ISMB 2011 Conference Support for Students & Young Scientists

ISMB 2011 学生会议支持

• 批准号: 8121309
• 负责人: THERESA GAASTERLAND
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY/COMP BIOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-15 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8121309
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): ISMB 2011 Conference Travel Support for Students and Young Scientists. The Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference in 2011 will be held in Vienna, Austria, as a conference of approximately 1,500-1,700 attendees, including 33-38% students/post doctoral researchers. ISMB brings together graduate students, post doctoral researchers, faculty, research staff and senior scientists of many different nationalities, all of whom are studying or working in computer science, molecular biology, mathematics and/or statistics. The conference brings biologists and computational scientists together to focus on research centered on actual biological problems rather than simply theoretical calculations. The combined focus on "intelligent systems" and actual biological data makes ISMB a highly relevant meeting, and many years of producing the event has resulted in a well organized, well attended, and respected annual conference. The ISMB conference presents the latest research methods and results developed through the application of computer programming to the study of biological sciences, including advances in sequencing genomes that may lead to a better understanding of how, for instance, cells interact for the treatment of diseases such as cancer. Additionally, presentations may describe methods and advances associated with the analysis of existing biological literature, including benchmarking experiments, to create a better public understanding of scientific research reports. Overall, ISMB serves to educate attendees on the latest developments that will further drive the research methods and results of the field of computational biology. Students and scientists are able to return to their labs to apply what they have learned as they advance their own research efforts. The scientific program for each ISMB meeting comprises parallel presentation tracks of original research papers, highlights of recently published research, topically focused special sessions on emerging topics, technology demos, tutorial workshops, special interest group meetings and a student symposium organized by and for students. As an example, for ISMB 2010, 234 original research papers were submitted and 48 selected for the Proceedings Track; 126 published papers were submitted and 42 selected for the Highlights Track; nine proposals were submitted and four selected for presentation along with two invited for the Special Sessions Track. In all, well over 200 talks were presented during the course of the 2010 conference, and similar numbers are anticipated for 2011. In all cases, submissions are rigorously reviewed, typically by three members of each track's committee before approval by the track chair, insuring the highest possible quality of work is presented. The specific areas represented in the conference vary each year depending on the areas that researchers find most interesting and innovative, and therefore submit as papers and proposals. This proposal seeks funding to assist students and junior researchers in attending the conference, thus exposing them to the latest research of their own areas as well as areas that may be new to them. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Relevance Bioinformatics is well established as an essential tool for understanding biological systems. The widespread recognition of bioinformatics has been largely driven by genomic sequence efforts, because laboratory scientists recognize that the usefulness of genomic data in the quest to develop new and improved treatments for and prevention of disease is highly dependent on one's ability to electronically access and manipulate it. Biologists are routinely integrating computational tools into their research programs and creating large predictive models based on information found in databases and other electronic resources. The Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference series directly addresses these questions by showcasing the latest advances in the field, as well as exposing what's on the horizon of future discoveries.

描述（申请人提供）：ISMB 2011学生和青年科学家会议差旅支持。2011年分子生物学智能系统（ISMB）会议将在奥地利维也纳举行，参会人数约为1500 - 1700人，其中33-38%为学生/博士后研究人员。ISMB汇集了许多不同国籍的研究生，博士后研究人员，教师，研究人员和高级科学家，他们都在计算机科学，分子生物学，数学和/或统计学方面学习或工作。会议将生物学家和计算科学家聚集在一起，专注于以实际生物学问题为中心的研究，而不是简单的理论计算。对“智能系统”和实际生物数据的综合关注使ISMB成为一个高度相关的会议，多年来的活动已经形成了一个组织良好、参加人数众多、受人尊敬的年度会议。ISMB会议介绍了通过将计算机编程应用于生物科学研究而取得的最新研究方法和成果，包括基因组测序方面的进展，这些进展可能有助于更好地了解细胞如何相互作用，从而治疗癌症等疾病。此外，报告可能会描述与现有生物学文献分析相关的方法和进展，包括基准实验，以使公众更好地理解科学研究报告。总体而言，ISMB旨在教育与会者了解将进一步推动计算生物学领域的研究方法和成果的最新发展。学生和科学家可以回到他们的实验室，在他们推进自己的研究工作时应用他们所学到的知识。每次ISMB会议的科学计划包括原创研究论文的平行展示轨道，最近发表的研究亮点，关于新兴主题的专题特别会议，技术演示，辅导讲习班，特别兴趣小组会议和学生组织的学生研讨会。以ISMB 2010为例，共提交了234篇原创研究论文，其中48篇入选论文集Track；投稿论文126篇，入选论文42篇；提交了九份提案，其中四份被选中进行介绍，两份被邀请参加特别会议。2010年会议期间总共举行了200多场会谈，预计2011年也会有类似的数字。在所有情况下，提交的材料都经过严格审查，通常由每个项目委员会的三名成员进行审查，然后由项目主席批准，以确保提交的作品尽可能达到最高质量。会议中所代表的具体领域每年都有所不同，这取决于研究人员认为最有趣和最具创新性的领域，因此以论文和提案的形式提交。该提案寻求资助，以帮助学生和初级研究人员参加会议，从而使他们接触到自己领域的最新研究，以及可能对他们来说是新的领域。