Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
The ISCB Latin America 2012 conference is making available one last opportunity to present your research at the conference, with a Call for Late Posters that is open for just the next three days.
(Please note that late poster presenters are not eligible for travel fellowship funding.)
The conference will be preceded by tutorials on March 17 and 18; the main conference takes place on March 19-21; a full day of post-conference workshops and round table discussions happens on March 22. It all takes place at one of Latin America's most prestigious universities, the Universidad Católica de Chile (Catholic University of Chile), located in the heart of vibrant Santiago.
Researchers from all countries of the world are welcome and encouraged to attend, and registrations received to-date have come from Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. If yours is not among them we encourage you to consider making plans to attend today, and submitting your late poster within the next 72 hours. This meeting will provide a forum for rich international exchange and collaboration. Students and post docs can expect to be deeply motivated and inspired to pursue and perform the best research possible in their chosen interest areas, while established and senior researchers will find unique opportunities to interact with peers and to influence the careers of our next generation of researchers. All attendees will be intellectually stimulated by our exceptional line up of international and regional keynote speakers.
The main conference features five international keynote speakers:
Dr. Peer Bork, EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany
Dr. Alessandro Sette, La Jolla Institute for Immunology and Allergy, USA
Dr. Manfred Sippl, University of Salzburg, Austria
Dr. Yves van de Peer, Ghent University, Belgium
Dr. Aleksey Zimin, University of Maryland, USA
In addition, seven highly accomplished keynote speakers from the Latin America region will also deliver talks at the conference. The full list of keynote talks can be found HERE.
Networking opportunities include poster session receptions, a conference banquet, and casual evenings spent exploring the vast and vibrant city of Santiago together with old and new friends and colleagues.
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT TUTORIAL REGISTRATIONS: An impressive selection of practical tutorials and hands-on workshops will be presented by some of the most well-known research groups in the world. Registration is limited to the capacity of each tutorial room, and will be accepted in the order in which the registrations are received until capacity is reached. We expect all tutorials to sell-out, and recommend early registration to ensure your tutorial preference can be accepted.
Please forward this mail to colleagues and collaborators you feel might be interested or should attend ISCB Latin America 2012. Sponsorship opportunities are also still available and all inquiries are welcome at
Submit your late poster abstract and register for the conference and tutorials now to take advantage of this final opportunity to present your work and save with the early discount while it lasts. We hope to see you in Santiago next month!
Sincerely,
The ISCB Latin America 2012 Organizing Committees
Dear ISCB Members, Colleagues, and Past GLBIO Attendees,
We invite you to participate in the The Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference, taking place in Ann Arbor, Michigan this coming May.
CALL FOR POSTER PRESENTATIONS CLOSES IN JUST ONE MONTH!
Poster Information & Abstract Submission Form Deadline: Mar 15, 2012
EARLY REGISTRATION CLOSES IN JUST TWO MONTHS:
Online Registration Information and Form Early Registration Deadline: April 15, 2012
GLBIO topic areas include Algorithm Development and Machine Learning, Bioimaging, Databases and Ontologies, Disease Models and Epidemiology, Evolution and Comparative Genomics, Gene Regulation and Transcriptomics, Metagenomics, Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Population Genomics, Protein Interactions and Molecular Networks, Protein Structure and Function, Sequence Analysis, and Text Mining.
This year's keynote presentations will cover a broad range of interesting topics. Keynote Speakers for 2012 are: Howard Cash of Gene Codes, Michael Lynch of Indiana University, Mercedes Pascual of the University of Michigan, and Russell Schwartz of Carnegie Mellon University.
We look forward to receiving your submission before the deadline, and to welcoming you to Ann Arbor in May!
Sincerely,
Your GLBIO 2012 Steering/Organizing Committee
Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
The call to submit a proposal to conduct a Workshop at ISMB 2012 is still open. This 20th anniversary conference will be held July 15-17 in Long Beach, California.
The above link will take you to the full details and guidelines about ISMB Workshops. From there you can also access the submission system to submit your proposal today.
Workshops cover a broad range of non-research-oriented topics that address issues important to bioinformatics researchers and educators. Preference will be given to topics of wide interest to attendees, with a planned agenda that is not primarily made up of research paper presentations. Examples of previous workshops are: Bioinformatics Core Facilities; Education in Bioinformatics; and Navigating the Granting Jungle. Additional topics of particular interest to the ISMB community or those sponsored by ISCB committees are welcome.
Each workshops is scheduled to run for two hours following the same schedule as all other parallel tracks of the ISMB conference. This allows for segmenting the workshop into four 25-minute presentation/discussion periods (including participant questions and answers) followed by a required 5 minute synchronized break for movement between ISMB parallel tracks. Workshops can include multiple talks, panel discussions, and ample participant discussion time.
Several additional opportunities exist for presentation at the conference, including Highlights of previous publications, Posters, Technology demonstrations, Late Breaking Research abstracts, and the 8th annual Student Council Symposium. You can find the submission deadlines and links to each of the open calls on the conference home page at ISMB 2012.
Registration will open next month. Please help spread the word for the strongest possible participation by sharing this mail with your colleagues and collaborators.
The ISMB 2012 Conference Co-Chairs and every member of the Scientific Organizing Committee looks forward to welcoming you to Long Beach this July!
Sincerely,
Christine Orengo, Workshops Chair, ISMB 2012
Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
The Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences is less than two weeks away, happening February 23nd and 24th at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA, USA! Don't miss this opportunity to attend the premier annual event focused on the use of semantic technologies in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry - now also covering "Big Data."
ISCB Member Discounts Apply
NEWS FLASH: If you feel the need to increase your proficiency in the conference topics before investing additional time and money in the full conference registration, you now have the opportunity to register for only the CSHALS Tutorial being presented by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Tetherless World Constellation on February 22nd.
If you decide after attending the Tutorial to also register for the main conference, 50% of your tutorial fee will be applied toward your on-site conference registration fee. This special Tutorial-only registration offer must be completed by Monday, February 20th (5:00 pm Eastern).
CSHALS 2012 will feature keynote lectures, invited talks, and selected oral presentations and posters on the role of the semantic web of linked data to orchestrate cloud based resources, from drug development and Biomedical research to personalized health care. Attendees will walk away with a better understanding of semantics-based approaches and challenges currently faced throughout our industry.
If you have not attended a previous CSHALS and want a sneak peak at how the content might apply to your research, we invite you to view the free Webinar presentation that was given last September to reprise and update Larry Hunter's CSHALS 2011 Keynote Presentation.
Please be sure to forward this mail to all of your colleagues and collaborators who might benefit from attending CSHALS. We thank you for helping us spread the word, and look forward to your participation!
Sincerely,
Your CSHALS 2012 Organizing Committee:
Conference Chairs
Committee Members
Dear ISCB Member,
As a reminder, nominations for the 2012 ISCB Class
of Fellows is now open. If you know of a member that you believe has earned his
or her place among ISCB's Fellows through exceptional and exemplary
contributions to the field of computational biology/bioinformatics, please
nominate today. Since 2009 the leadership of the International Society for
Computational Biology has been honoring our most distinctive members as Fellows,
and this is your chance to name our 2012 Class of Fellows.
Information
about the ISCB Fellows program, nomination requirements, and selection criteria
can be found at
www.iscb.org/iscb-fellows
The nomination form is available at
www.iscb.org/fellow-nomination
(as only members can nominate, login is required; if you are not a current
member please renew today!).
The nomination deadline is April 30, 2012.
Thank you for your considerate
nomination!
Sincerely,
Alfonso Valencia, Chair, ISCB Fellows
Committee