Dear all,

this is to remind you that the deadline for submitting an abstract for oral communications at next NETTAB 2013 workshop is set on next July 5, 2013. Take you decision now and prepare to submit in time your most recent research on semantic, social, and mobile tools and applications in Life Sciences.

I'm looking forward to meeting you in Venice.

Paolo Romano

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LAST CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

NETTAB 2013 Workshop on "Semantic, Social, and Mobile Applications for Bioinformatics and Biomedical Laboratories" October 16-18, 2013, Lido of Venice, Italy

http://www.nettab.org/2013/

NETTAB 2013 will explore mobile, social, and semantic solutions for bioinformatics and laboratory informatics. A savvy combination of these technologies could enhance the research outcome of life scientists and simplify workflows in biomedical laboratories.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS + Barend Mons, Leiden University Medical Center, and Netherlands Bioinformatics Center, The Netherlands + Antony Williams, Royal Society of Chemistry, USA + Ross D. King, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

TUTORIAL PRESENTERS (confirmed only, more will be announced soon) + Andrea Splendiani, IntelliLeaf, United Kingdom, and Digital Enterprise Research Institute, Ireland + Dominique Hazael-Massieux, W3C/ERCIM, Sophia Antipolis, Biot, France + Alex Clark, Molecular Materials Informatics, Inc

VENUE The workshop will be held in the Congress Center “Palazzo ex Casino del Lido” in Lido of Venice.

DEADLINES • July 5, 2013: Abstract submission deadline for Oral communications • July 31, 2013: Abstract submission deadline for Posters • September 13, 2013: Early registration deadline

TOPICS We are looking for abstracts on all aspects of the focus theme, including issues, methods, algorithms, and technologies for the design and development of tools and platforms able to provide Semantic, Social, and Mobile (SeSaMo) applications supporting bioinformatics and the activities carried out in a biomedical laboratory. An extended list of topics is available at http://www.nettab.org/2013/call.php .

INSTRUCTIONS We welcome structured abstracts for oral communications, industrial-technological communications, and posters. Abstracts for oral communications and Industrial-technological communications should be between 3 and 4 pages, including no more than TWO tables / figures. Abstracts for posters should be between 2 and 3 pages, including no more than ONE table or figure. All abstracts should include the following sections: Motivation and Objectives, Methods, Results and Discussion, Acknowledgements, References. Accepted abstracts will be included in the Proceedings of the workshop, that will be published in a Supplement of EMBnet.journal. Full papers from abstracts presented at NETTAB 2013 will be published in a peer-review, indexed, international journal that will soon be announced.

SUBMISSION Structured abstracts must be submitted at http://conference.embnet.org/index.php/NETTAB/ . Authors must first register at http://conference.embnet.org/index.php/NETTAB/NETTAB2013/user/account . The abstract must be prepared by using the template http://www.nettab.org/2013/docs/Nettab_abstractTemplate.doc . Full instructions for the preparation of the abstract are available at http://conference.embnet.org/index.php/NETTAB/NETTAB2013/about/submissions#a... .