[open-visualisation] Application Deadline: EMBO Workshop on Visualizing Biological Data

Tue Nov 10 14:16:05 UTC 2009

Dear colleagues,

We would like to remind you that November 16 is the deadline for  
registration and abstract submission for the first EMBO Workshop on  
Visualizing Biological Data (VizBi, http://www.vizbi.org), 3-5 March  
2010, at EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.

The goal of the workshop is to bring together, for the first time,  
researchers developing and using visualization systems across all  
areas of biology, including genomics, sequence analysis,  
macromolecular structures, systems biology, and imaging (including  
microscopy and magnetic resonance imaging). The workshop program  
includes high-profile speakers from each of these areas, as well as  
keynote talks by Ben Fry (Seed Visualization), Bang Wong (Broad  
Institute) and Chris North (Virginia Tech) - for details, see http://tinyurl.com/vizbi10Speakers 
.

We are pleased to announce that we have a limited number of student  
travel fellowships provided by the European Science Foundation - see http://www.vizbi.org 
  for details on how to apply. Furthermore, a 15% discount on the  
registration fee is available to members of the International Society  
for Computational Biology (ISCB).

To apply to join the workshop, please go to http://www.vizbi.org and  
submit an abstract and image related to your work. In addition to the  
program of speakers, participants are normally required to present a  
poster and to give a 'fast-forward' presentation (limited to 30  
seconds and 1 slide). If several people are working on the same  
project they may use the same abstract to apply. However, we encourage  
registrants to submit work that reflects their own interests - and not  
necessarily new or unpublished work. But, since places are limited, we  
will use submissions to select participants whose work is most  
relevant to the goals of the workshop. Notifications of acceptance  
will be sent within three weeks after the close of submissions.

You may also submit your image for consideration for the VizBi  
Scientific Art prize. This prize will be awarded to the submitted  
image that best conveys a strong scientific message in a visually  
compelling manner.

Please forward this announcement to anyone who may be interested. We  
hope to see you in Heidelberg next spring!

Seán O'Donoghue, EMBL
Jim Procter, University of Dundee
Nils Gehlenborg, European Bioinformatics Institute
Reinhard Schneider, EMBL

If you have any questions about the registration process please contact:

Adela Valceanu

Conference Officer
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Meyerhofstr. 1
D-69117 Heidelberg
Tel: +49-6221-387 8625
Fax: +49-6221-387 8158
Email: valceanu at embl.de

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Nils Gehlenborg
European Bioinformatics Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Cambridge CB10 1SD
United Kingdom

Phone: +44-1223-494687

http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~nils