Dear all: I would like to apologize for the previous message sent without a proper introduction. My private e-mail message was forwarded to the list without my permission, but hopefully it didn't confuse anyone. This is an e-mail message regarding the Life Science Grid Research Group (LSG-RG) in the Open Grid Forum (OGF), formerly the Global Grid Forum (GGF). I will give a background of this group at the end of this message. First, though, let me state the purpose of this message. Our group has been extremely active since 2002, but the visibility of our activities has waned. One suggestion, which we believe is quite on target, was to plan future meetings through our e-mail list (through which you are receiving this message). I would like to start out such an effort by asking for input in planning our next meeting, which will be help in February 2008 in Boston. At the meeting in Seattle last week, the attendees were extremely interested in the proteomics presentations, and the group decided that we would solicit proteomics experts to speak at the next meeting. Thus, I would like to extend a call for presentations in proteomics. We would like to specifically look for proteomic mass spectrometry presentations, but all will be considered. I would like the membership of this e-mail list to help us in the solicitation of speakers, and would like to solicit your input into what topics and/or speakers we should pursue. I'm looking forward to input from all. ================= The LSG-RG (Life Science Grid Research Group) is a group in OGF (Open Grid Forum) which was formed with the purpose of developing best practices in the area of the Life Sciences in the intersection with Grid Computing. The group also serves the purpose of interfacing with the other group in OGF and ensuring that all standards created by OGF take into account the requirements of applications in the Life Sciences. To Subscribe to the LSG-RG mailing list or to see archives messages, please visit: http://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/lsg-rg To see minutes of past LSG-RG meetings and to see other documents about the group, please visit: http://www.ogf.org/gf/group_info/view.php?group=lsg-rg For more information about OGF, including details on the next message, please visit: http://www.ogf.org =========== David Sigfredo Angulo Faculty DePaul University 312-362-5041 dangulo@cti.depaul.edu