Next meeting will probably be in March, 2006. Join the mailing list to receive the announcement.

Next meeting will probably be in March. Join the mailing list to receive the announcement.

December 12, 2005

Arnie Hagler, Adjunct Prof, Chemistry at U Mass and Founder and Chairman of ScienceMedia: Simulations of Biological Macromolecules.

Coming up in December 12 at 5:30pm in the 1st floor of the Computer Science building, Arnie Hagler, Adjunct Prof, Chemistry at U Mass and Founder and Chairman of ScienceMedia, will talk to us about Simulations of Biological Macromolecules.

We'll have free pizza and we welcome folks from the Pioneer Valley, particularly those from industry and outside of U Mass!

Join the SysBio mailing list for email announcements of these events.

Coming up in December 12 at 5:30 in the 1st floor of the Computer Science building, Arnie Hagler, Adjunct Prof, Chemistry at U Mass and Founder and Chairman of ScienceMedia, will talk to us about Simulations of Biological Macromolecules.

Directions: http://www.cs.umass.edu/csinfo/map.html Enter from the south side, facing campus if you arrive late when the north doors facing the parking lot may be locked.

Coming up in December, date TBD, Arnie Hagler from U Mass on rational drug design and Wil Gilbert from UNH on bioinformatics software.

September 15, 2005

Bob Handsaker, Broad Institute: The Broad Institute Genetic Analysis Platform

Michael Brudno, University of Toronto: Alignment of Whole Genomes: Algorithms and Tools.

The next meeting of the Computational Biology SIG is planned for September 15 at 5:30pm in the U Mass Amherst Computer Science Building. Our speakers will include Bob Handsaker, a local consultant at the Broad Institute will speak on The Broad Institute Genetic Analysis Platform and Michael Brudno of the University of Toronto will discuss comparative genomics in his talk Alignment of Whole Genomes: Algorithms and Tools. There will be free pizza.

CB SIG Sept. 15, 5:30pm, U Mass Computer Science (directions)

CB SIG
Sept. 15, 5:30pm
U Mass Computer Science (directions)

CB SIG
Sept. 15, 5:30pm
U Mass Computer Science (directions)

The next meeting of the Computational Biology SIG is planned for September 15 at 5:30pm in the U Mass Amherst Computer Science Building. Our speakers will include Bob Handsaker, a local consultant at the Broad Institute will speak on The Broad Institute Genetic Analysis Platform and Michael Brudno of the University of Toronto will discuss comparative genomics in his talk Alignment of Whole Genomes: Algorithms and Tools. There will be free pizza. Read more...

Stay tuned for updates. Join the SysBio mailing list for email announcements.

The next meeting of the Computational Biology SIG is tentatively planned for September 15 at 5:30pm in the U Mass Amherst Computer Science Building. Our speakers will include Bob Handsaker of Charlemont Software about his work with the Broad Institute at MIT. There will be food.

The next meeting of the Computational Biology SIG is tentatively planned for September 15. Location TBD. Our speakers will include Bob Handsaker of Charlemont Software about his work with the Broad Institute at MIT.

Also this year will include Arnie Hagler from U Mass on rational drug design and Wil Gilbert from UNH on bioinformatics software.

Stay tuned for updates.

Mike Catalano, Product Manager at Protedyne: "Integrating LIMS in the context of closed-loop cherry picking"

The next meeting of the Computational Biology SIG is tentatively planned for September 15. Location TBD. Tentative speakers are Bob Handsaker of Charlemont Software about his work with the Broad Institute at MIT and Arnie Hagler from U Mass on rational drug design. Stay tuned for updates.

Members and Participating Organizations

(list to come)

Upcoming Events

The next meeting of the Computational Biology SIG is tentatively planned for September 15. Location TBD. Tentative speakers are Bob Handsaker of Charlemont Software about his work with the Broad Institute at MIT and Arnie Hagler from U Mass on rational drug design. Stay tuned for updates.

Introduction

Computational Biology SIG

The Western Massachusetts computational biology special interest group (SIG) formed in early 2005. This is being promoted as an academic-industry partnership and outreach group to the larger community in and near the Pioneer Valley. The organization of this SIG is supported by the Bioeconomic Technology Alliance, part of the Regional Tech Corp -- a western Massachusetts technology alliance, and by the Office of Industry Liaison and Economic Development (ILED) at UMass.

Mission

The goal of the CB-SIG is to support the expansion of biocomputing research and development in Western Massachusetts. Through regional events we aim to broaden interest, increase collaborations, and expand knowledge and awareness in emerging topics that intersect the computational, biological, engineering, and biotechnology fields.

Activites

We plan to address our mission primarily through informational and networking meetings held every 2-3 months. Meetings will host academic and industry speakers including:

• scientific
• business
• legal
• government

We also will maintain this collaborative website of members and activities.

The expectation for this nascent group is to primarily serve as a networking organization to facilitate inter-disciplinary and cross-culture (academic/industry) relationships. We plan to regularly present bioinformatics-related topics of mutual interest to academic and industry participants and to support activities such as internships, research collaborations, small business grants, business start-ups.

Past Meetings

June 16, 2005

Asst Prof Oliver Brock: "Computational methods for protein structure prediction in the context of the Protein Structure Initiative"

Dave Wilson, VP of Sofware Engineering at Protedyne: "Integrating LIMS in the context of closed-loop cherry picking"

March 3, 2005

Kickoff introductory meeting.