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SPECIAL SESSIONS


 

Special Sessions at GLBIO 2017

Many of the sessions listed below will consider submissions for contributed talks, including full papers in addition to our regular track. All such papers should be submitted through EasyChair, by the relevant GLBIO 2017 submission deadline. Please contact the organizer of the individual sessions for more information. 

3D Genome Organization in Gene Regulation
Full-day session, accepting abstracts for oral presentations and full papers through EasyChair.
The three-dimensional (3D) organization of the genome is emerging as an important determinant of context-specific gene expression. The 3D organization of the genome facilitates long-range gene regulatory interactions between regulatory DNA sequence and a target gene that can be hundreds of kilobases away. Recent advances in chromosome capture conformation (3C) technologies have resulted in an unprecedented growth of available datasets across multiple organisms, cell types, and time points. However, new computational methods are needed to most effectively analyze and interpret these data. This session aims to bring together computational and experimental biologists to discuss new opportunities and challenges in the 3D genome organization area. The session will feature a collection of invited talks and selected talks from submitted papers.
Organizers: Ferhat Ay (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) and Sushmita Roy (Wisconsin)
Contact emails: ferhatay "at" lji.org and sroy "at" biostat.wisc.edu

Analyzing your data in PATRIC: Assembly, annotation, SNPs, RNA-Seq, with a suite of comparative genomic and transcriptomic tools
Half-day tutorial. Will not accept submissions.
The PATRIC bioinformatics resource center provides a unique experience, where researchers can see their private data "virtually integrated" with the public genomic data available for bacteria or archaea. Private data can be run through assembly and annotation pipelines, stored in a private workspace, and then compared using the suite of analysis tools provide by PATRIC. In this hands-on workshop, researchers will use their own computers and upload raw reads, create an assembly, annotate the contigs, and compare them with any of the 10,000s of genomes publically available in PATRIC.
Organizer: Rebecca Wattam (Virginia Tech)
Contact email: rwattam "at" vbi.vt.edu

Bench-and-Computational Matching
Half-day session is an interactive tutorial.  Will not accept submissions.
The MiB@GLBIO session (Matchmaking in Bioinformatics, BTW) will have a series of quick talks about specific tools and resources, followed by "speed-dating" time (hence, the matchmaking theme), where tool developers/analysis experts will briefly interact with bench scientists/novice researchers to determine whether future conversations/collaborations are useful and whether they have interests in common. Major topics of broad interest, such as RNA-seq isoform specificity, Chromatin Accessibility, and Evolution, will be included.
Organizers: Ewy Mathé (Ohio State), Helen Piontkivska (Kent University), and Ben Busby (NIH)
Contact emails: ben.busby "at" nih.gov, opiontki "at" kent.edu, and ewy.mathe "at" osumc.edu

Bioinformatics Education
Half-day session, accepting abstracts for oral presentations through EasyChair.
Education is a critical area of focus for the bioinformatics and computational biology community, as the rapid development of the field combined with the diverse backgrounds of learners makes the delivery of high quality education challenging. In this session speakers will present their views on what we are doing well now in bioinformatics education, and what we need to improve upon in the future, in undergraduate education, graduate education, and professional development. A roundtable discussion engaging the presenters and the audience will cap off the session.
Organizer: Michael Sierk (St. Vincent College)
Contact email: michael.sierk "at" stvincent.edu

Biological Data Visualization
Half-day session, accepting abstracts for oral presentations through EasyChair.
Visualization is an increasingly important component in the effective analysis of large biological datasets. The Biological Data Visualization session at GLBIO is an interdisciplinary event for all aspects of visualization and visual analytics in biology. it brings together researchers from the visualization, bioinformatics, and biology communities with the purpose of educating, inspiring, and engaging visualization researchers in problems in biological data visualization as well as educating and engaging bioinformatics and biology researchers in state-of-the-art in visualization research.
Organizers: G. Elisabeta Marai (UIC) and Angus Forbes (UIC)
Contact emails: gmarai "at" uic.edu and aforbes "at" uic.edu

Challenges and opportunities in precision medicine
Full-day session, accepting abstracts for oral presentations through EasyChair. 
Advances in computing have created a data-driven revolution in biology and promises to guide the development of precision medicine. This special session will bring together scientists from biology and computer science to explore emerging topics in personalized medicine including genomics across diverse populations, EHR analytics, and drug discovery.
Organizers: Heather Wheeler (Loyola University Chicago), (Hammad Naveed (Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago) and Aly Khan (Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago)
Contact emails: hwheeler1 "at" luc "dot" edu, hammad "dot" naveed "at" ttic "dot" edu, and aakhan "at" ttic "dot" edu

