<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b style="font-size: 15px;" class="">BioSB 2018 conference</b><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4th Netherlands Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Conference<div class="">May 15-16, Lunteren, the Netherlands</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Conference website:</b> <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018" class="">https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-af05a27b-dcdd-03c0-509a-ef4a2b820d98" class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The <a href="http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018" class="">BioSB 2018 conference</a> is the 4th edition of the Dutch Bioinformatics & Systems Biology conference. BioSB 2018 discusses the latest developments in bioinformatics, systems and computational biology and interrelated disciplines, and their wide-ranging applications in life sciences & health, agriculture, food & nutrition. The preliminary programme (<a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/part_program" class="">https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/part_program</a>) is now online.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">In this update:</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"><ul class=""><li class="">Registration open! </li><li class="">Call for abstracts - March 15 submission deadline oral presentations</li><li class="">BioSB PhD retreat </li><li class="">Call for nominations: Young Investigator Award 2018 </li></ul></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">Registration open!</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">You can now register for the BioSB 2018 conference. Find out more about the registration fees at <a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267520/registration" class="">the registration page</a> of the conference website. </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">Call for abstracts</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">You can still submit an abstract for the BioSB 2018 conference programme.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Deadline for oral presentations: <b class="">March 15, 2018</b></span></li><li class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Notification date oral presentations: April 16, 2018</span></li><li class=""><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Abstract submission deadline for posters/demos: April 16, 2018</span></li></ul><span class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">Submission topics:</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"><ul class=""><li class="">Genomics</li><li class="">Genetic Variants & Population Studies</li><li class="">Personalized Medicine</li><li class="">Integration of (omics) data sets</li><li class="">Tools & resources</li><li class="">Network biology</li><li class="">Regulation and signalling</li><li class="">RNA and protein diversity</li><li class="">Microbiome and ecosystems</li><li class="">Metabolic modelling</li><li class="">Metabolomics (<a href="http://www.metabolomicscentre.nl/" class="">Netherlands Metabolomics Centre</a>)</li><li class="">Single Cell Omics (HotTopics)</li><li class="">Single Molecule Sequencing (HotTopics)</li><li class=""><a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267502/elixir-nl-track" class="">ELIXIR-NL FAIR data</a></li></ul></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Abstracts will be reviewed by the BioSB 2018 Programme committee.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span></span><a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267525/abstract-submission" class="">Read more</a><span class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">BioSB PhD retreat 2018</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span></span><br class=""></div><div class="">The <a href="http://www.youngcb.nl/" class="">YoungCB</a><span class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> (ISCB Regional Student Group Netherlands) is pleased to invite you to the BioSB PhD retreat 2018 in the afternoon of May 14th. The retreat will be held in Lunteren at the Congrescentrum De Werelt, preceding the BioSB conference.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">This year's theme will be <b class="">Machine Learning & Deep Learning</b>. The afternoon programme has three keynotes a workshop and Flash presentations. In the evening there will be a dinner in the centre of Lunteren followed by a fun social activity at the conference centre bar.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We encourage all (PhD-) students and young researchers in the fields of computational biology, bioinformatics, systems biology and related fields to attend this annual retreat to discuss your research and build a network with fellow young peers in the Netherlands. </span></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267513/biosb-phd-retreat" class="">Read more</a><span class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">Call for Nominations Young Investigator Award 2018</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">During the BioSB 2018 on May 16, we will present the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2018. The winner will receive a prize that is sponsored by the BioSB research school and will present an honorary lecture at the conference. </span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Group leaders can now nominate their candidates.</span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">Criteria: </b></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The candidate must have conducted his/her bioinformatics or systems biology research primarily in a Dutch institute. The primary result on which the award will be based will be the PhD thesis written by the candidate.</span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><u class="">Submission deadline: April 4!</u></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span></span><a href="https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267512/biosb-young-investigator-award-2018" class="">Read more</a><span class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">More information</b></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class="kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">More information about the conference will follow soon! You can find the latest conference updates at the </span></span><a href="http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018" class="">conference website</a><span class=""><span style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. Regular updates will also be sent via the BioSB mailing list.</span></span></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b style="color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">Femke Francissen</b></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><div><div style="font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><font face="Arial Unicode MS" color="#484848" class=""><div style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Community manager</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">BioSB Research School</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">E-mail:</span><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""> </span><a href="mailto:femke.francissen@biosb.nl" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-size: 12px;" class="">femke.francissen@biosb.nl</a><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""> </span></div></font></div><div style="font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><font face="Arial Unicode MS" color="#484848" class=""><div style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">Website: </span><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><font color="#800080" class=""><a href="http://www.biosb.nl/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">www.biosb.nl</a></font></span><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div></font></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span><img apple-inline="yes" id="BB5640C5-ABD0-4C2D-BC53-5235D64B0BFA" src="cid:7AF4BDB8-DB76-4EC7-BE44-DB9092A11E6C@home" class=""></span>
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