Depends on funding source — some sources cover exactly the registration amount, others a maximum of USD $500
Applicant must be a member of ISCB or ASBCB; priority to students and postdoctoral fellows from Africa; consideration is based on membership, accepted work, and country economic status per World Bank rankings
TBD 2027 (2025 pattern: 28 February 2025, end of day Anywhere on Earth, no extensions — passed)
Fellowship application via the conference site; applicants must attend all conference days and secure additional funding elsewhere (fellowships cover roughly 50% of costs)
Must be prepared to register by the conference registration deadline; do not register before notification if attendance depends on the funds
Dates: TBD 2027 (biennial series; 2025 edition ran 14–17 April 2025)
Location: Africa — 2027 host city not yet announced (2025 edition: Cape Town, South Africa, Lagoon Beach Hotel Conference Centre)
Research match: Bioinformatics and computational biology with an African disease and public-health focus, co-organised with the African Bioinformatics Institute and H3ABioNet — relevant to Wishart's database/tool dissemination and capacity-building interests and his ISCB membership.
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