Call for Abstracts – CLOSED

• Abstracts – Talks and Posters: About
• Tracks: Communities of Special Interest (COSIs)
• Abstracts Talks and Posters: Deadlines
• Abstracts Talks and Posters: Submission Guidelines
• Abstracts Talks and Posters: Review Criteria
• Poster details for ISMB
• FAQ

Abstracts – Talks and Posters: About

We invite abstracts for research that is topical to bioinformatics and computational biology, which is in progress (unpublished, formerly Late-Breaking Research) or previously published within the last 18 months (previously Highlights Track) for consideration for oral and/or poster presentation.

Your abstract should be submitted to the Communities of Special Interest (COSI) Track that most accurately reflects the area of the work. (You will have the option to identify two other COSI tracks that may also be suited to your research area during your submission). You can learn more about COSIs here.

Talks and posters are organized according to scientific topics which are covered by the COSIs listed below. Please note, abstracts are not limited to COSI topics and if the topic of your submission falls outside the listed COSIs you can choose the "General Computational Biology" area. Your abstract should convey a scientific result and should not be an advertisement for any commercial software package.

Multiple talks: The same talk is not permitted to be given more than once as an oral presentation at ISMB/ECCB. Research may presented as both a talk and poster. Having the same person deliver two (or more) different talks is possible (and not prohibited), but it is not encouraged. This allows for many people from one lab to present the work of the lab. A presenting author may present more than one poster although not in the same Poster session we encourage labs to involve multiple attendees.

For a variety of reasons, ISCB/ECCB strongly prefers that scientific research accepted for oral presentation be presented in-person at the conference venue.  Of course, we understand that some presenters will have good reasons to avoid in-person attendance. ISCB/ECCB will grant remote presentation options for reasons associated to maternity/paternity leave, care for a family member, personal/medical disability, sickness, financial hardship, or potential visa problems.  If your research is accepted for oral presentation and you are unable to present in person, ISCB/ECCB requires notification at the time of acceptance and no later than May 15, 2023. You will be asked during your confirmation of participation to confirm your in-person participation. If unable to participate you will need to request a waiver by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

All presenters will be required to provide a pre-recorded talk for the virtual platform library in advance of the conference. The pre-recorded talk will be available shortly after the live presentation to provide faster and more seamless access to the conference content for virtual participants.

Tracks: Communities of Special Interest (COSIs)

• 3DSIG • Bio-Ontologies • BIOINFO-CORE • BioVis • BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference • CAMDA • CompMS • Education • Equity-focused Research • Evolution and Comparative Genomics • Function • General Computational Biology • HitSeq • iRNA • MLCSB • MICROBIOME • NetBio • RegSys • SysMod • Text Mining • TransMed • VarI • Special Session: Bioinformatics in France • Special Session: HFSP Symposium •

