ISMB/ECCB 2013 Program Highlights

There is still time to register for ISMB/ECCB 2013!

Do you have an idea or topic for a meeting to discuss with your fellow colleagues?

ISMB/ECCB 2013 offers a number of "spontaneous" open meetings to foster colleague interaction on topics of mutual interest in a relaxed atmosphere.

Submit a topic for a Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) meeting!

Don't miss your opportunity to hear incredible science presentations!  Check out the Highlights Track!

Highlights Track Presentations will be in the following areas:

• Applied Bioinformatics
• Bioimaging & Data Visualization
• Databases & Ontologies
• Disease Models & Epidemiology
• Evolution & Comparative Genomics
• Gene Regulation & Transcriptomics
• Mass Spectrometry & Proteomics
• Population Genomics
• Protein Interactions & Molecular Networks
• Protein Structure & Function
• Sequence Analysis

Online Registration closes July 5th!  Don't miss your chance to join us in Berlin for 3 full days of incredible science!

REGISTER NOW!

Conference July 21 – 23

SIGs & Sessions July 19 – 20

See you in Berlin!

Attendee Discounts Still Available on Air Travel

Registered participants plus one accompanying person travelling to the event can qualify for a discount of up to 20% depending on fare and class of travel booked.

Participating airlines for ISMB/ECCB 2013 are:

Discounts are offered on most published business and economy class fares, excluding website/internet fares, senior and youth fares, group fares and Round the World fares.

To obtain the Star Alliance Conventions Plus discounts please visit www.staralliance.com/conventionsplus/delegates

• Under "Delegates Login" enter conventions code LH52S13
• The online booking tool opens in a separate window*

For full details visit the ISMB/ECCB 2013 Air Travel page at:

www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2013-general-info/ismbeccb2013-air-travel

Brought to you by the Star Alliance Network.

DREAM8 Challenges Now Open - Submit your work to RECOMB/ISCB Regulatory & Systems Genomics Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS!

Submit your work today!

Don't miss your opportunity to present the latest findings about regulatory and systems genomics, foster discussion about current research directions, and establish new collaborations that will advance the development of a systems-level understanding of gene regulation! Presentations will be selected from among the submitted papers and abstracts.

Register now and join a distinguished listing of Keynote Speakers!

DREAM Challenges
Trey Ideker, Ph.D.
Doug Lauffenburger, Ph.D.
 
Systems Biology
Brenda Andrews, Ph.D.
Levi A. Garraway, Ph.D.
Peter Jackson, Ph.D.
Galit Lahav, Ph.D.
Tony Pawson, Ph.D.
Bernhard Palsson, Ph.D.
Olivier Pourquié, Ph.D.
Peter Sorger, Ph.D.
 
Regulatory Genomics
Ziv Bar-Joseph, Ph.D.
Emmanouil (Manolis) Dermitzakis, Ph.D.
Brenton R. Graveley, Ph.D.
Jason D. Lieb, Ph.D.
Aviv Regev, Ph.D.
Jussi Taipale, Ph.D.
 
Important Dates:

Paper Deadline: June 28

Abstract Deadline: Sept 13

DREAM Challenges Deadline: Sept 15

Early Bird Registration Ends: Oct 11

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Call for ISCB Leadership Nominations

THE NOMINATION PERIOD FOR OFFICERS AND STUDENT COUNCIL LEADERSHIP

CLOSES MONDAY, JUNE 10!

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is encouraging members to submit nominations for the Society's Officer positions of President-elect and Vice President; and the Student Council Leadership positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Representative to the ISCB Board. 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.

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

In order to be eligible to be an Officer candidate, a person must be an ISCB member in good standing, must have served as a Director for at least one (1) year at any time during the history of the Society leading up to the start date of becoming an Officer (first term Board members, therefore, meet the eligibility requirements for election to an Officer position), and be willing to perform the duties as stated in the Executive Officer Responsibilities.  He/she must pledge to make every reasonable effort to attend the weekly Executive Committee teleconferences, the bi-monthly Board of Director teleconferences, and, at their own expense, the face-to-face Annual Board Meeting held in conjunction with the ISMB conference.

