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1. Our global RSG family has a
presence in more than 25
countries worldwide and is led
locally by young researchers and
students to promote
computational biology and
bioinformatics
activities.
Europe
Asia
Oceania
North America
South America
Africa
RSG Australia RSG Northern Africa
RSG Nigeria
RSG Uruguay
RSG Brazil
RSG Argentina
RSG Peru
RSG Colombia
RSG Ecuador
RSG Venezuela
RSG Chile
RSG Mexico
RSG Spain
RSG France
RSG Luxembourg
RSG Italy
RSG Norway
RSG Finland
RSG Turkey
RSG Denmark
RSG Netherland
RSG Bangladesh
RSG India
RSG Iran
RSG Pakistan
RSG community
20
23 To learn more, please visit
www.iscbsc.org/rsg
We acknowledge the support received by the ISCB and ISCB-SC leaders, the efforts of RSG
leaders, and the participants of our activities around the globe.
If you are interested in knowing more about the RSGs or joining the RSG committee to help
coordinate RSG activities or expand to new regions, please check the QR code.
Presented by the ISCB-SC RSG committee at the ISMB/ECCB2023 conference in Lyon, France.
Glimpses of activities organized
by the local RSG communities for
young researchers and students in
bioinformatics and computational
biology.
RSGs recognized (so far) in 2023
Maps color references
RSGs recognized for last year
RSGs organize a wide variety of events, such as
symposiums, webinars, podcasts, workshops,
courses, panel discussions, hackathons, scicomm
& outreach, and networking events to disseminate
science and provide training on cutting-edge
topics in computational biology, often in
collaboration with local schools, organizations, and
institutions.
RSGs around the world
Pradeep Eranti¹, Aayush Grover², Carla Padilla Franzotti³
ISCB Student Council Regional Student Groups:
Connecting young computational biologists around the Globe
The ISCB Student Council started the ‘Regional Student Groups’ (RSG) program in 2006 to facilitate
interactions between local young scientists and students in computational biology and bioinformatics
across the globe. RSGs have developed a platform for young computational biology researchers and
students at local regions to nurture networking potential and foster bioinformatics education, thus
overcoming the challenges in their regional communities.
In 2022, the 1st Symposium of Spanish-Speaking Students
in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (SEH2Bioinfo)
was organized, marking it the first bioinformatics event with
extensive collaboration among Spanish-speaking RSGs: RSG
Argentina, RSG Spain, RSG Ecuador, RSG Venezuela, RSG
Colombia, RSG Chile, RSG Peru, and with secondary
collaborations from RSG Costa Rica and RSG México. This
event contributed to enhancing plurilingualism and linguistic
diversity in science and bioinformatics, eliminating barriers to
accessing scientific communication.
7th Argentine Symposium of
Young Researchers in
Bioinformatics (1st hybrid event)
2nd BioInfo Speed Networking:
“How I Got Here?” across
Spain nodes, simultaneously
13th annual COMBINE
Bioinformatics Student
Symposium in Australia
9th annual RSG-Turkey
Symposium
"Meet the Bioinformatician" series in India
Young BITS-RSG Italy
Symposium at BITS Annual
Meeting
Cycle of Conferences in
Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology in Venezuela
Brazilian Bioinformatics
League (LBB)
2022-2023
1st ISCB RSG Bangladesh CompBio Symposium
JeBiF Pubs - networking event over
a drink in France
Biggest collaboration among RSGs
Follow RSGs on their social media channels
to get to know their events across the year!
Introduction to biopython tools in
collaboration with PyCon Colombia
RSG committee's focus for the near future
To expand the RSG community's presence and
activities across Africa, Asia, and North America.
To facilitate more in-person events, which
stopped due to the covid-19 pandemic.
To provide a platform for increased cross-
border and inter-continental collaborations.
¹Université Paris Cité, France, ²ETH Zurich, Switzerland, ³Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina
@iscbsc rsg@iscbsc.org