The purpose of this workshop is to introduce statisticians to the problems in the new bioinformatics area of metabolomics and to introduce biochemists to new, useful statistical tools.

Metabolomics is similar in its aims to proteomics and micro arrays – the goals include providing disease markers and identifying drug efficacy and explaining side effects. In metabolomics there about 900 metabolites (unlike proteomics, with 250,00 proteins, or micro arrays, with 20,000 genes). Additionally we know metabolic pathways, the stochiometry, and the rates of biochemical reactions for most of the key metabolic processes. This detailed domain knowledge give metabolomics some significant advantages of the other -omic sciences.

The workshop will be held at NISS from 1:00 to 5:00 PM on Thursday, July 15, and from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM on Friday, July 15. Thursday afternoon will be devoted to basic lectures on assay methods, biochemistry and three statistical software systems. Friday will examine metabolomics from a biochemical and mathematical prospective.

REGISTRATION AND FEES

Fees for the workshop are as follows:

Because space is limited, registration in advance is required, using the on-line registration form.

The deadline for registration is July 1, 2005. On-site registration will not be available.