3DSIG: Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biophysics Abstract Area Chairs: Douglas Pires, Exscientia, United Kingdom Rafael Najmanovich, Université de Montreal, Canada	It is impossible to fully understand biological systems without understanding the 3D structure of their constituting parts and their interactions. As such the topics relevant for 3DSIG are wide and include, but are not restricted to Structure-based drug discovery including polypharmacology and network pharmacology; Structure representation, classification and prediction; Read More Structure-based function prediction; Docking, analysis, prediction and simulation of biomolecular interactions such as protein-protein, protein-ligand and protein-nucleic-acid; Protein dynamics and disorder; Evolution studied through structures; Application of structure to systems biology; Macromolecular assemblies; Structural genomics; 3D databases and data mining; Molecular visualization; Relevant methods of structure determination particularly hybrid methods; Prediction and analysis of protein domains; Membrane protein structure analysis and prediction; The structural basis of immunology.
Bio-Ontologies Abstract Area Chairs: Tiffany Callahan, Columbia University, United States Robert Hoehndorf, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Learn more about the Bio-Ontologies here	Bio-Ontologies Community of Special Interest Group (COSI) covers the latest and most innovative research in the application of ontologies, the organisation and dissemination of knowledge, and the development and application of knowledge-based methods in biomedicine and life sciences. Read More Bio-Ontologies provides a vibrant environment for reporting novel methods and sharing experiences on the construction and application of ontologies in health care and the life sciences. The informal nature of the COSI offers a constructive environment to nurture discussion of innovative and scientifically sound work that range from preliminary to completed, from both young and experienced investigators alike. Bio-Ontologies participants also benefit from a strongly interdisciplinary setting, where ISMB attendees intermingle with members from American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the W3C’s Healthcare and Life Sciences interest group (HCLSIG), thereby increasing impact through broader dissemination and enabling new and exceptional collaborations.
BIOINFO-CORE Abstract Area Chairs: Madelaine Gogol, Stowers Institute, United States Rodrigo Ortega Polo, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Alberto Riva, University of Florida, United States Learn more about Bioinfo-core here	Bioinfo-core is a worldwide body of people that manage or staff bioinformatics cores within organizations of all types including academia, academic medical centers, medical schools, biotechs and pharmas. Read More The major goal of this COSI is to offer a community to people who manage and staff bioinformatics cores around the world. Topics of interest to this group for our ISMB workshop include topics that core members would find interesting or useful. This includes but is not limited to: management topics relevant to cores, core formation and setup, workflow development, reproducibility, best practices, training, or exploring analysis of new types of data.
BOSC: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference Abstract Area Chairs: Nomi L. Harris, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States Karsten Hokamp, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Learn more about BOSC here	BOSC covers all aspects of open science / open source bioinformatics, including standards and ontologies; approaches that promote open science and sharing of data, results and software; bioinformatics tools and libraries; and ways to grow open source communities while promoting diversity within them. Read More Launched in 2000 and held yearly since then, BOSC is organized by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF), a non-profit group dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of open source software development and open science within the biological research community. Keywords: Open source; Open science; Open data; Reproducible research; Interoperability; Data science; Workflows; Translational bioinformatics; Diversifying bioinformatics communities You can learn more about the BOSC COSI here.
BioVis: Biological Data Visualization Abstract Area Chairs: Katarína Furmanová, Masaryk University, Czech Republic Aditeya Pandey, Regeneron Genetics Center, United States Qianwen Wang, Harvard Medical School, United States Learn more about the BioVis COSI here	The BioVis track aims to educate, inspire, and engage bioinformatics and biology researchers in state-of-the-art visualization research and visualization researchers in problems in biological data visualization. Read More The rapid adoption of data-intensive biology approaches creates enormous challenges for computational visualization techniques, which are needed to enable researchers to gain insight from their large and highly complex data sets. The goal of this session is to bring together researchers from the visualization, bioinformatics, and biology communities with the purpose of educating, inspiring, and engaging bioinformatics and biology researchers in state-of-the-art visualization research, as well as visualization researchers in problems in biological data visualization. Keywords: Visualisation, Visual Analytics, Education
