ISMB/ECCB 2015 Daily Digest

Day 2 - Monday, July 13, 2015


The second official day of ISMB/ECCB 2015 opened with greetings from the ECCB by Anna Tramontano and an enticing look at ECCB 2016’s meeting location in The Hague, Netherlands by Jaap Heringa. Conference co-chair Janet Kelso introduced keynote speaker Eileen Furlong, who gave a talk titled “Genome regulation during embryonic development.” The day’s sessions were packed with great talks across all theme areas, and two special sessions on translational medicine informatics and data complexity that drew a lot of interest from conference delegates.
 
During the open business meeting, ISCB president Alfonso Valencia and other members of the  executive committee and board highlighted the society’s endeavors to serve its members in multiple areas, including member services, meetings, and publications. ISCB Student Council members also spoke about their activities and recognized the student attendees to whom they awarded travel fellowships. The meeting finished with an opportunity for attendees to share their comments and ideas about different ways ISCB can serve its membership.
 
Conference co-chair Desmond Higgins introduced the day’s second keynote speaker and Dubliner Kenneth Wolfe, who presented a talk titled “Reversible DNA rearrangement as a switch for cell type in yeasts.” The keynote was followed by another successful poster session in the exhibit hall and the second day closed out with an evening out at the Guinness Storehouse. 

ISMB/ECCB 2015 Daily Digest

Day 1 - Sunday, July 12, 2015

ISCB president Alfonso Valencia opened ISMB/ECCB 2015 officially on Sunday, July 12 to a packed auditorium at the Convention Centre Dublin with an overview of ISCB’s activities during the last year. Desmond Higgins, honorary conference chair and Dublin local, also welcomed delegates to his hometown, and Burkhard Rost, ISCB past-president, introduced the opening keynote speaker, Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt. Levitt captivated the audience with his talk titled, “Fun With Large Structures and Masses of Sequence,” and shared his perspective of the early days of computational biology as well as his current work on the organization of chaperonin subunits.
 
Concurrent sessions started after the keynote address and have been organized by themes this year (Genes, Proteins, Systems, Disease, and Data) to make identifying relevant talks easier for attendees.
 
The 2015 class of ISCB Fellows was honored prior to the second keynote address. Rolf Apweiler, Cyrus Chothia, Julio Collado-Vides, Mark Gerstein, Desmond Higgins, Thomas Lengauer, Michael Levitt, and Burkhard Rost were conferred Fellow status for their outstanding contributions to the fields of computational biology and bioinformatics. Bonnie Berger, chair of the ISCB nominating committee introduced the second keynote speaker, Curtis Huttenhower who is the winner of the 2015 Overton Prize that recognizes the outstanding accomplishments an early career scientist in computational biology or bioinformatics. Huttenhower gave a talk titled, “Understanding microbial community function and the human microbiome in health and disease” and shared results from the diverse microbiome research projects coming out of his lab.
 
The first official day of ISCB/ECCB 2015 ended with a lively poster reception in the exhibit hall, where delegates talked science and browsed the latest offerings of exhibitors.

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ISCB Mourns the Loss of John Wooley
Dr. John Wooley shaped policy at the U.S. National Science Foundation and U.S. Department of Energy to pave the way for massive growth and transformation in the field of computational biology. He passed away in April after prolonged cancer. After decades spent launching new initiatives in computational biology that pushed forward discoveries, innovation, and national programs in genomics, protein structure, crystallography, and systems biology, Dr. Wooley served as Vice Chancellor for Research and Professor of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego.

Exciting Program line-up at ISMB/ECCB 2015!
"The Conference program looks spectacular!  There has been a massive growth in the area of translational Bioinformatics with its own Special Session on July 13th as well as many talks within the Disease theme of the conference.  It is wonderful to see the promise of Computational Biology to improve health coming to the fore." - Alex Bateman, Conference Co-Chair

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New for 2015!  The Applied Knowledge Exchange Sessions provide interactive educational and knowledge exchange opportunities!

ISMB/ECCB 2015 Conference Jobs Board
Look no further!  Recruit - Job search - Network all in on place at the ISMB/ECCB 2015 Career Fair, connecting employers with job seekers in computational biology and bioinformatics!

Call for Editors -- ISCB Community Journal
ISCB is seeking scholars interested in serving as volunteer editors for the ISCB Community Journal. If you are interested, please submit your nomination using our online system.  If you have a colleague who may enjoy serving as a volunteer editor for ISCB, please feel free to forward this information.


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The Conference program looks spectacular! There has been a massive growth in the area of translational Bioinformatics with its own Special Session on July 13th as well as many talks within the Disease theme of the conference. It is wonderful to see the promise of Computational Biology to improve health coming to the fore." - Alex Bateman, Conference Co-Chair

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Register now for the Applied Knowledge Exchange Sessions (AKES) Registration Deadline:  05 June, 2015 AKES 01: Applied Knowledge Building networks for translation: how to use DREAM challenges and the Synapse platform as a research strategy AKES 02: Cytoscape 3 App Development: Variations on a theme -- "Hello World" AKES 03: Bioinformatics software testing and quality assurance AKES 04: Open-access, cloud-based, individual-level clinical trials data - sharing, dissemination and analyses AKES 05: Using Biological Cyberinfrastructure to Scale Science and People – Applications in Data Storage, HPC, Cloud Analysis, and Bioinformatics Training AKES 06: How to navigate a bioinformatics career path

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Mark your calendars to join us at these prestigious and exciting conferences!
Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference (GLBIO 2015) Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana, USA May 18 - 20, 2015	Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology 2015 and 14th European Conference on Computational Biology Dublin, Ireland July 10 – 14, 2015 The Flagship Meeting of the International Society for Computational Biology	SAVE THE DATE! RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA November 16 - 18, 2015

F1000Research to publish new ISCB Community Journal online

Journal will provide dedicated channel for ISCB conference research; ISCB holds open Call for Editors

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) and F1000Research are pleased to announce the formation of an innovative partnership to produce the ISCB Community Journal - a new, dedicated, digital channel on the F1000Research publishing platform.

