title: 2016 ISCB Overton Prize awarded to Debora Marks.
abstract: The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) recognizes the achievements of an early- to mid-career scientist with the Overton Prize each year. The Overton Prize was established to honor the untimely loss of Dr. G. Christian Overton, a respected computational biologist and founding ISCB Board member. Winners of the Overton Prize are independent investigators in the early to middle phases of their careers who are selected because of their significant contributions to computational biology through research, teaching, and service. 2016 will mark the fifteenth bestowment of the ISCB Overton Prize.  ISCB is pleased to confer this award the to Debora Marks, Assistant Professor of Systems Biology and director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Computational Biology at Harvard Medical School.
authors.affiliation: Freelance Science Writer, Kensington, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Christiana N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Fogg
authors.affiliation: International Society for Computational Biology, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Diane E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kovats
keywords: Debora Marks; Dr. G. Christian Overton; ISCB; Overton Prize; systems biology