🎨 Reminder: One week left to submit your sticker design! 🎨
The BioC2026 Sticker Design Contest is still open, but the deadline is fast approaching. This is your chance to design the official hex sticker for BioC2026, inspired by Seattle, WA.
đź—“ Deadline: February 20, 2026
👉 Submit your design here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_1PdKpXEjw4Ky14T43N-3eQQ783oFkDiaR0_Vu_rJJZG8Hg/viewform
🚀 Bioconductor Hackathon – Spatial Omics & Image-Derived Data
đź“Ť San Servolo, Italy (Venice)
🗓 19–23 April 2026
We’re organising a 4-day Bioconductor-focused hackathon on spatial omics and bioimaging data analysis, focusing on data representation, interoperable storage, scalable handling, and related topics. Developers in this field from the Bioconductor community and beyond are invited to participate.
đź’ˇ Limited travel support available
đź“ť Apply by 20 February:
https://forms.gle/Gv8EdpxV7XK73m857
🎉 Speaker Reveal – EuroBioC 2026
We’re excited to announce Dr Aura Raulo as a keynote speaker at EuroBioC 2026!
Dr Raulo works at the intersection of statistical modelling and network science, studying how microbes spread through social contact networks.
📍 Join us in Turku (3–5, June) for this keynote and to connect with the Bioconductor community.
🚨 Abstract submission is open!
Submit here: https://openreview.net/group?id=bioconductor.org/EuroBioC/2026/Conference#tab-recent-activity
Learn more about EuroBioC2026: https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/
🎉 Speaker Reveal – EuroBioC2026
We’re delighted to announce Prof Anders Krogh as a keynote speaker at EuroBioC 2026!
As head of the Center for Health Data Science at the University of Copenhagen, he has made significant contributions to bioinformatics and machine learning.
đź“Ť Join us in Turku (3-5 June) for this keynote & to connect with the Bioconductor community.
🚨 Abstract submission is open!
Submit here: https://openreview.net/group?id=bioconductor.org/EuroBioC/2026/Conference#tab-recent-activity
Learn more about EuroBioC2026: https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/
🎉 Speaker Reveal – EuroBioC2026
We’re excited to announce that Helena Kilpinen will deliver a keynote at EuroBioC 2026!
Helena uses computational and experimental methods to explore how genetic variations impact disease susceptibility, utilizing human iPSCs as models.
đź“ŤJoin us in Turku (3-5, June) for this keynote and to connect with the Bioconductor community.
🚨Abstract submission is open!
Submit here: https://openreview.net/group?id=bioconductor.org/EuroBioC/2026/Conference#tab-recent-activity
Learn more about EuroBioC2026 here: https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/
🎉 Speaker Reveal – EuroBioC2026!
We’re excited to announce that Prof Levi Waldron will deliver a keynote at EuroBioC2026!
Prof Waldron, a Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at CUNY, leads research in cancer genomics and metagenomic profiling, and fosters inclusive communities around open-source bioinformatics.
đź“ŤJoin us in Turku (3-5, June) for this keynote and to connect with the Bioconductor community.
🚨Abstract submission is open!
Submit here: https://openreview.net/group?id=bioconductor.org/EuroBioC/2026/Conference#tab-recent-activity
🚀 Registration for BioC2026 is open!
BioC2026 will bring together researchers, developers, and members of the Bioconductor community to share the latest advances in Bioconductor and in emerging technologies shaping computational biology.
📅 August 10–12, 2026
đź“Ť Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington
Register here: https://ti.to/nf-projects/bioc2026
🔔 The Bioconductor Developers’ Forum is back!
This monthly forum is for developers & users to discuss infrastructure, future tools, and community-driven changes.
đź—“ When: Last Thursday of every month
⏰ Time: 4pm GMT (8am PST / 6pm CEST)
First session: Feb 26, 2026, on Native GPU compute access in R: Metal, OpenCL, CUDA & heterogeneous hardware frameworks by Nicholas Cooley
Learn more here: https://bioconductor.org/developers/developers-forum/
đź“Ł The Call for Abstracts for BioC2026 is open!
