Abstract
The 2010 annual conference of the Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet), Asia’s oldest bioinformatics organisation formed in 1998, was organized as the 9th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB), Sept. 26-28, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Initially, APBioNet created InCoB as forum to foster bioinformatics in the Asia Pacific region. Given the growing importance of interdisciplinary research, InCoB2010 included topics targeting scientists in the fields of genomic medicine, immunology and chemoinformatics, supporting translational research. Peer-reviewed manuscripts that were accepted for publication in this supplement, represent key areas of research interests that have emerged in our region. We also highlight some of the current challenges bioinformatics is facing in the Asia Pacific region and conclude our report with the announcement of APBioNet’s 100 BioDatabases (BioDB100) initiative. BioDB100 will comply with the database criteria set out earlier in our proposal for Minimum Information about a Bioinformatics and Investigation (MIABi), setting the standards for biocuration and bioinformatics research, on which we will report at the next InCoB, Nov. 27 – Dec. 2, 2011 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Open AccessChallenges of the decade for the Asia Pacific region: 2010 International Conference in Bioinformatics (InCoB 2010)Shoba Ranganathan1,2*, Christian Schönbach3, Kenta Nakai4, Tin Wee Tan2*From Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) Ninth International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB2010) Tokyo, Japan. 26-28 September 2010 AbstractThe 2010 annual conference of the Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet), Asia’s oldest bioinformatics organisation formed in 1998, was organized as the 9th International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB), Sept. 26-28, 2010 in Tokyo, Japan
Promoting bioinformatics development through conferences Over the past eight years of InCoB conferences (Bangkok, Thailand (2002); Penang, Malaysia (2003); Auckland, New Zealand (2004); Busan, South Korea (2005); New Delhi, India (2006) [2]; Hong Kong (2007) [3]; Taipei, Taiwan (2008) [4] and Singapore (2009) [5,6]) and associated satellite workshops and meetings, we have seen a healthy growth in the development and advancement of bioinformatics, commensurate with an increase in the number of scientists who moved into bioinformatics from other fields and the number of students who have taken an interest in bioinformatics
To promote increasing quality of research publications and to sustain this growth in bioinformatics, we have identified several key challenges and problems, not necessarily peculiar to our region, but of critical importance to its future growth, which APBioNet can address at the organizational level: 1. The need for a standards-based approach towards more robust software development and software interoperability
Summary
Challenges of the decade for the Asia Pacific region: 2010 International Conference in Bioinformatics (InCoB 2010). From Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNet) Ninth International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB2010) Tokyo, Japan. 26-28 September 2010
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