IO
Informatics’ Quarterly Newsletter - Summer 2010
Breaking
News
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Best Practices Award
PROOF
Centre of Excellence and UBC James Hogg iCAPTURE Research Centre Win Bio-IT
World Best Practices Award in Partnership with IO Informatics
http://www.bio-itworld.com/2010/04/21/best-practices-winners.html
The
PROOF Centre of Excellence issues a press release detailing the award.
http://www.io-informatics.com/news/press-releases/pr_10_04_27.pdf
The
PROOF Centre of Excellence issues a press release detailing the award.
·
Recent Partnerships
IO
recently announced strategic partnerships with Dell and Franz Inc.
http://www.io-informatics.com/news/press-releases/pr_10_04_21.pdf
http://www.io-informatics.com/news/press-releases/pr_10_04_20.pdf
Articles
Semantic
Universe editor Tony Shaw recently spoke with Jans Aasman, CEO of Franz Inc.,
and Robert Stanley, President & CEO of IO Informatics, about the
announcement of their new strategic partnership. The article was entitled, "The Pfizer IDEA project: An
Interview with Franz' Jans Aasman and IO Informatics' Robert Stanley"
http://www.semanticuniverse.com/articles-interview-jans-aasman-ceo-franz-inc-and-robert-stanley-president-ceo-io-informatics.html
Upcoming
Events
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SemTech
IO
Informatics will have a poster entitled, “From Concepts to Production: Semantic
Technology Solves Real Life Sciences and Healthcare Challenges” at the SemTech
2010 conference in San Francisco, June 21 – 25.
http://semtech2010.semanticuniverse.com/
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Bio-Soft 2010
Dr.
Erich Gombocz, CSO and Vice President of IO Informatics will be presenting the
keynote address at BIT Life Sciences' 2nd Annual World Bio-Soft Conference in Dalian, China, June 23 – 25. Dr. Gombocz’s
keynote address is entitled, “The New Information Age in Life Sciences and
Clinics: From Static Data Warehouses to Decision Support based on Dynamic
Semantically Integrated Data and Knowledge Networks.” He will also be on the
panel for Track 2-3: Bioinformatics in Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics
and Metabolomics.
http://www.bitlifesciences.com/biosoft2010/
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ADAPT 2010
IO
Informatics will be at the upcoming Accelerating Development & Advancing
Personalized Therapy (ADAPT 2010) conference in Arlington, VA
September 13 – 16. Dr. Raymond Ng, Professor, UBC and Dr. Erich Gombocz will be
delivering a talk entitled, “Biomarker development to improve decision support
for the treatment of organ failures – How far are we today?” In addition to the
talk and an exhibit booth (#10), IO will be displaying a poster entitled,
“Personalized Medicine in Action: Screening with Semantic Biology Models from
Integrated Data Correlation and Knowledge Networks.”
http://www.adaptcongress.com/
Monthly
Webinar Series
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Introduction to Semantics
Tuesday,
June 29, 2010 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
Discover
how semantic technology breaks the data integration barrier leading to the
eradication of data silos. This use-case driven introductory seminar will
provide a brief overview of semantic technology and applications. Registration is required.
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/594778538
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Integrating Experimental Data
Tuesday,
July 20, 2010 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
Leverage
semantic technology to combine various experimentally-derived data including
all types of –omic data. Learn about how tools can be leveraged to maximize
insight and knowledge from existing data. Registration is required.
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/622782082
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Integrating Public Data
Tuesday,
August 24, 2010 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
Discover
and learn about new tools which are being used to efficiently and effectively
combine public data with your experimental data. Harness the full potential of
the multitude of publicly available resources. Registration is required.
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/570406074