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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Dear all,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">this is gentle reminder that the deadline for the submission of four-page abstracts for oral communications is set on Friday May 26, 2017, that is the end of next week.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Please find below up-to-date news on the workshop.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Extended descriptions are always available in the workshop web site.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">All the best. Paolo</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">(===)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">NETTAB 2017<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">Methods, tools & platforms for Personalized Medicine in the Big Data Era<BR>
</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">16-18 October 2017, Palermo, Italy<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"><BR>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS<BR>
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<U><FONT FACE="Calibri">DEADLINES<BR>
</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Abstracts for oral communications</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(max four pages): May 26, 2017<BR>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT FACE="Calibri">TOPICS<BR>
</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The special topic is "Methods, tools & platforms for Personalized Medicine in the Big Data Era", which includes:<BR>
Data management: Biomedical Big Data Management, Standards for Clinical and Genetic Data, Data Privacy and Security, Omics Data Integration, Biobanks<BR>
Data analysis: Omics Data analysis, Genetic Mutation Analysis, Biomarkers Discovery, NGS Data Analysis, Patient Information Analytics<BR>
Tools and Services: Clinical Genomics Services, Models for Clinic and Genetic Data, Mobile tools and applications, Interoperability of Clinical and omic tools, Communication Technologies for Health-Care.<BR>
Platforms: Integrated Data Warehouses, Integration of Applications and Data Services, Clinical Decision Support Systems, Healthcare Systems<BR>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">NETTAB topics also apply</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">See the full list of topics at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/submissions/topics/"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/submissions/topics/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.<BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT FACE="Calibri">INSTRUCTIONS<BR>
</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Submissions are sought for oral communications, posters and software demos.<BR>
Abstracts must be submitted through</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B> <FONT FACE="Calibri">EasyChair</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nettab2017"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nettab2017</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for the proper evaluation.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">See full instructions:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/submissions/instructions-for-authors/"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/submissions/instructions-for-authors/</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"><BR>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT FACE="Calibri">PROCEEDINGS AND POST-WORKSHOP PUBLICATION</FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Proceedings of the event will consist in a Collection</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">of preprints in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://peerj.com/preprints/"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">PeerJ Preprints</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">F</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ull papers from</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">works presented</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">at the Workshop</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">will be published</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">in</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">journals with Impact Factor.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Discussions are undergoing for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Special Issues of BMC Bioinformatics</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">(IF</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">2.435</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and the Journal of Translation Medicine</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (IF</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">3.694</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">WORKSHOP PROGRAMME</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT FACE="Calibri">SPEAKERS</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (confirmed only)<BR>
- Winston Hide, University of Sheffield, UK</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">keynote</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><BR>
<FONT FACE="Calibri">- Anita Grigoriadis, King's College, London, UK (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT FACE="Calibri">keynote</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">).<BR>
- Raffaele Giancarlo, University of Palermo, Italy</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- Chiara Marchiori, IBM Research - Zurich, Switzerland</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- Emanuela Merelli, University of Camerino, Italy</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- Allegra Via, ELIXIR-IIB, Italy</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Further Speakers</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">will</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">be announced soon.<BR>
See</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/programme/speakers"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/programme/speakers</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for more information.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT FACE="Calibri">TUTORIALS</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">in collaboration also with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">InterOmics</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> and ELIXIR-IIB,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">confirmed speakers only)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- Simona Rombo, University of Salerno, Italy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- Ettore Mosca, Institute of Biomedical Technologies / CNR, Milano, Italy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- Luana Licata, ELIXIR-IIB, Italy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">- Alberto Calderone, ELIXIR-IIB, Italy.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">See</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/programme/tutorials"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">http://www.igst.it/nettab/2017/programme/tutorials</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> for more information.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT FACE="Calibri">VENUE</FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The Workshop will be held at the site of the Institute for HPC and Networking (ICAR-CNR) of the Italian National Research Council in Palermo.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">CHAIRS<BR>
</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Paolo Romano & Alfonso Urso & Alfonso Valencia</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U><FONT FACE="Calibri">SUPPORTING BODIES</FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">BITS – Bioinformatics Italian Society</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr"><FONT FACE="Calibri">SFBI – Societé Français</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">de</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Bioinform</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr"><FONT FACE="Calibri">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr"><FONT FACE="Calibri">tique</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr"><FONT FACE="Calibri">PTBI – Polish Bioinformatics Society</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ReLiB – Rete Ligure di Bioinformatica</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ELIXIR-IIB – Italian ELIXIR node</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">CNR / ITB – Institute of Biomedical Technolo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">gies, National Research Council of Italy</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">CNR /</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">ICAR</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">– Institute for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">HPC</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">N</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT FACE="Calibri">etworking, National Research Council of Italy</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> Italy</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">CONTACTS</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Email:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="mailto:nettab.workshops@gmail.com"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">nettab.workshops@gmail.com</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Twitter: @NETTABWorkshops</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Announce list:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="https://groups.google.com/d/forum/nettab-announce"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">https://groups.google.com/d/forum/nettab-announce</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT FACE="Calibri">LinkedIn:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"> </SPAN><A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3209661"><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="it"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Calibri">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3209661</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="it"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Calibri">Paolo Romano</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Calibri">Ospedale Policlinico</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Calibri">San Martino</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Calibri">Genova, Italy</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Calibri">Email: paolo.romano@hsanmartino.it - paolo.dm.romano@gmail.com </FONT></SPAN></P>
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