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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 20h

📢 Bioconductor Africa Seminar Series: Developing & submitting Bioconductor packages — key steps from structuring and documenting R code to testing and preparing for submission. 🎤 Dr Fabricio Almeida-Silva 📅 Oct 28 2026 🕓 4 PM EAT Register: bit.ly/3VQEa7H

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#BioC2026 brought the Bioconductor community together in Seattle for three days of science, software and community building. From inspiring talks & posters to workshops, package demos, and the hackathon, it was a great celebration of 25 years of Bioconductor. Read the full recap: bit.ly/4e9Kopr

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BioC2026 conference recap – Bioconductor community blog

Highlights from the 2026 North American Bioconductor Conference in Seattle, Washington

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📢 Only a few hours left to participate. We’re running a developer survey to better understand the needs and priorities of the community and help shape the future of Bioconductor. The survey takes approximately 15–30 minutes to complete. 📝 Survey link: forms.gle/WWCZAX7uuPfr... #Bioconductor

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Bioconductor developer survey

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📢 We’re running a developer survey to better understand the needs and priorities of the community to help shape the future of Bioconductor. The survey is open until September 30 and takes approximately 15-30 minutes to complete. 📝 Survey link: bit.ly/4zPf6h4 We look forward to hearing from you!

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Bioconductor developer survey

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Correction: The graphic description should read "Bioconductor's September Developer Forum" (not August). The event date remains correct: 24 September 2026, 4:00 PM GMT.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📢Interested in improving the performance of R packages? This month's Developers' Forum will explore two complementary approaches to more efficient R package development. 🎤 Speaker: Andrew Ghazi 📅 Sep 24, 2026 🕓 4:00 PM GMT 🔗 Register to attend: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

✈️ BiocAsia 2026 Travel Scholarships! Great news! SAiGENCI is supporting travel scholarships of up to AU$400 for eligible attendees to participate in BiocAsia 2026. The scholarships are designed to support students and ECRs who'd like to attend the conference Apply here 👇️ bit.ly/4dqZNkO

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Travel Scholarship

Apply for a BiocAsia 2026 travel scholarship

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🎉BiocAsia 2026 Sponsor spotlight! SAiGENCI – South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute, through the Computational System Oncology Program, is a main supporter of #BiocAsia2026! We’re grateful for their support in bringing the Bioconductor community across the Asia-Pacific region together!

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

📢 Update: The Orchestrating Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has been postponed. The workshop will now take place on: 📅 23–27 November 2026 Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause & we appreciate your understanding. Apply to attend: bit.ly/4xvDUsf

Workshop announcement for "Orchestrating Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor" showing a large red POSTPONED stamp, scheduled 23–27 Nov 2026 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, noting a week‑long program, QR code to register, and partner logos along the bottom.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🎥 BioC2026 keynote talks are now on YouTube! Missed the keynotes or want to watch them again? They are now available in the BioC2026 keynote playlist. ▶️ Watch the playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #BioC2026 #Bioconductor

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Recordings for the BioC2026 conference, https://bioc2026.bioconductor.org/

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🧬 Bioconductor Africa Seminar Series: Single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis with Bioconductor, exploring scRNA-seq workflows from data filtering and preprocessing to cell cluster analysis and more. 🎤 Speaker: Jacques Serizay 📅 Sep 16 & 23, 2026 🕓 4 PM EAT Register to attend: bit.ly/45Kk40M

Bioconductor Africa seminar "Single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis with Bioconductor" — two sessions on Sep 16 & 23, 2026 at 4 PM EAT / 3 PM CAT / 2 PM WAT, presented by Jacques Serizay (CNRS Research Fellow); QR code to register; covers preprocessing, clustering and temporal ordering of

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📢 We’re running a developer survey to better understand the needs and priorities of the community and help shape the future of Bioconductor. The survey is open until September 30 and takes approximately 15-30 minutes to complete. 📝 Survey link: bit.ly/4zPf6h4 We look forward to hearing from you!

