

About Bio-IT World Events (www.events.bio-itworld.com)

Since its debut in 2002, the annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo, held each Spring in Boston, has established itself as a premier event showcasing the myriad applications of IT and informatics to biomedical research and the drug discovery enterprise. Over 2,000 delegates representing 30 countries have gathered yearly to attend 125+ technology and scientific presentations and view an expansive exhibit hall of 100+ companies. Bio-IT World Conference continues its exceptional series of educational programming with the announcement of the Inaugural Bio-IT World Conference Asia.

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Bio-IT World focuses on the tools and results of predictive biology, drug discovery, informatics, clinical trials, and personalized medicine as well as the strategic decisions made by companies in this area and the impact on the company’s performance.
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