Outstanding contribution to computational biology

The International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) selected Prof. Reinhard Schneider as the winner of the 2022 Outstanding Contributions to ISCB Award. It honours a member who made beneficial and lasting contributions to the ISCB through their leadership, service and educational work.

Schneider, head of the Bioinformatics Core at the LCSB and of the ELIXIR Luxembourg Node, was recognised for his key role for both the ISCB and the broad bioinformatics community. Throughout his career, he has been involved in various national and European projects in the areas of big data, knowledge management, high performance computing and data sustainability. At the LCSB, he has for example developed the infrastructure for data integration across disciplines, such as medicine and clinical research.

Schneider joined the ISCB board of directors in 2005 and, among other contributions, helped establish the ISCB Student Council. “I am thankful for my diverse experiences with ISCB, especially getting to invite very good students to my lab through the internship initiative and seeing the enthusiasm of these young scientists,” he highlights. “I hope this programme has contributed to train a bright new generation of researchers in bioinformatics and computational biology.” ¢