Dear Colleague,
On behalf of the IDeA Network for Biomedical Research
Excellence (INBRE), we invite you to the New Mexico
Bioinformatics Symposium (NMBIS) March 6-7, 2008 in
Santa Fe, NM. The focus of this year's
symposium is
Next Generation Sequencing Technologies,
Analysis,
and Applications.
The NMBIS, now in its fourth year, is a premier
educational
event for the Southwest region featuring
internationally renowned speakers.
Over 175 attendees have already registered for this year's
symposium within academia, industry and government.
The two-day program begins 1:00 pm Thursday afternoon, March 6,
with application and technology talks followed by an evening
poster session social. It continues all-day Friday,
March 7, with a speaker session. Breakfast and lunch will be
served Friday. Please see the
schedule for details.
Confirmed Speakers
Dr. Andrew Fire
Stanford University School of Medicine
Dr. Richard McCombie
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dr. Joseph Ecker
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Dr. Jeremy S. Edwards
University of New Mexico HSC
Dr. Stephen Kingsmore
Nat'l Center for Genome Resources
Call for Poster Abstracts
- Closing date February 22, 2008
The NMBIS Organizing Committee invites you to submit
a poster abstract of your scientific research for
presentation at the poster session on Thursday, March 6,
2008. Although the
program will focus on Next Generation Sequencing Technologies,
Analysis and Applications,
undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged
to attend and present their work from any area of
bioinformatics.
STUDENTS WHO SUBMIT POSTERS ATTEND FREE!
Student speaking slot: One or two student
speakers will be selected from the poster abstract
submissions to give a presentation of
their work during Friday's speaker
presentations. If you would like to be
considered for this opportunity, be sure to
check the student presentation check box in
the registration form. The selected student
speaker(s) will be notified by March 3, 2008.
Scholarships
If you attend the following New Mexico institutions, please inquire about symposium
scholarships to Faye Schilkey at fds@ncgr.org. Dine College Shiprock, UNM Gallup, San Juan
College Farmington, and Northern New Mexico College.
Symposium Registration
- Register
- Submit poster abstract
- Sign-up for student speaking slot
- Subscribe to our mailing list
-
Balance
Due Listing
Venue and Accomodations
The symposium will be held at the
Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza hotel, located in the heart of
Santa Fe's historic plaza area. We have reserved a block of rooms
at the Hilton at the special rate of $129 plus tax per night for
single or double occupancy, or $85 plus tax per night for students
for single or double occupancy. Reservations can be made by
calling the hotel directly at
800-336-3676 or
800-445-8667 and asking for the
NMBIS Conference
rate. Reservations must be made by
February 20 to guarantee
these rates.
Directions
The conference venue, the
Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza hotel, is located at
100 Sandoval Street in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The
toll free phone number is 800-336-3676.
Follow this link
for a map on the Google Maps web site.
Best regards,
The NMBIS Organizing committee
Faye Schilkey, NCGR
Jim Huntley, NCGR
Gary Schiltz, NCGR
Chris Detter, LANL
Rebecca Reiss, NMTech
Jean-Loup Faulon, SNL
Kathe Andrews, SNL
