International Society for Computational Biology Honors Dana Pe'er with Top Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Award for 2014

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) honors the achievements of an earlyor mid-career scientist with the Overton Prize each year. The Overton Prize was established in memory of Dr. G. Christian Overton, a respected computational biologist and founding ISCB Board member who passed away unexpectedly in 2000. Winners of the Overton Prize are independent scientists in the early or middle phases of their careers that are recognized for their significant contributions to computational biology through research, teaching, and service. ISCB is thrilled to recognize Dr. Dana Pe’er (Image 1), Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Systems Biology at Columbia University in New York, NY, as the 2014 winner of the Overton Prize. In recognition of this award, Dr. Pe’er will be a keynote speaker at this year’s Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology conference in Boston, Massachusetts and will present a talk titled ‘‘A Multidimensional Single Cell Approach to Understand Cellular Behavior’’ on Monday, July 14, 2014.