<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>BioSB 2015 Conference update: detailed programme now online!</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>Netherlands Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Conference 2015</b><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Date: 20-21 May 2015</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Venue: De Werelt, Lunteren, the Netherlands</div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Website: <a href="http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015" target="_blank">http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Registration: <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/subscribe" target="_blank">https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/subscribe</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>** Registration deadline: May 4, 2015 **</b></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b><br></b></div><div style><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>Detailed programme now online!</b></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">The <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/130348/biosb%20pi%20meeting">programme of the conference</a> is now online, including the topical sessions. </span><br></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>Demo's for the application showcase</b></span><br></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">We still have room for demo's at the <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/93750/application%20showcase">application showcase</a>. The application showcase winner will be awarded with a <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/126464/awards">BioSB Demo Award 2015</a>! So if you developed an interesting/new bioinformatics application (e.g. software/database) that you would like to present at the conference, please contact <a href="mailto:jacintha.van.beemen@biosb.nl">Jacintha van Beemen</a>. </span><br></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>Birds of a Feather sessions</b></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">After the success of last year we decided to again organise <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/93731/birds%20of%20a%20feather%20sessions">Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions</a>. The sessions are planned on<b> May 21</b>, in the afternoon. The aim of a BoF session is to discuss a topic of your choice in an informal setting. The BoF topics will be announced via the conference website so participants will be able to join the session that interests them most. If you are interested in submitting a topic for a BoF session, please send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:patrick.kemmeren@umcutrecht.nl">Patrick Kemmeren</a>! </span></div><div style><br></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>Industry meeting at the BioSB 2015</b></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">As in former editions of the NBIC conferences, the Bioinformatics Industrial User Platform will organise a <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/93724/biup%20meeting">BIUP meeting</a> specifically aimed at conference participants from industry. The meeting is planned on <b>May 21</b>, during the Birds of a Feather sessions. The meeting will include two talks on practical insights from industrial participants of Oxford Nanopore’s MinION early access program. </span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">On <b>May 20</b> a parallel session on <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/93733/parallel%20session%20h%3a%20bioinf%20and%20sysbio%20in%20practice">Bioinf and SysBio in practice: industrial & medical applications</a> is planned with talks selected by abstract submission. </span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>Challenges of Data Stewardship session</b></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">In a lively interactive shared <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/93715/elixir-isbe%20session">ELIXIR/ISBE session</a> on <b>May 21</b> the 'Challenges of Data Stewardship' will be presented and discussed. After a short introduction on data stewardship, and FAIR data a Questions and Discussion session with the theme: 'Data stewardship is not as easy as many of us think' is planned. In the afternoon short updates on ELIXIR-NL and ISBE are planned. Additional information follows shortly.</span><br></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>BioSB PhD retreat 2015 - May 19</b></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">The RSG Netherlands invites bioinformatics and systems biology PhD and Master students for the 2015 edition of the <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/115728/rsg%20retreat">BioSB PhD retreat</a> in Lunteren, on <b>May 19</b>, the day preceding the BioSB2015. The programme features career talks by two well known scientists, flash presentations by fellow students, dinner & social activity in the evening. </span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>BioSB PI meeting - May 19</b></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">The board of the BioSB research school invites all bioinformatics and systems biology PI’s interested to join the<a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/130348/biosb%20pi%20meeting"> BioSB PI meeting</a> that is planned in the evening preceding the BioSB conference, on <b>May 19</b>. At the meeting the BioSB board will inform you about the latest developments concerning the <a href="http://www.biosb.nl">BioSB research school</a>.</span><br></div><div style><br></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>BioSB 2015 on Twitter</b></span></div><div style><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">On Twitter we will use the hashtag: <b>#BioSB2015</b> and updates will be tweeted via <a href="https://twitter.com/biosb_nl">@BioSB_nl</a>.</span><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">BioSB 2015: Merging two research fields</b><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">BioSB 2015 will be the first in a series of yearly organised Dutch Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (BioSB) conferences focusing on both bioinformatics and systems biology research. The BioSB 2015 combines the annual Netherlands Bioinformatics Conference (NBIC) and the annual Systems Biology Symposium (SB@NL). Because of the success of the NBIC conference format in the past, the BioSB conference will be organised in the familiar style: a 2-day conference at Congrescentrum De Werelt in Lunteren. The BioSB 2015 will be co-organised by the</span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </span><a href="http://www.biosb.nl/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">BioSB research school</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">and the</span><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </span><a href="http://ubc.uu.nl/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Utrecht Bioinformatics Center</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">. </span><br></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><b>Subscribe to the BioSB newsletter</b> to stay up to date about the BioSB 2015 conference and the BioSB research school activities.<a href="http://biosb.nl/newsletter/" target="_blank">Subscribe here</a>.</div></div>
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