THE ANNUAL
BIOINFORMATICS MEETING OF ARGENTINA

A2B2C welcomes you to the XII Argentine Congress of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (XII CAB2C).

24-25 November 2022
The Official Language for the conference is English

About The Event

The objective of the Argentine Congress of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (CAB2C) is to promote the discussion and exchange of ideas between researchers and professionals who work in the different branches that integrate and nurture Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. Its scope is regional, with numerous participations from Latin American countries and invited speakers from around the world.

Where

Corrientes (Capital), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura (UNNE)

When

Wednesday to Friday
24-25 November, 2022
Workshops: 23 November, 2022


XII CAB2C

Workshops November 23, 2022

Congress November 24-25, 2022


Key Dates

Abstract Submission for talks and Posters
Call for Abstract Opens August 10, 2022
Abstract Submission deadline September 19, 2022
Acceptance Notification October 17, 2022
Registration
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE 1 November
LATE REGISTRATION DEADLINE After 2 November

Event Speakers

Alex Bateman

EMBL-EBI

Laura Kamenetzky

ib3- UBA, Argentina

Toby Gibson

EMBL, Germany

Monica Pickholz

IFIBA-CONICET, Argentina

Jessica Carballido

ICIC-CONICET, Argentina

Vinicius Maracaja-Coutinho

Universidad de Chile, Chile

Francesco Paolocci

IBBR-CNR, Italy

Luciano Abriata

EPFL, Switzerland

Event Schedule

Here is our event schedule


Wellcome Talk (Organizer Committee)

Alex Bateman

KEYNOTE TALK Alex Bateman (EBI-EMBL. UK)

Structure Predictions Transform Protein Family Classification

Break
TRACK: Proteomics, Protein Structure, and Function
Toby Gibson

INVITED SPEAKERS Toby Gibson (EMBL, Germany)

A perspective on progress in research into Intrinsically Disordered Protein (IDP) and Short Linear Motifs (SLiMs)

Lightning talks L. Bugnon, A. Edera, E. Fenoy, J. Raad, D. Milone and G. Stegmayer. (SINC-CONICET-UNL)

Transfer learning to annotate (a part of) the Protein Universe

Lightning talks L. Rodriguez Sawicki, G. Benítez, M.s Carletti, N. Palopoli, M.S. Fornasari and G. Parisi. (UNQ-CONICET)

Conformational epistasis impairs AlphaFold structural predictions

Lightning talks C. Lorenze, M. Safranchik, N. Garrone, J. Glavina and L. Chemes. (IIBIO-CONICET) (IIB-UNSAM)

Identification and prioritization of SLiM-mediated interactions using Phage Display

Lightning talks L.E. Fenoy and G. Stegmayer. (SINC-CONICET-UNL)

Deep computational prediction of protein annotations combining sequence + structural learned embeddings

Break (Lunch)
TRACK: Comparative genomics, molecular diseases & evolution
Laura Kamenetzky

INVITED SPEAKERS Laura Kamenetzky (ib3- UBA, Argentina)

Bioinformatic tools for whole genome analysis of helminth parasites

Lightning talks J. Mac Donagh, D. Zea, G. Benítez, C.E. Guisande Donadio, J. Marchetti, N. Palopoli, M.S. Fornasari and G. Parisi. (UNQ-CONICET)

Evolutionary rates in human amyloid proteins reveal their intrinsic metastability

Lightning talks S. Prochetto, G. Stegmayer and R. Reinheimer. (IAL-CONICET-UNL) (SINC-CONICET-UNL)

Self-organizing maps (SOM) based methodology reveals gene regulatory networks in plant evolution

Lightning talks P.J. Salaberry and I.E. Schor. (IFIBYNE- UBA-CONICET) (DFBMC-FCEN-UBA)

Tracking Key Regulators Of Metastasis In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Through Combined Gene Regulatory Network Activity And Non-Coding Somatic Mutation Analysis

Lightning talks M.S. Carletti, L. Rodriguez Sawicki, G. Benítez, M.S. Fornasari, N. Palopoli and G. Parisi. (UNQ-CONICET)

Unveiling the origins of protein disorder using ancestral resurrection

Coffe Break
TRACK: Genomics, Transcriptomics, and Metagenomics
Vinicius Maracaja

INVITED SPEAKERS Vinicius Maracaja-Coutinho (Brazil)

Francesco Paolocci

INVITED SPEAKERS Francesco Paolocci

Uncovering more about the MBW complexes regulating proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in Lotus spp.

Lightning talks R. Machado, S.n Moschen, G. Conti, J. Di Rienzo, S. González, L. Burdyn, E. Hopp and P. Fernández. (INTA)

Discovery of new transcripts associated with HLB disease using a transcriptome-guided strateg

Lightning talks L. Ant, F. LeDily, M. Beato and P. Saragüeta. (IBYME- Centro de Regulación Genómica (CRG))

Multiomics approach in endometrial differentiation

Lightning talks A. Baricalla, C.a Micaela, D. Del Valle, N.s Lavatti, C. Perez-Nieto, M. San Martin, C. Layana and R. Rivera-Pomar. (UNNOBA-CONICET)

Unraveling the transcriptome of Andiperla morenensis

Lightning talks E. Olszanowski, M.F. Ogara, A.S. Nacht, S.A. Rodríguez-Seguí, G.P. Vicent and A. Pecci. (IFIBYNE-UBA-CONICET) (FCEN-UBA)

