ISCB Senior Scientist Award

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ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award
Awarded formajor contributions to the field of computational biology through research, education, service, or a combination of the three
First awarded2003
Website iscb.org/iscb-awards/accomplishment-senior-scientist-award

The ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award [1] is an annual prize awarded by the International Society for Computational Biology for contributions to the field of computational biology.

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