GLBIO 2013 Call for Papers, Highlights, Flash Presentations and Posters

Dear ISCB Members, Colleagues, and Past GLBIO Attendees,

The Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference is ISCB's annual event focused on providing an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of research findings and methods within the North American Great Lakes region. The conference fosters long-term relationships, provides networking opportunities for researchers from within the region, and creates a collaborative environment for participants from around the world. The 2013 program has been retooled with new elements that will increase the opportunities to present research at many different stages of development. GLBIO will kick off with tutorials, and include a full program of keynotes, selected original research presentations, highlights of published works, flash presentations, and posters. Your participation is encouraged!

ALL CALLS FOR PRESENTATIONS ARE NOW OPEN:

Original Research Papers (Proceedings) Deadline: Jan 14, 2013

Highlight Presentations (previously published papers) Deadline: Jan 14, 2013

Flash Presentations (abstracts) Deadline: Jan 14, 2013

Poster Presentations (abstracts) Deadline: March 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 of University of Pittsburgh; Ziv Bar-Joseph of Carnegie Mellon University (and recipient of the 2012 ISCB Overton Prize); Jing Li of Case Western Reserve University; and Isidore Rigoutsos of Thomas Jefferson University.

We hope you will consider submitting today. Please also help spread the word by sharing this with your colleagues and collaborators. We very much look forward to welcoming you to Pittsburgh next May!

Sincerely,

Bruce Aronow, Elodie Ghedin, and Russell Schwartz

GLBIO 2013 Conference Chairs