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22nd Student Council Symposium 2026

The ISCB Student Council Symposium is a student-organized event featuring keynote lectures, oral presentations and a poster session. The Symposium is tailored mainly to undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdocs in computational biology and related disciplines. The Student Council Symposium is a forum for students and young researchers in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. Participants will have the opportunity to present their work to an international audience, build a network within the computational biology community and develop important soft skills in an environment that fosters an exchange of ideas and knowledge.

The event will precede ISMB 2026

Presentations

Presentations

Flash Talks

Flash Talks

Posters

Posters

Networking

Networking

When
When?
12 July 2026
Where
Where?
Wasington DC, USA

Keynote Speakers

Name - TBD

Affiliation - TBD

Name - TBD

Affiliation - TBD

Panelists

TITLE: TBD

TBD

TBD

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TBD

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Registration

Fees In person Vritual
Members: For Delegates also registering for the conference. $60 $20
Non-Members: For Delegates also registering for the conference. $120 $30

You have the option to register for SCS2026 together with the main conference registration or separately.

Programme

Coming soon

Note: The above programme is subject to change.

Organising Committee

Perfil_Sebastián_Urquiza

Sebastián Urquiza-Zurich, PhD

University of Chile

Chair SCS2026; Secretary of the RSG-Chile

BlessyAntony

Blessy Antony

Virginia Tech

Co-Chair SCS2026

Programme Committee

Samira_Rahhimirad

Samira Rahimirad

McGill University

Chair

ThomasCSmits

Thomas C. Smits; GitHub

Radboudumc, The Netherlands

Co-chair

Sowunmi Boluwatifeni Nneka

University of Ibadan

Member

Zoulkifilou Sare Dabou

Member

Finance Committee

Jhon Esterilla-Viafara

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali

Chair

Ece Tezsezen

Co-chair

Rohit Barik

Member

Umesh Bhati

CSIR - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), India

Member

Design Committee

TizianaRicciardelli

Tiziana Ricciardelli. PhD

Canthevac Limited

Chair

SofiaGRodriguez

Sofia G. Rodriguez

Universidad San Sebastian

Co-chair

Seyam

Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, India

Member

Ihuoma Aduba

Ihuoma Aduba

University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Member

Rohit Barik

Member

Outreach Committee

Kruthi Rao

Nithya Kruthi

Queensland Institute of Technology

Chair

Ece Bayraktar

Co-chair

Ihuoma Aduba

Ihuoma Aduba

University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Member

FedericaBichicchi

Federica Bichicchi

University of Bologna/National Institues of Health

Member

Taylor_H_Diaz_Herrera

Taylor H. Díaz Herrera

Universidad Militar Nueva Granada

Member

Web Committee

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Halimat Chisom Atanda

Mater Research Insitute-Universtity of Queensland

Chair

Otmani Yasmine Rabiha

Co-chair

Sponsors

ISCB
ISCB-SC

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