Dear young researcher!

You are cordially invited to join this year's RSG retreat for young scientists in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology organized by the Regional Student Group (RSG) Netherlands. Our retreat precedes the NBIC conference and provides a good start for this event by giving you the chance to get to know other young researchers in the field and to initiate scientific discussion.

During the retreat there will be a workshop “Getting Funded” given by Professor Ritsert Jansen, who will give us valuable insights, tips and tricks on how to write successful research proposals.

Furthermore, Professor Phil Bourne, Editor-in-Chief of PLoS Computational Biology, author of over 200 articles and 5 books and co-founder of 4 companies, will give a talk about his career path. This is an excellent opportunity to ask questions in this more informal setting.

Date: Monday, April 18th
Place: Congrescentrum De Werelt, Lunteren

Program
13:45 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 14:30 Welcome and round of introductions
14:30 – 16:00 Workshop “Getting Funded” - part 1
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:30 Workshop “Getting Funded” - part 2
17:30 – 18:30 CV talk by Professor Phil Bourne
19:00 – 21:30 Dinner at the pancake restaurant “Het Uilenbos”
21:30 onwards Drinks in the Werelt

You can register for the retreat together with your registration for the NBIC conference. It is also possible to only register for the retreat. If you have already registered to the NBIC conference, but not to the retreat please send an e-mail to femke.francissen@nbic.nl. Registration costs are 50 Euros. This covers all expenses, i.e. workshop, dinner and overnight stay in a shared room. If you don't need accommodation, the registration fee is 30 Euros.

More information is available at http://www.nbic.nl/about-nbic/nbic-conferences/nbic-conference-2011.

We hope to see you at the retreat,

RSG Netherlands