International Society for Computational Biology Honors David Eisenberg with 2013 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB; http://www.iscb.org) honors a senior scientist each year for his or her outstanding achievements. The ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist recognizes a leading member of the computational biology community for his or her significant contributions to the field through research, service, and training. The 2013 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award honors Dr. David Eisenberg of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Eisenberg (Image 1) was selected the by ISCB’s awards committee, which is chaired by Dr. Alfonso Valencia of the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) in Madrid. Dr. Eisenberg will receive his awards and deliver a keynote address at the ISCB’s 21 annual Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) meeting. This meeting is being held jointly with the 12 European Conference on Computational Biology and will take place in Berlin, Germany on July 19–23, 2013 (http://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2013).