The 5th International Symposium
on Languages in Biology and Medicine (LBM 2013)


12th and 13th December, 2013
Tokyo, Japan


The 5th LBM symposium (LBM 2013) will be held at Fukutake hall, University of Tokyo, Japan on 12th and 13th December, 2013.


The obituary of Dr. Phoebe Roberts is shown next to her bio.

LBM 2013 proceedings are available here.

News & Notices

[12 December, 2013] We are deeply saddened to announce the untimely departure, due to natural causes, of Dr. Phoebe Roberts, who was due to deliver a keynote speech at LBM on Friday, Dec 13. An obituary can be found here
[3 December, 2013] Program is updated
[2 December, 2013] Extending the early registration to December 4th (Wednesday)
[12 November, 2013] Title and abstract of keynote speech by Professor Minoru Kanehisa are updated.
[11 November, 2013] Title and abstract of keynote speech by Professor Martin Kuipers are updated.
[10 November, 2013] Title and abstract of keynote speech by Dr. Pheobe Roberts are updated.
[31 October, 2013] Poster & Highlight talk proposal submissions due 1st November
[21 October, 2013] Keynote Speakers updated
[9 October, 2013] Call for Highlight Talk Proposal is included in Instructions for Authors.
[4 October, 2013] Keynote Speakers updated
[23 September, 2013] Importante Dates updated
[5 September, 2013] Keynote Speakers updated
[20 August, 2013] Call for Papers and Important Dates
[13 August, 2013] Programme Committee


Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline: 27 September (Fri), 2013 11 October(Fri), 2013
Paper Acceptance Notification: 5 October (Fri), 2013 8 November (Fri), 2013
Poster Submission Deadline: 1 November (Fri), 2013
Poster Acceptance Notification: 8 November (Fri), 2013
Highlight Talk Proposal Deadline: 1 November (Fri), 2013
Highlight Talk Acceptance Notification: 8 November (Fri), 2013
Camera Ready Version Due: 15 November (Fri), 2013
Symposium Dates: 12-13 December (Thu-Fri), 2013



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