Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Leading Professional Society for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Connecting, Training, Empowering, Worldwide
Boston, Massachusetts
July 11 – 15, 2014
4th Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (BioVis)
URL: www.biovis.net
Date: July 11-12, 2014
BioVis 2014 is the premier venue that brings together the visualization, bioinformatics, and biology communities to explore the application of visualization research to life science problems and to demonstrate the state of the art in the field. Highlights include
Call for Participation in the 4th Symposium on Biological Data Visualization at ISMB 2014. Papers are due March 1 and posters are due by May 24, 2014
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The Automated Function Prediction Special Interest Group (AFP-SIG)
URL: http://biofunctionprediction.org
Date: July 11 & 12, 2014
The mission of the Automated Function Prediction Special Interest Group (AFP-SIG) is to bring together computational biologists, experimental biologists, and biocurators who are dealing with the important problem of gene and gene product function prediction, to share ideas and create collaborations.
Deadline for Submitting Abstracts: April 18, 2014
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BioLINK SIG: Supporting Bioscience through Text Mining
URL: http://biolinksig.org/biolink-2014/
Date: Friday, July 11 (General BioLINK SIG meeting) & Saturday, July 12 (Special session, joint with BioOntologies: Phenotype Day)
We hope to attract research to this SIG meeting that directly integrates text mining into computational methods addressing biological problems, and will dedicate part of the workshop specifically to the role of text mining for automated function prediction and genetic variant interpretation.
Submissions Deadline: April 11, 2014
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Bio-Ontologies Special Interest Group meeting
URL: http://www.bio-ontologies.org.uk/
Date: July 11 and July 12
The Bio-Ontologies SIG is a forum to present the most innovative research in the application of ontologies and the organisation, presentation and dissemination of knowledge in biomedicine and the life sciences.
We invite three types of submissions. Short papers (4 pages), Posters and Flash updates (1 page), deadline: April 11, 2014
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The 15th Annual Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC 2014)
URL: www.open-bio.org/wiki/BOSC_2014
Date: July 11-12, 2014
BOSC covers the wide range of open source bioinformatics projects that have been successfully developed and adopted by the community, and encompasses the growing movement of Open Science, with its focus on transparency, reproducibility, and data provenance.
Deadline for submission of abstracts for talks: April 4 and Deadline for submission of abstracts for posters: May 15
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HitSEQ: High Throughput Sequencing Algorithms & Applications
URL: http://hitseq.org/
Date: July 11 & 12, 2014
HiTSeq provides a forum for in depth presentations of novel algorithms, analysis methods, and applications in multiple areas of biology that HTS is transforming.
Full paper submission deadline: April 6, 2014
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Integrative RNA Biology - SIG (IRB-SIG)
http://www.irbgroup.org/irb-sig-14/
Date: July 11, 2014
In this meeting we aim to bring computational experts attending ISMB together with world experts in the fields of RNA processing and non-coding RNAs to discuss recent advances in RNA biology and related computational and experimental methodology.
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Mass Spectrometry SIG (MS-SIG)
URL: http://igenomed2.stanford.edu/BeyondProteomics_2014/
Date: July 12, 2014
MS-SIG aims to bring together experts from the global research community to discuss current progress and challenges in the field of mass spectrometry based proteomics and computational biology.
Abstract submission deadline is March 14, 2014 and May 12, 2014
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NetBio SIG
URL: http://nrnb.org/netbiosig/
Date: July 11, 2014
The meeting will provide a unique meeting space for tool developers and users in the field of network biology. Through these complementary lenses, the meeting will bring into focus the current state of the field, its future promise and how to get there.
Submission deadline is April 22, 2014
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New Challenges in Computational Single Cell Biology
URL: www.imsb.ethz.ch/researchgroup/mclaassen/Events/ISMB_SIG_CSCB_2014
Date: July 12, 2014
This workshop features keynotes from invited speakers, presentations selected from the submitted abstracts and poster presentations to share the latest results on single cell driven biology, cutting edge technology development and mathematical modeling approaches.
Call for abstracts. Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters. The best accepted abstracts will be invited for oral presentation.
Abstract submission Deadline is April 30, 2014
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Regulatory Genomics Special Interest Group - RegGenSIG
URL: http://light.ece.ohio.edu/~reggen/2014/
Date: July 12, 2014
RegGenSIG is a collaborative community of scientists who convene to solve difficult research problems in all areas of computational regulatory genomics.
Submit abstracts to
Extended abstracts for oral presentation are due by April 20, 2014, and 250 word abstracts for poster presentations are due by May 18, 2014
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VarI-SIG
URL: http://varisig.biofold.org
Date: July 12, 2014
The primary goal of the VarI-SIG is to outline and discuss the recent advances in the methodology for the annotation and analysis of genomic variation data.
Poster and Presentation Proposal deadline April 6, 2014
Satellite Meetings (SMs)
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3Dsig: Structural Bioinformatics & Computational Biophysics
URL: http://bcb.med.usherbrooke.ca/3dsig14
Date: July 11 & 12, 2014
3Dsig, a Satellite Meeting of the ISMB/ECCB conference, focused on structural bioinformatics and computational biophysics and has become the largest meeting in this growing field. This year we are celebrating our 10th meeting and highlighting the 2013 Nobel prize in Chemistry awarded to Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt & Arieh Warshel, the pioneers of the field.
Abstract submission deadline: April 30, 2014
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CAMDA: Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis
URL: http://www.camda.info/
Date: Friday, July 11 & Saturday, July 12 2014
CAMDA presents an open-ended data analysis challenge format which focuses on big heterogeneous data sets that are increasingly produced in several fields of the life sciences.
