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General Submission Information
Submissions are invited for full papers, oral presentation abstracts, and posters at the 17th 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 2025. Authors of papers and oral abstracts that are accepted to the conference will present their work at the conference (longer talks for full papers, shorter talks for the abstracts). Accepted full papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of Bioinformatics Advances.
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
- Databases, Ontologies & Biocuration
- Disease Models & Molecular Medicine
- Epidemiology & Biodiversity
- Evolutionary, Comparative Genomics & Phylogenetics
- Gene Regulation & Transcriptomics
- Genome Informatics
- Image Analysis
- Macromolecular Structure & Function
- Metagenomics
- Microbiome Informatics
- Network Biology
- Proteomics & Metabolomics
- Sequence Analysis
- Synthetic Biology
- Systems Modeling
- Text Mining & Natural Language Processing
- Visualization
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Special Sessions: Authors can request consideration by special sessions in Easychair. Special Sessions for GLBIO 2025 are only considering abstracts. Please carefully review the information below before submitting in Easychair.
Session Titles
- Machine Learning for Isoform-level Gene regulation – ML-IsoGene
- Empowering Biological Research with Data-driven Experimental Design
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Full Paper for Oral Presentation
For a variety of reasons, ISCB/GLBC strongly prefers that scientific research accepted for oral presentation be presented in-person at the conference venue. We understand that some presenters will have valid reasons to avoid in-person attendance. ISCB will grant remote presentation options for reasons associated with maternity/paternity leave, care for a family member, personal/medical disability, sickness, financial hardship, or potential visa problems. If your research is accepted for oral presentation and you are unable to present in person, ISCB/GLBC requires notification at the time of acceptance and no later than April 14, 2025. You will be asked during your confirmation of participation to confirm your in-person participation. If unable to participate you will need to request a waiver by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Bioinformatics Advances Journal has committed to considering publication of a special issue for peer-reviewed articles from the conference.
In addition to the standard submission information, authors are expected to submit a PDF of the written article following the preparation guidelines as outlined by Bioinformatics Advances
Article submissions will close February 3, 2025, initial review will be done and authors will have an opportunity to update and prepare their final manuscripts. The final date for updates will be March 3, 2025. Bioinformatics Advances will have the opportunity to review the papers and provide comments. We will give authors one month to reply to comments in order to have the list of accepted articles at the end of March. Outstanding articles will be selected for featuring talks.
Authors are responsible for all publishing fees.
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Abstracts for Oral Presentation or Poster
Abstracts for Oral Presentation submissions to GLBIO 2025 should be approximately 400 words and have no figures. Adding references to already published papers is recommended where appropriate. Submission deadline in Easychair is March 3, 2025. Late Breaking Poster submission deadline is April 10.
For a variety of reasons, ISCB/GLBC strongly prefers that scientific research accepted for oral presentation be presented in-person at the conference venue. We understand that some presenters will have valid reasons to avoid in-person attendance. ISCB will grant remote presentation options for reasons associated with maternity/paternity leave, care for a family member, personal/medical disability, sickness, financial hardship, or potential visa problems. If your research is accepted for oral presentation and you are unable to present in person, ISCB/GLBC requires notification at the time of acceptance and no later than April 14, 2025. You will be asked during your confirmation of participation to confirm your in-person participation. If unable to participate you will need to request a waiver by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Any abstracts submitted after the deadline will be included only at the discretion of the conference chairs, and will be eligible for poster presentations only. Please also note that we can only allow one abstract per presenting author.
In-Person Poster Hall: When preparing accepted posters please note that your printed poster should not exceed the following dimensions: 46 inches wide by 46 inches high. There will be 1or 2 poster per side on the each poster board. Additionally, we ask that you also follow the Virtual Poster Hall information below in addition to your in-person presentation. This ensures all posters are viewable to both in-person and virtual attendees thus providing more exposure to your work.
