London Bioinformatics Forum

About

MISSION

The mission of the London Bioinformatics Forum (LBF) is to promote discussion amongst London based groups in all areas of Bioinformatics including research, teaching, support and training with a view to encouraging collaboration.

OBJECTIVES

To exchange information about research activities, teaching, support and training in Bioinformatics.

To organise a Bioinformatics seminar series primarily with contributions from London-based researchers.

To identify areas for inter-institutional collaborations both in Bioinformatics and in with other disciplines.

To identify funding opportunities that can be pursued by members of the Forum via their home institutions.

To highlight to the UK and international communities the strengths in Bioinformatics in London by mechanisms such as a common web site and scientific meetings.

To facilitate the public engagement of science with respect to Bioinformatics.

CHAIR AND DEPUTY CHAIR

The Chair of the London Bioinformatics Forum is Professor Michael Sternberg, (Director of Centre for Bioinformatics, Imperial College London). The Deputy Chair of the London Bioinformatics Forum is Professor David Jones.

STEERING COMMITTEE

Organisation Name Interest

Birkbeck Dr Konrad Lorenz
Dr Nigel Martin
Prof David Moss
Microarrays
Computing
Crystallography, Statistics

Brunel Prof Xiahui Liu Computing, computer science

City Dr Darrell Conklin Computer science

CRUK Dr Paul Bates Structure

GlaxoSmithKline Dr Philippe Sanseau Industry

Health Protection Agency Dr Steve Platt Support

ICR Prof Keith Willison Genomics

Imperial College Prof Tim Aitman
Prof David Balding
Dr Sarah Butcher
Prof Stephen Muggleton
Prof Jaroslav Stark
Prof Mike Sternberg
Microarrays
Statistics
Support & Training
Computer science
Maths
Structure

Kings Dr. Franca Fraternali Structure

Ludwig Dr Marketa Zvelebil Systems

Natural History Museum Dr Peter Foster Phylogenetics

NIMR Dr Willie Taylor Structure

Pharmacy Dr Alan Todd Structure

Prion Unit Dr Holger Hummerich Support-Genomics

QM Dr Mansoor Saqi Structure

Royal Holloway Dr Chris Watkins Computer Science

UCL Prof David Bogle
Prof Robin Callard
Prof David Jones
Dr Sylvia Nagl
Prof Christine Orengo
Prof Ziheng Yang
Biochemical
Engineering
Systems Biology
Cancer Bioinformatics
Structure
Phylogeny

University of Hertfordshire Dr Virginia Bugeja Teaching