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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Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
ISCB is pleased to announce this Call for Proposals for individuals or groups interested in hosting the next open ISCB-Asia conference, slated for the third quarter of 2013, to co-organize this meeting with ISCB anywhere in the Asia region. The proposal deadline is the 1st of August, 2012. If you are not personally interested but know of someone else who could do an excellent job of organizing this event, please feel free to forward this mail. An overview of ISCB, its expansion into regionally-based international meetings, and the details of the proposal requirements are all specified below.
ISCB-Asia 2013 Meeting
The aim of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is to serve the worldwide computational biology community by addressing scientific policies, providing access to high quality publications, organising meetings, and serving as a portal to information about training, education, employment and news from related fields. ISCB currently has over 3000 members from more than 70 countries around the world. Among its many activities ISCB hosts annual meetings, including ISMB, the world's longest running and largest international bioinformatics conference (held jointly with ECCB every other year in Europe), as well as a series of smaller, newer meetings. ISCB also has affiliations in place with several other significant meetings in the field, such as PSB and RECOMB.
In an extension to its meeting activities, ISCB is participating in the organization of regional meetings in locations where ISMB has not been held. In 2009 and 2011 joint ISCB-Africa meetings were held in collaboration with the African Society for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ASBCB), and the 2013 meeting is now being planned for Tunis, Tunisia; in 2010 and 2012 ISCB-Latin America was held in Uruguay and Chile, respectively; the first ISCB-Asia was held jointly with InCoB 2011 in Malaysia, and the 2012 meeting is now being planned for China (Shenzhen). With the aim of continuing these successful regional meetings, ISCB is now soliciting applications for the co-organization of our next meeting in Asia for 2013.
A requirement that ISCB-Asia become permanently affiliated to an existing meeting or society is not intended. Having co-organised the ISCB-Asia meeting with the Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Network in 2011 and with BGI in 2012, ISCB now looks to continue expanding its network of affiliations by seeking proposals from other existing societies or conferences in the Asia region, or by working with a group that has a similar interest in organising a new bioinformatics community meeting in Asia.
Preliminary proposals should provide:
ISCB will:
Criteria for evaluation
Proposals should be submitted via email to
Thank you,
Paul Horton, Chair, ISCB Conferences Committee
Janet Kelso, Co-Chair, ISCB Conferences Committee
Also in progress: Student Council Leader Nominations - deadline June 3, 2012
As a reminder, the International
Society for Computational Biology is encouraging members to submit nominations
for the Society's Officer positions of Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary;
and the Student Council Leadership positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary,
Treasurer, and SC Rep to the ISCB Board. Nominations are submitted at
www.iscb.org/nominate (you must login to your membership record to access the
nomination form). In all cases, self nominations will not be accepted.
If
you know of excellent candidates that meet the eligibility requirements below,
please be sure to submit your nomination(s) right away.
Nominations for Officers and Student Council
Leaders will be accepted through June 3, 2012. Election of the Officers and
Student Council Leaders will take place via online voting by the membership in
July, 2012, including availability to a dedicated voting booth at the ISMB
conference.
Each nomination requires the name, affiliation, and email
address of the nominee, along with an assurance that the nominee meets the
qualifications and is willing to stand for election for the position in
question. The nomination must also include a few sentences of justification that
makes the strongest case possible for the nominee.
Full information
regarding the 2012 nominations/elections timeline, call for nominations, and
Director and Officer responsibilities can be found at www.iscb.org/iscb-leadership-a-staff-/officers-and-board-directors/nomination-election-procedures.
We are looking forward to an active participation by the ISCB membership in
the nominations and election process, and we thank you in advance for your
qualified nominations.
Respectfully,
Dietlind Gerloff, Scott
Markel, and Anna Tramontano
Co-Chairs, ISCB Nominations Committee
ISCB-Asia/SCCG 2012, co-hosted by ISCB and BGI, will be held in Shenzhen, China from December 17-19. Confirmed keynote speakers include Gunnar von Heijne, Philip Greene, Piero Carninci, Takashi Ito, Eric Xing and Zhiping Weng. They will be joined by several prominent invited speakers in special sessions including: computational tools for NGS, cancer informatics, and cloud and work flows for reproducible biology. ISCB is known for hosting a variety of international meetings including ISMB, while BGI of Shenzhen is one of the world's largest sequencing centers. Shenzhen is a booming city with easy access from adjacent Hong Kong and a pleasant climate during December.
