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ArticleF1000Research2019

Global network of computational biology communities: ISCB's Regional Student Groups breaking barriers.

Sayane Shome, R Gonzalo Parra, Nazeefa Fatima, Alexander Miguel Monzon, Bart Cuypers, Yumna Moosa, Nilson Da Rocha Coimbra, Juliana Assis, Carla Giner-Delgado, Handan Melike Dönertaş and 32 more

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Article in F1000Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

42 authors.

Sayane ShomeBioinformatics and Computational Biology Program, Iowa State University, Iowa, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7959-470X
R Gonzalo ParraGenome Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2446-016X
Nazeefa FatimaScience for Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Upsala, Sweden.
Alexander Miguel MonzonDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0362-8218
Bart CuypersDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Yumna MoosaKZN Research and Innovation Sequencing Platform, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
Nilson Da Rocha CoimbraGraduate Program in Bioinformatics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-9407-4761
Juliana AssisGraduate Program in Bioinformatics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Carla Giner-DelgadoInstitut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
Handan Melike DönertaşEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9788-6535
Yesid Cuesta-AstrozSchool of Microbiology, Universidad de Antioquía, Medellín, Colombia.ORCID 0000-0002-4243-0645
Geetha SaarunyaDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, South Caroli a, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5859-4898
Imane AllaliDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Shruti GuptaSchool of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.ORCID 0000-0002-3846-5562
Ambuj SrivastavaDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
Manisha KalsanSchool of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Catalina ValdiviaEcosystem's Health Laboratory, Universidad Andres, Bello Santiago, Chile.
Gabriel J Olguin-OrellanaCenter for Bioinformatics, Simulations and Modelling, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile.
Sofia PapadimitriouInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Université libre de Bruxelles-Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Daniele ParisiESAT-STADIUS KU Leuven, Heverlee, Heverlee, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2497-7487
Nikolaj Pagh KristensenDTU Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
Leonor RibThe Bioinformatics Center, Biology and Biotech Research and Innovation Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Marouen Ben GuebilaLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Eugen BauerLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Gaia ZaffaroniLuxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Amel BekkarSwiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Efejiro AshanoMolecular Diagnostics, Laboratory Services, APIN Public Health Initiatives, Abuja, Nigeria.
Lisanna PaladinDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Marco NecciDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Nicolás N MoreyraGenetics and Evolution of Buenos Aires (IEGEBA), CONICET-UBA, Institute of Ecology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.ORCID 0000-0003-0451-2399
Martin RydénBiomedical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Jordan Villalobos-SolísLaboratorio de Biotenología de Plantas, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA), Heredia, Costa Rica.
Nikolaos PapadopoulosQuantitative and Computational Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Candice RafaelResearch Unit for Bioinformatics, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9597-4232
Tülay KarakulakIzmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey.
Yasin KayaHacettepe University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ankara, Turkey.
Yvonne GladbachUniversity Medical Center Rostock, University Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7633-4782
Sandeep Kumar DhandaLa Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1381-7434
Nikolina ŠoštarićCentre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Aishwarya AlexRoche Diagnostics Automation Solutions GmbH, Roche, Waiblingen, Germany.
Dan DeBlasioComputational Biology Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
Farzana RahmanGenomics and Computational Biology Research Group, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4785-5845

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regional Student Groups (RSGs) of the International Society for Computational Biology Student Council (ISCB-SC) have been instrumental to connect computational biologists globally and to create more awareness about bioinformatics education. This article highlights the initiatives carried out by the RSGs both nationally and internationally to strengthen the present and future of the bioinformatics community. Moreover, we discuss the future directions the organization will take and the challenges to advance further in the ISCB-SC main mission: "Nurture the new generation of computational biologists".

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Computational BiologyStudentsHumansInterprofessional RelationsBioinformaticscollaborationComputational Biologyearly career bioinformaticiansEducationISCBISCB Student CouncilnetworkingRegional Student GroupsStudent organizationsSymposiaVirtual seminarsWorkshops

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