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ISCB Affiliated Regional Group Application

For Regional/National Membership Organizations

If you are interested in establishing an official affiliation between your regional or national membership group and ISCB, we welcome your application by completing the form below for review by the ISCB Affiliates Committee. It generally takes up to four weeks from the time an application is submitted before a determination is made. If the affiliation is approved we will work together to implement the affiliation details. To read the Affiliates Guidelines and the Benefits, please click here.

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ISCB Affiliates Conference Application

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ISCB welcomes conference applications in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics to the Collaborative Conferences program. Organizers and co‐organizers must hold an advanced doctoral degree and should have experience organizing a scientific program, as organizers and co‐organizers are responsible for all scientific aspects of the conference.  Organizers and co-organizers are also expected to support marketing, and fundraising.

ISCB offers several different application options for its topical, thematic, and regional conferences:

• Affiliated – recognized by ISCB in the affiliated conference section of the ISCB Conference Calendar webpage; minimum participation requirements
• Associated – recognized by ISCB co-sponsored section of the ISCB Conference Calendar webpage; organizers required to set registration pricing difference (member vs non-member is member rate plus +5 plus cost of ISCB membership) e.g. ISCB Professional Member $100, Nonmember Professional $240 ($100+$135+$5)
• Collaborative – recognized by ISCB on the website home-page; organizers required to set registration pricing difference (member vs non-member is member rate plus +5 plus cost of ISCB membership) e.g. ISCB Professional Member $100, Nonmember Professional $240 ($100+$135+$5), sell memberships as part of register offerings, and assume full financial responsibility*
• Supported/Official – co-organized conference with ISCB and shared financial responsibility; ISCB will provide site selection services, marketing support, sponsorship assistance, scientific programme management support, financial oversight, registration management, and logistics management or services mutually agreed upon

*Organizers have the option to use the ISCB registration system and other support services, fees apply.

APPLICATION

Applicants must complete the online application.  Application will include but not limited to:

• Conference Abstract describing the aims and goals of the conference to include topic areas covered
• Organizers Name(s), institution(s) and email address(es)
• Potential Program Committee Members (one per line)
• Target audience
• Distribution of Attendees (in percentage): Students, Academics, Industry
• Previous conferences held, if any (name, years held and url)
• How is this conference of direct interest to the ISCB member community
• List of potential/confirmed invited speakers (including name and institution)
• List of potential/confirmed sponsors (company/institute/government agency names)

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND INCLUSION

ISCB is committed to sustaining diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics. Our goal is to create and support a conference environment that is welcoming and safe for all. ISCB believes inclusion of diverse participants, including attendees and speakers, is critical to the scientific and educational integrity of conferences. Organizers are expected to design programs that reflect this commitment.

 PROPOSAL DECISIONS

Proposal submitted for:

• Affiliation consideration take approximately four (4) weeks for review to approval
• Associated consideration take approximately four (4) weeks for review to approval
• Collaborative consideration take approximately four (4) to six (6) months for review and approval
• Supported/official consideration take approximately six (6) to nine (9) months but preferred proposal be submitted one (1) year in advance for budgeting purposes

ORGANIZER EXPECTATIONS

By applying to the ISCB Collaborative Conferences program, organizers understand, should their application be approved, that they are responsible to ensure the success of their conference, as well as the below requirements:

Affiliated:

• ISCB logo with hyperlink to ISCB website on affiliated conference website.
• A minimum 15% discount off conference registration fees for ISCB members.
• A statement of encouragement for conference attendees to join ISCB in order to take advantage of the member discount, with a direct link to the ISCB membership page.

Associated:

• ISCB logo with hyperlink to ISCB website on affiliated conference website.
• Organizers required to set registration pricing difference (member vs non-member is member rate plus +5 plus cost of ISCB membership) e.g. ISCB Professional Member $100, Nonmember Professional $240 ($100+$135+$5)
• A statement of encouragement for conference attendees to join ISCB in order to take advantage of the member discount, with a direct link to the ISCB membership page.

