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💻🧬Submit your proposal for a tutorial or tech track presentation. Share your expertise or showcase your software at the year's biggest #bioinformatics meeting, #ISMBECCB2027!

This month, you'll find:  🔹a recap of the iscbAI panel on AI in Bioinformatics 🔹a call for submissions for the ISFMS 2027 symposium 🔹a call for nominations for ISCB's new Education & Training Council and Working Groups 🔹submission and upcoming conference reminders

📥ISMB ECCB 2027 submissions reminder Opening next week: 🔹Tutorial proposals 🔹Proceedings submissions 🔹Technology Track proposals Get your proposals and papers ready for an opportunity to share your research, expertise, or new tech with the global bioinformatics community!

💻 💡 We're inviting subject matter experts and researchers to submit proposals to lead a hands-on tutorial or special session and share your knowledge with the bioinformatics community at #GLBIO2027.

Tutorials help participants expand their practical knowledge and hands-on skills, and special sessions highlight emerging areas in bioinformatics, bringing students and experts together around key challenges in the field.

Already registered for LATAM? ➡️ Add a tutorial by finding your confirmation email, clicking "review or update registration," selecting "Modify Registration," going to the Tutorials page, adding your selections, and completing checkout.

This month, there are 4 featured jobs to consider: 🔸 Biology Research Fellow 🔸 Postdoc in Computational Genomics 🔸Faculty Member - Computational Biology 🔸Postdoctoral Associate - Biostatistics

There are also several jobs leaving the Career Center this month, so make sure to have a look!  Finally, we have an article on navigating academic doubt during your PhD (featuring the second year slump).

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Are you working on the field of #Structural #Bioinformatics and have not registered yet? What are you waiting for? Join me and the community in attending this excellent meeting in beatiful and history-rich #Rome! I am so excited for this and cannot wait to see you all there!

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🎉 Good news! The early registration deadline for the 3D  BioInfo annual meeting has been extended to Sunday, October 4!  Register at https://www.iscb.org/3dbioinfo2026/register 📌ELIXIR membership is NOT required.

Join invited speakers, including 🔹Alexandre Bonvin 🔹Janusz Bujnicki  🔹Franca Fraternali  🔹Ora Furman-Schueler 🔹Jennifer Fleming 🔹Jeremy Wohlwend and more in Rome to connect with other members of the structural bioinformatics community and to discuss the state of the field and learn what's next!

Hoping to present at #ISMBECCB2027 in July? Here's a sneak peek at the upcoming submission deadlines for the biggest bioinformatics and computational biology conference of the year!

The meeting will bring together the ELIXIR 3D-BioInfo and ISCB 3DSIG communities at the CNR headquarters in Rome from November 25 to 27. Make sure to register and join us for talks, posters, and plenty of time to exchange ideas on the workflows and resources the field needs next.

💻🧬Share your knowledge and expertise with the #bioinformatics community at #GLBIO2027 with a tutorial or special session! Check the flyer for basic info; visit the links for full details. Submission deadline for all proposals: Thursday, November 19, 2026

More info can be found at the links below: 🔹Tutorials: iscb.org/glbio2027/call-for-submissions/tutorials 🔹Special Sessions: iscb.org/glbio2027/call-for-submissions/special-sessions

This month, there's:  🔹a recap of ISCB's visit to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC this July 🔹a reminder of Bioinformatics Advances tribute to Dr. Philip E. Bourne 🔹info on the latest bioinformatics program to be endorsed by ISCB 🔹a report on an ISCB-funded program, RADCamp Latin America 2026

🔔 Share your research at #GLBIO2027! Submit a Proceedings paper for oral presentation, or an abstract to for an oral OR poster presentation!

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🎤 Abstracts for recent research (published or unpublished) are eligible for talks or posters. If submitting for a talk or talk or poster, include a 250-word abstract and a 1-page long abstract (PDF). For poster only, only a 250-word abstract is needed.

🔔 Share your research at #GLBIO2027! Submit a Proceedings paper for oral presentation, or an abstract to for an oral OR poster presentation!

📃 Proceedings papers must:  🔹be max 9 pages (PDF) 🔹include a 250-word abstract  🔹include the following sections: Motivation, Results, Availability/Implementation, Contact, Supplementary Info (if applicable).  ➡️Accepted papers considered for Bioinformatics Advances special issue.

3D BioInfo will bring together structural bioinformatics researchers from the 3D-BioInfo and 3DSIG communities for three days of discovery and collaboration. Connect with peers and advance your research in structural bioinformatics!

🧬💻 Join us Tuesday for the free Brandeis Online virtual panel for a conversation on the evolution of bioinformatics and biotechnology: "State of the Industry: Innovation, Impact, and What Comes Next" 📅Tuesday, September 22 at 12:00 PM EDT  🔗Register to join: https://tinyurl.com/yc5z5e8r

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