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Promotional graphic for the July 2026 Bioconductor Developers' Forum. The session, "The Orchestrating Single Cell Analysis books," will be presented by Aaron Lun on July 30, 2026, at 4:00 PM GMT. The graphic includes a brief description of the talk about the design, maintenance challenges, and sustainable development of the Orchestrating Single Cell Analysis books, along with a QR code for registration and the Bioconductor logo.
Bioconductor nominations graphic with CAB and TAB illustrations and www.bioconductor.org
Large group photo of EuroBioC2026 participants gathered on the lawn in front of Villa Marjaniemi in Ruissalo, Turku. Attendees are standing and seated on the grass and staircase of the historic yellow wooden villa, surrounded by mature trees under a bright blue sky. A Bioconductor banner is displayed at the centre of the group during the conference dinner and 25th anniversary celebrations.
Group photo of participants at the Bioconductor Spatial Omics Hackathon on San Servolo Island, Italy. Researchers and software developers stand and kneel together on a terrace overlooking the Venetian lagoon, with water, distant buildings, and a partly cloudy sky in the background. Participants are wearing conference badges and posing for a group photograph during the event.
BioC2026 conference announcement. The event will take place August 10–12, 2026, at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. The conference brings together researchers, developers, and Bioconductor community members to share advances in Bioconductor and emerging technologies in computational biology.
Promotional graphic for BioC2026 featuring the text “Call for Late-Breaking Poster Abstracts” in large red letters. The poster includes the Bioconductor logo at the top, alongside the event details: “BioC2026, 10–12 August 2026, Seattle, Washington.” A QR code appears in the lower left corner with the note “Submit here by June 30th 2026.” On the lower right, additional information lists the conference website, bioc2026.bioconductor.org, and the venue, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. The design uses a beige background with red and black text accents.
Promotional slide for the Bioconductor Africa Seminar Series titled “Analysing CRISPR amplicon sequencing Data with ampliCan.” The slide features a photo of speaker Kornel Labun from the University of Warsaw on the left, with a short description of the session explaining that it will cover CRISPR amplicon sequencing analysis using the Bioconductor package ampliCan, including genome editing outcome analysis, automated reports, workflow customisation, and HDR estimation. The event date and time are listed as June 17, 2026 at 4 PM EAT / 3 PM CAT / 2 PM WAT. A QR code for registration appears on the right alongside the Bioconductor logo.
Promotional graphic for the Bioconductor Developers’ Forum. The slide features the Bioconductor logo in the top left and the title “Developers’ Forum” at the top right. A large QR code for registration appears on the left with the text “Scan to register to attend.” On the right, the description explains that the May forum will explore how Galaxy, tool wrapping, and workflow development can make Bioconductor software more accessible, reproducible, and easier to use across research communities. Event details list the session title “Galaxy, tool wrapping, and workflow development,” the date and time “May 28, 2026 | 4 pm GMT,” and the speaker, Enis Afgan. The design uses a light grey background with black and blue text accents.
Poster for BioC2026 announcing a call for late-breaking poster abstracts. The poster features the Bioconductor logo at the top, followed by the text “BioC2026” and the dates “10–12 August, 2026 · Seattle, Washington.” Large bold red text in the centre reads “Call for Late-Breaking Poster Abstracts.” At the bottom left is a QR code with the note “Submit here by June 30th 2026.” On the bottom right, additional information lists the website “bioc2026.bioconductor.org” and the venue “Seattle, WA, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.” The background is light beige with a subtle starburst design on the left side.
Poster for BioC2026 announcing a call for late-breaking poster abstracts. The poster has a beige background with the Bioconductor logo at the top, followed by the text “BioC2026” and “10–12 August, 2026 · Seattle, Washington.” Large red text in the center reads “Call for Late-Breaking Poster Abstracts.” At the bottom left is a QR code with the text “Submit here by June 30th 2026.” Bottom right text lists more information including the website “bioc2026.bioconductor.org” and the venue “Seattle, WA, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
Promotional poster for the Bioconductor Developers’ Forum featuring the Bioconductor logo and a large QR code for registration. The poster announces a session titled “Galaxy, tool wrapping, and workflow development” presented by Enis Afgan on May 28, 2026 at 4 pm GMT. Supporting text explains that the session will explore how Galaxy integration, workflow development, and tool wrapping can make Bioconductor software more accessible, reproducible, and easier to use across research communities. The design uses a clean white background with black and blue text and small communication-themed icons beside the session details.
