We invite you to submit an extended abstract of maximum 8 pages, formatted according to the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science style. Each extended abstract must be submitted online via the Easychair submission system: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mlsb08

The extended abstracts will be reviewed by the scientific programme committee. The papers will be selected for oral or poster presentation according to their originality and relevance to the workshop topics. Electronic versions of the extended abstracts will be accessible to the participants prior to the conference and will be made publicly available on the conference web site after the conference. It is also planned to publish these papers in a special volume of a bioinformatics journal.

We invite you also to apply for poster presentations on topics of relevance to the workshop. Each poster presentation should be described in a 1 page summary and be submitted by August 20, 2008 via the Easychair submission system: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mlsb08

Poster summaries must follow the same LaTeX formatting instructions as the extended abstract, but should not exceed one page.