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ISMB/ECCB 2007: the Premier Conference on Computational Biology Thomas Lengauer, B MESSAGE FROM ISCB ISMB/ECCB 2007: The Premier Conference on Computational Biology Thomas Lengauer, B. J. Morrison McKay*, Burkhard Rost Two Societies Meet in ways to specifically encourage increased participation from The ISMB conference series was previously underrepresented kicked off in 1993 by the vision of David disciplines of computational biology. Searls (GlaxoSmithKline), Jude Shavlik The major challenge for this (University of Wisconsin Madison), and interdisciplinary field is that two Larry Hunter (University of Colorado). cultures with very different ways of A few years down the road, ISMB had publishing intersect at computational established itself as a primary event in biology meetings such as ISMB/ECCB: computational biology and triggered computational scientists publish their Introduction the founding of ISCB, the International most important results in rigorously Society for Computational Biology reviewed proceedings of meetings; the he International Society for (http://www.iscb.org). ISCB has been lower the ratio between accepted/ Computational Biology (ISCB) organizing the ISMB conference series submitted, the more valued the presents ISMB/ECCB 2007, the since 1998. While ISCB evolved into the T publication. In many cases, publication Fifteenth International Conference on only society representing in proceedings of conferences on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology computational biology globally, its computer science are valued more (ISMB 2007), held jointly with the Sixth flagship conference has become the highly than those in peer-reviewed European Conference on Computational largest annual forum focused on scientific journals. In contrast, life Biology (ECCB 2007) in Vienna, Austria, computational biology worldwide scientists publish their best work in July 21–25, 2007 (http://www.iscb.org/ (Table 1). The ECCB conference series peer-reviewed journals with the highest ismbeccb2007). Now in the final phases was conceived by T. Lengauer (MPI for possible impact; journals with higher of selecting papers, presentations, Informatics, Saarbru¨ cken), H.-P. impact are ranked higher and demonstrations, and posters, the Lenhof (Saarland University), and M. publications are not coupled to organizers are preparing what will Vingron (MPI for Molecular Genetics, presentations at any meeting. Open likely be recognized as the premier Berlin) in 2002 and since then access publications attach the value to conference on computational biology organized annually by a panel of the individual publication rather than in 2007. ISMB/ECCB 2007 has European computational biologists expanded in ways to specifically (http://bioinf.mpi-sb.mpg.de/ encourage increased participation conferences/eccb/eccb.htm). ECCB is the only pan-European conference Editor: Philip E. Bourne, University of California San from previously underrepresented Diego, United States of America disciplines of computational biology. series in this field. At Glasgow in 2004, This conference will feature the best of ISMB and ECCB pioneered a common Citation: Lengauer T, Morrison McKay BJ, Rost B meeting chaired by Janet Thornton (2007) ISMB/ECCB 2007. PLoS Comput Biol 3(5): e96. the computer and life sciences through doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030096 (EBI Cambridge) and David Gilbert a variety of new and core sessions (University of Glasgow) that continues Copyright: Ó 2007 Lengauer et al. This is an open- running in multiple parallel tracks, access article distributed under the terms of the to be perceived as one of the most along with an increase in keynote Creative Commons Attribution License, which successful meetings ever by many permits unrestricted use, distribution, and presentations, posters on display reproduction in any medium, provided the original standards. As a result of the first union author and source are credited. throughout the duration of the in 2004, the two societies are now conference, and an extensive industry committed to joining together Abbreviations: ECCB, European Conference for exhibition. Special interest group Computational Biology; ISCB, International Society whenever ISMB will be held in Europe, for Computational Biology; ISMB, Intelligent Systems meetings, a satellite meeting, and to further the fellowship and mutual for Molecular Biology tutorials all will precede the main benefit achieved through a combined Thomas Lengauer is a Director of the International conference dates. organizational effort. One positive Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), founder of the European Conference for Computational Biology, effect on the two societies has been the and Director of the Max-Planck Institute for strong bond evolving through the Informatics, Saarbru¨cken, Germany. B. J. Morrison common event. McKay