ISMB 2020
Submit your research

NEW: Call for SARS-Cov-2 / COVID-19 Abstracts

Submission Deadline: May 14, 11:59 PM ET

We invite abstracts for research that is topical to the current SARS-Cov-2 / COVID-19 pandemic for consideration for presentation during the ISMB 2020 conference. The conference will be held as a virtual conference.

*All authors of accepted abstracts must be registered to present and be able to attend the conference virtually.

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Call for Late Posters

Submissions Deadline: May 28, 11:59 PM ET

• 3DSIG • Bio-Ontologies • BIOINFO-CORE • BioVis
• BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference • CAMDA
• CompMS • Education • Evolution Comparative Genomics
• Function • HitSeq • MLCSB • MICROBIOME • NetBio •
RegSys • iRNA • SysMod • TextMining • TransMed
• VarI • General Computational Biology

Each accepted poster presenter will have their poster along with a recording of their presentation as part of the virtual conference Poster Hall. The Poster Hall will be open throughout the duration of the conference. Scheduled poster presentation times will allow the author to interact with the participants. More information can be found here.

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ISMB 2020 Registration Fees

Fees include full access to the online virtual platform of the conference as well as exclusive access to all of the content until Oct 31, 2020. From November 2020, the talks, with the appropriate permissions, will be available for free at ISCBtv. Register here.

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Make the Most of Your ISCB Membership

ISCB members receive exclusive registration discount for ISMB 2020.

If you are unable to afford the participation fee for ISMB 2020 and hold an active ISCB membership, you can submit for a fellowship award that will cover the cost of the registration fees. With these unprecedented times, we will be opening up these awards to anyone who is an active ISCB member with priority going to members in low-income countries and students and postdoctoral fellows.

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Final Days to Submit Your

Research to ISMB 2020

Deadline April 30

You can be a part of this world class programme!

ISMB 2020
Call for abstract submissions for oral and poster presentation consideration, Deadline April 30

Submit your research and become a part of the virtual ISMB 2020 conference!

Abstract Deadline: April 30, 11:59 PM ET

CAMDA Extended Deadline: May 25

The ISMB 2020 scientific program is comprised of abstract submissions and organized thematically in partnership with the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs).  

Plan to submit your unpublished or published research to these tracks:

• 3DSIG • Bio-Ontologies • BIOINFO-CORE •  BioVis
• BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference • CAMDA
• CompMS • Education • Evolution Comparative Genomics
• Function • HitSeq • MLCSB • MICROBIOME • NetBio •
RegSys • iRNA • SysMod • TextMining • TransMed
• VarI • General Computational Biology

*Can’t find your home COSI? Simply submit to the general computational biology track above for consideration.

All abstracts selected for oral presentation will be pre-recorded talks with live Q&A.  Those abstracts accepted as posters will be part of the virtual poster hall with a pre-recorded presentation of the poster.

The presenting author of the accepted abstracts must be registered to present and be able to attend the conference virtually.

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NEW: Call for SARS-Cov-2 / COVID-19 Abstracts

Submission Deadline: May 14, 11:59 PM ET

We invite abstracts for research that is topical to the current SARS-Cov-2 / COVID-19 pandemic for consideration for presentation during the ISMB 2020 conference. The conference will be held as a virtual conference. All authors of accepted abstracts must be registered to present and be able to attend the conference virtually.

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ISMB 2020 Registration Fees

Fees include full access to the online virtual platform of the conference as well as exclusive access to all of the content until Oct 31, 2020. From November 2020, the talks, with the appropriate permissions, will be available for free at ISCBtv.  Register here.

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Make the Most of Your ISCB Membership
ISCB members receive exclusive registration discount for ISMB 2020.

If you are unable to afford the participation fee for ISMB 2020 and hold an active ISCB membership, you can submit for a fellowship award that will cover the cost of the registration fees. With these unprecedented times, we will be opening up these awards to anyone who is an active ISCB member with priority going to members in low-income countries and students and postdoctoral fellows.