Host-Microbiome Intractions: data analysis, modeling, and applications
Half-day session, accepting abstracts for oral presentations and full papers through EasyChair. 
Advances in metagenomics sequencing, environmental proteomics and metabolomics have enabled researchers to peer into previously invisible ecosystems of prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and viruses. The influx of data has created a wealth of opportunity for novel trans-omics computational and informatics approaches to viewing the living world and to predict how microbiome communities affect their hosts. This half-day session will present research in analyzing, modeling, and understanding host-microbiome interactions.
Organizers: Yang Dai (UIC) and Peter Larsen (Argone National Lab)
Contact emails: yangdai "at" uic.edu and plarsen "at" anl.gov

Multi-scale Modeling of Microbial Communities
1.5-day session, accepting abstracts for oral presentations and full papers through EasyChair.
Microbial populations have wide ranging influence that extends well beyond the length-scale of a single microbe. Multi-scale modeling enables us to investigate the emergent ecological properties stemming from interactions among microbes and their interactions with the environment. This session will cover a wide range of topics, including: community metabolic modeling, evolutionary ecology, and metagenome assembly.
Co-chairs: Nicholas Chia (Mayo Clinic) and Kalin Vetsigian (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Contact emails: chia.nicholas "at" mayo.edu and kalin "at" discovery.wisc.edu

Phylogeography of Viruses
Full-day session, accepting abstracts for oral presentations and full papers through EasyChair.
Phylogeography studies the geographical lineages of species, including viruses, and uses nucleotide sequences to estimate their geographic diffusion and genetic diversity over time. For pathogens, RNA viruses are favorable to study because of their shorter genomes and more rapid rates of mutations. This session will bring together scientists who study phylogeography of viruses including theoretical and applied researchers.
Organizers: Matthew Scotch (Arizona State University), Justin Bahl (University of Texas Health Science Center), Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam (University of Hong Kong), and Marc A. Suchard (UCLA)
Contact email: matthew.scotch [at] asu [dot] edu


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SUBMISSIONS


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All Submissions for GLBIO: Click here for Easychair

Submissions are invited for full papers, short papers, and posters at the 12th Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (an official conference of the International Society for Computational Biology). This is an invitation to scientists and professionals working in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology to submit high quality original research papers for presentation at GLBIO 2017. Authors of papers that are accepted to the conference will present their papers at the conference (longer talks for full papers, shorter talks for the short papers). GLBIO 2017 does not have a conference proceedings, but accepted full papers will be considered by PLOS One for inclusion in a special issue devoted to GLBIO 2017.

A wide definition and inclusion of bioinformatics/computational biology will be considered, and topics of interest include the following:

  • Algorithms & Machine Learning
  • Bioinformatics Education
  • Biostatistics
  • Cheminformatics
  • Clinical & Health Informatics
  • Data Science
  • Databases, Ontologies & Biocurtion
  • Disease Models & Molecular Medicine
  • Epidemiology & Biodiversity
  • Evolutionary & Comparative Genomics
  • Gene Regulation & Transcriptomics
  • Genome Informatics
  • Image Analysis
  • Metagenomics & Microbiome Informatics
  • Macromolecular Structure & Function
  • Network Biology
  • Phylogenetics/Phylogenomics
  • Proteomics & Metabolomics
  • Sequence Analysis
  • Synthetic Biology
  • Systems Modeling
  • Text Mining & Natural Language Processing
  • Visualization

 
Key dates: Click here

Conference website: www.iscb.org/glbio2017

Submission website: Click here

Special Sessions:  Authors can request consideration by special sessions in Easychair.  Please carefully review the information below before submitting in Easychair.

Sessions that will consider Full papers and Short papers
3D Genome Organization in Gene Regulation
Host-Microbiome Intractions: data analysis, modeling, and applications
Multi-scale Modeling of Microbial Communities
Phylogeography of Viruses

Sessions that will consider Short papers only
Bioinformatics Education
Biological Data Visualization
Challenges and opportunities in precision medicine

Other Sessions
Analyzing your data in PATRIC: Assembly, annotation, SNPs, RNA-Seq, with a suite of comparative genomic and transcriptomic tools
Bench-and-Computational Matching

Full Paper and PLOS ONE Submission Information


Full Papers for Oral Presentation submissions to GLBIO 2017 should be prepared using PLOS ONE format.  Submission are done through Easychair and the deadline is February 1, 2017.

