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 send your exploratory questions to Diane E. Kovats, ISCB Chief Executive Officer (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). For information about the Affilliates Committee click here.
Yves Moreau, Conference Co-chair, KU Leuven, Belgium Janet Thornton, Conference Co-chair, European Bioinformatics Institute, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, United Kingdom
ISMB/ECCB 2017 Steering Committee
Alfonso Valencia, President, ISCB, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Bruno Gaeta, Treasurer, University of New South Wales, Australia Janet Kelso, Conference Advisory Council Co-chair, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany Diane E. Kovats, ISCB Executive Director, United States Steven Leard, ISMB Conference Director, Canada Christine Orengo, Conference Advisory Council Co-chair, University College London, United Kingdom
Scientific Organizing Committees
Proceedings Committee
Niko Beerenwinkel, Co-chair, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Yana Bromberg, Co-chair, Rutgers University, United States
Proceedings Area Chairs
3Dsig COSI
Jianlin Cheng, University of Missouri, United States Charlotte Deane, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Rafael Najmanovich, University of Montreal, Canada
Bio-Ontologies COSI
Michel Dumontier, Maastricht University, Netherlands Philippe Rocca-Serra, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Karin Vespoor, The University of Melbourne, Australia
BioVis COSI
Michel Westenberg, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Alexander Lex, University of Utah, United States
CAMDA COSI
David Kreil, Boku University Vienna, Austria Function COSI Iddo Friedberg, Iowa State University, United States Simon Kasif, Boston University, United States
HitSeq COSI
Can Alkan, Bilkent University, Turkey Valentina Boeva, Institute Cochin/INSERM/CNRS, France Ana Conesa, University of Florida, United States Francisco De La Vega, Stanford University, United States Dirk Evers, Molecular Health GmbH, Germany Kjong Lehmann, ETH, Switzerland Gunnar Ratsch, ETH, Switzerland
NetBio COSI
Alexander Pico, The Gladstone Institutes, USFS, United States Nataša Pržulj, University College London, United Kingdom
RegGenSIG COSI
Jason Ernst, UCLA, United States Finn Drablos, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States Lonnie Welch, Ohio University, United States
RNA COSI
Rolf Backofen, University of Freiburg, Germany Yoseph Barash, University of Pennsylvania, United States Jerome Waldispuhl, McGill University, Canada
SysMod COSI
Andreas Dräger, Center for Bioinformatics Tübingen (ZBIT), Germany Laurence Calzone, Curie, France Jonathan Karr, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States Nicolas Le Neovere, Babraham Institute, United Kingdom Julio Saez-Rodriguez, EMBL-EBI, United Kingdom
TransMed COSI
Irina Balaur, European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine, France Bissan Al-Lazikani, The Institute of Cancer Research, United Kingdom Wei Gu, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine Winston Hide, Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, United Kingdom Venkata Satagopam, University of Luxembourg Mansoor Saqi, European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine, France
VarI COSI
Yana Bromberg, Rutgers University, United States Emidio Capriotti, University of Bologna, Italy Hannah Carter, University California, San Diego, United States
Other Topics (Non-COSI)
Niko Beerenwinkle, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Yana Bromberg, Rutgers University, United States
Posters Committee
Chair: Casey Greene, University of Pennsylvania, United States Co-chair: Arjun Krishnan, Michigan State University, United States Rafael Najmanovich (3DSIG), Université de Montreal, Canada Nomi Harris (BOSC), LBNL, United States Heather Wiencko (BOSC), Open Bioinformatics Foundation, Ireland Michel Dumontier (Bio-Ontologies), Maastricht University, Netherlands Lynda Ellis (Education), University of Minnesota, United States Iddo Friedberg (Function), Iowa State University, United States Mark Wass (Function), University of Kent, United Kingdom David Kreil (CAMDA), Boku University Vienna, Austria Pinar Kavak (HiTSeq), The Scientific Technological Research Council of Turkey Can Alkan (HiTSeq), Bilkent University, Turkey Paul Deveau (HiTSeq), Institut Curie, France Nataša Pržulj, (NetBio), University College London, United Kingdom Alexander Pico (NetBio), The Gladstone Institutes, USFS, United States Sushmita Roy (RegGen), Wisconsin, United States Raluca Gordan (RegGen), Duke, United States Ferhat Ay (RegGen), La Jolla Institute For Allergy and Immunology, United States Ercument Cicek (RegGen), Bilkent University, Turkey Klemens Hertel (RNA), University of California, Irvine, United States Andreas Dräger, (SysMod) Center for Bioinformatics Tübingen (ZBIT), Germany Laureance Calzone (SysMod), Institut Curie, France Nicolas Le Novere (SysMod), Babraham Institute, United Kingdom Wei Gu (TransMed), Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine Mansoor Saqi (TransMed), European Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine, France Venkata Satagopam Satagopam (TransMed), University of Luxembourg Emidio Capriotti (VarI), University of Bologna, Italy Hanah Carter (VarI), University California, San Diego, United States
Posters - Award Selection Committee
Julian Gough, Larry Hunter, Shaun Mahony, Sean Mooney, Mark Wass, Chunlei Wu
Gary Bader, Brett Beaulieu-Jones, Laurence Calzone, Sridhar Hannenhalli, Abdullah Kharaman, Leelavati Narlikar
Yoseph Barash, Dan DeBlasio, Anthony Mathelier, Karthik Raman, Marc Robinson-Rechavi, Rahul Siddharthan
Daniela Boernigen, Nils Gehlenborg, Lars Juhl Jensen, Konstantinos Krampis, Matthias Kretzler, Markus List
Abstracts Committee
Rafael Najmanovich (3DSIG), University of Montreal, Canada Nomi Harris (BOSC), LBNL, United States Heather Wiencko (BOSC), Open Bioinformatics Foundation, Ireland Michel Dumontier (Bio-Ontologies), Maastricht University, Netherlands Robert Hoehndorf (Bio-Ontologies), King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia Philippe Rocca-Serra (Bio-Ontologies), University of Oxford, United Kingdom Karin Verspoor (Bio-Ontologies), University of Melbourne, Australia Alexander Lex (BioVis), University of Utah, United States Michel Westenberg (BioVis), Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Julian Heinrich (BioVis), CSIRO, Australia Joaquín Dopazo (CAMDA), Fundación Progreso y Salud (Ministry of Health); University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Spain Paweł P Łabaj (CAMDA), Boku University Vienna; Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria David P Kreil (CAMDA), Boku University Vienna, Austria Wenzhong Xiao (CAMDA), Immuno-Metabolic Computational Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Computational Genomics Lab, Stanford Genome Technology Center, United States Can Alkan (HiTSeq), Bilkent University, Turkey Valentina Boeva (HiTSeq), Institut Cochin/INSERM/CNRS, France Ana Conesa (HiTSeq), University of Florida, United States Francisco M. De La Vega (HiTSeq), Stanford University; and TOMA Biosciences, United States Dirk Evers (HiTSeq), Dr. Dirk Evers Consulting, Germany Kjong Lehmann (HiTSeq), ETH-Zürich, Switzerland Pinar Kavak (HiTSeq), Bogazici University, Turkey Paul Deveau (HiTSeq), Institut Curie, Institut Cochin, Inserm, Paris, France Alexander Pico (NetBio), The Gladstone Institutes, USFS, United States Stein Aerts (RegGen), University of Leuven, Belgium Julia Zeitlinger (RegGen), Stowers Institute for Medical Research Yoseph Barash (RNA) University of Pennsylvania, United States Russell Schwartz (Abstracts - Non-COSI) Carnegie Mellon University, United States
