💻🧬 Join the Bioconductor project at BioHackathon Europe 2025!
We're excited to be part of BioHackathon Europe 2025 (Berlin, Nov 3–7) with a project focused on improving metadata and interoperability in bioinformatics.
In-person registration closes Tuesday, July 15 - virtual participation stays open!
🔗 Project details: https://github.com/elixir-europe/biohackathon-projects-2025/blob/main/13.md
🔗 All projects: https://biohackathon-europe.org/projects/
Join the discussion in the #edam-collaboration channel on Bioconductor Zulip.
Join the Bioconductor Developer Forum - R & Rust in Bioinformatics
Curious about combining R and Rust in your bioinformatics workflows?
On 28 July, join us for an online session featuring talks on extendr, Rust-based package development, and real-world use cases in Bioconductor and CRAN.
🗓️ Date: Monday, 28 July 2025
🕔 Time: 17:00–18:00 CEST
📍 Location: Online
🔗 Read the blog post https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-07-09-developers-forum-july28/
📣 BioCAsia 2025: Call for Workshops
Join the Bioconductor stream at ABACBS 2025 in Adelaide!
Submit your hands-on workshop EOI by August 1.
Flexible 90-min blocks.
📝 New blog post: Bioconductor in Brazil (Microbiome workshop recap) 🇧🇷
Bioconductor’s first microbiome course in Brazil took place at UFMG in Belo Horizonte, led by Leo Lahti and Izabela Mamede.
The workshop brought together students, researchers, and instructors to explore microbiome data analysis using Bioconductor tools and the OMA book.
🔗 https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-07-10-microbiome-course-brazil/
💬 Join the conversation in Bioconductor Zulip: #miaverse and #microbiome_metagenome
⏰ Reminder: EuroBioC2025 late-breaking poster submissions close this Friday, July 11!
Submit your abstract to present your work in Barcelona, Sept 17–19:
🔗 forms.gle/ewTGdKzB2xyEg58f8
Don’t miss your chance to be part of #EuroBioC2025!
📝 New blog post: Bioconductor and ggplot2 4.0.0 – What’s Changing and How to Prepare
A major ggplot2 update (v4.0.0) is coming and may affect many Bioconductor packages. This post explains what’s changing, how to test your packages, and where to get help.
📖 Read more: https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-07-07-ggplot2-update/
📝 New Bioconductor blog post!
Written during #GBCC2025 CoFest, this post highlights recent work to bring Bioconductor tools into Galaxy, featuring training materials, wrapper examples, and ideas for tool developers.
Read more 👉 https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-07-03-bioc-to-galaxy/
#Bioconductor #Bioinformatics #RStats #GalaxyProject #OpenScience
Thank you to everyone who made #GBCC2025 such a great week!
From keynotes and technical talks to CoFest projects, it was a brilliant example of cross-community collaboration between Bioconductor and Galaxy 💻🧬
Thank you to all the attendees, speakers, organizers, and sponsors who made GBCC2025 a success!
Your energy and contributions made this an inspiring week of science and collaboration.
Until next time!
🚀 We're hiring!
Senior Research Fellow – Bioinformatics & Open Source
📍 UL, Ireland | 💻 Hybrid
🗓️ Apply by: 4 July 2025, 12:00 IST
💶 €79–85K
Lead developer engagement for Bioconductor
🔗 https://universityvacancies.com/university-limerick/senior-research-fellow-bioinformatics-and-open-source-development-bioconductor
📩 Questions? Maria Doyle
Integrating @bioconductor packages with the #ELIXIR Research Software Ecosystem using #EDAM
https://pasteur.hal.science/hal-05098338/
From the recent ELIXIR All Hands Meeting, 2025, Jun 2025, Thessalokini, Greece
📣 Late-breaking poster call for #EuroBioC2025 is now open!
Submit by July 11 to present your work in Barcelona this September.
🔗 https://forms.gle/ewTGdKzB2xyEg58f8
📅 Notifications by July 15
📝 New blog post from the Bioconductor Training Committee!
We’re collaborating with @physaliacourses2 to offer co-branded training in bioinformatics and computational biology.
Read more 👉 https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-06-20-physalia-collaboration/
🎉 Two weeks in, and our move from Slack to Zulip is going great.
Thanks to everyone in the Bioconductor community for helping make the switch smooth and getting involved in the new space.
If you haven’t joined yet, come take a look:
➡️ https://chat.bioconductor.org
📖 https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-05-29-slack-to-zulip/
Big thanks to the https://fosstodon.org/@zulip team for supporting open-source communities.
🎓 Sharpen your RNA-seq skills at EuroBioC2025 Workshops!
📍 Barcelona | Bulk & Single-cell RNA-seq
📅 Sept 15–16 | Hands-on training
🎟️ Limited spots. Register now: eurobioc2025.bioconductor.org
⏰ Today’s the day! ⏳
It’s your last chance to register for GBCC2025 with on-site housing included at Cold Spring Harbor. Join us for a week of cutting-edge science, hands-on workshops, and community connections.
Learn more and register now: https://gbcc2025.bioconductor.org/
⏰ Reminder: The GBCC2025 scholarship deadline is this Monday, 2 June!
Don’t miss your chance to apply: https://forms.gle/WKoLb5NUR6FVmeRM9
Feel free to share with others who might be interested.
