第13届国际生物技术大会国际理论与应用化学联合会（International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, IUPAC）所属的生物技术委员会（Biotechnology Committee, BC）每四年举办一次的国际大会，是生物技术领域公认的规模最大的国际盛会。我国首次承办，于今年10月在大连举行。

此次大会的论文和摘要计划出国际杂志增刊（或普通卷）及ISTP收录，目前已有5本杂志计划参与会议论文发表。具体计划见表格。

摘要递交截止期限（3月1日）即将来临，经过与组委会商议，摘要递交截止期限延至4月15日，请各位老师或同学从速递交。

摘要递交网址：http://cn.ibs2008.org/abstracts.html

会议注册网址：http://ibs2008.conferencenet.org

有关会议的消息情况，请浏览网址：http://www.ibs2008.org

The formal scientific publications of the IBS2008 will focus the following key publications (but are not limited to these listed – check for updates).

Table P1. Publication Plan for IBS2008
	Journals	Article forms	Criteria	Publication Dates	Note
1	Journal of Biotechnology	Abstracts	All presenters	1 Oct 2008	Selected by the Committee
	Description: Proceedings of IBS2008
2	Biotechnology Letters	Full papers	Intended/Invited Authors under Peer review	Mar 2009*	Selected by the Guest Editors
	Selected Topics: New Frontiers in Biotechnology
3	Process Biochemistry	Full papers	Intended/Invited Authors under Peer review	Mar 2009*	Selected by the Guest Editors
	Selected Topics: Systems Biotechnology & Biomaterials
4	Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering	Full papers	Intended/Invited Authors under Peer review	Mar 2009*	Selected by the Guest Editors
	Selected Topics: Industrial Biotechnology
5	Pure and Applied Chemistry	Full papers	Intended/Invited Authors under Peer review	Jan 2009*	Selected by the Guest Editors
	Selected Topics: Building Bridges between Chemistry and Biotechnology (Tentative)

More Special Journal Issues to be announced.

* Publication dates for the special journal issues may be subject to changes and will remain the decision with the IBS2008 committee and publishers.