Technology Track
Dominic Clark, Chair, European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Travel Fellowship Committee
Lucia Peixoto, Chair, Washington State University, United States Joel Arrais, University of Coimbra, Portugal Marcelo Brandao, UNICAMP, Brazil Yana Bromberg, Rutgers University, United States Nils Gehlenborg, Harvard Medical School, United States David Kreil, Boku University Vienna, Austria Paweł Łabaj, Boku University Vienna, Austria Guilherme Oliveira, Vale Technology Institute, Brazil Venkata Pardhasaradhi Satagopam, University of Luxembourg Brent Petersen, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Denmark
Tutorials
Michelle D. Brazas, Chair, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Canada Fran Lewitter, Co-chair, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, United States Patricia M. Palagi, Co-chair, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland
Art in Science
Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern, Chair, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Student Council Symposium Committee
Chair Julien Fumey, French National Centre for Scientific Research - I2BC, France Co-chair Mehedi Hassan, University of South Wales, United Kingdom Bart Cuypers, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium Ben Siranosian, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, United States Aishwarya Alex Namasivayam, University of Luxembourg Nazeefa Fatima, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Alexander Monzon, National University of Quilmes, Argentina
Advisors:
Farzana Rahman, Chair, University of South Wales, United Kingdom Sayane Shome, Iowa State University, United States Dan DeBlasio, Carnegie Mellon University, United States R. Gonzalo Parra, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany Alex Salazar, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Q: What is ISCB? A: The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is the parent organization of the annual conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB). The ISCB is dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of living systems through computation. The ISCB communicates the significance of our science to the larger scientific community, governments, and the public at large. The ISCB serves a global membership by impacting government and scientific policies, providing high quality publications and meetings, and through distribution of valuable information about training, education, employment and relevant news from related fields. ISCB membership offers many benefits including reduced conference registration fees to several high impact events and reduced subscription prices for a selection of journals of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Members are from more than 50 countries and include over 800 students and nearly 500 post doctoral researchers. A member's meeting and a meeting of the Board of Directors for the Society are held annually in conjunction with the ISMB conference.
Q: Who do I contact for information on the conference? A: You can get information on the conference from:
Steven Leard ISMB/ECCB Conference Manager Phone: +1-780-414-1663 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Q: Where will the conference be held? A: The conference will be held at the Prague Congress Centre (PCC) located at:
The Prague Congress Centre is adjacent to the Vyšehrad station on Line C of the Prague underground railway network, providing convenient access by public transport from the city’s airport and all major rail and bus stations. A map of the network is available here.
Maps, timetables, fares and route planning are available in English on the Prague Public Transport website www.dpp.cz/en/
If you are travelling by car to the PCC you can find parking details here.
Q: What are the conference hotels? A: The ISMB/ECCB organizers through ISCB's official housing partner, onPeak, have reduced hotel rates for your trip. Book through the simple-to-use reservation website or with helpful and friendly booking agents. Full details are available at: https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2017-accommodation
Q: Who should I contact about childcare? A: Child care services may be able to be arranged with your hotel. Please contact them in advance to make arrangements.
Q: Do I need a visa to visit Prague and Czech Republic?
A: The Czech Republic has been a member of the European Union since 2004. Inhabitants of the EU require passports or other form of valid identification in order to enter the country. The same applies for the citizens of Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, who can move freely within the European Union.
Visitors from other countries must have passports valid for at least further six months after the date of arrival and in some cases visa. The list of countries whose citizens require a visa in order to visit the Czech Republic can be found here.
The Czech Republic is a member of the Schengen agreement. Inhabitants of the Schengen countries can move freely within the Schengen area without having to go through border checkpoints. However, they still must have their passports or identification cards with them when travelling.
Invitation letters required for visa applications will be sent with your confirmation after registration and full payment have been received. You must be registered and paid-in-full for the conference in order to receive an invitation letter. IMPORTANT: If you require a visa for entrance register early, it can take time for your application to be processed - do not delay in submitting your visa application.
Q: What is the name of the International Airport? A: Václav Havel Airport Prague: http://www.prg.aero/en/
Being a private airport taxi service, Prague Airport Transfers provides you with quick and easy options to get to and from Prague Airport (Václav Havel Airport) with minimal fuss. Using our services will enable you to avoid the annoying wait for public transport or the risk of being paying extra for travelling by the regular street taxis. You can count on our reliability, convenience and cost-effectiveness to get you and your luggage wherever you need to go.
Q: Are Prague Transit Passes available to delegates? A: Yes, the Prague City Transportation Company is providing ISMB/ECCB delegates with a Complimentary Transit Pass, Valid July 21 - 25. The pass will be provided to delegates when collecting your name badge at the registration desk. Delegates, you must have your badge available for presentation if requested by transit officials when using the transit pass. Time tables and routes available at http://www.dpp.cz/en/
Q: What is the local Time Zone? A: The Czech Republic is in the Central European Time zone (CET = GMT+1). Summer Time (GMT+2) begins in the last week of March and ends at the end of October.
Q: What is the Electrical Current? A: The electrical supply is 230v 50hz. The plugs and sockets used are of type E. Check out the following pictures:
Type E: This socket also works with plug C. Plug F will work if it has an additional pinhole
Q: What is the International area code? A: The area code for Czech Republic is 402 - Information on calling from your country can be found at: www.countrycallingcodes.com
Q. In what language will the conference sessions and materials be presented? A. All conference presentations and materials will be presented in English.
Q: What is the climate? A: July is the hottest month, followed by August and June. Average temperatures in July are 20C/80F. In recent years especially, temperatures above 30 degrees are not uncommon. Storms and rain are common in summer.
