Submissions

Submissions are now closed!

Papers and presentations were sought in all areas that relate to biomolecular computing, including, but not restricted to: algorithms and models for computation on biomolecular systems; computational processes in vitro and in vivo; molecular switches, gates, devices, and circuits; molecular folding and self-assembly of nanostructures; analysis and theoretical models of laboratory techniques; molecular motors and molecular robotics; information storage; studies of fault-tolerance and error correction; software tools for analysis, simulation, and design; synthetic biology and in vitro evolution; applications in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine.

Key Dates

• Full paper (track A) and abstract (track B) submission: April 29, 2022 (11:59PM AoE) — NB: deadline extended!
• Notification of track A acceptance: May 23, 2022
• Notification of track B acceptance: May 27, 2022
• Poster (track C) submission: May 31, 2022 (11:59PM AoE) — NB: deadline extended!
• Revised track A manuscripts due: June 10, 2022
• Notification of poster acceptance: June 17, 2022
• Early bird registration deadline: June 24, 2022
• Regular registration deadline: August 1, 2022
• Conference: August 8-12, 2022 (late registration available throughout)

Note that submission deadlines are given in the AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time zone, GMT minus 12 hours.

Please note we are on a tighter than normal schedule and there can be no extension; we have already compressed the reviewing, revision and publication timeline.

Instructions for Authors

Electronic Submissions

All papers and abstracts should be submitted electronically using EasyChair via this link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dna28

Papers must be submitted in PDF format.

I. Submissions to be considered for oral presentations (Tracks A and B)

Authors submitting a paper and/or proposal for a presentation may choose between two submission tracks. Submissions for oral presentations can be submitted to one of the two tracks (A) or (B).

Track A - Full Paper: For authors who want their full papers to be published in the Leibniz International Proceedings of Informatics (LIPIcs) conference proceedings. Submissions to this conference will be published in accordance with the Berlin Declaration of Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, for more information see: https://openaccess.mpg.de/Berlin-Declaration. Additionally, submissions are also expected to adhere to the Core Practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): https://publicationethics.org/core-practices. Finally, submissions should conform to the following guidelines:

• Submissions to Track A may not be previously published or simultaneously submitted to another conference or journal for publication.
• The paper is formatted in LaTeX using the LIPIcs-v2021 style. Please follow the LIPIcs formatting instructions found at https://submission.dagstuhl.de/documentation/authors. Papers that are not formatted using the LIPIcs style may be rejected without review.
• Initial submissions are to be made in PDF format to the Easychair conference system, authors of accepted and revised papers should be prepared to provide LaTeX files to the publisher.
• Each paper contains an abstract that briefly describes the primary results and their importance.
• The main text of the paper is limited to 15 pages; note that this count does NOT include the title page (which contains the title, authors, affiliations and abstract) or bibliography. An optional technical appendix of is permitted if the authors deem it necessary to back up the claims made in the first 15 pages; this appendix is limited to 5 pages. However, it is at the discretion of the PC whether to read beyond the first 15 pages as part of the review process, and it will not be included in the proceedings.
• Selected papers will be published in the proceedings, available as part of the LIPIcs series.

Track B – One-page abstract with accompanied material: Primarily for authors submitting experimental results who plan to submit to a journal rather than publish in the conference proceedings. For a Track B submission to be considered, it must contain at least 67% (i.e. 2/3) new content, beyond that which has been presented at previous years of the DNA conference. (Abstracts for work recently submitted to, or published in, a journal will also be considered.) To be considered for oral presentation, submissions should conform to the following guidelines.

• A one-page abstract: The total length of the abstract should not exceed 1 page (11 point type, single spaced). The abstract describes the primary results and their importance. Download a template here.
• Supporting documentation: In addition to the one-page abstract, authors must also submit a preliminary manuscript, a thesis chapter, or some other form of supporting documentation that can be used by the program committee to evaluate the merit of the work for oral presentation. Only the one-page abstract will appear in the supplementary proceedings at the conference. Track B papers unaccompanied by adequate documentation will be rejected without review. Authors lacking substantial supporting documentation are encouraged instead to submit a one-page abstract to Track C.

II. Poster submissions (Track C)

For authors interested in presenting their work only in the poster session, the abstract submission will be submitted electronically via EasyChair following the instructions and link at the conference web page. All poster submissions should be in PDF format and conform to the following guidelines:

• The total length of the abstract should not exceed 1 page (11 point type, single spaced, 1 inch margins), using the same template as for track B abstracts linked above.
• The one-page abstract should describe the primary results and their importance.
• At the discretion of the PC, a small number of high-quality posters may be selected for short (10 minute) presentations at the conference. For consideration, optional supporting documentation is strongly encouraged to be submitted in addition to the one-page abstract.