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Internship position Schneider group, LCSB, Luxembourg
by ISCBSC announcement 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Dear all, The ISCB Student Council is pleased to announce a 6-month internship position with the Schneider group at Bioinformatics Core, Luxembourg Centre For Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg. The internship is expected to start in June 2015 and it is available to Masters and PhD students in computational biology or related areas from developing nations. We welcome you to apply for this internship if you meet the eligibility criteria. Further, we would like to seek your help in spreading the word to your friends and colleagues! Many thanks for your assistance. More information is available here: http://www.iscbsc.org/internships/Schneider-lab-032015 Best regards, ISCB Student Council

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BioSB 2015 - Call for abstracts & nominations BioSB Young Investigator Award 2015
by Femke Francissen 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

*BioSB 2015 - Call for abstracts & nominations BioSB Young Investigator Award 2015* Netherlands Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Conference 2015 - BioSB 2015 Date: 20-21 May 2015 Venue: De Werelt, Lunteren, the Netherlands Website: http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015 Registration: https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/subscribe *Abstract submission* You can now submit an abstract for the BioSB 2015 conference programme. Abstracts can be submitted for the following topics / topical tracks: - Metabolism - Gene regulation - Networks & Data integration - Next Generation Sequencing - Bioinf & SysBio in practice: industrial and medical applications (industry track) - Statistics & modeling - Genotype/phenotype & disease - Proteomics - Whole-cell modeling / multi-scale modeling / genome-scale modeling - Metagenomics topical track - NSBM Spring meeting 2015 (biomolecular modelling track) You can submit an abstract for a lecture in one of the parallel sessions, a poster presentation or for a demo in the application showcase. Read more about the abstract submission here: https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/93751/abstracts. *Abstract submission deadline: March 19, 2015* *Nominations for BioSB Young Investigator Award 2015* Young researchers can now be nominated for the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2015. The winner will present an honorary lecture at the conference (May 20) and will receive an award provided by the BioSB research school <http://www.biosb.nl>. You can now submit your nominations via: https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2015/wiki/93721/biosb%20young%20investigator%…. *Nomination deadline: April 10, 2015*. *BioSB 2015: Merging two research fields* 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 BioSB research school <http://www.biosb.nl> and the Utrecht Bioinformatics Center <http://ubc.uu.nl/>.

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Update: ICBO 2015, Call for Submissions, *Deadline extended*
by Francisco Couto 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