Q: Where can I find medical or emergency information? A: Emergency telephone numbers are composed of three digits and can be dialled from mobile telephones and phone boxes free of charge:
112 - general emergency number 155 - ambulance / first aid 158 - police 150 - fire brigade 156 - Prague municipal police
Q: What is the custom on tipping? A: Tipping in the Czech Republic is commonly expected. Foreign visitors are often expected to tip at least 10%. (N.B. This practice holds true mainly in Prague and leading tourist "meccas" such as Cesky Krumlov, not in the general countryside, where foreigners are not expected to do anything more than locals.) Locals rarely leave a substantial tip in pubs or low-mid range restaurants, often leaving a few Crowns from the change rounding up to the nearest 10. This practice is changing as the economy grows and about 10% tip is quite usual in better restaurants.
Q: What is the currency? A: The currency unit of the Czech Republic is the Crown (1 Crown = 100 Hellers). Currently in circulation are banknotes with values 5,000, 2,000, 500, 200 and 100 Crowns, and coins with values of 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, and 1 Crown.
Q: How can I pay to register for ISMB/ECCB? A: Delegates can pay on line during registration using a Visa, MasterCard or American Express credit card. Delegates wishing to pay using a wire transfer would create an invoice at time of registration and then contract the conference registrar for instructions.
Q: Where do I register when I arrive? A: Conference Registration is available from Friday, July 21 to Tuesday, July 25 at the Prague Congress Centre.
REGISTRATION DESK HOURS – July 21 – 25
Prague Congress Centre - Watch for signage
Friday, July 21
3:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. * registrants in SCS and Tutorials will receive their registration materials at the presentation room - watch for details.
Saturday, July 22
7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 23
7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Monday, July 24
7:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 25
7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Q: What should I do if I lose something at the conference venue? A: A conference lost and found will be located at the information booth located at the Prague Congress Centre.
Q: What sightseeing opportunities are available in Prague and the Czech Republic? A: Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, is bisected by the Vltava River. Nicknamed “the City of a Hundred Spires,” it's known for its Old Town Square, the heart of its historic core, with colorful baroque buildings, Gothic churches and the medieval Astronomical Clock, which gives an animated hourly show. Completed in 1402, pedestrian Charles Bridge is lined with statues of Catholic saints.
If you are planning on doing local sightseeing or have family joining you for the conference you may wish to consider the Prague Card. Details are available at: https://www.praguecard.com/index.php?lang=en
Q: Can more than one talk be presented at ISMB/ECCB?
A: The same talk is not permitted to be given more than once as an oral presentation at ISMB/ECCB 2017. Research may presented as both a talk and poster. Researchers may submit more than one talk to the meeting. 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.
Q: What is the policy of photography or image capture at ISMB/ECCB?
A: ISCB encourages open sharing of science. As an author, you have the right to restrict the use of photography or any other form of capture of your research. If you do not wish to allow others to share your research, simply disclose this at the start of your oral presentation or add a note to your poster.
Q: What are the hashtags, twitter information for the conference?
A: These are the hashtags:
ISMB/ECCB is #ismbeccb. @ISCB is the ISCB twitter handle. (@infoISMB has been redirected to @ISCB) 3DSIG COSI: #3dsig17 Bio-Ontologies: @bioontologies and #bioontologies BioVis COSI: #biovis and @biovis_net BOSC COSI: #BOSC2017 and @OBF_BOSC CAMDA COSI: @CAMDA_conf and #camda2017 FUNCTION COSI: #FunctionSIG NetBio COSI: #netbio RNA COSI: #RNASIG17 SysMod COSI: @cosi_sysmod TransMed COSI: @cosi_transmed and #TransMed2017
We strongly encourage the use of Twitter at the conference to disseminate information. ISCB kindly requests that you observe the Conference Code of Conduct when tweeting. If you have a specific complaint, suggestion, or comment related to conference logistics, audio, heating and cooling, bathroom cleanliness, etc, we kindly request that you communicate your wish to a volunteer wearing a yellow shirt, go to the conference registration desk, or an ISCB team member. Due to limited resources and the demands of managing the conference ISCB is unable to monitor Twitter fully and may miss an improvement request.
Q: Is there a nursing/lactation room available?
A: Yes, Room 2.2 on the 2nd floor of the Prague Congress Centre will be available. The room does not have a toilet or sink. There is restroom adjacent to this room for your convenience. A map of the 2nd floor is available here.
Q: What is a COSI?
A: A COSI is an ISCB community of special interest. These member communities are self-organized and have multiple activities or interactions throughout the year, as well as a dedicated scientific track at the ISMB/ECCB 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.
3DSIG - Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics Bioinfo-Core – Core Competencies in Bioinformatics BioOntologies – ontologies for medicine and life sciences BioVis – visualization of biological data BOSC - Bioinformatics Open Source Conference COBE – Bioinformatics Education CAMDA – analysis of heterogenous datasets Function – methods for protein function annotation HitSeq - high throughput sequencing algorithms and applications RNA – computational and experimental aspects of research in RNA biology NetBio – methods and tools for network biology RegSys – computational methods for studying the regulation of genes and systems SysMod – computational modelling of biological systems TransMed – computational approaches in clinical and translational medicine VariSIG – methods for understanding the impacts of genetic variation
Poster Chair: Casey Greene, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States PosterCo-chair: Arjun Krishnan, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States
ISMB/ECCB 2017 will bring together scientists from a wide range of disciplines, including molecular biology, biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics and statistics. We are soliciting high-quality research posters on any aspect of computational and experimental biology. Your poster should be submitted to the category that most accurately reflects the area of the work as posters will be organized accordingly. Your poster must include original work that is unpublished or published after August 1, 2016. Your poster should convey a scientific result and should not be an advertisement for any commercial software package.
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 Fees and Deadlines
ISCB Members:
* You are eligible to submit your poster at no charge during the early poster submission process (deadline May 15, 2017).
* You will be charged a $50 fee to submit your poster during the late poster submission process (deadline June 5, 2017).
Non-Members:
* You will be charged a $50 fee to submit your poster during the early poster submission process (deadline May 15, 2017).
* You will be charged a $100 fee to submit your poster poster during the late poster submission process (deadline June 5, 2017).
Early Poster Deadlines
Monday, January 16, 2017
Call for Early Posters Opens
Monday, May 15, 2017
Early Poster submission deadline
Friday, May 19, 2017
CAMDA - Early Poster submission deadline
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Early Poster Acceptance Notification
Late Poster Deadlines
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Call for Late Posters Opens
Monday, June 5, 2017
Late Poster submission deadline
Monday, June 12, 2017
Late Poster Acceptance Notification
Fee Schedule
Date
Description
Member Fee
Non-Member Fee
Monday, May 15, 2017
Early Poster Submission Deadline
$0.00
$50.00
Monday, June 5, 2017
Late Poster Submission Deadline
$50.00
$100.00
Submission Guidelines
If you submit your poster by May 15, 2017 deadline, you will be notified whether or not your poster has been accepted by May 31, 2017 and you may be eligible to apply for a Conference Travel Fellowship.
