[CPM-SPIRE-L] RECOMB-CCB 2023 - Call for Papers

[RECOMB 2023]

RECOMB Computational Cancer Biology (RECOMB-CCB) 
April 14-15, 2023: Call for Submissions 
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This workshop brings together leading researchers in the mathematical, 
computational, and life sciences to discuss emerging frontiers in computational 
cancer research. Advent of exciting technologies such as single-cell 
multi-omics,  spatial sequencing, and digital pathology opens new horizons for 
the analysis of tumor tissues. New analysis tools reveal novel aspects of 
cancer complexity, including the tumor mutational and phenotypic landscape, 
evolutionary history, or interactions with the microenvironment. The emphasis 
of all contributed work will be on applying algorithmic, mathematical, and 
statistical approaches to improve our understanding of cancer and on the 
development of useful, effective, and efficient new methods in this area.

- VENUE:

RECOMB-CCB will be held in Istanbul on April 14-15, 2023 
prior to the main RECOMB conference.

 
- WEBSITE:

For further details, see http://recomb2023.bilkent.edu.tr/recombccb.html  

=-=-=-= CONTRIBUTIONS

RECOMB-CCB 2023 invites contributions in all areas of computational cancer 
biology in the following formats.  
 
- Full papers reporting on original research (both theoretical and 
experimental) for the Paper track.
- Abstracts on unpublished research for the Late Breaking Research track.
- Highlights of recently published (since Jan 1, 2022) high-impact research 
for the Highlights track.
- Posters describing unpublished or recently-published work for Posters track.

=-=-=-= TOPICS OF INTEREST

These include, but are not limited to, computational methods for:

- Cancer Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics 
- Single-Cell and Spatial Sequencing Technologies 
- Functional & Systems Biology
- Immunotherapy
- Mathematical Modeling of Cancer 
- Digital Pathology
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Cancer Evolution

=-=-=-= SUBMISSION

Please do follow the RECOMB main conference link

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=recomb2023

and select the RECOMB-CCB track “The 15th RECOMB Satellite Workshop on 
Computational Cancer Biology”.

=-=-=-= KEY DATES: (All times are 23:59, AoE)

- January 1, 2023: EasyChair submission opens

- January 31, 2023: Papers submission deadline
- February 17, 2023:  Highlights, and late breaking research abstracts submission deadline
- February 17, 2023:  Posters submission deadline 

- March 3, 2023: Decisions for all submissions
- April 1, 2023: Accepted papers deposited in preprint server 

- April 14-15, 2023: Workshop 

=-=-=-=  FULL PAPERS 

Submissions should represent original, previously unpublished work. The Program 
Committee will rigorously review submitted papers. Selected papers will be 
accepted for presentation at the conference. 

The submission deadline for papers is January 31, 2023. The authors will be 
notified of acceptance or rejection by email on March 3, 2023. Authors of 
accepted papers must submit the full paper to the preprint server arXiv, 
bioRxiv, or medRxiv by April 1, 2023  to ensure that the presented paper is 
accessible. 

RECOMB-CCB is partnering with PLoS Computational Biology. Authors of selected 
accepted papers will be invited, but not required, to submit an edited journal 
version to PLOS Computational Biology (as detailed below).

- PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY PARTNERSHIP

All submissions to RECOMB-CCB will be considered for publication in PLOS 
Computational Biology. The authors will be notified of whether their paper is 
accepted for oral presentation at RECOMB-CCB and simultaneously whether it is 
being considered for expedited review by PLoS Computational Biology on March 3, 
2023. Note that PLoS Computational Biology requires that a manuscript has both 
computational merit and clear and novel biological significance. The journal is 
Open Access and requires authors to pay publication charges. 

In addition to the RECOMB-CCB reviewers, the Editors of PLOS Computational 
Biology, as well as potentially 1-2 additional reviewers with particular 
knowledge of the biological applications addressed, will be actively engaged in 
those RECOMB-CCB accepted papers being considered for PLOS Computational 
Biology.

- PARALLEL SUBMISSION

If a full paper is submitted to the Paper track for oral presentation at 
RECOMB-CCB the authors can simultaneously submit their full paper to the 
journal of their choice. Note that papers accepted to RECOMB-CCB must be 
submitted to a preprint server (e.g arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv) by April 1, 2023.

