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đź“Ł Reminder: BioC2026 Call for Abstracts is Closing Soon!

Just a quick reminder that the Call for Abstracts for BioC2026 is currently open. We welcome submissions for workshops, posters, package demos, and short talks.

⏰ Submission deadline: 13 March 2026
📍 BioC2026: 10–12 August 2026 | Seattle, WA

👉 Submit your abstract:
https://openreview.net/group?id=bioconductor.org/BioC/2026/Conference#tab-recent-activity

⚠️ Important: OpenReview requires all submitters to create an account at least two weeks before the abstract deadline. Please register early.

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2 days ago
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📢 CSAMA 2026: Biological Data Science Summer School registrations are open for its 22nd edition.

The one-week intensive programme will teach advanced analysis of modern molecular data, including single-cell and spatial omics, through lectures and hands-on training. Participants will use R/Bioconductor to analyse real datasets and gain practical skills for designing and interpreting omics studies

đź“Ť Bressanone-Brixen, Italy
🗓 24–29 May 2026

đź”— Learn more and register: https://csama2026.bioconductor.eu/

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2 days ago
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Ahead of #EuroBioC2026, Bioconductor, together with the University of Turku, CompLifeSci, and the Finnish Society for Bioinformatics, will host a Carpentries-style workshop on Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor.

📅 1–2 June 2026

Participants will learn to:
🔹 Import, process & analyze microbiome datasets
🔹 Explore diversity patterns
🔹 Perform differential abundance analyses

👩‍🏫 Instructors: Leo Lahti, Himel Mallick & Tuomas Borman

đź”— Learn more and register:
https://bit.ly/4aNS6Vd

4 days ago
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đź“Ł Join our Bioconductor-focused hackathon in Turku on June 1-2, before EuroBioC2026.

Proposed projects include: an R package for CUDA API bindings, tools for building lightweight containers from Bioconductor package dependency graphs, and converting R scripts into portable command-line executables.
Participation is open to all, regardless of career stage or technical background.

👉 Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQPwHgF7fJwfwkXxKPZeB5W_MjTMQpjLbRZj1ix-bA4vLYOg/viewform

February 24, 2026
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The Bioconductor Developer Forum is coming up on:

đź—“ Thursday, February 26, 2026
đź•“ 4pm GMT / 11am EST / 8am PST

The Developer Forum is a space for technical, scientific, and infrastructure discussions across the Bioconductor project. This session will feature Native GPU compute access in R with Nicholas Cooley.

đź”— Scan the QR code below or follow this link for Zoom details: https://community-bioc.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/507552-developers-forum/topic/Developer.20Forum.20Relaunch.20-.20February.202026/near/574285132

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February 23, 2026
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🚀 Registration for EuroBioC2026 is open!

EuroBioC2026 will bring together the global Bioconductor community to showcase the latest cutting-edge developments in Bioconductor software packages and broader emerging technologies shaping computational biology.

📅 June 3–5, 2026
đź“Ť BioCity, Turku, Finland

Register by May 3 to secure your spot:
https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/pages/registration.html

#EuroBioC2026 #Bioconductor

February 20, 2026
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🎨 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

#BioC2026 #Bioconductor

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February 13, 2026
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🚀 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

February 13, 2026
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🎉 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/

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February 12, 2026
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🎉 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/

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February 11, 2026
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🎉 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/

Poster announcing Helena Kilpinen as a keynote speaker for EuroBioC 2026. The graphic features the Bioconductor logo at the top and a headshot of Helena Kilpinen in a teal circular frame. She is identified as Group Leader at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) and the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE) Neuroscience Center. The text describes her work combining computational and experimental methods to study how genetic variation influences susceptibility to common and rare diseases using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Event details: June 3–5, 2026, BioCity Turku, Finland, with the website eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org. Logos for The Finnish Society for Bioinformatics, University of Turku, and CompuLifeSci appear at the bottom.
February 10, 2026
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🎉 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

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February 09, 2026
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🚀 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

February 06, 2026
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🔔 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/

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February 05, 2026
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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/

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February 02, 2026
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📢 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

#EuroBioC2026 #Bioconductor

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January 30, 2026
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🎨 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/

#EuroBioC2026 #Bioconductor

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January 20, 2026
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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

January 17, 2026