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***                BENELUX BIOINFORMATICS CONFERENCE 2007                ***

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***               November 12-13, 2007 --- Leuven, Belgium               ***

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***                  www.esat.kuleuven.be/sista/bbc2007                  ***

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***         CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Submission by September 23, 2007         ***

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***  F.W.O.-Vlaanderen  ***  NBIC  ***  BioScope-IT  ***  Keygene N.V.   ***

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Dear Bioinformatics researchers,

 

The deadline for abstract submission for the Benelux Bioinformatics Conference 2007 is quickly approaching (September 23, 2007). Can we encourage every one of you to submit a short abstract (max. 500 words) on original or previously published work for poster or oral presentation at BBC07? Registration is now open.

 

The Benelux Bioinformatics Conference is a two-day international conference on bioinformatics. It is the primary community event for bioinformatics researchers in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxemburg with excellent networking opportunities. The conference is aimed at both academic and industry researchers. This year's edition, BBC 2007, will take place in Leuven, Belgium on November 12-13, 2007. Check out the conference web site at http://www.esat.kuleuven.be/sista/bbc2007/.

 

See you at the conference!

 

Kind regards,

 

The local organizing committee

  Yves Moreau

  Kathleen Marchal

  Bart De Moor

  Bert Coessens

 

CALL FOR ABSTRACT

 

The BBC 2007 program will feature invited talks together with oral presentations and poster sessions. Participants are cordially invited to submit an abstract (max. 500 words) for their conference contribution by September 23, 2007.

 

SPONSORS

 

The conference is sponsored by the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (F.W.O.-Vlaanderen), the Netherlands Bioinformatics Center (NBIC), BioScope-IT (the Flemish Bioinformatics Network), and Keygene N.V. It is organized within the framework of the Interuniversity Attraction Pole on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (BioMaGNet) and the K.U.Leuven Center for Computational Systems Biology (SymBioSys).

 

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

- Charles Lawrence, Center for Computational Molecular Biology,

  Brown University, Providence, RI

 

- M. Madan Babu, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology,

  University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

 

- Yves Van de Peer, Department of Plant Systems Biology,

  Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and University of Gent, Belgium

 

- Martijn Huynen, Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics,

  Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre

 

VENUE AND REGISTRATION

 

The conference will take place in Leuven, Belgium at the Arenberg Institute, Auditorium 02.C4, Naamsestraat 96, 3000 Leuven. The venue is located in downtown Leuven, next to the historical city center with its pleasant atmosphere, pubs, and restaurants.

 

Registration is now open and the registration fee is 40 Euros. Group registration is possible.

 

KEY DATES

- Deadline for abstract submission

  September 23, 2007

 

- Notification of selection of oral contributions

  October 14, 2007

 

- Deadline for registration

  November 4, 2007

 

- Benelux Bioinformatics Conference 2007

  November 12-13, 2007

 

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

 

- Jack Leunissen, U. Wageningen, The Netherlands

- Jan-Peter Nap, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, The Netherlands

- Martin Huynen, Radboud U. Nijmegen, The Netherlands

- Yves Van de Peer, VIB & U.Gent, Belgium

- Jacques van Helden, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

- Louis Wehenkel, Universite de Liege, Belgium

- Yves Moreau, K.U.Leuven, Belgium

- Kathleen Marchal, K.U.Leuven, Belgium