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Upcoming Conferences -- Mark Your Calendars!

ISMB 2018 ECCB 2018 ISCB-LA SOIBIO EMBnet 2018 ROCKY 2018 RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM
ISMB 2018
July 6 – 10, 2018
Chicago, Illinois
ECCB 2018
Sept 8 – 12, 2018
Athens, Greece
ISCB-LA SOIBIO EMBnet 2018
Nov 5 – 9, 2018
Viña del Mar, Chile
ROCKY 2018
December 6 - 8, 2018
Aspen/Snowmass Colorado
RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM
December 8 - 10, 2018
New York City, USA




Save the Date: Chicago Genomics and Data Science Hackathon
From 11-13 July 2018, the NCBI will help out with a Data Science hackathon on the Northwestern School of Medicine Campus in Downtown Chicago! The hackathon will focus on genomics as well as general Data Science analyses including text, image and sequence processing.


There's Still Time - Register Today!  Online Registration Closes June 21
Read through the exciting scientific line-up heading to Chicago! -ISMB Program- Join us to connect, engage, and inspire!


VIZBI 2019 - Save the Date!
The 5th EMBO Workshop on Visualising Biological Data, which marks the 10th anniversary of VIZBI, will take place in Heidelberg, Germany, at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre from 13 to 15 March 2019. The full program and registration information for this ISCB Affiliated meeting will be announced shortly.


Looking for a Position in Bioinformatics?
Mark your calendars for the ISMB 2018 Career Fair on Monday, Jul 9th at 12PM in the Exhibit Hall! Meet with representatives from numerous companies and universities!  Join us to promote your university's degree programs or open positions within research laboratories! 


Mark Your Calendars!

The fifth CAGI (Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation) conference will be co-located with ISMB in Chicago from 5-7 July 2018.  We invite ISCB members to hear the latest assessment of computational methods for predicting phenotype information from genome variation. There is a 10% registration discount for ISCB members, and CAGI registration confers a $50 discount for ISMB registration. Space for observers is limited.  Learn more about CAGI at https://genomeinterpretation.org.
Register at https://genomeinterpretation.org/user/register.


ASHG/IGES/ISCB Joint Symposium: Working with Big Data in the Cloud--Research and Privacy

ASHG/IGES/ISCB Joint Symposium: Working with Big Data in the Cloud--Research and Privacy



Launch of All of Us Research Program
Enrollment for the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program is officially open! The All of Us Research Program is a momentous effort to advance individualized prevention, treatment and care for people of all backgrounds. The program’s goal is to enroll 1 million or more volunteers, and oversample communities that have been underrepresented in research to make the program the largest, most diverse resource of its kind.


Calling Principal Investigators to Host Internships!
The ISCB Student Council (ISCB-SC) is currently soliciting principal investigators (PIs) to host internships through the SC’s Internships Program. The program connects students in developing nations with PIs in developed countries to gain hands-on short-term research experience. These internships benefit the intern as well as the host lab both scientifically but also culturally. The program launched in 2009 and is committed to providing computational biology training for students from developing nations and improving competencies in the field. If you’re interested in hosting an internship or would like to know more about the internships program you can read our recently published article in PLOS Computational Biology [1], visit internships.iscbsc.org.


ISCB Art in Science:  Deadline - June 23!
The ISCB Art in Science Competition is a way to show the beauty of science in art form. ISCB invites submission to the 2018 ISCB Art in Science competition. All interested members (hereafter referred to as "artists") may submit images that have been generated as part of a research project and other creative efforts that involve scientific concepts or employ scientific tools and methods. Learn more at www.iscb.org/iscb-art-in-science-competition.
 

Missing GLBIO this year?
We are too but very excited for GLBIO 2019 in Madison. In the meantime, take a look at the GLBio PLOS ONE Collection (http://collections.plos.org/s/glbio) and we look forward to seeing you at ISMB 2018 in Chicago!


OUP Open Access Discount! 

ISCB works closely with OUP Bioinformatics to reduce open access charges. ISCB is pleased to announce that OUP Bioinformatics will now offer a 15% discount on open access charges for all ISCB members. The discount will be applied after acceptance and requires author noting that he/she is an ISCB member. Not a member? Join today!


ISCB Journal Subscription Discounts - New Titles Added
All ISCB members interested in subscribing to print or online issues of traditional subscription-based journals receive a discount on subscriptions to the journals highlighted below. Student members are entitled to additional discounts, when available. To subscribe, log into My ISCB and select the Subscribe to Journal menu item located on the left-hand menu. Take advantage of this DISCOUNT and order your journal TODAY!


ISCB Career Center
The ISCB Career Center - Connecting you to your career! It is the place to post a job, search for a job, or upload your resume. Job posting and resume upload is complimentary for members. Nonmember may also participate for a nominal fee.


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