ISCB Fellows Program
The International Society for Computational Biology introduced the ISCB Fellows Program in 2009 to honor members that have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics. During the inaugural year of the program, ISCB conferred Fellows status on the seven winners-to-date of the ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award, and recognized these distinguished scientists during the ISMB/ECCB 2009 conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
Honoring outstanding members through a class of Fellows has been a long-standing goal of the ISCB board of directors. "The decision of the board to make this a reality by selecting the first class of ISCB Fellows, while establishing criteria and putting a process in place for future selection, is a welcome addition to our Society,” said ISCB President Burkhard Rost. He added, “There are very few honors or awards specific to computational biology and bioinformatics, and by creating a Fellows program we are able to bestow much deserved recognition on exceptional members of our ISCB community.”
The distinction of ISCB Fellow is based on the following criteria:
- Fellows status is limited to 1% of the average ISCB membership of the preceding three years.
- Nomination by an ISCB member must include a statement of support for the nominee, and be further supported by endorsement from at least three members selected by the nominator; members endorse through an online form with the option to include a brief statement of support (formal letter not required).
- Nominees must have demonstrated excellence in research, service to the ISCB Community, education and/or administration.
- Nominees must have been a member of the Society for at least three of the last six years.
- Fellow status is automatically bestowed upon the Accomplishment by a Sr. Scientist Award winner.
The ISCB Awards Committee will select the Fellows from among nominations received each year. Upon selection, Fellows may use the title immediately and will be recognized at the ISMB meeting following their selection.
Below are the 2010 and 2009 ISCB Fellows. The 2011 nomination process and nomination form will be accessible in October 2010 HERE
2010 ISCB Fellows
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Russ B. Altman,
Stanford University,
USA |
Lawrence Hunter, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA |
Eugene Myers, Howard Hughes Medical Institute-Janelia Farm Research Center, Ashburn, USA |
Chris Sander,
2010 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award winner, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA |
Gary Stormo, Washington University in
St. Louis, USA |
Alfonso Valencia, Spanish National Cancer Research Center and Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute, Madrid, Spain |
2009 ISCB Fellows
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| David Haussler, 2008 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award winner; University of California, Santa Cruz, USA |
David Lipman, 2004 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award winner; National Center
for Biotechnology
Information (NCBI), US |
Webb Miller, 2009 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award winner; Pennsylvania State University, USA |
David Sankoff, 2003 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award winner; University of
Ottawa and Université de Montréal, Canada |
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Temple Smith,
2007 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award winner; Boston University, USA |
Janet Thornton, 2005 ISCB Accomplishment
by a Senior Scientist Award winner; European Bioinformatics
Institute (EBI), UK |
Mike Waterman, 2006 ISCB Accomplishment
by a Senior Scientist Award winner; University of Southern California, USA |
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