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    DATES: February 19-20, 2009
    LOCALE: Online at Bioinformatics.Org

    TARGET AUDIENCE

    Graduate students and researchers in computational biology, molecular biology and medicine. The conference theme is "Tropical Bioinformatics." While most of the presenters are either in Africa or studying African species, attendance is open to everyone.

    MOTIVATION

    In addition to research on tropical diseases, pathogenesis and their vectors, the field of bioinformatics has become an important part of life science studies in Africa. But, with the great geographical expanse of the continent, it is often impractical or uneconomical for African researchers to come together for conferences. That is, in person. The Bioinformatics Organization (Bioinformatics.Org) has therefore collaborated with the African Society of Bioinformatics & Computational Biology (ASBCB) and Regional Student Groups (RSGs) in Africa to develop a bioinformatics conference that utilizes local institutions in Africa as "virtual hubs."

    Participating African RSGs and the hub institutions:
    • RSG East Africa (ILRI)
    • RSG East Africa (ICIPE)
    • RSG South Africa (SANBI)
    • RSG Morocco (SMBI)
    • RSG West Africa (Covenant University, Ota)
    Other hub institutions:
    • Notre Dame University, Indiana, USA

    VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE

    Individual registrations cost only $10-30, depending on location. Please see the conference description page (URL below).

    PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE

    For more information about attending this conference via one of the aforementioned hubs, please contact afbixx[at]gmail.com.

    FOR MORE INFORMATION

    Please visit the conference description page: http://wiki.bioinformatics.org/Afbix09

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Submitted by Aamy Walker ; posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Great information about the Virtual conference. Now a days people are preferring virtual conferences because of its comfort and benefits. I have recently participated in the World's largest virtual conference on Cloud Computing Conference 2010. I have participated in the conference through http://cloudslam10.com.

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