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:

  1. fundamental and advanced post-graduate courses
  2. the yearly BioSB conference
  3. 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).

Jasmijn Baaijens winner of the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2020

The selection committee of the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2020 has unanimously selected this year’s award winner! The winner is: Jasmijn Baaijens (Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston). Jasmijn started her PhD in bioinformatics at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the group of Prof. Alexander Schönhuth. Her PhD research focused on algorithm development for reconstruction and analysis of…

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BioSB 2020

BioSB 2020: we are going hybrid!

We are very excited to announce that this year’s BioSB 2020 conference on October 27 and 28 will also take place online. Besides the in-person program that we had planned, we are now organizing a parallel online program. This way, we can accommodate more people to this year’s BioSB conference and, should conditions deteriorate, switch…

BioSB 2020

Call for nominations for the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2020

You can now nominate a young researcher for the BioSB Young Investigator Award 2020 (11th edition). The award will be given to a promising young researcher in the bioinformatics or systems biology field. The award will be presented during the BioSB 2020 conference on April 21st. The winner will receive a voucher of 500 Euros sponsored…

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Call for abstracts BioSB 2020

The call for abstracts for the BioSB 2020 conference is open. Abstracts can be submitted on a number of bioinformatics and systems biology topics. Final abstract deadline is February 15, 2020. Submission topics: Single cell biology Genome regulation Comparative genomics and population genetics 3D bioinformatics and Functional prediction Metabolism Immune bioinformatics & systems biology Precision…

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Call for Breakout sessions BioSB 2020

On April 21 and 22, 2020 we are organizing the 6th edition of the BioSB conference: BioSB 2020 at conference center De Werelt in Lunteren.  BioSB 2020 offers a 2-day programme that will be highly diverse, featuring keynote lectures, parallel thematic sessions, poster sessions, and an entertaining evening programme with lots of opportunities for networking.…