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Hot Off the e-Press

ISCB Spring 2020 Newsletter

Featured in this Issue:

• ISMB 2020 Virtual Conference, including programme highlights
• ISCB Class of 2020 Fellows
• ISCB Award Winners
• Remembering Cyrus Chothia, Russ Doolittle and James Taylor
  
  

A Message from the ISCB President, ISMB 2020

Dear Colleagues/Members,

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ISCB has decided to convert ISMB 2020 into a virtual on-line conference.

The conference will still foster fresh dialogues, collaboration, and learning opportunities as it has always done. Here is what to expect in the virtual environment:

• Live and on-demand sessions to benefit attendees from all time zones
• More than 500 expected scientific talks
• Exclusive access to the ISMB 2020 on-demand repository of talks and poster presentations for viewing at your leisure after conference dates
• Live question and answer feature to engage with the speaker during sessions
• Live chat feature to engage with other participants within your session room
• A networking café for video meet ups with colleagues, friends, or future collaborators
• Opportunity to explore the virtual exhibit hall to chat & meet with exhibitors
• Opportunity to explore the virtual poster hall (yes, all of those great poster presentations in one place!)
• A virtual Career Fair
• A virtual ISCB Town Hall

We ask for your understanding that these services will not come for free. After much deliberation, the Executive Committee of ISCB has developed the following fee structure for attending ISMB 2020.

The fees include full access to the online virtual platform of the conference as well as exclusive access to all of the content until Oct 31, 2020. From November 2020, the talks, with the appropriate permissions, will be available for free at ISCBtv.

With these fees, ISCB expects to end the fiscal year of 2020 by investing 25% of its assets. The ISCB Executive Committee has deliberately decided on this investment in order to continue to fulfill the mission of the Society in terms of scientific networking and presentation of scientific results. Higher fees would possibly be easier on ISCB’s operating budget but would be less attractive to the attendees of the conference and likely reduce participation. Lower fees would overly strain the budget of ISCB, as a further loss would significantly cut into the possibilities of the Society to serve its members in the future.

If you are unable to afford the participation fee for ISMB 2020 and hold an active ISCB membership, you can submit for a fellowship award that will cover the cost of the registration fees. With these unprecedented times, we will be opening up these awards to anyone who is an active ISCB member with priority going to members in low-income countries and students and postdoctoral fellows.

We hope that ISCB’s offer of a virtual conference at these rates is attractive to you and that you will decide to participate (oral and poster presentation opportunities are still available via the open call for submissions). While this new format has been pressed on us by the pandemic, we also see it as an opportunity to test new ways of networking in our society which spans the whole globe – ways that may prove beneficial also for times after we have controlled the pandemic.

Thank you for your continued support of ISCB. We hope you "see" you in July at ISMB 2020, ISCB’s first virtual conference connecting the world.

Sincerely,

Thomas Lengauer
ISCB President

ISMB 2020
Call for Abstract Submissions, Deadline April 30

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Submit your research and become a part of the virtual ISMB 2020 landscape!

Abstract Deadline: April 30, 11:59 PM ET

CAMDA Extended Deadline: May 25

The ISMB 2020 scientific program is comprised of abstract submissions and organized thematically in partnership with the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs).

Plan to submit your unpublished or published research to these tracks:

• 3DSIG • Bio-Ontologies • BIOINFO-CORE • BioVis
• BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference • CAMDA
• CompMS • Education • EvolutionComparative Genomics
• Function • HitSeq • MLCSB • MICROBIOME • NetBio •
RegSys • iRNA • SysMod • TextMining • TransMed
• VarI • General Computational Biology

Can’t find your home COSI? Simply submit to the general computational biology track above for consideration.