Authors of all full papers that are accepted for oral talks at the conference will have the option of being considered for publication in a
PLOS ONE Collection devoted to the conference. Prior to submission to PLOS ONE, authors who decide to proceed with this option are expected to address the reviewers’ comments received during the GLBIO review process. Then, such revised papers will be subject to additional peer review by the journal, where members of the PLOS ONE Editorial Board who are also members of the GLBIO Program Committee will handle the papers and, where possible, invite the same reviewers that have participated in the GLBIO review process.

The two best submissions to the Collection, [as judged by the Program Committee], will be highlighted on the PLOS Collections page and lead authors will be interviewed about their work for the
PLOS Collections Blog. Interviews will be featured on the PLOS Collections page. The authors will also have the option to take part in a PLOS Science Wednesday Ask Me Anything on Reddit. 

Note that last year (for GLBIO 2016), the average time to publication for the GLBIO papers submitted to PLOS ONE was about half the overall PLOS ONE average.

Authors are responsible for any fees or expenses in regards to the
PLOS ONE publication of their paper. For more information see: http://collections.plos.org/s/finances-for-special-collections.

Short Papers for Oral Presentation


Short Papers for Oral Presentation submissions to GLBIO 2017 should be a page in length (approximately 600 words) and have no figures.  Submission deadline in Easychair is March 13, 2017.

All accepted short papers will have the chance to publish their work in the ISCB Community Journal and will be contacted after acceptance about this opportunity.

Poster Information


Abstracts for Poster submissions to GLBIO 2017 should be half a page in length (approximately 300 words) and have no figures.  Submission deadline in Easychair is March 27, 2017 for Posters and April 17, 2017 for Late Breaking Posters.

We also encourage all participants to submit their posters and slides (for free) to The Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (GLBIO) conference channel in the ISCB Community Journal.

Poster Display Size: - When preparing accepted posters please note that your poster should not exceed the following dimensions: 46 inches wide by 45 inches high. There will be 2 posters per side on the each poster board.

Printing Offer - Graphicsland Inc. is offering a 10% discount on your poster printing with the code GLBIO17. www.makesigns.com/conference/4541/glbio-great-lakes-bioinformatics-conferenceHave your poster mailed to you or delivered right to UIC!

For any GLBIO questions, please contact: Bel Hanson, ISCB Conference Manager, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


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AGENDA


Agenda - May 15-17, 2017
UIC Student Center East
750 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60607

Links within this page: - Monday - May 15 - Tuesday - May 16 - Wednesday - May 17 - Download Mobile App

• Regular Track Agenda (pdf) click here

• Detailed program with all talk times and locations click here

• Agenda at a Glance (pdf) click here

Program and location are subject to change. Please check back often for updates.

Day 1 - Monday, May 15, 2017
Start Time End Time Location
Cardinal Room Dearborn Room Illinois B Room Illinois C Room
7:30 am 5:30 pm Registration in Dearborn/Illinois Lobby Area
8:00 am 10:30 am Bioinformatics Speed Dating Virus Phylogeography
starts at 9am
Education Precision Medicine
10:30am 11:00 am Coffee break in Illinois A
11:00 am 12:00 pm Elsevier Workshop Virus Phylogeography Education Precision Medicine
12:00 pm 1:30 pm lunch on own OR Lunch N' Learn in room 302
1:30 pm 2:30 pm Regular Track:
Applications to biological datasets
  Regular Track:
Proteins - Part 1
Precision Medicine
2:30 pm 3:00 pm Coffee break in Illinois A
3:00 pm 4:00 pm Regular Track: Metagenomics Host Microbiome Regular Track:
Proteins - Part 2
Precision Medicine
4:00 pm 5:15 pm Welcome and Keynote #1 in Illinois B
Dr. John Novembre

Tools for Visualizing Population Structure in Genetic Data
5:30pm 7:30 pm Welcome Reception in Terrace East
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Day 2 - Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Start Time End Time Location
Cardinal Room Dearborn Room Illinois B Room Illinois C Room
8:30 am 5:30 pm Registration in Dearborn/Illinois Lobby Area
9:00 am 10:00 am Keynote #2 in Illinois B
Dr. Eric S. Swirsky

