ISMB/ECCB 2021
Day 1, Highlights & Recap!

Day 1: Highlights & Recap!

Thank you to everyone for joining ISMB/ECCB 2021 from all over the world and sticking with us through some technical issues.   We hope you found the first day full of innovation, stellar science and amazing opportunities!  See you tomorrow for another engaging and smoother day!

Highlights
ISMB/ECCB 2021 began its 20th joint conference with an intense line up of sessions.  The first day culminated in the first live Poster Session and an interesting keynote address on Phylogenomics and Systems Biology approaches reveal conserved adaptive processes in Atacama Desert plants by the distinguished keynote Rodrigo A. Gutierrez. 

Tomorrow, Monday, July 26: Highlights & Reminders

ISMB/ECCB 2021
Welcome!

Welcome to ISMB/ECCB 2021!

Let your curiosity take over, discover the latest research in the field and get ready to connect, collaborate, and engage! Registration is still open if you would like to join us for six science and networking filled days - https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2021-registration.

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Navigating the Platform

The ISMB/ECCB 2021 virtual platform is divided up into several areas:

• Sessions
• Full Schedule
• Research Exchange Forum which includes Exhibitors, Posters and Birds of a Feather sessions.
• Café Connect
• Your Personal Profile

You can always return to the main page by using Home Lobby button in the upper left or at the top of your screen. The left menu can be collapsed or expanded simply by clicking on the 3 bars on the top left corner. We recommend you take advantage of the in-platform tutorial at the bottom left called ‘Get Started’. This will walk you through not only your profile updates but other aspects of the platform as well.

Sunday, July 25: Highlights & Reminders

ISCB Leadership Election: Polls are Open!

ISCB members have the privilege to nominate and elect members of the ISCB community to hold leadership positions. The 2021 open officer positions are Vice President and Treasurer. The 2021 ballot also contains the leadership election of the ISCB Student Council. The polls are now open for you to cast your vote for members who have accepted nominations for these leadership positions. It is your voice as a member of this prestigious organization to elect these leadership positions. You are encouraged to take a moment to cast your vote.

*ISCB members in good standing receive one vote for each open position. To access the ballot, log into My ISCB and click on the link provided in this email or the ISCB Election link in the left-hand menu.

ISMB/ECCB 2021
Register to Attend

Explore the Scientific Program - Don't miss this chance to join your colleagues for this premier virtual event - the scientific content is poised to enlighten all!

Click on the track areas to learn more about the science coming to a virtual platform near you!

Tutorials are held as separate virtual events - details on the tutorial program are available at: www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2021-program/tutorials

Note: You must be registered for the ISMB/ECCB 2021 conference to attend a Tutorial.

• Tutorial 1: tidytranscriptomics : introduction to tidy analysis of single-cell and bulk RNA sequencing data
• Tutorial 2: Comprehensive analysis of immunogenomics sequencing data in the cloud to facilitate reproducibility and rigor of immunogenomics research
• Tutorial 3: Meta-learning for Bridging Labeled and Unlabeled Data in Biomedicine
  

Full Day Tutorials (presented over two half-days):

• Tutorial 4: A practical introduction to multi-omics integration and network analysis - sold out
• Tutorial 5: Inside the ‘Black Box’: Explainable Deep Learning Models For Image and Sequence Classification
• Tutorial 6: Nextflow and nf-core: Scalable and FAIR Biomedical Analysis Workflows
• Tutorial 7: The state-of-the-art in microbial community bioinformatics
• Tutorial 8: Reproducible omics data analysis workflows with the COVID-19 Disease Map, WikiPathways and Cytoscape