Award Winners

Ian Lawson Van Toch Memorial Award for Outstanding Student Paper | RCSB PDB Poster Prize | Bio-ontologies COSI | BioVis COSI | CompMS COSI | CAMDA Trophy Award for Best Presentation | EvolCompGen COSIHiTSeQ Award | iRNA Award | MLCSB COSI | RegSys COSI | SysMod COSI | TransMed COSI

Award Winner:

Quentin Garrido, Université Gustave Eiffel, ESIEE Paris, LIGM, France
Visualizing hierarchies in scRNA-seq data using a density tree-biased autoencoder

Honorable Mentions:

Mohammadamin Edrisi, Rice University, United States
Phylovar: Towards scalable phylogeny-aware inference of single-nucleotide variations from single-cell DNA sequencing data

Bing-Xue Du, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
MLGL-MP: A Multi-Label Graph Learning Framework Enhanced by Pathway Interdependence for Metabolic Pathway Prediction

With Support From:

Nicola Bordin, University College London, London
AlphaFold2 reveals commonalities and novelties in protein structure space for 21 model organisms

COSI Awards

Bio-ontologies COSI

Best Poster

Michael Bradshaw, University of Colorado Boulder, United States
Identification of clusters containing future gene-to-phenotype relations across heterogeneous data sources

Best Talk

Frederic B. Bastian, University of Lausanne, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland
Creation and unification of development and life stage ontologies for animals

BioVis COSI

Best Long Abstract

Mark Keller, Harvard Medical School
Polyphony: an Interactive Transfer Learning Framework for Single-Cell Data Analysis

Best Poster

Camilo Valdes, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States
Microbiome Maps: Hilbert Curve Visualizations of Metagenomic Profiles

CompMS COSI

Best Talk

Daniela Klaproth-Andrade, Technical University of Munich, Germany
A genetic algorithm with deep learning-based guided mutations improves de novo peptide sequencing

Best Poster

Chathurani Ranathunge, Eastern Virginia Medical School, United States
promor: An Integrative Approach for Proteomics Data Analysis and Modeling

CAMDA Trophy Award for Best Presentation

Eunyoung Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea  
DeSIDE-DDI: Interpretable prediction of drug-drug interactions using drug-induced gene expressions

EvolCompGen Award

Talks
Winners

Taeyoung Kim, Giltae Song | Multi-modal Transformer based deep neural network for determining false positive structural variation calls
Joel Nitta, Eric Schuettpelz, Santiago Ramírez-Barahona, Wataru Iwasaki | An Open and Continuously Updated Fern Tree of Life (FTOL)

Honorable mentions

Mathieu Gascon, Yoann Anselmetti, Nadia El-Mabrouk | Non-binary Tree Reconciliation with Endosymbiotic Gene Transfer
Yuting Xiao, Maureen Stolzer, Dannie Durand | Domain Promiscuity Correlates with Rates of Domain Gain and Loss

Posters
Winner

Sungsik Kong, David Swofford, Laura Kubatko | Inference of phylogenetic networks from sequence data using composite likelihood

Honorable mentions

Ethan Wolfe, Joseph Burke, Stephanie Shames, Janani Ravi | Characterizing effector-metaeffector pairs in Legionella pneumophila
Chao Chun Liu, William Hsiao | Supervised machine learning reveals high efficacy of mobile elements to predict Salmonella outbreak linkage
Yiyan Yang, Xiaofang Jiang | Evolink: a Phylogenetic Approach for Rapid Identification of Phenotype-Genotype Associations in Large-scale Microbial Data

HiTSeQ Award

Best Talk

Rachael Aubin, University of Pennsylvania, United States
ConDecon: a clustering-independent method for estimating single-cell abundance in bulk tissues using reference single-cell RNA-seq data

iRNA Award

Best Posters

Christina Akirtava, Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Unraveling the roles of 5’ transcript leaders in gene regulation

Subhashis Natua, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Post-transcriptional silencing of the nuclear poly(A) binding protein expression is essential for postnatal cardiac maturation and function

MLCSB COSI

Best Poster

Yusuf Roohani, Stanford University, United States
GEARS: Predicting transcriptional outcomes of novel multi-gene perturbations

NetBio COSI

Best Talk

Mikaela Koutrouli, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center of Protein Research, Denmark FAVA: High-quality functional association networks inferred from massive scRNA-seq and proteomics data 

RegSys COSI

Best Talk

Jointly awarded to:

Pia Rautenstrauch, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany “Liam tackles complex multimodal single-cell data integration challenges”

and

Anusri Pampari, Stanford University, United States “Base-resolution deep learning models of chromatin accessibility reveal combinatorial sequence motif syntax and regulatory variation”

SysMod COSI

1st Best Poster: Caroline I. Larkin, University of Pittsburgh, United States
A Mechanistic Model of Alphavirus Replication within a Mammalian Host Cell

2nd Best Poster: Kang Jin, Cincinnati Children's Hopsital Medical Center, United States
CellDrift: Inferring Perturbation Responses in Temporally-Sampled Single Cell Data

