14th BOLOGNA WINTER SCHOOL
Bioinformatics and Epigenomics
February 11-15, 2013
Bologna - Italy
Bioinformatics is at its tipping point. An un-precedent optimization of nucleic acid sequencing technology makes it feasible to unravel the epigenetic marks that effect local transcriptional potential in humans and that are preserved or regenerated during cell division. The problem is whether presently available computational tools can cope with the requirement that data analysis should be as efficient as data production. This will allow deciphering the unfinished symphony of living organisms. Furthermore, understanding the dynamics and stability of epigenetic marks through the cell cycle is a pre-requisite for understanding evolution, cell interaction with the environment and relation among mutations and maladies. Our forum will explore the state of the art projects and research that try to address relevant epigenetic issues in both national and international labs where bioinformatics is the only developing framework where to analyze, integrate and model data necessary to exploit the present knowledge of epigenomics.
FACULTY
Silvio Bicciato
Dept. of Life Sciences, Center for Genome Research - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT
Rita Casadio
Centre for Genome Biology - University of Bologna - Bologna, IT
Montserrat Corominas
Dept. of Genetics - University of Barcelona, Barcelona, ES
Pietro Di Lena
Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering - University of Bologna - Bologna, IT
Roderic Guigó
Centre for Genome Regulation - Barcelona, ES
Luca Fontanesi
Centre for Genome Biology - University of Bologna, Bologna, IT
Mattia Forcato
Dept. of Life Sciences, Center for Genome Research - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, IT
David T. Jones
University College - London, UK
Graziano Pesole
Institute of Biomembrane and Bioenergetics - CNR - Bari, IT
Giovanni Romeo
European Genetics Foundation, IT
Anna Tramontano
University of Rome "La Sapienza", Rome, IT
Gert Vriend
Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics (CMBI) Nijmegen, NL