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

🚀 Introducing BiocJobs: declare dispatchable jobs inside Bioconductor packages BiocJobs lets package authors declare analyses as batch jobs and auto-generate wrappers for Galaxy, GA4GH TES, Nextflow, and WDL from a single declaration—no hand-written wrappers needed. 🔗 Find out more: bit.ly/4zBj7pa

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BiocJobs: declaring dispatchable jobs inside Bioconductor packages – Bioconductor community blog

An early framework letting package authors declare, inside their own package, the analyses that make sense to run as batch jobs, and generating Galaxy, GA4GH task execution, Nextflow and WDL wrappers…

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📢 Apply or nominate someone for the Bioconductor 2026 Advisory Boards by Aug 31, 2026! 🌐 Community Advisory Board - advance engagement, training, outreach and inclusion: bit.ly/4hugFKG 🔧 Technical Advisory Board - help guide Bioconductor's technical direction & sustainability: bit.ly/4gqi3Ng

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📣 Just a few days left to submit your workshop proposal for BiocAsia 2026! BioCAsia 2026 will take place on 19-20 November 2026 in Melbourne, Australia, and the call for workshop proposals closes soon. 🗓️ Deadline: 21 August 2026. 🔗 Submit your proposal: forms.office.com/r/r1n3au5Drz

Call for workshop proposals for ABACBS 2026 & BiocAsia 2026 — submit by 21 Aug 2026; sessions 1.5‑hr, half‑day (~3hr) or full‑day (~6hr); target audience from beginners to advanced (state prerequisites); delivery in‑person or online; workshop dates 19–20 Nov 2026.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📢Bioconductor will hold a hands-on Orchestrating Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor workshop in Addis Ababa this September. 📅 21–25 September 2026 📍 BETin, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Register to attend: bit.ly/4xvDUsf Learn more about this workshop: bit.ly/4xB6GYC

Workshop poster for "Orchestrating Microbiome Analysis with Bioconductor" — a week-long, free R-focused training in Addis Ababa (BETin) 21–25 Sep 2026, 9:00 AM–4:30 PM, with QR code to register and partner logos at the bottom.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🌟 Thank you Cortex for supporting the Bioconductor community and helping make BioC2026 possible. CORTEX is knowledge infrastructure for reproducible science. It unifies a lab's scattered data into one queryable base, capturing context and tracking provenance from raw input to reported value.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🌟Thank you, R consortium, for supporting the Bioconductor community and helping make BioC2026 possible. R Consortium's mission is to support the R Foundation and organizations that develop, maintain, distribute & use R by identifying, developing & implementing infrastructure projects. #BioC2026

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🌟 Thank you Posit for supporting the Bioconductor community and helping make BioC2026 possible. Posit creates exceptional software that helps individuals, teams, and organizations understand and make better decisions with data. #BioC2026 #Bioconductor

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🌟 BioC2026 Gold sponsor spotlight: CORTEX! CORTEX is knowledge infrastructure for reproducible science. It unifies a lab's scattered data into one queryable base, capturing context and tracking provenance from raw input to reported value. Thank you Cortex for helping make #BioC2026 possible.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🎉 Introducing the Bioconductor Student-ECR Council! The Council will support students and ECRs with mentorship, networking, professional development & opportunities to contribute to Bioconductor. Learn more: bit.ly/4giOlJ1 Interested in joining? Connect on Zulip: bit.ly/4yYVxT0