Out of Plato’s Cave: Attending to Society’s Disconnect with Science
10:00 am 10:30 am Coffee break in Illinois A
10:30 am 12:00 pm Regular Track:
Evolution
Host Microbiome Regular Track:
Proteins - Part 3
Visualization
12:00 pm 1:30 pm Boxed Lunch and Poster Session A in Illinois A
1:30 pm 2:30 pm Regular Track:
Genome assembly
and mapping
Host Microbiome Regular Track:
Gene regulation -
Part 1
Visualization
2:30 pm 3:00 pm Coffee break in Illinois A
3:00 pm 4:30 pm 3D Genome Microbiome Modeling Regular Track:
Transcriptomics
Visualization
4:30 pm 5:30 pm Keynote #3 in Illinois B
Dr. Olufunmilayo I. Olopade

Using Big Data and Genomics to Achieve Health Equity
7:00 pm 1:00 am Dinner on Own and Salsa Outing at Alhambra Palace
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Day 3 - Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Start Time End Time Location
Cardinal Room Dearborn Room Illinois B Room Illinois C Room
8:30 am 3:30 pm Registration in Dearborn/Illinois Lobby Area
9:00 am 10:30 am 3D Genome Microbiome Modeling Regular Track:
Genome informatics
Regular Track:
Network biology
10:30 am 11:00 am Coffee break in Illinois A
11:00 am 12:00 pm 3D Genome Microbiome Modeling Regular Track:
Gene regulation -
Part 2
Regular Track:
Cancer
12:00 pm 1:30 pm Boxed Lunch and Poster Session B in Illinois A
1:30 pm 2:45 pm Keynote #4 and Awards Ceremony in Illinois B
Dr. Barbara Stranger

Transcriptome Variation in Human Immunity
2:45 pm 3:15 pm Coffee break in Illinois A
3:15 pm 6:00 pm 3D Genome Microbiome Modeling   PATRIC

 

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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


JOHN NOVEMBRE, PhD JOHN NOVEMBRE, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Human Genetics
Division of Biological Sciences
University of Chicago

Tools for Visualizing Population Structure in Genetic Data

Population structure is a fundamental feature of genetic data that has importance for addressing questions in evolutionary biology, conservation genetics, and trait mapping. In humans, population structure 1) gives perspective on human origins and history, 2) sheds light on evolutionary processes that have shaped human adaptation and disease, and 3) must be understood for effectively carrying out global medical genetics and personalized medicine. Techniques for elucidating population structure rely heavily on a suite of statistical methods with various tradeoffs. In this talk, I will present on my group's research into several models and methods for studying population structure, with a special focus on challenges for studying spatially distributed data and human genetic variation.

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OLUFUNMILAYO I. OLOPADE, MD, FACP, OON OLUFUNMILAYO I. OLOPADE, MD, FACP, OON

Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service
Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics
Associate Dean, Global Health
Director, Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics
The University of Chicago Medicine

Using Big Data and Genomics to Achieve Health Equity

We are conducting a comparative analysis of the genomic landscape of breast cancer in populations of African and European ancestry from Nigeria and the US. At the molecular level, once intrinsic subtype frequency differences are accounted for, we found that there are few genomic or proteomic differences observed between blacks and whites.  However, we found that more than 40% of breast cancer subtype frequency differences may be explained by genetic ancestry. Our data underscores the need for integrating data from diverse populations to investigate genetic and non-genetic factors that contribute to the development and progression of breast cancer subtypes.  I will discuss our recent findings and future directions.

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BARBARA STRANGER, PhD BARBARA STRANGER, PhD

Assistant Professor, Genetic Medicine
Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology
Center for Computational Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine (CCBGM)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Transcriptome Variation in Human Immunity

To extend our understanding of the genetic basis of human immune function and dysfunction, we performed an expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) study of purified CD4(+) T cells and monocytes, representing adaptive and innate immunity, in a multi-ethnic cohort of 461 healthy individuals. To further determine the extent to which human genetic variation affects the response to environmental stimuli, we applied experimental and computational approaches to determine the effects of genetic variation on the induction of pathogen-responsive genes in human dendritic cells derived from the same cohort. We also explored the genetic basis of variation in human adaptive immune responses in CD4+ T cells during unbiased activation and Th17 conditions. Our experimental design allowed us to examine context-specificity in gene regulation based on cell type, population ancestry, cellular activation status, and biological sex. We identified context-specific transcriptome variation, as well as context-specific cis- and trans-eQTLs that are highly relevant in the context of human disease. This work provides specific insights into the role of human genetic variation in immunity, and more generally establishes the importance of context-specificity in the manifestation and interpretation of function of genetic variants. 