We cordially invite you to submit original research in any area of computational biology, including, but not limited to: computational tools for NGS, cancer genome informatics, cloud and work flows for reproducible bioinformatics, protein bioinformatics, metagenomics, RNA informatics, machine learning, and open problems in computational biology. Accepted proceedings papers will be submitted to a special issue of BMC Bioinformatics/BMC Genomics or recommended for publication in Omics, or Gigascience. Submission of relevant review or trends in technology papers is also encouraged and will be considered for publication in a special issue of Briefings in Bioinformatics.
Manuscripts should be in PDF format at a maximum of 10 pages, including abstract, images/figures, and references. The submission deadline is July 30th.
Poster abstracts in the same topic areas are also invited. A poster abstract should be no more than 500 words, and submitted as a one-page PDF file by September 17th
In all cases, submissions should be sent via email to
We look forward to receiving your submissions,
Victor Jin, The Ohio State University - Program Committee Chair
Paul Horton, AIST Japan - Conference Chair and Program Committee Co-Chair
Dear ISCB Members and Colleagues,
While early registration discounts are still available, we encourage you to register now to attend this 20th Anniversary ISMB conference July 15-17, 2012, in Long Beach, California (optional pre-conference special interest and satellite meetings, tutorials, and the student council symposium begin July 13th). The link below will take you to a page full of details, including options, pricing, and the early registration discount deadline, as well as to the online registration form itself.
The
Conference Schedule for this ISMB is nearly complete, and you can now begin
planning which talks most interest you based on your specific area of
investigation (please note the accepted Technology Track presentations are yet
scheduled but should become available on the website soon). The
Program menu of the site includes links to specific details about the
conference tracks and sessions, which you might find helpful if the detailed
agenda is insufficient. 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.
Registered conference attendees are encouraged to book hotel
accommodations very soon. The city is expected to sell-out due to ISMB
and other events taking place before and after our meeting. ISMB has blocked a
limited number of discounted rooms at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, which is
connected to the Long Beach Convention Center and is serving as our Headquarters
Hotel. Full details are available
HERE, and rooms are only available until our room block is filled, or June
18th, whichever comes first. To take advantage of the conference rate of $169.00
single occupancy, plus taxes (currently 15.1%) for a stay anytime between July
7th and July 20th, book online at
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/ISMB2012LB.
Help us spread the word by tweeting about your participation using #ismb. You
are also invited to follow us on Twitter
@ISMBinfo where we will begin posting news and updates about conference
specifics very 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
Register now to secure the discounted early registration fees on the 20th Anniversary ISMB conference July 15-17, 2012, in Long Beach, California. The link below will take you to a page full of details, including a direct link to the online registration form itself.
Note that the conference closes at 6:00pm on July 17th after the ISCB Senior
Scientist Award Keynote Lecture by Gunnar von Heijne. This is a talk not to be
missed, so be sure to plan your travel accordingly so you can stay through to
the end of the conference.
The full
Conference Schedule is now complete so you can plan your time at the
conference to be sure to attend the topics or talks that most interest you based
on your specific area of investigation. And 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. Long Beach is a great
jumping off point for all of southern California's major attractions, so be sure
to bring the whole family and spend some extra time in the area on holiday.
ISMB has blocked a limited number of discounted rooms at the Hyatt Regency
Long Beach, which is connected to the Long Beach Convention Center and is
serving as our Headquarters Hotel. Full details are available
HERE. Rooms had already sold out during specific nights of the conference
date range, but today we succeeded in securing additional rooms that are also
expected to sell out fast. To take advantage of the conference rate of $169.00
single occupancy, plus taxes (currently 15.1%) for a stay anytime between July
7th and July 20th, book online at
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/ISMB2012LB
If you are interested in exploring alternative options for accommodations you
might want to visit the Long Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau website for
hotels in the Downtown Long Beach area. There are several hotels within
close walking distance to the Long Beach Convention Center.
Help us spread the word by tweeting about your participation using #ismb. You
are also invited to follow us on Twitter
@ISMBinfo where we will begin posting news and updates about conference
specifics leading up to the conference dates.
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