Call for submissions deadlines: Extended Abstract Proposals: May 20, 2014, Abstract for Posters: May 25, 2014, Full papers: Aug 25, 2014
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| Early Registration - Valid until 28 April 2014 |
ISCB Member | Non-Member |
| Professional (including Postdoc) | 205 | 375 |
| Student | 125 | 275 |
| Early Registration - Valid AFTER 28 April 2014 |
ISCB Member | Non-Member |
| Professional (including Postdoc) | 255 | 425 |
| Student | 175 | 325 |
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June 2-4, 2014
Barcelona, Spain
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
NGS2014 invites submissions for paper presentations and posters.
Papers reporting on original research in all areas of high-throughput sequencing are sought. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Submit your research now!
Deadline: 14 March 2014
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Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences |
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Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference Cincinnati, Ohio, USA May 16 - 18, 2014 |
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The NGS Conference Barcelona, Spain June 22 - 24, 2014 |
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Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology 2014 Boston, Massachusetts, USA July 11 - 15, 2014 |
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ISCB Latin America Conference on Bioinformatics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 22 - 24, 2014 |
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The ISCB 2013 Annual Report!
Through the amazing work of volunteers, ISCB is able to continue to be the world's largest international society for computational biology, bringing its members a plethora of opportunities to network and present their science. The 2013 Annual Report highlights the accomplishments of this great organization.
ISCB Officer and Board of Directors Nominations - Now Open!
ISCB encourages its members to submit nominations for open ISCB Officer positions, Board of Directors, and Student Council Leadership. Nominations will be accepted for Board of Directors until April 18 and ISCB Officers and Student Council Leadership until May 30. Self nominations will not be accepted. Learn more at www.iscb.org/leadership-nominations-and-elections.
ISCB Name Myers and Pe'er 2014 Award Winners
ISCB announced its 201 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist and Overton Prize award winner - Eugene (Gene) Myers and Dana Pe'er.
Captivating Program to be presented at CSHALS
There is still time to join us for the 7th Conference on Semantics in Healthcare and Life Sciences. Four stellar keynote speakers, a tutorial on Enterprise and Scientific Data Sharing using Callimachus, four technology talks, and 18 paper presentations including poster viewing round out the two and half day program.
ISCB Student Council Continues their Article Series in PLOS Computational Biology
Beginning in August 2013, the ISCB Student Council has been writing monthly articles for the ISCB Society Pages in PLOS Computational Biology. The most recent article, Building the Future of Bioinformatics through Student-Facilitated Conferencing, Kayisha Ramdayal, Miranda D. Stobbe, Tarun Mishra, Magali Michaut, January 30, 2014, explores the importance of conference training for students in non-pressure settings.
Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (GLBIO) Continues to Build a Stimulating Program
The upcoming GLBIO 2014 presents a stimulating, strong program. With six pre-conference tutorials, a professional development session, an education panel, and talks and posters highlighting recent scientific work, this conference is a must add to your plans for 2014. Expecting nearly 300 attendees, GLBIO is an excellent opportunity to network, collaborate, and learn!
ISCB Community News
The Community news feature on the ISCB website contains the latest information from the computational biology community. Browse the page for more information about relative conference, current tools, and FASEB news.
Next Generation Sequencing Conference to be Held in Barcelona, Spain
The Next Generation Sequencing Conference 2014 (NGS 2014) is a dedicated meeting on cutting-edge approaches to the processing and analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data. This Three-day conference (two-day main meeting with one day tutorial) will bring together some of the best researchers from around the world, honor the late Fred Sanger, and provide opportunities for presentation of YOUR latest research developments. Submit your paper or poster today!
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May 16 - 18, 2014
Cincinnati Children's Hospital, University of Cincinnati
GLBIO 2014 will feature dynamic Keynote Speakers and Tutorial sessions led by proven industry experts.
Gary Bader, Associate Professor
The Donnelly Centre at the University of Toronto
http://baderlab.org/GaryBader
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Tanya Y. Berger-Wolf, Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois
http://compbio.cs.uic.edu/~tanya/
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Charles Brooks, Warner-Lambert/Park-Davis
Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Biophysics
University of Michigan
http://brooks.chem.lsa.umich.edu/index.php?page=charles_l._brooks_iii&subdir=articles/group
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Michael Hawrylcz, Investigator
Allen Institute for Brian Science
www.alleninstitute.org/about_us/staff/michael_hawrylycz.html
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GLBIO 2014 will feature dynamic tutorial sessions led by proven industry experts on Friday, May 16.
Sorin Draghici, Wayne State University
Topic: Advanced Gene Network
Anil Jegga, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati
Topic: Advanced Gene Network
Jarek Meller, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati
Topic: An Introduction to Bioinformatics
Isaac Neuhaus, University of California at San Francisco
Topic: Visualization Web Interface - Javascript for Programmers
Larsson Omberg, Sage Bionetworks
Topic: An Introduction to Sage Synapys Platform
| IMPORTANT DATES | ||
| Submissions Close -->14 Mar 2014 Author Acceptance Notifications -->06 Apr 2014 Early registration closes -->28 Apr 2014 Online registration closes -->26 May 2014 |
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| CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEES* |
||
| Early Registration - Valid until 28 April 2014 |
ISCB Member | Non-Member |
| Professional (including Postdoc) | 205 | 375 |
| Student | 125 | 275 |
| Early Registration - Valid AFTER 28 April 2014 |
ISCB Member | Non-Member |
| Professional (including Postdoc) | 255 | 425 |
| Student | 175 | 325 |
| *All prices listed in Euro | ||
June 2-4, 2014
Barcelona, Spain
The NGS Conference will aim to encompass the associated computational challenges:
Register Now and Save!
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Deadline: 14 March 2014