Abstract submission

Abstract submission is closed

You can now submit an abstract for the BioSB 2016 programme. The main programme of the conference will feature several parallel sessions with thematic topics that will be filled through abstract submission. The topics are specified below.

There will be a separate technology track for ELIXIR Netherlands. To submit for this track, please select the 'Infrastructure (ELIXIR/ISBE)' topic in Easychair.

Furthermore we will again have a session on Metagenomics and Structural Bioinformatics (NSBM). Both are listed in the topics list below. 

Submission deadlines:

• EXTENDED abstract submission deadline for oral presentations: March 8, 2016 - CLOSED
• Abstract submission  deadline for posters: April 14, 2016 - CLOSED
• Notification date oral presentations: March 22, 2016

Poster session

You can submit an abstract for a poster presentation during the poster session that is planned in the evening of April 19, during the conference dinner. You can choose to present your your research as a poster. Posters should be prepared in A0 portrait format (height: 1189 mm (46.81 inches) and width: 841 mm (33.11 inches)).

If you would like to give a demo of software or databases you developed you can do this together with your poster. Choose: 'BioSB 2016 poster with accompanying demonstration' in Easychair. Please bring your own laptop for this. 

Abstract preparation

Please prepare a 1-page abstract in PDF. The format should be A4 paper, use Times Roman (10pt) and contain two columns separated by 0.5 cm whitespace with margins of 2 cm. Please specify a title, the authors and their affiliations and e-mail addresses. Use section headings “Introduction”, “Materials & Methods”, “Results” and “Discussion”. A page number should be omitted. If possible, please use the Word or LaTeX template provided. An example abstract can be found here.

You can submit your abstract via the EasyChair abstract submission system. If you do not already have an account, you will be prompted to create one the first time you visit EasyChair. When submitting, please also provide the abstract in the “Abstract” text box and upload the PDF as the paper.

During submission of abstracts for the BioSB 2016 main conference you can indicate if you would like to present your abstract orally only, as a poster if not accepted for a presentation, or as a poster only. Abstracts will be reviewed by the BioSB 2016 Programme committee or one of the session/track committees, selecting up to 3 submissions for oral presentation per session. You will receive a notification by e-mail.

Abstract submission is closed

Submission topics

Below you can find the list of topics/tracks for which you can submit your abstract:

• Gene regulation
• Genotype/phenotype & disease
• Industrial applications & synthetic biology
• Metabolomics
• Modeling
• Networks & data integration
• NGS data analysis
• Proteomics
• Statistics
• Systems medicine
• Infrastructure (Tech track organised by Elixir, ISBE)
• Metagenomics
• Structural bioinformatics (NSBM)