The Conference will take place in Novosibirsk Akademgorodok. Akademgorodok is one of the largest scientific centres in Russia. University and over 30 research institutes are situated there. The Institute of Cytology and Genetics is conducting an active reasearch in Bioinformatics, developing databases of regulatory sequences (TRRD) and computational approaches for sequence analysis. BDNE’2000 will take place in the conference hall of “House of Scientists”.
Climate
The average temperature in July-August varies from 15 to 25 C; predominating is dry and sunny weather but sometimes it can be rather cold. Guests are kindly suggested to have some warm clothes like sweaters and jackets.
Time
Local Novosibirsk time differs from Moscow by +3 hours, i.e. Greenwich Mean Time +6 hours.
Electricity
220 volts, 50 Hz, 2 pin round plugs.
Currency and banking
There are a lot of local banks and branches of Moscow banks in Novosibirsk.
Sibacadembank is situated in Akademgorodok and works from Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 1.00 p.m. and from 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m.. You can obtain US dollars in cash by your credit and debit cards: Visa Card, Euro Card/Master Card (brokerage 3-4%). You can also obtain US dollars, Deutschmarks or directly Russian roubles in cash by traveller’s cheques of American Express or VISA according to the current exchange rate. Brokerage is from 1% to 5% depending of the cheque’s face value. You can exchange foreign currency in cash for Russian roubles in numerous exchange offices in airports, hotels, post offices and supermarkets.
Shops
The shops are generally open from 9.00 am or 10.00 am to 7.00 pm for a whole week. There are some 24-hour food shops.
Phone: +7(3832) 333468, Fax: +7(3832) 331278 E-mail: bdne2000@bionet.nsc.ru