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The Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE), a division of RIKEN, Japan’s flagship research institute, is holding its first ever International Rational Genome Design Contest (GenoCon) on the semantic web. The contest makes use of an information infrastructure for life science research known as the RIKEN Scientists’ Networking System (SciNeS*2) and will take place between May 25 and September 30.
Tokyo, Japan (PRWeb UK) May 24, 2010 — The Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE), a division of RIKEN, Japan’s flagship research institute, is holding its first ever International Rational Genome Design Contest (GenoCon) on the semantic web. The contest makes use of an information infrastructure for life science research known as the RIKEN Scientists’ Networking System (SciNeS*2) and will take place between May 25 and September 30.
GenoCon: An international science and technology competition supporting future specialists in rational genome design for Synthetic Biology
First-ever contest in rational genome design based on semantic-web technology
Summary:
- A challenge for green innovation: rational genome design of a plant with an environmental detoxification function.
- Collection and sharing of genome-design theories and programs from researchers around the world.
- Web-based contest aimed at supporting a future generation of scientists – including a category for high-school students.
The Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE), a division of RIKEN, Japan’s flagship research institute, is holding its first ever International Rational Genome Design*1 Contest (GenoCon) on the semantic web. The contest makes use of an information infrastructure for life science research known as the RIKEN Scientists’ Networking System (SciNeS*2) and will take place between May 25 and September 30.
Built upon semantic web technology, GenoCon is the first contest of its kind, offering contestants the chance to compete in technologies for rational genome design. To succeed, contestants must make effective use of genomic and protein data contained in SciNeS database clusters to design DNA sequences that improve plant physiology. In the first GenoCon, contestants are asked to design a DNA sequence conferring to the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana the functionality to effectively eliminate and detoxify airborne Formaldehyde.
GenoCon also offers, in addition to categories for Japanese and international researchers and university students, a category specifically for high-school students. Just as ROBOCON (Robot Contest), GenoCon thus provides opportunities for young people to learn about the most cutting-edge science with a sense of pleasure, bringing intellectual excitement to the field of Life Science and supporting a future generation of scientists.
GenoCon will be accepting entries to the contest starting May 25, 2010 at the official GenoCon website: http://genocon.org/sw/wiki/en/cria196s1i/.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Tetsuro Toyoda
Director, Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering(BASE) Division
RIKEN Yokohama Institute
Tel: +81-(0)45-503-9610 / Fax: +81-(0)45-503-9553
Planning Section
Yokohama Research Promotion Division
RIKEN Yokohama Institute
Tel: +81-(0)45-503-9117 / Fax: +81-(0)45-503-9113
Ms. Tomoko Ikawa (PI officer)
Global Relations Office
RIKEN
Tel: +81-(0)48-462-1225 / Fax: +81-(0)48-462-4715
Mail: koho(at)riken(dot)jp
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