All poster abstracts must be submitted using the conference submission site by the abstract deadline: May 15, 2017 (You have until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time Zone).
Your poster's abstract (maximum 250 words) will be posted on the conference web site. You do not need to submit a PDF of your poster.
Your abstract must not contain your title/position or any personal information (e.g. affiliation).
You may only be the presenting author for one poster.
As the presenting author, you must be registered as a delegate and be available at the poster session to which your poster is assigned.
Any author may submit to other conference tracks in addition to submitting a poster for review.
Posters on Display
The poster display schedule will be available by May 31, 2017 and will based on the COSI program schedule.
Poster Display Size:
Attention Poster Authors:
When preparing accepted posters please note that your poster should not exceed the following dimensions 0.95 m (wide) x 1.30 m (high)
View a diagram of the poster board in pdf format
here.
Submissions received after May 15, 2017 will be considered for the late poster acceptance. Posters submitted and accepted as part of the Call for Late Poster (opens May 16, 2017) are NOT eligible to apply for Conference Travel Fellowship Support.
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 in the program and on the conference website.
When submitting posters, please note if more than one area is applicable,
please select the most relevant area. If two are equally relevant, please select one arbitrarily.
3DSIG focuses on structural bioinformatics and computational biophysics. 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; 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.
Keywords: Drug-discovery; Structure representation/classification/prediction; Structural basis of macromolecular function; Prediction and simulation of biomolecular interactions; Dynamics of biological macromolecules; Evolution studied through structures; Structural systems biology/pharmacology; 3D visualisation/data mining/databases; Structure-based protein engineering; Structural basis of human diseases
The Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) is organized by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF), a non-profit group dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of open source software development and open science within the biological research community. Since its inception in 2000, BOSC has provided a forum for developers and users to interact and share research results and ideas in open source bioinformatics. BOSC’s broad spectrum of topics includes practical techniques for solving bioinformatics problems; software development practices; standards and ontologies; approaches that promote open science and sharing of data, results and software; and ways to grow open source communities while promoting diversity within them.
Keywords: Open source; Open science; Open data; Reproducible research; Interoperability; Data science; Workflows; Translational bioinformatics; Diversifying bioinformatics communities
Bio-Ontologies Special Interest Group covers the latest and most innovative research in the application of ontologies and more generally the organization, presentation and dissemination of knowledge in biomedicine and the life sciences. Keywords: Ontology; Knowledge representation; Data integration; Automated reasoning; Text mining: Machine learning; Biocuration; Semantic web; Deep phenotyping; Learning health system
The BioVis 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. 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. Keywords:Biological data visualization; Visual data analysis; Visualization tools and libraries; Usability of visualization, genome and sequence data visualization; Network and pathway visualization; Multivariate data visualization; Imaging data visualization; Workflow and process visualization; Metadata visualization
The Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis (CAMDA) sessions highlight and compare the latest methods and results in an international data analysis contest, with this year's topics including: (1) a cancer data-integration challenge for 500 children patients (FDA SEQC), (2) a meta-genomics challenge comparing swabs from subway stations in multiple cities (MetaSUB), and (3) a meta-genomics signal level challenge in Oxford Nanopore 'wiggle space'. Keywords: International data analysis contest; Community wide experiment; Critical assessment of massive data analysis; Meta-genomics, cancer, data integration, gene expression, genomic deletions and duplications; Next-generation sequencing / RNA-seq, microarrays
The examination of how different models of learning and educational programming in bioinformatics (e.g. tutorials, workshops, courses and e-learning) can be used to impact the understanding and use of bioinformatics across different audiences
Function COSI brings 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. Also, we are conducting a multi-year Critical Assessment of protein Function Annotation, or CAFA, experiment. Keywords: Protein function; Ontologies; Machine learning; Computational challenge; Annotation
HiTSeq is a special interest group 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. 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: High-throughput sequencing; NGS; Algorithms; Read mapping; Data structures, Variant calling; DNA sequencing; RNA-seq; Single cell; Precision medicine
This RNA COSI 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. Focusing 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, 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 editing translation degradation and localization; Protein-RNA interactions; Genetic variants effect on RNA processing; RNA and disease
Network Biology covers new developments across this important and still burgeoning field; focusing on two major areas: (1) the development of network-related tools and resources, and (2) the application of network analysis and visualization in the study of biology and medicine. The session will provide a unique interface between tool developers and users in the field of network biology, and will bring into focus the current state of the field, its future promise and how to get there. Keywords: Molecular networks; Molecular interactions; Network analysis; Network visualization; Network alignment; Network reconstruction; Heterogeneous networks; Diagnostic networks,: Network tools, Network databases
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. RegGenSIG focuses on bioinformatics for regulatory genomics and will foster a collaborative community wherein scientists convene to solve difficult research problems in all areas of computational regulatory genomics. Keywords and phrases: Gene regulation; ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, ATAC-seq; Transcription factors; Enhancers; Chromatin; Gene promoters; Regulatory elements; Epigenetics; Regulatory motifs and modules; Epigenomics and chromatin state; Alternative splicing; Pathway analysis; Non-coding RNAs; Regulatory networks; Co-transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and translational regulation; Genetic, molecular, and phenotypic variation and human disease; The role of non-coding mutations in disease; DNA shape; Single-cell transcriptomics (and other single cell assays); 3D genomics (e.g., Hi-C and ChIA-PET); Epitranscriptomics; Regulatory evolution or comparative regulatory genomics
SysMod aims to create a forum for systems modelers and bioinformaticians to discuss common research questions and methods. Focusing on the conjoint use of mathematical modeling and bioinformatics to understand biological systems functions and dysfunctions. SysMod 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. Key words and phrases: Mathematical model; Numerical simulations; Whole genome metabolic models; Signalling pathways; Systems medicine; Quantitative systems pharmacology; Data and model integration; Model parametrization; Multi-scale models; Synthetic biology
TransMed covers the current developments in the field of clinical and translational medicine informatics and will explore the current status of computational biology approaches within the field of clinical and translational medicine. Large amounts of multi-omics, imaging (medical and molecular) and clinical data can now be captured for given patient populations. This opens the debate on current state-of-the-art data infrastructures for translational medicine data integration and analysis. TransMed 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
The VarI COSI explores recent advances in the methodology for the annotation and analysis of genetic variants. Dedicated to the recent advances in the analysis and interpretation of the genetic variants, with an aim to organize a research network (VarI-COSI) facilitating the exchange of ideas and the establishment of new collaborations between researchers with different expertise. Broadly divided in two areas (“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. Keywords: Genetic variant; Functional impact; Pathogenic variant; Variant annotation, Machine learning, Gene prioritization; Protein structure; Protein stability; Regulatory variant; Gene network
Emerging Topics represents research areas that are not included in the above communities. Selected submissions will be programmed into parallel tracks.
