BioSB research school

The Netherlands Bioinformatics and Systems Biology research school (BioSB) is the national platform in which the Dutch community of researchers in bioinformatics and systems biology is organized. BioSB also organizes:

fundamental and advanced post-graduate courses
the yearly BioSB conference
hot topics meetings

The aim of the BioSB research school is to offer PhD students, postdocs and senior researchers a vibrant environment for their scientific development as well as education in bioinformatics and systems biology. In addition, BioSB acts as a parent organization for YoungCB, the official Regional Student Group (RSG) of the International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB).

Join the BioSB board

As announced during the BioSB member’s meeting Perry Moerland will step down as member of the BioSB board (responsible for ‘Communication’ and ‘Education’) on February 28 2022 and will instead become chair of the BioSB education committee (EduCom). We would like to thank Perry for his contribution to the BioSB board and wish him luck…

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BioSB 2021 – looking back on a successful online edition

We were delighted to meet over three hundred people from both academia and industry during the two-day BioSB 2021 conference on June 15 and 16. Just like last year, BioSB 2021 was held online. The programme included many interesting topics and we again were very pleased to see so many excellent talks and presentations. The…

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Joske Ubels winner of the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2021

The selection committee of the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2021 has unanimously selected this year’s award winner! The winner is: Joske Ubels (Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht). Joske Ubels started her bachelor Biomedical Science at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam in 2009. In 2011 she attended Lunds Universitet in Lund, Sweden for her minor in Neurobiology. After completing an…

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BioSB Young Investigator Award 2021 – call for nominations

You can now nominate a young researcher for the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2021 (12th edition). The award will be presented during the BioSB 2021 conference. The award ceremony and lecture are planned on June 15, 2021. The award will be given to a promising young researcher in the bioinformatics or systems biology field. The winner will receive a…

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Call for abstracts BioSB 2021

You can now submit aan abstract for a presentation at the virtual BioSB 2021 conference on June 15-16. You can submit for a highlight presentation or a regular presentation in one of the parallel session or you can submit for a poster or demo presentation. Read more at the conference website!