Poster for EuroBioC2026, taking place 3–5 June 2026 in Turku, Finland. The poster announces a “Call for Late-Breaking Poster Abstracts” with a bold red banner stating “Deadline Extended.” A QR code is included for submissions, with the updated deadline listed as 18 May 2026. The design features Bioconductor branding and colorful abstract graphic elements around the edges.
Promotional slide for the Bioconductor Developer Seminar Series titled “Development Plans for CVXR”. The slide lists the date April 27, 2026 and time 9 PM CET / 3 PM EST / 12 PM PST, the speaker Balasubramanian Narasimhan (Stanford University), and discussant Levi Waldron (CUNY School of Public Health). The design includes abstract network‑style graphics in blue and green and a Bioconductor logo.
Poster for the Bioconductor Africa Seminar Series titled “Orchestrating Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor.” It features speaker Tuomas Borman (University of Turku), a brief description of microbiome workflows using Bioconductor, and session details: May 6, 13, and 20, 2026 at 4 PM EAT / 3 PM CAT / 2 PM WAT. A QR code is included for the Zoom link, and an upcoming session on CRISPR data analysis using amplican is noted.
Poster for EuroBioC2026 (Bioconductor conference) announcing a call for late-breaking poster abstracts. The event will take place June 3–5, 2026 in Turku, Finland. It includes a submission deadline of April 30, 2026, a QR code for submitting abstracts, and decorative geometric elements in orange, green, and blue.
Poster for the Bioconductor Africa Seminar Series titled “Introduction to Bioconductor.” It features a headshot of Kevin Rue-Albrecht (University of Oxford), a brief description of the session covering Bioconductor foundations and community engagement, and event details: April 15, 2026 at 4 PM EAT (3 PM CAT, 2 PM WAT). A QR code is included to access the Zoom link, and a note mentions an upcoming May 2026 session on microbiome data analysis
Illustration of Seattle featuring the Space Needle, a ferry on the water, a ferris wheel, evergreen trees, and a hot air balloon labeled “BioC 2026,” all inside a hexagonal badge with “www.bioconductor.org” at the top and “Seattle” at the bottom.
A colorful sticker design illustrating Turku, Finland, with the silhouette of Turku Cathedral reflected over the Aura River and Turku Castle in the background. In the foreground, a whimsical pig-duck statue (Posankka) appears by the river’s edge. The scene is framed with a decorative Finnish–Scandinavian folk-art border, creating a warm and playful visual representing EuroBioC2026.
A table titled ‘Upcoming’ listing bioinformatics courses with columns for date, title, and instructors. Entries include: 13–17 April 2026 – Epigenomics Data Analysis (Dr. Jacques Serizay); 4–7 May 2026 – Network Analysis in R (Dr. Fabricio Almeida-Silva); 18–20 May 2026 – Spatial Omics in R/Bioconductor (Dr. Stefano Mangiola); 6–10 July 2026 – Developing R/Bioconductor Packages for Genomics (Dr. Jacques Serizay); and a TBD course on Single-cell proteomics with R and Bioconductor (Prof. Laurent Gatto).
Bioconductor promotional graphic announcing a “Call to Host EuroBioC2027.” The image features a green speech bubble with text inviting applications to host the European Bioconductor Conference in 2027 or join the planning committee, with a deadline of April 20, 2026. A megaphone illustration appears in the lower left.
Bioconductor Developers' Forum poster announcing a session on March 26, 2026 at 4 pm GMT featuring Michael Lawrence speaking on “S7 Classes,” with a QR code for meeting details.
Promotional poster for BioC2026 featuring keynote speaker Ting Ye. The design shows a black-and-white headshot of Ting Ye centered on a light grid background with teal and green graphic accents. Text highlights “Keynote Speaker: Ting Ye, PhD,” her title as Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, and the event dates August 10–12, 2026. Bioconductor branding appears at the top, and the venue is listed as Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington.
Promotional poster for BioC2026 by Bioconductor titled “Call for Abstracts.” It lists submission types—workshops, posters, package demos, and short talks—with brief descriptions. Important dates include abstract submissions opening 1 Feb 2026, deadline 13 Mar 2026, decisions on 1 Apr 2026, registration closing 27 Jul 2026, and conference dates 10–12 Aug 2026. A QR code and link to bioc2026.bioconductor.org are shown, and the location is Seattle, WA at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
A scenic mountain landscape with steep rocky peaks and green forested slopes under a partly cloudy sky. Overlaid text reads: “CSAMA 2026 – Biological Data Science, 22nd Edition, Bressanone-Brixen, Italy, 24–29 May 2026.”
