ISMB/ECCB 2021 - Distinguished Keynote Presentations

Rodrigo A. Gutierrez

FONDAP Center for Genome Regulation
Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology
Universidad Catolica de Chile
Chile

Introduced by: Marie-France Sagot, Conference Co-Chair
Time: Sunday, July 25, 16:20 - 17:20 UTC
Presentation Title: Phylogenomics and Systems Biology approaches reveal conserved adaptive processes in Atacama Desert plants

ISCB Overton Prize Keynote
Barbara Engelhardt

Associate Professor
Computer Science Department
Princeton University
United States

Introduced by: Rita Casadio, Conference Co-chair
Time: Monday, July 26, 16:20 – 17:20 UTC
Presentation Title: Cells in Space: Methods to investigate local neighborhoods of cells

Eduardo Rocha

Genomes and Genetics
Institut Pasteur
France

Introduced by: Jacques Van Helden, Conference Co-chair
Time: Tuesday, July 27, 16:20 – 17:20 UTC
Presentation Title: Cosmos from chaos: how intra-genomic conflicts and horizontal transfer drive genome evolution

Kate Jones

Chair of Ecology and Biodiversity
Genetics, Evolution & Environment
University College London
United Kingdom

Introduced by: Thomas Lengauer, ISCB Past-President
Time: Wednesday, July 28,16:20 – 17:20 UTC
Presentation Title: Our Planet, Our Health - Ecosystem approaches to forecasting zoonotic diseases

ISCB Innovator Award Keynote
Ben Raphael

Professor, Computer Science
Lewis-Sigler Institute, Princeton University
United States

Introduced by: Christine Orengo, ISCB President
Time: Thursday, July 29, 16:20 – 17:20 UTC
Presentation Title: Quantifying Tumor Heterogeneity across Time and Space

ISCB Accomplishments by a Senior Scientist Award Keynote
Peer Bork

Director (Scientific Activities)
EMBL Heidelberg
Germany

Introduced by: Martin Vingron, ISCB Awards Committee Chair
Time: Friday, July 30, 15:20 – 16:20 UTC
Presentation Title: Analyzing microbes in us and on our planet