Invitation & Call for abstracts for NBIC2014 Netherlands Bioinformatics Conference 2014 (NBIC2014) April 8 & 9, 2014 Conference Center De Werelt, Lunteren Conference website: http://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014 ============================================================ On April 8 and 9, 2014 the Dutch bioinformatics community will meet for the 9th time in conference centre De Werelt in Lunteren. A lively programme will provide for presentations about the latest developments in bioinformatics but also for the highly appreciated social networking opportunities during breaks and evening programme. Registration is open!: https://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014/wiki/registration Science & applications NBIC2014 discusses the latest developments in bioinformatics and computational biology and interrelated disciplines, and their wide-ranging applications in life sciences & health, agriculture, food & nutrition and industrial biotechnology. NBIC2014 offers a cross-disciplinary scientific program of (poster) presentations, application demonstrations and workshops. Keynote speakers - Marcus Claesson, University College, Cork, Ireland - Ilya Shmulevich, Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle USA - Jelle Goeman, Radboudumc Nijmegen, the Netherlands - Christian Ottmann, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands - Yves van de Peer, VIB, Ghent University, Belgium Programme - Topical tracks: Allbio Metagenomics meeting & Spring meeting of the Netherlands Society on Biomolecular Modelling (NSBM) - Industry meeting organised by the Bioinformatics Users Platform (BIUP) - Parallel sessions of contributed lectures - A poster session during the conference dinner on April 8th - Presentation of the Young Investigator Award 2014 - Birds of a Feather sessions - A PhD retreat by the Regional Student Group on April 7th - Plenty of networking possibilities Read more: https://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014/part_program Abstract submission You can submit an abstract for a lecture, a poster or a demo. Abstracts for the NBIC2014 general conference programme may cover any bioinformatics related subject. Based on the abstract submissions, the NBIC2014 programme will be filled with several thematic sessions and abstracts will be distributed over these sessions. Abstracts can also be submitted for the Allbio Metagenomics meeting and the NSBM Spring meeting. More information: https://www.aanmelder.nl/nbic2014/wiki/abstract%20submission Key dates - Abstract submission deadline for oral presentations: February 23, 2014 - Notification date: March 4, 2014 - Abstract submission deadline for posters and demos: April 4, 2014