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ERIC S. SWIRSKY, JD, MA ERIC S. SWIRSKY, JD, MA

Clinical Assistant Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
College of Applied Health Sciences
Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences
University of Chicago

Out of Plato’s Cave: Attending to Society’s Disconnect with Science

American philosopher and educator John Dewey wrote, “Democracy has to be born anew in every generation, and education is its midwife.”  Over 100 years later this quote is still pertinent to our evolving American democracy.  In the last century, scientific and technological advancement have come to expose, if not create, deep rifts among societal, educational, and scientific values.  This keynote will discuss the ways in which education in health, science, and technology, steeped in deliberation of attendant ethical issues, can fill these societal voids and deliver our democracy to the next generation.

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BIOGRAPHIES
 
JOHN NOVEMBRE, PhD
John Novembre is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Genetics and the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago.  His research develops statistical methods to address questions in evolutionary and population genetics with an emphasis on understanding human ancestry and demography. Most recently his group is focused on haplotype-based analyses of genetic variation and spatial population structure. Dr. Novembre has been awarded as a Searle Scholar, Sloan Research Fellow and MacArthur Fellow. He serves as an academic editor for the journals Genetics and Molecular Biology and Evolution and he sits on the Scientific Advisory Board for AncestryDNA. Dr. Novembre studied for his BA at Colorado College and his PhD at the University of California-Berkeley.  He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago and then faculty at UCLA for 5 years before returning to the University of Chicago in 2013.
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OLUFUNMILAYO I. OLOPADE, MD, FACP, OON
Dr. Olufunmilayo Falusi Olopade directs the Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics
and is Dean for Global Health and Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics at The University of Chicago. She developes innovative strategies for comprehensive cancer risk assessment and prevention based on evolving understanding of genetic and non-genetic factors in individual patients with a particular focus on women of African ancestry across the Diaspora.
 
Dr. Olopade has received numerous honors and awards, including honorary degrees from North Central, Dominican, Bowdoin, and Princeton universities. She is an elected member of the Association of American Physicians, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. She currently serves on the board of directors for Susan G. Komen, Cancer IQ, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and the MacArthur Foundation.
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BARBARA STRANGER, PhD
Barbara Stranger is an Assistant Professor in the Section of Genetic Medicine and the Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology. She has a longstanding interest in population genetics and gene regulatory processes, and how these shape phenotypic variability. Her lab collects and analyzes multidimensional human genomics data, particularly transcriptome data and genetic variation data, in the context of health and disease. Current projects include integrating regulatory genomics (including transcriptomics and proteomics) with human disease mapping, as well as characterizing the context specificity of genetic and epigenetic effects on gene regulation (e.g., cell and tissue type, sex, age).
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ERIC S. SWIRSKY, JD, MA
Eric S. Swirsky, JD, MA is a faculty member and the director of graduate studies in the Department of Biomedical and Health Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He received his juris doctor from American University, his master of arts in South Asian studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Ithaca College. Professor Swirsky also completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago Medicine’s MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. As an ethicist-attorney, Swirsky serves on UI Health’s Ethics Committee, the CCTS Research Ethics Consultation Service, the Illinois POLST Taskforce, and other nonprofit organizations. As an educator, Swirsky has created ethics curricula from the undergraduate to the post-doctoral levels. He has received numerous awards and distinctions related to teaching, including a variety of peer and student nominated awards, honorary faculty appointments, designation as a UIC master teaching scholar, and his recent appointment to the Board of Directors for the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education. His expansive scholarly interests revolve around the ethical conundra attendant to the use of health information technologies; in particular, Swirsky is interested in impacts upon clinical relationships, the delivery of health services, economics, and end of life decision-making. His areas of expertise reside in areas related to ethical use of information, medical technology, clinical intervention, and the sociotechnical milieu in which they converge.
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SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS


The Great Lakes Bioinformatics (GLBIO) Conference, a regional conference of the International Society of Computational Biology, is organized by the Great Lakes Bioinformatics Consortium and is entering its 12th year. GLBIO strives to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of research findings and methods. The GLBIO series began as a regional conference and has grown into an international program with a spotlight on regional development in the computational biosciences.

GLBIO has established a strong reputation for building relationships among an internationally prominent bioscience research community, showcasing the North American Great Lakes region as a perfect place to conduct computer-aided research in the life sciences.

Every year, GLBIO organizers prepare a full agenda on the latest developments in bioinformatics and biologically relevant applications. From novice to expert, attendees partake in a variety of keynote speakers, workshops, tutorials, oral presentations, posters, networking, and exhibits during the conference.

The presenters of the GLBIO conference are scientists representing a broad spectrum of universities, industrial enterprises, government laboratories, and medical libraries from around the world.

