ISCB-LA SoIBio BioNetMX 2020 | Oct 25 – 30, 2020 | Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico

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The leadership of ISCB, SoIBio, and BioNetMX continues to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to this conference. We remain hopeful that we will be able to gather in October in person.

You can be part of the 2020 ISCB-LA SoIBio BioNetMX Conference. The conference is now accepting submissions for workshop and tutorials, articles for oral presentation, and abstracts for oral and poster presentation.

Call for Workshops
Deadline: June 26, 2020

We invite scientists and professionals working in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology to submit high-quality proposals for tutorials, workshops or mini-courses (tutorial program). These sessions can be both full day or half day sessions and will take place on the 25th or 26th of October 2020.

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WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS

Call for Article Submissions
Deadline: July 15, 2020

The Interface Focus Journal has committed to creating a special issue for this conference with up to twelve peer-reviewed articles. Article submissions will close July 15, giving enough opportunity for authors to prepare their manuscripts. Selected manuscripts will be slated for oral presentation at the conference.

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ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS

Call for Abstract Submissions
Deadline: August 24, 2020

The conference invites abstracts for research that is topical to bioinformatics and computational biology for consideration for oral and/or poster presentation.

Talks and posters will be organized according to scientific topics, which are covered by the conference. Abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation on the corresponding session.

Details and submission criteria

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

ISMB 2020
Call for Abstract Submissions, Deadline April 30

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Submit your research and become a part of the virtual ISMB 2020 landscape!

Abstract Deadline: April 30, 11:59 PM ET

CAMDA Extended Deadline: May 25

The ISMB 2020 scientific program is comprised of abstract submissions and organized thematically in partnership with the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs).

Plan to submit your unpublished or published research to these tracks:

• 3DSIG • Bio-Ontologies • BIOINFO-CORE • BioVis
• BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference • CAMDA
• CompMS • Education • EvolutionComparative Genomics
• Function • HitSeq • MLCSB • MICROBIOME • NetBio •
RegSys • iRNA • SysMod • TextMining • TransMed
• VarI • General Computational Biology

Can’t find your home COSI? Simply submit to the general computational biology track above for consideration.

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NEW: Call for SARS-Cov-2 / COVID-19 Abstracts

Submission Deadline: May 14, 11:59 PM ET

We invite abstracts for research that is topical to the current SARS-Cov-2 / COVID-19 pandemic for consideration for presentation during the ISMB 2020 conference. The conference will be held as a virtual conference. All authors of accepted abstracts must be registered to present and be able to attend the conference virtually.

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ISMB 2020
Call for Abstract Submissions

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Abstract Deadline: April 16, 11:59 PM ET

CAMDA Extended Deadline: May 25

The ISMB 2020 scientific program is comprised of abstract submissions and organized thematically in partnership with the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs). Plan to submit your unpublished or published research to these tracks:

• 3DSIG • Bio-Ontologies • BIOINFO-CORE • BioVis
• BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference • CAMDA
• CompMS • Education • EvolutionComparative Genomics
• Function • HitSeq • MLCSB • MICROBIOME • NetBio •
RegSys • iRNA • SysMod • TextMining • TransMed
• VarI • General Computational Biology

Can’t find your home COSI? Simply submit to the general computational biology track above for consideration.

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ISMB 2020
ISMB 2020 to be Held as a Virtual Conference, July 13-16

The ISMB 2020 Steering Committee and ISCB Leadership have been closely monitoring the growing global COVID-19 outbreak. Because of increasing concerns with travel along with guidance to minimize group gatherings, ISMB 2020 will be held as a 100% virtual conference, July 13-16.

The health and safety of our participants, sponsors, exhibitors, invited speakers and the local community in Montreal are paramount.

Here is what you need to know:

ISMB 2020 will be 100% virtual.
The entire conference will be streamed online with sessions that are both live and “as live” with the ability for questioning and answering in real time. To benefit those in different time zones, all content will also be available on demand. This includes poster presentations within the virtual poster hall.
Existing registrations will automatically be converted into online registrations. Login details will be sent to you before the conference.
For those who are a part of the scientific program, instructions for remote presentations will be sent.
If you already arranged air travel, cancel your flights ASAP.
If you have made hotel reservations through the ISCB and onPeak, those reservations will be automatically cancelled and the applicable hotel cancellation policy will apply. If you made reservations elsewhere, you should cancel those reservations yourself.

Registration refunds
Existing registrations will automatically convert into online registrations. Participants that do not wish to attend the meeting virtually can cancel their registration and receive a full refund.

