1. Association for Medical and Bio Informatics Singapore (AMBIS) Role and Mission of AMBIS as a National-Level Association for Medical and Bioinformatics

2. AMBIS’s Mission & Vision Scope To promote medical and bioinformatics in Singapore Aims To provide a forum of discussion for bioinformatics and medical informatics To promote collaboration and exchange among Singapore bioinformatics and medical informatics practitioners Provide training in medical and bioinformatics

3. Past Activities 1.5th Virtual Conference in Genomics and Bioinformatics 2.3rd Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference 2005 3.Med IT Asia 2005 4.Health Informatics Asia 2004 5.ImmunoBioinformatics Conference 2004 6.APBioBox and SunBioBox Training Workshop 2004 7.And many more…

4. Upcoming Activities Tutorial: An introduction to computational proteomics and glycomics, IMS Auditorium, 21 July 2006 Healthcare Informatics, 18–19 September 2006, Bangkok

5. Membership Distribution

6. AMBIS’s Membership Student Members Ordinary Members Life Members Honorary Members Corporate Members

7. Privileges of Membership Rights to participate in the activities of the Association Exclusive discounts at AMBIS endorsed events/conferences Travel grants and sponsorships for international conferences Rights to attend General Meetings of the Association Networking opportunities with academic and industrial communities

8. Contact Details Contact: Victor JC Tong Vice President jctong@i2r.a-star.edu.sg Website: www.ambis.org.sg