Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
La Jolla, USA and Munich/Saarbruecken, Germany - The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) announced today their letter to the Presidents of the European Commission, European Council and European Parliament stressing the importance of basic scientific research and the need to exempt this research from budget cuts. The organization, which represents over 3000 member scientists worldwide, supports research using advanced information technology to better understand complex biological systems and processes. This interdisciplinary scientific field is at the core of current scientific progress in many fields. The Society points out that the dominant scientific revolutions happening around the world today are precisely in this intersection of information technology and biology.
The Society advocates against devastating funding cuts to critical basic research. The letter stresses the fact, agreed upon in the scientific community, that project based research alone cannot produce the fundamental breeding ground necessary for breakthrough progress and creation of new economic market segments. It goes on to comment on the competitive nature of scientific research, and the unnecessary loss to the excellence developed throughout the laboratories of Europe should funding for basic research be cut. The Society urges the European Union to look to the success of national members in maintaining funding for critical scientific research, and do the same.
The full content of the letter can be viewed at www.iscb.org/images/stories/active-campaign/2012-Nov20-EC-letter-to-EU-urging-funding-basic-science.pdf
ISCB encourages its members and colleagues to share this Press Release and write immediately to their elected representatives to express their views on the importance of appropriate funding for basic scientific research.
About ISCB
The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is a scholarly society dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of living systems through computation. The Society serves over 3,000 members from more than 70 countries.
Press Contacts:
Prof. Dr. Thomas Lengauer, Vice President, ISCB,
Prof. Dr. Burkhard Rost, President, ISCB,
Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
Don't miss your chance to network, connect and collaborate with your colleagues at these ISCB affiliated conferences! Registration discounts are available for ISCB members.
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RECOMB 2013, Apr 7-10, 2013, Beijing, China
17th annual international conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology. The conference aims at bridging the computational, mathematical, statistical ad biological sciences.
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Bio-IT World Conference & Expo 2013, Apr 9-11, 2013, Boston, USA
11th annual Cambridge HealthTech Institute conference includes 12 parallel tracks. The Expo plans to unite 2,500+ life sciences, pharmaceutical, clinical, healthcare, and IT professionals from 30+ countries. The Expo provides the perfect venue to share information and discuss enabling technologies that are driving biomedical research and the drug development process.
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Bio-IT World Asia 2013, May 28-30, 2013, Singapore
The conference will showcase the innovative and disruptive technologies in the field of big data processing and analytics, genomics, molecular diagnostics and translational informatics that have a direct or indirect impact on improving the efficiency of clinical research, healthcare delivery and drug discovery.
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Cambridge HealthTech Institute (CHI) Structure-Based Drug Design Conference, June 19-21, 2013, Boston, MA
The 13th annual conference, with Bio-IT World, focusing on developments in insilico technology, as well as experimental approaches useful for accurately predicting and modeling the structures of proteins in structure-based drug design efforts.
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InCoB2013 12th International Conference on Bioinformatics, September 20-22, 2013, Taicang, China
This 12th annual InCoB Conference has an overall objective to provide a platform for experts and budding bioinformaticians to discuss and exchange ideas and thoughts on the development of bioinformatics in the Asia Pacific region.
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ISCB Asia TBC 2013, October 3-5, 2013, Seoul, Korea
Translational Bioinformatics Conference 2013, brings together computer scientists, biologists, scientists, engineers, physicists, statisticians, and physicians to create a unique intellectual environment.
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IEEE BioVis 2013, October 13-14, 2013, Atlanta, GA
Come to the 3rd Annual conference on Biological Data Visualization
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Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing, Jan 3-7, 2014, The Big Island of Hawaii
This 19th annual conference is a great way to start the new year among colleagues and friends.
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We look forward to seeing you at some of these conferences and events, enjoying a member benefit discount!
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