Exciting Opportunities Ahead!
Join the ISCB Student Council as we organize our stellar symposia around the globe in 2026!
📍 Where will our symposia be?
• 22nd Student Council Symposium (SCS2026) – Washington, USA
Preceding ISMB | 12 July 2026
• 9th European Student Council Symposium (ESCS2026) – Geneva, Switzerland
During ECCB | September 2026
• 7th Latin American Student Council Symposium (LASCS2026) – Lima, Peru
During ISCB-LATAM | November 2026
• 5th Asian Student Council Symposium (ASCS2026) – Location TBD
We’re looking for enthusiastic, motivated students to join our organizing committees and help make these events exceptional.
🕒 Applications are OPEN!
📅 Deadline: December 18, 2025, at 8 pm CET
(Applications received afterwards may be considered on a rolling basis if needed.)
👉 Apply here:
https://t.co/76hnmyhsib
Let’s create unforgettable symposia together!
#ISCBSC #SymposiumOrganizers #StudentOpportunities
🎉Excited to release the first-ever RSG-India Newsletter 2025!
A glimpse into our events, outreach activities, achievements, collaborations & community contributions from the past year 🚀
Huge thanks to all volunteers, speakers & participants
Read here: https://t.co/WP8ZZ5IdQ0
To all the computational science enthusiasts, here comes a great opportunity to interact with other researchers of the scientific community by attending ISCB rorganised events.
✈️ISCB Student Council (SC) offers fellowships to Students and Early Career Researchers in the Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and related fields to attend scientific meetings organized by our organization.
We hope this opportunity would benefit your career goals.
⌛️Deadline for application: Monday, 22nd May2026, Anywhere in the world time!
We aim to announce the results at the earliest possible.
Link to apply https://t.co/fxCSGyHwxt
#bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #ISCB #iscbsc
To all the computational science enthusiasts, here comes a great opportunity to interact with other researchers of the scientific community by attending ISCB rorganised events.
✈️ISCB Student Council (SC) offers fellowships to Students and Early Career Researchers in the Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and related fields to attend scientific meetings organized by our organization.
We hope this opportunity would benefit your career goals.
⌛️Deadline for application: Monday, 22nd May2026, Anywhere in the world time!
We aim to announce the results at the earliest possible.
Link to apply https://t.co/fxCSGyHwxt
#bioinformatics #ComputationalBiology #ISCB #iscbsc
Join the ISCB Student Council & Regional Student Groups (RSGs) as we organize our stellar symposia around the globe in 2026!
📍 Where will our symposia be?
•🔖 22nd Student Council Symposium (SCS2026) – Washington, USA 🇺🇲
Preceding ISMB | 12 July 2026
🔖• 9th European Student Council Symposium (ESCS2026) – Geneva, Switzerland🇨🇭
During ECCB | September 2026
🔖• 7th Latin American Student Council Symposium (LASCS2026) – Lima, Peru
During ISCB-LATAM | November 2026
🔖• 5th Asian Student Council Symposium (ASCS2026) – Location TBD🌏
📋We’re looking for enthusiastic, motivated students to join our organizing committees and help make these events exceptional.
⏰ Applications are OPEN!
(Applications received afterwards may be considered on a rolling basis if needed.)
✏️: Apply here:
https://t.co/UNmRb9lSyG
Let’s create unforgettable symposia together!
#ISCBSC #SymposiumOrganizers #StudentOpportunities
🎙️ New BioinfoBridges Episode!
How can you make the most of a bioinformatics conference?
We spoke with Dr. Michelle Brazas (Scientific Director, https://t.co/3RHN2kseQq) about leadership, community-building, and the vision behind the Canadian Bioinformatics Hub Conference (CBHC) 🇨🇦 in Toronto (May 27-29).
In this episode:
✨ Key skills bioinformatics students should prioritize
✨ How to prepare before attending a conference
✨ The most common networking mistake
🎧 Listen now:
https://t.co/JQPTRVPHqM
🔗 Learn more about CBHC: https://t.co/dlfHllWvJJ
🔗 Register: https://t.co/IK53Ot8XVe
#NewEpisode #BioinfoBridges #iscbsc #Bioinformatics #STEM #SciencePodcast #CBHC2026
🎉Let's celebrate the Bioinformatics Day🖥️ on the occasion of 101th Birthday of Pioneer in bioinformatics, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff 🧑🏫with ISCB-SC.
On this day, let's motivate ourselves to make bioinformatics more approachable to everyone and hence making a way for betterment of the society.
#iscbsc #bioinformatics #computationalbiology
New episode out!
