The EMBnet International Conference 2020: Bioinformatics Approaches to Precision Research

Authors

  • Domenica D'Elia Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Bari https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3787-3836
  • Cesar Bonavides-Martinez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City
  • Erik Bongcam-Rudloff Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala
  • Emiliano Barreto-Hernandez Bioinformatics Center, Biotechnology Institute, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota
  • Aspasia Efthimiadou Hellenic Agricultural Organization?Demeter, Institute of Soil and Water Resources, Department of Soil Science of Athens, Lycovrisi
  • Eleni Papakonstantinou Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens
  • Dimitrios Vlachakis 1. Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biotechnology, School of Applied Biology & Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos, 11855 Athens 2. University Research Institute of Maternal and Child Health & Precision Medicine, and UNESCO Chair on Adolescent Health Care, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, “Aghia Sophia” Children's Hospital, 11527 Athens 3. Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center of Clinical, Experimental Surgery and Translational Research, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, 11527 Athens
  • Lubos Klucar Institute of Molecular Biology, SAS, Bratislava

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14806/ej.26.A.1006

Keywords:

Big Data, Precision Research, metagenomics, transcriptomics, nutrigenomics, genomics,

Abstract

In this paper, we first summarise the 2020 International Conference of EMBnet (The Global Bioinformatics Network) on “Bioinformatics Approaches to Precision  Research”, held on 23th-24th September 2020,  and then briefly introduce the main topics and contributions presented at the Conference and published in this supplement issue. The Conference’s main aim was to share the knowledge and scientific achievements of EMBnet members to prompt the cross-fertilisation of ideas and collaborations.  The title reflects the type of contributions presented (20 in total), covering a wide range of cutting-edge research topics for which advanced bioinformatics methods and precision approaches are essential, and training in Bioinformatics. As for many other organisations, 2020 was the first year that the EMBnet Annual General Meeting was not in presence but ran on a virtual meeting platform because of the pandemic’s travel restrictions to moves. If this situation represented a limitation to our social activities, it allowed us to offer the possibility to attend the Conference to a larger number of researchers (i.e., 190 from 38 different countries). Among all registered people,  148 were following the conference presentations on both days. Under the authors’ permission, presentations were recorded and are available at the EMBnet Conference 2020 playlist on YouTube (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVP2771lOozCHAOgVXBdqPW3oclEmzNIA), whereas the programme is available at the EMBnet Conference 2020 Google Drive folder (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wWqp_I5vf-1GUlKmbCUq45EDQ9LfbrpC/view)

EJ 26.A

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2021-07-08

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Vol. 26: Supplement A

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