Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
The Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences is less than two weeks away, happening February 23nd and 24th at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, MA, USA! Don't miss this opportunity to attend the premier annual event focused on the use of semantic technologies in the pharmaceutical/healthcare industry - now also covering "Big Data."
ISCB Member Discounts Apply
NEWS FLASH: If you feel the need to increase your proficiency in the conference topics before investing additional time and money in the full conference registration, you now have the opportunity to register for only the CSHALS Tutorial being presented by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Tetherless World Constellation on February 22nd.
If you decide after attending the Tutorial to also register for the main conference, 50% of your tutorial fee will be applied toward your on-site conference registration fee. This special Tutorial-only registration offer must be completed by Monday, February 20th (5:00 pm Eastern).
CSHALS 2012 will feature keynote lectures, invited talks, and selected oral presentations and posters on the role of the semantic web of linked data to orchestrate cloud based resources, from drug development and Biomedical research to personalized health care. Attendees will walk away with a better understanding of semantics-based approaches and challenges currently faced throughout our industry.
If you have not attended a previous CSHALS and want a sneak peak at how the content might apply to your research, we invite you to view the free Webinar presentation that was given last September to reprise and update Larry Hunter's CSHALS 2011 Keynote Presentation.
Please be sure to forward this mail to all of your colleagues and collaborators who might benefit from attending CSHALS. We thank you for helping us spread the word, and look forward to your participation!
Sincerely,
Your CSHALS 2012 Organizing Committee:
Conference Chairs
Committee Members
Dear ISCB Member,
As a reminder, nominations for the 2012 ISCB Class
of Fellows is now open. If you know of a member that you believe has earned his
or her place among ISCB's Fellows through exceptional and exemplary
contributions to the field of computational biology/bioinformatics, please
nominate today. Since 2009 the leadership of the International Society for
Computational Biology has been honoring our most distinctive members as Fellows,
and this is your chance to name our 2012 Class of Fellows.
Information
about the ISCB Fellows program, nomination requirements, and selection criteria
can be found at
www.iscb.org/iscb-fellows
The nomination form is available at
www.iscb.org/fellow-nomination
(as only members can nominate, login is required; if you are not a current
member please renew today!).
The nomination deadline is April 30, 2012.
Thank you for your considerate
nomination!
Sincerely,
Alfonso Valencia, Chair, ISCB Fellows
Committee
Dear ISCB Members, Colleagues, and Past GLBIO Attendees,
We encourage you to take advantage of discounted registration pricing while it lasts for the The Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference, taking place May 15-17 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
With submitted oral and poster presentations recently decided and planned for posting to the conference website soon, this year's event is developing into a very robust meeting. Topic areas include Algorithm Development and Machine Learning, Bioimaging, Databases and Ontologies, Disease Models and Epidemiology, Evolution and Comparative Genomics, Gene Regulation and Transcriptomics, Metagenomics, Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Population Genomics, Protein Interactions and Molecular Networks, Protein Structure and Function, Sequence Analysis, and Text Mining.
Nearly 30 (yes, 30!) corporations and universities within the Great Lakes region have signed on as conference sponsors, which is sure to contribute to a diverse exhibition and exceptional exchange of opportunities and collaborations for all attendees.
Be sure to register today and we will look forward to welcoming you to Ann Arbor in May!
Sincerely,
Brian Athey (University of Michigan) and Robert Murphy (Carnegie Mellon University), GLBIO 2012 Honorary Con
GLBIO 2012 Conference Chairs
and all members of the GLBIO 2012 Steering Committee and Program Committee
Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
These final two
opportunities are coming to a close for the possibility of presenting your work
at the ISMB 2012 conference in July in Long Beach, California:
The Technology Track provides organizations the
opportunity to showcase their software and/or hardware relevant to the
bioinformatics/molecular biology community. Submissions selected for
presentation are required to pay a Tech Track fee and will be given a 25- or
50-minute time slot based on their status as a non- or for-profit organization.
Late Posters will be displayed and scheduled for
presentation within the regular poster sessions of the conference. All posters
are intended to convey a scientific result in any area of computational biology,
and must include original work that is unpublished or published after August 1,
2011. While purely experimental work is especially encouraged, advertisements
for commercial software packages are prohibited.
The ISMB 2012 conference
agenda is taking shape, and you can visit the
Schedule
Overview in order to begin organizing your travel plans. The
Program
page of the site includes links to details about the conference tracks and
sessions, and is being updated regularly as decisions are made on acceptances
from submissions to the various tracks. And finally, the
General Info page
includes links to helpful information such as housing, tourist info, and the
availability of child/dependent care to ensure your conference experience is
both successful and enjoyable.
We encourage you to register now for this
20th Anniversary ISMB conference being held July 15-17, 2012, in Long Beach,
California. The link below will take you to a page full of details, including
options, pricing, and early registration discount deadline, as well as to the
online registration form itself.
Help spread the word by tweeting about your participation using #ismb. You
are also invited to be among the first to follow us
@ISMBinfo where we will begin
posting news and updates soon.
The ISMB 2012 Conference Co-Chairs and
every member of the Scientific Organizing Committee look forward to welcoming
you to Long Beach soon!
Sincerely,
ISMB 2012 Conference Co-Chairs:
Terry Gaasterland, University of California, San Diego, United States
Richard Lathrop, University of California, Irvine, United States
Burkhard Rost, Technical University Munich, Germany
Dear ISCB Member,
The nominations period for the 2012 ISCB Class of Fellows is closing very
soon. Our field is rich with accomplished researchers, and if you know of an
ISCB member that has earned his or her place among ISCB's Fellows through
exceptional and exemplary contributions to the field of computational
biology/bioinformatics, please nominate him or her without further delay.
Information about the ISCB Fellows program, nomination requirements,
selection criteria, and the names and affiliations of all current Fellows can be
found at
www.iscb.org/iscb-fellows
The nomination form is available at
www.iscb.org/fellow-nomination (as only members can nominate, login is
required; if you are not a current member please join today!).
The nomination deadline is just days away. Don't let this opportunity to help
determine the next class of Fellows slip away.
Thank you for your considerate nomination!
Sincerely,
Alfonso Valencia, Chair, ISCB Fellows Committee