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
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)
Q: Should I submit a poster through the submission portal if I have submitted an abstract indicating that I will present a poster if my work is not selected for oral presentation. A: No, if you submit work to abstracts or proceedings and want to be considered for a poster you will receive an email confirming after acceptance notifications have been sent. Poster submission fees will still apply and your poster will only be confirmed once the submission fee is received.
Q: Can someone else submit my poster for me? A: Yes but if you are a member you will need to provide them with your ISCB member ID and Password. If you don't recall your password use this link: http://www.iscb.org/iscb-forgot-your-password
• Members, plan ahead to ensure that your membership is valid, that you remember your ISCB ID and Password. Your ISCB ID can only be used once for a poster submission.
• Non-members please ensure your credit card information is correct and valid as payment is required for the submission.
If you are a non-member anyone can submit but they will need to pay the submission fee on your behalf and identify you as the presenter after payment is made during the submission process (Please note a member submitting on behalf of a non-member presenter must use the Payment Option 2 on the poster submission page when submitting for the poster presenter). Membership benefits are non-transferable.
Remember it will save you money to become a member of ISCB as there is no cost to submit a poster as an ISCB member and the conference registration will also be a lower price for members. Either way you save!
Q: Can I submit more than one poster? A: No you should only submit one poster - the conference only allows 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: If I pay to submit a poster can I get a refund if my poster is not accepted? A: No refunds will be provided for poster submission payments.
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.
ELIXIR Special Track
Attention Conference Presenters - please review the Speaker Information Page available here
Room: Meeting Hall IA
Tuesday July 25, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Organizers: ELIXIR Hub
Dana Cernoskova (ELIXIR Hub)
Pablo Roman Garcia (ELIXIR Hub)
Andrew Smith (ELIXIR Hub)
Presentation Overview:
ELIXIR unites Europe’s leading life science organisations in managing and safeguarding the increasing volume of data being generated by publicly funded research. It coordinates, integrates and sustains bioinformatics resources across its member states and enables users in academia and industry to access services that are vital for their research.
ELIXIR Track one will showcase to delegates the activities and outputs of ELIXIR’s five Platforms (Tools, Data, Interoperability, Compute and Training). Through talks from ELIXIR partners and interactive discussions, delegates will see what services and resources are being made available via ELIXIR, and how they can engage in and contribute to their development. ELIXIR Track two will follow a similar format and showcase the outputs of ELIXIR’s Use Cases (Marine Metagenomics, Plant Sciences, Rare Diseases and Human Data) and Capacity Building programme.
10:00 - 12:30 Outputs from ELIXIR Platforms
Time
Topics
Speaker
10:00 - 10:30
ELIXIR Data Platform: Sustaining Europe's life science data infrastructure
Jo McEntyre (ELIXIR - EBI)
10:30 - 11:00
ELIXIR Tools Platform: Services and connectors to drive access and exploitation
Salvador Capella (ELIXIR - ES)
11:00 - 11:30
ELIXIR Interoperability Platform: Integration of data and services
Norman Morrison (ELIXIR Hub) & Chris Evelo (ELIXIR - NL)
11:30 - 12:00
ELIXIR Compute Platform: Compute: Access, exchange and storage
Ludek Matyska (ELIXIR - CZ)
12:00 - 12:30
ELIXIR Training Platform: Professional skills for managing and exploiting data
Patricia Palagi (ELIXIR - CH)
14:00 -16:30 Outputs from ELIXIR Use Cases and Capacity Building programme
Time
Topics
Speaker
14:00 - 14:30
ELIXIR Marine Metagenomics Use case: Marine metagenomic infrastructure as driver for research and industrial
innovation
Rob Finn (ELIXIR - EBI) Nils Peder Willssen (ELIXIR - NO)
14:30 - 15:00
ELIXIR Rare Disease Use case: ELIXIR infrastructure for Rare Disease research
Marco Roos (ELIXIR - NL)
15:00 - 15:30
ELIXIR Human Data
Use case: Secure archiving, dissemination and analysis of human access-controlled data
Susheel Varma (ELIXIR Hub)
15:30 - 16:00
ELIXIR Node Capacity Building Programme
Jiri Vondrasek / Bengt Persson (ELIXIR - CZ and NO)
Proceedings Co-chairs: Niko Beerenwinkel, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland; Yana Bromberg, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States
ISMB/ECCB 2017 brings together Bioinformaticians and Computational Biologists working in a wide range of disciplines, including molecular biology, biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics and statistics. Papers that demonstrate both the development of new computational techniques and their application to Molecular and Systems Biology, with significant outcomes to biomedical, agricultural, and environmental questions are especially encouraged.
Proceedings Submission Key Dates
Monday, December 19, 2016
Call for Proceedings Opens
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Proceedings Submission Deadline
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Conditional Acceptance Notification
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Revised Papers Deadline
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Final Acceptance Notification
Review Process:
Submissions will be subject to two rounds of reviews, allowing the authors to reply to the reviewer comments. In the first round the submissions will be classified into three categories: (a) accept/minor changes, (b) major changes, and (c) not accepted. Papers in the first category will be accepted without a second round of review. Authors of submissions in the second category will be given the opportunity to submit revised drafts based on the reviewer comments, with letters of reply to the reviewers outlining the main changes and/or giving counter arguments to the reviewer points. We expect the majority of papers to fall in categories (a) and (c), with category (b) reserved for papers that the reviewers identified as strong but with substantial issues that need to be addressed. Among the resubmitted papers, the second round of review will select the most suitable papers for presentation. These will be published in the Bioinformatics journal and presented at the conference. The authors of submissions that will not be accepted in the second round will be given the opportunity to be redirected to an on-line issue of the Bioinformatics journal (fully citable; equal to regular publication in this journal), subjected to the Editorial considerations of Bioinformatics.
The presentation of talks at ISMB/ECCB is by COSI thematic area. However if your submission does not fit in any COSI theme please submit to 'Other Topic' below.
Submitters will choose the track area best suited to their paper during the submission process. Submissions to the proceedings track require one member of the author group to present a talk at the conference. Please note a presenting author can present only one oral talk at ISMB/ECCB 2017.
3DSIG focuses on structural bioinformatics and computational biophysics. 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; 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.
