CAMDA 2018 Data Analysis Contest

As a conference track of ISMB, CAMDA focuses on one of the grand challenges of our time, the intelligent exploitation of Big Data in the Life Sciences. In the post genomic era, an effective scientific interpretation of large datasets is key to new medical and biological insights from novel high throughput assays and the increasing size of biomedical studies. CAMDA puts a spotlight on the successful analysis and integration of the massive data sets now prevalent in the life sciences.

This year, the scientific committee of CAMDA has set three data analysis contest challenges:

• MetaSUB Forensics Challenge presents hundreds of novel city microbiome profiles. Construct urban microbiome fingerprints and identify the geographical origin of mystery samples.
• CMap Drug Safety Challenge presents clinical toxicity results and gene expression responses to hundreds of drugs. Compare or integrate responses of multiple cell lines, predict drug induced liver injury in humans. Opt into an FDA meta-analysis.
• The Cancer Data Integration Challenge presents clinical data, RNA-seq and microarray gene expression, and CNV from aCGH. Demonstrate a robust analysis approach improving the state of the art for both Breast Cancer and Neuroblastoma.

Leading scientists present their best methods and analyses. Extended papers are then published in the open access, fully indexed conference proceedings at Biology Direct. Related method papers can enter the ISMB proceedings track of the Bioinformatics journal.

In the open-ended contest, all delegates vote for the best contributed analysis. The top three presenters win a free one-year subscription to F1000Prime (worth $250) and a free submission to F1000Research (worth $1000). The first prize in addition is awarded the prestigious CAMDA Trophy.

We cordially invite you to attend and contribute to CAMDA, and look forward to seeing you in Chicago!
(Travel fellowships available)

For the Programme Committee,
Joaquin Dopazo (Ministry of Health, Seville), David Kreil (Boku University Vienna), Pawel Labaj (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Weida Tong (US FDA), Diane Kovats (ISCB), and Wenzhong Xiao (Stanford & Harvard Medical School)

Key dates:

• Call for contributions -- now open
• Submissions to the ISMB proceedings track -- 29 January
• Registration of Intention to submit to the CAMDA proceedings track -- 05 April
• Opt into the FDA meta-analysis -- 15 April
• Submissions of CAMDA Extended Abstracts -- 13 May
• Acceptance decisions -- 20 May
• CAMDA Track at ISMB -- 07-08 July
• ISMB 2018 -- 06-10 July
• Submissions of full research papers to the CAMDA Proceedings -- 30 September

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ISCB's 6th annual international competition to improve the coverage on Wikipedia of any aspect of computational biology is open for submissions. A key component of the ISCB's mission to further the scientific understanding of living systems through computation is to communicate this knowledge to the public at large. Wikipedia has become an important way to communicate all types of science to the public and Wikidata plays an increasingly growing role in that. The ISCB aims to further its mission by increasing the quality of Wikipedia and Wikidata coverage of Computational biology, and by improving accessibility to this information via Wikipedia and its sister sites. The competition is open to students and trainees at any level either as individuals or as groups. Claim an article and submit by December 31, 2017!


Announcing the Michelson Prizes for Human Immunology and Vaccine Research

Awarding two prizes of $150,000 for transformative ideas.

The Michelson Prizes for Human Immunology and Vaccine Research will award $150,000 prizes to two young investigators under the age of 35 that are applying innovative research concepts and disruptive technologies to significantly advance the development of future vaccines and immunotherapies for major global diseases.

A rigorous and competitive global search will be undertaken to identify the most innovative projects by young scientists across a broad spectrum of scientific fields.

Learn more at www.humanvaccinesproject.org/michelsonprizes.


RECOMB 2018 will be held in beautiful Paris, April, 21 - 24, 2018
RECOMB 2018 is the 22nd in a series of well-established scientific conferences bridging the areas of computational, mathematical, statistical and biological sciences. It has traditionally welcomed abstracts that represent a methodological advance. The conference features keynote talks by preeminent scientists in life sciences, proceeding presentations of peer-reviewed research papers in computational biology, and poster sessions on the latest research progress. We will soon be accepting both Highlight Track and Poster Presentation abstracts (see http://recomb2018.fr/key-dates/).


ECCB Now Accepting Proposals for Workshops, Tutorials, and SIGs
The ECCB 2018 program committee invites proposals for one or two day workshops or special interest group meetings (SIGs), as well as tutorials.

Proposals are expected to provide participants with an informal setting to discuss technical issues, exchange research ideas, and to share practical experiences on a range of focused or emerging topics in bioinformatics.

Each workshop/SIG should provide an interesting perspective on the cutting edge of a selected research field. Workshops may include any form of presentation such as talks or panel discussions.


