Highlights from the tenth ISCB Student Council Symposium 2014.

Dan DeBlasio,Katie Wilkins,Tomás Di Domenico,Alexander Junge,Farzana Rahman,Annika Jacobsen,Anupama Jigisha,Esmeralda Vicedo

doi:10.1186/1471-2105-16-s2-a1

Abstract

This report summarizes the scientific content and activities of the annual symposium organized by the Student Council of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), held in conjunction with the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference in Boston, USA, on July 11th, 2014.

Highlights

Open AccessHighlights from the tenth ISCB Student Council Symposium 2014Farzana Rahman1, Katie Wilkins2, Annika Jacobsen3, Alexander Junge4, Esmeralda Vicedo5, Dan DeBlasio6, Anupama Jigisha7, Tomás Di Domenico8*From Tenth International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Student Council Symposium 2014 Boston, MA, USA. 11 July 2014 AbstractThis report summarizes the scientific content and activities of the annual symposium organized by the Student Council of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), held in conjunction with the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference in Boston, USA, on July 11th, 2014.About the Student Council and the symposium The Student Council (SC), part of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), aims at nurturing and assisting the generation of computational biologists
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Introduction

Open AccessHighlights from the tenth ISCB Student Council Symposium 2014Farzana Rahman1, Katie Wilkins2, Annika Jacobsen3, Alexander Junge4, Esmeralda Vicedo5, Dan DeBlasio6, Anupama Jigisha7, Tomás Di Domenico8*From Tenth International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Student Council Symposium 2014 Boston, MA, USA. 11 July 2014 AbstractThis report summarizes the scientific content and activities of the annual symposium organized by the Student Council of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), held in conjunction with the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference in Boston, USA, on July 11th, 2014.About the Student Council and the symposium The Student Council (SC), part of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), aims at nurturing and assisting the generation of computational biologists. The Student Council Symposium (SCS) takes place every year, directly preceding the ISMB/ECCB conferences. Meeting format The Student Council Symposium is a one-day event. The traditional scientific component of the meeting consisted of two keynote presentations by senior researchers, twelve oral presentations by delegates, and a poster session.

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