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NEW: Call for SARS-Cov-2 / COVID-19 Abstracts

Submission Deadline: May 14, 11:59 PM ET

We invite abstracts for research that is topical to the current SARS-Cov-2 / COVID-19 pandemic for consideration for presentation during the ISMB 2020 conference. The conference will be held as a virtual conference. All authors of accepted abstracts must be registered to present and be able to attend the conference virtually.

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ISMB 2020
ISMB 2020 to be Held as a Virtual Conference, July 13-16

The ISMB 2020 Steering Committee and ISCB Leadership have been closely monitoring the growing global COVID-19 outbreak. Because of increasing concerns with travel along with guidance to minimize group gatherings, ISMB 2020 will be held as a 100% virtual conference, July 13-16.

The health and safety of our participants, sponsors, exhibitors, invited speakers and the local community in Montreal are paramount.

Here is what you need to know:

• ISMB 2020 will be 100% virtual.
• The entire conference will be streamed online with sessions that are both live and “as live” with the ability for questioning and answering in real time. To benefit those in different time zones, all content will also be available on demand. This includes poster presentations within the virtual poster hall.
• Existing registrations will automatically be converted into online registrations. Login details will be sent to you before the conference.
• For those who are a part of the scientific program, instructions for remote presentations will be sent.
• If you already arranged air travel, cancel your flights ASAP.
• If you have made hotel reservations through the ISCB and onPeak, those reservations will be automatically cancelled and the applicable hotel cancellation policy will apply. If you made reservations elsewhere, you should cancel those reservations yourself.

Registration refunds
Existing registrations will automatically convert into online registrations. Participants that do not wish to attend the meeting virtually can cancel their registration and receive a full refund.

The differences between the original registration fee for physical attendance and the virtual online registration fee will be refunded at your request at the completion of ISMB 2020. To support the Society in this difficult time, participants have the option of contributing their partial registration refund to ISCB to assist with the substantial cost associated with the cancellation of the physical meeting. If you wish to receive your partial refund, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by June 30, 2020.

Controlled access to meeting content
Only registered participants will have online access to the conference. Presenters concerned about unpublished data can request that specific slides not be shown. In exceptional cases, the presenter can request that none of their slides be provided online.

Certificates of attendance/recognition of presentation
You will receive a certificate of presentation as well as participation for the conference. Certificates of participation will be delivered after the conference once your attendance (log on once daily) is confirmed. Poster presenters will also receive a certificate for their uploaded presentation.

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Submit your research and become an integral part of ISMB 2020!

Abstract Deadline: April 16, 11:59 PM ET

CAMDA Extended Deadline: May 25

The ISMB 2020 scientific program is comprised of abstract submissions and organized thematically in partnership with the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs). Plan to submit your unpublished or published research to these tracks:

• 3DSIG • Bio-Ontologies • BIOINFO-CORE • BioVis
• BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference • CAMDA
• CompMS • Education • EvolutionComparative Genomics
• Function • HitSeq • MLCSB • MICROBIOME • NetBio •
RegSys • iRNA • SysMod • TextMining • TransMed
• VarI • General Computational Biology

Can’t find your home COSI? Simply submit to the general computational biology track above for consideration.

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ISMB 2020
Call for Abstract Submissions

Submit your research and become an integral part of ISMB 2020!

Abstract Deadline: April 16, 11:59 PM ET

CAMDA Extended Deadline: May 25

The ISMB 2020 scientific program is comprised of abstract submissions and organized thematically in partnership with the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs).   Plan to submit your unpublished or published research to these tracks:

• 3DSIG • Bio-Ontologies • BIOINFO-CORE •  BioVis
• BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference • CAMDA
• CompMS • Education • EvolutionComparative Genomics
• Function • HitSeq • MLCSB • MICROBIOME • NetBio •
RegSys • iRNA • SysMod • TextMining • TransMed
• VarI • General Computational Biology

Can’t find your home COSI? Simply submit to the general computational biology track above for consideration.

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