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Abstracts

Call for Submissions

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 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 

    Abstracts: Submission Guidelines

    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: (i) talk only, (ii) talk and poster or (iii) poster only. If you select talk and poster, and are unsuccessful for a talk, your abstract will automatically be considered for a poster presentation. Submissions must be received by Thursday, February 5, 2026.

    This conference will feature a student-organized symposium on the morning of April 21.  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 (i) talk only or (ii) 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 (iii) 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 abstract deadline: February 5, 2026.


    Important Dates

    Submission Deadline: February 5, 2026 
    Abstract Decision Date: March 6, 2026
    Late-Breaking Posters Deadline: February 26, 2026
    Late-Breaking Poster Decision Date: March 6, 2025


    Why Submit?

    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.

    Submit your work and be part of this conference!