Collaborative:

• ISCB logo with hyperlink to ISCB website on conference website.
• Organizers required to set registration pricing difference (member vs non-member is member rate plus +5 plus cost of ISCB membership) e.g. ISCB Professional Member $100, Nonmember Professional $240 ($100+$135+$5).
• Sale of ISCB membership as part of the registration with transfer of funds collected and participant information to ISCB at a time mutually agreed upon. Organizers will be given 15% rebate back for all memberships sold.
• A statement of encouragement for conference attendees to join ISCB in order to take advantage of the member discount, with a direct link to the ISCB membership page.
• Waive financial responsibility to ISCB

Supported/Official:

• ISCB logo with hyperlink to ISCB website on conference website.
• Registration pricing difference (member vs non-member is member rate plus +5 plus cost of ISCB membership) e.g. ISCB Professional Member $100, Nonmember Professional $240 ($100+$135+$5)*
• Sale of ISCB membership as part of the registration
• Mutual agreement to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will outline the responsibility, financial liability, services and expectations of the conference by both parties

ISCB COMMITMENTS

ISCB is committed to providing the following for each of the conference categories.

Affiliated:

• Upgraded positioning in the conferences calendar of the ISCB Website.
• Upgraded positioning in the conferences calendar of the ISCB Newsletter sent electronically monthly.
• Inclusion of one conference announcements, based on availability and timing, in ISCB News and Announcements e-mailings to current, past and prospective members.

Associated:

• Upgraded positioning in the conferences calendar of the ISCB Website.
• Upgraded positioning in the conferences calendar of the ISCB Newsletter sent electronically monthly.
• Inclusion of up to three conference announcements, based on availability and timing, in ISCB News and Announcements e-mailings to current, past and prospective members.

Collaborative:

• Upgraded positioning in the conferences calendar of the ISCB Website.
• Upgraded positioning in the conferences calendar of the ISCB Newsletter sent electronically monthly.
• Inclusion of up to five conference announcements, based on availability and timing, in ISCB News and Announcements e-mailings to current, past and prospective members.
• Rebate back to organization of 5% of all membership sold during the registration process

Supported/Official

• Conference tile on the Upcoming Conferences section of the ISCB homepage.
• Advertisements in ISCB Newsletter sent electronically monthly.
• Marketing media and support through conference development in ISCB News and Announcements e-mailings to current, past and prospective members, as well as social media.
• Shared profits based on MOU

Please enter your Name and E-mail below and click on continue to proceed with the application:

Worldwide Communities

Links to Other Computational Biology or Bioinformatics Information servers
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• Global/Cyber
  
  • Cyber
    • Bioinfo-core Wiki (a worldwide body of people that manage or staff bioinformatics cores within organizations of all types)
    • The Cyber Society for Theoretical Biology
    • Functional Genomics Data Society (FGED; formerly MGED)
      

