[BBC] BioSB 2016: Full programme online: register now! Registration deadline: April 14

[Femke Francissen]

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*Dutch Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Conference 2016*
Date: April 19 / 20, 2016
Venue: Congrescentrum De Werelt, Lunteren, NL

<http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016>Conference website
<http://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016>

Register here <https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/wiki/154973/registration>
(deadline: April 14)

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*Detailed programme now online*
The programme of the conference is now online. The conference features
keynote speakers, thematical sessions, evening programme with dinner and
after dinner keynote speaker, poster presentations and lots of
opportunities for networking. View the full programme here
<https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/part_program>

Our keynote speakers:

   - Sander Tans, AMOLF
   - Daniel Huson, University of Tübingen
   - Adriano Henney, VHP Institute Leuven
   - Mick Watson, University of Edinburgh
   - Jonathan Karr, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY

You can still submit abstracts
<https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/wiki/154972/abstract%20submission> for
a poster presentation! Submission deadline: April 14, 2016.

*BioSB research school meeting*
The research school is organising a plenary session on April 19. The BioSB
board invites everyone interested to join the meeting. Topics in the
meeting will include a.o. BioSB activities and plans, the Education and
Scientific Committees that have been installed, BioSB finances and the
evaluation of the membership model that has been in place for one year
now. Read
more
<https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/wiki/187792/biosb%20research%20school%20meeting>

*Winner of the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2016 *
The selection committee selected a winner for this year's BioSB Young
Investigator Award: Sara Pulit of the UMC Utrecht. The award will be
presented to her on April 19 after which she will give an honorary lecture
with the title: 'Genome-wide significance, claims of association, and the
big data era'. The award is sponsored by the BioSB research school. Read
more
<https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/wiki/164489/biosb%20young%20investigator%20award>

*BioSB PhD retreat - April 18*
The Young Computational Biologists are organising a PhD retreat
<https://www.aanmelder.nl/biosb2016/wiki/154925/biosb%20phd%20retreat> on
April 18, the day preceding the BioSB 2016. The retreat will feature:

   - Keynote: Fiona Nielsen, Repositive
   - Keynote: Jonathan Karr, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
   - Workshop organised by Fiona Nielsen: 'Genome sequencing projects
   around the world and how to find data for your research'
   - 5 minute flash talks
   - dinner in Lunteren followed by social activity

*Our sponsors*

   - The Hyve
   - DSM
   - Utrecht Bioinformatics Center (UBC)
   - Keygene NV
   - Wageningen UR
   - ELIXIR-NL

*Contact:* Femke Francissen, community manager BioSB <http://www.biosb.nl>,
email: femke.francissen at biosb.nl

The conference is organised by the BioSB research school together with
Wageningen University & Research Centre.

Use: #BioSB2016 on Twitter.
Follow us on Twitter via @BioSB_NL <https://twitter.com/biosb_nl> and
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