-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: VIB Seminar: selected keynote speakers for parallel sessions Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:23:06 +0100 From: Ann Van Gysel <Ann.VanGysel@vib.be> To: Yves Van de Peer <yves.vandepeer@psb.ugent.be> CC: Inge Geysen <Inge.Geysen@vib.be> References: <768DE2AF5788D94B9F33A65DC49185BD03FECC2D@vibserv7> <47964F22.7010409@psb.ugent.be> Dag Yves Dat is spijtig (voor ons dan), Maar Trentino zal beter zijn voor jou. Is er iemand van jouw team/naaste collega's die hiervoor in aanmerking zou komen? MVG Ann -----Original Message----- From: Yves Van de Peer [mailto:yves.vandepeer@psb.ugent.be] Sent: dinsdag 22 januari 2008 21:17 To: Ann Van Gysel Subject: Re: VIB Seminar: selected keynote speakers for parallel sessions Beste Ann, Bedankt voor de mail en het vertrouwen, maar spijtig genoeg ben ik niet in het land dan. Ik zit namelijk in Italie (Trentino) dan om over het appelgenoom te spreken. Sorry daarvoor. Met vriendelijke groeten, Yves

Dear colleague,

I am happy to inform you that you have been selected as a *VIB-keynote

speaker* to give an introduction in the parallel science sessions at the VIB seminar, March 6 2008:

session 1

/Rudi Beyaert: Cancer biology and Cell Death/

Patrick De Baetselier: /Immunology and Molecular Medicine/

session 2

Diether Lambrechts: /Cell and Developmental Biology/

Bassem Hassan: /Neuroscience// /session 3//

Johan Thevelein: /Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation /

Albena Jordanova: /Genetics// /session 4//

Kris Gevaert: /Protein Structure Function and Analysis /

Yves Van de Peer: /Systems and Integrative Biology/

The Organizing Committee introduced a new feature to this years' seminar; to make the parallel science sessions more accessible for all

researchers, the parallel sessions - each covering two science topics - will start with an introduction on each of these two topics. The aim

of these keynote talks (30' each) is to give a very general introduction to that specific research area, covering the current knowledge and research results. You can compare it with a 30' review on that specific topic. Please note that you are NOT to elaborate for 30' on your own research results; but of course if you have relevant topics, you can refer to them, but surely not in detail. Please refer to the posters of your group members for your research details.

I am aware that this will mean a bit more work, but I am sure you understand that such an introduction can be of great value to the younger scientists and researchers from other fields. I know you are expert in this area and I am convinced your presentation will be of great value to all researchers. You have been selected by the Organizing Committee based on your research experience and speaking skills.

For your information, the two keynote talks are followed by 4 short talks (15') which will be selected by the OC from the submitted abstracts. The selected abstracts will be forwarded to you on January 29; perhaps they can be of use to you.

I trust you are willing to accept this invitation; thank you for confirming this before *January 28*. Please note that your abstract is

due on February 8. I am a aware that some of you didn't put themselves

forward as a candidate, but we hope you will accept our invitation anyway. In addition, some of you are not yet registered; please let us

know if you will be needing accommodation.

Looking forward to your reply.

With kind regards

Ann

----------------------------------------- Ann Van Gysel, PhD

Communicatiemanager

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-- Yves Van de Peer, PhD. Professor in Bioinformatics and Genome Biology Group Leader Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, UGent Ghent University Technologiepark 927 B-9052 Ghent Belgium Phone: +32 (0)9 331 3807 Cell Phone: +32 (0)476 560 091 Fax: +32 (0)9 331 3809 email: yves.vandepeer@psb.ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/ -- Yves Van de Peer, PhD. Professor in Bioinformatics and Genome Biology Group Leader Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, UGent Ghent University Technologiepark 927 B-9052 Ghent Belgium Phone: +32 (0)9 331 3807 Cell Phone: +32 (0)476 560 091 Fax: +32 (0)9 331 3809 email: yves.vandepeer@psb.ugent.be http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be/