Abstract submission

The Organising and Scientific Committees invite authors to submit abstracts for the EMBnet Conference, following the instructions clearly indicated in the "Abstract submission Guidelines" page. 

Participants of the EMBnet Conference 2008 submitting an abstract have the possibility to be chosen for submitting a full paper in a BMC Bioinformatics academic supplement dedicated to the conference. For more detailed information please, visit the BMC Bioinformatics Special issue conference web page.

The abstract submission deadline is June 30th, 2008.

Abstract for the EMBnet Conference can only be submitted on-line. Mailed or faxed abstracts will not be accepted.

ISCB members and student/post doc members applying for ISCB travel fellowships have to submit their abstract  within July 20th, 2008. 

Detailed instructions for travel fellowship applications are available at the conference registration page. Candidates will receive award notification within  July 30th, 2008.

All abstracts have to follow the Conference categories as outlined in the Topics section.

Abstracts will be reviewed and rated by the Scientific Committee that will propose to the Organising Committee the selections of abstracts for oral or poster presentation. The Organising Committee reserves the right to refuse contributions that are not up to the required scientific standards of the conference. 

Presenting authors will receive information on the status of their abstract (accepted -rejected) within  July 30th, 2008, together with the notification for poster or oral presentation.

For each abstract accepted, at least the present­ing author needs to register within the required time frame.