About our society
About ISB
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Our Vision
Lead the field of bioinformatics to maximize its global impact on science and society.
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Our Mission
A global society advocating for and advancing scholarship, research, training, outreach, and inclusive community building in computational biology and its professions.
Our community
Who We Are
Society membership reflects commitment toward the advancement of bioinformatics. The ISB is an international non-profit organization whose members come from the global bioinformatics and computational biology communities.
The ISB serves its global membership by providing high-quality meetings, publications, and reports on methods and tools; by disseminating key information about bioinformatics resources and relevant news from related fields; and by actively facilitating training, education, employment, career development, and networking.
We advocate and provide leadership for resources and policies in support of scientific endeavors and to benefit society at large.
What guides us
Our Values
The Society promotes the following values:
Communication
With transparency and honesty with respect for one another through active listening.
By seeking and using feedback for self-evaluation and decision-making.
With openness to change.
Diversity and Inclusion
By striving toward greater global diversity of our membership, leadership, and profession.
By promoting awareness and respect of differences across all aspects and among all members of our community.
By creating environments that are free of harassment and discrimination.
Ethics
Through scientific integrity and the highest level of professionalism.
By supporting collaborative science through open sharing of data and resources while acknowledging intellectual rights and protection of individuals’ rights to privacy.
While acknowledging and attributing intellectual contributions.
By acting responsibly and avoiding conflicts of interest.
By promoting environmental consciousness in our activities.
Excellence
In scientific publications, training and conferences through collaborative interaction.
Service
To our members, staff, international scientific community, and public at large through human relations, understanding, and support.
With efficient and effective use of resources.
With a commitment to the application of bioinformatics for the benefit of humankind and the environment.