ISMB 2018 to feature 17 Communities of Special Interest
ISMB 2018 provides an intense multidisciplinary forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics/computational biology, fostering fresh dialogues and perspectives to learn about and shape the future of the field. With intensified community involvement form the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs), ISMB is the leading conference in the field, with the strongest scientific and technical program that showcases the best international developments in bioinformatics and computational biology.

The 2018 ISMB COSIs tracks are:

• 3DSIG: Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics
• Bio-Ontologies
• BioVis: Biological Data Visualization
• CAMDA: Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis
• CompMS: Computational Mass Spectrometry
• Education: Computational Biology Education
• Evolution and Comparative Genomics
• Function: Protein Function Annotation
• HitSeq: High-throughput Sequencing
• MICROBIOME
• MLCSB: Machine Learning in Computational and Systems Biology
• NetBio: Network Biology
• RegGen: Regulatory Genomics
• RNA: Computational RNA Biology
• SysMod: Computational Modeling of Biological Systems
• TransMed: Translational Medical Informatics
• VarI: Variant Interpretation

Abstract submissions for consideration for talk or poster for the above COSIs and General Computational Biology - Novel techniques in emerging areas and intersecting field - will open February 1, 2018.


CAMDA 2018 Data Analysis Contest
Present your best methods and analysis in the open-ended competition for the CAMDA Trophy! Choose any of: The MetaSUB Forensics Challenge (urban microbiome fingerprints and mystery samples!), the CMap Drug Safety Challenge (clinical toxicity results and gene expression responses to hundreds of drugs, opt into an FDA meta-analysis!), the Cancer Data Integration Challenge (demonstrate robust data integration for both Breast Cancer and Neuroblastoma!). Proceedings published open access, fully indexed at Biology Direct (register intent by 05 April, abstracts 13 May, full papers 30 Sept) and Bioinformatics (submit method papers by 29 Jan). Best presentation prizes & travel fellowships. Join us 07-08 July at ISMB in Chicago, www.camda.info!


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Provide financial support for bright young scientists to attend and present their research at conferences

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Learn more about our giving program at www.iscb.org/support-iscb


NGS 2018 Call for Submissions
The Next Generation Sequencing Conference 2018 (NGS 2018) is a dedicated meeting on cutting-edge approaches to the processing and analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data. Submission of both original and previously published research are now being accepted for either oral or poster presentation.

The conference has an open invitation to scientists and professionals working in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology, specifically high-throughput sequencing, to submit high quality proposals for tutorials at NGS 2018. Deadline is February 2, 2018.


OUP Open Access Discount!
ISCB works closely with OUP Bioinformatics to reduce open access charges. ISCB is pleased to announce that OUP Bioinformatics will now offer a 15% discount on open access charges for all ISCB members. The discount will be applied after acceptance and requires author noting that he/she is an ISCB member. Not a member? Join today!


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ECCB 2018 to be held in Athens, Greece, 8-12 September

The Hellenic Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics will organize the seventeenth edition of the European Conference on Computational Biology in association with the ELIXIR. It is one of the main computational event in 2018 and will welcome scientists working in a variety of disciplines, including bioinformatics, computational biology, biology, medicine, and systems biology. Participating in ECCB 2018 will be the perfect opportunity to keep pace with cutting edge research, and to network with members of ECCB community.

Now Accepting Proposals for Workshops, Tutorials, and SIGs

The ECCB 2018 program commitee invites proposals for one or two day workshops or special interest group meetings (SIGs). Proposals are expected to provide participants with an informal setting to discuss technical issues, exchange research ideas, and to share practical experiences on a range of focused or emerging topics in bioinformatics. Each workshop/SIG should provide an interesting perspective on the cutting edge of a selected research field. Workshops may include any form of presentation such as talks or panel discussions.

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS/SIGs KEY DATES CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS

ECCB 2018 17th European Conference on Computational Biology September 8-12, 2018 Athens, Greece - Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center

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ISMB 2018
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ISMB 2018 invites proceedings submissions reporting theoretical, computational, and statistical advances in computational biology and its intersections with other fields.
 
Submission topic areas:

Studies of Phenotypes and Clinical Applications
Comparative and Functional Genomics
Bioinformatics Education
Genomic Variation Analysis
Bioinformatics of Microbes and Microbiomes
Population Genomics and Molecular Evolution
Macromolecular Sequence, Structure, and Function
Systems Biology and Networks
Genome Privacy and Security
General Computational Biology

Submissions are encouraged to report on advances in algorithm development and optimization, data structures, data visualization, artificial intelligence/machine learning, text mining, statistical inference, database and ontology development, image analysis, citizen and open science, etc. to analyze all types of biological data.

Submit now to ISMB 2018!