Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
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| Day 1, July 13, 2020 Highlights & Recap | ||||||
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| Day 1: Highlights & Recap | ||||||
| We are off to a good start! A huge thank you to everyone for joining ISMB 2020 from all over the world. Today was a full day of innovation, stellar science and amazing opportunities. Tech Improvement And of course, a stellar day could not be complete without a few hiccups so thank you for hanging in there with us as we worked through the technical issued that occurred. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND PATIENCE! Below please take note of our "cheat sheet section" with some helpful hints to navigate the smaller technical problems that arose today and hopefully provide a smoother tomorrow. Highlights ISMB 2020 opened with a bang. The conference opening keynote was Elaine Mardis who gave an engaging and enthusiastic keynote address on Computational Analysis in Pediatric Cancer Precision Medicine. The day then dove right into the new and exciting world of a virtual conference with a vast array of sessions, tracks and channels. ISCB Town Hall ISMB marked the largest attended ISCB Town Hall in its history with over 250 attendees joining to hear about the state of ISCB which is strong even in the face of these unprecedented times. |
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| Congratulations to all the ISCB Award & Competition Winners: | ||||||
| ISCB Student Software Award Winner Florian Schmidt TEPIC ISCB Student Software Prospective Future Impact Award Winner Robert Ietswaart GeneWalk ISCB Art in Science Dr. Zdenko Herceg, Art of Epigenetics Mr. Joshua Bugbee, Impact Dr. Marwan Abdellah, Brain Vasculature 2020 Wikipedia Winners Diego Mariano, Structural Bioinformatics Tiago Lubiana, OBO Foucndry & List of OBO Foundry Ontologies Darko Durovski, Transcriptomics |
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| Green ISCB: ISCB Groves ISCB, in partnership with All Things Small and Green and Trees for Life, has set up its first grove of native trees, the ISCB 2020 grove, to offset carbon emissions caused by ISCB activities such as those emitted during the conferences, workshop or panel meetings that it organizes. With this grove, ISCB members are also offered a simple and convenient way to offset their own carbon emissions such as those incurred during traveling to ISCB conferences or workshops. We welcome you to join us as we work towards healing our environment. |
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| Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Plan Announced ISCB Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committee develops ISCB first strategic plan related equity, diversity and Inclusion. The elements of the plan are: 1. Increasing social accountability for change in the Society 2. Obtaining data and developing measures to assess progress 3. Voluntary training: The “ISCB Awareness toolkit” 4. Recruitment initiative 5. Mentoring More information will be posted to a special section of the ISCB website soon. |
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| ISCB Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Survey To update your member profile and complete the ISCB EDI survey, please follow the following steps: 1. Click on the My ISCB tab once you have signed into the ISCB website 2. Click on "edit" then immediately "update your profile" button above your profile image 3. Choose the Membership Record tab from the Edit Your Details section 4. Scroll down and update the ethnicity section making sure to click the blue Update section when finished. |
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| Cheat-Sheet Section To access any session of your choice, please go to "Watch Now" and select the Channel for that specific Track. When in doubt, always refresh (F5)! Miss a session? Not to worry! Session will be available for on demand viewing as well. |
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| See you all tomorrow for another exciting, engaging and technically smooth day! | ||||||
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Welcome to ISMB 2020! |
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| Let your curiosity take over, discover the latest research in the field and get ready to connect, collaborate, and engage! Log in to the conference platform and build your attendee profile at: https://iscb-ismb20.myconferencenow.com/login/ and navigate ISMB 2020 like a pro! |
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| Monday, July 13: Highlights & Reminders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Montréal food We know you are missing the regional cuisine of the Quebec province of Canada and Montreal. Join us in celebrating Montreal cuisine by showing us your own dish inspired by favorite dishes that will change daily. |
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 Post your photos on social media using these hashtags #ISMB2020 and #ISMB2020virtualeats and tag @iscb and @meetmontreal for each day’s challenge! https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/the-famous-montreal-bagel |
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Exploring Montréal from Home It’s sad that we cannot be gathered together in Montreal to experience the city, our science, and see our friends and colleagues. To help ease the pain, Tourisme Montréal has compiled a list of some of the best online activities, including virtual city tours, music, games and more which feature the city. ISMB will be going back to Montreal in 2024 but until then, enjoy these activities. |
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| Acquire new knowledge, new tools, new contacts... Register today and experience the endless possibilities of virtual ISMB 2020! Choose from ISCB COSI Tracks, posters, and keynotes representing a multidisciplinary forum for the dissemination of the latest developments in computational biology/bioinformatics. -Explore the Program- Online Registration Deadline: TODAY July 9, 2020 Conference will be conducted in the Eastern Daylight Time Zone (convert schedule to your time zone here) |
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| Mark your calendars for TOMORROW, the 7th of July! |
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July 07, 2020 at 11:00AM EDT, Genetic Basis Of De Novo Appearance Of Carotenoid Ornamentation In Bare-Parts Of Canaries by Malgorzata Gazda, hosted by EvolCompGen COSI and SMBE. |
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Polls are Open! |
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| ISCB members have the privilege to nominate and elect members of the ISCB community to hold leadership positions. The 2020 open officer positions are Vice President and Secretary. 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 officer positions. You are encouraged to take a moment to cast your vote. |
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| *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. | ||||||
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