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Volume 8, Issue 1

President’s Column

2005 Membership Registration
Don’t Delay!

ISMB 2005
Bound To Be the Best Yet

SIG Meetings
Kick-Off ISMB 2005

ISCB Thanks Sun
for Continued Support

KEY DATES
RECOMB, ISMB, ECCB

Calling All Leaders!

PLoS Computational Biology
Exciting Open Access Journal

Student Council
Announcements & Updates

Travel Fellowships Offered
Deadlines Approaching Fast

Public Affairs

Immigration Workshop
April 16, 2005 in San Diego

RECOMB 2005 Highlights

ECCB 2005

SCCB Computational Biology
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

News from the Field

Events & Opportunities



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Special Interest Group Meetings Kick Off ISMB 2005

The countdown to ISMB 2005 is now on, with registration open and the line up of oral presentations now being finalized. In addition to the main conference, ISCB is pleased to continue the tradition of hosting a variety of Special Interest Group pre-conference meetings (SIGs). Each is organized with distinct programming in specialized areas of computational biology, and several are currently soliciting abstracts. The SIG lineup for 2005 is as follows:

One-Day SIGs, Friday - June 24, 2005

Automated Function Prediction

Bioinformatics and Disease

BioLINK

Bio-Ontologies

Two-Day SIGs - Thursday and Friday - June 23 and 24, 2005

Alternative Splicing

Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC'2005)

BioPathways

SIGSIM

Brief descriptions of these SIGs are available at http://www.iscb.org/ismb2005/sigs.html and each listing includes a URL to access the SIG group’s website for further information including abstract deadlines and contact information.

Pricing for SIGs is outlined below:

Fees - On or Before May 16
  1-DAY SIG 2- DAY SIG
Academic / Non-Profit / Government / PostDoc USD $110 USD $170
Student USD $85 USD $145
Corporate USD $135 USD $195
Fees - After May 16
  1-DAY SIG 2- DAY SIG
Academic / Non-Profit / Government / PostDoc USD $160 USD $220
Student USD $135 USD $195
Corporate USD $185 USD $245

Participation in SIG meetings is not dependent on attendance at ISMB 2005, so if you are interested in attending a SIG but not able to attend the main conference, you can register to attend only SIGs. Additionally, if you have already registered for the ISMB 2005 conference and would like to add a SIG meeting to your registration please write to registration05@ismbconf.org for assistance.