MARC travel awards announced for ISCB, 22nd ISMB Meeting

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE:

17-Jun-2014

Contact: Kelly Husser khusser@faseb.org 301-634-7109 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Bethesda, MD FASEB MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for the International Society for Computational Biology's 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology from July 11-15, 2014 in Boston, Massachusetts. These awards are meant to promote the entry of students, post doctorates and scientists from underrepresented groups into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at the 22nd International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology. This year MARC conferred 4 awards totaling $7,400.

The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented groups engaged in biomedical and behavioral research.

The following participants have been selected to receive a FASEB MARC Travel Award:

POSTER/ORAL PRESENTER (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)

Alvin Farrel, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Ololade Fatunmbi, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Lucia Peixoto, University of Pennsylvania Harold Pimentel, University of California, Berkeley

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