The ISCB Student Council is organizing the 4th ISCB Student Council Symposium to be held on Friday, July 18th, directly preceding the Tutorials' Day of ISMB 2008 in Toronto, Canada.
The Student Council Symposium is a forum for students and young researchers in the fields of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Participants will have the opportunity to present their work to an international audience, build a network within the computational biology community and develop important soft skills in an environment that fosters exchange of ideas and knowledge.
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15 March 2008
Submission Opens
26 May 2008
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Travel Fellowships
9 June 2008
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18 July 2008
Symposium
21 July 2008
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3 May 2008
Oxford Journals Bioinformatics will provide funds for Best Presentation and Best Poster Awards and sponsor the poster session of the symposium giving us the opportunity to provide a free buffet.
We have moved the notification date for travel fellowship applications from June 9th to June 1st. This will give successful applicants the opportunity to register for ISMB before the end of the early registration period and save 200 USD.
15 April 2008
In collaboration with some of our sponsors we are providing a total of 7 travel fellowships for undergraduate, master's and PhD students from all over the world. Submit your applications before May 26th!
Furthermore, we are pleased to announce that through the generosity of additional sponsors we will again be able publish a selection of outstanding abstracts as a supplement to BMC Bioinformatics.
We have posted the final agenda with keynotes by Mark Gerstein, Timothy Hughes and Burkhard Rost as well as a panel discussion on "Career Paths in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology". Our panelists will be Philip Bourne, Alfonso Valencia, Jong Bhak and Richard Wintle.
