Towards predicting new mutations in SARS-CoV-2: in the very early stages of an emerging viral outbreak, can we predict new mutations in the proteins of the virus which might lead to its future variants? The "Statistical Genomics and Biological Physics" team proposes a computational approach based on a single viral genome infecting humans and pre-existing viral genomes infecting other species.

For more information see:

• the paper
• the press release of SU
• the news in FranceCulture

Elodie Laine, from the Analytical Genomics team, is co-organizig two events addressing the new challenges in structural biology and bioinformatics, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence and Integrative Modeling.

— Structural Bioinformatics Mini-Symposium @JOBIM

It will take place on Thursday 8th July, in the afternoon, on air. You need to be registered to JOBIM 2021 to attend! The program can be found here: https://research.pasteur.fr/en/event/jobim-mini-symposium-integrative-structural-modeling-in-the-era-of-big-data-and-artificial-intelligence/
— New directions of AI in structural biology Workshop @CIRM

A small in-person gathering intended to mix « structuralists » and « machine learnists » and to foster new ideas and projects. There is still room, so please consider applying through: https://conferences.cirm-math.fr/2700.html.

Juliana Bernardes of the Statistical Genomics and Biological Physics organized the MABI (Matinée sur les applications de la bio-informatique) on the 13th of April 2021.

MABI is an online event for undergraduate/graduate students interested in genomic/bioinformatic and their applications in biotechnology companies. GenoScreen, GenoSplice, iMEAN, and Pathoquest will talk about their activities and prospects in the field of bioinformatics.

To join this event, please fill this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdspzSQi0I7pl5RSA4TxvyU8QtjK4ziiZVwDli-6BTwtklLxg/viewform

Our paper "COVTree: Coevolution in OVerlapped sequences by Tree analysis server" has been cited among the papers founded by ANRS in the context of "Journée mondiale contre l’hépatite 2020 : l’ANRS toujours engagée"

Elodie Laine of the Analytical Genomics team co-organized the Meet-U colloquium on the 10th of January 2018: http://meet-u.org/colloquium_2018.html. Meet-U aims at bridging the gap between teaching and research in computational and quantitative biology. It brings together Sorbonne Université, Univ. Paris-Sud and Univ. Paris-Diderot.
The theme of this year was protein-protein docking: http://meet-u.org/edition_2018.html. »

 Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino of the GenomicPhysics team organizes the conference Quantitative Methods in Gene Regulation IV ( here you may find the poster image).

Alessandra Carbone and Elodie Laine are organizing the "UPMC Young Researchers' Meeting: Modeling Complex Biological Systems". 

The talks on current work in computational biology at UPMC will be given by PhD students and Postdocs working at UPMC labs. It will be an opportunity to listen at ongoing research and learn what is done in close by departments.

The up to date program is available here
 

Elodie Laine and Alessandra Carbone organize the mini-symposium « Formal methods in the eyes of biological data » the 5th of June in Ronce-les-Bains. The symposium will highlight recent mathematical developments toward elucidating biological questions or modeling complex biological systems. It will illustrate the cross-talk between formal methods and biological data. The symposium is hosted by the SMAI congress (http://smai.emath.fr/smai2017/) and sponsored by the GDR BIM (http://www.gdr-bim.cnrs.fr/).