We’re inviting submissions for workshops, posters, package demos, and short talks at BioC2026.
⏰ Deadline: 13 March 2026
📍 BioC2026 takes place 10–12 August 2026 in Seattle, WA
👉 Submit your abstract here: https://openreview.net/group?id=bioconductor.org/BioC/2026/Conference#tab-recent-activity
⚠️ Note: The OpenReview submission system requires all submitters to create an account at least two weeks before the abstract deadline. Please register early to avoid issues.
đź”— More info: https://bioc2026.bioconductor.org/
📢 Deadline Extended: EuroBioC2026 Call for Abstracts
Great news! The submission deadline for EuroBioC2026 has been extended to February 13, 2026, to allow more time for submissions.
We welcome submissions for:
đź’ˇ Short talks (10 minutes + Q&A)
đź’ˇ Posters (A0 portrait)
đź’ˇ Workshops (1.5-hour hands-on sessions)
👉 Submit your abstract here: https://openreview.net/group?id=bioconductor.org/EuroBioC/2026/Conference#tab-recent-activity
🎨 Reminder: Only a few days left to submit your sticker design! 🎨
The EuroBioC2026 sticker design contest is still open, but the deadline is fast approaching. This is your chance to design the official sticker for the European Bioconductor Conference, happening in June 2026 in Turku, Finland.
đź—“ Deadline: January 31st, 2026
👉 Submit your design here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6RZlyUspUBZAYKzjX_ctHg3HO-3I1D2y5YTGOTwj8-z6R_Q/viewform
đź”— Learn more: https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/
In a new effort to keep up the quality of the #rStats packages @bioconductor
will periodically "confirm valid maintainer emails and
remind maintainers of Bioconductor policies and expectations":
With links to
1. Code of Conduct: https://bioconductor.org/about/code-of-conduct/
2. Maintainer Expectations: https://contributions.bioconductor.org/bioconductor-package-submissions.html#author
3. Deprecation Practices: https://contributions.bioconductor.org/package-end-of-life-policy.html
And a link to validate that the maintainer accepts it so they can keep track of it.
I haven't found any public announcement of it to link
This is a great summary of the experience of @bioconductor being a member of @thecarpentries: https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-02-28-carpentries-update/ by @_mdoyle_
It is a very nice example of how other communities can partner with The Carpentries and grow together. Congratulations!!
⏰ Reminder: Pre-conference Workshop Proposals for EuroBioC2026
EuroBioC2026 will host on-site pre-conference workshops on June 1–2, 2026, in Turku, Finland, ahead of the main conference.
If you’re interested in hosting a workshop, please submit your interest here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScYOBMs0JsmoZY21mCSnWSBObm-OX7NtZi6NEjY9zNdhsqL5w/viewform
đź—“ Deadline: 30 January 2026
Selections will be based on relevance and alignment with the workshop and conference themes.
🎨 The BioC2026 Sticker Design Contest is live!
We’re inviting creative minds to design the official hex sticker for BioC2026, taking place in Seattle, WA. This conference brings together the global Bioconductor community to explore open-source software for bioinformatics & computational biology — and your design could be part of it!
👉 Enter by creating a Seattle-inspired hex sticker and submit it by Feb 20, 2026 here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_1PdKpXEjw4Ky14T43N-3eQQ783oFkDiaR0_Vu_rJJZG8Hg/viewform
🏆 Win free BioC2026 registration
⏰ Last Reminder: EuroBioC2026 Call for Abstracts
The deadline is fast approaching! Submissions are still open for short talks, posters, and workshops at EuroBioC2026.
đź—“ Submission deadline: 30 January 2026
👉 Submit your abstract: https://openreview.net/group?id=bioconductor.org/EuroBioC/2026/Conference#tab-recent-activity
Master #microbiome analysis with R/
@bioconductor ! Join our live online course Feb 2–6, with Prof.
@antagomir
&
Dr. Tuomas Borman - University of Turku, Finland
Dive into data import, diversity metrics, differential abundance, and multi-omics integration.
https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/microbiomebioconductor/