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(由申请者提供)：ISMB 2011年为学生和青年科学家提供的会议差旅支持。2011年的分子生物学智能系统(ISMB)会议将在奥地利维也纳举行，约有1,500-1,700人参加，其中包括33-38%的学生/博士后研究人员。ISMB汇集了来自不同国家的研究生、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/或统计学领域学习或工作。这次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，而不仅仅是理论计算。对“智能系统”和实际生物数据的共同关注使ISMB成为一个高度相关的会议，多年来的活动产生了一个组织良好、出席良好和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开发的最新研究方法和结果，包括基因组测序方面的进展，这些进展可能有助于更好地理解细胞如何相互作用以治疗癌症等疾病。此外，演讲可以描述与分析现有生物学文献相关的方法和进展，包括基准实验，以使公众更好地理解科学研究报告。总的来说，ISMB的作用是教育与会者了解最新的发展，这些发展将进一步推动计算生物学领域的研究方法和结果。学生和科学家能够在推进自己的研究工作的同时，回到他们的实验室应用他们所学到的东西。每次ISMB会议的科学计划包括原始研究论文的平行演示轨道、最近发表的研究亮点、聚焦于新兴主题的专题会议、技术演示、教程研讨会、特殊兴趣小组会议和由学生组织的学生研讨会。例如，ISMB 2010年提交了234篇原始研究论文，其中48篇被选入议事程序轨道；126篇已发表论文被提交，42篇被选为重点轨道；9份提案被提交，4篇被选作陈述，两篇被邀请参加特别会议。在2010年会议期间，总共介绍了200多次会谈，预计2011年也会有类似的数字。在所有情况下，提交的作品都会经过严格的审查，通常是由每个赛道委员会的三名成员审查，然后再由赛道主席批准，以确保提交尽可能高的工作质量。会议代表的具体领域每年都会有所不同，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。这项建议寻求资金，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所在领域的最新研究以及对他们来说可能是新的领域。 公共卫生相关性：生物信息学被公认为是理解生物系统的基本工具。对生物信息学的广泛认识在很大程度上是由基因组序列工作推动的，因为实验室科学家认识到，基因组数据在寻求开发新的和改进的疾病治疗和预防方面的有用性高度依赖于一个人以电子方式获取和操纵它的能力。生物学家经常将计算工具整合到他们的研究计划中，并根据数据库和其他电子资源中的信息创建大型预测模型。分子生物学智能系统(ISMB)系列会议通过展示该领域的最新进展，以及揭示未来发现的地平线，直接解决了这些问题。