Lxr Activation Impairs Estradiol Dependent Proliferation In Human Breast Cancer Cells Through Downregulation Of Gene Expression Associated With Dna Replication And Cell Cycle Progression

Lightning talks J.E. Kolomenski, C. Ballare, L. Dain and A.D. Nadra. (iB3-UBA-CONICET)

Pipeline for NKX2-5 binding sites in the mouse and human genomes and possible interacting transcription factors

Break
TRACK: Machine Learning
Jessica Carballido

INVITED SPEAKERS Jessica Carballido (ICIC-CONICET, Argentina)

Data analysis of gene expression

POSTER SESSION
SOCIAL DINNER
Monica Pickholz

KEYNOTE TALK Monica Pickholz (IFIBA-CONICET, Argentina)

TRACK: Biological databases & Bioimaging
Luciano Abriata

INVITED SPEAKERS Luciano Abriata ()

Lightning talks A.J. Velez Rueda, F.L. Bulgarelli, N. Palopoli and G.Parisi. (UNQ-CONICET)

CaviDB: a database of cavities and their features in the structural and conformational space of proteins

Lightning talks M. Bevilacqua, D. Clementel, A. Monzon, J. Lu, P. Arrias and S. Tosatto. (University of Padova)

Improving Tandem Repeats Proteins annotation and classification in RepeatsDB

Lightning talks M.L. Ingravidi, L. Dain, I. Ferder and L. Kamenetzky. (iB3-UBA-CONICET)

In silico analysis of the expression levels of microRNAs predicted to target Fmr1: possible implications in Fragile X-Associated Disease

Lightning talks L. Wiebke, J. Postat, J. Mandl, J. Textor and D.R. Parisi. (ITBA-CONICET)

From the data to a minimal stochastic model for 1-dimensional T-cell dynamics

Break (Lunch)
TRACK: Big Data, Network and Machine Learning in Computational and Systems Biology

Lightning talks J. Raad, G. Stegmayer and D. Milone. (SINC-CONICET-UNL)

RNABert: A novel RNA based embedding

Lightning talks D. Clementel, S. Tosatto and F. Psomopoulos. (University of Padova)

DOME Registry

Lightning talks L.A. Bugnon, L. Di Persia, M. Gerard, A. Edera, J. Raad, S. Prochetto, E. Fenoy, G. Stegmayer and D. Milone. (SINC-CONICET-UNL)

Improving the folding prediction of RNA with deep learning

Lightning talks J. Gamboa. (CIDCA-CONICET)

Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach To Quality Monitoring Of Strawberries During Drying

Coffe Break
TRACK: IPDFun

Lightning talks A.M. Monzon, A. Del Conte, D. Clementel, D. Piovesan and S. Tosatto. (Universita di Padova)

MobiDB: intrinsically disordered proteins in 2022

Lightning talks G. Erdos and Z. Dosztanyi. (MTA-ELTE)

Disorder prediction based on estimated pairwise energies using deep learning methods

Lightning talks M. Pajkos and Z. Dosztanyi. (Eötvös Loránd University)

Identification of potential KLHL3 binding degrons based on machine learning approach

Lightning talks J. Glavina, Z. Dosztányi and L.B. Chemes. (UNSAM-CONICET)

Analysis of associations between motif-motif and motif-sequence features in intrinsically disordered regions

Coffe Break
DISPROT TRAINING SESSION
POSTERS AWARDS
Closure of Event

Registration

Registration to the congress includes an A2B2C membership fee for 1 year.


Categories:

  • Student (undergraduate, PhD, postdoc): will include A2B2C membership as an adherent member for 1 year.
  • Researcher: will include A2B2C membership as an adherent member for 1 year.
  • Active member: already A2B2C member.
  • Industry / Non-academy / Non-member

Fees

Now
$6000 Active member
$4500 Researcher/Adherent member
$3000 PhD, Postdoc, student/Adherent member
$9000 Industry/Non-member

If your work is selected for an oral presentation, you will be able to request a fellowship that will cover a significant part of the cost of attendance.

At the time of submission, you will be asked to indicate whether you wish to be considered for an oral presentation and select your preferred topic.

The official language of the meeting is English


Abstract submission here

Check the abstract template

Congress registration here (Registration is mandatory to get a certificate. If you send an abstract, you must register here too).

Registration for workshops here



Submission Topics

Proteomics, Protein Structure, and Function

Comparative genomics, molecular diseases & evolution

Genomics, Transcriptomics, and Metagenomic

Biological databases & Bioimaging

Big Data, Network and Machine Learning in Computational and Systems Biology

Education


Certificates

Workshop attendance certificates

Certificate of participation in congress

Committees

Organizing committee

IIB - INTECH USAM - CONICET
UNQ - CONICET
CIFASIS-CONICET-UNR
IIBIO - OCA-PQUE. CENTENARIO - CONICET
CIFASIS-CONICET-UNR
UNQ - CONICET


Scientific committee

IABIMO - INTA - CONICET
SINC - CONICET - UNL
IBONE - CONICET
INTA-RAFAELA
IBONE - CONICET
IIB - INTECH USAM - CONICET
UBA - CSC - CONICET

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