Highlights of the 1st Student Symposium of the ISCB RSG UK

Farzana Rahman; Rohit Farmer; Sayoni Das; Fatima Vayani; Mehedi Hassan

doi:10.12688/f1000research.6616.1

Highlights of the 1st Student Symposium of the ISCB RSG UK

F1000Res. 2015 Jun 16:4:154. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.6616.1. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Farzana Rahman¹, Rohit Farmer², Sayoni Das³, Fatima Vayani⁴, Mehedi Hassan¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Computing and Mathematics, University of South Wales, Cardiff, CF37 1DL, UK.
² School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
³ Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
⁴ Algorithms and Bioinformatics Group, King's College London, London, WC2R 2LS, UK.

Abstract

This short report summarises the scientific content and activities of a student-led event, the 1st student symposium by the UK Regional Student Group of the International Society for Computational Biology. The event took place on the 8th of October 2014.

Keywords: Bioinformatics; ISCB; Life sciences; Regional Student groups.

Grants and funding

Fujitsu Services UK Limited and HPC Wales Consortium sponsored the event. The University of South Wales provided logistics support and sponsored awards. The ISCB Student Council provided a grant to cover travel fellowships.