Great work, ISMB microblogging team

Another year, another ISMB/ECCB meeting and – another great blogging effort.

It’s all at the FriendFeed group: ISMB/ECCB Stockholm 2009, with outgoing links to individual blogs too.

Thanks and congratulations to all involved for a great effort. Looking forward to the official write-up.

Off to ISMB 2008

ISMB 2008 poster

The last major international conference that I attended was ISMB 2003. It was – right here in Brisbane, although I was living in Sydney at the time. I have to admit that I haven’t always been proactive when it comes to seeking funds to attend meetings. I’ll admit too that I have mixed feelings about conferences. Many of my best friends are scientists, but there’s something about being in a confined space with several hundred intense, academic types that unsettles me. There’s also the prospect (for Australians) of travelling for 24 hours to reach N. America or Europe.

Tomorrow, I’m jetting off to ISMB 2008 in Toronto. I’m sure that I’ll have a fine time once I get there and look forward to putting faces to those names that I’ve known for some years now. I’ll be standing next to this poster at some point too.

Look out for updates here and most likely, via FriendFeed.