ISMB Conference on June 25-29, 2005 in Detroit, Michigan. Support for Students & Young Scientists

分子生物学智能系统（ISMB）会议为传播生物信息学的最新发展提供了一个一般性的论坛，在过去的12年里每年举行一次。ISMB是一个多学科会议，汇集了来自计算机科学、分子生物学、数学和统计学的科学家。ISMB会议的地点通常在北美和非北美地点之间交替举行。ISMB 2005将在密歇根州的底特律举行。ISMB会议的目标是将生物学家和计算科学家聚集在一起，关注实际的生物学问题，即，不仅仅是理论计算。对“智能系统”和实际生物数据的综合关注使ISMB成为一个独特而高度重要的会议，12年的会议举办经验使其始终组织良好，参加人数众多，备受尊重的年度会议。本基金申请用于资助学生、青年科学家和演讲者参加分子生物学智能系统会议的旅费和费用。在一个高度国际化和跨学科的领域，如计算生物学，对学生来说，获得各种方法和观点的经验是很重要的。导师制项目为学生和高级研究人员提供了一个快速了解新领域的绝佳途径，直到最后的主题演讲，学生们将有充足的机会（在许多情况下是第一次）以海报或正式演讲的形式展示他们的工作，并与来自全球其他机构的研究人员见面。他们建立的联系和选择的方向可能会影响他们的职业生涯。这项建议旨在协助他们在其职业生涯中这一关键但资源有限的阶段。

The Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference has provided a general forum for disseminating the latest developments in bioinformatics on an annual basis for the past 12 years. ISMB is a multidisciplinary conference that brings together scientists from computer science, molecular biology, mathematics and statistics. The venue for the ISMB meeting usually alternates between North American and non North American sites. ISMB 2005 will be held in Detroit, Michigan. The goal of the ISMB meeting is to bring together biologists and computational scientists in a focus on actual biological problems, i.e., not simply theoretical calculations. The combined focus on "intelligent systems" and actual biological data makes ISMB a unique and highly important meeting, and 12 years of experience in holding the conference has resulted in a consistently well organized, well attended, and highly respected annual conference. This grant request is for funding for student, young scientist, and presenter travel and expense to attend the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology conference. In a highly international and interdisciplinary field such as computational biology, it is important for students to gain experience with a variety of approaches and viewpoints. From the Tutorial program, which provides an excellent way for students and senior researchers to quickly come up to speed in new areas, through to the final keynote address, students will have ample opportunity, in many cases for the first time, to present their work as posters or as formal presentations and meet with fellow researchers from other institutions around the globe. The contacts that they form and the directions they choose may last their professional lives. This proposal seeks to assist them at this critical but resource-limited stage in their careers.