[Socbin] Call for Abstracts for 8th ISCB Student Council Symposium 2012 (Long Beach, California)

[Alexander Goncearenco]

8th ISCB Student Council Symposium 2012

Submit your abstract now for the 8th Symposium of the International
Society for Computational Biology Student Council, to be held on the
13th of July, 2012 in Long Beach, California, as a satellite meeting of
the International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular
Biology (ISMB)!

The ISCB Student Council Symposium 2012 will bring together young
computational biologists from several research areas and regions of the
world. As the central part of our symposium, 10 students will be
selected for an oral presentation from the submitted abstracts. This is
your chance to present your work to an international audience of young
scientists. We welcome abstracts covering both scientific studies as
well as novel tools and applications in the field of computational
biology and bioinformatics. All abstracts accepted for oral presentation
will be published in a special issue of BMC Bioinformatics journal.

As in previous editions, awards will be given to outstanding posters and
presentations. Travel Fellowships will also be available: all candidates
with accepted abstracts are encouraged to apply! Travel Fellowship
submission will be open for one entire week after acceptance notification.

Submission information: http://symposium.iscbsc.org/content/submissions
Travel Fellowship information:
http://symposium.iscbsc.org/content/travel-fellowships
General information: http://symposium.iscbsc.org/

Important dates
January 30, 2012: Abstract and Travel Fellowship submission open
April 2, 2012: Abstract submission closes
April 16, 2012: Abstract acceptance notifications
April 23, 2012: Travel Fellowships submission closes
April 30, 2012: Travel Fellowships acceptance notification

We look forward to receiving your abstract,

Alexander Goncearenco
Chair, 8th ISCB Student Council Symposium 2012
Olga Botvinnik
Co-Chair, 8th ISCB Student Council Symposium 2012