The differences between the original registration fee for physical attendance and the virtual online registration fee will be refunded at your request at the completion of ISMB 2020. To support the Society in this difficult time, participants have the option of contributing their partial registration refund to ISCB to assist with the substantial cost associated with the cancellation of the physical meeting. If you wish to receive your partial refund, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by June 30, 2020.

Controlled access to meeting content
Only registered participants will have online access to the conference. Presenters concerned about unpublished data can request that specific slides not be shown. In exceptional cases, the presenter can request that none of their slides be provided online.

Certificates of attendance/recognition of presentation
You will receive a certificate of presentation as well as participation for the conference. Certificates of participation will be delivered after the conference once your attendance (log on once daily) is confirmed. Poster presenters will also receive a certificate for their uploaded presentation.

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Nominate today for ISCB Officer & Board of Director Positions!

Call for ISCB Board of Directors Nominations Deadline: April 16, 2020
Call for ISCB Officer Nominations Deadline: May 31, 2020

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is encouraging members to submit nominations for the Society’s leadership - Board of Directors and open Officer positions. Nominations are submitted at www.iscb.org/nominate (you must login to your membership record to access the nomination form). In all cases, self-nominations will not be accepted.

The 2020 Officer positions to be elected are Secretary and Vice President. If you know of excellent candidates that meet the eligibility requirements, please be sure to submit your nomination(s). Details of the positions, procedures, requirements, and timeline are available on the ISCB website at: https://www.iscb.org/leadership-nominations-and-elections.

We are looking forward to an active participation by the ISCB membership in the nomination and election process, and we thank you in advance for your qualified nominations.

Notice of ISCB Official Statements

ISCB would like to stress that personal statements made and opinions held by its members on the COVID-19 pandemic origins, course, and consequences are not official statements of ISCB. Official ISCB statements may be found within the Society Announcements or Policies and Statements sections of the website - www.iscb.org. ISCB considers the pandemic a still growing serious global threat to human health that is currently poorly understood. The Society encourages abiding by the continued strong preventive measures and recommends that people follow the advice given by their country's public official directives. ISCB encourages tolerance and believes that it is not helpful to hold any population or individuals accountable for the appearance or progression of the epidemic and urges members to refrain from making any statements in this regard. The Society urges facilitating intensive research on the virus and its associated disease, targeted at prevention and cure, by openly sharing the relevant samples, data, and results globally.

ISCB Buzz: Latest News, Events & Announcements

March 18, 2020, ISCB leadership continues to closely monitor the spread of the COVID-19, assessing multiple possibilities for ISMB 2020 including postponement or holding a virtual conference.

Opportunities to submit to ISMB 2020:

Call for Abstracts!
Deadline: April 16, 2020
(closes at 11:59 p.m. April 16, Eastern Time Zone)
ISMB 2020 invites abstracts for research that are topical to bioinformatics and computational biology, which is in progress (unpublished, formally Late-Breaking Research) or has been published after January 1, 2019 (previously Highlights Track) for consideration for oral and/or poster presentation.

Call for Tech Talks!
Deadline: May 7, 2020
Take this opportunity to showcase your latest software and/or hardware relevant to the bioinformatics/molecular biology community.

ISCBacademy Webinar Series
Welcome to the ISCBacademy Webinar Series. In conjunction with the communities of special interest (COSIs), select presentations are invited to give a live-streamed talk about their research. Access to the webinar series is complimentary for ISCB members. Nonmembers can join for a fee.

Call for Contributions – CAMDA 2020 – Deadline 25 May!
As a full conference track of ISMB 2020, CAMDA puts a spotlight on the successful analysis and integration of the massive data sets now prevalent in the life sciences. This year, the CAMDA scientific committee offers three analysis contests:

The Hi-Res Cancer Data Integration Challenge presents clinical and matched molecular profiles, with read level data for individual genomes. Explore non-standard genomes and splicing events for better prognosis!
The CMap Drug Safety Challenge presents clinical toxicity results, cellular and molecular responses to hundreds of drugs. Compare and integrate a range of cell line assays to predict the severity of the drug induced liver injury in humans!
The Metagenomic Geolocation Challenge presents thousands of city microbiome profiles in the context of climate data. Construct multi-source microbiome fingerprints and predict the ecological nice or exact geographical origin of mystery samples!

Leading scientists present their best methods and analyses. Extended papers are then published in the open access, fully indexed conference proceedings in a special issue of Biology Direct.

