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Acknowledgements for Advanced Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analysis Course

This document acknowledges the contributions and support for the Advanced Course on Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analysis held from June 30 to July 12, 2008, at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil. Special thanks are extended to key organizers, staff, and financial supporters, along with the esteemed faculty and participating students from various countries. The course provided a robust platform for knowledge exchange in bioinformatics, with discussions on methodologies, genomics, and evolutionary analysis, further enriched by collaborative efforts and extensive resources.

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Acknowledgements for Advanced Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analysis Course

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  1. Acknowledgements

  2. Advanced Course on Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analysis June 30 - July 12, 2008 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil Organizers/Contact: • Alberto M.R. Davila, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio, Brazil; • Edmundo Grisard, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil; • Hugo Naya, Institut Pasteur Montevideo, Uruguay; • Fredj Tekaia, Institut Pasteur Paris, France. Course web page:http://www.pasteur.fr/~tekaia/ACBCGA.html

  3. Financial support CNPq/QUADTRYP/FINEP

  4. We would like to thank the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Florianopolis for hosting this course and particularly: Dr. Maria Lucia de Barros Camargo - UFSC Vice-Chancellor of Post-Graduation.

  5. We are grateful to all the colleagues and administrative staff who devoted much of their time to efficiently help setting this course. We acknowledge the following colleagues:

  6. • From the Institut Pasteur Paris (http://www.pasteur.fr) -Direction des affaires internationales Yves Charpak, Roberto Bruzzone, Eliane Cöeffier; -Service Missions Michèle Leclerc, Murielle Dupuis; -Gestion du Budget Marie-Pierre Gratius; -Secretariat Martine Rambaud.

  7. • From EMBO (http://www.embo.org/projects/world/) (Courses & Workshops/World Activities) Maria Barbosa, Programme Manager; Anne Seller, Administrator; Lynne Turnbull, on line-Helpdesk Administrator.

  8. We are grateful to all the colleagues who accepted our invitations for devoting much of their time and efforts to participate in this course:

  9. • Sonia Abdelhak (Institut Pasteur Tunis; Tunisia); • Mario Dantas (UFSC, Florianopolis; Brazil); • Alberto Davila (FIOCRUZ, Rio; Brazil); • Antonio Basiliode Miranda (FIOCRUZ, Rio; Brazil); • Bas Dutilh (CMBI, Nijmegen; Holland); •André Goffeau (Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve; Belgium); •Gustavo Goldman (Universidade de Sao Paulo; Brazil); •Leo Goostadt (University of Oxford; UK); • Edmundo Grisard(UFSC, Florianopolis; Brazil);

  10. • Grégory Nuel (University Paris-Descartes; France); • Christian Probst(ICC/FIOCRUZ, Curitiba; Brazil); • Joao Setubal (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute; USA); • Fredj Tekaia(Institut Pasteur Paris; France); • Julie Thompson (IGBMC, Strasbourg; France);

  11. DVD: Bibliography Thanks to: Hugo Naya and Natalia Rego (Institut Pasteur Montevideo, Uruguay) The DVD includes: • Fundamental recent references in Bioinformatics and Comparative Genome Analysis. • Subdivided into items: Methods; Genomes; Comparative Genomics; Duplication; Evolution; Orthologs; Phylogeny; Selection; Tree of Life; …; Courses and conference presentations.

  12. We would like to acknowledge the monitors: • Glauber Wagner, MSc - UFSC; • Guilherme Arthur Geronimo, UFSC; • Juliano de Carvalho Cury, UFSC; for their efficient help during the course.

  13. Milestones of the course organization • Submission Institut Pasteur Paris : July 10, 2007; • Submission EMBO : July 10, 2007; • CNPq application: July, 2007; • Course Announcement : January, 2007; • Application deadline: March 31, 2008; • Candidate evaluation and selection (20) : April 10, 2008; • Course starting : June, 30, 2008; •Course evaluation (mandatory) : July 12, 2008; • Course and financial reports :August 30, 2008.

  14. Applicants (89)/Countries (19)/Gender -> 150 e-mails Total applications: Selected (20)/Countries (7): 13 F/7 M 45 F/44M 3 + 2 (30.2; 5.3;23; 45) (31.6; 7.3; 22; 49) (30.2; 3.8; 24; 39) (34.4; 6.8; 23; 45) Female Male Age: 5 64: ~ Biol 25: ~ Bioinf 14: ~ Biol 06: ~ Bioinf 3 + 2 1 2 1 1 10 supplementary students from FIOCRUZ: 6F / 4M have regularly attended the course. Travel grants: 2 students

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