This is an invitation to scientists and professionals working in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology to submit high quality original research papers for presentation at ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025.
Abstract talks and posters will be organized according to scientific topics, which are covered by the conference (see below). Please note, abstracts are not limited to the listed conference topics and if the topic of your submission falls outside the listed ones you can choose the "General Computational Biology" area. Your abstract should convey a scientific result and should not be an advertisement for any commercial software package. Commercial software packages wishing to present at the conference should contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Agricultural Bioinformatics
- AI in Genomics and Precision Medicine
- Bioinformatics Education
- Biomedical Ethics
- Data Governance
- Data for OneHealth
- Drug Design and Discovery
- Informatics for Biobanks
- Metagenomics
- Open Science and Open Data
- Pathogen Genomics
- Population Genetics, Variation, and Evolution
- General Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Abstracts for Oral Presentation and/or poster submissions to ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 should be approximately 400 words and have no figures. Adding references to already published papers is recommended where appropriate. Submission deadline in Easychair is February 20, 2025. Submission link can be found here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iscbafrica2025
For a variety of reasons, ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 strongly prefers that scientific research accepted for oral presentation be presented in-person at the conference venue. We understand that some presenters will have valid reasons to avoid in-person attendance. ISCB will grant remote presentation options for reasons associated with maternity/paternity leave, care for a family member, personal/medical disability, sickness, financial hardship, or potential visa problems. If your research is accepted for oral presentation and you are unable to present in person, ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 requires notification at the time of acceptance and no later than March 17, 2025. You will be asked during your confirmation of participation to confirm your in-person participation. If unable to participate you will need to request a waiver by writing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Any abstracts submitted after the deadline will be included only at the discretion of the conference chairs, and will be eligible for poster presentations only. Please also note that we can only allow one abstract per presenting author.
All talks will be recorded and available to participants as well as included in a live broadcast schedule as part of the virtual platform. All schedules will be posted on the ISCB-Africa ASBCB 2025 website.
In-Person Poster Hall: When preparing accepted posters please note that your printed poster should not exceed the following dimensions: 1.1 meters x 1.5 meters. There will be 1or 2 poster per side on the each poster board. Additionally, we ask that you also follow the Virtual Poster Theater information below in addition to your in-person presentation. This ensures all posters are viewable to both in-person and virtual attendees thus providing more exposure to your work.
Virtual Poster Theater: When preparing accepted posters please note that your poster will need to be uploaded via the virtual platform portal in two formats - a PDF of the poster and a 5-7 minute flash talk video not to exceed 100MB. Poster portal information will be sent to all approved posters closer to the conference and after the notification deadline. All presentations MUST be uploaded on specific dates the week of April 1st*. More specific dates will be given closer to the conference.
*Late Breaking posters will have a very short turn-around.
Authors selected for presentation (talk or poster) will be required to register for the conference.
Poster Submission Deadline is February 14, 2025
Late Breaking Poster Submission Deadline is February 27, 2025
Please note: the official language of the conference is English.