Virtual Poster Hall: When preparing accepted posters please note that your poster will need to be uploaded via the virtual platform portal in two formats - a PDF of the poster and a 5-7 minute flash talk video not to exceed 100MB. Poster portal information will be sent to all approved posters closer to the conference and after the notification deadline. All presentations MUST be uploaded April 22-May 5*. More specific dates will be given closer to the conference.
*Late Breaking posters will have a very short turn-around.
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Links in this page: Session Proposals | Responsibilities of a Session Organizer | Financial Support | Review Process | Important Dates
GLBIO 2025 will have special sessions and tutorials. The topic and structure of the sessions can vary but should be of interest to a substantial component of the bioinformatics research community. Sessions can be of three main types:
- Focused sessions or tutorials on specific research problems in computational biology and bioinformatics (e.g., cancer genomics, genome visualization tools, precision medicine, single cell omics, population genetics, regulatory genomics.)
- Software schools, aimed at providing training in new methods
- Activities focused on students and postdocs, or on non-academic career opportunities
Sessions can be considered as mini-symposia on timely topics, or a new emerging area presented by topic experts. Sessions should be organized around contributed talks, invited talks, or a combination of both types, or may not have any talks (e.g., software schools and activities involving students and postdocs in training activities).
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Session Proposals
For sessions focusing on special research topics, the structure detailed below is required. Proposals for other types of sessions (e.g., software schools, or activities aimed at students) may have somewhat different formats, but should follow roughly the same guidelines. All proposals should be a minimum of 2 pages and no more than 6 pages in length. Research topic proposals should have the following structure:
- Title: Up to 20 words, preferably worded to pique delegates' interest.
- Topic: No more than one page describing the session, its research theme, and expected type of participants (undergraduates, graduate students, non-academic professionals, etc.). This section should also present a compelling argument for the importance and timeliness of the proposed session in the context of the bioinformatics community.
- Organizer(s): Provide a list of the organizers. This should include full name, title, affiliation, email address, and webpage, and qualifications to organize this session/tutorial for each.
- Session/Tutorial Details:
- Length/Duration of the session/tutorial - will it be a half-day or full-day with programme layout if possible
- Describe the structure of the session (e.g., number of contributed talks, invited talks, or other activities)
- Include a draft schedule showing how the session/topic will be organized including placement of invited talks, accepted talks, panel discussions, etc.
- How presentations, as well as what types (full papers and/or abstracts), will be selected (invitation, call for submissions, etc.)
- Include confirmed or 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, if applicable, with attendance statistics
- Potential sources of sponsorship for the session(s) to offset the cost of the venue space, AV requirements and coffee breaks
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Responsibilities of a Session Organizer
If your proposal is accepted, you will be responsible for most of the organization of your session, including:
- Creating and maintaining a webpage for your session
- Deciding the session structure including length of time talks and chairing the session
- Attending GLBIO 2024 and running the session
- if your session has invited talks or tutorials, communicating and coordinating with the speakers
- If your session has contributed papers or abstracts, your responsibilities are to:
- Solicit manuscripts
- Obtain reviewers, assign papers and abstracts to reviewers, and ensure timely return of reviews
- Evaluate the reviews and make recommendations to the GLBIO program co-chairs regarding which papers or abstracts should be accepted
- Updating the webpage for your session with the list of accepted papers and abstracts as well as providing the schedule of talks in your session.
Final decisions regarding acceptance of submitted papers will be made by the GLBIO program co-chairs. Note that as a session organizer with contributed papers and abstracts, you will be a member of the program committee for GLBIO 2024, and contributed papers and abstracts will be submitted through the GLBIO 2024 conference EasyChair submission portal.
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Financial Support
Accepted sessions will receive a complimentary GLBIO registration per 1/4 day (i.e., 2-hour) session; thus, a full-day (8 hour) session would receive 4 complimentary GLBIO registrations and a half-day session would receive 2 complimentary GLBIO registrations. Note that any additional expenses will need to be covered by the session organizers.