Hexagonal badge labeled "Student ECR" with a signpost reading COMMUNITY, EVENT, and MENTORS topped by a graduation cap, surrounded by icons for virtual learning (headset at laptop), small mentor–mentee figures, speech bubbles for discussion, and a cheering audience with music notes.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🌟 BioC2026 Silver sponsor spotlight: R Consortium! Their mission is to support the R Foundation and organizations that develop, maintain, distribute & use R by identifying, developing & implementing infrastructure projects. Thank you R Consortium for helping make BioC2026 possible.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🌟 BioC2026 Silver sponsor spotlight: Posit! Posit creates exceptional software that helps individuals, teams, and organizations understand and make better decisions with data. Thank you, Posit, for supporting the Bioconductor community and helping make #BioC2026 possible.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

📢 Join the August Bioconductor Developers' Forum which will introduce {anvl}, an array computing framework that supports automatic code transformations, JIT compilation, and execution on GPU accelerators. 🎤 Sebastian Fischer 📅 August 27, 2026 🕓 4:00 PM GMT 🔗 Register to attend: bit.ly/4h67hMZ

Promotional poster for the Bioconductor Developers' Forum announcing an August session on the {anvl} package. The session introduces {anvl}, an array computing framework for R that supports code transformations, just-in-time (JIT) compilation, and execution on GPU accelerators. It will provide an overview of the package's capabilities with practical demonstrations. Speaker: Sebastian Fischer. Date: August 27, 2026. Time: 4:00 PM GMT. A QR code is included for registration.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📢 Join BioC2026 online! Although in-person registration for BioC2026 is now closed, you can still join the conference virtually from anywhere in the world. 💻 Virtual registration closes: August 12 Secure your virtual ticket today: 🎟️ ti.to/nf-projects/...

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

📢 Join the next Bioconductor Africa Seminar Series where we'll explore approaches for combining omics data using statistical and machine learning methods. 🎤 Speakers: Dr. Himel Mallick & Nalin Arora 📅 Date: August 12, 2026 🕓 Time: 13:00 UTC 🔗 Register to attend here: bit.ly/4ceZDfO

Promotional poster for the Bioconductor Africa Seminar Series featuring the session "Multi-omics Data Integration with Bioconductor." The poster includes headshots of speakers Dr. Himel Mallick and Nalin Arora from Cornell University. The session will explore integrating genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and microbiome data using statistical and machine learning approaches in Bioconductor. Date: August 12, 2026. Time: 4:00 PM EAT / 3:00 PM CAT / 2:00 PM WAT. A QR code is provided for registration.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

📣 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. 🗓️ Submission deadline: 21 August 2026 🔗 www.abacbs.org/workshops-20... #BioCAsia #Bioconductor

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

📢 Bioconductor Developers' Forum | July 2026 🗓️ Today, July 30, 2026 | 4:00 PM GMT Topic: The Orchestrating Single Cell Analysis books; their design, maintenance challenges, and strategies for more sustainable book development. Presenter: Aaron Lun Register to attend: bit.ly/4gApqlU

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

🚨 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: bit.ly/4xpG5hQ 📌 Submit your late-breaking poster: bit.ly/4efxyqh

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📢 We're excited to announce that Ben Busby will be presenting "Developing Technologies That Meet the New Scale of Digital Biology" at BioC2026. His talk tackles infrastructure challenges that come with biology's explosive growth in data scale and complexity. 🔗 Register to attend: bit.ly/4fjAGlC

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

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: bit.ly/4xpG5hQ 📌 Submit your late-breaking poster: bit.ly/4efxyqh #BioC2026

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

📢 After BioC2026 wraps up, the learning will continue with two post-conference events on 13-14 August in Seattle. - Learn how to analyse large-scale single-cell RNAseq data with Bioconductor. - Code, collaborate & connect at the Bioconductor Hackathon Learn more & sign up: bit.ly/4eHWR3k

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

📣 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. 🗓️ Submission deadline: 21 August 2026 🔗 www.abacbs.org/workshops-20... #BioCAsia #Bioconductor #Bioinformatics

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

📢 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: bit.ly/4xpG5hQ 📌 Submit your late-breaking poster: bit.ly/4efxyqh #BioC2026

