[Bio-Linux] Fwd: Announcing the NERC Environmental Omics Conference

[Daniel Pass]

As you may have seen from our new website, the Bio-Linux project is now allied
with the EOS centre, so we hope some on this list will be interested in our
annual iEOS conference. Apologies if you have already received this email
however there is likely to be some overlap on mailing lists.

The second year of the NERC international Environmental Omics Synthesis
Conference (iEOS2014) will be taking place in Liverpool (UK), 15th-18th
September, which aims to bring together Environmental researchers who are
involved or interested in utilising the latest in -omic technologies. There
is more information below, or at the website
http://environmentalomics.org/ieos2014/

iEOS2014 is a broad spectrum conference with sessions on *Evolutionary
genomics, Meta-omic analysis of biome composition and
function, Archaeological omics, Epigenetic basis of phenotypic plasticity
underpinning acclimatisation and Systems ecotoxicology. *More information
on the agenda can be found at http://environmentalomics.org/ieos2014-agenda/

Global research is being showcased including international delegates
from *Trinity
College Dublin, Pennsylvania State University, US Environmental Protection
Agency, University of Aberdeen, University of Sheffield, KU Leuven,
Belgium, Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) China, DKFZ (German Cancer
Research Centre), Heidelberg, Ghent University Belgium, University of
Massachusetts Amherst, University of Birmingham and US Army Engineer
Research and Development Centre.*

Complementary to the conference are fully funded workshops being ran by the
NERC NBAF group on *Gene expression analysis, Metabolomics,
Restriction-site Associated DNA (RAD) Data Analysis and Population genomics*
.

There is also a separate sponsored workshop on *"Computational Approaches
to Study Biological Mechanisms: Bringing together large scale ‘omics
approaches and classical computational **modelling"*.

There are travel and accommodation grants available for the NBAF workshops
attendees. Abstract submission is still open for platform and poster
presentations at the main conference.

*Registration is closing on Monday 11th of August*. Platform and Poster
abstracts are still accepted to that date, with a limited number of
registration fellowships for PhD students that submit an abstract for a
platform presentation. If this is of interest please visit the website
<http://environmentalomics.org/ieos2014/> for registration or for contact
details. Additionally, please follow us via @EnvOmicsNERC
<https://twitter.com/envomicsnerc> for updates.

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 *iEOS2014 to be held in Liverpool in week starting 15th September 2014*
*REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO FRIDAY 11TH AUGUST*

*Conference Organiser: Professor F. Falciani (Chair in Integrative Systems
Biology) *
The conference will hosted by the Centre for Computational Biology and
Modelling (CCBM)
<http://www.liv.ac.uk/integrative-biology/facilities-and-services/centre-for-computational-biology-and-modelling/>
within
the Institute of Integrative Biology
<http://www.liv.ac.uk/integrative-biology/> at University of Liverpool
<http://www.liv.ac.uk/>.
The aim of this conference is to bring together researchers and
organisations from a range of disciplines with shared interests in the
development of new approaches for data handling, generation and analysis in
environmental omics.  Science areas of interest include bioinformatics,
DNA-barcoding, genomics, metagenomics, metabarcoding,  transcriptomics,
proteomics, metabolomics, epigenetics, evolutionary and ecological omics,
phylogenetics, study of ancient DNA and anthropology, new tools, resources
and training, and beyond as applied to the study of the natural
environmental and environmentally relevant organisms and systems.  It is
our hope is that the resulting interaction and exchange of ideas will lead
to novel approaches, new collaborations and the establishment of a wider
integrated ‘Omic community.
EOS and this conference is supported by Natural Environmental Research
Council (NERC)  through its Mathematics and Informatics for Environmental
‘Omics Data Synthesis program and the UK Science and Technology Facilities
Council (STFC) Global Challenges programme.
Watch the iEOS conference page <http://environmentalomics.org/ieos2014/>,
the EOS Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalOmics> or
follow the EOS twitter feed <https://twitter.com/envOmicsNERC> to keep up
to date with further developments.
[image: Integrative Biology University logo]
<http://www.liv.ac.uk/integrative-biology/>
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