BioSB 2018 conference 4th Netherlands Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Conference May 15-16, Lunteren, the Netherlands Conference website: https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018 The BioSB 2018 conference <http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018> 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 (https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/part_program) is now online. In this update: Registration open! Call for abstracts - March 15 submission deadline oral presentations BioSB PhD retreat Call for nominations: Young Investigator Award 2018 Registration open! You can now register for the BioSB 2018 conference. Find out more about the registration fees at the registration page <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267520/registration> of the conference website. Call for abstracts You can still submit an abstract for the BioSB 2018 conference programme. Deadline for oral presentations: March 15, 2018 Notification date oral presentations: April 16, 2018 Abstract submission deadline for posters/demos: April 16, 2018 Submission topics: Genomics Genetic Variants & Population Studies Personalized Medicine Integration of (omics) data sets Tools & resources Network biology Regulation and signalling RNA and protein diversity Microbiome and ecosystems Metabolic modelling Metabolomics (Netherlands Metabolomics Centre <http://www.metabolomicscentre.nl/>) Single Cell Omics (HotTopics) Single Molecule Sequencing (HotTopics) ELIXIR-NL FAIR data <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267502/elixir-nl-track>Abstracts will be reviewed by the BioSB 2018 Programme committee. Read more <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267525/abstract-submission> BioSB PhD retreat 2018 The YoungCB <http://www.youngcb.nl/> (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. This year's theme will be Machine Learning & Deep Learning. 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. 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. Read more <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267513/biosb-phd-retreat> Call for Nominations Young Investigator Award 2018 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. Group leaders can now nominate their candidates. Criteria: 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. Submission deadline: April 4! Read more <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018/wiki/267512/biosb-young-investigator-award-2018> More information More information about the conference will follow soon! You can find the latest conference updates at the conference website <http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2018>. Regular updates will also be sent via the BioSB mailing list. Femke Francissen Community manager BioSB Research School E-mail: femke.francissen@biosb.nl <mailto:femke.francissen@biosb.nl> Website: www.biosb.nl <http://www.biosb.nl/>
