RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Comparative Genomics - Videos Available

San Diego, CA, October 11, 2007 -- Large-scale genome sequencing projects are generating vast amounts of data for a multitude of organisms, including mammals and other vertebrates, invertebrates, fungi, plants, bacteria, and viruses. As the data increase, so do the opportunities and the challenges for scientists to interpret them. Comparative genomics lies at the forefront of this challenge.

The RECOMB Satellite Workshop on Comparative Genomics, held at Calit2's Atkinson Hall September 16-18 2007, is a forum on all aspects and components of this field, ranging from new quantitative discoveries about genome structure and process, to theorems on the complexity of computational problems inspired by genome comparison.

Archived webcasts of the conference are now available for On-Demand viewing [Windows Media Player and a Broadband Connection Required; click for information on the latest version, and on other players for Macs and Linux ]

See the conference website for talk abstracts, conference proceedings, and other information.

SUNDAY	SEPTEMBER 16
	Opening Remarks Glenn Tesler, UC San Diego Length: 10:10 [video] [PDF] Video in Real Media format due to technical difficulties
	Keynote: Function and Evolution of Regions Bound by Drosophila Transcription Factors Michael Eisen, UC Berkeley Length: 1:05:56 [video]
	Inferring a Duplication, Speciation and Loss History from a Gene Tree Cedric Chauve, Simon Fraser University Length: 23:43 [video] [PDF]
	Multi-Break Rearrangements: From Circular to Linear Genomes Max Aleksyev, UC San Diego Length: 20:47 [video] [PDF]
	Learning Gene Regulatory Networks via Globally Regularized Risk Mimimization Yuhong Guo, University of Alberta Length: 23:03 [video] [PDF]
	Evolution of Tandemly Arrayed Genes in Mulitple Species Mathieu Lajoie, University of Montreal Length: 24:21 [video] [PDF]
	A Pseudo-Boolean Programming Approach for Computing the Breakpoint Distance Between Two Genomes with Duplicate Genes Annelyse Thévenin , Universite Paris-Sud Length: 20:37 [video] [PDF]
	Factors Influencing the Fate of Mammalian Gene Duplicates Craig Nelson, University of Conneticut Length: 22:52 [video] [PDF]
	Spatial Fluctuation of Recombination Rates in the HIV Gemome: A Computational Model Identifies Hotspots Karin Dorman, Iowa State University Length: 17:34 [PDF]
	Keynote: Quantifying Gene Gain and Loss in Mammals Matthew Hahn, Indiana University Length: 46:36 [video] [PDF]
	Selection on Genome Arrangement in a Recently Emerged Bacterial Pathogen Aaron Darling, University of Queensland Length: 18:06 [video] [PDF]
	Coalescent Consequences for Consensus Cladograms James Degnan, University of Michigan Length: 23:24 [video] [PDF]
	Reconciliation with Non-Binary Species Trees Maureen Stolzer, Carnegie Mellon University Length: 17:05 [video]

MONDAY	SEPTEMBER 17
	Keynote: Multiple Geneteic Differences in Sialic Acid Biology Between Humans and Great Apes Ajit Varki, UC San Diego Length: 42:19 [video] [PDF]
	Reconstructing and Inversion History in the Anopheles gambiae Complex Igor Sharakhov, Virgina Tech Length: 23:17 [video] [PDF]
	Improving Inversion Median Computation Using Commuting Reversals and Cycle Information William Arndt, University of South Carolia Length: 20:28 [video] [PDF]
	Recovering True Rearrangement Events on Phylogenetic Trees Hao Zhao, Genome Institute of Singapore Length: 29:31 [video] [PDF]
	Keynote: Accelerated and Biased Nucleotide Evolution in the Human Genome Katherine S. Pollard, UC Davis Length: 1:00:04 [video] [PDF]
	Baclovirus Phylogeny Based on Genome Rearrangements Daniel Goodman, UC San Diego Length: 21:42 [video] [PDF]
	Selecting Genomes for Reconstruction of Ancestral Genomes Jian Ma, UC Santa Cruz Length: 18:05 [video] [PDF]
	How to Achieve an Equivalent Simple Permutation in Linear Time Simon Gog, University of Ulm Length: 20:45 [video] [PDF]
	A Rigorous Analysis of the Pattern of Intron Conversation Supports the Coelomata Clade of Animals Jie Zheng, National Center fo Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health Length: 26:28 [video] [PDF]
	Keynote: Genomics and Bioinformatics: Applications to Conservation Efforts for Endangered Species Oliver A. Ryder, Zoological Society of San Diego Length: 1:08:34 [video]

TUESDAY	SEPTEMBER 18
	Keynote: Gene Structure Modifications in Primate-Specific Duplicates Francessca D. Ciccarelli, European Institute of Oncology (Italy) Video not available at this time
	A Heuristic Algorithm for Reconstructing Ancestral Gene Orders with Duplications Jian Ma, UC Santa Cruz Length: 18:05 [video] [PDF]
	Parts of the Problem of Polyploids in Rearrangement Phylogeny David Sankoff, University of Ottawa Length: 24:42 [video]
	Closing Remarks Glenn Tesler, UC San Diego Length: 2:22 [video]
	Joint Session With RECOMB Cancer Biology
	UC Discovery Grant Mona D. Lee, UC San Diego Length: 4:55 [video] [PDF]
	James Mullen, Morison & Foerster, LLP Length: 3:33 [video]
	Dennis Carson, Moores UCSD Cancer Center Length: 3:01 [video]
	Keynote: Dynamic Duplications in the Human Genome Barbara J. Trask, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute Video not available at this time

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