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Volume 14, Issue 1

Letter to ISCB
Members & Colleagues


Bloggers Welcome at ISMB/ECCB

Sr. Scientist Award:
Michael Ashburner


Overton Prize:
Olga Troyanskaya


ISCB Policy Statement on Open Access Literature

ISCB President-Elect Elections

Meet the ISCB Fellows
Class of 2011


Mark Your Calendar
ISMB 2012


FASEB Updates

Improving Wikipedia Content

Announcing
Rocky 2011


Announcing
GLBIO 2012


SCS7 Highlights

ISCB Student Council
Overview


Call for Proposals
ISCB-Asia 2012

Announcing ECCB12

Bioinformatics Journal

CSHALS: Semantic
Technologies Meet
Big Data


PLoS Computational
Biology
Overview


Spotlight on PSB Conference

Announcing
CSHALS 2012

Announcing InCoB/
ISCB-Asia 2011 Joint Conference


Announcing ISCB-Latin America 2012

EMBnet Collaboration on Education and Training

Upcoming Conferences & Events

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ISCB Student Council Overview



The ISCB Student Council is dedicated to promoting the development of the next generation of computational biologists. We achieve this goal by organizing and supporting scientific events, networking opportunities, soft-skills training, educational resources and other career development activities for computational biology students throughout the world, and by attempting to influence policy processes affecting science and education. One of our key objectives is to provide support and financial assistance to computational biology students from developing countries.

Over the past year, our organization has continued to grow and evolve. Our volunteer student members have outdone themselves in putting together an outstanding program for the 7th Annual Student Council Symposium and organizing events for students throughout the ISMB conference. For example, our Art & Science Exhibition at ISMB 2011 will display images and videos generated as part of computational research projects and creative works that involve scientific concepts or employ scientific tools and methods. At the Student Council booth in the exhibition area, students can get career advice and review job boards. We're also hosting several fun social networking activities, such as "Scientific Speed-Dating, "Social HQ", and "BLAST your Brain." What does exactly does that mean? Come to our booth to find out!

At ISMB 2011, you'll have an opportunity to see the ISCB Student Council in action. But our presence at this event is only one facet of our organization. We strive to reach out and support the computational biology student community throughout the whole year by:
  • Offering competitive mini-grants of up to USD 400 each to help fund innovative initiatives and events proposed by regional student groups (RSG). During the past year, 6 out of 14 proposals from RSGs in Central and Eastern Africa, France, Poland, Brazil, and India were approved for Student Council financial assistance. Our grant cycle for 2011-2012 will be starting soon.
  • Establishing internships that provide students from developing nations an opportunity to work in a world-class computational biology laboratory. These internships enable students to gain international work experience and acquire new skills that they can share with research communities in their home country. Through this Student Council program, four students, representing India, Brazil, Kenya, and Nigeria, were given the opportunity to work for three months at the Rost Lab in Germany, under the direction of Professor Dr. Burkhard Rost.
  • Organizing and supporting regional meetings, such as the 2010 European Student Council Symposium held in Ghent, Belgium, and the 2010 North Africa, Portugal and Spain Student Symposium on Bioinformatics held in Málaga, Spain. These regional meetings are an excellent forum for students to present preliminary research, learn about research activities and job opportunities close to home, and get recognition in their local research community.

You can read more about these and other ISCB Student Council initiatives at the ISCB Student Council website (www.iscbsc.org)--or look us up on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Of course, the best way to find out about the Student Council is to talk to our volunteer members. If you have a few minutes between sessions or if you're feeling lost in the crowds at the Austria Center, stop by the ISCB Student Council booth. And we'll show you how we're making a difference in the computational biology student community.