Highlights of the 2 (nd) Bioinformatics Student Symposium by ISCB RSG-UK

Benjamen White; Vayani Fatima; Nazeefa Fatima; Sayoni Das; Farzana Rahman; Mehedi Hassan

doi:10.12688/f1000research.8445.1

Highlights of the 2 (nd) Bioinformatics Student Symposium by ISCB RSG-UK

F1000Res. 2016 May 17:5:ISCB Comm J-902. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.8445.1. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Benjamen White¹, Vayani Fatima², Nazeefa Fatima³, Sayoni Das⁴, Farzana Rahman⁵, Mehedi Hassan⁵

Affiliations

¹ The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK.
² Algorithms and Bioinformatics Group, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Eukaryotic Evolution Research Group, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.
⁴ Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.
⁵ School of Computing and Mathematics, University of South Wales, Cardiff, UK.

Abstract

Following the success of the 1 (st) Student Symposium by ISCB RSG-UK, a 2 (nd) Student Symposium took place on 7 (th) October 2015 at The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK. This short report summarizes the main highlights from the 2 (nd) Bioinformatics Student Symposium.

Keywords: ISCB; ISCBSC; RSG-UK; bioinformatics; computational biology; student; symposium.

Grants and funding

The Genome Analysis Centre, Illumina, Inc., Repositive and F1000Research sponsored the event. The Genome Analysis Centre provided logistics and social media support. Illumina, Inc., Responsive and F1000Research sponsored awards and event expenditures.