This year the annual Benelux Bioinformatics Conference will be organised by BiGCaT-Bioinformatics of Maastricht University. The deadline for abstract submission has passed. Those particpants that register before October 21st will pay a reduced participation fee. For details please see the following website: http://www.nbic.nl/bbc2008 The final deadline for registration is December 1st, 2008 Benelux Bioinformatics Conference December 15 and 16, 2008 For additional information go the website or contact Andra Waagmeester (andra.waagmeester@bigcat.unimaas.nl) or Susan Coort (susan.coort@bigcat.unimaas.nl) (telephone: +31 (0)43 388 2913