🚀 Just a reminder that the Bioconductor Developer Forum is on this Monday!
Join us for a session on Exploring R and Rust in Bioinformatics with great speakers and community discussion.
🗓️ Date: Monday, July 28
🕔 Time: 11:00 AM EDT / 17:00 CEST
📢 Full details + Zoom link: https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-07-09-developers-forum-july28/
⏳ Last call to get your sticker on the #EuroBioC2025 Hexwall! Submit by tonight 🎨👇
https://genomic.social/@bioconductor/114856378812891375
(Can’t make the deadline? You can still submit for future Hexwalls)
📝 New blog post: Tagging Bioconductor packages with EDAM
🌟 Annual Nominations Open for CAB & TAB! 🌟
Want to contribute to Bioconductor, or know someone who should? Join our advisory boards!
🌐 Community Advisory Board (CAB):
- Enable productive and respectful participation
- Empower user and developer communities
🔧 Technical Advisory Board (TAB):
- Ensure long-term technical suitability
- Develop funding strategies for project viability
📅 Apply by Aug 31:
CAB: https://forms.gle/8NYxRGhprfuNBoRK7
TAB: https://forms.gle/eqef9ThpUypcJ5936
📄 New opinion piece by Vince Carey: Bioconductor: Planning a third decade of comprehensive support for genomic data science
🎨 Calling all Bioconductor package developers!
We’re building a Sticker Hexwall for #EuroBioC2025
Submit your package sticker by July 22 to be featured:
🔗 https://eurobioc2025.bioconductor.org/pages/hexwall.html
Know a package that’s missing a sticker? Encourage them to join in!
💻🧬 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 💻🧬
🚀 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/