Applied Bioinformatics in Life Sciences (5th edition)
In 2016 VIB launched a series of Bioinformatics conferences as part of the VIB conference series. Because of the increasing importance of bioinformatics in medical and agriculture science today and inspired on the success of the past editions, VIB is organizing the 5th edition of this event on 7-8 March 2024.
Since the launch of this event the bioinformatics field has changed enormously. The analysis and the interpretation of the huge amount of data produced in life sciences research today sets high standards and needs for bioinformatics tools & software.
18 internationally renowned speakers will present their recent scientific findings in applied bioinformatics. They will shed light on the future perspectives of their research during the following plenary sessions:
- Personalized medicine and clinical bioinformatics
- From genome to function
- From single cell to organism
- Synthetic biology and structural bioinformatics
Next to the invited speakers the program includes slots for short talks selected from the abstracts and poster sessions. The reception with Belgian beers and the conference dinner offer additional opportunities to interact and meet potential new collaborators.
Training sessions on 6 March
VIB will organize the following training sessions preceding the conference:
- Apply Scop3PTM web-interface to understand PTMs;
- Apply MutationExplorer to study mutation of proteins and visualise their energetic impact;
- Geometric Deep Learning for Protein Structure Data with PyTorch Lightning.
Travel grants
We offer 4 travel grants to international junior scientists, which will reimburse travel costs up to 400 Euros. The deadline to participate is 14 December 2023.
Host City: Leuven
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Confirmed speakers
Program
Day 1 - Thursday, 07 March, 2024
Peter Rijnbeek
Pieter Meysman
Tom Lenaerts
Lars Velten
Barbara Engelhardt
Abdul Moeed
Uwe Ohler
Amelie Stein
Joana Pereira
Nicolás Manosalva Pérez
Paolo Casale
Sara Mostafavi
Additional fee
Day 2 - Friday, 08 March, 2024
Ahmed Mahfouz
Shila Ghazanfar
Theodore Alexandrov
Omer Bayraktar
Valeriya Malysheva
Benjamin Rombaut
Noelia Ferruz
Bruno Correia
Gun Woo Byeon
Jasper Zuallaert
Janani Durairaj
Sergey Ovchinnikov
Organizing committee
Alexander Botzki
Stein Aerts
Anastassia Vorobieva
Kris Laukens
Liesbet Peeters
Britta Velten
Evy Vierstraete
Abstracts
Poster information
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation. All accepted poster submissions will have a chance to win the Poster Prize!
If you're not registered before 8 February 2024, your abstract will be excluded from the abstract list and you will not have the chance to present your work at the conference.
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Attendees
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