*Dutch Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Conference 2016 (BioSB 2016)* Date: April 19 / 20, 2016 Venue: Congrescentrum De Werelt, Lunteren, NL Conference website: http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016 *Call for abstracts* Abstract submission for the BioSB 2016 conference is now open. You can submit an abstract for the following topics/sessions: - Gene regulation - Genotype/phenotype & disease - Industrial applications & synthetic biology - Metabolomics - Modeling - Networks & data integration - NGS data analysis - Proteomics - Statistics - Systems medicine - Infrastructure (ELIXIR-ISBE track) - Metagenomics - Structural bioinformatics (NSBM) You can submit an abstract for a lecture in one of the sessions, a poster presentation or a poster/demo. Find out here how to submit your abstract <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/wiki/154972/abstract%20submission>. *Keydates* - Abstract submission deadline for oral presentations: March 1, 2016 - Notification date oral presentations: March 22, 2016 - Abstract submission deadline for posters: April 14, 2016 *Our keynote speakers* Our confirmed keynote speakers for the conference are: - *Mick Watson*, Director of ARK-Genomics, The Roslin Institute, R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh. - *Jasmin Fisher*, Senior Researcher in the Programming Principles and Tools group at Microsoft Research Cambridge - *Jonathan Karr*, Fellow, Institute and Department for Genetics and Genomic Sciences Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York - *Sander Tans*, Groupleader, FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF), Amsterdam - *Adriano Henney *(After Dinner Keynote Speaker), Executive director of the VHP Institute (Virtual Physiological Human Institute for Integrative Biomedical Research), Leuven, Belgium *Call for nominations: BioSB Young Investigator Award 2016 * During the BioSB 2016 on April 19, we will present the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2016. The winner will receive a prize of 500 Euros sponsored by the BioSB research school and will present an honorary lecture. Read more about the criteria and how to nominate a candidate <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/wiki/164489/biosb%20young%20investigator%20award>. Submission deadline: March 15, 2016. *BioSB PhD retreat* The Young Computational Biologists are pleased to invite you to the BioSB PhD retreat 2016 on April 18. Like previous years the retreat will be hosted in Lunteren, directly preceding the BioSB conference. The retreat provides you with the opportunity to present your research to fellow students and young professionals. In the evening there will be a dinner in Lunteren, followed by a social activity, which allows you to network with fellow young systems biologists and bioinformaticians. Read more <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/wiki/154925/biosb%20phd%20retreat> *Our sponsors* - DSM - Utrecht Bioinformatics Center (UBC) - Keygene NV - Wageningen UR *Conference updates* More information about the conference programme will follow soon! You can find the latest conference updates at the conference website. Regular updates will also be sent via the BioSB mailing list. Contact: Femke Francissen, community manager BioSB, email: femke.francissen@biosb.nl ** **