Dear Colleagues, The deadline for abstract submissions (either for oral or poster presentations) to the 2011 AMIA Summit on Translational Bioinformatics is *December 15th*. As a new feature this year, the *top podium presentations will be invited for submission of full manuscripts to the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)*.
The TBI Summit will be held on March 7th-9th, 2011, at the Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, California as part of the Joint Summits on Translational Science. Since 2008, the Summit has been recognized as a key venue for the exchange of ideas in translational bioinformatics. We seek the best work by leading biomolecular and clinical informaticians, geneticists, computational biologists, biologists, clinicians, technologists, computer scientists and public health scientists. All proposals must be submitted using the link on the proposals page at the AMIA website according to following deadlines as described here: http://jointsummits2011.amia.org/tbi-2011-initial-call-proposals The Summit on Translational Bioinformatics aims to highlight the trans-disciplinary nature of this now-burgeoning research field and provide a unique opportunity to bring together the finest minds in translational bioinformatics from the academia, industry, government and non-profit sectors. As in previous years, the top papers will be invited to publish in an open access journal. The four tracks this year are focused on methodological innovations from bench to bedside, with a particular emphasis on clinical implications based on the latest in molecular and cellular biology innovations: - Concepts, Tools and Techniques to Enable Integrative Translational Bioinformatics - Integrative Analysis of Molecular and Clinical Measurements - Representing and Relating Phenotypes and Disease for Translational Bioinformatics - Bridging Basic Science Discoveries and Clinical Practice Reflecting on the unique position of translational bioinformatics in medical research and ultimately in clinical care, the 2011 Scientific Program Committee and Advisory Committee strives to design a comprehensive scientific program with a complementary set of tutorials, lectures, panels, and posters that are designed to feature the latest innovative deployment and translation of biomedical informatics research products to biomedical research and clinical care. We anticipate the Summit will once more be a stimulating and informative experience and a testimony to the commitment of this rapidly growing research community to work together on unified interests to catalyze discoveries and innovations in biomedical research and patient care. Best regards, Nigam. (on behalf of the TBI Summit SPC)