GLBIO 2016 conference participants



 

 

Total attendees expected in 2017: 300

On average, most of the attendees are from the Great Lakes region of the United States & Canada with 40% coming from other areas of North America and the world.

Your organization can play a visible role in GLBIO as attendees consider and work toward solutions to important scientific and medical problems being addressed by the bioinformatics community.

Whether you are looking to boost sales, bolster awareness or recruit top candidates in computational biology and bioinformatics, GLBIO provides an excellent opportunity for targeted exposure within the North American Great Lakes region.

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2017 SPONSORSHIP GUIDE

GLBIO 2017 Sponsor Prospectus
Please take a moment to review the opportunities below
or click here for a pdf of the prospectus.

 

 



SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

GLBIO 2017 is seeking sponsorship from institutions looking to engage with a dynamic audience. Sponsorship packages are designed to provide maximum exposure. Customized packages are available to fit any marketing budget.

Gold Sponsorship: $5000 USD Sign up

In addition to the following, sponsor gets to choose 7 items from the “Enhanced Benefits” list
-Two (2) complimentary conference registrations
-Logo slide during opening session
-Logo with link to organization on conference website index page
-Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
-Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

Silver Sponsorship: $4000 USD Sign up

In addition to the following, sponsor gets to choose 5 items from the “Enhanced Benefits” list
-One (1) complimentary conference registrations
-Logo slide during opening session
-Logo with link to organization on conference website index page
-Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
-Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

Bronze Sponsorship: $3,000 USD Sign up

In addition to the following, sponsor gets to choose 3 items from the “Enhanced Benefits” list
-One (1) complimentary conference registration
-Logo slide during opening session
-Logo with link to organization on conference website index page
-Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
-Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

Copper Sponsorship: $2,000 USD Sign up

In addition to the following, sponsor gets to choose 1 item from the “Enhanced Benefits” list
-One (1) complimentary conference registration
-Logo slide during opening session
-Logo with link to organization on conference website index page
-Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
-Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

Enhanced Benefits for Sponsors

-Organization recognized in ISCB Annual Report with logo and link to preferred URL
-Pre-event Electronic list of conference delegates for one time use
-Post-event Electronic list of conference delegates for one time use
-Brochure or Video insert on the mobile app
-One (1) 20 minute technology talk
-One (1) tabletop exhibit display space
-Discounted registration at 25% off regular registration fee
-Half-page advertisement in ISCB Newsletter (full color, issue of choice, Gold Level only)
-Quarter-page advertisement in ISCB Newsletter (full color, issue of choice, Silver and Bronze only)
-Up to 5 job posts on ISCB website

Technology Track: $1,500 USD Sign up

-One (1) 20 minute technology track

Exhibitor Showcase: $1000 USD (Publisher or Non-profit $500 USD) Sign up

-One (1) Exhibitor Showcase display space
-Please note the showcase is designed for pop-up displays, approximately six feet in length, or a standard tabletop exhibit.
-One (1) Complimentary Registration
-Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
-Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Sign up

Organizations will benefit by acknowledgement on the conference website, mobile app, onsite signage and through delegate appreciation of your support.

Name Badge Lanyards

$1,000

Delegate Bag or Folio:

$2,000

Refreshment Break:

$2,000

Purchase pre-conference registration list - Exhibitor:

$300

Purchase pre-conference registration list - Non-exhibitor:

$500

Purchase post-conference registration list - Exhibitor:

$500

Purchase post-conference registration list - Non-exhibitor:

$700

NEW in 2017! Sign up

Lunch N’ Learn Roundtable Sponsorship $1,500 USD
Lunch N' Learn is an opportunity to showcase your academic program while answering student attendees’ questions in a fun social setting.
-One (1) DESIGNATED TABLE DURING A ROUNDTABLE LUNCH
-Please note the table is for one lunch, to showcase academic programs. There is a limit of 10 tables.
-One (1) Complimentary Registration
-Logo with link to organization on conference website sponsorship page
-Sponsor on conference app with organization name & description

Mobile App Exclusive Sponsor $4,000 USD
Sponsor the conference mobile app and gain the most exposure with a direct line to conference attendees.
-Designated Secondary Splash Page
-Page is visible whenever app updates before transitioning to App Dashboard
-2 promoted post or push notifications
-Pre-conference registration list

To confirm your participation or for more information, please contact:

Andrew P. Falter

Exhibit and Sponsorship Specialist
International Society for Computational Biology

(ISCB) email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Office: 203-797-9559
Cell: 571-271-5430

 

