Dear all, You have been invited to participate in the NSBM Spring Meeting. Please register and submit your abstract. (Deadline for submitting the abstract is March 4). With kind regards, Barbara van Kampen CMBI *Call for abstracts for the NBIC2013* ** *NBIC2013 ? the Netherlands Bioinformatics Conference 2013* *Date: 16 & 17 April 2013* *Venue: De Werelt, Lunteren, the Netherlands* *Website: **http://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2013*** *Call for abstracts* You can submit an abstract for an oral presentation, a poster presentation and for a demo during the application showcase for the NBIC2013 programme. Note, there will be a specific session for Data & Technology. Abstracts can also be submitted for the two satellite meetings: the Metagenomics Satellite track and the NSBM Spring Meeting. Submit your abstract via the conference website: http://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2013 *Programme* ·5 keynote speakers: Alexander van Oudenaarden, Janet Thornton, Uwe Sauer, Roeland van Ham and Jeroen Raes ·Satellite meetings: Spring meeting of the Netherlands Society on Biomolecular Modelling (NSBM) & Metagenomics Satellite Track ·Parallel sessions of contributed lectures ·Parallel workshops ·Poster presentations (NB: evening poster session!) ·Industry meeting (BIUP) ·RSG Retreat on April 15th *Key dates* ·deadline for abstract submission: Monday March 4, 2013 ·notification of selection for oral presentations: Friday March 22, 2013 ·registration deadline: April 1, 2013 *About* The Netherlands Bioinformatics Conference 2013 (NBIC2013) is the 8th edition of the annual conference organized by the Netherlands Bioinformatics Centre (NBIC). NBIC2013 discusses the latest developments in bioinformatics and interrelated disciplines, and their wide-ranging applications in life sciences & health, agriculture, food & nutrition and industrial biotechnology. NBIC2013 offers a cross-disciplinary scientific program of (poster) presentations, application demonstrations and workshops, as well as other opportunities to exchange innovative ideas. *More information* Contact: Femke Francissen, e-mail: femke.francissen@nbic.nl <mailto:femke.francissen@nbic.nl>