From CCOTTER@niaid.nih.gov Wed Apr 4 19:42:08 2001 From: CCOTTER@niaid.nih.gov (Cynthia Cotter) Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 14:42:08 -0400 Subject: [Biocorba-announce-l] Request for Comment on DRAFT RFP for Bioinformatics Integration S upport Contract Message-ID: <7B9BE47109ACD211B96700104B235753022ADF95@hive.niaid.nih.gov> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0BD36.F3B62CA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear Colleague, The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is considering procuring bioinformatics support services for broadbased data integration. This email message is to alert relevant communities of interest to this possible future opportunity and to request comment on the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) NIH-NIAID-DAIT-02-16. This draft document is available at URL: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/cgi-shl/cmb/rfps.cfm. Click on DRAFT RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIT-02-16 to view the document. With this notice, we encourage you to (a) provide constructive comments on the draft RFP and (b) consider submitting a proposal under this solicitation should one ultimately be posted. Finally, please pass this notice along to other firms and individuals with relevant capabilities who may benefit from being made aware of this opportunity. Thank you in advance for your interest in and support of the advanced technology activities of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. All responses to the RFP and requests for further information should be directed in writing by U.S. mail or electronic mail to: National Institutes of Health; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Attention: Cyndie Cotter , Contracting Officer ; Contract Management Branch (Ref. Draft RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIT-02-16);NIAID; National Institutes of Health; 6700-B Rockledge Drive; Room 2230, MSC 7612; Bethesda, MD 20892-7612; E-mail: cc41w@nih.gov; Phone: (301) 402-0641; Facsimile: (301) 402-0972 . ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0BD36.F3B62CA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Request for Comment on DRAFT RFP for Bioinformatics Integration = Support Contract

Dear Colleague,

The National Institute of Allergy and = Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is considering procuring bioinformatics = support services for broadbased data integration. This email message is = to alert relevant communities of interest to this possible future = opportunity and to request comment on the draft Request for Proposal = (RFP) NIH-NIAID-DAIT-02-16.  This draft document is available at = URL: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/cgi-shl/cmb/rfps.cfm.  Click on DRAFT RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIT-02-16 to = view the document.

With this notice, we encourage you to (a) = provide constructive comments on the draft RFP and (b) consider = submitting a proposal under this solicitation should one ultimately be = posted.

Finally, please pass this notice along to other = firms and individuals with relevant capabilities who may benefit from = being made aware of this opportunity.

Thank you in advance for your interest in and = support of the advanced technology activities of the National Institute = of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

All responses to the RFP and requests for = further information should be directed in writing by U.S. mail or = electronic mail to: National Institutes of Health; National Institute = of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Attention:  = Cyndie Cotter = <mailto:cc41w@nih.gov>, Contracting Officer ; Contract Management Branch = (Ref. Draft RFP NIH-NIAID-DAIT-02-16);NIAID; National Institutes of = Health; 6700-B Rockledge Drive; Room 2230, MSC 7612; Bethesda, MD  = 20892-7612; E-mail:  cc41w@nih.gov; Phone:  (301) 402-0641; = Facsimile:  (301) 402-0972 .


