ISCB Newsletter 9-2

ISCB Officer and Student Council Leader elections for the next term will begin soon. All ISCB members are encouraged to participate in these elections. Remember, those elected will be serving YOU and regularly speaking on your behalf regarding Society matters. To view the candidate statements, please visit www.iscb.org/candidates06.php. A question and answer period will be open from September 1 through 21, and elections will be held online from September 22 through October 6. Please visit the above URL for further details and to link to the full statements of each candidate listed below

Two Vice Presidential candidates:

Terry Gaasterland, University of California, San Diego

Reinhard Schneider, EMBL

Secretary candidate:

Janet Kelso, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Treasurer candidate:

David Rocke, University of California, Davis

Student Council Representative to the ISCB Board of Directors candidate

Vijaya Parthiban, Cologne University Bioinformatics Center

Student Council Chair candidate:

Manuel J Corpas, University of Manchester

Two Student Council Vice Chair candidates:

Sarath Janga, Center for Genomic Sciences Office

Victor J Weigman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Two Student Council Secretary candidates:

Milana Frenkel, Weizmann Institute of Science

Nils Gehlenborg, Institute for Systems Biology