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They will highlight the power of bioinformatics in the fields of medical, agriculture, and biotechnology research. <br class=""><br class="">Grab this opportunity to meet experts in the field and to network with hundreds of scientists coming from all around the globe.</span></span></span></span><br class=""> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" width="500" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><colgroup class=""><col width="130" class=""><col width="130" class=""><col width="130" class=""></colgroup><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" width="130" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-fdlirlt-djkrkilitk-k/" style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><img alt="Matthias Mann" src="http://www.vibconferences.be/sites/default/files/styles/speaker_overview_thumb/public/speaker-pictures/matthias_mann_photo-300.jpg?itok=0-ll1cxF" width="130" style="display: block; 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text-decoration: underline;" class="">Matthias Mann</a></td><td align="left" width="130" style="font-size: 11px; vertical-align: text-top;" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-fdlirlt-djkrkilitk-n/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Peer Bork</a></td><td align="left" width="130" style="font-size: 11px; vertical-align: text-top;" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-fdlirlt-djkrkilitk-p/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Eran Segal</a></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="left" width="130" style="font-size: 11px; vertical-align: text-top;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);" class="">Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DE</span></td><td align="left" width="130" style="font-size: 11px; vertical-align: text-top;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);" class="">Bioinformatics, EMBL, DE</span></td><td align="left" width="130" style="font-size: 11px; vertical-align: text-top;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);" class="">Weizman Institute, IL</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" width="500" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><colgroup class=""><col width="130" class=""><col width="130" class=""><col width="130" class=""></colgroup><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" width="130" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-fdlirlt-djkrkilitk-x/" style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><img alt="Luis Serrano" src="http://www.vibconferences.be/sites/default/files/styles/speaker_overview_thumb/public/speaker-pictures/luis_serrano_photo-300.jpg?itok=_udq611C" width="130" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px;" class=""></a></td><td align="left" width="130" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-fdlirlt-djkrkilitk-m/" style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><img alt="Lodewyk Wessels" src="http://www.vibconferences.be/sites/default/files/styles/speaker_overview_thumb/public/speaker-pictures/lodewykwessels-300.jpg?itok=6mJlpY9u" width="130" style="display: block; 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vertical-align: text-top;" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-fdlirlt-djkrkilitk-f/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Nuria Lopez-Bigas</a></td></tr><tr class=""><td align="left" width="130" style="font-size: 11px; vertical-align: text-top;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);" class="">Centre for Genomic Regulation, ES</span></td><td align="left" width="130" style="font-size: 11px; vertical-align: text-top;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);" class="">The Netherlands Cancer Institute, NL</span></td><td align="left" width="130" style="font-size: 11px; vertical-align: text-top;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105);" class="">University Pompeu Fabra, ES</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109); margin: 0px 0px 12px;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 100, 0);" class="">PRESENT YOUR RESEARCH</span></strong><br class="">We hope you get involved and present your latest research during the conference.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-fdlirlt-djkrkilitk-z/" style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Send us your abstract</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and we will get in contact with you to offer you a spot to present.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 100, 0);" class="">JOIN OUR WORKSHOP</span></strong><br class="">As a prelude to the ABLS conference, VIB TRAINING AT VIB is organizing a workshop to help biologists and computational biologists to better understand prerequisites once planning large data generating experiments. The course will be held on 16th of March from 9am at the Provinciehuis, Leuven. More info on the workshop will follow soon.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><strong class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 100, 0);" class="">EXPAND YOUR NETWORK</span></strong><br class="">Networking is an indispensible part of our conference concept. A good balance between inspirational talks and networking opportunities gives you the opportunity to grow your network. Traditionally, we close the first day of our conference with a reception on-site, and gather later in the evening for an informal conference dinner.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 100, 0);" class=""><strong class="">EXPLORE THE HISTORICAL UNIVERSITY CITY OF LEUVEN</strong></span><br class="">The members of the Organizing committee selected the historical center of the city of Leuven as the setting for this two-day conference. Leuven is known for housing the Leuven university, which is one of the oldest universities of Western Europe.<br class=""><br class="">Education and science is not the only strength of the region. The city is also home to the Anheuser-Busch InBev company, one of the world's largest brewing groups producing the Leuven-based Stella-Artois beer as one of their flagship brands.</p><div style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109); margin: 0px 0px 12px;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" width="500" style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" class=""><colgroup class=""><col width="130" class=""><col width="130" class=""><col width="130" class=""></colgroup><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" width="130" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-fdlirlt-djkrkilitk-v/" style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><img alt="KU Leuven" src="http://www.vib.be/VIBMediaLibrary/VIB%20Conferences/kuleuven-300.jpg" width="130" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px;" class=""></a></td><td align="left" width="130" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-l-fdlirlt-djkrkilitk-e/" style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); 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