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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Invitation & Call for abstracts for NBIC2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Netherlands Bioinformatics Conference 2014 (NBIC2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">April 8 & 9, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conference Center De Werelt, Lunteren<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Conference website: </span><a href="http://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">============================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On April 8 and 9, 2014 the Dutch bioinformatics community will meet for the 9th time in conference centre De Werelt in Lunteren. A lively programme will provide for presentations about the latest developments in bioinformatics
but also for the highly appreciated social networking opportunities during breaks and evening programme.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Registration is open!: <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014/wiki/registration">
https://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014/wiki/registration</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Science & applications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">NBIC2014 discusses the latest developments in bioinformatics and computational biology and interrelated disciplines, and their wide-ranging applications in life sciences & health, agriculture, food & nutrition and industrial
biotechnology. NBIC2014 offers a cross-disciplinary scientific program of (poster) presentations, application demonstrations and workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Keynote speakers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Marcus Claesson, University College, Cork, Ireland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Ilya Shmulevich, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Jelle Goeman, Radboudumc Nijmegen, the Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Christian Ottmann, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Yves van de Peer, VIB, Ghent University, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Programme<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Topical tracks: Allbio Metagenomics meeting & Spring meeting of the Netherlands Society on Biomolecular Modelling (NSBM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Industry meeting organised by the Bioinformatics Users Platform (BIUP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Parallel sessions of contributed lectures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- A poster session during the conference dinner on April 8th<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Presentation of the Young Investigator Award 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Birds of a Feather sessions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- A PhD retreat by the Regional Student Group on April 7th<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Plenty of networking possibilities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Read more: <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014/part_program">
https://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014/part_program</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Abstract submission<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">You can submit an abstract for a lecture, a poster or a demo. Abstracts for the NBIC2014 general conference programme may cover any bioinformatics related subject. Based on the abstract submissions, the NBIC2014 programme
will be filled with several thematic sessions and abstracts will be distributed over these sessions. Abstracts can also be submitted for the Allbio Metagenomics meeting and the NSBM Spring meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">More information: <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014/wiki/abstract%20submission">
https://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014/wiki/abstract%20submission</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Key dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Abstract submission deadline for oral presentations: February 23, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Notification date: March 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">- Abstract submission deadline for posters and demos: April 4, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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