Nominations for Society Officers and Student Council Leaders will be accepted through June 10, 2013.

Election of the Officers and Student Council Leaders will take place via online voting by the membership in July 2013, including availability to a dedicated voting booth at the ISMB conference.

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

Respectfully,

Scott Markel and Anna Tramontano
Co-Chairs, ISCB Nominations Committee

Why You Should Attend ISMB/ECCB 2013: Early Registration Deadline June 7

Why You Should Attend the Premier Comp. Bio. Conference of the Year!

The Science – Choose from scientific sessions, over 750 posters, and tutorials representing a multidisciplinary forum for the dissemination of the latest developments in computational biology/bioinformatics. -View Full Program-

Networking – Meet and collaborate with over 1,500 scientists representing more than 42 countries from computer science, molecular biology, mathematics, statistics and related fields.

Training & Professional Development – Learn the latest techniques in our Technology Track. Attend the JPI meeting for those transitioning from Post Doc to Junior PI or the Student Council Symposiums.  If you are looking to enhance your knowledge or skills in a specific area, explore the Special Interest Group meetings and workshops being offered.

ISMB/ECCB is the premier international computation biology meeting worldwide, and is sure to be the year's most important computational biology event globally!

Early Registration Deadline June 7!

REGISTER NOW!

Conference July 21 – 23

SIGs & Sessions July 19 – 20

See you in Berlin!


A special thank you to our generous sponsors!

SBV Improver     Kobic      Cray      Genentech      Star Alliance      Biobase       DFG

Call for ISCB Leadership Nominations

THE NOMINATION PERIOD FOR OFFICERS AND STUDENT COUNCIL LEADERSHIP

CLOSES MONDAY, JUNE 10!

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is encouraging members to submit nominations for the Society's Officer positions of President-elect and Vice President; and the Student Council Leadership positions of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Representative to the ISCB Board. 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.

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

In order to be eligible to be an Officer candidate, a person must be an ISCB member in good standing, must have served as a Director for at least one (1) year at any time during the history of the Society leading up to the start date of becoming an Officer (first term Board members, therefore, meet the eligibility requirements for election to an Officer position), and be willing to perform the duties as stated in the Executive Officer Responsibilities.  He/she must pledge to make every reasonable effort to attend the weekly Executive Committee teleconferences, the bi-monthly Board of Director teleconferences, and, at their own expense, the face-to-face Annual Board Meeting held in conjunction with the ISMB conference.

Nominations for Society Officers and Student Council Leaders will be accepted through June 10, 2013.

Election of the Officers and Student Council Leaders will take place via online voting by the membership in July 2013, including availability to a dedicated voting booth at the ISMB conference.

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

Respectfully,

Scott Markel and Anna Tramontano
Co-Chairs, ISCB Nominations Committee

ISMB/ECCB 2013 - Early Registration Deadline June 7!

Early Registration Deadline Fast Approaching!

Don't miss your opportunity to learn, network, and collaborate with over 1500 scientists from around the world!

ISMB/ECCB 2013 will offer a strong scientific program and the broadest scope of any international computational biology/ bioinformatics conference!

 

REVIEW THE PROGRAM

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Early Registration Deadline is June 7!

 

ISMB/ECCB 2013 July 21 - 23

Berlin, Germany






A special thank you to our generous sponsors!

SBV Improver     Kobic      Cray      Genentech      Star Alliance      Biobase       DFG

ISMB/ECCB 2013 - Participate in SIGs, JPI and More!

Don't miss your opportunity to participate in these exciting events during ISMB/ECCB 2013!

Junior Principal Investigators Meeting (JPI) - Transitioning from Post Doc to PI? Register now for the Junior PI Meeting!

