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• Abstracts – Talks and Posters: About
• Tracks: Communities of Special Interest (COSIs)
• Abstracts Talks and Posters: Deadlines
• Abstracts Talks and Posters: Submission Guidelines
• Abstracts Talks and Posters: Review Criteria
• Poster details for ISMB
• Poster Display Size
• FAQ

Abstracts Talks and Posters: About

We invite abstracts for research that is topical to bioinformatics and computational biology, which is in progress (unpublished, formally Late-Breaking Research) or has been published after January 1, 2017 (previously Highlights Track) for consideration for oral and/or poster presentation

Your abstract should be submitted to the Communities of Special Interest (COSI) Track that most accurately reflects the area of the work. (During the submission process you may also select other COSIs where your work may also be suitable for presentation.) Talks and posters are organized according to scientific topics which are covered by the COSIs listed below. Please note, abstracts are not limited to COSI topics and if the topic of your submission falls outside the listed COSIs you can choose the "General Computational Biology" area. Your abstract should convey a scientific result and should not be an advertisement for any commercial software package.

Multiple talks: The same talk is not permitted to be given more than once as an oral presentation at ISMB 2018. Research may presented as both a talk and poster. Having the same person deliver two (or more) different talks is possible (and not prohibited), but it is not encouraged. This allows for many people from one lab to present the work of the lab. A presenting author may only present one poster at ISMB.

Tracks: Communities of Special Interest (COSIs)

