International Society for Computational Biology
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The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) is a scholarly society for researchers in computational biology and bioinformatics. The society was founded in 1997 to provide a stable financial home for the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) conference and has grown to become a larger society working towards advancing understanding of living systems through computation and for communicating scientific advances worldwide.
Abbreviation | ISCB |
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Formation | 1997 (1997) |
Type | Learned society |
Headquarters | Leesburg, Virginia, United States[1] |
Membership (2016) | ~3,400[2] |
President | Thomas Lengauer |
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Subsidiaries | ISCB Student Council |
Website | iscb |
In addition to ISMB, the society also organizes a growing number of smaller, more regionally or topically focused conferences and presents a number of annual scientific achievement awards, including the Overton Prize and the ISCB Senior Scientist Awards.[3][4][5]