International Society for Computational Biology Honors Michael Ashburner and Olga Troyanskaya with Top Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Awards for 2011

Abstract

Each year, the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB; http://www.iscb.org/) makes awards for exceptional achievement to two scientists. The first is presented to a scientist who has made distinguished contributions over many years in research, teaching, service, or any combination of the three. This year, the ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award goes to Michael Ashburner in the department of genetics at the University of Cambridge. The second, known as the Overton Prize, honours a young scientist in the early to mid-stage of his or her career who has already achieved significant and lasting impact in the field of computational biology. In 2011, the Overton Prize is awarded to Olga Troyanskaya of Princeton University in New Jersey. The recipients were chosen by the ISCB's awards committee chaired by Alfonso Valencia at the CNIO (Spanish National Cancer Research Centre) in Madrid. The winners will receive their awards at the ISCB's annual meeting, where they will also deliver keynote talks. This meeting, ISMB/ECCB 2011 http://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2011, will take place in Vienna, Austria, 17–19 July 2011.