Connectionists: SPRINGER BOOK - CALL FOR CHAPTERS

[Verónica Bolón]

SPRINGER BOOK - CALL FOR CHAPTERS
 
Editors: Verónica Bolón-Canedo, Amparo Alonso Betanzos (University of A Coruña, Spain)
 
Title information
Book title: Microarray Bioinformatics
Series title: Methods in Molecular Biology http://www.springer.com/series/7651 <http://www.springer.com/series/7651>
Publisher: Springer Nature
 
All chapters will appear in PubMed, ISI, Scopus and Medline.
 
 
Important dates
Chapter submission deadline: 1st March 2018
Estimated manuscript publication date: Summer 2018
 
 
Synopsis
 
Over the last few decades, advances in molecular genetics technologies, such as DNA microarrays, have stimulated a new line of research in bioinformatics. DNA microarrays allow us to obtain a global view of the cell, where it is possible to measure the simultaneous expression of tens of thousands of genes. In particular, this type of data works by collecting information from tissue and cell samples regarding gene expression differences that could be useful for diagnosing disease or for distinguishing a specific tumor type.
 
Microarray data has soon become very popular among bioinformatics researchers.  In a microarray experiment, there are usually very few samples (often fewer than 100 samples), but the number of features in the raw data ranges up to 60000. This high dimensionality makes the analysis of microarray data very appealing for machine learning and statistical researchers. Moreover, the use of High Performance Computing has soon become very popular in the field. 
 
The book is intended for researchers and graduate students in Bioinformatics, with basic knowledge in Biology and Computer Science. 
 
Topic coverage
 
Chapters must be original work not published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Revised and extended versions of published materials could be acceptable provided that they do not violate the copyright, the necessary credits are given and the required permissions granted.
 
The list of book chapters that are still available includes but it is not limited to:
 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Introduction to DNA microarrays
Cluster analysis of microarray data
Sequence alignment with microarray data
Experimental design of microarrays
Image processing and microarrays
SNP microarrays
Computer tools to analyze microarray data
 
Chapters tend to average 15-20 typed pages but there is no limit at all on the length of individual chapters, nor any limitation on the number of figures. Word and Latex sources are accepted.
 
If you feel that you can contribute with any of these chapters (or another one related to the topic) please email Editor Verónica Bolón-Canedo (veronica.bolon at udc.es <mailto:veronica.bolon at udc.es>) before 7th July, 2017.



Verónica Bolón Canedo, PhD
Grupo LIDIA
Departamento de Computación
Facultad de Informática
Universidade da Coruña

Campus de Elviña, s/n
15071 - A Coruña, Spain

Phone: +34 981 167150 Ext. 6007
Fax: +34 981 167160
e-mail: veronica.bolon at udc.es
http://www.lidiagroup.org



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