ICBO2015 Call for submissions *Deadline extended* *** Relevant dates *** Conference paper submission: Mar 9, 2015 (11:59pm PST) <-- *Deadline extended* Conference paper notification: Apr 6, 2015 Camera-ready conference papers: Apr 20, 2015 Workshop paper, software demonstration and early career submission: Apr 13, 2015 Workshop paper, software demonstration and early career notification: May 11, 2015 Camera-ready workshop papers, software demonstration papers/abstracts and early career abstracts: May 25, 2015 Demos and Poster abstract submissions: May 18, 2015 Demos and Poster abstract notifications: June 8th, 2015 Camera-ready poster abstracts: June 15th, 2015 *** Topics *** Ontologies are knowledge representation tools widely used in the semantic description of biological and medical data from creation to publication and consumption for research and software applications including expert systems. To be maximally effective for a wide range of diverse purposes, such ontologies must be of good quality and work well together. Therefore, issues like good ontology design, ontology coordination, methods for harnessing ontologies for research and applications, and ontology maintenance need to be addressed. The International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO) series is designed to meet this need. ICBO 2015, the sixth event in the highly successful series, will bring together representatives of all major communities involved in ontology use and development in biomedical research, health care, and related areas. *** Call for Papers *** ICBO 2015 is soliciting submissions of novel (not previously published nor concurrently submitted) research papers in the areas of the application of ontologies to biomedical problems, ontology design and ontology interoperability, at any stage in the process from data creation to use in applications or scientific analyses. Submissions will be welcome from a broad range of approaches to ontology building and use. In addition, we would like to invite contributions showcasing methods for ontology-based research, including statistical methods, and contributions addressing the challenges associated with working with multiple ontologies at the same time, including ontology development, visualization, annotation of data, analysis, and applications. We will accept full-length research and application papers (5 pages), poster submissions (2 page abstracts), software demonstrations (2 page abstracts), and early career researcher symposium submissions (2 page abstracts). A selection of successful poster abstracts will be invited to give flash presentations during the conference. We are also looking for submissions of half-day or full-day workshops and tutorials. Workshops should be working sessions with a specific outcome that can be subsequently presented at the main conference. Tutorials are educational events and may involve hands-on practicals. Submission of papers is via EasyChair ( https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icbo2015) according to the templates provided on the conference web site. A Best Paper Award, Best Poster Award, Best Demonstration Award, and a Best Early Career Paper Award will be conferred to the author(s) at the conference, selected by the Organizing Committee. All accepted papers and abstracts will be published in an issue of CEUR-WS ( http://ceur-ws.org/) In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Biomedical Semantics (JBMS), an open-access journal published by BioMed Central (BMC). Note that publication in the JBMS special issue will incur article processing charges. *** Contact *** For more information please email icbo2015(a)googlegroups.com *** Organizing Committee *** Scientific Chairs: Francisco Couto (Lisboa, Portugal) and Janna Hastings (Cambridge, UK) Local Chair: Catia Pesquita (Lisboa, Portugal) Program Chair: Stefan Schulz (Graz, Austria) Workshop and Tutorial Chairs: Melanie Courtot (Vancouver, Canada) and João Ferreira (Lisboa, Portugal) Proceedings and Special Issue Chair: Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann (Zurich, Switzerland) Early Career Chair: Pierre Grenon (London, UK) Poster and Demonstrations Chair: Matthew Horridge (Stanford, USA) Sponsorship and Publicity: Emanuel Santos (Lisboa, Portugal) and Pedro Fernandes (Oeiras, Portugal) *** Program Committee *** Alan Ruttenberg (University at Buffalo, USA) Alexander D. Diehl (The Jacobs Neurological Institute, University at Buffalo, USA) Amanda Hicks (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA) Anika Oellrich (Sanger Institute, UK) Barry Smith (SUNY Buffalo, USA) Bill Hogan (University of Florida) Christophe Lambert (Montana State University, USA) Christopher Baker (UNB Saint John, Canada) Colin Batchelor (Royal Society of Chemistry, UK) Cristian Cocos (Mayo Clinic, USA) Cui Tao (SBMI, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA) Dagobert Soergel (Department of Library and Information Studies, University at Buffalo, USA) Daniel Schober (Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Germany) Despoina Magka (Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK) Frank Loebe (University of Leipzig, Germany) Fred Freitas (CIn-UFPE, Brazil) Georgios Gkoutos (University of Cambridge, UK) Gwen Frishkoff (Georgia State University, USA) Harold Solbrig (Mayo Clinic, USA) Heinrich Herre (Institute of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Germany) Helen Parkinson (European Bioinformatics Institute, UK) James Malone (The European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, UK) James J Cimino (National Institutes of Health, USA) James P. McCusker, 5AM Solutions Jesualdo Tomás Fernández-Breis (Departamento de Informatica y Sistemas, Universidad de Murcia, Spain) Jim Mccusker (5AM solutions, USA) Jin-Dong Kim (Database Center for Life Science, Japan) John Gennari (University of Washington, USA) José Luís Oliveira (Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal) Judy Blake (JAX, USA) Laura Slaughter (Oslo University Hospital, Norway) Lindsay Cowell (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, USA) Ludger Jansen (University of Rostock, Germany) Mário J. Silva (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) Mark Musen (Stanford University, USA) Martin Boeker (University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany) Mathias Brochhausen (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA) Melissa Haendel (Oregon Health & Science University) Michael Schroeder (TU Dresden, Germany) Michel Dumontier (Stanford University, USA) Nigam Shah (Stanford University, USA) Olivier Bodenreider (US National Library of Medicine, USA) Onard Mejino (University of Washington, USA) Paolo Ciccarese (Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital, USA) Pascale Gaudet (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland) Paul Schofield (University of Cambridge, UK) Peter Robinson (Charite Universittsmedizin Berlin, Germany) Phillip Lord (School of Computing Science, Newcastle University, UK) Robert Stevens (University of Manchester, UK) Samuel Croset (European Bioinformatics Institute, UK) Simon Jupp (European Bioinformatics Institute, UK) Sivaram Arabandi (ONTOPRO, USA) Suzanne E. Lewis (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) Werner Ceusters (SUNY at Buffalo, USA) Yongqun He (University of Michigan, USA)

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FW: Favour: urgently seeking a PhD student
by Judith Risse 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