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

3DSIG: Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics Chairs: Phil Bourne, University of Virginia, United States Charlotte Deane, Oxford University, United Kingdom Rafael Najmanovich, University of Montreal, Canada	It is impossible to fully understand biological systems without understanding the 3D structure of their constituting parts and their interactions. As such the topics relevant for 3DSIG are wide and include, but are not restricted to Structure-based drug discovery including polypharmacology and network pharmacology; Structure representation, classification and prediction; Read More Structure-based function prediction; Docking, analysis, prediction and simulation of biomolecular interactions such as protein-protein, protein-ligand and protein-nucleic-acid; Protein dynamics and disorder; Evolution studied through structures; Application of structure to systems biology; Macromolecular assemblies; Structural genomics; 3D databases and data mining; Molecular visualization; Relevant methods of structure determination particularly hybrid methods; Prediction and analysis of protein domains; Membrane protein structure analysis and prediction; The structural basis of immunology.
Bio-Ontologies Chairs: Michel Dumontier, Maastricht University, Netherlands Robert Hoehndorf, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia Philippe Rocca-Serra, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Karin Verspoor, University of Melbourne, Australia Learn more about the Bio-Ontologies here	Bio-Ontologies Community of Special Interest Group (COSI) covers the latest and most innovative research in the application of ontologies and more generally the organisation, presentation and dissemination of knowledge in biomedicine and the life sciences. Read More Bio-Ontologies provides a vibrant environment for reporting novel methods and sharing experiences on the construction and application of ontologies in health care and the life sciences. The informal nature of the COSI offers a constructive environment to nurture discussion of innovative and scientifically sound work that range from preliminary to completed, from both young and experienced investigators alike. Bio-Ontologies participants also benefit from a strongly interdisciplinary setting, where ISMB attendees intermingle with members from American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the W3C’s Healthcare and Life Sciences interest group (HCLSIG), thereby increasing impact through broader dissemination and enabling new and exceptional collaborations.
BioVis: Biological Data Visualization Chairs: Thomas Höllt, TU Delft, Netherlands Michael Krone, University of Stuttgart, Germany   Learn more about the BioVis COSI here	The BioVis track aims to educate, inspire, and engage bioinformatics and biology researchers in state-of-the-art visualization research and visualization researchers in problems in biological data visualization. Read More The rapid adoption of data-intensive biology approaches creates enormous challenges for computational visualization techniques, which are needed to enable researchers to gain insight from their large and highly complex data sets. The goal of this session is to bring together researchers from the visualization, bioinformatics, and biology communities with the purpose of educating, inspiring, and engaging bioinformatics and biology researchers in state-of-the-art visualization research, as well as visualization researchers in problems in biological data visualization. Keywords: Visualisation, Visual Analytics, Education
CAMDA: Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis Chairs: David Kreil, Boku University Vienna, Austria Paweł P Łabaj, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and Jagiellonian University, Poland Please note: CAMDA requires only a short abstract as intention to submit for April 5, which must be followed by an extended abstract submission May 13, 2018. Learn more about the CAMDA COSI here.	The large, complex data sets for the Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis (CAMDA) contest include built-in truths for calibration. In an open-ended competition, however, both seasoned researchers and cunning students push the boundaries of our field, with unexpected questions or angles of approach often bringing the most impressive advances. The CAMDA track highlights and compares the latest methods and results in an international data analysis contest, with this year's topics including: (1) a meta-genomics forensic challenge in constructing urban microbiome fingerprints and identifying the geographical origin of mystery samples (MetaSUB), 2)  a CMap drug safety challenge in comparing / integrating responses of multiple cell lines for predicting drug induced liver injury in humans (FDA), and 3) a cancer data-integration challenge in demonstrating a robust analysis approach improving the state of the art for multiple cancer types (FDA SEQC / Metabric.
CompMS: Computational Mass Spectrometry Viktoria Dorfer, FH Hagenberg, Austria William S Noble, U Washington, United States  Oliver Kohlbacher, U of Tübingen, Germany	COSI CompMS promotes the efficient, high-quality analysis of mass spectrometry data through dissemination and training in existing approaches and coordination of new, innovative approaches. Read More The COSI aims to build a community of scientists working in computational mass spectrometry, to integrate experimental with theoretical research, and to bridge the gap between proteomics, metabolomics, and other MS-driven fields Keyword: computational mass spectrometry, proteomics, metabolomics
Education: Computational Biology Education Chairs: Russell Schwartz, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Nicola Mulder, University of Cape Town, South Africa Learn more about the Education COSI here.	Education-COSI focuses on bioinformatics and computational biology education and training across the life sciences. Read More A major goal of this COSI is to foster a mutually supportive, collaborative community in which bioscientists can share bioinformatics education and training resources and experiences, and facilitate the development of education programs, courses, curricula, etc., and teaching tools and methods. Keywords: education, training, training resources, curricula, competencies
