Press Release - ISMB/ECCB 2019 Child Care

ISCB is pleased to announce the arrangement of childcare services provided by profawo Basel (to be named Familycare Basel July 1, 2019) for registered delegates’ attending the ISMB/ECCB 2019.  Slots are limited and may be reserved on a first come first serve basis for the duration of the event July 21 - 25, 2019.

profawo Basel (short for “pro family and work”) has been the competent solution provider in Switzerland since 2000 for all questions concerning the balancing of work and family life. profawo Basel is operating seven daycare centers and a day kindergarten.  

During the ISMB/ECCB 2019 meeting, childcare will be offered for children aged 3 months to 12 years for registered congress delegates during the following hours:

The children will be looked after in Basel Congress Center by specialized caregivers with proven qualifications and experience. The program includes indoor activities as well as excursions and strolls (depending on the age of the children, the composition of the groups and weather conditions).

Age-appropriate food, diapers (Pampers), hygiene articles as well as age-appropriate toys, board games and DVDs will be provided by profawo Basel. Should special hygiene and care articles or a special diet be necessary for the child, we ask you to contact us at an early stage.

Registration details will be available online at www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2019.

ISCB would like to thank the following groups for their generous support of this initiative making childcare possible in 2019!

GLBIO 2019
Did You Forget?  There's Still Time to Submit Research!

	MAY 2019
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Submit your late breaking research today!

Late Breaking Poster Submission Deadline:
May 09, 2019

From novice to expert - there is something for everyone @GLBIO 2019!

Online Registration Deadline:
May 13, 2019!

The conference is organized by the Great Lakes Bioinformatics Consortium to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of research findings and methods. An important goal for the conference is to foster long term collaborative relationships and networking opportunities within the domain of computational approaches to biology. The program will include oral presentations, poster presentations, invited keynote speakers and tutorials.














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ISMB/ECCB 2019
The Countdown has Begun!

The Technology Track allows organizations to showcase their software and/or hardware relevant to the bioinformatics/molecular biology community. Demonstrate your technology to a renowned audience at the premier comp bio conference of the year!

Prior to submitting please review the ISCB Exhibitor and Technology Track guidelines for presentations available here.

CAMDA: Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis
EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 12, 2019

Submit your research to the Late Poster Submissions!
LATE POSTER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 15, 2019

ISMB/ECCB 2019 attracts top international scientists and key decision makers in the life sciences – experts in areas such as computer science, molecular biology and medicine, mathematics and statistics – from the world's largest and most prestigious research institutions and companies.

ISMB/ECCB 2019 is expected to attract scientific leaders from over 50 countries – that’s 50 markets!

Don't Miss These Important Deadlines!

ISMB/ECCB 2019 Call for Technology Track
May 11, 2019

ISMB/ECB 2019 CAMDA Extended Abstracts
May 12, 2019

GLBIO 2019 Online Registration
May 13, 2019

ISCB Officers Nominations
May 25, 2019

ISCB congratulates Christine Orengo on being named a Fellow of the Royal Society!
Christine Orengo, longtime member and dedicated volunteer of ISCB, has recently been elected as a Royal Society Fellow.  We congratulate Christine on this great honor!
https://royalsociety.org/people/christine-orengo-14112/

8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition!
Deadline May 17, 2019
Only a few weeks remain to submit entries to the 8th ISCB Wikipedia Competition! Entry to the competition is open to students and trainees of any level, both as individuals and as groups. Prizes of up to $500 will be awarded to the best new and improved Wikipedia articles at ISMB/ECCB 2019. Enter today!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ISCB-WP8


Mark Your Calendars!
Save the date for the ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2019 Conference: Nov 11 - 15, 2019!
www.iscb.org/iscbafrica2019


Register for ISMB/ECCB 2019 & Book Your Hotel!
We are pleased to announce that we have two hotels serving as Headquarters hotels. The Swissotel connected to the Congress Center Basel (CCB) and the Hyperion Hotel (approximately 5 minutes from the CCB). Discounted rates available at both. Don't wait --- book today and lock in this great rate when you register to attend this premier computational biology conference.

Art in Science Award
Deadline: June 30, 2019
Find the beauty of science through art!
ISCB members attending the ISMB/ECCB 2019 are encouraged to showcase the artistic side of science by submitting to The Art in Science Competition!  Submit it your work today!
www.iscb.org/iscb-art-in-science-competition

Student Council Symposium 2019 Announced

Register for GLBIO 2019!
Online Registration Deadline: May 13
Don't be left wishing you were involved in this high level conference! Submit high quality research to the 13th Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (an official conference of the International Society for Computational Biology).

