During the BioSB member’s meeting at the BioSB 2019 conference the nomination of Ilja Arts as new board member was approved. She will replace Barbara Bakker, who stepped back after being member of the board from the beginning of BioSB. Ilja Arts is Professor of Molecular Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases at Maastricht University, Scientific Director…
The Netherlands Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Research School (BioSB) and DTL will intensify their collaboration from 2018 onwards. Dr Patrick Kemmeren of the BioSB Board: “There is substantial overlap between the stakeholders that are active in BioSB and DTL, yet the organisations have complementary scopes and activities. We have always collaborated, but we have now…
We invite PhD students and postdocs from all branches of the life sciences that like to participate in the one-week Life Sciences with Industry 2015 Lorentz workshop in Leiden: November 16 – 20, 2015. During the workshop, the about 40 participants tackle in groups of eight six scientifically challenging and commercially important problems formulated by…
During the ISMB/ECCB conference in Dublin this July, the 15th edition of the European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) was officially announced. ECCB 2016, which will take place in the historic city of The Hague in the Netherlands from 3 to 7 September, is the main European computational event in 2016 and will welcome…
On 3-7 September 2016 the Dutch Techcentre for Life Sciences and the BioSB research school will jointly organise the fifteenth edition of the European Conference on Computational Biology. ECCB 2016 is the main computational event in 2016 and will welcome scientists working in a variety of disciplines, including bioinformatics, computational biology, biology, medicine, and systems…
The Utrecht Bioinformatics Center (UBC) organises her Annual UBC Bioinformatics (Mini) Symposium on Monday September 14th, 2014 in Utrecht. Everyone who is interested in bioinformatics and would like to hear a few great talks is welcome to attend. There is no fee at all, we only ask you to register yourself to make sure that there…
As the BioSB board we, Barbara Bakker, Lodewyk Wessels and Jaap Heringa, are delighted to present to you the first edition of the newly branded BioSB newsletter, featuring our new logo as presented at the recent BioSB 2015 annual meeting. We hope that all of you who attended the annual meeting in Lunteren enjoyed it…
This workshop is for computational biologists and experimentalists who wish to learn about standards, citeable data, about how to make scientific results sustainable, available through open repositories, and about how to find and reuse other people’s works. It comprises of a mixture of lectures and hands-on sessions. We will teach you the major standards and…
The BioSB research school and Utrecht Bioinformatics Center (UBC) together organized the BioSB2015 conference on May 20-21 2015 at Congrescentrum De Werelt in Lunteren. The conference once more proved to be a success with over 320 academic and industrial researchers, programmers and students gathered to get a scientific update on their field of expertise and beyond.…
BioSB invites all bioinformatics and systems biology PI’s to join the BioSB PI meeting that will be held on May 19 in Lunteren, on the evening preceding the BioSB2015 Conference. On this meeting the BioSB directors (Jaap Heringa, Lodewyk Wessels, Barbara Bakker) will give you an update on the latest developments concerning the BioSB research…
The EpiPredict network is looking for highly motivated and talented scientists (MSc students) to apply in the labs of the EpiPredict network partners: Pernette Verschure (Project Coordinator)/ Hans Westerhoff/ Antoine van Kampen (UvA, NL) Bob Brown / Dr Luca Magnani (ICL, UK) Stefan Wiemann (DKFZ, DE) Lilia Alberghina / Marco Vanoni (UNIMIB, IT) Marianne Rots (UMCG, NL) Antal…
You can now follow us on Twitter via @BioSB_nl. Via the account we will spread scientific news, upcoming courses and relevant events for bioinformatics and systems biology researchers.
You can now register for the BioSB 2015 conference on May 20 and 21, 2015. The BioSB 2015 will be the first in a series of yearly organised Dutch Bioinformatics & Systems Biology (BioSB) conferences focusing on both bioinformatics and systems biology research. The BioSB 2015 combines the annual Netherlands Bioinformatics Conference (NBIC) and the annual…
Early 2015 ERACoSysMed will launch its first joint call for proposals. That call aims to support the development of proof of concept (demonstrator) projects that will improve our understanding of Systems Medicine and demonstrate the utility of this approach in a clinical setting. About ERACoSysMed The ERA-Net ERACoSysMed “Collaboration on systems medicine funding to promote…
In the first months of the new year, we offer you several interesting courses. The first one, entitled O2 for Personalized Systems Medicine: from inspiration to aspiration is related to the systems-biology of individualized medicine and will be organized in Amsterdam on January 2015. In February 2015, the course Data Integration in the Life Sciences…
ISBE, the Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe, is an ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) project in its preparatory phase (2012-2015). ISBE will present its business plan mid-2015. The ISBE business case explains the rationale for an Infrastructure for Systems Biology in Europe (ISBE), the physical infrastructure, the plans for services and access and…
Tweede call ERASysAPP open voor aanvragen Het ERA-net ERASysAPP organiseert een gezamenlijke call for proposals op het gebied van systeembiologisch onderzoek aan microorganismen, planten en dieren binnen de levenswetenschappen en biotechnologie. De focus van de call ligt op “Further Transfer of Systems Biology Knowledge into Applications”. Namens Nederland wordt deze call mede-gefinancierd door NWO-ALW. Nederlandse…
On December 1st the Dutch Techcentre for Life Sciences (DTL) will celebrate its kickoff with a 1-day event featuring several workshops, keynote speakers, poster presentations, and a festive kickoff at the end of the day. Programme: Keynote lectures by: Mathias Uhlén (Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Human Proteome Atlas) and Cisca Wijmenga (University of Groningen,…
The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics announces three SIB Awards 2015, two of which are open for the international bioinformatics community. SIB International Young Bioinformatician Award 2015 This award recognizes the excellent and promising young career of a scientist, or a project he/she has carried out, or a paper he/she has published in the field…
Rapid technological advances have led to an explosion of biomedical data in recent years. The pace of change has inspired new, collaborative approaches for sharing materials and resources to help train life scientists both in the use of cutting-edge bioinformatics tools and databases, and in how to analyse and interpret large data sets. The Global…