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Two exciting post-conference events will take place 13-14 August 2026, immediately following BioC2026. 1. Single-cell RNA-seq analysis 👉 Register: bit.ly/4et8Djg 2. Bioconductor Hackathon 👉 Sign up: bit.ly/44rgGqN Learn more: bit.ly/4eHWR3k

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

📢 Bioconductor Developers' Forum | July 30, 2026 | 4:00 PM GMT Join us to discuss the design, maintenance challenges, and future of the Orchestrating Single Cell Analysis books in Bioconductor. Topic: The Orchestrating Single Cell Analysis books Presenter: Aaron Lun Register here: bit.ly/4gApqlU

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🌟 Bioconductor 2026 CAB & TAB nominations are open! Join our advisory boards to support community growth or guide technical strategy. 📅 Apply by Aug 31 CAB: forms.gle/qXwPqEzPET45... TAB: forms.gle/MLYBYDgdbU1C... #Bioconductor #RStats

Bioconductor nominations graphic with CAB and TAB illustrations and www.bioconductor.org

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

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: bit.ly/4xpG5hQ 📌 Submit your late-breaking poster: bit.ly/4efxyqh

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🚨 Don't miss the BioC2026 post-conference events! Immediately after BioC2026, two parallel events will be held in Seattle on 13–14 August. 1. Single-cell RNA-seq analysis 👉 Register: bit.ly/4et8Djg 2. Bioconductor Hackathon 👉 Sign up: bit.ly/44rgGqN Learn more: bit.ly/4eHWR3k

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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: lnkd.in/eubT7qHn 📌 Submit a late-breaking poster: lnkd.in/enQ5N4E7 #BioC2026 #Bioconductor

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

📢 Save the date: BiocAsia Seminar Series Topic: "A Single-Cell Spatially-Resolved Human Whole Transcriptome Atlas of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Associates Spatial Features with Clinical Response" Speaker: Dr Dharmesh Bhuva 📅Tue, 14 July ⏰ 4:00–5:00 pm AEST 🔗 Register here:

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Please join us for the next in the BiocAsia Seminar Series. This seminar forms part of the Queensland Bioinformatics Week and will be presented live from the in-person event, in a hybrid format The event...

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

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: bit.ly/3SxHDGC

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🎥 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. ▶️ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Recordings of EuroBioC2026

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

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. Single-cell RNA-seq analysis 👉 Register: bit.ly/4et8Djg 2. Bioconductor Hackathon 👉 Sign up: bit.ly/44rgGqN Learn more: bit.ly/4eHWR3k

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Thank you to everyone who made #EuroBioC2026 possible—our sponsors, organisers, speakers, workshop instructors, volunteers, and attendees. This year's conference was made even more special as it took place during Bioconductor's 25th anniversary year. Here's how it went down 👉 bit.ly/4aaEJOe

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.

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It's been a little over a week since EuroBioC2026 wrapped up in Turku, Finland. The talks ended. The posters came down. But the conversations continue. Here's a look back at a few faces and moments from the conference. #EuroBioC2026 #Bioconductor

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

🧬Bioconductor, in collaboration with Physalia Courses, is offering an upcoming online course on Developing R/Bioconductor Packages for Genomics. 📅 6-10 July 2026 👉 Learn more and register: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work... #Bioconductor

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

📢 Missed the BioC2026 early bird deadline? You can still join the Bioconductor community in Seattle this August. Regular registration is open through July 27, 2026 and late-breaking poster submissions are accepted through June 30, 2026 🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4xpG5hQ 📌 Submit a poster: bit.ly/4efxyqh

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Bioconductor @bioconductor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🧬 Earlier this year, members of the Bioconductor community met on San Servolo Island, Italy, for a 3-day hackathon on spatial omics and bioimaging. The event produced a collaborative preprint to strengthen spatial omics support across Bioconductor. 📖 Learn more: bit.ly/43C5pDM

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.

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