ISCB 2014 Student Travel Fellowship Campaign

Dear Colleague:

Did you know that 85 young scientists from 21 countries received student travel fellowships to ISMB/ECCB and RECOMB this year? Thanks to your support, and funding from the National Science Foundation, ISCB, and Akamai Technologies, these students benefitted from experiencing, firsthand, the best science in computational biology and in-person networking that will positively impact their scientific careers for years to come.

Your help is still needed. Each year, we receive over 300 travel fellowship requests. Join ISCB in supporting the future of computational biology and bioinformatics by supporting travel for our young investigators. Visit the Support ISCB section of our website to make your donation or learn more about ISCB giving opportunities.

Have you received an ISCB student travel fellowship? We want to hear from you! Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to share your conference experience.

On behalf of the board of directors and staff of ISCB, thank you for your support in 2013. We wish you happy holidays and a happy new year.

Sincerely,


Burkhard Rost, ISCB President


Reinhard Schneider, ISCB Treasurer and Chair, Fundraising Committee

ROCKY 2013 On-site Registration Available December 11!

11th Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference

Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado, USA
December 12 - 14, 2013

There is still time to join your colleagues at the Rocky conference to seek collaborative opportunities and hear from scientists representing a broad spectrum of universities, industrial enterprises, government laboratories, and medical libraries from around the world.

On-site Registration begins: December 11 at 4:00 PM

Science, networking, learning, and skiing all rolled up into one great conference - join us for Rocky 2013!

Meeting location: Viceroy Hotel Snowmass.

For further details, visit www.iscb.org/rocky2013

GLBIO 2014 Call for Papers & Registration OPEN

Mark your calendars for the Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference 2014!

May 16 - 18, 2014
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati

Interested in being a part of an elite and dynamic program? Call for original papers, highlights papers, and posters presentations is now open for submission.

Submit your research today!

Presentations in the following areas are particularly encouraged for all submissions:

• Algorithm Development & Machine Learning
• Databases & Ontologies
• Text Mining & Natural Language Processing
• Bioimage Analysis
• Biological Networks
• Chemical Biology
• Clinical Informatics & Epidemiology
• Disease Models & Molecular Medicine
• Evolutionary, Comparative, & Meta-Genomics
• Gene Regulation & Transcriptomics
• Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics
• Personalized Genetics and Genomics: Exome, Genome, Transcriptome
• RNA & Protein: Structure, Modification, Localization, Interaction, Function

Register and find out more about this exciting and unique gathering of industry experts and collegiate giants.

Mark your calendar today and join us in Cincinnati at GLBIO 2014!

CSHALS 2014 Call for Papers

Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences
February 26 - 28, 2014
Boston, MA

Don't miss your opportunity to present your work at CSHALS,  the premier annual event focused on the practical application of Semantic Web and other semantic technologies to problems in the Life Sciences, including pharmaceutical industry and related areas, such as hospitals/healthcare institutions and academic research labs.

New for 2014, following peer review, accepted papers will be published online in a volume of the CEUR Workshop Proceedings series http://ceur-ws.org

CSHALS has for 7 years been the ISCB reference conference for cutting-edge practitioners of knowledge engineering and forward-thinking strategists in information and knowledge management in the life sciences.

Now accepting submissions!

• Linked Data - generation, representation, and management of data using the W3C's Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Linked Data principles.
• Data Modeling - Ontologies, Taxonomies - practical application of knowledge engineering principles and techniques to data modeling.
• Text Analysis, NLP, Question Answering - use of semantic technologies for processing natural language.
• Cloud, Parallel, and Distributed Computing - use of semantic technologies for representation and management of distributed computational resources and workflows.
• Healthcare eScience - Translational Medicine, Pharmacogenomics, personal health records (PHR) - patient-centric use of semantic web technologies to handle the integration of clinical and biomolecular data.
• Business Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Analytics - semantic applications for data analysis, inference, and decision-making.
• Human Computer Interfaces - development of interfaces or design criteria that involve humans in the process of knowledge creation.
• Clinical Applications - Use of semantic web technology or architectures, including the orchestration of webApp ecosystems, as part of medical care delivery.
• Molecular Applications - Deployments of semantic web technology in biomolecular and biochemical domains.
• Applications to Emerging Health Disciplines - Use of the semantic web's integrative and distributed nature to support emergence of novel applications in health care.

Register NOW and join us in Boston!

Last Call for 2014 ISCB Annual Awards Nominations

2014 Overton Prize and 2014 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award

Nomination deadline: December 2, 2013

www.iscb.org/iscb-awards

ISCB's annual awards are the most prestigious international awards designated exclusively to researchers in the field of computational biology/bioinformatics, and you are invited to submit nominations for the 2014 Overton Prize and the 2014 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award.

The Overton Prize is awarded to an early career scientist, generally within ten years post-degree, and the Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award is in recognition of highly significant, long-term career achievement. The winners of both awards will deliver keynote talks at ISCB's annual meeting, ISMB 2014 in Boston, Mass. USA.