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Review Process
Session and tutorial proposals are due by October 22, 2024. These will be reviewed by the GLBIO steering committee and program co-chairs, and decisions will be announced by November 8, 2024.
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Important Dates
- OCTOBER 22, 2024: Proposals due for Special Sessions and Tutorials
- NOVEMBER 8, 2024: Notifications sent for Special Session and Tutorial Proposals
- DECEMBER 6, 2024: Creation of the webpage for session/tutorial created (with list of organizers, confirmed speakers, if and what type of submissions will be accepted, and description of the goals of the session). Registration opens January 20, so the earlier your information is available to potential attendees is appreciated.
- DECEMBER 9, 2024: Sessions announced on GLBIO 2025 website
- February 3, 2025: Full Paper Submission Deadline (Same as the main conference)
- March 3, 2025: Abstract Submission Deadline (Same as the main conference)
- One week after contributed paper decisions: Updated the webpage with list of accepted papers
- Three weeks after contributed paper decisions: Updated webpage with schedule of talks
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Links within this page: Registration Benefits | Registration Deadlines | Conference Fellowships | In-Person Registration Fees | Virtual Registration Fees | ISCB Membership | Tutorials | Payment Options | Conference Proceedings | Code of Conduct | Media Release Statement | Cancellation Policy | Controlled Access to Meeting Content
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The safety of conference participants is ISCB’s top priority. Please take a moment to review the Health and Safety Protocols at https://www.iscb.org/iscb-policy-statements/iscb-health-and-safety-protocols, which outline the right of entry requirement to the conference.
Registration Benefits
Registration for GLBIO 2025 conference is for the full conference. Participants can choose to register to join live at the University of Minnesota or virtually. Live participants will have access to the virtual platform - ISCB Nucleus, the ISCB center for science, collaboration, and training.
GLBIO 2025 Registration includes the following conference benefits:
- Live sessions with on-demand recordings to benefit attendees from all time zones
- 100+ expected scientific talks and posters
- Live question and answer feature to engage with the speaker during sessions
- Live chat feature to engage with other participants within your session room
- Dedicated time for research presentations within the Poster Theatre
- Ability to make new connections when utilizing the virtual attendee profile and match maker features
- Schedule one-on-one time with speakers, poster presenters, exhibitors, and sponsors to learn more about their work, products, or services
- Exclusive access to the GLBIO on-demand repository of talks and poster presentations for viewing at your leisure after conference dates through ISCB portal
- Access to training workshops (additional fee) on May 12 - coffee breaks included
- Coffee breaks are included for the conference May 13-15 to all participants
Registration Desk Hours (In-person)
Foyer Level 2
*subject to change without notice
| Monday, May 12 |
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday, May 13 |
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
| Wednesday, May 14 |
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
| Thursday, May 15 |
8:00 AM – 3:30 PM |
Registration fees are in USD for all in-person and virtual registrations. Certificates of participation will be available on-line following the conference for registered delegates who actively participated.
For a variety of reasons, ISCB/GLBC strongly prefers that scientific research accepted for oral presentation be presented in-person at the conference venue. We understand that some presenters will have valid reasons to avoid in-person attendance. ISCB will grant remote presentation options for reasons associated with maternity/paternity leave, care for a family member, personal/medical disability, sickness, financial hardship, or potential visa problems. If your research is accepted for oral presentation and you are unable to present in person, ISCB/GLBC requires notification at the time of acceptance and no later than April 14, 2025. You will be asked during your confirmation of participation to confirm your in-person participation. If unable to participate you will need to request a waiver by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Talks will be broadcast live through the virtual platform for participants.
All virtual talk presenters will be required to provide a pre-recorded talk in advance of the conference. The pre-recorded talk will be used in case of any unforeseen circumstances that prevent a live presentation by the presenter.