CAMDA: Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis Abstract Area Chairs: Joaquin Dopazo, Fundación Progreso y Salud, Spain David Kreil, Boku University Vienna, Austria Paweł P Łabaj, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and Jagiellonian University, Poland Wenzhong Xiao, Harvard Medical School, United States (PLEASE note: CAMDA submitters should include a 3-5 page long abstract PDF) Learn more about the CAMDA COSI here.	The large, complex data sets for the Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis (CAMDA) contest include built-in truths for calibration. In an open-ended competition, however, both seasoned researchers and cunning students push the boundaries of our field, with unexpected questions or angles of approach often bringing the most impressive advances. Read More The CAMDA track highlights and compares the latest methods and results in an international data analysis contest, with this year's topics including: (1) a cancer prognosis data-integration challenge, now with RNA-seq reads for multiple cancer types introducing 300Mb of new human genomic sequence, (2) a CMap drug safety challenge of comparing / integrating multi-track responses of multiple cell lines for predicting the severity of drug induced liver injury in humans from a range of cell line assays, and (3) a meta-genomics geolocation challenge of constructing multi-source microbiome fingerprints in the context of climate data and predicting the geographical origin or ecological niche of mystery samples.
CompMS: Computational Mass Spectrometry Abstract Area Chairs: Wout Bittremieux, University of Antwerp, Belgium Isabell Bludau, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany Lindsay Pino, Talus Bio, United States Timo Sachsenberg, University of Tübingen, Germany Learn more about the CompMS COSI here.	The CompMS group promotes the efficient, high quality analysis of mass spectrometry data. The CompMS initiative covers various computational mass spectrometry application domains, including proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics.
Education: Computational Biology Education Abstract Area Chair: Annette McGrath, Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia Patricia M. Palagi, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland Russell Schwartz, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Wai Keat Yam, International Medical University, Malaysia  Learn more about the Education COSI here.	Education-COSI focuses on bioinformatics and computational biology education and training across the life sciences. Read More A major goal of this COSI is to foster a mutually supportive, collaborative community in which bioscientists can share bioinformatics education and training resources and experiences, and facilitate the development of education programs, courses, curricula, etc., and teaching tools and methods. Keywords: education, training, training resources, curricula, competencies
Equity-focused Research Abstract Area Chairs: Ran Blekhman, University of Chicago, United States Casey Greene, University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus, United States	This area is for research that examines issues of equity, representation, diversity, or other elements related to datasets, methods, or the field of computational biology at large.
Evolution and Comparative Genomics Abstract Area Chairs: Edward L. Braun, University of Florida, United States Dannie Durand, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Wataru Iwasaki, University of Tokyo, Japan Giltae Song, Pusan National University, Korea Learn more about the EvolCompGen COSI here	Evolution and comparative genomics are deeply intertwined with computational biology. Computational evolutionary methods, such as phylogenetic inference methods or multiple sequence alignment are widely used, yet remain far from “solved” and are indeed intense areas of research. Read More At the same time, evolutionary and comparative genomics are inherently “transversal” disciplines in that work in many other biological areas of research have some evolutionary component (e.g. cancer genomics, epidemiology, toxicology, population genetics, functional genomics, structural biology just to name a few). The scope of this COSI is intentionally kept broad. The track will feature a mix of proceedings, highlight, and invited talks. Priority will be given to contributions which are relevant to more than a single area of application, or to contributions which are not covered by more specialised COSIs. Keywords: Evolution, phylogeny, phylogenomics, comparative genomics, genome rearrangements, orthology, paralogy, recombination, lateral gene transfer, genome variation, population genomics, comparative epigenomics, epidemiology, cancer evolution genomics, genome annotation
Function: Gene and Protein Function Annotation Abstract Area Chairs: Dukka KC, Michigan Technological University, United States Iddo Friedberg, Iowa State University, United States Kim Reynolds, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States Mark Wass, University of Kent, United Kingdom Learn more about the Function COSI here	The mission of the Function Community of Special Interest (Function-COSI) is to bring together computational biologists, experimental biologists, biocurators, and others who are dealing with the important problem of gene and gene product function prediction, to share ideas and create collaborations. Read More The Function COSI features the Critical Assessment of Function Annotation, an ongoing community challenge aimed at improving methods for protein function prediction. The Function-COSI holds annual meetings alongside ISMB. Also, we are conducting the multi-year Critical Assessment of protein Function Annotation, or CAFA, experiment. Keywords: Protein function prediction, machine learning, performance assessment,
