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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Dear Colleague,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">We would like to invite you to the twelfth edition of the ISCB Student Council Symposium on Friday 8th July 2016 during ISMB in Orlando, Florida,
 US. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">SCS is a yearly recurrent interdisciplinary symposium, linked to ISMB. Its main goal is to bring together students and young researchers from
 computational biology, bioinformatics, systems biology, and related fields. This symposium includes an ice-breaking event, internationally renowned keynote speakers, oral presentations, flash presentations, a poster session and the famous social event in the
 evening. Therefore, it provides you with the opportunity to present your research to an international audience, learn about state-of-the art research and build a worldwide scientific network.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">We are excited to announce our two Keynotes
<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">John Quackenbush and Janet Thornton</span></strong>. These experts in the fields of cancer systems biology and structural bioinformatics, respectively, will be talking about their research and experiences
 as leaders at the forefront of science. You can learn more about them here: <a href="http://symposium.iscbsc.org/node/187">
http://symposium.iscbsc.org/node/187</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Abstract Submission
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">is currently open, but the
<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">deadline is this Friday 22th of April</span></strong>. You can submit an abstract via on
<a href="http://symposium.iscbsc.org/">http://symposium.iscbsc.org/</a> . You can also apply for one of our travel fellowships at the same link.<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> Registration</span></strong> is possible via the main
 conference website: <a href="https://www.iscb.org/ismb2016-registration">https://www.iscb.org/ismb2016-registration</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Please help us spread the word by sharing our flyer (please find it attached), and using the hashtag #SCSOrlando2016 on social media.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">We look forward to seeing you in Orlando, Florida this summer!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Bart Cuypers and Ben Siranosian
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">SCS2016 Chair and Co-chair
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