Evolution and Comparative Genomics Chairs: Lars Arvestad, Stockholm University, Sweden Wataru Iwasaki, University of Tokyo, Japan	Evolution and comparative genomics are deeply intertwined with computational biology. Computational evolutionary methods, such as phylogenetic inference methods or multiple sequence alignment are widely used, yet remain far from “solved” and are indeed intense areas of research. Read More At the same time, evolutionary and comparative genomics are inherently “transversal” disciplines in that work in many other biological areas of research have some evolutionary component (e.g. cancer genomics, epidemiology, toxicology, population genetics, functional genomics, structural biology just to name a few). The scope of this COSI is intentionally kept broad. The track will feature a mix of proceedings, highlight, and invited talks. Priority will be given to contributions which are relevant to more than a single area of application, or to contributions which are not covered by more specialised COSIs. Keywords: Evolution, phylogeny, phylogenomics, comparative genomics, genome rearrangements, orthology, paralogy, recombination, lateral gene transfer, genome variation, population genomics, comparative epigenomics, epidemiology, cancer evolution genomics, genome annotation
Function: Gene and Protein Function Annotation Chairs: Iddo Friedberg, Iowa State University, United States Predrag Radivojac, Indiana University Bloomington, United States Mark N Wass, University of Kent, United Kingdom	The mission of the Function Community of Special Interest (Function-COSI) is to bring together computational biologists, experimental biologists, biocurators, and others who are dealing with the important problem of gene and gene product function prediction, to share ideas and create collaborations. The Function COSI features the Critical Assessment of Function Annotation, an ongoing community challenge aimed at improving methods for protein function prediction. Read More The Function-COSI holds annual meetings alongside ISMB. Also, we are conducting the multi-year Critical Assessment of protein Function Annotation, or CAFA, experiment. Keywords: Protein function prediction, machine learning, performance assessment,
HitSeq: High-throughput Sequencing Chairs: Can Alkan, Bilkent University,Turkey Ana Conesa, University of Florida, United States Francisco M. De La Vega, Stanford University; Fabric Genomics, United States Dirk J. Evers, Dr. Dirk Evers Consulting, Germany Kjong Lehmann, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland Quaid Morris, University of Toronto, Canada Gunnar Rätsch, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland	HiTSeq is a community of special interest devoted to the latest advances in computational techniques for the analysis of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) data. Sessions will be devoted to discussing the latest advances in computational techniques for the analysis of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) datasets and will provide a forum for in-depth presentations of the methods and discussions among the academic and industry scientists working in this field. Read More We seek contributions on any topic involving HTS data analysis including: genome assembly and haplotype phasing; transcriptome analysis; genetics and epigenetics variation; metagenomics and microbiome analysis; and new HTS platform data analysis (e.g. synthetic reads, long reads, nanopore). In addition to general sessions, we propose to have two specialized sessions to focus on current hot topics: a) long sequencing and mapping techniques, b) single cell sequencing applications, c) non-linear genome representations. Both of these topics have generated an enormous amount of interest recently. Keywords: sequencing, next generation, high throughput, algorithms, assembly, phasing, variation discovery, genotyping, metagenomics, microbiome, long reads, short reads, nanopre, pan-genomes, graph genomes
MICROBIOME Chairs: Aaron Darling, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Alice McHardy, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany Mihai Pop, University of Maryland, United States Thomas Rattei, University of Vienna, Austria Alexander Sczyrba, Bielefeld University, Germany Learn more about the MICROBIOME COSI here	Based on the Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation (CAMI), the COSI supplies users and developers with exhaustive quantitative data about the performance of methods in relevant scenarios. It therefore guides users in the selection and application of methods and in their proper interpretation. Read More Furthermore, the COSI provides a platform for exchange and networking between method developers, and provides valuable information allowing them to identify promising directions for their future work. The MICROBIOME Community of Special Interest aims at the advancement and evaluation of computational methods in microbiome research, especially metaomic approaches. Keywords: microbiome, genome reconstruction, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics, microbial networks, microbial traits, symbionts, pathogens, genome-based diagnostics
MLCSB: Machine Learning in Computational and Systems Biology Chairs: Florian Markowetz, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Oliver Stegle, European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom	Systems Biology and Machine Learning meet in the MLCSB COSI. The community is the place for researchers of these areas to exchange ideas, interact and collaborate. Read More Molecular biology and all the biomedical sciences are undergoing a true revolution as a result of the emergence and growing impact of a series of new disciplines and tools sharing the -omics suffix in their name. These include in particular genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics, devoted respectively to the examination of the entire systems of genes, transcripts, proteins and metabolites present in a given cell or tissue type. Taking advantage of this wealth of genomic information has become a conditio sine qua non for whoever has the ambition to remain competitive in molecular biology and in the biomedical sciences in general. Machine learning naturally appears as one of the main drivers of progress in this context, where most of the targets of interest deal with complex structured objects: sequences, 2D and 3D structures or interaction networks. At the same time, bioinformatics and systems biology have already induced significant new developments of general interest in machine learning, for example in the context of learning with structured data, graph inference, semi-supervised learning, system identification, and novel combinations of optimization and learning algorithms. Keywords: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
NetBio: Network Biology Chairs: Alex Pico, Gladstone Institutes, United States Natasa Przulj, University College London, United Kingdom	As large scale, systems-level data are becoming increasingly available, modeling and analyzing them as networks is widespread. Network Biology Community serves to introduce novel methods and tools, identify best practices and highlight the latest research in the growing and interdisciplinary field of network biology. Read More Keywords: networks, pathways, systems, network analysis, disease networks, disease pathways
