Bioinformatics Visualization A Special Issue of Information Visualization Vol.4 No.3 Guest Editors: Chris North & Theresa-Marie Rhyne

The theme for this special issue of Information Visualization is Bioinformatics Visualization (Published 1st September 2005). Original papers are solicited in this area. In particular, we encourage innovative papers detailing the design, development, and evaluation of visualization methods for the bioinformatics domain.

The mapping of the human, rice and other genomes has lead to rapid expansion of bioinformatics. High-throughput technology and other advances have resulted in the collection of massive quantities of data. These factors, combined with the complexity of the life sciences, set the standard for the future of information-intensive scientific investigation and create unique, difficult problems for information visualization. Exploratory visualization tools that enable visual investigation of computational biological data and bioinformatics databases are beginning to emerge.

We seek original research and application papers that explore this important emerging arena of information visualization. Case studies and applications of bioinformatics topics are also welcome. Life scientists will be on the review board of this special issue.

Example topics include, but are not limited to, the visualization of:

• Heterogeneous biological databases
• Sequence analysis, comparison, and alignment methods
• Molecular evolution
• Genomics, gene expression and gene regulatory networks
• Micro-Array Design and Analysis
• Proteomics
• Signalling pathways, biochemical networks
• Molecular docking and drug design
• Species taxonomies and functional ontologies
• Experiment data and process management
• Biochemical and cellular simulation and models

• Submissions due:  15 January 2005
• Acceptance notices:  5 March 2005
• Final revisions due:  15 April 2005
• Publication:  1 September 2005

Enquiries should be made to both guest editors. Authors should inform the guest editors of their intent to submit before submitting a manuscript. Electronic submissions of manuscripts in PDF or Word (97 or later) are recommended via email. If manuscripts are submitted in printed form, please send four copies of full articles to either guest editor.

• Chris North, 660 McBryde Hall, Dept of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0106, USA. 
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• Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Learning Technology Service/DELTA, NC State University, Box 7113, Raleigh, NC 27695. 
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