Keywords: Drug-discovery; Structure representation/classification/prediction; Structural basis of macromolecular function; Prediction and simulation of biomolecular interactions; Dynamics of biological macromolecules; Evolution studied through structures; Structural systems biology/pharmacology; 3D visualisation/data mining/databases; Structure-based protein engineering; Structural basis of human diseases
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Bio-Ontologies Special Interest Group covers the latest and most innovative research in the application of ontologies and more generally the organization, presentation and dissemination of knowledge in biomedicine and the life sciences. Keywords: Ontology; Knowledge representation; Data integration; Automated reasoning; Text mining: Machine learning; Biocuration; Semantic web; Deep phenotyping; Learning health system
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The BioVis 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. 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. Keywords:Biological data visualization; Visual data analysis; Visualization tools and libraries; Usability of visualization, genome and sequence data visualization; Network and pathway visualization; Multivariate data visualization; Imaging data visualization; Workflow and process visualization; Metadata visualization
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The Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis (CAMDA) sessions highlight and compare the latest methods and results in an international data analysis contest, with this year's topics including: (1) a cancer data-integration challenge for 500 children patients (FDA SEQC), (2) a meta-genomics challenge comparing swabs from subway stations in multiple cities (MetaSUB), and (3) a meta-genomics signal level challenge in Oxford Nanopore 'wiggle space'. Keywords: International data analysis contest; Community wide experiment; Critical assessment of massive data analysis; Meta-genomics, cancer, data integration, gene expression, genomic deletions and duplications; Next-generation sequencing / RNA-seq, microarrays
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Function COSI brings 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. Also, we are conducting a multi-year Critical Assessment of protein Function Annotation, or CAFA, experiment. Keywords: Protein function; Ontologies; Machine learning; Computational challenge; Annotation
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HiTSeq is a special interest group 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. 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: High-throughput sequencing; NGS; Algorithms; Read mapping; Data structures, Variant calling; DNA sequencing; RNA-seq; Single cell; Precision medicine
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This RNA COSI 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. Focusing 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, 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 editing translation degradation and localization; Protein-RNA interactions; Genetic variants effect on RNA processing; RNA and disease
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Network Biology covers new developments across this important and still burgeoning field; focusing on two major areas: (1) the development of network-related tools and resources, and (2) the application of network analysis and visualization in the study of biology and medicine. The session will provide a unique interface between tool developers and users in the field of network biology, and will bring into focus the current state of the field, its future promise and how to get there. Keywords: Molecular networks; Molecular interactions; Network analysis; Network visualization; Network alignment; Network reconstruction; Heterogeneous networks; Diagnostic networks,: Network tools, Network databases
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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. RegGenSIG focuses on bioinformatics for regulatory genomics and will foster a collaborative community wherein scientists convene to solve difficult research problems in all areas of computational regulatory genomics. Keywords and phrases: Gene regulation; ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, ATAC-seq; Transcription factors; Enhancers; Chromatin; Gene promoters; Regulatory elements; Epigenetics; Regulatory motifs and modules; Epigenomics and chromatin state; Alternative splicing; Pathway analysis; Non-coding RNAs; Regulatory networks; Co-transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and translational regulation; Genetic, molecular, and phenotypic variation and human disease; The role of non-coding mutations in disease; DNA shape; Single-cell transcriptomics (and other single cell assays); 3D genomics (e.g., Hi-C and ChIA-PET); Epitranscriptomics; Regulatory evolution or comparative regulatory genomics
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SysMod aims to create a forum for systems modelers and bioinformaticians to discuss common research questions and methods. Focusing on the conjoint use of mathematical modeling and bioinformatics to understand biological systems functions and dysfunctions. SysMod 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. Key words and phrases: Mathematical model; Numerical simulations; Whole genome metabolic models; Signalling pathways; Systems medicine; Quantitative systems pharmacology; Data and model integration; Model parametrization; Multi-scale models; Synthetic biology
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TransMed covers the current developments in the field of clinical and translational medicine informatics and will explore the current status of computational biology approaches within the field of clinical and translational medicine. Large amounts of multi-omics, imaging (medical and molecular) and clinical data can now be captured for given patient populations. This opens the debate on current state-of-the-art data infrastructures for translational medicine data integration and analysis. TransMed 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
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The VarI COSI explores recent advances in the methodology for the annotation and analysis of genetic variants. Dedicated to the recent advances in the analysis and interpretation of the genetic variants, with an aim to organize a research network (VarI-COSI) facilitating the exchange of ideas and the establishment of new collaborations between researchers with different expertise. Broadly divided in two areas (“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. Keywords: Genetic variant; Functional impact; Pathogenic variant; Variant annotation, Machine learning, Gene prioritization; Protein structure; Protein stability; Regulatory variant; Gene network
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Emerging Topics represents research areas that are not included in the above communities. Selected submissions will be programmed into parallel tracks.
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Relevant computational techniques include, but are not limited to: machine learning; data mining; text analysis; pattern recognition; knowledge representation; databases; data modeling; combinatorics; stochastic modeling; string and graph algorithms; linguistic methods; robotics; constraint satisfaction; data visualization; parallel computation; data integration; modelling and simulation.
Papers will be assigned to COSI Track Areas and three reviews sought. Papers may be moved between areas as appropriate - this is often necessary for load balance and fit between areas during the review process. Accepted papers will be published as conference proceedings in an open access, online-only, section of a regular issue of the Bioinformatics journal with an electronic version distributed to conference delegates. The proceedings will be available online approximately one month prior to the conference opening.
Publication of the proceedings as an online part of the Bioinformatics journal will result in fully citable articles, indexed by Medline and ISI. See the conference proceedings for ISMB 2016 for an example of online-only publication by Oxford University Press.
ISMB/ECCB 2017 provides authors of accepted papers an oral presentation to provide an oral summary of their work. All presentations should be no longer than 15 minutes including 2-3 minutes for discussion.
Papers can be submitted in either a template-free format or in the format following the template for author submission to the OUP journal bioinformatics. If the OUP template is used the paper length must not exceed nine pages. If the template-free format is used the length of the paper must not exceed 12 pages (single space, 12 point font), including abstract, figures, tables, and bibliography. In either case, the paper must contain an abstract whose length does not exceed 250 words.
If absolutely necessary, submissions can be accompanied by supplementary material, similar to submissions to scientific journals. The supplementary material should be collected in a separate file that is appropriately marked and uploaded as an attachment on the paper submission page in EasyChair. However, we advise against adding supplementary material, in general. Supplementary material will be published on the proceedings site alongside the online version of the conference paper. We do not support supplementary material presented at any other than the publisher's site. Additionally, OUP does not edit or typeset supplementary data - it is uploaded online exactly as it is received, so authors must ensure its accuracy before submitting.
