== Call for Abstracts ==

== Submission deadline: 3 August 2018 ==


COMBINE 2018: 9th Computational Modeling in Biology Network Workshop

8-12 October 2018, Boston, MA, USA

https://co.mbine.org/events/COMBINE_2018


The "Computational Modeling in Biology" Network (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats in systems biology and related fields. COMBINE 2018 will be a workshop-style event with oral presentations, posters, and breakout sessions. The five meeting days will include talks about the COMBINE standards and associated or related standardization efforts, as well as presentations of tools using these standards. Oral presentations will be selected from the submitted abstracts. In addition, poster sessions will allow people to inform each other about their software and other projects in a setting that fosters interaction and in-depth discussion.


== IMPORTANT DATES ==
Abstract submission:        3 August 2018
Scholarship application:    3 August 2018
Notification:               17 August 2018
Poster submission:          5 October 2018
COMBINE Workshop:           8-12 October 2018


== TOPICS OF INTEREST ==
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Data exchange and model standards for systems and synthetic biology
- Graphical notation standards for systems and synthetic biology
- Standards for sharing and analysing biological pathway data
- Standards for computational biological models
More on the COMBINE standards at http://co.mbine.org/standards


== CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ==
We solicit high-quality abstracts, to be refereed by the COMBINE Coordinators below, for either oral or poster presentation at the Workshop. Abstracts will appear on the COMBINE website only, there will be no formal publication.

Please see the COMBINE website for submission instructions.


== TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIPS ==
US-based students may apply for travel funds to attend COMBINE. More information on the COMBINE website.


== ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ==
COMBINE 2018 is generously supported by:
- National Science Foundation (USA)


== LOCAL ORGANISERS ==
Curtis Madsen, Boston University, USA & Nicholas Roehner, Raytheon BBN Technologies, USA.


== COMBINE COORDINATORS ==
Gary Bader (University of Toronto)
Padraig Gleeson (University College London)
Martin Golebiewski (Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies)
Sarah Keating (EMBL-EBI)
Nicolas Le Novère (Babraham Institute)
Chris J. Myers (University of Utah)
David Nickerson (University of Auckland)
Falk Schreiber (Monash University)
Matthias König (Humboldt University of Berlin)