All posters, virtual or in person, are required to submit a brief pre-recorded video and pdf of their poster to the virtual platform. Failure to upload these files may result in revocation of in-person poster acceptance.
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Registration Deadlines
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Conference Fellowships
GLBIO is pleased to offer conference (travel and registration) fellowships to any member in good standing with priority going to members from low or middle income countries as well as students and postdoctoral fellows to attend the GLBIO 2025 conference. Funding sources for 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. Fellowship consideration is based on membership, accepted work to GLBIO 2025, and country economic status based on World Bank rankings.
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In-Person Registration Fees
You can verify your country tier and ISCB membership rate by using this calculator: https://www.iscb.org/dues-calculator
ISCB MEMBER FEES
(in-person idividual) |
High Income Countries |
Upper-Middle Income Countries |
Middle-Low & Low Income Countries |
| Student |
$275.00 |
$145.00 |
$80.00 |
| Post-Doc |
$365.00 |
$235.00 |
$170.00 |
| Professional: Academic; Non-profit; Government; or Corporate |
$430.00 |
$300.00 |
$255.00 |
ISCB now offers group registrations! The Group PI must have a Professional, Laboratory, or Institutional membership to ISCB. They are charged at same rate as a Professional Member, but all other members of the group register at a discount. Minimum group size 3 (group PI and 2 others). NOTE: Group registrations are charged to a single registrant (the group admin), be sure to confirm your institution's regulations and procedures about reimbursement of third party payments.
ISCB MEMBER FEES
(in-person group) |
High Income Countries |
Upper-Middle Income Countries |
Middle-Low & Low Income Countries |
| Group PI |
$430.00 |
$300.00 |
$255.00 |
| Discount for Institutional/Laboratory PI (minimum 2) |
12.5% |
12.5% |
12.5% |
| Discount for Professional PI (minimum 2) |
10% |
10% |
10% |
Not an ISCB member? To take advantage of more savings, become a member of ISCB prior to or during the registration process. This will save you more! We welcome you to join during registration or select the non-member registration rate for GLBIO which will include a complimentary 1-year membership to the society.
Learn more about ISCB Membership Fees at: https://www.iscb.org/become-a-member
ISCB NON-MEMBER FEES
(in-person)
|
High Income Countries |
Upper-Middle Income Countries |
Middle-Low & Low Income Countries |
| Student |
$405.00 |
$275.00 |
$145.00 |
| Post-Doc |
$495.00 |
$365.00 |
$235.00 |
| Professional: Academic; Non-profit; Government; or Corporate |
$560.00 |
$430.00 |
$300.00 |
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Virtual Registration Fees
You can check which country income rate will be used at: https://www.iscb.org/dues-calculator
ISCB MEMBER FEES
(virtual individual)
|
High Income Countries |
Upper-Middle Income Countries |
Middle-Low & Low Income Countries |
| Student |
$180.00 |
$80.00 |
$55.00 |
| Post-Doc |
$230.00 |
$130.00 |
$105.00 |
| Professional: Academic; Non-profit; Government; or Corporate |
$280.00 |
$180.00 |
$155.00 |
ISCB now offers group registrations! The Group PI must have a Professional, Laboratory, or Institutional membership to ISCB. They are charged at same rate as a Professional Member, but all other members of the group register at a discount. Minimum group size 3 (group PI and 2 others). NOTE: Group registrations are charged to a single registrant (the group admin), be sure to confirm your institution's regulations and procedures about reimbursement of third party payments.
ISCB MEMBER FEES
(virtual group)
|
High Income Countries |
Upper-Middle Income Countries |
Middle-Low & Low Income Countries |
| Group PI |
$280.00 |
$180.00 |
$155.00 |
| Discount for Institutional/Laboratory PI (minimum 2) |
12.5% |
12.5% |
12.5% |
| Discount for Professional PI (minimum 2) |
10% |
10% |
10% |
Not an ISCB member? To take advantage of more savings, become a member of ISCB prior to or during the registration process. This will save you more! We welcome you to join during registration or select the non-member registration rate for GLBIO which will include a complimentary 1-year membership to the ISCB.
