🚨 There are only a few hours left to register for BioC2026 and submit a late-breaking poster abstract.
Don't miss the opportunity to join the Bioconductor community in Seattle this August.
🎟️ Register: https://bit.ly/4xpG5hQ
📌 Submit your late-breaking poster: https://bit.ly/4efxyqh
📢 We're excited to announce that Ben Busby will be presenting "Developing Technologies That Meet the New Scale of Digital Biology" at the BioC2026 Conference.
Ben's talk tackles head-on the infrastructure challenges that come with biology's explosive growth in data scale and complexity.
Join us to hear how his team is engineering solutions designed to keep pace with the field's rapidly evolving demands.
🔗 Register to attend: https://bioc2026.bioconductor.org/
Late-breaking poster submissions for BioC2026 are open, and regular registration is still available through 27 July 2026.
Join the Bioconductor community in Seattle, 10-12 August 2026.
🎟️ Register: https://bit.ly/4xpG5hQ
📌 Submit your late-breaking poster: https://bit.ly/4efxyqh
In November 2025, researchers from across West Africa gathered at the University of Abomey-Calavi for a week-long hands-on workshop on Bioconductor, R and bulk RNA-seq data analysis.
🎥 Watch the recap below and read how about the workshop here: https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-12-11-benin-course/
Thank you to the University of Abomey-Calavi (GBioS and URMAPha), the University of Limerick, IITA, the instructors, classroom helpers and every participant who made the workshop such a success.
📢 After BioC2026 wraps up, the learning will continue with two post-conference events on 13-14 August in Seattle.
- Single-cell RNA-seq Workshop
Gain hands-on experience analysing large-scale single-cell RNA-seq data with Bioconductor.
Sign up 👉 https://bit.ly/4et8Djg
- Bioconductor Hackathon
Code, collaborate, contribute, and connect with the Bioconductor community.
Sign up 👉 https://bit.ly/44rgGqN
Learn more about both events: https://bit.ly/4eHWR3k
📣 Call for Workshop Proposals: BioCAsia 2026
BioCAsia 2026 will take place on 19–20 November 2026 in Melbourne, Australia, and the call for workshop proposals is now open.
We encourage proposals on Bioconductor software and workflows, as well as topics such as single-cell and spatial omics, reproducible workflows, cloud computing, machine learning, genomics, microbiome analysis, and more.
🗓️ Submission deadline: 21 August 2026
🔗 https://www.abacbs.org/workshops-2026-call
📢 There's still time to join the Bioconductor community at BioC2026!
Regular registration and late-breaking poster submissions are open until 27 July 2026.
🎟️ Register: https://bit.ly/4xpG5hQ
📌 Submit your late-breaking poster: https://bit.ly/4efxyqh
Two exciting post-conference events will take place 13-14 August 2026, immediately following BioC2026.
1. Hands-on Workshop
Learn large-scale single-cell RNA-seq analysis using Bioconductor.
👉 Sign up: https://bit.ly/4et8Djg
2. Bioconductor Hackathon
Collaborate with the Bioconductor community on package development, documentation, workflows, and other community-driven projects.
👉 Sign up: https://bit.ly/44rgGqN
📖 Learn more about both events: https://bit.ly/4eHWR3k
📢 Bioconductor Developers' Forum | July 2026
🗓️ July 30, 2026 | 4:00 PM GMT
Topic: The Orchestrating Single Cell Analysis books
Presenter: Aaron Lun
The Orchestrating Single Cell Analysis books are key Bioconductor resources for learning single-cell analysis, but maintaining them presents ongoing challenges. Join us to discuss their design, maintenance challenges, and strategies for more sustainable book development.
Register to attend: https://bit.ly/4gApqlU
🌟 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/qXwPqEzPET45MimW7
TAB: https://forms.gle/MLYBYDgdbU1CUVU99
Don't miss the opportunity to be part of BioC2026 this August in Seattle.
Registration is still open, and you can also submit a late-breaking poster abstract until 27 July 2026.
🎟️ Register: https://bit.ly/4xpG5hQ
📌 Submit your late-breaking poster: https://bit.ly/4efxyqh
🚨 Don't miss the BioC2026 post-conference events!
Immediately after BioC2026, two parallel events will be held in Seattle on 13–14 August.
1. Want to sharpen your single-cell RNAseq analysis skills?
Register for the hands-on Bioconductor-Carpentries workshop:
👉 https://bit.ly/4et8Djg
2. Want to contribute to open source and work alongside Bioconductor developers?
Join the Bioconductor Hackathon:
👉 https://bit.ly/44rgGqN
📖 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4eHWR3k
Don't miss your chance to join the Bioconductor community in Seattle this August.
Regular registration and late-breaking poster submissions are open through July 27, 2026.
🎟️ Register: https://lnkd.in/eubT7qHn
📌 Submit a late-breaking poster: https://lnkd.in/enQ5N4E7
📢 Save the date: BiocAsia Seminar Series
Registrations are now open for the second seminar in the BiocAsia Seminar Series. This seminar will feature Dr Dharmesh Bhuva presenting: "A Single-Cell Spatially-Resolved Human Whole Transcriptome Atlas of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Associates Spatial Features with Clinical Response"
📅 Date: Tuesday, 14 July
⏰ Time: 4:00–5:00 pm AEST (UTC+10)
🌏 Location: Online (Zoom)
🔗 Register here: https://adelaide.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IZPr8UleT3iOLOPDj6m7jw
Join the upcoming Bioconductor Africa seminar on GWAS data analysis using the GENESIS package.
📅 July 22 & 29, 2026
⏰ 5 PM EAT | 4 PM CAT | 3 PM WAT
👤 Speaker: Stephanie Gogarten (PRIMED and GREGoR)
🔗 Register to attend: https://bit.ly/3SxHDGC
🎥 EuroBioC2026 recordings are now live on YouTube!
Watch keynote talks, workshops, short talks, flash talks, and poster pitches from this year's conference—all in one playlist.
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdl4u5ZRDMQSeTgs5bOmbGmSMWVZits14
Two post-conference events will run in parallel immediately after BioC2026 in Seattle on 13-14 August 2026. Please register for one of the following
1. A hands-on workshop covering single-cell RNA-seq analysis using Bioconductor.
👉 Register: https://bit.ly/4et8Djg
2. Bioconductor Hackathon to collaborate with the Bioconductor community on package development, documentation, workflows, and community-driven projects.
👉 Sign up: https://bit.ly/44rgGqN
More info: https://bit.ly/4eHWR3k
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make #EuroBioC2026 possible — our sponsors, organisers, speakers, workshop instructors, volunteers, and attendees.
Over three days, the Bioconductor community came together to share new research, showcase software, exchange ideas, build collaborations, and celebrate an incredible milestone: 25 years of Bioconductor.
Read the full conference recap here 👉 https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2026-06-19-EuroBioc2026-recap/
See you in Basel for #EuroBioC2027!
🧬 Upcoming R/Bioconductor Package Development Course
Bioconductor, in collaboration with Physalia Courses, is offering an upcoming online course on Developing R/Bioconductor Packages for Genomics.
📅 6-10 July 2026
The course combines lectures, demonstrations, guided exercises, office hours, and community discussions to help participants build the skills needed to develop and maintain their own R/Bioconductor packages.
👉 Learn more and register: https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/r-packages/