• Africa
  • South Africa
    • South African National Bioinformatics Institute
• Asia
  • Japan
    • National Institute of Genetics
  • Taiwan
    • Bioinformatics Society Taiwan
• Australia
  • Australian National Genomic Information Service (ANGIS)
  • Brisbane
    • Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Environment (ComBinE) at the University of Queensland
• Europe
  • EMBNet: European Molecular Biology Network
  • EMBL: European Molecular Biology Laboratory
  • EBI: European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Austria
    • IMP Bioinformatics Group, Vienna
  • Denmark
    • CBS: Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Denmark
    • Technical University of Denmark, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis
    • Bioinformatics Research Center (BiRC) at the University of Aarhus
  • France
    • Infobiogen: France
  • Germany
    • MIPS: Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences
  • The Netherlands
    • Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics at the University of Nijmegen
  • Spain
    • The Protein Design Group of the National Center for Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain
  • Sweden
    • SBC: Stockholm Bioinformatics Center
  • Switzerland
    • ETH (Zürich): Computational Biochemistry Research Group web server.
    • ExPASy/SIB, Geneva: ExPASy Mirrors: Australia, Canada, Taiwan
  • United Kingdom
    • Laboratory of Molecular Biology: Cambridge, UK
    • The Sanger Centre
    • IMA Forum for Mathematics in Medicine and Biology
• North America
  • Canada
    • Canadian Bioinformatics Programs Includes links to university courses and classes in bioinformatics nationwide
    • Canadian National Bioinformatics Resource
    • Alberta
      • University of Alberta: Bioinformatics B.Sc. Specialization in Biological Sciences, Bioinformatics B.Sc. Honours in Biological Sciences, Bioinformatics B.Sc. Specialization in Computing Science
      • University of Calgary: Master of Biomedical Technology Program
    • Ontario
      • Carleton University: Honours B.Sc. in Computational Biochemistry, Honours B.Sc. in Computational Biology
      • Queen's University: B.Sc. Honours Subject of Specialization between Departments of Biochemistry and Computing and Information Science, B.Sc. in Biomedical Computing
      • Seneca College: Bioinformatics Post-Diploma Program
      • University of Toronto: Ph.D. Program in Proteomics and Bioinformatics, Undergraduate Specialist Program (Hon.B.Sc.) in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
      • University of Waterloo: B.Sc. Bioinformatics Program, Honours Computer Science/Bioinformatics option (B.Math.), Honours Bioinformatics option (B.Sc.), Honours Biology and Bioinformatics option (B.Sc.), Bioinformatics M.Sc. And Ph.D. Program
    • Quebec
      • McGill University: Undergraduate Minor in B.Sc. program in Computational Molecular Biology, M.Sc. And Ph.D. Program in Bioinformatics
      • Universitè de Montrèal: B.Sc. Specialization in Bioinformatics
  • United States
    • California
      • Stanford Genome Technology Center
      • Stanford Human Genome Center
      • The UCSC Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering
      • Human Genome Project Working Draft
    • Maine
      • The Jackson Lab
    • Maryland
      • NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information
      • NCGR National Center for Genome Resources
      • TIGR
    • Massachusetts
      • BioMolecular Engineering Research Center at Boston University
      • Molecular Engineering Research Laboratory at Boston University
      • Broad Institute
    • New York
      • CUBIC, at Columbia University
      • IBM Watson Lab
    • North Carolina
      • Duke University Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
    • Pennsylvania
      • W.M. Keck Center, at the University of Pittsburg
    • Texas
      • The Keck Center, at Rice University
      • Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, at the University of Texas at Austin
    • Washington
      • Systems Biology, at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Mexico
    • Cuernavaca
      • Program in Computational Biology. CIFN-UNAM, Cuernavaca, Mexico
• South America
  • Brazil
    • Brazilian Bio Net / Brazilian Bioinformatics Resource Center: BBNet/BBRC

While ISCB does provide links to conferences, events, and other news items that may be of use to ISCB members and bioinformaticians at large, ISCB has no control over non-ISCB resources, and is not responsible for the content provided by outside sources. Such listings are not meant as an endorsement by ISCB.

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ISCB Affiliates

The ISCB Affiliates program is designed to forge links between ISCB and regional non-profit membership groups, centers, institutes and networks that involve researchers from various institutions and/or organizations within a defined geographic region involved in the advancement of bioinformatics. Such groups have regular meetings either in person or online, and an organizing body in the form of a board of directors or steering committee. If you are interested in affiliating your regional membership group, center, institute or network with ISCB, please review these guidelines (.pdf) and submit your application using the online ISCB Affiliated Group Application form. Your exploratory questions to ISCB about the appropriateness of a potential future affiliation are also welcome by Diane E. Kovats, ISCB Executive Director (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs)

ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs) are member communities of shared interest that have self-organized and have multiple activities or interactions throughout the year, rather than solely meeting during the SIG program of the ISMB conference. An important goal of any COSI is to foster a topically-focused collaborative community wherein scientists communicate with one another on research problems and/or opportunities in specific areas of computational biology. Such communication is often in the form of meetings, but can also be through other social media tools that allow for vibrant participation in a virtual environment. If you are interested in starting an ISCB COSI please send your exploratory questions to Diane E. Kovats, ISCB Executive Director (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).


While ISCB does provide links to conferences, events, and other news items that may be of use to ISCB members and bioinformaticians at large, ISCB has no control over non-ISCB resources, and is not responsible for the content provided by outside sources. Such listings are not meant as an endorsement by ISCB.