********************************************************************************************** Invitation to participate in the Life Sciences with Industry 2018 Lorentz workshop: Leiden, November 19 – 23, 2018 ********************************************************************************************** We invite researchers (especially PhD students and postdocs) from all branches of the life sciences to participate in the one-week* Lorentz workshop* *Life Sciences with Industry 2018* in Leiden: November 19 – 23, 2018. During the workshop, 24 participants will tackle, three *scientifically challenging* and *commercially important* problems formulated by the following three companies. *Heineken* *Selective recovery of ethanol and aroma compounds from alcoholic solutions* *Solynta* *Quality Matters: how to monitor frying quality of potato tubers?* *VITO* *A Serious Game on Preventive Health* For a full description of these challenges https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2018/1055/info.php3?wsid=1055&venue=Snellius The workshop will take place in Leiden in the building of the Lorentz Center, an organisation that is specialised in organising scientific workshops (http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/). To create multi-disciplinary teams, participants will be selected based on their (i) specific background, (ii) motivation to participate, and (iii) date of registration (*first come first served).* *Register on the workshop website*: https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2018/1055/info.php3?wsid=1055&venue=Snellius *Deadline: Friday October 19, 2018. * Participation is free of charge, including hotel accommodation, lunches and two dinners during the workshop. The workshop is sponsored by the Lorentz Center, the Research School BioSB (http://biosb.nl/) and the three companies involved. Need for more information? Contact (Carey Batenburg-Einthoven <batenburg@lorentzcenter.nl>) at the Lorentz Center (phone +31 715 275 578). We hope to welcome you on November 19th 2018. *Scientific organizers:* Dennis Botman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Em. prof. dr. Roel van Driel, Universiteit van Amsterdam Dr. Gökhan Ertaylan, VITO, Mol, Belgium Eunice van Pelt-KleinJan, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Klara Scupakova, Maastricht University Prof. dr. Bas Teusink, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam *Organizers (NWO): * Dr. Ansa Baykus-Fiaz, NWO-Domain Science, Den Haag Dr. Margot Beukers, NWO-Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences, Utrecht Drs. Lisette Krul, NWO-Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences, Utrecht **********************************************************************************************