3rd Best Poster Award: Shaimaa Bakr, Stanford University, United States
Identifying key multifunctional components shared by critical cancer and normal liver pathways via sparseGMM

TransMed COSI

Best Talk (Best Oral Presentation)

Madison Darmofal, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Weill Cornell Graduate School, United States
Genome-Derived Diagnosis: Deep Learning Model for Tumor Type Prediction using MSK-IMPACT data

Yue Wang, University of Pittsburgh, United States
Perturbed Transcriptomic Analyses Identify Chemo-immunotherapy Synergisms to Shift Anti-PD1 Resistance in Cancer

Best Poster

Junjie Peng, University College London, United Kingdom    
Patient-specific and disease-related determinants for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification in the APPLE (Atherosclerosis Prevention in Paediatric Lupus Erythematosus) clinical trial cohort

Jeppe Severens, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
Joint genetics and transcriptomics based classification of acute myeloid leukaemia patients

Exhibitor Floor Plan ISMB 2022

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Floor Plan

ISMB 2022 Exhibitors and Recruiters

Exhibitors

Booth Exhibitor Booth Exhibitor
1 International Society for Computational Biology 2 University of Wisconsin, Madison
3 MDPI, Life Journal 4  
5 Oxford University Press 6 Jackson Laboratories
7 Overleaf 8 IBM
9 Corteva 10 Harvard Medical School Department of Biomedical Informatics
11 MemVerge 12 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
13 F1000 14 Fulgent Genetics
15 Tempus Labs Inc.    

Virtual Exhibitors

Booth Exhibitor Booth Exhibitor
V16 Goblet V17 Frontiers

CAREER CENTER @ ISMB 2022

Recruit Engage Inform

Connect with over 1,400 researchers, students, & postdocs from around the world!

Promote, Discuss, & Interview – Enjoy three-days of connecting all in one place!

**Jobs will be posted on the ISCB career page giving you 60 days of promotion**

For further information, Contact: Nadine K Costello This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

ISMB Career Fair Talent Seeker:

Exclusive networking event held in the exhibit hall for recruiters to find that perfect candidate on the spot - Over 900 students & postdocs attend each year!

  • ISCB Members.... $300
  • Nonmember........$500
  • One (1) table with two chairs with identification sign from 12:30pm-2pm on July 14th
  • An hour of direct recruiting time with 300+ candidates
  • Access to pre-filled resume repository prior to event
  • Must be registered to attend conference

Space is limited. Sign up today!

 

Jobs Board:

  • ISCB Member.......... Free
    Nonmember........... $350
  • Job posting will appear onsite at the ISMB 2022 Jobs Board, online at the ISMB 2022 Career Center site and part of the Society's Career Center for 60 days.

Sign up!

Career Fair

Career Fair will take place Thursday, July 14th from 12:30pm - 2pm in the Exhibition Area - Grand Terrace.

Click HERE for the digital ISMB Jobs Board and visit the physical boards in the Grand Terrace.

Attending the Career Fair
  • Conference attendees participating in the Career Fair must upload their resume into the ISCB Career Center (https://careers.iscb.org/) resume repository and will have a 'Talent' ribbon on their conference badge.
    • Sign-up is allowed on-site to attend the Career Fair but attendees MUST stop by the ISCB Booth and sign up.
Recruiting at the Career Fair
  • Institutions/Exhibitors participating in the Career Fair will have a blue identifier on their exhibit booth/recruiter tables. Additional institutions that are recruiting will have a table in the Exhibit Hall near the Jobs Board.
    • Recruiters participating in the Career Fair will have available positions posted on the jobs board and/or additional opportunities at their tables and will have a 'Talents Seeker' ribbon on their conference badge.
  • Please stop by the ISCB booth to see Bel Hanson or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any questions.


Career Fair Recruiters

 

Exhibitor Info

Please read the following information carefully and ensure that you have reviewed your Sponsor/Exhibitor Listing at  https://www.iscb.org/ismb2022-exhibitors/floor-plan  If you have questions contact:

Steven Leard
ISMB Conference Director
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ISMB 2022 is a table top-display exhibition in the Grand Terrace at the Monona Terrace Convention Center.

Virtual Exhibit Booth details:

Find details to begin your planning for the virtual booth at:
 
Attend one of the training sessions for virtual exhibitors offered by JUNO at:

 

Audio Visual Equipment


If you require AV rental equipment please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Badges


Exhibitors who are participating in Madison should collect their name badges from the ISMB 2022 Conference Registration located on Level 4 of the conference center.

Catering for Exhibitors

If you require catering please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Please note NO outside food or beverages can be brought into the exhibit hall.

Conference Venue and Location

Grand Terrace at the Monona Terrace Convention Center.
One John Nolen Drive
Madison, Wisconsin, USA, 53703

Maps, Directions and Parking details are available at:
https://www.mononaterrace.com/directions-and-parking/

Damage to Premises


No nails, screws or other fixtures may be driven into any part of the premises including the floors. Should any damage occur, the Exhibitor would be invoiced for repair charges incurred.