- SPECIAL HANDLING OF PAPERS SUBMITTED TO RECOMB 2023

Papers that were previously reviewed and rejected by RECOMB 2023 can be 
submitted to RECOMB-CCB and reviewed as revised papers.  To submit a revision, 
please include the reviews received from RECOMB together with a point-by-point 
response describing the revisions made to the manuscript and how these 
revisions address the concerns raised by the reviewers. All reviews will be 
treated confidentially and will only be visible to the PC members evaluating 
your paper.

Please note that acceptance to RECOMB-CBB is not guaranteed, even if you have 
revised your submission. All papers, including those submitted directly to 
either satellite meeting, will be equally evaluated on the basis of scientific 
quality, technical novelty and level of interest to the respective community.

- MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION

A manuscript should start with a succinct statement of the problem, the results 
achieved, their significance, and a comparison with previous work. This 
material should be understandable to non-specialists. A technical exposition 
directed to the specialist should follow. The length, excluding cover page, 
bibliography, and appendix, should not exceed 10 pages. The manuscript should 
be easy to read, using at least 11 point font size on U.S. standard 8 1/2 by 11 
inch paper with no less than one inch margin all around. If the authors believe 
that more details are absolutely necessary to substantiate the claims of the 
paper, they may include a clearly marked appendix, or supplementary data, which 
might be read at the discretion of the reviewers. An email address for the 
contact author should be included. Manuscripts that deviate significantly from 
these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.

- LATE BREAKING RESEARCH

Abstracts (up to 1-page) describing unpublished research in computational 
cancer biology. The work may be in submission to a journal or conference at the 
time the abstract is submitted to RECOMB-CCB. 

- HIGHLIGHTS

Abstracts (up to 1-page) describing the computational contributions of papers 
that have been published in a journal after January 1, 2022 or papers that are 
“in press” at the time of submission and are already linked on the journal 
web-site. The papers will be selected for presentation by taking into 
consideration the impact of the work on the field, the likelihood that the work 
will make a good presentation and the relevance to biological and biomedical 
research in general.

Please visit RECOMB 2023 EasyChair server to submit your abstract to the 
appropriate track. Submissions must contain an abstract (1-page abstract, plain 
justified text in 10pt character size, formatted to fit US Letter paper 
8.5in x 11in, including title, author(s), affiliation, e-mail, the identity of 
the presenter (in case of a multi-authored paper), followed by the abstract 
text. Abstracts lacking this information will not be considered. Accepted 
presenters for the Late Breaking Research or Highlight tracks are required to 
make the presentation themselves and must register and pay to attend the 
conference.

The highlights and late breaking research abstract submission deadline is 
February 17, 2023. The authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by 
email on March 3, 2023.

- POSTERS (AND VERY SHORT LIGHTNING TALKS)

RECOMB-CCB 2023 invites the submission of abstracts of your work for 
presentation in a poster session. The poster can describe existing published 
or “in press” research or can describe new work. Submissions must contain an 
abstract (about 200 words, plain justified text in 10pt character size, 
formatted to fit A4: 21 x 29.7 cm, including title, author(s), affiliation, 
e-mail, a link to the published journal version (if any), and the identity of 
the presenter (in case of a multi-authored poster), followed by the abstract 
text. The submission deadline is February 17, 2023 with notification date of 
March 3, 2023. The program committee will select some of these abstracts for 
very short lightning talks. 
 
- SUBMISSION PROCEDURES AND NOTIFICATION

Submission of papers to RECOMB-CCB 2023 will be through the EasyChair 
conference system by selecting the appropriate track. The submission system 
will be open starting January 1, 2023 and ending January 31, 2023 23:59 AoE 
time.

The Program Committee, co-chaired by Giulio Caravagna (University of Trieste) 
and Gabriele Schweikert (Dundee University) will referee the conference 
submissions. Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by email on or 
before March 3, 2023.

An author of each accepted submission (paper, abstract, highlight, poster) 
is expected to attend the conference and present the paper; in case of 
unexpected circumstances, alternative arrangements, approved by the conference 
chair, should be made to have the paper presented.