From p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com Fri Mar 1 03:51:44 2013 From: p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com (Peter Cock) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 08:51:44 +0000 Subject: [Open-bio-l] [pjotr2010@thebird.nl: Re: [GSoC] [GSoC Mentors Announce] Google Summer of Code 2013] In-Reply-To: <20130228221354.GB28817@thebird.nl> References: <20130228221354.GB28817@thebird.nl> Message-ID: On Thursday, February 28, 2013, Pjotr Prins wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 02:14:39PM -0500, Robert Buels wrote: > > Hurray! > > > > Would someone else be interested in being the org admin for OBF this > > year? Preferably someone who's been an OBF mentor in one of the > > previous years? I've got a lot of things on my plate. > > > > If someone else will be the primary, I can certainly volunteer as a > backup. > > > > Rob > > Because I think GSoC so important for bioinformatics I volunteer to > take on being the org admin for OBF this year. Chris Fields and Rob > Buels have promised to act as support, backup and conscience. Note > that I view this role as being purely organisational and > administrative. The difficult decisions will be made by OBF board > members. > > Pj. > Excellent news - thank you Pjotr :) (I'm hoping to be a mentor again this year, although I'll be busier in conference season this year compared to last year) Peter From symposium at iscbsc.org Mon Mar 11 08:31:25 2013 From: symposium at iscbsc.org (ISCB Student Council Symposium) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:31:25 +0100 Subject: [Open-bio-l] ISCB Student Council Symposium 2013 - Call for abstracts Message-ID: <513DCE9D.2070709@iscbsc.org> _ISCB Student Council Symposium 2013_ *The ISCB Student Council Symposium will be held on July 19th (directly preceding ISMB/ECCB 2013) in Berlin, Germany.* The Student Council Symposium is a forum for students, post docs, and young researchers in the fields of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Participants 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. We encourage you to submit an abstract and to bring a poster for showcasing your work at the Symposium's poster session. As a central part of the Symposium, ten abstracts will be selected for an oral presentation. We accept abstracts covering both scientific studies as well as novel tools and applications in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics. Travel fellowships will be available for accepted abstracts, and awards will be given to best posters and presentations. *LINKS* _Symposium website_: http://symposium.iscbsc.org/ _Submission link_: http://www.iscb.org/submissions/index.php?id=156 _Travel Fellowships information_: http://symposium.iscbsc.org/content/travel-fellowships *IMPORTANT DATES* April 16: Abstract submission deadline April 26: Travel Fellowship submission deadline April 30: Abstract acceptance notifications May 14: Travel fellowship acceptance notifications July 19th: Student Council Symposium 2013 We look forward to receiving your abstract! Tom?s Di Domenico, Chair Tomasz Stokowy, Co-chair From jprocter at compbio.dundee.ac.uk Thu Mar 14 08:16:46 2013 From: jprocter at compbio.dundee.ac.uk (Jim Procter) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:16:46 +0000 Subject: [Open-bio-l] Less than 24 hours to submit a poster to VIZBI 2013 Message-ID: <5141BFAE.2030305@compbio.dundee.ac.uk> Dear Open-Bio list! If you are planning to attend VIZBI 2013 in Boston next week or watch it live as an online participant then you have only a few hours left to submit a poster! Scientific poster submissions close at 11.59pm PDT on Thursday 14th March 2013 (7am UTC). Instructions for submitting posters are included in your registration email. If you aren't registered yet, go to: http://vizbi.org/2013/Registration/ We also have a few places left for the VIZBI tutorial day. Take a look at the great sessions on offer at http://vizbi.org/2013/Program/ See you in Boston next week! Jim Procter, on behalf of all the VIZBI Chairs. From p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com Fri Mar 1 08:51:44 2013 From: p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com (Peter Cock) Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 08:51:44 +0000 Subject: [Open-bio-l] [pjotr2010@thebird.nl: Re: [GSoC] [GSoC Mentors Announce] Google Summer of Code 2013] In-Reply-To: <20130228221354.GB28817@thebird.nl> References: <20130228221354.GB28817@thebird.nl> Message-ID: On Thursday, February 28, 2013, Pjotr Prins wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 02:14:39PM -0500, Robert Buels wrote: > > Hurray! > > > > Would someone else be interested in being the org admin for OBF this > > year? Preferably someone who's been an OBF mentor in one of the > > previous years? I've got a lot of things on my plate. > > > > If someone else will be the primary, I can certainly volunteer as a > backup. > > > > Rob > > Because I think GSoC so important for bioinformatics I volunteer to > take on being the org admin for OBF this year. Chris Fields and Rob > Buels have promised to act as support, backup and conscience. Note > that I view this role as being purely organisational and > administrative. The difficult decisions will be made by OBF board > members. > > Pj. > Excellent news - thank you Pjotr :) (I'm hoping to be a mentor again this year, although I'll be busier in conference season this year compared to last year) Peter From symposium at iscbsc.org Mon Mar 11 12:31:25 2013 From: symposium at iscbsc.org (ISCB Student Council Symposium) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:31:25 +0100 Subject: [Open-bio-l] ISCB Student Council Symposium 2013 - Call for abstracts Message-ID: <513DCE9D.2070709@iscbsc.org> _ISCB Student Council Symposium 2013_ *The ISCB Student Council Symposium will be held on July 19th (directly preceding ISMB/ECCB 2013) in Berlin, Germany.* The Student Council Symposium is a forum for students, post docs, and young researchers in the fields of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Participants 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. We encourage you to submit an abstract and to bring a poster for showcasing your work at the Symposium's poster session. As a central part of the Symposium, ten abstracts will be selected for an oral presentation. We accept abstracts covering both scientific studies as well as novel tools and applications in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics. Travel fellowships will be available for accepted abstracts, and awards will be given to best posters and presentations. *LINKS* _Symposium website_: http://symposium.iscbsc.org/ _Submission link_: http://www.iscb.org/submissions/index.php?id=156 _Travel Fellowships information_: http://symposium.iscbsc.org/content/travel-fellowships *IMPORTANT DATES* April 16: Abstract submission deadline April 26: Travel Fellowship submission deadline April 30: Abstract acceptance notifications May 14: Travel fellowship acceptance notifications July 19th: Student Council Symposium 2013 We look forward to receiving your abstract! Tom?s Di Domenico, Chair Tomasz Stokowy, Co-chair From jprocter at compbio.dundee.ac.uk Thu Mar 14 12:16:46 2013 From: jprocter at compbio.dundee.ac.uk (Jim Procter) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:16:46 +0000 Subject: [Open-bio-l] Less than 24 hours to submit a poster to VIZBI 2013 Message-ID: <5141BFAE.2030305@compbio.dundee.ac.uk> Dear Open-Bio list! If you are planning to attend VIZBI 2013 in Boston next week or watch it live as an online participant then you have only a few hours left to submit a poster! Scientific poster submissions close at 11.59pm PDT on Thursday 14th March 2013 (7am UTC). Instructions for submitting posters are included in your registration email. If you aren't registered yet, go to: http://vizbi.org/2013/Registration/ We also have a few places left for the VIZBI tutorial day. Take a look at the great sessions on offer at http://vizbi.org/2013/Program/ See you in Boston next week! Jim Procter, on behalf of all the VIZBI Chairs.