ISCB Newsletter 8-1

2005 ISCB membership registration has been live at www.iscb.org/membership.shtml for a few months now. If you have not yet registered for the current year, now is the time to take full advantage of the many member benefits available to you throughout this year. The benefits include the following and much more…

2005 Conference Discounts
In all cases the below represents discounts for professional members by ordering through ISCB as compared to individual subscriber rates offered directly through the publishers; student/trainee discounts are typically even greater than those listed below. See http://www.iscb.org/events/event_board.php for more details:

Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) - $50 off

Int’l Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB) - $40 off

Bio-IT World conference - NEW for 2005! - 25% off

Beyond Genome and select Cambridge Healthtech Institute conferences - minimum of 10% off

Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) $100 off

European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB)
– 30% off

2005 Travel Fellowship Awards Funds for Students and Post Docs

PSB, January 4-8, Big Island, Hawaii, USA

RECOMB, May 14-18, Cambridge, Massachusetts , USA

ISMB, June 25-29, Detroit, Michigan, USA

ECCB, September 28-October 1, Madrid, SPAIN

2005 Journal Discounts
In all cases the below represents discounts for professional members by ordering through ISCB as compared to individual subscriber rates offered directly through the publishers; student/trainee discounts are typically even greater than those listed below:

Bioinformatics - minimum of $375 savings

Briefings in Bioinformatics - minimum of $31 savings

Briefings in Functional Genomics & Proteomics
- minimum of $31 savings

Combination BIB and FGP when ordered together
- minimum of $94 savings

Comparative & Functional Genomics - minimum of $11 savings

Computers in Biology and Medicine - NEW for 2005!
- minimum of $143 savings

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
NEW for 2005! - minimum of $133 savings

Human Genomics NEW for 2005! - $16 savings

Human Molecular Genetics - minimum of $94 savings

Journal of Biomedical Informatics - NEW for 2005!
- minimum of $151 savings

Journal of Computational Biology - minimum of $234 savings

OMICS – A Journal of Integrative Biology
- minimum of $141 savings

(If there is a journal you would like to see added for 2006, please let us know at admin@iscb.org)

Added-Value Member Benefits:

Complimentary job postings of positions available at your institution/company

Membership in the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) for a voice in their US public affairs and funding initiatives

A Board of Directors, Student Council, and several active committees working on your behalf to raise the level of membership excellence and the awareness of our science among other scientists, governments across the globe, and the world community.

Access to post degree programs, upcoming events, news/press releases (not exclusive to members)

Access to current developments in the field via the Website, quarterly newsletter and letters from the ISCB President (not exclusive to members)

Do the math and you will easily recognize that an ISCB membership can pay for itself by taking advantage of just one or two of the membership benefits above. The more you take advantage of your membership benefits the more your membership gives back to you. So, delay no more in registering for an ISCB 2005 membership.