Bio-Ontologies SIG at ISMB/ECCB 2011 - Call for participation

2011-02-15 Thread Nigam Shah
Dear Colleagues, The Bio-Ontologies SIG (www.bio-ontologies.org.uk) provides a forum for discussion of the latest and most innovative research in the application of ontologies and more generally the organisation, presentation and dissemination of knowledge in biomedicine and the life sciences. Bio

AMIA's 2011 Summit on Translational Bioinformatics -- Advance registration deadline is Feb 24th

2011-02-15 Thread Nigam Shah
Dear Friends, The advance registration deadline for AMIA's 2011 Summit on Translational Bioinformatics (TBI 2011; to be held March 7-9, 2011 in San Francisco) is February 24, 2011: http://jointsummits2011.amia.org/registration Reflecting on the unique position of translational bioinformatics in b

Re: Watson

2011-02-15 Thread Matt Vagnoni
It is a fascinating architecture. What particularly drew me in is the multiple different evidence spaces they had to use. And that they made at least a token mention to the power of utilizing structured knowledge to enhance statistical methods. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Oliver Ruebenacke

Re: Watson

2011-02-15 Thread Oliver Ruebenacker
Hello, They reported about it on NPR morning edition: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/14/133697585/on-jeopardy-its-man-vs-this-machine Take care Oliver On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Michel_Dumontier wrote: > Given that IBM’s AI system called Watson is competing in Jeopardy ag

Re: Watson

2011-02-15 Thread Daniel Schwabe
Here is a link to the actual show (day 1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_339967&v=FXH7jn2AHAw&feature=iv It is in two parts, there is a link to part two at the top of the video. Fascinating! On Feb 15, 2011, at 14:09 - 15/02/11, Michel_Dumontier wrote: > Given that IBM’

Re: Watson

2011-02-15 Thread Joanne Luciano
Got a server error when I tried it, but note here's what's happening at RPI: http://watson.rpi.edu Chris Welty is giving a guest lecture (he's an RPI alum for all 3 of his degrees) in the class Deborah McGuniess and I coteach, Advanced Semantic Technologies (this afternoon). We're all enjoying

Watson

2011-02-15 Thread Michel_Dumontier
Given that IBM's AI system called Watson is competing in Jeopardy against grand champions, you might find the following overview of interest : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G2H3DZ8rNc m. Michel Dumontier Associate Professor of Bioinformatics Carleton University http://dumontierlab.com

Re: beefing up PharmaOntology Queries #Q6

2011-02-15 Thread 'Christopher A Domarew'
Eric, Here is one I found :   I can get you the full text if you need it.  Searching for more.  does this help?  C A phase 2 multiple ascending dose trial of bapineuzumab in mild to moderate Alzheimer disease. AU Salloway S, Sperling R, Gilman S, Fox NC, Blennow K, Raskind M, Sabbagh M,

Publishing BioWiki Databases: Pre-submission Inquiries

2011-02-15 Thread Paolo Romano
I apologize for possible duplications. PR === Dear all, I'm glad to inform you about an initiative aiming at coordinating the publication of a block of papers related to biological wiki systems in the next NAR Database Issue. This initiative is a follow-up of the NETTAB 2011 workshop on Biolo

Re: beefing up PharmaOntology Queries #Q6

2011-02-15 Thread Helena Deus
Hi Matthias & Eric, In that case, if could be made generic - rather than finding the specific interaction between APOE4 and Bapineuzumab , we can retrieve a list of biomarkers, one of which would be APOE4, that indicate suitability for treatment with certain drugs, one of which is Bapineuzumab. Th