PAST SPONSORS & EXHIBITORS

Agilent Technologies
Appistry
Bioinformatics.ca
BioOhio
Bioteam
Bowling Green State University
Cambridge Computer
Canarie
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western - Case Center for Proteomics & Bioinformatics
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
CLC Bio
Compendia Bioscience
Compute Canada
Diagnostic Hybrids
F1000 Prime
GeneCode
Genomatix Software
Genome Canada
Genonomoncology
Giga Science
Great Lakes Bioinformatics Consortium
IBM
International Society for Computational Biology
Kent State University

Mathworks
Miami University - Dept. of Botany
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Michigan Technology University
Monsanto
Ohio State University - Center for Applied Plant Sciences (CAPS)
Ohio Supercomputer Center
Ohio University (Russ College; Vice President Research; College of Arts and Science)
Ohio University Edison Biotechnology Institute
Ontario Genomics
PerkinElmer
Procter & Gamble
SGI
Springer
The Ohio State University
University of Akron
University of Cincinnati Children's Hospital
University of Michigan - DCM&B and OVPR
University of Michigan - Bioinformatics Core
University of Michigan - Biomedical Research Core Facilities
University of Michigan - Metabolomics Core
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh - Department of Biomedical Informatics
University of Pittsburgh - Department of Computational & Systems Biology
Wittenberg University
Wright State University


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COMMITTEES


STEERING COMMITTEE:
Bruce Aronow, Childrens Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati

Gary Bader, University of Toronto
Sorin Draghici, Wayne State University
Bruno Gaeta University of New South Wales (Ex Officio)
Elodie Ghedin, New York University
Daisuke Kihara, Purdue University
Jundong Liu, Ohio University
Francisco Melo Ledermann, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Ex Officio)
John Parkinson, Hospital for Sick Children
Predrag Radivojac, Indiana University
Russell Schwartz, Carnegie Mellon University (Chair)
Lonnie Welch, Ohio University (Chair)

PROGRAM CHAIRS:
Tanya Berger-Wolf, University of Illinois at Chicago
Sushmita Roy, University of Wisconsin
Tandy Warnow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:  
Ferhat Ay, La Jolla Institute for Allergies and Immunology
Robert Blumenthal, University of Toledo
Serdar Bozdag, Marquette University
Dan Brown, University of Waterloo
Nicholas Chia, Mayo Clinic
Leonid Chindelevitch, UBC
Lenore Cowen, Tufts University
Mark Craven, University of Wisconsin
Miklos Csuros, Montreal University
Yang Dai, University of Illinois at Chicago
Colin Dewey, University of Wisconsin
Roland Dunbrack, Fox Chase Cancer
Dannie Durand, Carnegie Mellon University
Nadia El-Mabrouk, Montreal University
Bruno Gaeta, University of New South Wales
Jack Gilbert, University of Chicago
Gregory Gloor, Western Ontario
Ananth Grama, Purdue University
Matt Hahn, University of Indiana
Sridhar Hannenhalli, University of Maryland
Brian Ingalls, University of Waterloo
Aly Khan, Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Daisuke Kihara, Purdue University
Dan Knights, University of Minnesota
Rui Kuang, University of Minnesota
Istvan (Steve) Ladunga, University of Nebraska
Timothy Lezon, University of Pittsburgh
Jie Liang, University of Illinois at Chicago
Xiaowen Liu, Indiana University
Ryan Mills, University of Michigan Medical School
Julie Mitchell, University of Wisconsin
Gabriel (Gabo) Moreno-Hagelsie, Wilfrid Laurier University
Alan Moses, University of Toronto
Luay Nakhleh, Rice University
Hammad Naveed, TTI-C
Nam-phuong Nguyen, UCSD
Jian Peng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rachel Poretsky, University of Illinois at Chicago
Teresa Prztycka, NCBI
Gail Rosen, Drexel University
Avner Schlessinger, Mt. Sinai (NY)
Matthew Scotch, Arizona State University
Michael Sierk, St. Vincent College
Saurabh Sinha, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paul Stothard, Alberta
Barbara Stranger, University of Chicago
Haixu Tang, University of Indiana
Todd Treangen, University of Maryland
Li-San Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Travis Wheeler, University of Montana
Jeff Xia, McGill University
Jinbo Xu, TTI-C


PUBLICATIONS CHAIRS:

Sarath Chandra Janga, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Tijana Milenkovic, University of Notre Dame

POSTER CHAIRS:
Catherine Putonti, Loyola University Chicago
Guenter Tusch, Grand Valley State University

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Lonnie Welch, Ohio University
Russell Schwartz, Carnegie Mellon University
Tanya Berger-Wolf, University of Illinois
Sushmita Roy, University of Wisconsin
Tandy Warnow, University of Illinois
Belinda Humes Hanson, ISCB

 


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NEWS



Please check back for updates.


