3Dsig: A Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics satellite meeting of the ISMB conference will take place on August 4-5, at Fortaleza, BRAZIL. http://3dsig.weizmann.ac.il/ Active participants in 3Dsig's program and/or scientific committee include: Phil Bourne, Steven Brenner, Wah Chiu, John Moult, Jeff Saven, Joel Sussman and Janet Thornton. Our May 1st DEADLINE IS APPROACHING including: 1. Call for abstracts: Most 3Dsig oral presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts. Unique features of 3Dsig's abstracts include: (a) All accepted abstract will be presented via the medium of laptop in our well-organized and successful LAPTOP SESSION (replacing the traditional poster session). (b) Abstract submission includes a 'representative figure' serving as an icon to the abstract. In addition to the name tag, each abstract submitter will receive a badge with the representative figure thus facilitating informal scientific mingling. (c) Abstracts will be posted on the new 3Dsig discussion forum allowing participants to engage in lively scientific discussions prior to the meeting. 2. Travel fellowship We encourage students and postDocs to enjoy the significant number of travel fellowships available by our parent ISMB conference. Note, travel fellowships are meant for the ISMB parent conference. 3. ISMB PLoS-track oral presentation and poster abstracts. This track allows one to submit an abstract that may be selected for oral presentation at ISMB while reserving first publication for another forum. Note, this track is part of the parent ISMB organization. You may choose to register to 3Dsig and NOT to ISMB. If you choose to attend both meetings, you should submit the abstract to ISMB and 3Dsig separately. Links to these approaching deadlines as well as exciting sponsorship opportunities and information on 3Dsig's topics and format are available at: http://3dsig.weizmann.ac.il/ Looking forward to meeting you at 3Dsig, 3Dsig committees ________________________________ 3Dsig: Structural Bioinformatics & Computational Biophysics Meeting 4-5 Aug. 2006, Fortaleza, Brazil Between the ISMB and SwissProt20 Conferences http://3dsig.weizmann.ac.il 3dsig06 [at] weizmann.ac.il