Join us for the May edition of the Bioconductor Developers’ Forum!
This session will feature Enis Afgan presenting on “Galaxy, tool wrapping, and workflow development.”
The forum will explore how Galaxy integration, workflow development, and tool wrapping can help make Bioconductor software more accessible, reproducible, and easier to use across research communities.
📅 May 28, 2026
⏰ 4 pm GMT
🔗 Register to attend: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/FR97x5YtRBmSncZwIBaPsw
📢 We’re excited to launch the BiocAsia Seminar Series, bringing together the Asia-Pacific Bioconductor community through shared learning and connection.
The series will begin with two outstanding speakers:
- Prof Matt Ritchie, a key figure behind the BiocAsia events
- Dr Helena Crowell, who recently led the development of the resource Orchestrating Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis with Bioconductor.
📅 Tuesday, 12 May, 2026
⏰ 4:00-5:00 pm AEST
🔗 Register to attend: https://bit.ly/42gczgl
📅 Registration and schedule information for BioC2026 is now available.
The conference schedule is now live on the BioC2026 website, and registration is officially open for:
• the conference
• the Bioconductor-Carpentries Workshop
• the Hackathon
If you’re planning to attend, now is a great time to explore the program and register. Early bird pricing ends on 15 June 2026.
🎟️ More details and registration: https://bioc2026.bioconductor.org
📢 Deadline Extended: EuroBioC2026 Call for Late-Breaking Poster Abstracts and registration
Great news! The deadline has been extended to May 18, 2026, to allow more time for submissions and registration.
EuroBioC2026 will also feature a conference dinner inspired by the Finnish summer celebration of Juhannus, taking place on the beautiful island of Ruissalo on 3 June.
👉 Submit your abstract here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBkwTH84uIzaMk5Zy5kxdQnSkoDbaUGdmcbFD007hpL8i-cg/viewform
👉 Register for #EuroBioC2026 here: https://eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org/pages/registration.html
🚀 Bioconductor 3.23 is released!
We’re excited to share the release of Bioconductor 3.23, featuring:
✅2418 software packages (94 new)
✅437 experiment data packages (5 new)
✅928 annotation packages
✅8 books (2 new)
✅28 workflows
✨and many updates and improvements to existing packages!
Thanks to all developers and community members for contributing to the project!
🔗 Please see the full release announcement here: https://bioconductor.org/news/bioc_3_23_release/
📣 Reminder: our second Bioconductor Developer Seminar Series session is this Monday!
💻 Topic: Development Plans for CVXR
📅 Date: April 27, 2026
🕒 Time: 9 PM CET / 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT
🔗 Register for the Zoom link:
https://dfci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z0aFKypFT-e5DbzFlrqtBg
🚀 Post-BioC2026 Workshop: Single-cell Analysis with Bioconductor
This two‑day Bioconductor Carpentry workshop will focus on large‑scale single‑cell data analysis using Bioconductor. It will combine the Carpentries’ hands‑on, interactive teaching approach with Bioconductor‑specific materials and workflows.
📅 13–14 August 2026
📍 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4sHMe5m
👉 Register now to secure your spot: https://bit.ly/4mE3t6l
🚀 Join the BioC2026 General Hackathon!
Following BioC2026 in Seattle, we’re excited to host a Bioconductor-focused hackathon over the two days after the conference.
📅 13–14 August 2026
📍 Seattle Children’s Research Institute
This is a great opportunity to collaborate, build, and contribute to open-source bioinformatics projects in a supportive and dynamic environment.
📝Interested in joining?
Find more info here: https://bit.ly/4sHMe5m
Apply here: https://bit.ly/4cuQQpr
Upcoming Bioconductor Africa seminar series session: Orchestrating Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor
In this series, we’ll explore how Bioconductor supports microbiome data science through modular, interoperable workflows and how to analyse, manage, and reproducibly report multi-modal microbiome data using R
📅 May 6, May 13, May 20 2026
⏰ 4 PM EAT | 3 PM CAT | 2 PM WAT
👤 Speaker: Tuomas Borman
🔗 Register to attend: https://bit.ly/3QeMkUI
Coming next: CRISPR data analysis (June 2026)
📢 Bioconductor and Physalia Courses are offering 2 free seats for the upcoming Statistical Methods for Metatranscriptomics course to participants from low- or middle-income countries (LMIC)
📅 27-29 April 2026
Instructor: Dr. Himel Mallick, Cornell University
If you're from an LMIC and would like to join this course, apply here 👉 https://bit.ly/3Pyyzjj
Find out more about the course: https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/metatranscriptomics/
Our April Bioconductor Developers’ Forum is coming up!