Bioconductor Developer Forum promotional banner with the Bioconductor logo at the top left and the title “Developers’ Forum” on the right. The banner includes a QR code labelled “Meeting details.” Event information lists February 26, 2026 at 4 pm GMT, the talk title “Native GPU compute access in R and heterogeneous compute hardware frameworks,” and the speaker name Nicholas Cooley.
Comic-style illustration promoting the BioC2026 Sticker Contest. The panels show a stick-figure character reading a sign announcing the contest, thinking of ideas inspired by Seattle (including the Space Needle, Mount Rainier, DNA, molecular structures, and evergreen trees), sketching a hex sticker design, placing the finished design into an envelope, and submitting it. The final panel reads “Submit by February 20, 2026” alongside a Seattle-themed hex sticker design.
Poster announcing Aura Raulo as a keynote speaker for EuroBioC 2026. The graphic features the Bioconductor logo and a headshot of Aura Raulo inside a teal circular frame. She is identified as Browne Junior Research Fellow in Biology at the University of Oxford. The description highlights her research on probabilistic and statistical models of complex spreading processes in social contact networks, focusing on microbiome transmission and microbial diversity in animal networks. 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.
Poster announcing Anders Krogh as a keynote speaker for EuroBioC 2026. The graphic features the Bioconductor logo and a headshot of Anders Krogh inside a teal circular frame. He is identified as Professor and Head of the Center for Health Data Science (HeaDS) at the University of Copenhagen. The text highlights his work in bioinformatics and machine learning, including hidden Markov models for biological sequences and deep generative models for gene expression and multimodal data. 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.
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.
Graphic announcing EuroBioC 2026 keynote speaker Levi Waldron. The poster features the Bioconductor logo, a headshot of Levi Waldron inside a teal circular frame, and text identifying him as Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the City University of New York. The description notes his work in cancer genomics, metagenomic profiling, statistical and computational methods, and open-source bioinformatics. 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 are displayed at the bottom.
Banner for the Bioconductor Developers’ Forum announcing its return. The text reads: “Developers’ Forum is back! The Developers’ Forum aims to provide a regular platform for developers and users to discuss software and hardware infrastructure and future developments in the Bioconductor project. Last Thursday of every month, 4pm GMT. First presentation: Feb 26, 2026 — Native GPU compute access in R: Metal, OpenCL, CUDA, and heterogeneous compute hardware frameworks — Nicholas Cooley.” The graphic shows illustrated people collaborating around a large smartphone.
Poster announcing the BioC2026 Call for Abstracts. At the top is the Bioconductor logo and the text “BioC2026” followed by large text reading “CALL FOR ABSTRACTS.” A section titled “Submission Types” lists workshops, posters, package demos, and short talks, each with an icon and brief description. An “Important Dates” timeline shows: abstract submissions begin on 1 February 2026, abstracts deadline on 13 March 2026, decisions sent out on 1 April 2026, registration closes on 27 July 2026, and conference dates from 10–12 August 2026. At the bottom is a QR code labeled “Submission link” and text with the website bioc2026.bioconductor.org and location Seattle, WA, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
Promotional graphic announcing the EuroBioC2026 Call for Abstracts. The image includes the Bioconductor logo, text reading “EuroBioC2026, 3–5 June 2026, Turku, Finland,” and a large “Call for Abstracts” headline. A red banner across the image states “Deadline Extended”
Poster announcing the EuroBioC2026 Sticker Contest. At the top is the Bioconductor logo with the text “EuroBioC2026.” Large bold text reads “STICKER CONTEST.” Below, a boxed section titled “Contest Guidelines” lists: 1) Design your hex sticker, 2) The design should be inspired by Turku, Finland, home of EuroBioC2026, and 3) Submit by deadline. At the bottom, text reads “Submit by January 31, 2026.” The background features hexagonal patterns, dots, and paint-splash graphics in green and blue tones.
Promotional graphic for the BioC2026 Sticker Contest featuring the Bioconductor logo at the top, large text reading “Sticker Contest,” and a boxed list of contest guidelines: design a hex sticker inspired by Seattle, Washington, and submit by the deadline. The image includes green and blue molecular-style graphics and notes the submission deadline as February 20, 2026
Graphic announcing the EuroBioC2026 Call for Abstracts. The event will take place 3–5 June 2026 in Turku, Finland. Submission types include workshops (1.5-hour hands-on interactive sessions on software or workflows), posters (printed A0 portrait posters), and short talks (10-minute talks on a package, research, or technical question). Abstracts were originally due by 30 January 2026. A QR code is included for submissions, along with Bioconductor branding and decorative shapes.