Highlights from the 16th International Society for Computational Biology Student Council Symposium 2020

Wim L Cuypers; Handan Melike Dönertaş; Jasleen K Grewal; Nazeefa Fatima; Chase Donnelly; Arvind Singh Mer; Spencer Krieger; Bart Cuypers; Farzana Rahman

doi:10.12688/f1000research.53408.1

Highlights from the 16th International Society for Computational Biology Student Council Symposium 2020

F1000Res. 2021 Jun 4:10:ISCB Comm J-443. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.53408.1. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Wim L Cuypers^#^{1

2}, Handan Melike Dönertaş^#³, Jasleen K Grewal^#⁴, Nazeefa Fatima⁵, Chase Donnelly¹, Arvind Singh Mer⁶, Spencer Krieger⁷, Bart Cuypers^{1

8}, Farzana Rahman⁹

Affiliations

¹ Adrem Data Lab, Department of Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
² Tropical Bacteriology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
³ European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK.
⁴ Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
⁵ ISCB Student Council, NA, Sweden.
⁶ Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
⁷ Department of Computer Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
⁸ Molecular Parasitology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁹ School of Human and Life Sciences, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, UK.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

In this meeting overview, we summarise the scientific program and organisation of the 16th International Society for Computational Biology Student Council Symposium in 2020 (ISCB SCS2020). This symposium was the first virtual edition in an uninterrupted series of symposia that has been going on for 15 years, aiming to unite computational biology students and early career researchers across the globe.

Keywords: ECR; ISCB; ISCBSC; Networking; SCS; Student Council Symposium; Virtual Seminar; collaboration; conference.

MeSH terms

Computational Biology*
Humans
Research Personnel
Students*

Grants and funding

The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work.