The ISCB Community Journal will be launched on F1000Research this summer to provide the ISCB’s growing membership and conference attendees with an affordable, open publishing platform for research presented at official and affiliated ISCB conferences.

Scientists who belong to the ISCB’s Communities of Special Interest (COSIs) or who attend its Special Interest Group (SIG) meetings will also be able to take advantage of the new channel.

The initiative will enable ISCB to support the publication of research in a range of formats in one centralised channel for the first time.  Articles based upon the research presented at official and affiliated conferences will be published using F1000Research’s immediate publication and transparent peer review model, without limitation on article size, type, or perceived impact.

ISCB conference attendees will also be able to share and publish the academic posters and slides that are presented at each conference and host them in one easily searchable domain.

Diane E. Kovats, Executive Director, ISCB, said: “F1000Research’s platform offers a viable alternative to traditional scholarly society journals."

 “A lot of high-quality and valuable science that is shared at conferences, including posters and slide presentations, never gets published, and essentially becomes ‘lost’ research. In the digital age, it should be possible to share all the science presented at conferences quickly and easily.”

Michael Markie, Associate Publisher of F1000Research, said: “There is always a treasure chest of research that is presented at academic conferences that never sees the light of day. This research often contains early findings, in order to obtain feedback or to identify potential collaborators. All this research takes significant time, effort and cost, but may be viewed by only a small number of conference participants before the work disappears. This represents a huge waste of funding and researcher time, leads to studies being needlessly repeated, and slows scientific progress.”

Rebecca Lawrence, Managing Director of F1000Research, said: “We are delighted to be collaborating with the ISCB on creating and publishing their innovative ISCB Community Journal. F1000 and the ISCB have always shared closely aligned goals in wanting to find ways to enable the rapid dissemination of all types of research outputs. It is particularly fitting that our first society channel is with the ISCB.”

For more information on the ISCB Community Journal, read the F1000Research blog http://blog.f1000research.com/2015/04/30/f1000research-to-publish-the-iscb-community-journal

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ISCB Member in the News, ISMB/ECCB 2015 Career Fair & More!

Call for ISCB Leadership Nominations - Board of Directors Due 16 April!
If you know of excellent candidates that meet the eligibility requirements, please be sure to submit your nomination(s).

GLBIO 2015 Program Taking Shape!
The ISCB’s Tenth Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference will be held May 18-20 at Purdue University. The event will offer outstanding keynote speakers, tutorials, workshops, oral presentations and posters.

ISMB/ECCB 2015: Call for Late Poster Submissions!
ISMB/ECCB 2015 will bring together scientists from a wide range of disciplines, including molecular biology, biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics and statistics. We are soliciting high-quality research posters in any aspect of computational biology.  Deadline for Late Poster Submissions: April 16!  Submit Now!

Professor Thomas Lengauer Receives Hector Science Prize
Prof. Thomas Lengauer, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken, has been awarded the Hector Science Prize. The Hector Foundation II herewith honors his achievements in the field of bioinformatics and his commitment to teaching in higher education. The prize of 150,000 euros is awarded annually to outstanding researchers at German universities.

Upcoming Key Dates for ISCB Affiliated Conferences
Don't miss your chance to network, connect and collaborate with your colleagues at these ISCB affiliated conferences!  ISCB members enjoy discounts on all of our affiliated conference registration fees.

ISMB/ECCB 2015  - Career Fair!
Looking for a job?  Looking for that top candidate in the field?  Check out the ISMB/ECCB 2015 Job site, connecting employers with job seekers in computational biology and bioinformatics!

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Conference Updates,  NIGMS Strategic Plan, Call for ISCB Leadership Nominations, Training at ISMB/ECCB 2015 & National Science Medal Nominations!

ISCB Mourns the Loss of Klaus Tschira, SAP Founder
With a heavy heart, ISCB says goodbye to an impactful scientist Klaus Tschira, SAP Founder.  Our sympathies go out to the family during this very difficult time.

Call for ISCB Leadership Nominations!
If you know of excellent candidates that meet the eligibility requirements, please be sure to submit your nomination(s).
 
GLBIO 2015 Program Taking Shape!
The ISCB’s Tenth Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference will be held May 18-20 at Purdue University. The event will offer outstanding keynote speakers, tutorials, workshops, oral presentations and posters.

Registration is Now Open for ISMB/ECCB 2015!
Register Now and SAVE!  ISMB/ECCB 2015 will bring together scientists from a wide range of disciplines, including molecular biology, biology, medicine, computer science, mathematics and statistics.  Join us in Dublin for the World's Premier Conference on Computational Biology! 

News from the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences announced the creation of the new Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence Research. A generous gift from Raymond and Beverly Sackler and the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation will endow the prize, to be presented annually beginning this year with an inaugural $400,000 award.

Call for Nominations!
Nominations are currently being accepted for the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation. The National Medals offer a unique opportunity to showcase the best and brightest minds within your organizations and the outstanding scientists and innovators you work with each and every day.

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• Click HERE to download the nomination form (Word document) for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Training at ISMB/ECCB 2015!
New for 2015!  The Applied Knowledge Exchange Sessions provide interactive educational and knowledge exchange opportunities. These sessions will be held on Saturday July 11 and a participation fee applies.

NIGMS Strategic Plan Now Available!
The new NIGMS strategic plan is designed to serve as a framework to both codify and focus our efforts, while still allowing us the flexibility to pursue untapped opportunities in mission-relevant areas.

 

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