From: Karim Gharbi [mailto:Karim.Gharbi@ed.ac.uk] Sent: 01 March 2015 16:28 To: ashworthsocial(a)lists.ed.ac.uk Subject: Fwd: Favour: urgently seeking a PhD student Dear all: Joe Hofman at the University of Bielefeld is urgently looking for a student to fill a funded PhD position in marine population genomics to join our Marie Curie International Training Network (ITN). Please feel free to forward to anyone who might be interested (or know someone who might). Cheers, Karim -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Favour: urgently seeking a PhD student Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:30:12 +0000 From: Joe Hoffman <mailto:j_i_hoffman@hotmail.com> <j_i_hoffman(a)hotmail.com> To: karim gharbi <mailto:karim.gharbi@ed.ac.uk> <karim.gharbi(a)ed.ac.uk> Hi Karim Could you post this in Edinburgh for me? Many thanks Joe Joe Hoffman Department of Animal Behaviour University of Bielefeld Postfach 100131 33501 Bielefeld Germany +49 (0)521 1062711 http://www. <http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/biologie/animalbehaviour/hoffman/publications.h tml> thehoffmanlab.com <http://thehoffmanlab.com/> -- Dr Karim Gharbi Head of Genomics Edinburgh Genomics Ashworth Laboratories The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK Phone: +44 (0)131 650 7489 Fax: +44 (0)131 651 3629 http://genomics.ed.ac.uk https://twitter.com/GenePoolNews The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Bioinformatician position at AstraZeneca
by Magali Michaut 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

We are seeking a talented scientist to lead pre-clinical biomarker discovery efforts for the Oncology Bioinformatics team at AstraZeneca. The career level will be relevant to individuals with a number of years of experience applying bioinformatics/computational-biology to deliver impactful scientific discovery, supported by a relevant PhD and post-doc or equivalent. The role is particularly suited to an individual with strengths applying network biology, mathematical and/or machine learning approaches to find mechanistic patterns in pan-omic data. Closing date for applications is 23rd March 2015. http://jobs.astrazeneca.com/jobs/details/l1rRD1289-associate-principal-bioi… Jonathan Dry Principal Scientist II at AstraZeneca

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Deadline registration: Life Science Courses at Avans University of Applied Sciences
by Sari van Heel - Vauhkala 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Dear members of BBClist, Please note that the deadline for course registration for these three courses of the Research Group Analysis Techniques in Life Science (Avans University of Applied Sciences, Breda, the Netherlands) is Friday 6 March 2015: 1) Principles, parameters and applications of PCR; 7 April 2015 Registration fee: €400,- Website : http://www.alsavans.nl/avans-training-2545.htm 2) Real-time PCR in molecular diagnostics; 8-10 April 2015 Registration fee: €900,- Website: http://www.alsavans.nl/avans-training-2548.htm 3) Introduction to Next Generation Sequencing; technologies and data analysis; 14-17 April 2015 Registration fee: €1100,- Website: http://www.alsavans.nl/avans-training-2542.htm The digital registration form is available on the website. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email at: si.vanheel-vauhkala(a)avans.nl<mailto:si.vanheel-vauhkala@avans.nl> Kind regards, Ms. Sari van Heel-Vauhkala Secretary Research Group Analysis Techniques in Life Science Disclaimer ( http://www.avans.nl/over-avans/e-mail-disclaimer )

