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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Young Bioinformaticians Forum 2005
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> *** Call for Abstracts
***</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>21st October 2005 at the Institute of Physics,
London, UK</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>=======================<BR>Meeting Venue and
Times<BR>=======================</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>YBF 2005 will be held at the prestigious Institute
of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT, UK.<BR>The conference opens on
Friday October 21st, 2005 at 09:15h and closes at 17.00h.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the 21st of October 2005, the and UK
Bioinformatics Forum (UKBF, <A
href="http://www.bio.org.uk">http://www.bio.org.uk</A>), RSC Molecular Modelling
Group (MMG, <A
href="http://www.rscmodelling.org/">http://www.rscmodelling.org/</A>) and the
Institute of Physics (<A href="http://www.iop.org/">http://www.iop.org/</A>)
will jointly hold the third annual Young Bioinformaticians Forum 2005 (YBF). BMC
Bioinformatics is the media partner for this meeting.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The web site for the meeting, which contains links
to all last year’s talks, is: <A
href="http://www.ybf.org">http://www.ybf.org</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The winning speaker will receive a prize of £250,
and the winning poster will win £100. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last year’s meeting was a tremendous success, with
over 130 attendees. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Like last year, the purpose of the YBF is two-fold:
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(i) YBF is an opportunity for postgraduates
to present research among their peer group in a competitive but friendly
atmosphere<BR>(ii) YBF is a networking opportunity for post-docs, group leaders
and industry to seek out new talent and keep abreast of fast moving
topics</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>==================<BR>Call for
Abstracts<BR>==================</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are calling for abstracts and posters in the
following areas of bioinformatics:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>* Systems Biology<BR>* Structural biology<BR>*
Genome analysis and annotation<BR>* Data mining<BR>* Computational biology<BR>*
Ontologies</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We aim to attract the best pre-PhD
bioinformaticians to speak and attend the YBF from as wide an area of
bioinformatics as possible. YBF is inclusive, being open to applications from
current post-graduate students of all ages, from all universities and all
countries. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you are a postgraduate student, I should like to
invite you to submit an abstract. If you are a supervisor, I should like to
invite you to nominate a graduate student to speak at the meeting, who should
then submit an abstract. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>===================<BR>Abstract
submission<BR>===================</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please submit abstract by Aug 15th 2005 to be
considered to as a speaker, or September 15th 2005 to be considered for a poster
presentation. Those delegates whose abstracts were not selected for speaking
slots will automatically be considered for a poster presentation. The organizers
will sift through submitted abstracts and select a balanced and appropriate
agenda from these submissions.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Each abstract should include the surnames and
initials of the authors, as well as a title, the affiliatons of the authors
(University or Institute Department of School), the abstract (text only) should
be no more than 300 words. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>================<BR>Registration Fee
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The registration fee for students is just £50
(£58.75 inc. VAT before Sept. 21, £75 after Sept 21 - £88.13 inc. VAT), for
academics, postdocs and industry scientists registration is £85 (£99.88 inc. VAT
before Sept. 21, £115 after Sept 21 - £135.13 inc. VAT). This includes
refreshments upon arrival, lunch and coffee breaks. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Click here to register: <A
href="http://www.ybf.org/registration.htm">http://www.ybf.org/registration.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>===========<BR>Sponsorship<BR>===========</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If your organisation might wish to consider
sponsoring the meeting, or bring an exhibition stand, please take a look at the
available options - <A
href="http://www.ybf.org/sponsorship.html">http://www.ybf.org/sponsorship.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>UK Bioinformatics Forum is a non-profit ISCB
associated regional group which will act as an advocate and society for UK
bioinformatics: Terms of Reference - <A
href="http://www.bioinformaticsforumuk.net/menu.php?nav=menu/L2EJKE5PAD">http://www.bioinformaticsforumuk.net/menu.php?nav=menu/L2EJKE5PAD</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Contact: <A
href="mailto:ybf@bioinformaticsforumuk.net">ybf@bioinformaticsforumuk.net</A>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Wishes</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dr Jon Rees (Project Manager) <BR>on behalf of UK
Bioinformatics Forum <BR>Dr Darren Flower, Dr Derek Gatherer, Dr Charlotte Deane
(YBF Organisers) <BR>Oxford OX3 0BP United Kingdom <BR>Tel. +44 (0) 1865 484224
<BR>Mob. +44 (0) 7970 893371 <BR>Fax. +44 (0) 1865 484478<BR><A
href="http://www.ybf.org/">http://www.ybf.org/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>