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<div>RECOMB-CG 2018, CALL FOR POSTERS AND PARTICIPATION</div>
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<div>16th RECOMB Satellite Conference on Comparative Genomics, RECOMB-CG 2018</div>
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<div>Magog-Orford (Sherbrooke), Quebec, Canada - October 9-12, 2018</div>
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<div><a href="https://recombcg2018.usherbrooke.ca/">https://recombcg2018.usherbrooke.ca/</a> <br>
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<div>SCOPE</div>
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<div>The annual RECOMB Comparative Genomics Satellite Conference (RECOMB-CG) brings together leading researchers in the mathematical, computational and life sciences to discuss cutting edge research in comparative genomics, with an emphasis on computational
approaches and the analysis of novel experimental results. The program of the conference will include six invited keynote speakers, 18 contributed talks and two poster sessions. </div>
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<div>CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS </div>
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<div>- Belinda Chang (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Canada)</div>
<div>- Dannie Durand (Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, USA)</div>
<div>- Daniel Durocher (The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada)</div>
<div>- Christian Landry (Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Laval University, Canada) </div>
<div>- Gwenaël Piganeau (Banyuls Oceanographic Observatory and National Centre for Scientific Research, France)</div>
<div>- Xavier Roucou (Department of Biochemistry, University of Sherbrooke, Canada)</div>
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<div>CALL FOR POSTERS<br>
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<div>We sollicite high-quality poster abstracts on novel computational or experimental results that fall within the general scope of the conference. </div>
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<div>Submissions must be sent to: recombcg2018@easychair.org </div>
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<div>- Abstract Submission Deadline: August 24, 2018 </div>
<div>- Author Notification: September 3, 2018 </div>
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<div>The topics include (but are not restricted to):</div>
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<div>- genome evolution</div>
<div>- population genomics</div>
<div>- genome rearrangements</div>
<div>- genome variation, diversity and dynamics</div>
<div>- phylogenomics</div>
<div>- comparative tools for genome assembly</div>
<div>- comparison of functional networks</div>
<div>- gene identification and/or annotation</div>
<div>- cancer evolutionary genomics</div>
<div>- comparative epigenomics</div>
<div>- paleogenomics</div>
<div>- epidemiology</div>
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<div>Submitted abstracts must be within 2 pages including references and figures, in PDF format according to the LNBI guidelines.</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.springer.com/us/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines/">http://www.springer.com/us/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines/</a> <br>
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<div>The abstract of each accepted poster will be included into the Conference Program booklet. The poster sessions are scheduled to the afternoons of Wednesday October 10 and Thursday October 11, but posters will be on display for the entire duration of the
conference. The post board dimensions are 100cm (39.3") width x 100cm (39.3") height. At least one author of each accepted poster will be expected to attend the conference and present the poster.</div>
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<div>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION<br>
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<div>We invite all members of the computational and applied comparative genomics communities to participate in RECOMB-CG 2018. Information about registration to the conference and all</div>
<div>other organizational matters can be found on the conference web page.</div>
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<div>- Early registration Deadline: Friday September 7, 2018. </div>
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<div>CONTACT</div>
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<div>https://recombcg2018.usherbrooke.ca </div>
<div>blanchem@cs.mcgill.ca </div>
<div>aida.ouangraoua@usherbrooke.ca </div>
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