Call For Papers: 'Cheminformatics Techniques in Bioinformatics-Related Applications' at the Fall ACS National Meeting

234th ACS National Meeting,
Boston, MA. August 19-23, 2007
CINF division
Cheminformatics Techniques in Bioinformatics-Related Applications
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Dear Colleagues,
The field of bioinformatics utilizes a variety of different forms of representation ranging from string sequences to 3D molecular structure. Though cheminformatics generally focuses on the structure of small molecules, there have been a number of applications of cheminformatics techniques to problems in the field of bioinformatics. Examples include similarity measures for DNA and peptide sequences, topological descriptors applied to proteomic maps and so on. In addition, though many biological problems involve molecular structures, traditional cheminformatics techniques may require modifications to efficiently handle large structures such as proteins. Finally a number of topics broadly related to systems biology, such as metabolic networks and mass spectrum prediction, can involve the analysis of chemical structure.

You are invited to submit papers that cover issues in the
* Applications of cheminformatics techniques and concepts to biological and bioinformatics problems
* Extension and tailoring of cheminformatics algorithms to handle bioinformatics problems
* Applications of cheminformatics in a systems biology context

Please use OASYS (http://oasys.acs.org/acs/234nm/cinf/papers/index.cgi)
to submit your abstracts. The deadline for submitting abstracts is
April 2nd, 2007.

Symposium organizers:
Rajarshi Guha
School of Informatics
Indiana University
rguha@indiana.edu
Ph: 814-404-5449

Leah Solla
Physical Sciences Library
Cornell University
lrm1@cornell.edu
Ph: 607-255-1361

From the CHMINF mailing list, Feb 5/07