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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#2B373E">*** ISCB46
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">–</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#2B373E">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Call for pre-conference courses to be held</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">on </span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Sunday, August 24, 2025</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#2B373E">***</span><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">The
<a href="https://iscb2025.info/calls.html">call for short courses</a> is now <b>open until</b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> Sunday,</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> January
5<sup>th</sup>, 2025</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">The Scientific Programme Committee and Local Organizing Committee for the
<a href="https://iscb2025.info/">46th Annual Conference of the ISCB</a> are pleased to announce that we are seeking proposals for pre-conference courses to be included within the conference programme. The courses will be held on Sunday, August 24, 2025.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">If you would like to submit a course for consideration, please submit your proposal through conftool</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">(see the website at https://iscb2025.info/) with the following details:</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Title of the course</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Course presenters</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Position and affiliation of course presenters</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Contact details of course presenters including email address</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Full day or half day</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Short abstract of the course, including main topics and learning objectives [300 words]</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Technical level of the course (low, moderate, high)</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Upper limit for number of participants (if desired)</span></i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<i><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Reason why the course would be appealing to attendees of ISCB conference [300 words]</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black">Please see the website
<a href="https://iscb2025.info/calls.html">https://iscb2025.info/calls.html</a> for further details.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#2B373E"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#2B373E">This edition of the conference will draw inspiration from the theme: <em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">"Statistical Thinking
Across Borders: <span style="background:white">Building Bridges and Expanding Horizons in Clinical Biostatistics</span>".</span></em></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#9D9D9D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr. Giusi Moffa | Assistant Professor of Statistics</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#9D9D9D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Department of Mathematics and Computer Science | University of Basel</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE-CH" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#9D9D9D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">LinkedIn: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#9D9D9D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.linkedin.com/in/giusimoffa/__;!!N3hqHg43uw!vl1h_8Hb2NDh0jmNOLyT0UGRW0r4NazymQxNHEQdmwj1HMMMJYwz3qudpVVdPuaLJZdfaS9YLhTc4ia9Q3PX78N1-JM$" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.linkedin.com/in/giusimoffa/__;!!N3hqHg43uw!vl1h_8Hb2NDh0jmNOLyT0UGRW0r4NazymQxNHEQdmwj1HMMMJYwz3qudpVVdPuaLJZdfaS9YLhTc4ia9Q3PX78N1-JM$"><span lang="DE-CH">https://www.linkedin.com/in/giusimoffa/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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