David Haussler is honored with the ISCB 2008 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award. He will be presented with his award and deliver the closing keynote talk at ISMB 2008 in Toronto. See Haussler's bio on the conference website at www.iscb.org/ismb2008/keynotes_details.php#haussler.
Aviv Regev named as the ISCB 2008 Overton Prize winner. She will also be presented with her prize and deliver a keynote talk at ISMB 2008 in Toronto. See Regev's bio on the conference website at www.iscb.org/ismb2008/keynotes_details.php#regev.
For more information about these ISCB awards, including past recipients, please see www.iscb.org/ssaa.shtml and www.iscb.org/overton.shtml respectively.