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REGISTER


Register for GLBIO 2017Registration is open! Click here.



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Registration Fees (all prices are US dollars)

EARLY REGISTRATION
Applicable Dates:
Must be received by April 7, 2017, 11:59 PM EDT
ISCB Member Non-member
Conference
Registration
Conference
Registration
Industry/Corporate $300.00 $570.00
Professional $250.00 $460.00
Postdoc* $225.00 $360.00
Students* $120.00 $215.00
REGULAR REGISTRATION
Applicable Dates:
April 7 - May 1, 2017, 11:59 PM EDT

On-site Registration will increase an additional $100
ISCB Member Non-member
Conference
Registration
Conference
Registration
Industry/Corporate $375.00 $645.00
Professional $325.00 $535.00
PostDoc* $300.00 $460.00
Students* $185.00 $290.00
ON SITE REGISTRATION
Applicable Dates:
May 15 - May 17, 2017


ISCB Member Non-member
Conference
Registration
Conference
Registration
Industry/Corporate $475.00 $745.00
Professional $425.00 $635.00
PostDoc* $400.00 $560.00
Students* $285.00 $390.00
     
* Advisor letter or student ID my be requested at the registration desk on-site at the conference to verify status.
 
Conference registration includes all scientific sessions, poster sessions, refreshment breaks, welcome reception and official printed materials.
 
ISCB MEMBERSHIP
(ISCB Membership Fee Chart available here)

ISCB MEMBERS: If you are a current member of ISCB, you must use the email address associated with your ISCB membership in order to register at the discounted member rates through the online system. If you do not know the email address you used to register with ISCB, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before proceeding with conference registration.

NONMEMBERS OF ISCB: Nonmembers will be able to join ISCB through the online conference registration system and immediately receive member rates for GLBIO 2017. You can either join when you register for the conference or you can join the ISCB here and then immediately register for the conference at the member rates.

ISCB MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL: If your ISCB membership is not current or will expire on or before May 15, 2017 you will be offered an opportunity to renew your membership as part of your registration fees through the online system.
 
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REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS
To register via fax or mail, please complete the online registration form and choose the non-credit card payment option. You can then print out a paper invoice and fax it to +1-619-374-2890 or send it to the address below. To pay by credit card please include the invoice along with this credit card authorization form (click here for PDF form) and either fax it or mail it to the address below. (ISCB accepts American Express, Mastercard, and Visa only.)

To pay by check make your payment payable (US$) to the International Society for Computational Biology and mail it with a copy of your invoice to:

GLBIO 2017 Registration
c/o Belinda Hanson - ISCB
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 02814
 
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PAYMENT OPTIONS
All conference fees for the GLBIO 2017 Conference are charged in United States Dollars.

Credit cards
The following credit cards are accepted for registration: American Express, MasterCard, and Visa. For offline payment please use this form (.pdf).
 
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VISA INVITATION LETTERS
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.

International visitors to the United States
All international visitors, regardless of country of origin, must present a passport when entering the United States, and in many cases an entry visa is also required. It is essential that delegates arriving from outside the US have a valid passport with expiration at least six months after the planned date of entry, and any other required travel documents such as an entry visa. Please ensure that you allow enough time to apply for an entry visa should one be required for your arrival and participation at GLBIO 2017. Paid registration must be received before a visa letter can be provided, so early registration is suggested for all delegates requiring an entry visa.

Details are available on a number of websites including:

• Travel to the USA: www.discoveramerica.com/ca/entry.html
• USA Visas: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/visit/visitor.html

ISCB and the GLBIO 2017 conference organizers assume no responsibility for the accuracy of information on any of the above websites, and encourage you to communicate directly with the US Embassy or US Consulate office that services your particular needs for entry into the United States.
 
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CANCELLATION POLICY
Requests for registration cancellation must be made in writing and sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

All refunds will be made in US dollars and processed following the conference. Refunds will be made in accordance with the following schedule:

• Cancellations received on or before April 14, 2017, will receive a 50% refund.
• No refund of fees will be made after April 14, 2017.

Questions about registration

For questions about your registration please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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    ISCB Members enjoy discounts on conference registration (up to $150), journal subscriptions, book (25% off), and job center postings (free).

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