So I originally planned on writing a quick post promoting RECOMB2011, a conference focusing on computational molecular biology occurring later this month in Vancouver, BC. I sent the conference organizers an email asking if they had any stem cell related abstracts being presented, explaining that I wrote for a large stem cell organization on stem cell related topics and events. I also mentioned that I was a programmer/developer who was interested in computational biology.
No response.
I’m a little miffed to say the least. I included a link to the Stem Cell Network and everything! If they were not interested or they did not have stem cell topics as part of their conference, a simple “No thanks” would have been sufficient.
Fail. No link for you!
AlbinoMouse 
One part of me is unsurprised – academic conferences have never prized publicity. “Anyone who needs to know will know.”
On the other hand – it’s RECOMB. It’s huge. They must have professional conference organizers on-board. Why didn’t they chase this up?