The conference venue is the Grand Hotel Mediterraneo that overlooks the famous Arno river in Florence, with a gorgeous view of the city's Renaissance beauties along the Arno and the hills of Florence.

We are pleased to announce that this year the ABCD and the SIBBM are organizing a Joint National Ph.D. Meeting to be held on 20–22 October 2011 at the Santo Spirito Convention Centre in Gubbio (PG).

On behalf of the President of our Society, Pier Paolo Di Fiore, and its Executive Council, it is with great pleasure that I invite you to our national congress, ABCD 2011.

Come da tradizione stiamo organizzando la riunione nazionale dottorandi ABCD 2009 che si terrà dal 18 al 20 giugno presso il Centro Convegni Santo Spirito di Gubbio (PG).

Il Dr. Matthias Weiss (German Cancer Research Center [DKFZ] and Institute for Modelling and Simulation in the Biosciences [BIOMS], Heidelberg) sarà nostro ospite in questi due giorni.