Explore the cutting edge of bioinformatics and computational biology as five leading societies unite to present the Asia & Pacific Bioinformatics Joint Congress (APBJC) 2024! The collaborative efforts of the Japanese Society for Bioinformatics (JSBi), Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network (APBioNET), International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), International Conference on Genome Informatics (GIW), and Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC) converge in Okinawa, Japan, from October 22-25, 2024.

Join us in Okinawa, where innovation meets tradition at the Naha Cultural Arts Theater NAHArt. APBJC 2024 is your passport to a multidisciplinary journey, where researchers, scientists, and industry leaders will share groundbreaking insights and collaborate on the future of bioinformatics.

 Highlights of APBJC 2024:

• Cutting-Edge Research: Present your latest findings and engage with top minds in the field.
• Networking Opportunities: Connect with experts, build collaborations, and explore new horizons.
• Training Sessions: Sharpen your skills with hands-on sessions led by research pioneers.
• Okinawa Experience: Immerse yourself in the rich culture and breathtaking landscapes of Okinawa.

Submission Guidelines

APBJC 2024 invites abstracts for research that is topical to bioinformatics and computational biology, which is original, in progress (unpublished) or previously published within the last 18 months for consideration for oral and/or poster presentation.

Talks and posters are organized according to scientific topics. Your abstract should convey a scientific result and should not be an advertisement for any commercial software package.

Multiple talks: The same talk is not permitted to be given more than once as an oral presentation at APBJC 2024.  Research may presented as both a talk and poster. Having the same person deliver two (or more) different talks is possible (and not prohibited), but it is not encouraged. This allows for many people from one lab to present the work of the lab. A presenting author may present more than one poster although not in the same Poster session.  We encourage labs to involve multiple attendees.

Abstracts: Submission Guidelines

The presenter should be identified during the submission process. Presenters of accepted abstracts are required to make the presentation themselves, and must register and pay to attend the conference.

Submitters may choose to have their submission reviewed for: (i) talk only, (ii) talk and poster or (iii) poster only. If you select talk and poster, and are unsuccessful for a talk, your abstract will automatically be considered for a poster presentation. Submissions must be received by July 7.

Participants who opt for  (i) talk only or (ii) talk and poster are required to submit:

• Both a 200-word abstract to be posted on the conference website AND a long abstract of up to two (2) pages in PDF format.

Participants who opt for (iii) poster only are required to submit:

• A 200-word abstract to be posted on the conference website

The 200-word abstract should be a brief and concise summary of the background/motivation for the study, method and result(s), as well as a conclusion/statement of significance. The abstract is submitted through the EasyChair submission system. Your abstract must not contain your title/position or any personal information (e.g. affiliation). These details will be collected through the EasyChair submission system.

Abstracts: Review Criteria

All submissions will be evaluated by a program committee. Submitters may choose to have their submission reviewed for talk only, talk and poster or poster only. If you select talk and poster and are unsuccessful for a talk your abstract will automatically be considered for a poster.

Posters advertising commercial software will be rejected from this poster session and/or removed from the conference without notice.

List of Topics

• AI and Their Applications
• Bioinformatics Education
• Databases, Ontologies and Biocuration
• Drug Discovery and Repurposing
• Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (Elsi)
• Evolutionary, Comparative Genomics and Phylogenetics
• General Computational Biology
• Metagenomics And Microbiome Analysis
• Network Biology and Systems Biology
• Omics-Based Informatics
• Personalized Medicine and Computational Genetics
• Protein/Rna Structure Analysis, Prediction and Design
• Single-Cell Analysis
• Synthetic Biology and Engineering

During the submission process, other topic areas are encouraged.  Select Other from the topic list.

Committees

Program Committee

• Kenta Nakai (The University of Tokyo)
• Limsoon Wong (National University of Singapore)
• Wataru Iwasaki (The University of Tokyo)
• Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita (Soka University)

Organizing Committee

• Wataru Iwasaki (The University of Tokyo)
• Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita (Soka University)
• Susumu Goto (Research Organization of Information and Systems)
• Yoshihiro Yamanishi (The University of Tokyo)
• Shinya Ikematsu (National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College)
• Kengo Kinoshita (Tohoku University)
• Kenta Nakai (The University of Tokyo)

International Organizing Committee

• Annette McGrath (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia)
• Diane Kovats (International Society for Computational Biology)
• Harpreet Singh (Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya Jalandhar, India)
• Kengo Kinoshita (Tohoku University)
• Kenta Nakai (The University of Tokyo)
• Limsoon Wong (National University of Singapore)
• Mohammad Asif Khan (University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar)
• Phoebe Chen (La Trobe University, Australia)
• Prash Suravajhala (Bioclues)
• Shandar Ahmad (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
• Shinn Ying Ho (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
• Shinya Ikematsu (National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College)
• Susumu Goto (Research Organization of Information and Systems)
• Tae-Min Kim (The Catholic University of Korea)
• Yoshihiro Yamanishi (Nagoya University)

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to 2024apbjc_local@googlegroups.com