General Computational Biology Abstract Area Chairs: Xin Gao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Sara Mostafavi, University of Washington, United States (If all other areas are insufficiently descriptive of your work, please submit to the area below. Please note that the submissions in this area can be moved, subject to chairs’ considerations.)	Novel techniques in emerging areas of computational biology, including intersections with other fields.
HitSeq: High-throughput Sequencing Abstract Area Chairs: Can Alkan, Bilkent University,Turkey Christina Boucher, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States Ana Conesa, Spanish National Research Council, Spain; and University of Florida, Gainesville, United States Francisco M. De La Vega, Stanford University; and Tempus Genomics, United States Dirk Evers, Dr. Dirk Evers Consulting, Germany Kjong Lehmann, Centre of Medical Technology, Germany Learn more about the HiTSeq COSI here	HiTSeq is a community of special interest devoted to the latest advances in computational techniques for the analysis of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) data. Sessions will be devoted to discussing the latest advances in computational techniques for the analysis of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) datasets and will provide a forum for in-depth presentations of the methods and discussions among the academic and industry scientists working in this field. Read More We seek contributions on any topic involving HTS data analysis including: genome assembly and haplotype phasing; transcriptome analysis; genetics and epigenetics variation; metagenomics and microbiome analysis; and new HTS platform data analysis (e.g. synthetic reads, long reads, nanopore). In addition to general sessions, we propose to have two specialized sessions to focus on current hot topics: a) long sequencing and mapping techniques, b) single cell sequencing applications, c) non-linear genome representations. Both of these topics have generated an enormous amount of interest recently. Keywords: sequencing, next generation, high throughput, algorithms, assembly, phasing, variation discovery, genotyping, metagenomics, microbiome, long reads, short reads, nanopre, pan-genomes, graph genomes
iRNA: Integrative RNA Biology Abstract Area Chairs: Yoseph Barash, University of Pennsylvania, United States Klemens Hertel, UC Irvine, United States Athma Pai, University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States Michelle Scott, University of Sherbrooke, Canada Learn more about the iRNA COSI here	iRNA track covers the full range of research topics in the field of RNA Biology, from computational and high-throughput experimental methods development to their application in different aspects of RNA processing, structure, and function. Read More The goal of the Integrative RNA Biology session is to bring together experts in computational and experimental aspects of research in RNA Biology to cover new developments across this broad field of research. The meeting focuses on two major areas: (1) the development of computational and high-throughput experimental methods, and (2) the application of such methods to break new grounds in the study of RNA biology and disease. We aim to educate and inspire researchers in the field, novice and seasoned alike, by meshing together different aspects of Computational RNA Biology, and promoting cross-disciplinary collaborative research. Keywords: Transcriptomics, RNA processing, post-transcriptional regulation, non-coding RNA, RNA 2D/3D structure, alternative-splicing, alternative polyadenylation, RNA translation degragation and localization, genetic variants effect on RNA processing, RNA and disease.
MLCSB: Machine Learning in Computational and Systems Biology Abstract Area Chairs: Oznur Tastan, Sabanci University, Turkey Learn more about the MLCSB COSI here	Systems Biology and Machine Learning meet in the MLCSB COSI. The community is the place for researchers of these areas to exchange ideas, interact and collaborate. Read More Molecular biology and all the biomedical sciences are undergoing a true revolution as a result of the emergence and growing impact of a series of new disciplines and tools sharing the -omics suffix in their name. These include in particular genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics, devoted respectively to the examination of the entire systems of genes, transcripts, proteins and metabolites present in a given cell or tissue type. Taking advantage of this wealth of genomic information has become a conditio sine qua non for whoever has the ambition to remain competitive in molecular biology and in the biomedical sciences in general. Machine learning naturally appears as one of the main drivers of progress in this context, where most of the targets of interest deal with complex structured objects: sequences, 2D and 3D structures or interaction networks. At the same time, bioinformatics and systems biology have already induced significant new developments of general interest in machine learning, for example in the context of learning with structured data, graph inference, semi-supervised learning, system identification, and novel combinations of optimization and learning algorithms. Keywords: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