The Nominations for ISCB Officers & Board of Directors is Open!

ISCB Board of Directors Nominations Deadline: April 16, 2020
ISCB Officer Nominations Deadline: May 31, 2020

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is encouraging members to submit nominations for the Society’s leadership - Board of Directors and open Officer positions. Nominations are submitted at www.iscb.org/nominate (you must login to your membership record to access the nomination form). In all cases, self-nominations will not be accepted.

2019 ISCB Wikipedia Competition - Accepting Submissions!
The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and the Computational Biology taskforce of WikiProject Molecular Biology announce the 9th ISCB Wikipedia Competition: the competition aims to improve the coverage on Wikipedia of any aspect of computational biology. The competition is open to students and trainees at any level either as individuals or as groups.

China Expresses Appreciation to Computational Biology Community
ISCB recently received a letter (click to view letter) from Xuegong Zhang, Ph.D., ISCB Fellow, expressing appreciation to the computational biology community for the quick analysis and research related to COVID-19 from the Chinese community.

Thomas Lengauer, Ph.D, ISCB Fellow, ISCB President, responded to the letter (click to view response) noting that a main goal of ISCB is to promote the necessity of open access research and data sharing. "The research that was performed in the early stages in regards to COVID-19 is a prime example of why data sharing is so important to our research community."

ISCB expresses its sympathy with all those communities affected by the virus. We strongly encourage our community to continue to take the proper preventive measures (tips can be found here.). Access the ISCB COVID-19 Articles and Data Sharing Forum here.

ISCB Career Center
ISCB Career Center – the place to post a job, search for a job, or upload your CV. Job posting and CV upload is complimentary for members. Nonmember may also participate for a nominal fee.

Don't Miss! Important Deadlines below!

ISCB-LA SoIBio BioNetMX 2020 | Oct 25 – 30, 2020 | Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexic

Articles deadline: May 01, 2020

Workshops deadline: May 25, 2020

Abstracts deadline: August 24, 2020

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Highlights Deadline: March 26, 2020

Proceedings Deadline: March 26, 2020

Applications Deadline: March 26, 2020

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ISMB 2020
ISCB Press Release on COVID-19, March 18, 2020

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	Why You should be a part of ISMB 2020

ISCB leadership continues to closely monitor the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and to assess the impact on our annual meeting ISMB 2020. Given the current situation we are assessing multiple possibilities including postponement or holding a virtual conference. We appreciate the patience of our community as we work to come to a decision. We will provide an update to the community on ISMB plans no later than April 9th.

We encourage participants to register. In the event we have to cancel the conference, we will refund all registration fees. If you are planning to book air travel, we recommend that you hold off on booking until a later date, book a refundable ticket, or book a ticket with insurance that covers the cancellation of the event. Most hotel reservations may be canceled up to 72 hours prior to arrival.

For those who have already been accepted or invited to present at ISMB 2020, ISCB is committed to providing you with a platform to present your research. For those considering to submit an abstract or poster, we encourage you to still submit. This will enable ISCB and our communities of special interest (COSI) track leaders to track interest and plan their programs.

ISCB knows how important it is to deliver timely information. Again, we ask for your patience to allow leadership the time to meet and discuss. We will provide an update to the community no later than April 9th.

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Don't Forget to Submit you Research & Become a part of this exciting conference!
Abstract Deadline: April 16, 11:59 PM ET
CAMDA Extended Deadline: May 25

The ISMB 2020 scientific program is comprised of abstract submissions and organized thematically in partnership with the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs). Plan to submit your unpublished or published research to one of the COSI tracks.

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ISCBacademy Webinar Series - Revealing Principles of Subcellular RNA Localization by APEX-Seq

ISCB is proud to announce the ISCBacademy Webinar Series. In Partnership with the ISCB Communities of Special Interest (COSIs), these webinars will highlight new and exciting developments in bioinformatics and computational biology. We would like to extend an invitation to our first webinar, Revealing Principles of Subcellular RNA Localization by APEX-Seq presented by Furqan Fazal, Stanford University, being co-hosted by the RNA Society and iRNA: Integrative RNA Biology COSI.

Join us March 24, 2020 at 11am EDT for this jointly hosted webinar. ISCBacademy is complimenatry for all ISCB members. In partnership with the RNA Society, we are also offering this content complimentary to RNA Society members. Not a Member? You can still join for a nominal fee OR become a member and get this webinar and upcoming ones free!

Click here to register and be sure to visit the ISCBacademy Webinar Series Calendar regularly to stay up to date on our next webinar.