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               Symposium 
                One, Two, Three, 
                Four  
              CODATA 
                2000's Symposium II on Data, Information and Knowledge concentrates 
                on Biodiversity and the Life and Medical Sciences. Session 
                subjects range from biosafety and tropical medicine to museum 
                informatics and bioinformatics. 
               Symposium 
                II: Data, Information and Knowledge in Biodiversity and the Life 
                and Medical Sciences 
                *Organizers: L. Blaine 
                (US), A. Kolaskar (India/US), M. Krichevsky (US), J. Rumble (US), 
                and A. Tsugita (Japan) 
               
                Theme II-1: Behavioral 
                Science Databases: Cultural Revolution, Scientific Necessity  
                D. Johnson (US), M. Sabourin (Canada) 
              Theme 
                II-2: Biodiversity Information Systems  Prof. 
                L. Blaine (US)  
               
                 
                    
                
              
               
                Theme II-3: Recent Trends in Bioinformatics  
                Dr. S. Spengler (US) 
               Theme 
                II-4: Quality Issues in Bioinformatics  T.N. 
                Bhat (US), J. Rumble (US), G. Gilliland (US) 
              Theme 
                II -5: Biological collections and information systems: 
                Mobilizing Natural History 
                Knowledge  Dr. J. Beach (US) and Dr. W. Berendsohn (Germany) 
              Theme 
                II-6: Biosafety and Risk Assessment: Ethical Systems and 
                Use of Data  Dr. M. Krichevsky (US) 
              Round 
                Table Discussion II-A: Standards in biological information 
                systems 
              Round 
                Table Discussion II-B: Impact of machine learning and visualisation 
                tools on bioinformatics and medical information 
              GENERAL 
                POSTER SESSION in Biodiversity and the Life and Medical 
                Sciences 
                
              *Organizers: 
              
                 
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                     Prof. Lois Blaine 
                      Bioinformatics Dept.  
                      American Type Culture Collection 
                      10801 University Boulevard 
                      Manassas, VA 20110-2209 US 
                      Phone: +1 703 365 2749 
                      Fax: +1 703 365 2740 
                      Email: lblaine@atcc.org 
                     
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                  Prof. 
                    Ashok Kolaskar 
                    Bioinformatics Dept.  
                    American Type Culture Collection 
                    10801 University Boulevard 
                    Manassas, VA 20110-2209 US 
                    Phone: +1 703 365 2796 
                    Fax: +1 703 365 2740 
                    Email: akolaskar@atcc.org | 
                 
                 
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                     Dr. Micah Krichevsky 
                      Bionomics International 
                      12231 Parklawn Drive 
                      Bethesda, MD 20852 US 
                      Phone: +1 301 881 2804 
                      Fax: +1 301 881 1625 
                      Email: micahk@eudoramail.com 
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                  Dr. 
                    John Rumble 
                    National Institute of Standards and Technology 
                    Standard Reference Data 
                    100 Bureau Drive, Stop 2310 
                    Gaithersburg, MD 20899-2310 
                    Phone: +1 301 975 220 
                    Fax: +1 301 926 0416 
                    Telex: 898493 GARG 
                    Email: john.rumble@nist.gov 
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                     Professor Akira 
                      Tsugita Proteomics Research Laboratory  
                      Amakubo 1-16-1  
                      Tsukubu 305-0005, Japan  
                      Phone: 81 298 51 1601  
                      Email: tsugita@proteo.gr.jp 
                       
                     
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