BBC2013 - BENELUX BIOINFORMATICS CONFERENCE 2013 DATE: DECEMBER 9 & 10, 2013 VENUE: SALLE DUPREL (UNIVERSIT LIBRE DE BRUXELLES), BRUSSELS, BELGIUM WEBSITE: HTTP://BBC2013.IBSQUARE.BE LATE ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 20, 2013 (ONLY FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS) EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 8, 2013 Dear Colleagues, The online registration system for the Benelux Bioinformatics Conference 2013 is now open and can be accessed here : http://bbc2013.ibsquare.be/content/registration . Please note that the deadline for abstract submission has been reached, but there is still one week left to submit a late abstract for a poster presentation. The theme of this year's conference is: "Bioinformatics at all scales of life". Since 2005, the BeNeLux Bioinformatics Conference gives bioinformaticians, from the BeNeLux and beyond, the opportunity to discuss their results and build new collaborations, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. This year's edition will be enhanced by the presence of three distinguished keynote speakers: Alfonso Valencia (Spanish National Cancer Research Center, http://bit.ly/14SAITQ [1]), Anna Tramontano (University of Rome "La Sapienza", http://www.biocomputing.it [2]) and Jim Haseloff (Plant Synthetic Biology, University of Cambridge, http://www.haseloff-lab.org [3]). The RSG BELGIUM - ISCB STUDENT COUNCIL is organizing a BCC 2013 joint event on the 8th of December ! It will start in the late afternoon (5 pm) of Sunday the 8th of December with a KEYNOTE LECTURE _"The human microbiome in health and disease",_ given by PROF. JEROEN RAES from the VIB Department of Structural Biology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and will be followed by a GUIDED TOUR in Brussels and a DRINK afterwards in a Belgian beer café. Registration to this joint event is done by checking the appropriate box in the BBC2013 registration form. All BBC2013 participants are free to join, with no additional registration cost. We look forward to seeing you all in Brussels! -- The BBC 2013 organising committee BeNeLux Bioinformatics Conference 2013 December 9-10, 2013 (Brussels) Links: ------ [1] http://bit.ly/14SAITQ [2] http://www.biocomputing.it/ [3] http://www.haseloff-lab.org/