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ISCB-UK 2026 welcomes abstract submissions featuring research at the forefront of bioinformatics and computational biology. We encourage the submission of original work for consideration for oral and/or poster presentation.
All presentations are categorized based on scientific topics, ensuring a cohesive organization of talks and posters. Please ensure that your abstract communicates a scientific result and refrains from serving as an advertisement for any commercial software package or products.
ISCB-UK 2026 provides a leading platform for presenting groundbreaking research, engaging with peers, and advancing computational biology. Join us in exploring cutting-edge innovations and impactful discoveries.
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Multiple presentations
The same talk is not permitted to be given more than once as an oral presentation. Research may be presented as both a talk and a poster if and only if it is submitted as two individual submissions with TWO different presenters. This allows for many people from one lab to present the work of the lab.
ISCB strongly prefers that submissions accepted for oral presentation be presented in-person at the conference venue. We understand that some presenters will have good reasons to avoid in-person attendance. ISCB will grant remote presentation options for reasons associated to maternity/paternity leave, care for a family member, personal/medical disability, sickness, or visa problems. Presenters are expected to attend in person unless genuine barriers exist. Inability implies circumstance, not choice. If unable to participate in-person you will need to request a waiver by writing
Any pre-approved virtual presenters will be required to provide a pre-recorded talk for the virtual platform in advance of the conference as a precaution due to possible technical issues.
This conference follows the ISCB policy for acceptable use of large language models (https://www.iscb.org/iscb-policy-statements/iscb-policy-for-acceptable-use-of-large-language-models).
Key Dates
Topics and Tracks
ISCB-UK is a single track conference that embraces a broad interpretation of bioinformatics/computational biology. Topics of particular interest encompass, but are not limited to, the following:
- AI and machine learning in Biology and Medicine
- Bioinformatics resources and infrastructure
- Databases, Ontologies and Biocuration
- Disease Bioinformatics/Translational Medicine
- Cancer genomics and personalised medicine
- Evolutionary, Comparative Genomics and Phylogenetics
- Metagenomics and Microbiome Analysis
- Multi-Omic Informatics
- Network Biology and Systems Biology
- Protein/RNA Structure Analysis, Prediction and Design
- Single-Cell Analysis
- Drug Discovery and Repurposing
- Bioinformatics Education
- General Computational Biology
Submission Guidelines
Any recent research, published or unpublished is eligible for submission. Presenters of accepted abstracts are required to make the presentation themselves and must register and pay to attend the conference.
Submitters may choose to have their submission reviewed for:
- Talk only
- Talk or oster
- Poster only
If you select talk or poster, and are unsuccessful for a talk, your abstract will automatically be considered for a poster presentation. Deadlines are posted above.
Poster only submissions DO NOT require any materials to be uploaded during submission. Submissions are evaluated on the 250 word text abstract provided during submission.
This conference will feature a student-organized symposium before the main conference. The submitter will be asked to indicate their wish to be considered for presentation within this section of the conference. Students and Post-docs are strongly encouraged to consider opting into this option as well as the option to be considered for the main conference.
Participants who opt for (1) talk only or (2) talk and poster are required to submit:
- Both a 250-word abstract to be posted on the conference website AND a long abstract of up to one (1) page in PDF format.
Participants who opt for (3) poster only are required to submit:
- A 250-word abstract to be posted on the conference website.
All abstracts must be submitted using the conference submission site by the deadlines above.
Review Process
All submissions will be evaluated by a program committee.
Posters advertising commercial software will be rejected from this poster session and/or removed from the conference without notice. There is a separate space for such posters in the exhibition area. If you have an industry poster, contact
Poster Details
Poster schedule can be found on the poster page under the Scientific Programme section once available.
Poster Display Size
Recommended poster size is A0 size (84.1cm wide and 118.9cm tall).
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*No onsite poster printing is available*
Late-breaking Posters
After the initial submission deadline, late-breaking posters can be submitted. The submission window is notably smaller, be sure not to miss deadlines posted in the Key Dates section or key dates page, as extensions cannot be granted.
Reviews of Fields or Techniques
Individuals may choose to submit a poster presenting a review of a specific field or technique. These submissions do not need to contain original work from the author and are intended to be an introduction for individuals not familiar with the field or technique. These review are not meant to be advertisements (e.g. it is not acceptable that the poster is an advertisement for a book or other type of commercial publication).