Networks

General Information

The National Center for Biomedical Ontology will host a two-day workshop focused on ontologies of cellular networks.

Goals

The goals of this workshop are:

• 1. to provide an introduction to the basic tools and methods of ontology
• 2. to foster networking of, and enhanced coordination between, those groups already working on ontologies of cellular networks
• 3. to identify problems which must be solved if ontology methods are to be extended to represent biological mechanisms in greater detail
• 4. to promote further ontology development in this area with the goal of accelerating our ability to understand basic biological phenomena and to leverage experimental data

Agenda Template

Wednesday, March 27, 2008

• 9.00am Registration and Continental Breakfast

• 10.00am: Session 1
• Moderator

Introductions

• 10am Participant Self-Introductions
• 10.15am Introduction to Ontology
• 10.45am Coffee
• 11.15am The OBO Foundry
• 11.45am

• 12.45pm Lunch

• 2.00-5.00pm Session 2
• Moderator:

Cellular Networks and Cellular Network Data

Thursday, March 28, 2008

• 8.30am Continental Breakfast

• 9.00am Session 2
• Moderator:

Ontologies of Cellular Networks: Alternative Approaches

• Session 3

• 12.45pm Lunch Break

• Session 4

Ontologies of Cellular Networks: The Next Steps

• Moderator: Suzanna Lewis (NCBO, Berkeley)

• 2.00-4.00pm

Participants

Participants will include:

Helen Berman (PDB, Ruttgers) William Bug (BIRN Ontology Task Force, UC San Diego) Werner Ceusters (ORG, Buffalo) Lindsay Cowell (Duke) Peter D'Eustachio (Reactome) Nancy Gough (Science) Suzanna Lewis (NCBO, Berkeley) Avi Ma'ayan (Mount Sinai, NY) Darren Natale (Protein Ontology/PIR, Georgetown) Alan Ruttenberg (Science Commons) Andrey Rzhetsky (Chicago) Richard Scheuermann (UTexas SW Medical Center) Stuart Sealfon (Mount Sinai, NY) Barry Smith (ORG, Buffalo)

Venue

Hilton Hotel Newark Airport A block of rooms has been set aside for early registrants.

Links

• National Center for Biomedical Ontology

Literature

Current progress in network research

An Evaluation of Ontology Exchange Languages for Bioinformatics