ISCB RSG - SE USA Symposium on Computational Biology
Register today for the second annual ISCB SRG - SE USA Symposium on Computational Biology. Join us on December 6 – 7, 2019 in St. Petersburg, Florida. For more information, please visit http://rsg-se-usa.iscbsc.org/.

ISCB Leadership Nominations and Elections
ISCB Leadership Nominations are OPEN! ISCB Members are encouraged to put forward nominees for open leadership positions.

ELIXIR/ISB/GOBLET survey - We need your help!
Take the ELIXIR/ISB/GOBLET survey focused on mapping the data management and curation landscape. This survey is part of an ELIXIR Implementation Study designed to map the landscape of biocuration, the resources and tools used, and the training that is available and required.

ISCB Members SAVE BIG on Journal Subscriptions!
Looking for a great holiday gift? Look no further! Check out our title selection today: Bioinformatics - ISCB Community Journal by F1000Research.


15% Tuition Discount for ISCB Members
ISCB members receive a discount of 15% per course when they enroll in the online MS in Bioinformatics or MS in Health & Medical Informatics program from Brandeis University. Students prepare to start or advance their informatics careers with state-of-the-art education from expert faculty in a flexible, 100% online format.


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.


ISCB Membership:
Not yet a member of ISCB? Don't keep missing out on conference discounts, access to incredible science and so much more! Click here for all membership benefits and further details!


ISCB Senior Member Designation
The senior member designation is attained by members who are one decade post degree and who have demonstrated sustained contributions to the field of computational biology or to ISCB.


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Upcoming Conferences -- Mark Your Calendars!

RECOMB 2019 May 5 – 8, 2019 Washington, USA	GLBIO 2019 May 19 - 22, 2019 Madison, Wisconsin, USA	ISMB/ECCB 2019 July 21 - 25, 2019 Basel, Switzerland	RSGDREAM 2019 Nov 4 - 6, 2019 New York, USA	ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2019 Nov 11 - 15, 2019 Kumasi, Ghana

GLBIO 2019
Call for Late Breaking Submissions

	APRIL 2019
	15
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	PROGRAM SCHEDULE
	CONFERENCE HOTELS
	CONFERENCE INFORMATION
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Don't Miss Out!

Late Breaking Poster Submission Deadline:
April 15, 2019

Online Registration Deadline:
May 13, 2019!

The conference is organized by the Great Lakes Bioinformatics Consortium to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of research findings and methods. An important goal for the conference is to foster long term collaborative relationships and networking opportunities within the domain of computational approaches to biology. The program will include oral presentations, poster presentations, invited keynote speakers and tutorials.

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Communities of Special Interest Track:

• 3DSIG • Bio-Ontologies • BioVis • BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference • CAMDA • CompMS • Education • Evolution and Comparative Genomics • Function • HitSeq • MLCSB • MICROBIOME • NetBio • RegSys • RNA •
SysMod • Text Mining • TransMed • VarI • General Computational Biology

Can’t find your home COSI? ISCB welcomes submissions for all research in computational biology and bioinformatics. Simply submit to the general computational biology track above for oral and poster presentation consideration.

The Technology Track allows organizations to showcase their software and/or hardware relevant to the bioinformatics/molecular biology community.  Demonstrate your technology to a renowned audience at the premier comp bio conference of the year!

Prior to submitting please review the ISCB Exhibitor and Technology Track guidelines for presentations available here.

ISMB/ECCB 2019 attracts top international scientists and key decision makers in the life sciences – experts in areas such as computer science, molecular biology and medicine, mathematics and statistics – from the world's largest and most prestigious research institutions and companies.

ISMB/ECCB 2019 is expected to attract scientific leaders from over 50 countries – that’s 50 markets!

GLBIO 2019
Register Today & SAVE!

	APRIL 2019
	08
	CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
	KEY DATES
	KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
	PROGRAM SCHEDULE
	CONFERENCE HOTELS
	CONFERENCE INFORMATION
	JOIN ISCB

Register today for this dynamic conference!

Early Registration Deadline:
April 08, 2019

The conference is organized by the Great Lakes Bioinformatics Consortium to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of research findings and methods. An important goal for the conference is to foster long term collaborative relationships and networking opportunities within the domain of computational approaches to biology. The program will include oral presentations, poster presentations, invited keynote speakers and tutorials.

