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Venue:<\/strong> Microsoft Research New England<\/a>
\nHorace Mann Conference Room
\nFirst Floor Conference Center
\nOne Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MAOpens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n

\"cabi2013_264x200\"Computational Aspects of Biological Information (CABI) 2013 is a one day workshop on challenges in computational biology. CABI 2013 will be held at Microsoft Research New England on December 16, 2013 and will bring together experts in the Boston\/Cambridge area to discuss computational solutions to problems in systems biology, genomics, and related areas.<\/p>\n

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Organizing committee<\/h3>\n

Christian Borgs (Microsoft Research New England)
\nJennifer Chayes (Microsoft Research New England)
\nErnest Fraenkel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
\nAnthony Gitter (Microsoft Research New England)
\nFranziska Michor (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health)Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n

Workshop program<\/h2>\n

Where applicable, links to video replays\u00a0of select workshops are provided.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
9:00 – 9:50<\/td>\nRegistration and breakfast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:50 – 10:00<\/td>\nOpening remarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 – 10:30<\/td>\nComputational Genomic Medicine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jill P. Mesirov (Broad Institute)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

10:30 – 11:00<\/td>\nSynthetic Biology and Biocomputation: Life Redesigned<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jim Collins (Boston University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Wyss Institute, Harvard University)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

11:00 – 11:15<\/td>\nCoffee break<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:15 – 11:45<\/td>\nEvolutionary Forces in Humans and Pathogens<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pardis Sabeti (Harvard University, Broad Institute)
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11:45 – 12:15<\/td>\nTranscription Factors and DNA Regulatory Elements<\/b><\/p>\n

Martha Bulyk (Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

12:15 – 1:00<\/td>\nLunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00 – 1:30<\/td>\nPoster session<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:30 – 2:00<\/td>\nInstrumenting the Healthcare Enterprise<\/b><\/p>\n

Isaac (Zak) Kohane (Harvard Medical School)
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2:00 – 2:30<\/td>\nAnalysis of Cell-Cell Communication Networks in Inflammatory Pathologies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doug Lauffenburger (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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2:30 – 3:00<\/td>\nComputational Discovery of Directional Pioneer Factors<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Gifford (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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3:00 – 3:45<\/td>\nCoffee break\u00a0\/ Posters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:45 – 4:15<\/td>\nMessage Passing: Modeling the Flow of Information in Cellular Networks<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Quackenbush (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard School of Public Health)
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4:15 – 4:45<\/td>\nComputational Analysis of Mutational Heterogeneity in Cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben Raphael (Brown University)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

4:45 – 5:15<\/td>\nInterpreting Cancer Copy-Number Alterations<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rameen Beroukhim (Harvard Medical School, Broad Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute)
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5:15 – 5:20<\/td>\nClosing remarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The following posters will be presented at CABI 2013:<\/p>\n