Crossing Borders in Bioinformatics and Empowering Student Talent
We chat with Dr. David Requena, a Peruvian scientist in cancer immunotherapy and a champion for mentoring young Latin American researchers 🌍🧬
#BioinfoBridges episode link: https://t.co/NSxtJqYZQu
🔗 Big Mind Lab: https://t.co/w2IYoe7IRK
🔗David’s GitHub: https://t.co/JOZJxnoW0p
#NewEpisode #BioinfoBridges #iscbsc #Bioinformatics #STEM #SciencePodcast
✨With the learnings of 2025, let's step into the year 2026 with more enthusiasm and vision to strengthen the young minds in science!
🌟💫Wish you a very happy new year! 🎉🎉
From Peru to the world, meet the 2025 leadership driving RSG-Peru 🇵🇪and growing the local bioinformatics community.
👩💼 President: Ciomary Pinco
🗃 Secretary: Alvaro Pacheco
🧠 Faculty Advisor: David Requena
Across the Southeast USA 🇺🇸, meet the 2025 leadership team powering collaboration and student-driven bioinformatics.
👩💼 President: Jewelia Keller
🗃 Secretary: Bethany McManus
🧠 Faculty Advisor: Leon Hardy
From Lagos to Abuja, meet the 2025 leadership of RSG-Nigeria 🇳🇬, powering African bioinformatics!
👨💼 President: Mbuotidem Friday Akpan
🗃 Secretary: Oluwatobiloba George Hannah
🧠 Faculty Advisor: Dr. Olapido Elijah
From Seoul to the global stage, say hello to the 2025 team leading RSG-Korea 🇰🇷 into the next chapter of computational biology.
👨💼 President: Somenath Dutta
🗃 Secretary: Jaebeom Kim
🧠 Faculty Advisor: Martin Steinegger
Saudações do Brasil! 🌎 Meet the 2025 team driving RSG-Brazil 🇧🇷 across the vibrant Brazilian scientific landscape.
👩💼 President: Clara Carvalho
🗃 Secretary: Bruna Espiño
🧠 Faculty Advisor: Raquel Minardi
¡Pura vida desde Costa Rica! Say hello to the 2025 leadership of RSG-Costa Rica 🇨🇷.
👩💼 President: María Celeste Bazán Guzmán
🗃 Secretary: Gabriel Esteban Jiménez Fallas
🧠 Faculty Advisor: Rebeca Campos Sanchez
Today in our series, meet @Aakriti__Jain . She is a PhD student at the University of Delhi where she works in the Bioinformatics and AI lab at the Biotech Center!
Explore in this video about her life in India and how she uses volunteering work at the ISCB-Student Council to improve her networking, professional development, and research collaborations!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this initiative. Your stories help us show the world what bioinformatics really looks like, and they inspire the next generation of computational scientists.
#ISCBStudentCouncil #DayInTheLife #Bioinformatics #CompBio #LifeInBioinformatics #ScienceCommunication #ISCB #STEMStories #SciComm
🌐ISCB Student Council Community Meeting (19 Dec 2025)
📢We are excited to announce that the ISCB Student Council will host an online community meeting on Friday, 📅19 December 2025 at 12:00 CET. This one‑hour online session will include updates on our activities, information about upcoming events and an open discussion on how we can inprove our functioning as a team. Please mark your calendars!
📅This meeting will be with our core community; i.e. you, your committee members, and RSG leaders. 📝The main goal is to make sure everyone finds the correct information about our organisation, discuss some challenges, and show you what we are up to in 2026! We plan an even bigger iteration of this event in 2026, but we first wanted to talk to you and receive your feedback.
Ideally, you fill in this form📝 https://t.co/c8d97QuVXR
to let us know what you would like to learn from this meeting. At the end you will receive the calendar invite.
Please share this with your team and everyone you think needs to attend (e.g. new volunteers) !!
– ISCBSC Executive Team
🎥✨ Day in the Life of a Bioinformatician — Spotlight Video! ✨🎥
We continue with our amazing series. Today, meet Kelia Adona Pérez-Fuentes, a Master's student from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Meet the amazing Computational Genomics Lab at Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, where she does her research in Childhood Leukemia after class!
She loves bioinformatics because one can make many mistakes without wasting any reagents!
Your stories help us show the world what bioinformatics really looks like, and they inspire the next generation of computational scientists.
Stay tuned—more videos are coming soon!
#ISCBStudentCouncil #DayInTheLife #Bioinformatics #CompBio #LifeInBioinformatics #ScienceCommunication #ISCB #STEMStories #SciComm