RegSys: Regulatory and Systems Genomics Chairs: Julia Zeitlinger, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, United States Stein Aerts, University of Leuven, Belgium Learn more about the RegSys COSI here	Regulatory genomics involves the study of the genomic control system, which determines how, when and where to activate the blueprint encoded in the genome. Regulatory genomics is the topic of much research activity worldwide. Since computational methods are important in the study of gene regulation, the RegSys COSI meeting focuses on bioinformatics for regulatory genomics. Read More An important goal of the meeting is to foster a collaborative community wherein scientists convene to solve difficult research problems in all areas of computational regulatory genomics. Keywords: 1. Genomic and epigenomic regulatory elements (transcription factors, enhancers, histones, gene promoters, regulatory motifs, non-coding RNAs, etc.) 2. NGS methods in regulatory genomics (e.g., ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, ATAC-seq) 3. Epigenetics and epitranscriptomics 4. Alternative splicing 5. Regulatory networks and pathway analysis 6. Genetic, molecular, and phenotypic variation in human disease 7. DNA shape 8. Single-cell transcriptomics (and other single cell assays) 9. 3D genomics (e.g., Hi-C and ChIA-PET) 10. Regulatory evolution or comparative regulatory genomics
RNA: Computational RNA Biology Chairs: Yoseph Barash, University of Pennsylvania, United States Eduardo Eyras, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain Klemens Hertel, University of California, Irvine, United States Learn more about the IRB COSI here	RNA track covers the full range of research topics in the field of RNA Biology, from computational and high-throughput experimental methods development to their application in different aspects of RNA processing, structure, and function. Read More The goal of the Computational RNA Biology session is to bring together experts in computational and experimental aspects of research in RNA Biology to cover new developments across this broad field of research. The meeting focuses on two major areas: (1) the development of computational and high-throughput experimental methods, and (2) the application of such methods to break new grounds in the study of RNA biology and disease. We aim to educate and inspire researchers in the field, novice and seasoned alike, by meshing together different aspects of Computational RNA Biology, and promoting cross-disciplinary collaborative research. Keywords: Transcriptomics, RNA processing, post-transcriptional regulation, non-coding RNA, RNA 2D/3D structure, alternative-splicing, alternative polyadenylation, RNA translation degragation and localization, genetic variants effect on RNA processing, RNA and disease.
SysMod: Computational Modeling of Biological Systems Chairs: Andreas Draeger, University of Tübingen, Germany Tomas Helikar, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, United States Nicolas Le Novere, Babraham Institute, United Kingdom Learn more about the SysMod COSI here	The Computational Modeling of Biological Systems (SysMod) aims to create a forum for systems modelers and bioinformaticians to discuss common research questions and methods. The session will focus on the conjoint use of mathematical modeling and bioinformatics to understand biological systems functions and dysfunctions. Read More The meeting is open to the full range of methods used in systems modeling, including qualitative and quantitative modeling, dynamical and steady-state modeling, as well all applications of systems modeling including basic science, bioengineering, and medicine. Keywords: computational modeling, constraint-based models, logical models, kinetic models, multi-scale models
TransMed: Translational Medical Informatics Chairs: Wei Gu, Luxembourg Centre For Systems Biomedicine Venkata Satagopam, University of Luxembourg Bissan Al-Lazikani, The Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom Learn more about the TransMed COSI here	TransMed covers the current developments in the field of clinical and translational medicine informatics. Analysis of large amounts of multi-omics, imaging (medical and molecular), mobile sensor, clinical and health records data is paving the way for precision medicine. In the TransMed track, we will explore the current status of computational biology and advance machine learning approaches within the field of clinical and translational medicine. Read More This opens the debate on current state-of-the-art data infrastructures for translational medicine data integration and analysis. A variety of computational approaches are currently being used to harmonize and relate molecular data to clinical outcomes in order to better understand disease conditions. These methods also have the potential to discover biomarkers for early detection of disease, and targets for drug discovery, and to be used predictively to help to suggest personalised therapeutic strategies for patients. In this session we will bring scientists from both academia and industry to exchange knowledge and foster networking, to help in building up of the translational medicine community. . Keywords: Translational medicine; clinical and ‘omics data integration; curation and harmonization; stratification of patients; informatics for integrating biology and the bedside; medical informatics; ontology-driven data representation; patient centered outcomes research; cohort data; deep learning
VarI: Variant Interpretation Chairs: Hannah Carter, UCSD, United States Emidio Capriotti, University of Bologna, Italy Yana Bromberg, Rutgers, United States Learn more about the VarI COSI here	The VarI COSI meeting is dedicated to the recent advances in the analysis and interpretation of the genetic variants. Read More The meeting aims to organize a research network (VarI-COSI) facilitating the exchange of ideas and the establishment of new collaborations between researchers with different expertise. The VarI-COSI meeting is broadly divided in two sessions (“Genetic variants as markers: evolution, populations, GWAS” and “Genetic variants as effectors: function, structure, and regulation”) that encompass the four major research topics of the field: 1) Databases, data mining algorithms and visualization tools for variants analysis. 2) Methods for predicting regulatory/structural/functional impacts of SNVs. 3) Personal Genomics, GWAS studies and SNV prioritization. 4) Population genomics and phylogenetic analysis.
General Computational Biology Chair: Laxmi Parida, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, United States (If all other areas are insufficiently descriptive of your work, please submit to the area below. Please note that the submissions in this area can be moved, subject to chairs’ considerations.)	Novel techniques in emerging areas of computational biology, including intersections with other fields.
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Abstracts: Deadlines

