FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP ON SECONDARY METABOLITE DISCOVERY
(9th-11th MARCH 2022)
CAiSMD 2022: Computational Applications in Secondary
Metabolite Discovery
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What to expect
In 3 days, the participants of this online workshop will take a survey of modern computer-based approaches for exploring natural products (or secondary metabolites) discovery in the omic age. Selected experts will give keynote lectures, hands-on sessions, round table discussions, and oral presentations. Selected applicants (mostly early-career scientists and students) will be invited to give oral presentations (15 minutes) and present posters in the form of (5 minutes) flash presentations.
Audience
M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, postdocs, and early-career researchers interested in bioinformatics, chemoinformatics, natural products chemistry, computational drug design, genomic analysis, with applications in drug discovery.
Registration
Participants should fill out the following Registration Form. Those who plan to do a presentation during the workshop should upload an abstract using the prescribed abstract template. All applications for participation must be received by the deadline on 6th March 2022 by midnight CET.
Abstract submission
Abstract for oral presentations (keynotes, standard oral presentations, and flash presentations) must be received by midnight on 4th March 2022 CET. The final program of the workshop will be published by 6th March 2022.
Keynote presentations/Round table discussions
Selected experts will be directly invited by the organizers. Keynote lectures and round table discussions will last from 30 to 60 minutes.
Hands-on session
Selected experts will be directly invited by the organizers to give lectures and practical sessions on specific software tools for web servers. Each session will last for 90 minutes.
Oral presentations
This will last up to 15 minutes each and will be selected among applicants who submit an abstract using the provided template by the deadline of 4th March 2022 by midnight (CET).
Poster/flash presentations
Selected posters from M.Sc. and Ph.D. students will be presented in 5 min flash presentations. All submissions will be received by the expected deadline (4th March 2022 CET by midnight). Keynote presentations, round table discussions, and hands-on sessions are upon invitation by the workshop organizers. Presentations not accepted as standard (15 minutes) oral presentations will automatically be assigned as flash presentations or rejected.
Lecture option and web platform
All lecture slides will be uploaded by presenters 24 hours before the workshop and will be available for download by the workshop participants.
Certificate of participation
Participants who attend at least 60% of all lectures and take part in an online post-workshop survey will receive a signed certificate of participation.
Cost of participation
Free of charge
Language of workshop
English
Workshop materials
Book of abstracts, lecture slides, hands-on tutorials, YouTube channel containing videos of lectures.