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Volume 7, Issue 4
President's
Letter
A Year in Review
ISCB
Membership
2005 Registration Now Open
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PSB
2005
ISCB Open Meeting Planned
ISMB 2005
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Special
Interest Groups
Reports from ISMB/ECCB 2004
Travel
Fellowships
Student & Post Doc Awards
ISCB
Student Council
Our Vision, Our Future
FASEB
Update
Public
Affairs and Policies
Committee Update
Officer
Election Results
New
Board Members
Take Office January 2005
University
of British Columbia
Genetics Graduate Program Retreat
Marketing
Opportunities
Advertising & Corporate Memberships
MidSouth
Comp Bio & Bioinformatics Society
Recap of the 2nd Annual Meeting
Events
and Opportunities
Bioinformatics Events Worldwide
News
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Events
and Opportunities of Interest
ISMB
2005
United States - MI – Detroit
Dates: Jun 25, 2005 through Jun 29, 2005
ISMB 2005 (Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology) is the world’s
largest and oldest Bioinformatics Conference. The conference will
provide a forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics.
This multidisciplinary conference brings together scientists from
molecular biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics and statistics.
The scope of ISMB encompasses the development and application of
advanced computational methods for biological problems at the levels
of sequences, cells, organs, and organisms.
ISCB Member
Discount: up to $100 USD
Event URL: http://www.iscb.org/ismb2005
ISMB
2006
Brazil - Ceara – Fortaleza
Dates: Aug 06, 2006 through Aug 10, 2006
The Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology will be held in South
America for the first time in 14 years of the conference in 2006.
Watch the website for more details as they become available.
Event URL: http://www.iscb.org/ismb2006
ISCB
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Pacific
Symposium on Biocomputing 2005
United States - HI - Kohala Coast
Dates: Jan 04, 2005 through Jan 08, 2005
The Pacific
Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) 2005 is an international, multidisciplinary
conference for the presentation and discussion of current research
in the theory and application of computational methods in problems
of biological significance. Papers and presentations are rigorously
peer reviewed and are published in an archival proceedings volume.
PSB 2005 will be held at the Fairmont Orchid on Big Island of Hawaii.
Tutorials will be offered prior to the start of the conference.
ISCB Member
Discount: $50 USD
Event URL: http://psb.stanford.edu/
RECOMB 2005
United States - MA – Cambridge
Hosted by: Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard/Boston University
Dates: May 14, 2005 through May 18, 2005
RECOMB is a well established international conference in a dynamic
field of science bridging computer science and biology. The meeting
consists of keynotes from the best scientists in the field and the
latest research findings presented as both oral papers and posters.
The conference program includes between 30 and 40 contributed papers,
that are selected by an international program committee with around
30 experts during a rigorous review. The conference series aims
at attracting research contributions in all areas of computational
molecular biology
ISCB Member Discount: TBA
Event URL: http://www.broad.mit.edu/recomb2005/
European
Conference on Computational Biology
Spain – Madrid
Hosted by: by INB
Dates: Sep 28, 2005 through Oct 01, 2005
From September
28th to October 1st 2005, the ECCB 05 and the Jbi 05 take place
in Madrid Spain. The “Bioinformatics National Institute”
(INB) will host the Conference.
An appraisal opened to the participation in which the professionals
of the bioinformatic sector can interchange ideas and experiences.
The ECCB conference will be a very good opportunity to fulfill these
goals, and we hope to count with the endorsement of our European
colleges for the consolidation of our activities in Bioinformatics.
ISCB Member
Discount: TBA
Event URL: http://www.eccb05.org
ISCB
Affiliated Conferences |
Structure-Based
Drug Design & Virtual Screening
United States - MA – Boston
Hosted by: Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Dates: Mar 28, 2005 through Apr 01, 2005
Structure-Based
Drug Design and Virtual Screening bring together high-throughput
crystallography and NMR, computational advances in docking algorithms
and virtual screening, and traditional techniques of high-throughput
screening and combinatorial chemistry to increase the efficiency
and speed of the drug discovery and development process. Cambridge
Healthtech Institute’s fifth annual Structure-Based Drug Design
conference continues to deliver the latest developments in de novo,
NMR-based, and crystallography-based drug design, while the second
annual Virtual Screening conference brings new innovation and recent
results in computational methods for smarter drug discovery and
development. Attend both meetings to gain insight into smarter drug
design and development from methods, case studies and technologies
presented by pharmaceutical, academic and biotechnology experts.
