JCB Call for Papers for the Special Issue on “40 Years of Computational Biology: In Honor of Professor Michael Waterman's 80th Birthday”

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Journal of Computational BiologyVol. 28, No. 7 Call for PapersFree AccessJCB Call for Papers for the Special Issue on “40 Years of Computational Biology: In Honor of Professor Michael Waterman's 80th Birthday”Deadline for Intention to submit: August 1, 2021 Deadline for Manuscript Submission: December 1, 2021Published Online:15 Jul 2021https://doi.org/10.1089/cmb.2021.29043.cfpAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB Permissions & CitationsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Professor Waterman is one of the founders of the field of computational biology and has made many fundamental contributions to the field. The well-known Smith-Waterman algorithm for sequence comparison based on dynamic programing algorithm made large-scale sequence comparison and database searches possible. His studies on the statistical properties of alignment scores between random sequences led to methods to theoretically evaluate the statistical significance of aligned sequences. The much celebrated Lander-Waterman model on physical mapping contributed to many genome projects including the human genome project. The Eulerian graph method for sequence assembly (also called the De Bruijn Method) that he initiated has been the dominant approach for the analysis of next generation sequencing data. He also made significant contributions to the algorithmic approaches to RNA structure prediction, mathematics of phylogeny, statistical distributions of words and motifs in sequences, haplotype block partition, alignment-free genome comparison, and many other mathematical or computational solutions to biological problems.In addition to his own research, he trained many postdoctoral fellows and students who became leaders in the field of computational biology including Gary Churchill at Jackson Laboratory, Pavel Pevzner at UCSD, Sophie Schbath at INRA, Martin Vingron at Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, and Tandy Warnow at University of Illinois to name a few. He led a NIH Center of Excellence in Genomic Science at USC from 2003–2009 and co-led the center until 2015. Professor Waterman trained a large number of minority students during this period. He also established the PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB) program and contributed to the establishment of the Quantitative Biology (QBIO) Bachelor's of Science and Quantitative and Computational Biology (QCB) Master's of Science degrees at USC. Professor Waterman's institutional legacy is the new USC Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology (https://www.qcb-dornsife.usc.edu).Michael Waterman made extensive efforts to form the computational biology community across the world since the inception of the field. In 1994, he started the Journal of Computational Biology and served as its Editor-in-Chief until 2021. In 1997, he established the annual international conference on “Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB)” with JCB as its major publication venue.For his multiple outstanding contributions, he received many awards including election as member of US National Academy of Sciences, US National Academy of Engineering, US National Academy of Inventors, French Académie des Sciences, and Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received a Gairdner Foundation International Award, the Dan David Prize in Bioinformatics from Tel Aviv University and the William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics from City University of Hong Kong.To honor Michael Waterman's contributions to teaching, research and service to the international computational biology community, especially to JCB and the RECOMB conference, JCB is pleased to publish a special issue in honor of his 80th birthday. Friends, colleagues and students who have been associated with him in any way are welcome to submit original and review papers to JCB. Please choose “Waterman Special Issue” as the Manuscript Type when submitting.Any topics related to computational biology are welcome. Some examples include (but are not limited to): Molecular sequence analysisSequencing and genotyping technologiesRegulation and epigenomicsTranscriptomics, including single-cellMetagenomicsPopulation and statistical geneticsEvolutionary, compressive and comparative genomicsStructure and function of RNAsComputational proteomicsProtein structure and functionBiological networksComputational systems biologyPrivacy of biomedical dataBioimagingDeadlines:Intention to submit: August 1, 2021. Please email Fengzhu Sun at fsun@usc.edu to let him know your intention to submit to the special issue.Paper Submission Deadline: December 1, 2021Completion of First Review: February 1, 2021Completion of Final Review: April 1, 2022Target Publication: July 2022Submission contact:Ms. Sheryl NaleEmail: jcb@liebertpub.comGuest Editors:Dr. Sorin IstrailBrown University, USADr. Pavel PevznerUniversity of California San Diego, USADr. Fengzhu SunUniversity of Southern California, USADr. Martin VingronMax Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, GermanyManuscript Submission Instructions:To begin your submission, please go directly to https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcb. If you do not have an account, you will need to create one. Once you are signed in, click on “Author” and “Start New Submission.” From there, you will be prompted for specific information regarding the paper (title, etc.). Under Manuscript Type, you must select Waterman Special Issue from the drop-down menu. Please visit the Instructions for Authors at https://home.liebertpub.com/publications/journal-of-computational-biology/31/for-authors for complete details to prepare your manuscript.Manuscripts must be prepared in either LaTex format or Microsoft Word.The entire manuscript must be double spaced, Font size 12, including references and tables. Clearly identify unusual or Greek letters.The Main Document generally includes:1.Title Page: Title, Authors, Affiliations [include all email(s)], and Running Head2.Abstract: 250 words or less with 5 Keywords3.Introduction4.Methods5.Results6.Discussion7.Acknowledgements/Disclosure/Conflict of Interest Statements8.References in JCB specified format9.Tables (1 per page)10.Figure Legends (1 list)11.Figures (EPS format, 300 DPI resolution, CMYK Color) (1 file per figure)For LaTex Submissions:2Options for uploading files (2nd one is preferred):1.Upload the main LaTeX file first, selecting the file designation of Main Document.Then, upload each file that is related to the main.TEX file as is needed for processing, selecting the file designation of TeX/LaTeX Suppl File.Be sure to upload all style sheets, and reference and bibliography files that are a part of the document.All figure/image files must be saved and uploaded in .EPS format in order for the file to properly format and convert.Check the system-generated PDF of your manuscript; if all characters do not convert properly, use the 2nd option below.2.Authors may choose to upload a complete, full text (including figures and tables) PDF under the file designation “Full Manuscript PDF”.The LaTex source files should be uploaded as a zip file as Supplementary Data, with the zip file name “SourceFiles.zip”.We look forward to receiving your manuscript and publishing it in our upcoming special issue honoring Professor Michael Waterman.Please feel free to contact the Editorial Office with any questions you may have.□ Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 140 Huguenot Street, 3rd Floor, New Rochelle, NY 10801-5215, USA.Visit the Instructions for Authors:www.liebertpub.com/cmbSubmit your paper for peer review online:https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcbFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 28Issue 7Jul 2021 InformationCopyright 2021, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishersTo cite this article:JCB Call for Papers for the Special Issue on “40 Years of Computational Biology: In Honor of Professor Michael Waterman's 80th Birthday”.Journal of Computational Biology.Jul 2021.633-635.http://doi.org/10.1089/cmb.2021.29043.cfpPublished in Volume: 28 Issue 7: July 15, 2021Online Ahead of Print:June 29, 2021PDF download