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Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues, and Past ISMB and ECCB Conference Attendees,
Deadline for submitting proceedings is January 7, 2013!
The ISMB/ECCB 2013 conference is coming to Berlin in July, 2013 and will be the largest annual gathering of bioinformaticians and computational biologists working in a wide range of disciplines. We are soliciting high-quality research papers that demonstrate the development of new computational techniques and their application to Molecular and Systems Biology, with significant outcomes to biomedical, agricultural and environmental questions.
This year we will adopt a procedure that is closer to that of a regular submission to the Bioinformatics journal. We will have two rounds of reviews, allowing the authors to reply to the reviewers comments. In the first round, the submissions will be classified into two categories: (a) minor/major changes, and (b) not accepted. Authors of submissions in the first category will be given the opportunity to submit revised drafts, based on the reviewer comments. The second round of reviews will involve selection of the papers most suitable for ISCB/ECCB.
More details are available at www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2013-submission/call-for-proceedings
We encourage you to submit an unpublished paper of your very best work for consideration by the deadline January 7th.
On behalf of the ISMB/ECCB 2013 organizing committee, we look forward to seeing you in Berlin next July!
Sincerely,
Nir Ben-Tal, ISCB/ ECCB 2013 Proceedings Chair
LA JOLLA, CA, January 10, 2013 – The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) has named Diane E. Kovats, CMP, as its new executive director. Ms. Kovats joined the ISCB, the world's leading professional society for bioinformatics and computational biology, on January 10, 2013.
Ms. Kovats comes to the ISCB with over 10 years experience working with non-profit organizations. She is an alumnus of the University of Richmond with a degree in business administration, marketing, and a minor in communications and rhetoric. Furthermore, Ms. Kovats is a Certified Meetings Professional (CMP) and specializes in strategic operations, marketing, meeting management, and the growth and development of member-focused organizations on a global scale. "In many ways, Diane Kovats understands the role of a professional society in furthering the careers of scientists, students, and the field itself, and can lead an international organization like ours toward its greatest potential,” said the ISCB President Burkhard Rost.
Ms. Kovats will succeed BJ Morrison McKay, who has served as the ISCB's executive officer since 2002. "BJ Morrison McKay's leadership has strengthened the ISCB in fundamental ways,” Dr. Rost said, "and I have no doubt that Diane will allow us to continue our phenomenal growth.”
"I think the ISCB Search Committee, with the help of Tiffany McCarty and Paul Belford of JDG Associates, and the ISCB Board of Directors made a wonderful choice in selecting Diane,” said Dr. Scott Markel, ISCB Secretary and search committee chair. "We expect great things from her and look forward to working with her to grow the Society."
As executive director, Ms. Kovats will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the ISCB and shall oversee the implementation of policy decisions on behalf of the ISCB Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, as well as aid in the implementation of initiatives to better serve the ISCB membership and increase knowledge and awareness of the Society's mission on a worldwide scale.
"I'm pleased to be joining the ISCB at a time when the advancement of the field is growing and the importance of the work by its members is being realized,” said Ms. Kovats. "I look forward to aiding in the critical science being done by the organization, and hope my involvement proves to be a valuable and dynamic influence as the ISCB continues to grow and develop over the upcoming years.”
Ms. Kovats noted that during her tenure as executive director she plans to focus on promoting the growth and awareness of the society, as well as improving the benefits and services provided to its members.
About ISCB
The International Society for Computational Biology is a nonprofit scholarly society dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of living systems through computation. Based in La Jolla, California, at the San Diego Supercomputer Center on the campus of the University of California, San Diego, the ISCB has a global membership of over 3,000 researchers from 70 countries.
For more information, please visit www.iscb.org.
Contact: Diane E. Kovats
Number: +1 858.822.0852
E-Mail:
The Next NGS Challenge Conference, a joint event of the EU COST Action SeqAhead, the EMBnet, the International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB) and the 7FP Project STATegra, is dedicated to the presentation of innovative computational approaches to the analysis of high-throughput sequencing data.
The conference will be held in Valencia, Spain, on May 14-16, 2013.
The Conference will consist of keynote lectures, oral presentations and lively poster sessions. The organizers invite submissions that describe novel applications of NGS, as well as bioinformatic algorithms for data processing and analysis. Submissions dealing with efficient solutions to the management and storage of these large datasets are also welcomed.
The Conference will be preceded by an EMBnet Workshop on data analysis.
We are proud to announce the participation of the following keynote speakers:
You can find further information at the Conference site: www.thenextngschallenge.org/.
Abstract submission deadline is the 15th of February.
Deadline for registration is the 15th of April.
We look forward to seeing you in Spain!
Ana Conesa, CIPF (Spain)
Chair, The Next NGS Conference 2013
Dear ISCB and ASBCB Members and Colleagues,
The late poster submission deadline for the ISCB Africa ASBCB 2013 Conference on Bioinformatics is coming up on January 23, 2013.
The conference is being held in Tunis, Tunisia, March 13th -15th, 2013, and registration is now open.
The meeting will include topics of general interest in bioinformatics, with a special focus on the bioinformatics of African pathogens, vectors, and human genetics. We especially welcome abstracts on the bioinformatics of diseases relevant to Africa, and with the new Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) initiative the genetics focus is particularly relevant and timely.
Late Poster submissions: due by January 23rd
Click above to access the conference submission guidelines and then follow the links to submit your poster.
Early registration: deadline February 13th, 2013
Click above to access the registration page with pricing and workshop options. All early registrants will benefit from discounted prices, and all ISCB and ASBCB members will enjoy significant additional savings.
Come one, come all! Please share this mail with your colleagues and collaborators to encourage their participation as well. We look forward to seeing you in Tunisia in March!
Yours sincerely,
Alia Benkahla
ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference Chair
Dan Masiga
ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference Program Committee Chair
Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
The early registration discount for the ISCB Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences (CSHALS) ends this Friday, January 25.
Take advantage now to save!
Register online here: >> REGISTER NOW <<
CSHALS 2013 is the premier event focused on the use of semantic technologies in the pharmaceutical industry, including hospitals/healthcare institutions and academic research labs. If the emerging field of data science is an important element of your research, then CSHALS should be part of your plans for 2013!
Topics covered by CSHALS 2013 span the continuum between standards development and big data workflows - the scope between Life Science data representation and its analysis. To find out more about CSHALS topics follow the link here.
We look forward to your participation and hope to be welcoming you to Cambridge/Boston in February!
Sincerely,
The CSHALS 2013 Organizing Committee