ISCB Africa ASBCB 2013 - Early Registration Closing

Dear ISCB and ASBCB Members and Colleagues,

Early Registration for the ISCB Africa ASBCB 2013 Conference on Bioinformatics is closing soon!

Be sure to take advantage of savings by registering today!

Register (here) Now!
deadline February 13th, 2013

All early registrants will benefit from discounted prices, and all ISCB and ASBCB members will enjoy significant additional savings. Click the above link to go to the registration page with details on pricing and various workshops.

This meeting constitutes the third joint meeting of ISCB and ASBCB, and the fourth conference of the ASBCB on Bioinformatics of African pathogens, hosts and vectors. The conference is being held in Tunis, Tunisia, March 13th-15th, 2013. It features a broad Bioinformatics scope that includes a special focus on infectious diseases relevant to Africa.

Keynote speakers this year include:

• Pr. Doumbia Seydou
• Dr. Erik Bongcam-Rudloff
• Pr. Jean-Michel Claverie
• Pr. Muntaser Ibrahim
• Pr. Alice Carolyn McHardy
• Dr. Alfonso Valencia

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to attend! 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

GLBIO 2013 - Registration and Travel Awards Info

Dear ISCB Members, Colleagues, and Past GLBIO Attendees:

The Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference, an ISCB annual event for the North American Great Lakes region, is quickly approaching!

The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of research findings and methods and development of long-term relationships and networking opportunities for researchers within the region, as well as from around the world. The 2013 program includes multiple opportunities for research presentation - tutorials and keynote addresses, selected original research presentations, highlights of published works, as well as flash presentations and posters. Your participation is encouraged!

• Registration is now open at:  www.iscb.org/glbio2013-register and early registration pricing is available through April 14, 2013.

• Travel Awards are available through FASEB MARC Travel Award opportunities (www.faseb.org/MARC-and-Professional-Development/Travel-Awards.aspx). The deadline for submitting a request is April 2, 2013.

• Poster Presentations:   Poster Presentations (abstracts) Deadline: Mar 22, 2013

GLBIO topic areas include: Algorithm Development & Machine Learning; Databases and Ontologies; Text Mining & Natural Language Processing; Bioimage Analysis; Biological Networks; Chemical Biology; Clinical Informatics & Epidemiology; Disease Models & Molecular Medicine; Evolutionary, Comparative, and Meta-Genomics, Gene Regulation & Transcriptomics; Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics; Personalized Genetics and Genomics: Exome, Genome, Transcriptome; RNA & Protein: Structure, Modification, Localizations, Interaction, Function.


This year's keynote presenters exemplify the diversity of the field within this region:

• Ivet Bahar, University of Pittsburgh

• Ziv Bar-Joseph, Carnegie Mellon University (and recipient of the 2012 ISCB Overton Prize)

• Jing Li, Case Western Reserve University

• Isidore Rigoutsos, Thomas Jefferson University

We look forward to your participation! Please help spread the word by sharing this information with your colleagues and collaborators.

Sincerely,

Bruce Aronow, Elodie Ghedin, and Russell Schwartz

GLBIO 2013 Conference Chairs

ISCB Africa ASBCB 2013 - URGENT UPDATE

Dear ISCB and ASBCB Members and Colleagues,

Due to the current unrest in Tunisia, an executive decision has been made to relocate the ISCB Africa ASBCB 2013 Conference on Bioinformatics.  The Steering Committee is diligently working to find a new location. We will provide additional information as soon as it becomes available.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will update you regarding the situation as soon as we can.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding.

Yours sincerely,

Alia Benkahla
ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference Chair

Diane Kovats
Executive Director, ISCB

ISCB Africa ASBCB 2013 (Morocco) - Last Chance for Online Registration!

The ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics is coming to Morocco, and on-line registration closes  

Wednesday, March 6th.  

Don't miss this exciting conference. Register NOW!

The conference will take place March 13-15, 2013 at the Novotel City Center Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco.  Pre-conference workshops will be offered March 11-12 at the Institut Pasteur in Morocco.

ISCB Africa ASBCB 2013 Conference on Bioinformatics will feature a broad Bioinformatics scope that includes a special focus on infectious diseases relevant to Africa.

Keynote Speakers are

• Erik Bongcam-Rudloff
  Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  Next Generation Biotechnologies and society: New Insights
• Doumbia Seydou, University of Bamako, Mali.
  Bioinformatics for Public Health in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
• Jean-Michel Claverie
  University of Mediterranée School of Medicine
  Open questions About Giant Viruses
• Muntaser Ibrahim
  University of Khartoum
  Genome Analysis Under Thrust of Diversity
• Dr. Alfonso Valencia
  Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  Cancer Genome Analysis

To view the entire program, visit www.iscb.org/iscbafrica2013-program/agenda

We look forward to seeing you in Casablanca!

Sincerely,

Alia Benkahla,  Conference Chair

Fouzia Radouani,  Conference Co-chair