This session will feature Anthony Christidis and Ludwig Geistlinger presenting on “Integrating AI Tools into IDEs.”
As AI tools and LLMs rapidly evolve, this topic has become central to how we think about development workflows. This session will explore practical approaches to integrating these tools and help guide adoption and decision-making within the community.
📅 Apr 30 2026
⏰ 4 pm UTC
🔗 Register to attend: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sR7g0aY0Ts6rcBdv3FZzUA#/registration
Our second Bioconductor Seminar Series session is coming up!
This series aims to connect cutting-edge research with Bioconductor development.
💻 Topic: Development Plans for CVXR
📅 Date: Apr 27 2026
🕒 Time: 9 PM CET / 3 PM EST / 12 PM PST
🔗 Register for the Zoom link:
https://dfci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z0aFKypFT-e5DbzFlrqtBg#/registration
📣 Meet Nicholas Cooley, Bioconductor’s new Developer Engagement Lead.
In his latest blog post, Nick reflects on stepping into this role and what he hopes to achieve for the Bioconductor community.
His focus is on strengthening developer support, improving onboarding, especially for early-career researchers, and creating better recognition for the many contributors who sustain the project.
Find out more here: https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2026-04-09-developer-engagement/
📣 Call for Late-Breaking Poster Abstracts – EuroBioC2026
If you missed the earlier poster submission deadline, you can now submit your work as a late-breaking poster for EuroBioC2026.
📝 Submit by: Thursday, April 30, 2026
🔗Submit here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdBkwTH84uIzaMk5Zy5kxdQnSkoDbaUGdmcbFD007hpL8i-cg/viewform
Decisions will be shared within a week of the deadline. If you need an earlier notification (e.g., for funding or visa applications), feel free to reach out at eurobioc@bioconductor.org.
🚨 R-consortium ISC top-level project R-universe is working with Bioconductor to help gradually modernize parts of its infrastructure, while accommodating the project’s scale, governance, and established processes that have made Bioconductor a trusted resource for over 20 years.
This collaboration brings:
- Continuous cross-platform builds
- Modern infrastructure
- Improved package visibility & diagnostics
- Reduced maintenance burden for the community
🔗 Learn more: https://blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2026-04-08-r-universe-collaboration/
Bioconductor Africa is excited to kick off its Advanced Training Series with an introductory session on Bioconductor!
In this session, we will explore:
- The foundations of the Bioconductor project
- How it supports biological data analysis
- Opportunities to get involved in the global community
📅 April 15, 2026
⏰ 4 PM EAT | 3 PM CAT | 2 PM WAT
👤 Speaker: Kevin Rue-Albrecht
🔗 Register to attend: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/4iy904brRviPrFSBxIukdg#/registration
Coming up next: Microbiome data analysis (May 2026)
🎉 Announcing the BioC2026 Sticker Design Winner: Kavya Vaddadi 🎉
Kavya's design celebrates Seattle as the host city of BioC 2026, featuring well-known
landmarks such as the Space Needle, the Seattle Great Wheel, Mount Rainier, and the surrounding evergreen forests. Puget Sound and a Washington State ferry reflect Seattle’s maritime landscape and the culture of connection across the region.
👉 Register for BioC2026 here: https://ti.to/nf-projects/bioc2026
🎉 Announcing the EuroBioC2026 Sticker Design Winner!
🏆 Winner: Rafael Romero Becerra, PhD
🎨 Rafael’s design captures Turku with the cathedral silhouette over the Aura River, Turku Castle in the background, and a playful nod to the iconic Posankka at the river’s edge. A Finnish–Scandinavian folk-art border ties it together, offering a warm regional welcome to the Bioconductor community.
👉 Register for EuroBioC2026 here: https://bit.ly/eurobioc2026-register
🧬 Bioconductor, in collaboration with Physalia Courses, is offering an upcoming online course on Epigenomics Data Analysis.
📅 13-17 April 2026
The course covers key concepts and practical workflows in regulatory epigenomics, including analysis of RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, MNase-seq, and Hi-C data. Participants will work through the full pipeline, from raw sequencing data to downstream analyses, using R/Bioconductor and command-line tools.
👉 Learn more & register: https://www.physalia-courses.org/courses-workshops/course59b/
📢 Bioconductor and Physalia Courses are offering 2 free seats per course to participants based in low- or middle-income countries to expand access to high-quality training in bioinformatics and computational biology.
If you're from an LMIC and would like to join any of the courses listed below, apply here👉 https://bit.ly/3Pyyzjj
(You may apply for more than one course by submitting a separate application for each course topic)