is Executive Officer of ISCB. Burkhard Rost is President of ISCB, and in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia Two Cultures Intersect University, New York, New York, United States of America. Furthering the success of that initial * To whom correspondence should be addressed. union, ISMB/ECCB 2007 has expanded E-mail: [email protected] PLoS Computational Biology | www.ploscompbiol.org0779 May 2007 | Volume 3 | Issue 5 | e96 Table 1. ISMB History by the Numbers Year Location Attendees Papers Posters PLoS Track Other Events Accepted Submitted Ratio Accepted Submitted Ratio Accepted Submitted Ratio Highlights Track Submitted Keynotes Tutorials Presented Special Interest Groups Demonstrations Exhibitors 1999 Heidelberg 655 34 91 37.4 139 170 81.8 8 10 2 31 13 2000 San Diego 1,272 42 141 29.8 275 280 98.2 7 14 1 10 20 2001 Copenhagen 1,251 38 180 21.1 345 355 97.2 6 14 6 29 23 2002 Edmonton 1,624 42 207 20.3 494 494 100.0 8 15 6 20 36 2003 Brisbane 927 48 342 14.0 414 435 95.2 8 16 5 13 27 2004 Glasgow 2,136 67 496 13.5 952 1,006 94.6 8 14 8 47 42 2005 Detroit 1,731 56 426 13.1 622 631 98.6 8 14 8 76 42 2006 Fortaleza 880 67 407 16.5 556 586 94.9 23 217 10.6 8 12 4 39 20 2007 Vienna N/A 66 417 15.8 NA .900 NA 36 241 14.9 213 10 14 8 NA NA NA, not available at the time of this writing. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030096.t001 to the unspecific forum of this full day focused on the state of the art already created quite a response from publication (bad papers can be in RNA bioinformatics to highlight the traditional ISMB attendee, the published in highly ranked proceedings many of the still-open problems that community leaning more toward the and journals). Thereby, these open present opportunities for future biology side of this interdisciplinary access publications may ultimately research. With noncoding RNAs field, and from the panel of experts offer a way out of this clash of moving from the status of a molecule of selecting the talks for presentation. As publication cultures. However, this minor consequence to the rank of high of this writing, the selection process is solution does not suffice to address the importance for understanding under way, and this new track promises needs of all members of a Society regulatory function, demand for RNA- presentations based on papers directly rooted firmly in both cultures. related bioinformatics tools continues impacting work in the field with A multitrack solution to attract both to rise. This session, as all Special relevance for molecular and medical communities has continued to develop Sessions, will review the current state of biology. Papers from high-impact since its first implementation at ISMB a specialized field, and will explore journals such as Science, Nature, and the 2002 in Edmonton, Canada, chaired by growing opportunities for official ISCB journal, PLoS David Wishart (University of Alberta). computational biologists and needs for Computational Biology, have been Further expansion today offers even new tools and methodologies. submitted. In all, more than 60 journals greater opportunities for scientific were cited among the submissions programming of the conference to New: Highlights Track received, ranging from Bioinformatics to include new and relevant areas of PNAS, from Cancer Research and the A newly conceived Highlights Track research. These goals have guided the Journal of Critical Care to Physical Review (http://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2007/ organization of the 2007 meeting in Letters and Theoretical Biology and Medical highlights) is of work that has recently many new ways. Modelling. been published and that has either New: Special Sessions already impacted biology or is likely to New: Industry Track do so. Work from highly ranked The new Special Sessions Track (http:// journals and from journals The third Viennese novelty is the www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2007/program/ traditionally more frequented by Industry Track (http://www.iscb.org/ specialsessions) enables in-depth focus experimental biology is welcome. As ismbeccb2007/industry), for talks more on emerging and important areas. are the other two Viennese novelties, relevant and interesting for colleagues Special Sessions will cover a wide namely the Special Sessions Track and from industry. This track induces a new spectrum of topics: genomic database the Industry Track (below), the forum for the meeting of academia and ethics, cheminformatics, genetic Highlights Track is a pilot project aimed industry in a venue that highlights networks, computational epigenetics, at increasing diversity and adding innovative applications and practical RNA, and methods in systems biology. quality. While it will supposedly require impact studies of Life Science For example, the session on more than one ISMB meeting to Informatics;
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