From novice to expert, there is something for everyone. Register today for GLBIO 2019!
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ISCB Membership:
Not yet a member of ISCB? Don't keep missing out on conference discounts, access to incredible science and so much more! Click here for all membership benefits and further details!

Don't Miss These Important Deadlines!

GLBIO 2019 Early Registration deadline
April 08, 2019

ISMB/ECCB 2019 Call for Talks and Posters Abstracts deadline
April 11, 2019

GLBIO 2019 Late Breaking Poster Submission deadline
April 15, 2019

ISCB Board of Directors Nominations deadline
April 18, 2019

ISMB/ECCB 2019 Call for Technology Track deadline
May 09, 2019

ISMB/ECCB 2019: Call for Abstract Submissions!
Deadline: April 11!
CAMDA Deadline: May 12!
ISMB/ECCB invites abstracts for research that is topical to bioinformatics and computational biology to one of the Communities of Special Interest Tracks:

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

Can’t find your home COSI? ISCB welcomes submissions for all research in computational biology and bioinformatics. Simply submit to the general computational biology track above for oral and poster presentation consideration.



Register for ISMB/ECCB 2019 & Book Your Hotel!
We are pleased to announce that we have two hotels serving as Headquarters hotels. The Swissotel connected to the Congress Center Basel (CCB) and the Hyperion Hotel (approximately 5 minutes from the CCB). Discounted rates available at both. Don't wait --- book today and lock in this great rate when you register to attend this premier computational biology conference.

Student Council Symposium 2019 Announced

Register for GLBIO 2019 & Save!
Early Registration Deadline: April 8
Don't be left wishing you were involved in this high level conference! Submit high quality research to the 13th Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (an official conference of the International Society for Computational Biology).

ISCB RSG - SE USA Symposium on Computational Biology
Register today for the second annual ISCB SRG - SE USA Symposium on Computational Biology. Join us on December 6 – 7, 2019 in St. Petersburg, Florida. For more information, please visit http://rsg-se-usa.iscbsc.org/.

ELIXIR | CODATA-RDA Advanced Bioinformatics Workshop
Building on the success of the 2018 Advanced Bioinformatics Workshop (20-24 August 2018), we will be running the workshop again this year, focusing on both Machine Learning approaches in Bioinformatics, as well as automating the pipelines through the use of technologies such as CWL and Docker. Confirmed instructors are: Fotis E. Psomopoulos (ELIXIR), Amel Ghouila (H3ABioNet). Register today for the ELIXIR | CODATA-RDA Advanced Bioinformatics Workshop - Application is open, the deadline is April 18.

ISCB Leadership Nominations and Elections
ISCB Leadership Nominations are OPEN! ISCB Members are encouraged to put forward nominees for open leadership positions.

ELIXIR/ISB/GOBLET survey - We need your help!
Take the ELIXIR/ISB/GOBLET survey focused on mapping the data management and curation landscape. This survey is part of an ELIXIR Implementation Study designed to map the landscape of biocuration, the resources and tools used, and the training that is available and required.

ISCB Members SAVE BIG on Journal Subscriptions!
Looking for a great holiday gift? Look no further! Check out our title selection today: Bioinformatics - ISCB Community Journal by F1000Research.


15% Tuition Discount for ISCB Members
ISCB members receive a discount of 15% per course when they enroll in the online MS in Bioinformatics or MS in Health & Medical Informatics program from Brandeis University. Students prepare to start or advance their informatics careers with state-of-the-art education from expert faculty in a flexible, 100% online format.


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.


ISCB Membership:
Not yet a member of ISCB? Don't keep missing out on conference discounts, access to incredible science and so much more! Click here for all membership benefits and further details!


ISCB Senior Member Designation
The senior member designation is attained by members who are one decade post degree and who have demonstrated sustained contributions to the field of computational biology or to ISCB.


Shop while you Support ISCB on AmazonSmile:
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support ISCB every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to ISCB!

Upcoming Conferences -- Mark Your Calendars!

RECOMB 2019 May 5 – 8, 2019 Washington, USA	GLBIO 2019 May 19 - 22, 2019 Madison, Wisconsin, USA	ISMB/ECCB 2019 July 21 - 25, 2019 Basel, Switzerland	RSGDREAM 2019 SAVE THE DATE! Nov 4 - 6, 2019	ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2019 SAVE THE DATE! Nov 11 - 15, 2019