Message from the ISCB: The 5th ISCB Wikipedia competition: coming to a classroom near you?

The 5th ISCB Wikipedia Competition: Coming to a Classroom Near You?

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is pleased to announce the 5th ISCB Wikipedia Competition. The competition has been run annually since 2012 and awards students and trainees for the best contributions to computational biology-related articles [1]. ISCB runs the competition in collaboration with WikiProject Computational Biology, a group of around 130 editors overseeing...

ISCB Computational Biology Wikipedia Competition

Message from ISCB: Outstanding contributions to ISCB award

2015 marks the first year that the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) honors one of its members with the Outstanding Contributions to ISCB Award. This award recognizes an ISCB member who has made unique and lasting contributions to ISCB through exemplary leadership, education, service, or a combination of these elements. Lawrence (Larry) Hunter, Professor at the University o...

Message from the ISCB: 2015 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award: Cyrus Chothia

UNLABELLED The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB; http://www.iscb.org) honors a senior scientist annually for his or her outstanding achievements with the ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award. This award recognizes a leader in the field of computational biology for his or her significant contributions to the community through research, service and education. Cyrus...

Message from the ISCB: ISCB Ebola award for important future research on the computational biology of Ebola virus

UNLABELLED Speed is of the essence in combating Ebola; thus, computational approaches should form a significant component of Ebola research. As for the development of any modern drug, computational biology is uniquely positioned to contribute through comparative analysis of the genome sequences of Ebola strains and three-dimensional protein modeling. Other computational approaches to Ebola may ...