Special Internet Group Meetings (SIGs) - Are you interested in gaining a deeper perspective on new developments in a field of study at a one- or two-day focused workshop? Browse through the list and register now for a SIG!

Special Sessions - Gain deeper knowledge and attend scientific presentations that take place during the meeting aimed to introduce the scientific community to relevant scientific issues and topics. Register now for a Special Session!

Tutorials Program - Specialized two half day presentations focusing on relevant scientific material to precede the conference scientific program. Read about the topics and register now for a tutorial!

Student Council Symposium 2013 - Are you a student, Post Doc or young researcher interested in building a network within the Computational Biology community? Register now for the Student Council Symposium (SCS)!

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See you in Berlin!

SIGS & SESSIONS: July 19 - 20

CONFERENCE: July 21 - 23

The Sixth Annual RECOMB/ISCB Conference on Regulatory & Systems Genomics, with DREAM Challenges

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Plan to attend one of the premier annual meetings for computational and experimental scientists in the areas of regulatory genomics and systems biology.

CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE DREAM CHALLENGES

Submissions now being accepted!

Don't miss your opportunity to present the latest findings about regulatory and systems genomics, foster discussion about current research directions, and establish new collaborations that will advance the development of a systems-level understanding of gene regulation!

Presentations will be selected from among the submitted papers and abstracts.

Conference topics include:

• Modeling and recognition of regulatory motifs and modules
• Chromatin state establishment, maintenance, and role in development
• Post-transcriptional regulation and small regulatory RNAs
• Regulatory networks, metabolic networks, proteomic networks
• Cellular signatures of biological responses and disease states
• Phosphorylation, metabolic fluxes, systematic phenotyping
• Mathematical modeling and simulation of biological systems
• Methods for systematic validation of high-throughput biological predictions
• Approaches for aggregation of results arising from different methodologies
• Translational systems biology

Register now and save!

November 8 - 12, 2013

Register Today for ISMB/ECCB 2013 and SAVE!

Join us at ISMB/ECCB 2013

The world's largest bioinformatics and computational biology conference!

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the ground-breaking science to be presented in Berlin!

Gil Ast
Title: How Chromatin organization and epigenetics talk
with alternative splicing

Lior Pachter
Title: TBA

Gary Stormo
Title: Searching for Signals in Sequences

Carole Goble
Title: Results may vary: what is reproducible? why do open science and who gets the credit?

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July 19 - 23, 2013

Register now and join us in Berlin!

ISMB/ECCB 2013 will be held at the ICC Berlin, July 19 - 23.

To learn more about the ICC Berlin visit here.

Main entrance: Neue Kantstraße / Ecke Messedamm D-14057 Berlin

The mailing address:
Messe Berlin GmbH
Messedamm 22 14055 Berlin
www.icc-berlin.de/en/

Deadline Extended for ISMB/ECCB 2013 Art & Science Works!

Show Us the Beauty of Computational Biology!

Microscope images, photographs of gels, scatter plots, network graphs and phylogenetic trees - even visual aids for problem-solving! Show us the art!

The deadline for the ISMB/ECCB 2013 Art & Science Exhibition has been extended to May 24th.

The organizers invite all interested conference attendees to submit such images and videos that have been generated as part of a research project. They are also soliciting images and videos resulting from creative efforts that involve scientific concepts or employ scientific tools and methods. All cover images produced by researchers for scientific journals are welcome as well.

Images of past submissions can be seen here. Get inspired!

A cash award may be given for the winning image as voted by conference attendees!

< Submit your material here >

Participate in this exciting event to surprise and inspire us, to open our eyes and minds!


The ISMB/ECCB 2013 Conference will be held July 21-23 at the ICC Berlin, Germany.

Register now to attend !

We look forward to seeing you in Berlin.

Sincerely,

Burkhard Rost, Anna Tramontano, Martin Vingron, Conference Co-chairs, ISMB/ECCB 2013