------_=_NextPart_001_01C0BD36.F3B62CA0-- From W_David_Benton@sbphrd.com Mon Apr 16 18:42:28 2001 From: W_David_Benton@sbphrd.com (W_David_Benton@sbphrd.com) Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 13:42:28 -0400 Subject: [Biocorba-announce-l] Second Call for Participation: Objects in Bio- & Chem-Informatics 2001, Boston (USA), July 9-10 Message-ID: We apologize to those who receive multiple copies of this email. Please distribute this call to all interested parties. Please note that abstracts are due in three (3) weeks. ============================================ Objects in Bio- & Chem-Informatics 2001 Call for Participation IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for abstract submission: May 7, 2001 Author notification: May 22, 2001 Deadline for revised abstract submission: June 15, 2001 Objects In Bio- & Chem-Informatics 2001 (OiBC-2001), hosted by the OMG Life Science Research Domain Task Force (LSR DTF) will be held at the Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA on July 9 and 10, 2001. This two-day conference will focus on the role of object-oriented technology, reusable software components, design patterns, and distributed computing in life sciences research. The overall theme of the conference is sharing best practices for implementing object-based systems for bio- and chem-informatics. Conference scope includes object modeling and implementation, independent of platform or language. The OiBC Program Committee is currently seeking papers and posters reporting original research and development of object-oriented software and systems, the role of object-oriented technology, reusable software components, design patterns, and distributed computing in life sciences research. Typical but not exclusive topics of interest include: * Bioinformatics and Genomics * Cheminformatics * Combinatorial libraries and drug design * Computational chemistry * Functional genomics * Information and data management for high-throughput experimental biology * Macromolecular structure * Molecular sequence analysis * Pharmacogenomics * Proteomics * Object-Oriented Modeling, Design, and Ontologies for these disciplines * Efficient object and data stores for any of the disciplines listed above * Advantages and return on investment of object-oriented technologies * Development and application of open standards for information representation and software interoperability Demonstrations of interoperability in systems using components from two or more sources are particularly encouraged, either as posters or as platform talks. Authors should submit their extended (up to 5 pages) abstracts electronically to: oibc-abstracts@omg.org Questions regarding submissions may also be sent to this address. In your covering email, please clearly state the name, email address, and phone number of the corresponding author; the presentation title; and your preference for presentation (platform talk, poster, or demonstration). Abstracts must be received by May 7, 2001, 23:59 local time. This is a firm deadline. For more information about the Call for Participation and how to submit a presentation or poster proposal see the OiBC web site at http://www.omg.org/lsr/oibc/. From paolo@ist.unige.it Fri Apr 20 15:02:47 2001 From: paolo@ist.unige.it (Paolo Romano) Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 16:02:47 +0200 (DFT) Subject: [Biocorba-announce-l] NETTAB: Register before May 1st at the reduced rates Message-ID: <200104201402.QAA10336@ist.unige.it> Dear list members, Register at a reduced rate before May 1st to the NETTAB Workshop on "CORBA and XML: Towards a bioinformatics integrated network environment" May 17th-18th, 2001, Advanced Biotechnology Centre, Genova May 1st is the deadline for registering to the NETTAB Workshop at a reduced fee (even lower for ISCB and TABOO members, see below). Here are the Workshop participation fees: Academic: - before May 1st: 150 EUR - after May 1st: 200 EUR Non academic: - before May 1st: 300 EUR - after May 1st: 400 EUR Participation fee includes attendance to the workshop sessions, coffee breaks, lunches, workshop's abstracts book and social dinner. Please register by filling in online the purpose form at one of the following URLs: http://www.cba.unige.it/Events/NETTAB/rform.html http://www.bioinformatics.org/NETTAB/rform.html (US mirror) --- The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and the Italian Association on Object-Oriented Technologies (TABOO) have agreed to support the NETTAB Workshop. Both personal and corporate members of ISCB and TABOO are eligible a 10% discount on the registration fee. If you are not a member of these societies, please consider the chance of registering now. Information is available on-line for becoming ISCB regular and corporate members: http://www.iscb.org/ . Information is also available on-line for becoming member of TABOO (in Italian language only): http://twilight.dse.disco.unimib.it/TABOO/iscrizione/mod-ass.html --- >From MAY 19th, Genoa will host the National Meeting of Italian Alpine soldiers and it could therefore be DIFFICULT for you to find a convenient hotel later. You should book your hotel room AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! Please refer to the following URL for a list of hotels: http://www.comune.genova.it/guide/welc_alberghi.htm If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact by email the Workshop secretariat at nettab@ist.unige.it. Looking forward to seeing you in Genoa. Best regards. Paolo Romano (Workshop Chairman) -- Paolo Romano (paolo@ist.unige.it) Biotechnology Department, National Cancer Research Institute - Genova c/o Advanced Biotechnology Centre Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, I-16132, Genova, Italy Tel: +39-010-5737-288 Fax: +39-010-5737-295 From W_David_Benton@sbphrd.com Mon Apr 30 17:15:31 2001 From: W_David_Benton@sbphrd.com (W_David_Benton@sbphrd.com) Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:15:31 -0400 Subject: [Biocorba-announce-l] Final Call for Participation: Objects in Bio- & Chem-Informatics 2001, Boston (USA), July 9-10 Message-ID: We apologize to those who receive multiple copies of this email. Please distribute this call to all interested parties. Please note that abstracts are due in one week. ============================================ Objects in Bio- & Chem-Informatics 2001 Call for Participation IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for abstract submission: May 7, 2001 Author notification: May 22, 2001 Deadline for revised abstract submission: June 15, 2001 Objects In Bio- & Chem-Informatics 2001 (OiBC-2001), hosted by the OMG Life Science Research Domain Task Force (LSR DTF) will be held at the Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA on July 9 and 10, 2001. This two-day conference will focus on the role of object-oriented technology, reusable software components, design patterns, and distributed computing in life sciences research. The overall theme of the conference is sharing best practices for implementing object-based systems for bio- and chem-informatics. Conference scope includes object modeling and implementation, independent of platform or language. The OiBC Program Committee is currently seeking papers and posters reporting original research and development of object-oriented software and systems, the role of object-oriented technology, reusable software components, design patterns, and distributed computing in life sciences research. Typical but not exclusive topics of interest include: * Bioinformatics and Genomics * Cheminformatics * Combinatorial libraries and drug design * Computational chemistry * Functional genomics * Information and data management for high-throughput experimental biology * Macromolecular structure * Molecular sequence analysis * Pharmacogenomics * Proteomics * Object-Oriented Modeling, Design, and Ontologies for these disciplines * Efficient object and data stores for any of the disciplines listed above * Advantages and return on investment of object-oriented technologies * Development and application of open standards for information representation and software interoperability Demonstrations of interoperability in systems using components from two or more sources are particularly encouraged, either as posters or as platform talks. Authors should submit their extended (up to 5 pages) abstracts electronically to: oibc-abstracts@omg.org Questions regarding submissions may also be sent to this address. In your covering email, please clearly state the name, email address, and phone number of the corresponding author; the presentation title; and your preference for presentation (platform talk, poster, or demonstration). Abstracts must be received by May 7, 2001, 23:59 local time. This is a firm deadline. For more information about the Call for Participation and how to submit a presentation or poster proposal see the OiBC web site at http://www.omg.org/lsr/oibc/.