MICROBIOME Abstract Area Chair: Zhong Wang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States Learn more about the MICROBIOME COSI here	The MICROBIOME Community of Special Interest aims at the advancement and evaluation of computational methods in microbiome research, especially metaomic approaches. Based on the Critical Assessment of Metagenome Interpretation (CAMI), the COSI supplies users and developers with exhaustive quantitative data about the performance of methods in relevant scenarios. Read More It therefore guides users in the selection and application of methods and in their proper interpretation. Furthermore, the COSI provides a platform for exchange and networking between method developers, and provides valuable information allowing them to identify promising directions for their future work. Keywords: microbiome, computational metaomics, microbial networks, pathogens, symbionts, (meta)omics-based diagnostics, microbial ecology and evolution The MICROBIOME Community of Special Interest aims at the advancement and evaluation of computational methods in microbiome research, especially metaomic approaches. Keywords: microbiome, genome reconstruction, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics, microbial networks, microbial traits, symbionts, pathogens, genome-based diagnostics
NetBio: Network Biology Abstract Area Chair: Martina Kutmon, Maastricht University, Netherlands Learn more about the NetBio COSI here	As large scale, systems-level data are becoming increasingly available, modeling and analyzing them as networks is widespread. Network Biology Community serves to introduce novel methods and tools, identify best practices and highlight the latest research in the growing and interdisciplinary field of network biology. Read More Keywords: networks, pathways, systems, network analysis, disease networks, disease pathways
RegSys: Regulatory and Systems Genomics Abstract Area Chairs: Shaun Mahony, Penn State University, United States Anthony Mathelier, University of Oslo, Norway Alejandra Medina-Rivera, National Autonomous University of Mexico Learn more about the RegSys COSI here	Regulatory genomics involves the study of the genomic control system, which determines how, when and where to activate the blueprint encoded in the genome. Regulatory genomics is the topic of much research activity worldwide. Since computational methods are important in the study of gene regulation, the RegSys COSI meeting focuses on bioinformatics for regulatory genomics. Read More An important goal of the meeting is to foster a collaborative community wherein scientists convene to solve difficult research problems in all areas of computational regulatory genomics. Keywords: 1. Genomic and epigenomic regulatory elements (transcription factors, enhancers, histones, gene promoters, regulatory motifs, non-coding RNAs, etc.) 2. NGS methods in regulatory genomics (e.g., ChIP-seq, RNA-seq, ATAC-seq) 3. Epigenetics and epitranscriptomics 4. Alternative splicing 5. Regulatory networks and pathway analysis 6. Genetic, molecular, and phenotypic variation in human disease 7. DNA shape 8. Single-cell transcriptomics (and other single cell assays) 9. 3D genomics (e.g., Hi-C and ChIA-PET) 10. Regulatory evolution or comparative regulatory genomics
SysMod: Computational Modeling of Biological Systems Abstract Area Chairs: Shaimaa Bakr, Stanford University, United States Matteo Barberis, University of Surrey, United Kingdom Chiara Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy Reihaneh Mostolizadeh, Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen, Germany Bhanwar Puniya, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States Meghna Verma, AstraZeneca, United States Learn more about the SysMod COSI here	The Computational Modeling of Biological Systems (SysMod) aims to create a forum for systems modelers and bioinformaticians to discuss common research questions and methods. The session will focus on the conjoint use of mathematical modeling and bioinformatics to understand biological systems functions and dysfunctions. Read More The meeting is open to the full range of methods used in systems modeling, including qualitative and quantitative modeling, dynamical and steady-state modeling, as well all applications of systems modeling including basic science, bioengineering, and medicine. Keywords: computational modeling, constraint-based models, logical models, kinetic models, multi-scale models
Text Mining: Text Mining for Healthcare and Biology Abstract Area Chairs: Cecilia Arighi, University of Delaware, United States Lars Juhl Jensen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Robert Leaman, NCBI/NLM/NIH, United States Zhiyong Lu, NCBI/NLM/NIH, United States Learn more about the Text Mining COSI here	The Text Mining COSI brings together researchers that create text mining tools with researchers who use text mining tools to make new discoveries. Our community discussions include both text mining use cases - concrete problems and applications in the biological/biomedical domain - and methodology development.
