Japanese Society for Bioinformatics
SIG on Array-Informatics
Chief Editor: Satoru Kuhara (Kyushu University, Grad. School of Genetic Resouces and Technology)
Co-Editor: Yukihiro Eguchi (Mitsui Knowledge Industry Co., Ltd.)
In recent years the whole genomes of multiple species have been
sequenced, and thus our research has become more comprehensive and involves entire genes. Although array technology comprises the
foundation of our research, its analysis tools remain immature. In
this SIG, we will develop new methods to analyze array results to facilitate novel discoveries.
Our Aims
- Support of experimental procedures in expression profiling
- Support and development of analysis tools for expression profiling
- Accumulation of profiling data and their public release
Our Activities
- Several meetings and one public workshop every year
The Third Meeting on Array Informatics
Kazusa workshop "Array Biology of Model Microbes"
Recent advances in and the diffusion of array technology are striking. Earlier, investigators debated the prospects of array technology and its inherent experimental difficulties. In recent years, the topic of discussion has shifted to data management, data interpretation, and experimental
verification. Array technology is often used as a screening method for pin-pointing and cloning a target gene. However, because of its potential, it can elucidate more essential information that is sufficiently diverse and
universal to subsume individual differences in the mechanistic
and component details of life. At present, the potential of array technology remains under-exploited, mainly because the information exchange
between biological mechanisms and between model species under
investigation is not thorough, and because there is no standard
method for managing and interpreting the flood of data obtained.
The aim of this workshop is the more universal understanding of life mechanisms by combining our knowledge on gene-expression
cascades in different model species. In our approach to this grand goal, we will also discuss strategies to analyze and interpret the huge amount of
expression data.
Date: 2001/08/29 (Wed)
Place: Kazusa Academia Hall (middle-size room)
Organizers: Satoru Kuhara (Kyushu Univ.),
Satoshi Tabata (DNA Research Inst.)
Sponsors: Kazusa DNA Research Institute, JSBi
The First Meeting on Array Informatics
"Future of Array Analysis Technology"
Place: Tokyo Univ. Institute of Medical Science, Human
Genome Center
Date: 2000/06/16 (Fri) 13:30 -
The Second Meeting on Array Informatics
Place: Tokyo Univ. Institute of Medical Science
Date: 2000/08/28 (Mon) 13:30 - 16:45
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