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line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class="">The first edition of the two day event ‘<a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-d/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class="">Applied Bioinformatics in Life Sciences</span></a>’ organized by the Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), will take place on the 17th-18th of March, 2016 in Leuven, Belgium.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: green;" class="">Why this conference?</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; line-height: 12pt;"><img width="90" height="90" src="http://www.vibconferences.be/sites/default/files/styles/speaker_overview_thumb/public/speaker-pictures/matthias_mann_photo-300.jpg?itok=0-ll1cxF" align="right" alt="Matthias Mann" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class="">“Bioinformatics is already an indispensable fundament of biology and biomedicine. It is already clear that ‘big data’ and machine learning<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">will be next”<br class=""><em class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class="">Matthias Mann (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DE)</span></em><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: green;" class="">Early bird & PhD discount</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><br class="">Register now and make use of the early bird discount. To support junior researchers, VIB offers<strong class=""><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class="">PhD students a significant discount<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong>when registering before february the 1st 2016. For more information about registration please visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-h/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class="">the conference website.</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><img width="90" height="90" src="http://www.vibconferences.be/sites/default/files/styles/event_gallery_picture_thumb/public/event-images/%5Bnid%5D/poster.jpg?itok=CkZMOYxH" align="right" alt="Poster" v:shapes="_x0000_s1027" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: green;" class="">Present your research<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><br class="">Showcase your own research to the international research community during the poster sessions at the conference.The best abstracts will be selected for a presentation! The deadline for the abstract submission is January 4th 2016.You can upload your abstract on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-k/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class="">the conference website.</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: green;" class="">Meet the Expert: ‘Prof. Dr. Matthias Mann’</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><br class="">We offer all junior researchers the opportunity to join our ‘Meet the Expert' session with Prof. Dr. Matthias Mann (MPI.DE), one of our top speakers. During an informal round table discussion, PhD students and postdocs will have the exclusive opportunity to ask any question/advise related to their research and careers. If you are interested in joining the session then send an e-mail to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://conferences@vib.be/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class="">conferences@vib.be </span></a>. Seating is very limited so make sure to reserve a spot soon!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: green;" class="">Speakers</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><br class="">18 Academic speakers including:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-u/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img border="0" width="300" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.vib.be/VIBMediaLibrary/VIB%20Conferences/ABLS/speaker%20template%20Luis%20Lodewyk%20Christina.jpg" class=""></span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-o/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img border="0" width="300" id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.vib.be/VIBMediaLibrary/VIB%20Conferences/ABLS/speaker%20template%20Peer%20Nuria%20Eran.jpg" class=""></span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""> </span><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: green;" class="">Join our workshop</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><br class="">As a prelude to the ABLS conference, 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. For more info please visit the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-b/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class="">training website</span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: green;" class="">Explore the historical university city of Leuven</span></strong><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><br class="">Leuven households the KU Leuven. One of the oldest universities of Western Europe. 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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><a href="http://vib.cmail2.com/t/r-i-zihdtuy-l-n/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(88, 103, 109); text-decoration: none;" class=""><img border="0" width="525" id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://www.vib.be/VIBMediaLibrary/VIB%20Conferences/ABLS/footer%203.jpg" alt="Leuven" class=""></span></a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""> We hope to have triggered your interest in our conference. In case you have questions or remarks, please feel free to contact us.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class="">With kind regards<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class="">Alexander Botzki<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 9pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(88, 103, 109);" class=""><br class="">The members of the organizing committee:<br class=""><br class="">Alex Botzki, VIB BioInformatics Training and Service facility, VIB HQ<br class="">Evy Vierstraete, VIB Science events executive, VIB HQ<br class="">Frederik Coppens, VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, UGent<br class="">Geert Van Minnebruggen, VIB Headquarters<br class="">Lennart Martens, VIB Medical Biotechnology Center, UGent<br class="">Ligia Mateiu, VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, Unuiversity of Antwerp<br class="">Mark Fiers, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, KU Leuven<br class="">Stein Aerts, Group Leader, Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven<br class="">Wim Vranken, VIB Structural Biology Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel<br class="">Yvan Saeys, VIB Inflammation Research Center, UGent<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0cm;" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tbody class=""><tr style="height: 74.25pt;" class=""><td width="373" style="width: 279.75pt; 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