Papers should be submitted in their final form since the evaluation procedure does not allow for additional rounds of refinement / modification in response to referee criticisms. Poor quality submissions or insufficiently prepared papers are very often rejected. Paper presenters must register and pay to attend and present at the conference.
For submissions to the Proceedings track, ISMB/ECCB does not accept previously published works through peer-reviewed publications. Please note that conference presentations, posting on recognized preprint servers (such as Arxiv, Biorxiv and PeerJ preprints), or posting on a personal or employer's website do not constitute prior publication. In case of doubt, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
PAPERS NOT CONFORMING TO THESE GUIDELINES WILL BE RETURNED WITHOUT REVIEW.
Papers submitted for review should represent original, previously unpublished work. At the time the paper is submitted to ISMB/ECCB 2017, and for the entire review period, the paper should not be under review by any other conference or scientific journal.
Papers will be accepted electronically, in PDF format only, at the submission site until Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 23:59 (11:59 pm) Pacific time.
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Call for Special Sessions Proposals - ISMB/ECCB 2017
ISMB/ECCB 2017 will feature Special Sessions track for emerging research areas that will run throughout the conference in parallel to other tracks (except the keynote presentations). In its structure, each session(s) provides more in-depth look at the subject matter presented. Proposals for special sessions should be submitted via the online submission system at hereby Monday, January 30, 2017.
Special Sessions Deadlines
Monday, November 28, 2016
Call for Special Sessions Opens
Monday, January 30, 2017
Special Session Proposal Submission Deadline
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Special Session Acceptance Notification
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Special Session Complete Program on web
Special Sessions have the purpose of introducing the ISCB community and ISMB/ECCB delegates to relevant 'hot' topics that are not already covered in the COSI tracks. Sessions can be considered as mini-symposia on timely topics, or new emerging area presented by top experts.
A wide range of topics is possible, as long as they are of relevance to computational biology and bioinformatics. We also encourage topics that are marginal to computational biology but clearly will need the involvement of such expertise in the near future. The proposed topics for Special Session might, for example, cover emerging themes that ISMB/ECCB is not currently approaching with the desired proficiency. Some attractive topics include:
3D genomics Biological imaging and image analysis Data compression and storage Metagenomics Mathematical and computational medicine RNA structure New sequencing technologies
In addition we would like to encourage submissions that deal with the Society-Computational Biology interface. Examples might be “Genomic data sharing and privacy”, "Bringing genomic medicine to the clinic”. We encourage you to submit a proposal on an area that you deem as important to the computational biology community and may impact the future of the field.
Proposals should include the following details:
Title (up to 20 words, preferably worded to pique delegates' interest)
Topic: Describe the field to be covered by the session(s) and its relevance for conference participants (about one page)
Meeting details
Duration (2 hour session, 4 hour session, 1 day)
Expected sessions / topics, if possible with an explanatory paragraph about each
If more than 2 hours, a draft schedule showing how the sessions / topics will be organized within the schedule template, including placement of keynotes, accepted talks, panel discussions, etc.
How presentations will be selected (invitation, call for submissions, etc.)
Possible speakers. This is not required, but may add weight to the proposal—indicate speakers who have already agreed to participate. NOTE: See Special Session Registration information for more details about compensation.
Previous meetings of this with attendance statistics, if held before
Potential sources of sponsorship for the session(s). ISCB provides session organizers with one-day complimentary registration for the invited speakers (maximum of four (4) per session) for those attending ISMB/ECCB 2017 for the sole purpose of presenting within the Special Session. We encourage the organizers to approach experts from related fields and communities that are not necessarily attending ISMB/ECCB routinely. Organizers will be responsible for raising sponsorship for additional complimentary registrations.
Information about the organizers: full name (including title), affiliation, e-mail and postal addresses, telephone numbers (work and mobile, if available, including country and city codes), URL of home page, and qualifications to organize this meeting.
This call is an invitation for scientists and professionals to submit proposals for Special Sessions for ISMB/ECCB 2017, to take place at the Prague Congress Centre, Prague, Czech Republic.
Special Session Registration:
Organizers must identify the session speakers designated to receive the complimentary one-day registrations by May 15, 2017 by contacting This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. in order to receive special registration instructions. Organizers and presenters within the Special Sessions are responsible for their own travel costs and if attending the full conference are responsible for the full conference registration fee. If needed, organizers are encouraged to seek sponsorships and/or use grant funds available to them to cover their own and their speakers' travel and registration costs.
The Technology Track allows organizations to showcase their software and/or hardware relevant to the bioinformatics / molecular biology community.
Submission Schedule
Monday, January 9, 2017
Call for Technology Track Opens
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Submission Deadline
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Technology Track Acceptance Notification
Technology Track
To conduct a Technology Track presentation, organizations must complete the on-line sign-up form including a brief description (50 words maximum) of the talk and a one (1) page Technology Track presentation overview (PDF) which will provide the delegate with additional details about the technology being presented. The presenter of the Technology Track must be a registered and paid delegate of the conference.
The cost to present a Technology Track is:
For profit organization: US$2000.00
Not for profit organization: US$600.00
Organizations receive:
For Profit: 45 minute with ~ 10 minutes for Q&A (within a 60 minute block) presentation time for profit organizations ($2000)
Not For Profit: 15 minute presentation with ~ 3 minute Q&A (with in a 20 minute time block)($600)
The Technology Track schedule is set by the organizers and talks will be held on the Monday and Tuesday of the conference
Listing in the conference program book
Listing on conference web site for overview of organization's Technology Track presentation
Technology Track presentation room
Audio-Visual equipment provided includes internet connection, data projector, screen, microphone (all additional equipment required will be charged at cost to the presenting organization)
**Does not include conference registration** Presenters must be registered to attend ISMB in order to provide a presentation.
Format
Presentations occur as part of the parallel track system. All individual time slots are on a 20 minutes schedule (3 talks per hour).
Presenters will be provided with a Windows-based desktop computer and Internet access. If a different operating system is required presenters should bring their own computer and contact the audio visual team at least 24 hours before you are due to give your presentation.
If you intend to use a Windows computer provided by the conference for your Technology Track presentation, please bring a CD/Flash-drive containing any software and presentation material that needs to be loaded, or make your software and other material downloadable via the internet.
Within your time slot, you are at liberty to demonstrate your software in any way that you see fit: for example, you can combine one or more structured talks with live demos and question-and-answer sessions. Authors should provide handouts for attendees.
Major sponsors will be given precedence for Technology Track presentation time slots.