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FW: Postdoctoral research fellow in biostatistics/bioinformatics
by Sander Canisius 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Postdoctoral research fellow in biostatistics/bioinformatics Position as postdoctoral fellow available for three years at Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway http://www.universitetstillinger.no/job/32r3o *Research environment* Institute for Cancer Research has since its foundation in 1954 played a central role within the field of cancer research both in Norway as well as internationally. The Institute has six research departments, a core facility and more than 320 employees, master students included. About 70% of the employees and projects are externally funded. Department of Genetics consists of four major research groups which include five project groups. The department is headed by Professor Anne-Lise Børresen-Dale, who is also leading a K.G. Jebsen-Center for Breast Cancer Research. The main research area of the department is on molecular biology and functional genomics of breast cancer to understand breast cancer progression and identify prognostic and predictive markers. In addition, one group is focusing on lung and pancreatic cancer. The department possesses large bio-banks of human tumor and blood samples and has long standing expertise in genome-wide technologies for the analysis of DNA, RNA and proteins. http://www.ous-research.no/genetics/ Oslo centre for biostatistics and epidemiology (OCBE) includes staff from University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital and includes several professors, researchers, post-doctoral fellows and PhD students, making up a group of about 50. OCBE is internationally recognized, with interests spanning a broad range of areas of modern statistics and numerous collaborations with leading bio-medical research groups nationally and internationally. OCBE will have a major role in the recently funded prestigious centre for research-based innovation Big Insight, a consortium of academic, industrial and public partners. Big Insight will develop original statistical and machine learning methodologies and deep analytical tools to extract knowledge from complex and big data, with focus on two central themes: novel personalized solutions and sharper predictions of transient dynamics. *Project information* The post doctoral project is centered on development and progression of breast cancer using large scale genomic data from human tumor samples and mouse models. Such data include gene expression, copy number (SNP) and methylation data from microarray analysis of tumor samples ranging from benign lesions to invasive breast cancer, as well as targeted and exome sequencing data. The aim is to increase our understanding of how breast lesions develop and progress from the pre-invasive state and to the more aggressive invasive tumor stages and to identify markers of potentially clinical usefulness. The appointed candidate will be working in the group headed by Dr. Therese Sørlie, http://www.ous-research.no/sorlie/ . Co-supervisor will be Professor Arnoldo Frigessi, (OCBE) http://www.med.uio.no/imb/english/people/aca/frigessi/. In addition to own projects, the candidate is expected to supervise and contribute in the projects of other group members. Required professional and personal skills The candidate must have a PhD in statistics, mathematics, bioinformatics or other relevant science with a significant and documented competence in biostatistics. Experience with genomics data is necessary. The candidate must have full proficiency with some statistical software and language like R or plink. Knowledge of programming languages like C or Python is an advantage, but not necessary. Competence and/or experience with high dimensional data, multiple comparison, and dimension reduction is also an advantage. We are looking for a young researcher who has the interest in both developing new methods and analysis pipelines for high dimensional data and applying state of the art methods. The candidate is expected to work together with other scientists in a team. We will welcome a highly motivated and dedicated candidate, with the ability to work independently, but with good communication skills and who performs well in a team. Proficiency in the English language is a prerequisite. *We offer* * A challenging and friendly working environment * Favorable pension arrangement * Attractive welfare arrangements * Salary NOK 491 000 - 530 000 p. y. depending on qualifications *Application should include:* * Cover letter including motivation for the position * CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work) * Copies of educational certificates (PhD diploma) and letters of recommendation * List of publications and academic work that the applicant wishes to be considered * Contact information for two references * Foreign applicants should be prepared to provide an explanation of their diploma if needed. Please note that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language. * According to the Norwegian Freedom of Information Act (offentleglova) information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list. Application deadline: 15.03.2015 Project start: July 2015 Contacts: Principal investigator: Therese Sørlie, tsorlie(a)rr-research.no, tel. +47 22781364, Co-supervisor Arnoldo Frigessi: arnoldo.frigessi(a)medisin.uio.no Administrative coordinator: Gry Geitvik, gryge(a)rr-research.no, TEL. +47 22781374

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[Gtpb] Bioinformatics Training Course IB15F Announcement / Reminder
by Pedro Fernandes 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Dear all, The Applications for the Introductory Bioinformatics course, first instance in the 2015 Programme, are now OPEN. IMPORTANT DATES for this Course Deadline for applications: March 20th 2015 Latest notification of acceptance: March 21st 2015 Course date: April 13th - April 17th 2015 Details are available here: http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bicourses/IB15F/ This is an entry level course aimed that those with a reasonable biological background but no significant experience with bioinformatics. The course is broadly based around a series of exercises in which a combination of simple analytical tools and reference to publicly available databases is applied to the investigation of a single human gene. The training manual for the course is comprised of detailed instructions for the tasks undertaken. Included are, questions (with answers) and discussion of and the interpretation of the results achieved. Participants are asked to imagine an interest in the disease aniridia. Course exercises then provide extremely detailed instruction leading participants to discover the gene primarily associated with this disease and all that is interesting about that gene and its protein products. This course will also provide a soft introduction to Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data analysis. This part of the course aims at providing basic skills that are needed when one needs to process NGS data, such as evaluating data quality, trimming sequences, changing data formats, visualising data, etc. Then, participants will learn how to address a simple transcriptomics problem, stepwise, using open source bioinformatics tools. Important NOTE: This is one of our most popular courses. It usually gets full very quickly. Applications are approved and accepted in order of arrival and we only have 20 seats. Best wishes Pedro Fernandes GTPB Coordinator -- Pedro Fernandes Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência Apartado 14 2781-901 OEIRAS PORTUGAL Tel +351 21 4407912 http://gtpb.igc.gulbenkian.pt _______________________________________________ Gtpb mailing list Gtpb(a)igc.gulbenkian.pt https://lists.igc.gulbenkian.pt/mailman/listinfo/gtpb

