| ISCB Student Council Overview
The mission of the ISCB Student Council (SC) is to promote the development of the next generation of computational biologists. We achieve our goal through scientific and networking events, soft-skills training, educational resources and career services. By spreading its mission and creating awareness about SC initiatives in the international computational biology community, the SC has gained recognition amongst leaders of the community and student researchers. We have been successful in attracting student volunteers who are pivotal to the future growth of the organization. As a result, the SC has engaged in these new initiatives:
- Student Counci Career Central
The SC is starting a career development initiative for early-career computational biologists. The first event under this initiative is the Career Central/ Student Council Lounge at ISMB/ECCB 2009. This event addresses the needs of recruiters and job seekers at the conference by providing a forum for interaction that will lead to matching recruiters with job hunters.
Individual sessions by a qualified career counselor, including career advice and resume critique services to students and post-docs searching for jobs, is possible thanks to the generous support of FASEB (www.faseb.org). We are also gathering resumes online to will be compiled into a booklet and made available to interested recruiters after the conference. More at http://symposium.iscbsc.org/content/career-central
- Regional Student Groups
Worldwide Committee (RSG-WC) RSGs were conceived to spread the mission of the SC and cater to student needs at a regional level. Since 2007 the SC has successfully established 11 RSGs spanning four continents. Activities of the RSG-India were recently published in the educational supplement of ''The Hindu," a leading national news daily in India. Owing to an overwhelming response to initiate new RSGs, in 2008 the SC formed the RSG-WC as a channel for communication between the SC and the RSGs. Progress of scientific research thrives on the fruits of active collaborations. The RSG-WC has been a strong advocate of collaborative endeavors where different RSGs come together to research scientific problems of mutual interest. The present success of the RSGs can be attributed to the enthusiasm of SC members turned RSG leaders and the strong support of ISCB. More at http://rsg.iscbsc.org
- New Website – Launched June 1, 2009
We are now able to better integratevarious initiatives of the SC. Some new features are an iCal compatible calendar to keep track of SC and RSG events, a dedicated section for all our RSGs, and forums for members to communicate with their peers. Check it out at www.iscbsc.org
The current leadership and members of the SC are working hard to make the
computational biology student community accessible to every interested student in the world. If you are a student or post doc, please join us! If you are already well into your career, please support your own students’ involvement in the ISCB Student Council! You will be contributing to their development and the preparedness of the next generation of computational biologists.
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