Contents

Editorial
•  Introduction: Bioinformatics in Asia Pacific, Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen

Bioinformatics Research, Teaching and Service
•  Bioinformatics Research in Australia, Yi-Ping Phoebe Chen and Geoff McLachlan
•  The Status of Formalized Bioinformatics Education in Australia, Michael Poidinger and Sonia Cattley
•  Bioinformatics in Singapore, Limsoon Wong
•  Bioinformatics Service, Research and Education at CBI, Jingchu Luo

Bioinformatics Industry
•  Bioinformatics Industry in Australia, Tim Littlejohn
•  Bioinformatics and Oracle Extensibility, Bruce Blackwell
•  Bowling Ball ' Bioinformatics' hits Ninepins of Asia Pacific, K. Balaji

Multiple Sequence Alignment, Molecular Surface and Protein Structure
•  Inferring an Original Sequence from Erroneous Copies: Two Approaches, Jonathan M. Keith, Peter Adams, Darryn Bryant, Keith R. Mitchelson Duncan A. E. Cochran , Gita H. Lala
•  The Protein Surface Properties Calculator , Dan V. Nicolau Jr., Florin Fulga, Dan V. Nicolau Sr.
•  General Framework for Two-Stage Approaches to Protein Secondary Structure Prediction, Jagath C. Rajapakse and Minh Ngoc Nguyen

Calendar of Events
•  A comprehensive listing of upcoming biotechnology conferences in Asia-Pacific