Ana L.C. Bazzan

Mark Craven

Natalia F. Martins

The Brazilian Symposium on Bioinformatics (BSB) 2008 was held at Santo Andr´e(Sao ˜ Paulo), Brazil, August 28–30,2008. BSB 2008 was the third sym- sium in the BSB series, although BSB was preceded by the Brazilian Workshop on Bioinformatics(WOB). This previous event had three consecutiveeditions in 2002 (Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul), 2003 (Maca´ e, Rio de Janeiro), and 2004 (Bras´ ?lia, Distrito Federal). The change from workshop to symposium re?ects the increasing quality and interest behind this meeting. For BSB 2008, we had 41 submissions: 32 full papers and 9 extended - stracts, submitted to two tracks: the main track on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, and the track Applications of Agent Technologies and Mult- gent Systems to Computational Biology.The currentproceedings contain 14 full papers and5 extended abstractsthat wereaccepted. Thesepapers andabstracts were carefully refereed and selected by an international Program Committee of 35 members, with the help of 13 additional reviewers. We believe that this v- ume represents a ?ne contribution to current research in computational biology and bioinformatics, as well as in molecular biology.

Third Brazilian Symposium on Bioinformatics, BSB 2008, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 28-30, 2008, Proceedings

Advances in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

When I gazed into my heart, I realized that what was in there was incredible. I mean, to be doing writing full-time as my career? That's incredible. If you look up the definition of "incredible" it is defined as "difficult to believe; extraordinary", even "impossible to believe." It makes sense then, to look within, find what is incredible and meet that dream with incredible action to obtain it. In order to have what is extraordinary, we must do what is extraordinary. Less than two months ago I quit my job in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sold everything I owned, packed my car with clothes (and books), and drove across the country to Los Angeles, California. I looked into my heart and realized how extraordinary the things were that I had found and I knew, and still know, that in order to achieve those things, it would take the same type of action. Action that is extraordinary.

Mark Craven

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