Delivery Information / In-house Transport

Material will not be accepted earlier than Friday, July 1. 

Shipments should be addressed as follows:
ISMB 2022/(exhibiting company name)
c/o Monona Terrace East Loading Dock
1 John Nolen Drive
Madison WI 53703 
Command Center phone: 608-261-4053

You are responsible for bringing the materials to your booth or room the day of the event.  Ask the guest services attendant located at the main entrance how to get downstairs to retrieve your materials.  Monona Terrace will provide carts for assistance in handling your boxes.  Monona Terrace will not accept materials more than 3 business days before the event.

Outbound Shipping: You are responsible for bringing your materials to the East Loading Dock from your booth/room. Please make sure that you have the appropriate shipping labels attached to each item with payment for shipping. Monona Terrace is not responsible for payment for any outgoing shipments. Monona Terrace does not have a UPS account and is not able to call UPS for pickup. If you are shipping with UPS, you are responsible for calling UPS to pick up your shipment. UPS will not pick up your shipment if payment wasn’t made to them.

Monona Terrace can call FedEx for pickup.

Demonstrations


Demonstrations and other special activities must be located so that crowds will be comfortably contained within the contracted display space and not blocking any of the aisles. Distracting activities are subject to adjacent exhibitor and ISMB approval. Exhibitors may not play loud music on their stand.

Exhibitor After Hours Access


Exhibitors are allowed access to their stands during set up and tear down hours as well as one hour prior to and one hour after official opening hours. Exhibitors requiring access beyond these times, must receive approval from an ISMB representative.

Exhibitor Package


The ISMB Display package includes:

Exhibition Schedule

Installation

Sunday, July 10: Noon—4:00 pm - For Exhibitors

Display Hours

Sunday, July 10: 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm 
Monday, July 11: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Tuesday, July 12: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Wednesday, July 13: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday, July 14: 9:30 am - 2:00 pm



Coffee Breaks:
Morning: 9:45 am - 10:30 am (July 11-13)
Morning: 9:30 am - 10:15 am (July 14)
Afternoon: 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm (July 11-13)
Lunch is served with Posters on the lower level (Poster Hall)

Schedule at a glance:
https://www.iscb.org/cms_addon/conferences/ismb2022/schedule/schedule.php 

Dismantling / Exhibitor Move out:

Thursday, July 14: 2:00 pm

General Conference Information


General Information on ISMB 2022 is available by visiting: https://www.iscb.org/ismb2022-general/faq 

If you require additional information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Helium Balloons


Helium balloons are not permitted.

Hotel Accommodation

The conference organizers have negotiated travel discounts and secured a limited number of reduced-rate hotel rooms to make your trip to Madison affordable. Rooms at the group rate are limited and available on a first come- first-serve basis. These special rates are available until June 10, 2022.

Booking details are available at: https://www.iscb.org/ismb2022-general/hotels

Indemnification


It is understood that the exhibitor assumes entire responsibility for and agrees to protect, indemnify, defend and save ISCB, ISMB, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center and their respective consultants, agents, directors, employees, licensees and assigns them harmless from and against all claims, losses and damages to persons or property, governmental charges of fines and attorney's fees arising out of or caused by exhibitor's installation, removal, maintenance, occupancy or the use of or part thereof negligently or otherwise, excluding any such liability caused by the sole negligence of ISCB, ISMB, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, or its employees and agents.

The exhibitor shall indemnify the ISCB, ISMB, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, against, and hold it and its representatives harmless from complaints, suits or liabilities resulting from negligence of the exhibitor in connection with the exhibits use of display space. ISCB, ISMB, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center shall have no liability for loss, damage or theft, through any cause, of goods, hand carried items, exhibits, or other materials owned, rented or leased by the exhibitor. Personal effects, souvenir handouts and other small, easily removed valuable items should not be left unattended. In no event will ISCB, ISMB, the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center have any liability for incidental, consequential, special, indirect or punitive damages for any harm arising from, or related to, the use of exhibit space under the contract agreement.


Internet

Complimentary wifi is available in the exhibit area - however if you require a dedicated internet connection for demonstrations, etc please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ISCB Exhibitor Rules and Regulations


Please review the ISCB Exhibitor and Technology Track guidelines for presentations available here

Leaflet Distribution


Leaflets may not be distributed from anywhere other than the exhibition stand without receiving prior permission from the Organizers. Leaflets displayed or distributed at any other point throughout the venue, without prior permission, will be removed and destroyed by the Organizers.

Lead Generation


No lead generation technologies are offered at ISMB 2022. The conference platform allows delegates to network and exhibitors can use access the platform and this method of networking.

Security


ISMB does not provide security in the exhibit area during off-hours. Exhibitors are encouraged to remove any valuable items from the exhibit area each evening. Please note that ISMB, ISCB and the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center are not responsible for missing or lost articles at the conference.