TransMed: Translational Medical Informatics Abstract Area Chairs: Venkata Satagopam, University of Luxembourg Maria Secrier, University College London, United Kingdom Irina Balaur, University of Luxembourg  Sanne Abeln, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Heba Sailem, King's College London, United Kingdom Learn more about the TransMed COSI here.	TransMed covers the current developments in the field of clinical and translational medicine informatics. Analysis of large amounts of multi-omics, imaging (medical and molecular), mobile sensor, clinical and health records data is paving the way for precision medicine. In the TransMed track, we will explore the current status of computational biology and advance machine learning approaches within the field of clinical and translational medicine. Read More This opens the debate on current state-of-the-art data infrastructures for translational medicine data integration and analysis. A variety of computational approaches are currently being used to harmonize and relate molecular data to clinical outcomes in order to better understand disease conditions. These methods also have the potential to discover biomarkers for early detection of disease, and targets for drug discovery, and to be used predictively to help to suggest personalised therapeutic strategies for patients. In this session we will bring scientists from both academia and industry to exchange knowledge and foster networking, to help in building up of the translational medicine community. . Keywords: Translational medicine; clinical and ‘omics data integration; curation and harmonization; stratification of patients; informatics for integrating biology and the bedside; medical informatics; ontology-driven data representation; patient centered outcomes research; cohort data; deep learning
VarI: Variant Interpretation Abstract Area Chairs: Emidio Capriotti, University of Bologna, Italy Hannah Carter, University of California, San Diego, United States Antonio Rausell, Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases, France Learn more about the VarI COSI here	The VarI COSI meeting is dedicated to the recent advances in the analysis and interpretation of the genetic variants. Read More The meeting aims to organize a research network (VarI-COSI) facilitating the exchange of ideas and the establishment of new collaborations between researchers with different expertise. The VarI-COSI meeting is broadly divided in two sessions (“Genetic variants as markers: evolution, populations, GWAS” and “Genetic variants as effectors: function, structure, and regulation”) that encompass the four major research topics of the field: 1) Databases, data mining algorithms and visualization tools for variants analysis. 2) Methods for predicting regulatory/structural/functional impacts of SNVs. 3) Personal Genomics, GWAS studies and SNV prioritization. 4) Population genomics and phylogenetic analysis.
Special Session: Bioinformatics in France (Posters only) Chairs: Sandra Dérozier, SFBI member Anna-Sophie Fiston-Lavier, SFBI president Guy Perrière, former SFBI president Marie-France Sagot, SFBI member   Learn more about the Special Session here.	The French bioinformatics community is rich and diverse. It brings together many actors from the academic and industry domains. The "Bioinformatics in France" is a ISMB/ECCB2023 special session organized by the SFBI (French Society of Bioinformatics) and it will give a broad view of bioinformatics in France. Read More This afternoon session is open to all ISMB/ECCB attendees. First, the actions and goals of the main French groups in bioinformatics (SFBI, GdR-BIM, IFB-Elixir) will be presented. Then, we will invite you to listen to researchers from our community who will share their latest and most innovative research work. All the session will have that very special “french flavor”. In order to take the time to exchange, we will continue our discussions during a poster session followed by a French style culinary evening. In addition to its scientific dynamism, we hope to show you how friendly our community is. Keywords: France, Elixir, ecology and evolution, genomics, metagenomics, population genomics, algorithms, knowledge representation, databases, structural bioinformatics and proteomics, machine learning, systems biology
Special Session: Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Symposium (Posters only) Data science will determine the success of breakthrough research of the future Chairs:	In today’s research environment studying for example a disease in human patients using human DNA protocols is more than just traditional molecular biology bench work. The myriad of data points requires powerful approaches for data analysis and availability of data resources that allow comparison of results for example with that of a well-established experimental model, such as mouse, for a particular human disease. But the work does not stop there as the first analysis may demand to dig even deeper into pathways that control specific molecular or genetic mechanisms, or to analyze relevant metabolic pathways that are important for the disease under study. Read More High throughput technologies for sequencing and genomics are just two of many approaches that harbor innovation potential and hold promise for the development of the global research ecosystem. Frontier science of the future is unthinkable without continued education, development and application of computational biology approaches. Data science using machine learning, AI technologies and advanced software applications provide the foundation for success in scientific research. Equally important is the sustained support for data resources and maintaining open access for the global scientific community. The symposium will provide insights into the many aspects of this broad topic with an historic perspective but also highlighting current approaches in key areas of the life sciences.

