Announcement

[ARTICLE] Editorial: 21st International Conference on Bioinformatics (InCoB 2022)—accelerating innovation to meet biological challenges: the role of bioinformatics

Journal Excerpt: 

The advent of bioinformatics marked a significant paradigm shift in our approach to biological research (Rastogi, 2023). Coined in the 1970s by Dr. Paulien Hogeweg and Ben Hesper, the term initially encapsulated the study of informatic processes in biotic systems. Over the years, the focus of bioinformatics has shifted predominantly to data analysis, often neglecting the comprehensive understanding and computational reproduction of underlying biological processes. Today, bioinformatics stands at the forefront of addressing some of the most daunting challenges in life sciences, redefining our approach to healthcare and scientific research.

Read more: https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2024.1365223

[ARTICLE] Grand challenges in bioinformatics education and training

Journal Excerpt:

The life and health science communi-ties are facing a critical challenge with managing a discovery pro-cess that is becoming ever more quantitative and data driven. Key to meeting this challenge is bioinformatics — which can be defined as the science of col-lecting, managing, analyzing, modeling and generating predictions from large amounts of biological data and information. Bioinformat-ics is a highly interdisciplinary field involving expertise from many specialties, including life and health science, data science, computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), mathemat-ics and statistics1. There is a critical need for bioinformatics expertise in the life sciences.

Read full article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023-01891-9

Congratulations to Newly Elected Executive Committee Board Members (2022 – 2024)

We are happy to announce that the Executive Committee Members have been voted and elected during the 21st InCoB.

Congratulations to all ExCo Members!