The 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2008: www.icbbe.org) will be held from May 16th to 18th, 2008 in Shanghai, China. iCBBE2008 will bring together top researchers from Asian Pacific areas, North America, Europe and around the world to exchange research results and address open issues in all  aspects of bioinformatics and biomedical engineering. As we did in iCBBE 2007, All accepted papers in iCBBE 2008 will be published by IEEE, AND will be indexed by EI Compendex.

The conference is soliciting state-of-the-art research papers in the following areas of interest:
• Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
o    Sequence analysis and sequence alignment
o    Gene finding and gene function recognition
o    Genome assembly and genome annotation
o    Analysis of gene expression & regulation
o    Gene Science and Engineering
o    Computational evolutionary biology
o    Measuring biodiversity
o    Protein structure alignment
o    Protein structure prediction and drug design
o    Protein-protein interactions and docking
o    Protein Science and Engineering
o    Comparative genomics
o    Modelling biological systems
o    High-throughput image analysis
o    Gene Ontology and taxonomy study
o    Biological data integration, mining and visualization
o    Genetic and biochemical networks and regulation
o    High performance bio-computing
o    Modeling software in Bioinformatics
o    makeup language in systems biology
o    Computational genomics and proteomics
o    Any novel approaches to bioinformatics problems
• Biomedical Engineering
o   Bioelectrical and neural engineering
o   Biomedical imaging, image processing & visualization
o   Biomaterials and biomedical optics
o   Biomedical modeling
o   Biomechanics and biotransport
o   Biomedical devices, sensors, and nano technologies
o   Biochemical, cellular, molecular and tissue engineering
o   Medical data storage and compression techniques
o   Biomedical effects of electromagnetic radiation
o   Experimental and computational mobile phone dosimetry
o   Medical data storage and compression techniques
o   Biomedical robotics and mechanics
o   Rehabilitation engineering
o   Clinical engineering and wearable system
o   real-time health monitoring systems
o   Mobile and wireless technologies in healthcare systems
o   Biomedical education
o   Physiological signal processing
o   Pattern recognition and machine learning techniques
o   Medical signal and imaging processing
o   NMR/CT/ECG technology
o   Artificial organs, Artificial heart, artificial heart valve, etc.
o   Special ICES sessions on mobile phone safety
o   Other topics related to biomedical engineering
• Topics Related to Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering
o  Biostatics                               
o  Biochemistry  
o  Biometric                                
o  Biomathematics
o  Biomeasurement                           
o  Bioengineering
o  Biomechanics                      
o  System Biology
o   Biophysics
Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a full paper for review by Dec 10, 2007, in PDF or Word format. Only original papers that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere will be considered. The submission process is carried through iCBBE conference management system (www.icbbe.org). The manuscripts must follow the IEEE two-column format with single-spaced, 10-point font in the text. A standard paper should not succeed 4 pages. All accepted papers will be presented in oral sessions or poster sessions.

　
For more information please visit the conference web page: www.icbbe.org,  or send your request to icbbe2008@icbbe.org.

　
IMPORTANT DATES
Papers Due:                      Dec 10, 2007
Notification of Acceptance: Feb 28, 2008
Registration deadline:         March 20, 2008
Conference:                       May 16--18,2008
　
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
• IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, USA  
• Gordon Life Science Institute, San Diego, California, USA
• College of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
• Advanced Research Center for Science and Technology, Wuhan University, China
• The Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Iowa, USA
• Center for Devices and Radiological Health, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA
　
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
•     Dr. W. Kainz (Food and Drug Administration, USA)
•     Dr. J. Chen (University of Houston, USA)
•     Dr. F.He, Member of Chinese Academy of Science
•     Dr. H. Zhou (Wuhan University, China),
•     Dr. D.Q.Wei (Shanghai Jiaotong University, China),
•     Dr. K.C. Chou (Chief Scientist, Gordon Life Science Institute, San Diego, CA, USA)
•     Dr. T. Casavant (University of Iowa, USA)
•     Dr. G. Lubec (Medical University of Vienna, Austria; Chief Editor, Amino Acids)
•     Dr. J. Zhang (University of Kentucky, USA)
•   Dr. Z.J Hu (Howard University, USA)