Abstracts: Deadlines

Any recent research, published or unpublished is eligible for submission and should be received by Thursday, April 20, 2023. Acceptance notifications will be sent no later than Thursday, May 11, 2023. The conference will accept late posters abstracts beginning Monday, April 24, 2023.

Poster only submissions DO NOT require any materials to be uploaded. Submissions are evaluated on the 200 word text abstract provided during submission.

Abstracts: Submission Guidelines

The presenter should be identified during the submission process. Presenters of accepted abstracts are required to make the presentation themselves, and must register and pay to attend the conference.

Submitters may choose to have their submission reviewed for: talk and poster or poster only. If you select talk and poster and are unsuccessful for a talk your abstract will automatically be considered for a poster presentation. Submissions must be received by April 20, 2023.

During submission you will submit to the COSI track that most reflects your research area. You will have the option to identify two other COSI tracks that may also be suited to your research area during your submission.

• All abstracts must be submitted using the conference submission site by the abstract deadline: April 20, 2023 (You have until 11:59 p.m. Any Time Zone).
  
  
• Accepted abstracts (maximum 200 words) will be posted on the conference web site. For authors requesting a talk you should upload a long abstract of up to two (2) pages in PDF format during the submission process. *Do not submit more than two pages* It is best to check individual COSI websites for specific information regarding program goals and guidelines.
  
  PLEASE note: CAMDA submitters should include a 3-5 page long abstract PDF
  
  
• The 200 word abstract should be a brief and concise summary of the background/motivation for the study, method and result(s), as well as conclusion/statement of significance. The abstract is submitted through the EasyChair submission system. If you are submitting for a talk a PDF (2 pages maximum) can be uploaded to provide additional details including figures and graphics that support the main points of the abstract.
  
  Your abstract must not contain your title/position or any personal information (e.g. affiliation). These details will be collected through the EasyChair submission system.
  
  Selected Abstract talks will be presented in tracks that run in parallel at the conference. The length of a talk is determined by individual COSI tracks. Oral presentation schedules for abstracts will be announced after acceptance notifications directly by the COSI track organizers.

Abstracts: Review Criteria

All submissions will be evaluated by a program committee. Submitters may choose to have their submission reviewed for talk and poster or poster only. If you select talk and poster and are unsuccessful for a talk your abstract will automatically be considered for a poster.

Posters advertising commercial software will be rejected from this poster session and/or removed from the conference without notice. There is a separate space for such posters in the exhibition area. If you have an industry poster, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Poster Details for ISMB/ECCB 2023

Scientific Research Exchange - Posters Presentation Hours
July 24 - 27, 2023 (European Summer Time)

Poster schedule can be found on the poster page

Poster Display Size:

Recommended poster size is A0 size (84.1cm wide and 118.9cm tall).
*No onsite poster printing is available*

Late Posters

The Call for Late Posters (opens April 24, 2023). Call for Late Posters closes May 18, 2023, 11:59 p.m. Any Time Zone.

Institutional Research

Not-for profit research institutes and universities are able to submit their research findings as part of the call for posters. This will be displayed with in the topic area of Institutional Research.

Reviews of fields or techniques

Individuals may choose to submit a poster presenting a review of a specific field or technique. These submissions do not need to contain original work from the author and are intended to be an introduction for individuals not familiar with the field or technique. These review are not meant to be advertisements (e.g. it is not acceptable that the poster is an advertisement for a book or other type of commercial publication)

FAQ

Q: Can I submit more than one abstract?
A: Yes, but although having the same person deliver more than one talk is permitted, it is not encouraged. Also, although a poster presenter offer may present two posters (one in Poster Session A and one in Poster Session B), we encourage labs to involve multiple presenters.

Q: Should I submit a PDF of my poster when completing my submission?
A: No, please only submit the poster abstract. Closer to the conference all accepted poster presenters will upload a Poster PDF and short 5-7 minute MP4 talk to the virtual conference platform.

Q: Can previously accepted work be considered for a poster?
A: Yes, we do ask that you note the year the work was published and provide the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) during the submission process.