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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Dear researcher,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">We are delighted to announce the 16th ISCB
<b>Student Council Symposium (SCS)</b>, which will take place 10-11 July 2020 as a completely
<b>virtual event</b>. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Organized as pre-meeting of the annual <a href="https://www.iscb.org/ismb2020">
ISMB</a>, the SCS enables students and young researchers (PhD students & Junior Postdocs) in the fields of
<b>Computational Biology and Bioinformatics</b> to connect and build a network within the global computational biology community. Participants have the opportunity to present their work to an international audience and develop important soft skills in an environment
that fosters the exchange of ideas and knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">This year, we welcome keynote speakers
</span><a href="https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/keynote_Elana_J_Fertig"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1155CC">Elana J. Fertig</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> (SKCCC / Johns Hopkins University) and
</span><a href="https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/Hamed_S_Najafabadi"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1155CC">Hamed S. Najafabadi</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"> (McGill University).
</span><a href="https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/abstract-submission"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1155CC">Abstract submission</span></a><span style="color:black">
<span lang="EN-GB">is now open until the 1<sup>st</sup> of June, both for oral and poster presentations. More details are available at our
</span></span><a href="https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1155CC">website</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">. We would like to thank our sponsor, Harvard Medical School, for supporting the Symposium!</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">The COVID-19 crisis prevents us from gathering physically, but we are convinced that we can reach and unite even more young Computational Biology researchers across the globe
with this new and accessible virtual format. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">We hope that we can count on you to help with this mission, and spread the word!</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">For frequent updates, please check our
</span><a href="https://www.scs2020.iscbsc.org/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1155CC">website</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">, or connect via
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/iscbsc"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1155CC">twitter</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Don’t hesitate to
<a href="mailto:symposium@iscbsc.org">contact</a> us if you have questions.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">We look forward to meeting you in July!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">On behalf of the SCS2020 organising team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NL-BE">Wim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">SCS2020 Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:NL-BE">Wim Cuypers
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#004466;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE">Adrem Data Lab, University of Antwerp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#004466;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE">Unit of Tropical Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#004466;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#004466;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE">Email:
<a href="mailto:wim.cuypers@uantwerpen.be"><span style="color:#0563C1">wim.cuypers@uantwerpen.be</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#004466;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE">Twitter:
<a href="https://twitter.com/CuypersWim"><span style="color:#0563C1">@CuypersWim</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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