title: Highlights from the ISCB Student Council Symposia in 2016.
abstract: This editorial provides a brief overview of the 12th International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) Student Council Symposium and the 4th European Student Council Symposium held in Florida, USA and The Hague, Netherlands, respectively. Further, the role of the ISCB Student Council in promoting education and networking in the field of computational biology is also highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Parasitology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.|Advanced Database Research and Modeling group (ADReM), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cuypers
authors.affiliation: Centre for Integrative Bioinformatics (IBIVU), VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.affiliation: Broad Institute, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, USA.
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Siranosian
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Postdam, Germany.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwahn
authors.affiliation: Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley Mae
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Conard
authors.affiliation: Computational Cancer Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Nanne
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aben
authors.affiliation: Genomics and Computational Biology Research Group, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Treforest, UK.
authors.forename: Mehedi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: Eukaryotic Evolution Research Group, School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK.
authors.forename: Nazeefa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fatima
authors.affiliation: Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne M A
authors.initials: SMA
authors.lastname: Hermans
authors.affiliation: Department of Computing Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Woghiren
authors.affiliation: Advanced Database Research and Modeling group (ADReM), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5903-633X
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meysman
authors.affiliation: Genomics and Computational Biology Research Group, Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science, University of South Wales, Treforest, UK.
authors.forename: Farzana
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.affiliation: Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Anupama
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jigisha
keywords: European Student Council Symposium; ISCB Student Council; Meeting highlights; Networking events; Outreach; Public engagement; Science communication; Student Council Symposium