Nominations from all regions of the world are encouraged, and the selection of award winners will be made by an international panel of current and past members of the ISCB Board of Directors. The nomination form, list of past winners with links to their bios, and a link to the full policies and procedures of these ISCB awards, are all accessed at the above URL.

Please consider nominating your highly accomplished peers and senior researchers who have helped to advance our field in significant and meaningful ways, and then proceed to the nomination form to ensure they are considered for these prestigious awards.

Thank you,

Bonnie Berger

Chair, ISCB Awards Committee

ROCKY 2013 Early Registration Deadline Fast Approaching!

11th Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference

Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado, USA
December 12 - 14, 2013
Thursday, 12 December 09:00 to Saturday, 14 December 13:00

Register Now and SAVE!
 
Early Registration Deadline: November 15!
 
Join your colleagues at the Rocky conference to seek collaborative opportunities and hear from scientists representing a broad spectrum of universities, industrial enterprises, government laboratories, and medical libraries from around the world.
 
Interested in planning an Academic Retreat?
 
This is the perfect opportunity to roll your conference attendance funds into a very affordable academic group retreat experience in the spectacular setting of the Colorado Rocky Mountains - during ski season! Sign up for an Academic Retreat and save!

Science, networking, learning, and skiing all rolled up into one great conference - join us for Rocky 2013!

Meeting location:  Viceroy Hotel Snowmass.

Science, networking, learning, and skiing all rolled up into one great conference - join us for Rocky 2013!

RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenge

There is still time to attend one of the premier annual meetings for computational and experimental scientists in the areas of regulatory genomics and systems biology!

On-site registration opens: November 8!

Check out the full conference agenda and join us in Toronto!

Conference: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 8-12, 2013.

**Onsite registration available at The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library, beginning on Friday, November 8 at 8:15 AM

ISCB to Offer New Member Benefit!

Introducing an Exciting New ISCB Member Benefit

F1000Prime

As we continue to expand our member benefits and special offers, ISCB is pleased to now provide to its members complimentary and full access to Faculty of 1000's F1000Prime.  This special offer will expire on 30 April 2014, after which you may subscribe to the service at a 30% discount.

Accessing the complimentary access is easy.  Simply use this link and sign in with the email address associated with your ISCB membership.

More about F1000Prime

F1000Prime is an in-depth directory of top articles in biology and medicine, as recommended by a Faculty of over 5,000 expert scientists and clinical researchers. The service covers over 40 disciplines and more than 3,700 journals, including many papers in genomics, bioinformatics and computational biology.  Articles are rated and expert commentaries explain their importance.

F1000Prime helps life scientists and clinicians find important papers in the rapidly-growing literature. It combines the readability of short expert commentary with the scope bibliographic database searching and precision of self-learning software that adapts to an individual's research interests.

We hope you enjoy this new ISCB member benefit. If you have any feedback on F1000Prime or questions about activating your subscription please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

ROCKY 2013 MARC TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS

11th Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference

Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado, USA
December 12 - 14, 2013
Thursday, 12 December 09:00 to Saturday, 14 December 13:00

FASEB will provide two categories of MARC travel fellowships for the Rocky 2013 Conference.
 
Deadline: November 5th!
 
1. Faculty/Mentors and Students Travel Award: Each award provides funding for one faculty member/mentor and up to two students or post- baccalaureates from a minority institution to participate in one of the selected national meetings or conferences. The faculty/mentor must nominate up to two students and/or post-baccalaureates who are pursuing research careers in a life sciences discipline. The application packet must be submitted by the Faculty/Mentor listed on the application form. We do not accept Faculty/Mentor and Students Travel Award applications from students.
 
2. Poster/Platform (Oral) Presenter Travel Award: Each award provides funding for one underrepresented minority* graduate/ undergraduate student, post-baccalaureate or postdoctoral fellow who is 1st author and has been selected to give an oral or poster presentation at one of the selected national meetings or conferences.

Meeting location:  Viceroy Hotel Snowmass.

Early Registration Deadline: November 15!

Science, networking, learning, and skiing all rolled up into one great conference - join us for Rocky 2013!

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UPCOMING CONFERENCES
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	RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges Toronto, Canada November 8 - 12, 2013
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	Rocky Mountain Bioinformatics Conference Snowmass/Aspen, Colorado, USA December 12 - 14, 2013
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	Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences Boston, Massachusetts, USA February 26 - 28, 2014
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	Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference Cincinnati, Ohio, USA May 16 - 18, 2014
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	Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology 2014 Boston, Massachusetts, USA July 11 - 15, 2014 The Annual Meeting of the International Society for Computational Biology
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	The NGS Conference Barcelona, Spain June 22 - 24, 2014
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	ISCB Latin America Conference on Bioinformatics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 22 - 24, 2014
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ISCB Congratulates Karplus, Levitt, Warshell for the 2013 Nobel Prize
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Deadline for submissions: January 24, 2014
 
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