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Three postdoc positions data analysis of clinical -omics data at GSK Vaccines (2.5 years)
by Robert Van den Berg 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Dear all, I'm very excited to announce three postdoc positions at GSK Vaccines in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for the data analysis and interpretation of omics data collected in clinical research studies in the fields of malaria and TB vaccine development, and adjuvant mode of action. The positions are all for 2.5 years, based in Belgium, and will include a period (3 months up to 1 year) in the US visiting academic partners at the forefront of the field of systems vaccinology. The positions vary from a strong emphasis on data analysis, multivariate / longitudinal, integrating data from different sources, to a focus on bridging data analysis and biology with interpreting data to understand and improve the development of an adaptive immune response and learning / expanding novel immunological techniques. Please find below the links to the positions: https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_gsk/external1931/jobDetail… https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_gsk/external1931/jobDetail… https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_gsk/external1931/jobDetail… Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Please share it with people who might be interested. Kind regards, Robert Robert van den Berg Senior Manager Vaccines Research GSK Biologicals GSK Rue de l'institut 89 B1330, Rixensart Belgium Email robert.x.van-den-berg(a)gsk.com<mailto:robert.x.van-den-berg@gsk.com> Tel +32 2 656 8395 gsk.com<http://www.gsk.com/> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/GSK> | YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/user/gskvision> | Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/glaxosmithkline> | Flickr<http://www.flickr.com/photos/glaxosmithkline>

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Reminder: ICBO 2015, Call for Submissions, one week to go!
by Francisco Couto 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

ICBO2015 Call for submissions *** Relevant dates *** Conference paper submission: Mar 2, 2015 Conference paper notification: Apr 6, 2015 Camera-ready conference papers: Apr 20, 2015 Workshop paper, software demonstration and early career submission: Apr 13, 2015 Workshop paper, software demonstration and early career notification: May 11, 2015 Camera-ready workshop papers, software demonstration papers/abstracts and early career abstracts: May 25, 2015 Demos and Poster abstract submissions: May 18, 2015 Demos and Poster abstract notifications: June 8th, 2015 Camera-ready poster abstracts: June 15th, 2015 *** Topics *** Ontologies are knowledge representation tools widely used in the semantic description of biological and medical data from creation to publication and consumption for research and software applications including expert systems. To be maximally effective for a wide range of diverse purposes, such ontologies must be of good quality and work well together. Therefore, issues like good ontology design, ontology coordination, methods for harnessing ontologies for research and applications, and ontology maintenance need to be addressed. The International Conference on Biomedical Ontology (ICBO) series is designed to meet this need. ICBO 2015, the sixth event in the highly successful series, will bring together representatives of all major communities involved in ontology use and development in biomedical research, health care, and related areas. *** Call for Papers *** ICBO 2015 is soliciting submissions of novel (not previously published nor concurrently submitted) research papers in the areas of the application of ontologies to biomedical problems, ontology design and ontology interoperability, at any stage in the process from data creation to use in applications or scientific analyses. Submissions will be welcome from a broad range of approaches to ontology building and use. In addition, we would like to invite contributions showcasing methods for ontology-based research, including statistical methods, and contributions addressing the challenges associated with working with multiple ontologies at the same time, including ontology development, visualization, annotation of data, analysis, and applications. We will accept full-length research and application papers (5 pages), poster submissions (2 page abstracts), software demonstrations (2 page abstracts), and early career researcher symposium submissions (2 page abstracts). A selection of successful poster abstracts will be invited to give flash presentations during the conference. We are also looking for submissions of half-day or full-day workshops and tutorials. Workshops should be working sessions with a specific outcome that can be subsequently presented at the main conference. Tutorials are educational events and may involve hands-on practicals. Submission of papers is via EasyChair ( https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icbo2015) according to the templates provided on the conference web site. A Best Paper Award, Best Poster Award, Best Demonstration Award, and a Best Early Career Paper Award will be conferred to the author(s) at the conference, selected by the Organizing Committee. All accepted papers and abstracts will be published in an issue of CEUR-WS ( http://ceur-ws.org/) In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Biomedical Semantics (JBMS), an open-access journal published by BioMed Central (BMC). Note that publication in the JBMS special issue will incur article processing charges. *** Contact *** For more information please email icbo2015(a)googlegroups.com *** Organizing Committee *** Scientific Chairs: Francisco Couto (Lisboa, Portugal) and Janna Hastings (Cambridge, UK) Local Chair: Catia Pesquita (Lisboa, Portugal) Program Chair: Stefan Schulz (Graz, Austria) Workshop and Tutorial Chairs: Melanie Courtot (Vancouver, Canada) and João Ferreira (Lisboa, Portugal) Proceedings and Special Issue Chair: Dietrich Rebholz-Schuhmann (Zurich, Switzerland) Early Career Chair: Pierre Grenon (London, UK) Poster and Demonstrations Chair: Matthew Horridge (Stanford, USA) Sponsorship and Publicity: Emanuel Santos (Lisboa, Portugal) and Pedro Fernandes (Oeiras, Portugal)

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