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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear BBS colleagues,
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/iscb2025.info/calls.html__;!!N3hqHg43uw!qWTttLSwjfxJqc2t6V-XvQWww8Jo2-ZJGKtlPoJ5wVKyLV_BAxa8oWZrz3APSCDwDdzfzDI9NuqrQfmVHyVj4JEHXlbd$" title="https://iscb2025.info/calls.html">call
for short courses</a> is now <b>open until</b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> Sunday,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> January
5<sup>th</sup>, 2025</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Scientific Programme Committee and Local Organizing Committee for the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/iscb2025.info/__;!!N3hqHg43uw!qWTttLSwjfxJqc2t6V-XvQWww8Jo2-ZJGKtlPoJ5wVKyLV_BAxa8oWZrz3APSCDwDdzfzDI9NuqrQfmVHyVj4GqldebP$" title="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 style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If you would like to submit a course for consideration, please submit your proposal through conftool with the following details:</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Title of the course</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Course presenters</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Position and affiliation of course presenters</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Contact details of course presenters including email address</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Full day or half day</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Short abstract of the course, including main topics and learning objectives [300 words]</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Technical level of the course (low, moderate, high)</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Upper limit for number of participants (if desired)</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Reason why the course would be appealing to attendees of ISCB conference [300 words]</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Please see the website <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/iscb2025.info/calls.html__;!!N3hqHg43uw!qWTttLSwjfxJqc2t6V-XvQWww8Jo2-ZJGKtlPoJ5wVKyLV_BAxa8oWZrz3APSCDwDdzfzDI9NuqrQfmVHyVj4JEHXlbd$" title="https://iscb2025.info/calls.html">https://iscb2025.info/calls.html</a> for
further details. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This edition of the conference will draw inspiration from the theme: <i>"Statistical Thinking Across Borders: Building Bridges and Expanding
Horizons in Clinical Biostatistics".</i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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