Showcase your research! Submit an abstract!
Talks and posters are excellent ways to communicate your research, connect with peers, and shape the future of Canadian bioinformatics. Submit your abstract to be part of CBHC 2026, where data, methods, and discoveries come together.
The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub Conference (CBHC) 2026 invites abstract submissions only (this conference is not accepting full papers), showcasing original and innovative research at the forefront of bioinformatics, computational biology, and data science. We welcome contributions from across the life and health sciences that advance knowledge through new data resources, computational methods, and biological discoveries.
Submissions are encouraged from trainees, early-career researchers, and established professionals. Accepted abstracts will be featured as short oral or poster presentations, with sessions organized by scientific themes encompassing Data, Methods, and Discoveries to ensure a cohesive and engaging program. All accepted abstracts will be published in the official CBHC 2026 Abstract Booklet.
We invite work across three interconnected themes that reflect the full spectrum of bioinformatics, computational biology and data science activities:
- Data: Building Resources and Infrastructure
Research that establishes the foundations for data-driven science. Topics include the development of databases, data management workflows, ontologies, metadata standards, and governance frameworks guided by FAIR principles and Indigenous data sovereignty as well as data sharing and analysis platforms, workflows, and curation strategies that support data sharing, quality, and reproducibility.
- Methods: Advancing Computational Approaches
Innovations and advances in algorithms, models, and tools that enable the analysis and interpretation of complex biological data. Submissions may cover areas such as sequence analysis and genome assembly tools, machine learning and AI, statistical modeling, containerized pipelines for reproducible workflows, and data visualization.
- Discoveries: Generating Biological and Biomedical Insights
Research that applies computational methods and data resources to uncover new biological and biomedical knowledge. Examples include advances in genomics, single-cell and spatial omics, microbiome analysis, precision and translational medicine, drug discovery, as well as biodiversity and evolutionary studies.
General Submission Information
Abstract Preparation Guidance:
- Prepare a 200-word abstract that summarizes the work, including information on background or motivation, methods, results, and conclusions or significance. Formal headings are not required.
- We will use a blinded review process. Please do not include author names, positions, or affiliations with your abstract text.
- You will be asked separately for the presenter’s name, organization affiliation and contact information.
- Submit your abstract through the official CBHC 2026 submission portal by the deadline.
- All abstracts will be published in the conference abstract booklet (PDF).
- The submission process is the same for a talk or poster.
- Unsuccessful talk abstracts will be automatically considered for a poster.
Submission Guidelines:
- The presenter must be identified during the submission process. Presenters of accepted abstracts are required to make the presentation themselves and must register and pay to attend the conference.
- Submitters must select one of the three conference themes (Data, Methods, Discoveries).
- Submitters must select consideration for one of the following presentation formats:
- Talk only
- Short talks will be 7-minute presentations with 3 minutes allowed for questions and discussion
- Poster
- High-ranking posters may be selected for a Flash talk, a 3-minute one-slide presentation
- Posters will be in landscape mode 120cm x 90cm (48” x 36”), and should use a 72-point font for the title and no font smaller than 18 points. A sans-serif font is suggested.
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Submission Deadline: January 15, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. any time zone
Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2026