ISCB Member
Discount: 10 Percent
Event URL: http://www.healthtech.com/2005/sbd/index.asp
Bio-IT
World Conference & Expo
United States - MA – Boston
Dates: May 17, 2005 through May 19, 2005
The 2005 Bio-IT
World Conference aims to be an indispensable event, bringing together
life science, IT, and healthcare professionals to discuss and evaluate
the latest scientific, technological and IT breakthroughs in the
post-genome sequence era. Delegates from major pharmaceutical, biotechnology,
government and academic organizations will have the opportunity
to learn about the latest tools, services and training that fuel
bio-IT, enabling advances in genomics, proteomics, drug discovery,
through to clinical trials and evidence-based medicine. For the
4th consecutive year, Bio-IT World will deliver a truly international
gathering of industry leaders, IT professionals and biomedical researchers
ISCB Member
Discount: 25 Percent (Use Priority Code C0601)
Event URL: http://www.bio-itworldexpo.com
The
World Pharmaceutical Congress
United States - PA – Philadelphia
Hosted by: Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Dates: May 24, 2005 through May 26, 2005
This is the premier pharmaceutical R&D event of the year, for
pharmaceutical researchers & executive by pharmaceutical researchers
and executives. Make plans to be a part of and experience:
• Over 500 Leaders in Pharmaceutical Research World Wide
• An Exhibit Hall Bursting With Energy! 78% of Attendees Making
Purchasing Decisions
• Thought-Provoking Keynote Presentations From Three Senior
Level Pharmaceutical Company Executives
• Walking Away with Excellent Sales Leads
ISCB Member
Discount: 10 Percent
Restrictions: Note: When registering, please enter or reference
code ISCBDIS in the keycode box of the registration form to receive
ISCB discount.
Event URL: http://www.worldpharmacongress.com/
Beyond
Genome 2005
United States - CA - San Francisco
Hosted by: Cambridge Healthtech Institute
Dates: Jun 13, 2005 through Jun 16, 2005
Beyond Genome
2005 is the Future of Medicine. The Programs for Beyond Genome are
14th Annual Bioinformatics and Genome Research, 3rd Annual RNA Interference,
9th Annual Proteomics, 7th Annual Systems Biology, and Innaugural
Genomics Variation: Enabling Personalized Medicine
Beyond Genome
Features: Over 1000 participants; Over 35 Exhibits; Multiple Keynote
Addresses; Technology Workshops; Luncheon Workshops; Roundtable
Discussion Groups; Interactive Tutorials
ISCB Member
Discount: 10 Percent
Restrictions: Discount available only for ISCB members that reference
the separate pricing category on the registration form or website.
Event URL: http://www.beyondgenome.com
Other
Conferences & Events of Interest |
DBiBD:
Workshop on Database Issues in Biological Databases
United Kingdom - Edinburgh, Scotland
Hosted by: European Bioinformatics Institute and the Edinburgh Database
Group
Dates: Jan 08, 2005 through Jan 09, 2005
Event URL: http://dbibd-05.inf.ed.ac.uk/
Third
Asia-Pacific Bioinformatics Conference
Singapore
Hosted by: Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore and Deakin
Univeristy, Australia
Dates: Jan 17, 2005 through Jan 21, 2005
Event URL: http://www.deakin.edu.au/~phoebe/APBC2005/
Bioinformatics
and Genome Data Analysis
Tunisia - 3038 - Sfax
Hosted by: Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Tunisia
Dates: Mar 23, 2005 through Apr 02, 2005
Event URL: http://anibal.webzzanine.net/bioinformatics
EvoBIO
2005
Switzerland - Lausanne
Hosted by: EvoGP/EvoCOP/EvoWorkshops 2005
Dates: Mar 30, 2005 through Apr 01, 2005
Event URL: http://www.cs.vu.nl/~evobio/evobio05.html
International
Workshop on Biomedical Data Engineering
Japan - Tokyo
Hosted by: Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
The Database Society of Japan (DBSJ), Information Processing Society
of Japan (IPSJ), The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication
Engineers (IEICE), 21st Century COE Research Project
Dates: Apr 03, 2005 through Apr 04, 2005
Event URL: http://www.db.is.kyushu-u.ac.jp/bmde2005/
4th International Workshop On High Performance Computational
Biology (HiCOMB)
United States - CO - Denver
Hosted by: IEEE
Dates: Apr 04, 2005 through Apr 04, 2005
Event URL: http://www.hicomb.org/
2005
International Workshop on Bioinformatics Research and Applications
United States - Georgia - Atlanta
Hosted by: Emory University
Dates: May 22, 2005 through May 25, 2005
Event URL: http://www.cs.gsu.edu/pan/iwbra.htm
IEEE
Workshop on Computer Vision Methods for Bioinformatics
United States - CA - San Diego
Hosted by: IEEE
Dates: Jun 25, 2005 through Jun 25, 2005
Event URL: http://www.ittc.ku.edu/BioCVPR/
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