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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C55A11">Call for submissions for the 8<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Disease Maps Community Meeting 2024 on 25th-27th of March 2024 in Luxembourg.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C55A11"><a href="https://disease-maps.org/DMCM2024">https://disease-maps.org/DMCM2024</a></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Submit</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"> your abstracts via <a href="https://easychair.org/cfp/dmcm2024" title="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fcfp%2Fdmcm2024&data=05%7C01%7Cmarek.ostaszewski%40uni.lu%7Cc26414334192401d353a08dbe512ce27%7C445a9c950f9d49539db1bc4a45dd1220%7C0%7C0%7C638355641197726864%7CUnknown%7CTWFpb">the EasyChair
link</a> by 24 January 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Register</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"> via this <a href="https://disease-maps.org/DMCM2024#:~:text=Please%20register%20by%2025th%20February%202024%20using%20this%20form" title="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdisease-maps.org%2FDMCM2024%23%3A~%3Atext%3DPlease%2520register%2520by%252025th%2520February%25202024%2520using%2520this%2520form&data=05%7C01%7Cmarek.ostaszewski%40uni.lu%7Cc26414334192401">registration
form</a> by 24 February 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">DMCM’24 a joint event of the Disease Maps Community (<a href="https://disease-maps.org/">https://disease-maps.org</a>) and the ELIXIR Systems Biology Community (<a href="https://elixir-europe.org/communities/systems-biology">https://elixir-europe.org/communities/systems-biology</a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">We plan intensive exchanges during panel discussions, poster sessions and focus group workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">See <a href="https://disease-maps.org/DMCM2024/programme/">
the agenda</a> for more details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Keynote speakers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">James Glazier</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">, Professor of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Professor & Director
of Biocomplexity Institute Biophysics, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Liesbet Geris</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">, Collen-Francqui Research Professor in Biomechanics and Computational
Tissue Engineering, University of Liège and KU Leuven, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Henning Hermjakob</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">, Head of Molecular Systems Services, European Bioinformatics
Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, UK<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Reinhard Schneider</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">, Head of Bioinformatics Core, Luxembourg Centre for Systems
Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Featured workshop<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">imSAVAR Symposium: Disease maps and irAOPs in the immune system effects of immunomodulatory therapies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Scope</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">We will focus on systems medicine topics, including tools, standards, and applications of bioinformatics, computational and systems biology to research on human diseases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Join us to discuss challenges of building reliable models of disease mechanisms from prior knowledge and data, and applying their predictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">The topics include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Curation of diagrammatic models of diseases using systems biology standards<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Visual analytics of systems biology diagrams<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Modelling of disease mechanisms: network-based, Boolean or continuous<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Interpreting multi-omics data using systems biology diagrams<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Using omics data for model building and parameterisation<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Abstract Submission Deadline:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"> 24 January 2024 (<a href="https://easychair.org/cfp/dmcm2024" title="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fcfp%2Fdmcm2024&data=05%7C01%7Cmarek.ostaszewski%40uni.lu%7Cc26414334192401d353a08dbe512ce27%7C445a9c950f9d49539db1bc4a45dd1220%7C0%7C0%7C638355641197726864%7CUnknown%7CTWFpb">the EasyChair
link</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Registration Deadline:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"> 24 February 2024 (<a href="https://disease-maps.org/DMCM2024#:~:text=Please%20register%20by%2025th%20February%202024%20using%20this%20form" title="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdisease-maps.org%2FDMCM2024%23%3A~%3Atext%3DPlease%2520register%2520by%252025th%2520February%25202024%2520using%2520this%2520form&data=05%7C01%7Cmarek.ostaszewski%40uni.lu%7Cc26414334192401">registration
form</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">When:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"> 25th-27th of March 2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Where:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">University of Luxembourg, Campus Belval, Maison du Savoir
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">2, avenue de l’Université, L-4365 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg<br>
<a href="https://www.uni.lu/en/about/campuses/belval-campus" title="Original URL:
https://www.uni.lu/en/about/campuses/belval-campus
Click to follow link.">https://www.uni.lu/en/about/campuses/belval-campus</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">For all details</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"> see<a href="https://disease-maps.org/DMCM2024" title="Original URL:
https://disease-maps.org/DMCM2024
Click to follow link."> https://disease-maps.org/DMCM2024</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">With warm regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">on behalf of the organisers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">---<br>
Marek Ostaszewski<br>
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University of Luxembourg<br>
Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB)<br>
Campus Belval | House of Biomedicine<br>
6, avenue du Swing, L-4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg<br>
Tel: +352 46 66 44 5604<br>
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://lcsb.uni.lu/" title="http://lcsb.uni.lu/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">http://lcsb.uni.lu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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