Acceptance and Confirmation
All submissions will be reviewed by the Technology Track selection committee and notification of acceptance will be forwarded no later than June 1, 2016. Technology Track presenters will be contacted by the conference organizers regarding presentation acceptance, Technology Track schedule, logistics and payment. Payment should not be made until organizations receive notification of acceptance.
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ISCB is pleased to offer travel fellowships to ISMB/ECCB 2017 for students and postdoctoral fellows to present a talk or poster at the conference in Prague, Czech Republic. Funding sources for Travel Fellowships are very limited and we regret that we are not able to fund all applicants. The conference organizers are committed to providing support to as many eligible applicants as possible. Travel Fellowship consideration is based on membership and accepted work to ISMB/ECCB 2017.
Travel Fellowship Application Invitations are sent directly to eligible individuals after acceptance of a scientific submissions to Proceedings, Abstracts (previously late-breaking or highlights), or Posters.
TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION OVERVIEW:
The submitting author will be sent the invitation and is responsible for getting the invitation to the presenting author if the work is not being presented by the submitting author;
Applicant must be a current member of ISCB prior to submitting an application;
Applicant must be listed as an author and be the presenter of an accepted Oral or Poster presentation (excluding accepted Late Posters) in order to be eligible to apply for travel fellowship funds through ISMB/ECCB 2017
All applicants must attend all four(4) conference days and secure additional funding from other sources in order to be able to cover the full costs of attending the conference;
The deadline to submit a fellowship application is May 31, 2017, by 5:00 Eastern Time. No exceptions will be made.
Travel Fellowship Key Dates
May 31, 2017
Travel Fellowship Application Deadline
May 26, 2017
CAMDA - Travel Fellowship Invitations are Sent
June 1, 2017
CAMDA - Travel Fellowship Application Deadline
June 7, 2017
CAMDA - Travel Fellowship Acceptance Notification
June 12, 2017
Travel Fellowship Acceptance Notification
June 15, 2017
Early Bird Registration Deadline (11:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time)
MAXIMUM AWARD AMOUNTS
The maximum fellowship award is determined based on geographical location of applicant and upon submission of appropriate receipts. Please note that funded applicants will only be able to cover approximately 50% of the expense of travel and registration fees with these fellowship amounts. Thus all applicants must seek and secure additional funding sources (e.g., from your home institution/university, or grant funding). For ISMB/ECCB 2017 maximum awards will be as follows:
MAXIMUM FUNDS TO BE AWARDED PER REGION OF APPLICANT
Africa
1500 USD
Asia (excluding Middle East)
1000 USD
Canada
1500 USD
Europe
750 USD
Mexico
1500 USD
Central America
1500 USD
South America
1500 USD
Middle East
1000 USD
Oceania
2000 USD
USA (East of Mississippi River)
1250 USD
USA (West of Mississippi River)
1500 USD
Application Process
Application is by invitation-only, sent automatically via email to the submitting author of an accepted Proceedings, Abstracts (previously late-breaking and highlights), and Posters (excluding accepted Late Posters) submissions. This invitation email will arrive after notification of acceptance of one of these submission types as a separate. IF YOU HAVE AN ACCEPTED PRESENTATION AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN INVITATION BY MAY 20 – PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER AND THEN CONTACT US IF AN INVITATION IS NOT THERE: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Each invitation will include a unique travel fellowship application URL to link to an application. The application URL must be submitted by the presenting author only, if he or she meets the qualifying requirements. If the submitting author is not the presenting author, it is the responsibility of the submitting author to forward the invitation to the presenting author if he or she meets the eligibility requirements. Each application URL can only be used one time and no application will be accepted after the deadline of May 25, 2017.
Eligibility Requirements
1.Applicant must be a current ISCB member whose membership does not expire prior to the last day of the conference (July 25, 2017). Applications will not be accepted from non-members; pending memberships do not qualify and must be paid in full prior to submission of an application.
2.Applicant must be listed as an author or co-author on the original submission of an accepted ISMB/ECCB 2017 Proceedings paper, Abstracts (previously Highlight paper and Late Breaking Research abstract), or Poster (excluding accepted Late Posters), and, per the requirements of the funding agencies, the funded applicant must be the presenting author of the work. (Submitters to the "Call for Late Posters" are not eligible for fellowship funding.)
3.Applicant must be registered in a degree program (undergraduate or graduate) or as a postdoctoral research fellow at an accredited educational institution at the time of the conference; post docs and employees of any US federal agency are ineligible for funding using US federal funds - currently we have only US federal funds for this travel fellowship program.
4.Applicant must be prepared to register for ISMB/ECCB 2017 by the early registration deadline of June 15, 2017, and plan to attend all four conference days. If attendance at the conference is dependent on receipt of travel fellowship funds, please do not register until after the notification of travel fellowship funding. Any funded applicant failing to register for the conference by the early registration deadline of June 15, 2017 will automatically forfeit the funds so that another applicant can be awarded from among the original pool of applicants.
5.Applicant must be able to pay all expenses of attending the conference up front, including conference registration fee (as noted in #4 above), travel, accommodations and meals. Travel Fellowship funding will be provided as a reimbursement as a check payable in USD and mailed to the participant approximately 6-8 weeks after the conference.
Eligible expenses
Eligible expenses toward travel fellowship funds include conference registration, transportation (air or land transportation from home region to conference city), a maximum of €475 Euros of hotel room and occupancy tax charges, and a maximum of €125 Euros in meal expenses. In order to receive the full-awarded amount, receipts for registration, transportation and hotel accommodations are required that equal or exceed the awarded amount. Conference registration fee is reimbursable at the early registration pricing only; registration fees to attend pre-conference tutorials are not reimbursable expenses, but the registration fee for the Student Council Symposium is an accepted expense (only when also registering for the full conference).
Notification
Applicants will be notified no later than June 7, 2017 of the funding status. In some cases applicants may be notified they are on a wait list for funding, which means that ISCB is fully expecting but still awaiting the formal confirmation of our grant award from one or more granting agency, and that awarding of those funds will not be possible until the grant needed to fund the travel fellowship is confirmed. Any wait listed applicant that is eventually awarded funds will be offered the opportunity to register at the early registration rate, therefore, please do not register for the conference if your attendance is fully dependent on being awarded a travel fellowship as any cancellation of an applicant's registration will be subject to the full regular registration cancellation policy.
Funded applicants will be required to present evidence of their eligibility status (such as student identification card) at the conference registration desk to receive their funds, and must sign in with the Travel Fellowships Desk to record their attendance. In all cases, funds will be mailed to funded applicants after the conference per the details noted in Eligibility Requirements #5 above. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Contacts
Questions regarding fellowships should be addressed to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The information on this page is subject to change without notice, and all changed information will be considered final for the purposes of awarding and funding ISMB/ECCB 2017 Travel Fellowships.
