First International Biocurator Meeting, Asilomar, CA, December 8-11, 2005

[sue rhee]

Peter,

I would say that any curator of biological data (whether they are in 
databases or in other types of collections) are biocurators. A curator of 
DNA samples from Egyptian mummies is coming to the meeting, for example. I 
hope the phrase 'biological databases' will not deter you from being 
interested in coming. While the majority of the talks will be based on 
curating digital data that have been coming out en masse in the last 
decade but I think the issues of curation will be more broadly applicable.

Sue

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Peter Stevens wrote:

> So I suppose curators (e.g., me) in herbaria and zoological museums are not 
> biocurators... It seems a rather unfortunate choice of a name!
>
> P.
>
>
>> ** First announcement **
>> First International Biocurator Meeting, Asilomar, CA, December 8-11, 2005
>> 
>> The goal of this meeting is to create a forum for curators and developers 
>> of
>> biological databases to discuss their work, promote collaborations, and 
>> foster
>> a sense of community in this very active and growing area of research.
>> Confirmed plenary speakers include Rolf Apweiler (EBI), Russ Altman 
>> (Stanford
>> University), and Mike Tyers (University of Toronto).
>> 
>> Advance registration will be available from August 6 - October 1, and 
>> abstract
>> submission will be open from August 6 - October 11.
>> 
>> For more information, please see the meeting web site at:
>> 
>> http://biocurator.org/intnlbiocurator.html
>> 
>> The meeting organizers would like to thank the Genetics Society of America 
>> for
>> their support.
>> 
>> Organizing Comittee:
>> Richard Bruskiewich -International Rice Research Institute, the Philippines
>> Maria Costanzo -Saccharomyces Genome Database, Stanford University, USA
>> Kara Dolinski -Saccharomyces Genome Database, Princeton University, USA
>> Takashi Gojobori -Center for Information Biology and DNA Data Bank of 
>> Japan,
>> National Institute of Genetics, Japan
>> Win Hide -South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of 
>> the
>> Western Cape, South Africa
>> Doug Howe -Zebrafish Information Network, University of Oregon, USA
>> Sean May -NASC, the European Arabidopsis Stock Centre, UK
>> Gillian Millburn -FlyBase, University of Cambridge, UK
>> Sima Misra -FlyBase and BDGP, University of California, Berkeley, USA
>> Mary Polacco -USDA ARS and University of Missouri, USA
>> Sue Rhee -The Arabidopsis Information Resource, Carnegie Institution, USA
>> Simon Twigger -Rat Genome Database, Medical College of Wisconsin at 
>> Milwaukee,
>> USA
>> Yukiko Yamazaki -Oryzabase, Genetic Informatics Laboratory, Center for 
>> Genetic
>> Resource Information, National Institute of Genetics, Japan
>> 
>> 
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>

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