DREAM6 Systems Biology Prediction Challenges

[Teresa Szczepińska]

Call for Systems Biology Predictions  
DREAM6: The 6^th DIALOGUE ON REVERSE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT AND METHODS  

Dear Colleague,  
   
We would like to invite you to participate in the following DREAM6 challenges  

1. Estimation of Model Parameters Challenge - Infer the kinetic parameters of three gene regulatory networks by iterative optimization and experimental design
2. Alternative Splicing Challenge - Reconstruct the alternatively spliced mRNA transcripts from short-read mRNA-seq data
3. Gene Expression Prediction Challenge - Predict gene expression from promoter sequences in eukaryotes

There maybe an additional challenge, to be announced at a later time.

To access the data sets, and descriptions of the DREAM6 challenges, please go to http://the-dream-project.org/challenges
The best performers in these challenges will be invited  to present in the joint RECOMB Systems Biology/Regulatory Genomics/DREAM6 conference.  

To learn more about the DREAM project and the upcoming DREAM conference, please go to http://the-dream-project.org/

Sincerely,  

DREAM6 Challenge Organizers:  
Gustavo Stolovitzky (chair), IBM Research  
Julio Saez Rodriguez, Sys Bio Dept, Harvard University  
Robert J Prill, IBM Research  
Pablo Meyer, IBM Research
Kely Norel, IBM Research

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DREAM is a Dialogue for Reverse Engineering Assessments and Methods. Its main objective is to catalyze the interaction between experiment and theory in the area of rigorous
assessment of systems biology prediction methods.  
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Gustavo Stolovitzky, PhD.
Manager, Functional Genomics and Systems Biology
IBM Computational Biology Center
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