Congratulations to Kaur Alasoo from University of Tartu, Estonia for being selected for the internship at Schneider lab at EMBL, Heidelberg. He will be interning there from April to August, 2010. This is the first internship organized exclusively by the Student Council. Please keep checking this website for upcoming internship opportunities.

For the ISMB 2010 Art & Science Exhibition the ISCB and the ISCB Student Council invite all interested conference attendees to submit artistic 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.

Participate in this exciting ISMB event to surprise and inspire us, to open our eyes and minds! Submission Deadline is April 23th and there is the chance to win a $200 cash award for the best artistic image or video. Further details are provided on the ISMB 2010 website.

Submit your abstract today to participate in the 6th Symposium of the International Society for Computational Biology Student Council on July 9th 2010 in Boston!

Links

Submissions: http://symposium.iscbsc.org/content/submissions
Travel Fellowships: http://symposium.iscbsc.org/content/travel-fellowships
General: http://symposium.iscbsc.org/

Important dates

February 22: Abstract and Travel Fellowship submission opens
April 23: Abstract submission closes
April 30: Travel Fellowships submission closes
May 14: Travel Fellowship winners and Abstract acceptance notification

Today's issue of PLos Computational Biology features a "Ten Simple Rules" editorial about the organization of virtual conferences in developing nations. The editorial was written by leaders of African Regional Student Groups and organizers of the First African Virtual Bioinformatics Conference 2009 (AFBIX09).

Saras Saraswathi is a PhD student in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology program at Iowa State University in the United States. She is a long time Student Council member and has been contributing to many of our activities over the years, in particular the Regional Student Group initiative.

Saras has recently started a blog on Nature Network, where she is writing about bioinformatics and her experience of being part of the ISCB Student Council community. Check it out!

Dear colleagues,

We would like to let you know that the 6th ISCB Student Council Symposium will take place in Boston on July 9, just before ISMB 2010.

The Regional Student Group of Eastern Africa (RSG Eastern Africa) an affiliate of the International Society for Computational Biology Student Council in collaboration with Biosciences East and Central Africa (BecA) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) are pleased to invite you to a talk on Commonwealth Scholarship opportunities to be given by Dr. John Kirkland - Executive Officer, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, UK.

Each year Nucleic Acids Research and Oxford Journals hand out awards to students in recognition of their outstanding achievements. We are proud to be one of the eight events at which these prizes are presented.

Details of the awards

Symposium website

The deadline for applying for our internship in the Schneider lab at EMBL, Heidelberg has been extended to January 15, 2010. We encourage students not to wait until the last minute and to submit your applications as early as possible. You can find details about the application process here. Please send mail to internships@iscbsc.org if you have any queries.

We are happy to announce the first internship as part of our Student Council Career Central (SCCC) initiative in the Schneider lab at EMBL, Heidelberg starting in January, 2010. We would also like to thank Dr. Schneider for kindly offering this internship exclusively organized by Student Council. You can find more details about the application process at the link below.

• Internship at Schneider Lab

Please send mail to internships@iscbsc.org if you have any queries.

We have the SC Elections results with us now. Before I announce the names of next set of leaders, I would like to thank you all for voting. Although only one position had multiple nominees, it is important to see SC members actively participating in SC Elections.

Next SC leadership : 2010-2011

• Jeroen de Ridder: Chair
• Venkatakrishnan A. J.: Vice Chair
• Jayne Hehir-Kwa : Secretary
• Avinash K Shanmugam : RSG Committee Chair
• Nils Gehlenborg : Representative on ISCB Board of Directors

Big congratulations going out to you guys. We are sure you guys will do a great job.

Dear Student Council members,

Our annual leadership nominations are now open with elections set to take place soon. We believe that it's very important that you are all familiar with the procedure so you can participate in these elections - whether you are a candidate for a position or participating as a voter.

We have prepared a document describing the procedure and the positions that are up for election. You can find it here: http://www.iscbsc.org/files/StudentCouncilElections-v3.pdf

We hope you will find this useful and we will be happy to answer any questions that remain. If you do have any questions, please contact Student Council Secretary Magali Michaut at secretary@iscbsc.org.

Shortly, to nominate, you just have to follow this link: http://www.iscb.org/nominate

Best regards,

Magali Michaut
ISCB Student Council Secretary

Abhishek Pratap
ISCB Student Council Chair

Magali made a short video about the 5th Student Council Symposium.

The ISCB Student Council invites you to attend a networking and social event on the evening of Tuesday the 30th of June at the pub Mosebacke Etablissement. Come and meet other students attending the conference in a relaxed setting at one of Sweden’s most classic establishments. We promise good mingle and cheerful people! Mosebacke has a superb view over the city from its large beer garden terrace. It is situated on the hills of “Södermalm” which is the casual area of artists and authors.

Location:
Mosebacke Torg 3, 11646, Stockholm
www.mosebacke.se

We are pleased to invite you to the annual ISCB Student Council Open Business meeting at ISMB/ECCB 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden. This meeting is for everyone who wants to learn more about what the ISCB Student Council leadership has been working on during the last year and where we will be heading in the future.

Input and feedback from the community are very important to us and we hope that you will join us for this meeting. If you are interested in getting involved in ISCB Student Council activities this is the best opportunity to contact us in person and discuss the options.

The ISCB Student Council is organizing the 5th ISCB Student Council Symposium to be held on Saturday, June 27th, directly preceding the Tutorials' Day of ISMB/ECCB 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Career Central

This is an endeavor by the Student Council to address the needs of recruiters and job seekers at ISMB/ECCB 2009. We will provide a forum for interaction and matching up of recruiters and job hunters. Please visit Career Central for latest information about career services Student Council will be offering. We are starting this year with the following services for you

• Calendar
• Read more

For the ISMB/ECCB 2009 Art & Science Exhibition the ISCB and the ISCB Student Council invite all interested conference attendees to submit artistic images and videos that have been generated as part of a research project. We are also soliciting images and videos resulting from creative efforts that involve scientific concepts or employ scientific tools and methods.

A Student Council-led meeting was organized from Thursday 24 July to Saturday 26 July, directly after ISMB 2008 at the Institute for Computational Biomedicine at Weill Cornell (ICB) in NYC. A total of 20 students were selected from a pool of applicants to attend the meeting. Travel fellowships including air fare and hotel was awarded to selected applicants.