Learn more about ISCB Membership Fees at: https://www.iscb.org/become-a-member
ISCB NON-MEMBER FEES
(virtual)
|
High Income Countries |
Upper-Middle Income Countries |
Middle-Low & Low Income Countries |
| Student |
$280.00 |
$180.00 |
$80.00 |
| Post-Doc |
$330.00 |
$230.00 |
$130.00 |
| Professional: Academic; Non-profit; Government; or Corporate |
$380.00 |
$280.00 |
$180.00 |
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ISCB Membership
ISCB Members
If you are a current member of ISCB, you must use the email address registered with your ISCB membership record 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 use the help function at: http://www.iscb.org/iscb-forgot-your-password
Non-Members of ISCB
Save money by becoming a member of ISCB during registration.
ISCB Membership Renewal
If your ISCB membership is not current or will expire on or before May 12, 2025, you will be offered an opportunity to renew your membership as part of your registration fees through the online system.
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Tutorials
Tutorials will be offered in addition to the conference. Details on tutorial programs being offered will be available as they are finalized.
Note: You must be registered for the conference to attend a tutorial.
Registration for tutorials will close prior to the start of the event, if not already sold out. Register early to avoid disappointment. Important dates are listed at the top of this page and on the key dates page.
Tutorial Fees:
| In-person Tutorials |
| Half Day |
$50.00 |
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Payment Options
GLBIO 2025 conference fees are charged in USD. The following credit/gift cards are accepted for registration: MasterCard and Visa.
Wire Transfer or Check
Last day to pay by wire or check Ends on April 28, 2025 - after this time only Credit Card payment is accepted
Delegates wishing to pay using a wire transfer will select “pay by wire” on the Additional Options page and the Payment page during registration to create an invoice. Wire transfer information will be found on the summary page once registration is complete, as well as at the bottom of the PDF invoice.
Please note that any bank fees must be paid by the participant. Should funds arrive with bank fees deducted, payment of the difference will be charged to the participant at on-site registration.
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Conference Proceedings
Conference proceedings will be available as an open access, online-only special issue of Bioinformatics sometime after the conference closes.
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Code of Conduct
The ISCB Code of Conduct for ISCB Conferences is available here.
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Media Release Statement
ISCB intends to take photographs and video of this event for use in ISCB news, media, and promotional material, in print and electronic, including the ISCB website and social platforms. As an international society ISCB is GDPR compliant. During your registration you will be asked to provide ISCB with permission to use any incidental capture of your voice or likeness for our promotional material.
ISCB will record all presentations given at the conference. Presenters will be asked to submit a Confirmation of Participation, during which they will be asked for permission under CC-BY4.0 for ISCB to a) keep the recording and b) share the recording. Instances where permission to keep the recording have been denied will be fulfilled as early as ISCB is able to edit the recordings.
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Cancellation Policy
Requests for registration cancellation must be made in writing and emailed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. prior to May 2, 2025.
- Delegates registering no later than March 3, 2025 are eligible for a full conference refund at any date prior to the opening day of the conference should your plans change. No cancellation fee applies.
- Delegates registering after March 3, 2025 will be refunded less a $50.00 administration fee.
- No refunds are available after May 2, 2025.
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Controlled Access to Meeting Content
Only registered participants will have online access to the conference while it is live, and for 6 months afterwards, though the virtual platform. Presenters may provide permission to ISCB to keep and, separately, to share the recording of their talks. Any recordings for which ISCB was granted permission to keep the recording will be available to registered participants via the virtual platform for so long as it is open. Only those presentations for which ISCB has permission to share the recordings will be posted to our YouTube channel and the Nucleus Content Library. This permission can be updated at any time.
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This is the 17th Great Lakes Bioinformatics (GLBIO) conference. GLBIO is organized by the 
