Dear colleagues, we would like to invite you to participate in the 4th ISCB Student Council Symposium and the Visual Reflections on Science Exhibition that will take place at ISMB 2008 in Toronto (Canada). Both events are organized by the ISCB Student Council. Please see the calls for participation below for details and forward this anyone who might be interested. Thank you very much! Best regards, Nils Gehlenborg Chair, ISCB Student Council Lucia Peixoto Chair, 4th ISCB Student Council Symposium Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern Chair, Visual Reflections on Science Exhibition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 4th ISCB Student Council Symposium * Website: http://symposium.iscbsc.org * Date & Location: Friday, 18 July 2008 in Toronto, Canada * Submission Deadline: 26 May 2008 * Registration Fee: 60 US Dollars (incl. lunch and coffee breaks). ISMB 2008 registration not required. We are accepting submissions for both posters and oral presentations and will award the best of each category. This year's panel discussion topic will be "Career Paths in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology", and will provide delegates with the opportunity to ask questions about their career future they always wanted to ask but never had a chance to. Furthermore, we will have keynotes by renowned scientists, student presentations and a poster session. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Visual Reflections on Science Exhibition * Website: http://www.iscb.org/ismb2008/vrs_instructions.php * Date & Location: Open for the duration of ISMB in Toronto, Canada * Submission Deadline: 11 April 2008 For the ISMB 2008 Visual Reflections on Science Exhibition we invite all interested conference attendees to submit artistic images and videos that have been generated as part of a research project. We are also soliciting images and videos resulting from creative efforts that involve scientific concepts or employ scientific tools and methods. Participate in this exciting new ISMB event to surprise and inspire us, to open our eyes and minds!