Any recent research, published or unpublished is eligible for submission and should be received by April 5, 2018. Acceptance notifications will be sent no later than Thursday, May 3, 2018. The conference will accept late posters abstracts beginning April 9, 2018. Poster submissions DO NOT require a one (1) page PDF and should only provide a 200 word short abstract during submission. 

Abstracts: Submission Guidelines

The presenter should be identified during the submission process. Presenters of accepted abstracts are required to make the presentation themselves, and must register and pay to attend the conference.

Submitters may choose to have their submission reviewed for: talk only; talk and poster; or poster only. If you select talk and poster and are unsuccessful for a talk your poster will automatically be reviewed for a poster presentation.

During submission you will submit to the COSI track that most reflects your research area. You will have the option to identify two other tracks that may also be suited to your research area during the submission process.

If you submit an abstract by the April 5, 2018 deadline, you will be notified whether or not your abstract has been accepted by May 3, 2018 and you may be eligible to apply for a Conference Travel Fellowship.

• All abstracts must be submitted using the conference submission site by the abstract deadline: April 5, 2018 (You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Zone).
  
  
• Accepted abstracts (maximum 200 words) will be posted on the conference web site. For authors requesting a talk a one (1) page PDF long abstract should also be uploaded during the submission process to provide greater detail on the topic and can include tables and graphics. *Do not submit more than one page*
  
  
• The abstract should be a brief and concise summary of the background/motivation for the study, method and result(s), as well as conclusion/statement of significance. The additional 1-page pdf can be used to provide additional details, as well as figures and graphics that support the main points of the abstract.
  
  Your abstract must not contain your title/position or any personal information (e.g. affiliation).
  
  Selected Abstract talks will be presented in tracks that run in parallel at the conference. The length of a talk is 20 minutes (includes 2-3 minutes for questions). Oral presentation times for abstracts will be announced after acceptance notifications by the COSI track organizers.

Abstracts: Review Criteria

All submissions will be evaluated by a program committee. Submitters may choose to have their submission reviewed for talk only; talk and poster; or poster only. If you select talk and poster and are unsuccessful for a talk your poster will automatically be considered for a poster.

Posters advertising commercial software will be rejected from this poster session and/or removed from the conference without notice. There is a separate space for such posters in the exhibition area. If you have an industry poster, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Poster details for ISMB

The poster display schedule will be available by May 31, 2018 and will based on the COSI program schedule.

Abstracts submitted and accepted as part of the Call for Late Poster (opens April 9, 2018) are NOT eligible to apply for Conference Travel Fellowship Support.   Call for Late Posters closes May 1, 2018 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Zone

The conference organizers will not offer tables for laptop computer demos during the poster session. If you would like to demonstrate your software, you are encouraged to submit an application for Technology Track. All abstracts will be considered a "personal communication" to the conference attendees. Abstracts will not be published in the proceedings, but will appear on the conference website and app.

Institutional Research

Not-for profit research institutes and universities are able to submit their research findings as part of the call for posters. This will be displayed with in the topic area of Institutional Research.

Reviews of fields or techniques

Individuals may choose to submit a poster presenting a review of a specific field or technique. These submissions do not need to contain original work from the author and are intended to be an introduction for individuals not familiar with the field or technique. These review are not meant to be advertisements (e.g. it is not acceptable that the poster is an advertisement for a book or other type of commercial publication)

Poster Display Size:

Attention Poster Authors:
When preparing accepted posters please note that your poster should not exceed the following dimensions: 46 inches wide by 45 inches high. There will be 2 posters per side on the each poster board. One poster will be an odd number and the other will be an even number. View a diagram of the the poster board in pdf format here.

FAQ

Q: Can I submit more than one abstract?
A: While you can submit more than one abstract the conference prefers that presenters only present once thus encouraging greater participation. The conference allows only one poster per author for presentation. The acceptance rate for posters is generally very high so there is no need to submit more than one poster.

Q: Should I submit a PDF of my poster when completing my submission?
A: No, please only submit the poster abstract. You will bring your physical poster to the conference to present.

Q: Can previously accepted work be considered for a poster.
A: Yes, we do ask that you note the year the work was published and provide the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) during the submission process.