#BC2Basel
[BC]² has formally kicked off with our first plenary session, chaired by @dgfeller.bsky.social (UNIL), Catherine Jutzeler (ETHZ) #bc2basel
September 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Our second keynote address is given by Peer Bork (EMBL Heildelberg, Germany) under the title “Microbiome analysis for human and planetary health”. #bc2basel
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
✔️The programme for the #bc2basel tutorials & workshops is out! From #geneexpression analysis to #machinelearning or #datavisualization, beginner or advanced: boost your #bioinformatics skills!

👉 Register to make sure to secure your spot (limited seats): bc2.ch/registration...
March 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Congratulations to all #posterprize winners!
#bc2basel
September 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Come chat about text mining and #biodiversity trait #data at my poster R4 at #bc2basel
September 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🎤 It’s a pleasure to welcome @stephaniehicks.bsky.social from the @jhubiostat.bsky.social to present at the [BC]2 conference.
🔹Session chairs: @marianna-raps.bsky.social (@unil.bsky.social, CHUV) & @julienroux.bsky.social (@unibas.ch)
👉Register: tinyurl.com/3edr5hy6
#bc2basel
April 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Fantastic few days of bioinformatics at [BC]²! 🧬 #bc2basel

Thanks to everyone who joined our workshop on using Ensembl’s Variant Effect Predictor with alternative assemblies like T2T-CHM13v2.0.

Excited for more great talks & posters today @sib.swiss
September 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Welcome everyone to the 2025 [BC]² Basel Computational Biology Conference. Speakers and attendees from all over the world gather for 3 exciting days of discussion to shape the future of data-driven biology where #Bioinformatics meets #AI. #bc2basel
September 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
📣 We're thrilled to announce that early bird registration for #bc2basel is now open! Join us to discover the latest advancements in #bioinformatics & computational biology.
⚠️ Spots for the tutorials and workshops are limited, so register early!
👉 More info & how to register: bc2.ch/registration...
March 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Our [BC]²INGO GAME was won by Nosihle Msomi. Congratulations! #bc2basel
September 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We now have plenary highlights of the latest research submitted in abstracts: from venom evolution & spatial lipidomics to deep learning, glioma cell states & rapid diagnostics for rare disease. Chaired by Katja Bärenfaller and @dgfeller.bsky.social.
#bc2basel #Bioinformatics #Omics #MachineLearning
September 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
✨ I’m honored and grateful to have received the SIB Bioinformatics PhD Paper Award 2025 for part of my PhD work.

Thank you for your guidance and inspiration @bjornschumacher.bsky.social

#SIBAwards #bc2basel #Bioinformatics
💫 The PhD Paper Award goes to @meyerdh.bsky.social from Uni-Köln 💫

“David Meyer’s paper ‘Aging clocks based on accumulating stochastic variation’ presents a completely novel concept and a fresh way to address the problem”.

#Bioinformatics #SIBawards #bc2basel
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Our invited speakers for the parallel session on ‘Computational methods for single-cell and spatial omics’ is @stephaniehicks.bsky.social from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA. Session is chaired by @marianna-raps.bsky.social and @julienroux.bsky.social. #bc2basel‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
September 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🎉 Ready to make the most of #bc2basel? Our social programme is designed to help you connect with peers in a fun and friendly atmosphere!

📅 Early bird registration ends on 30 June, do not miss out!

👉 Discover the full programme: bc2.ch/social-activ...
June 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It’s the last day of this year’s [BC]² conference and attendees are gathering for the final parallel sessions:

- Integrative Bioinformatics for Evolutionary and Environmental Processes
- Computational methods for single-cell and spatial omics: from data to biological insights

#bc2basel
September 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
We love putting together [BC]² Basel Computational Biology Conference #bc2basel for you every two years.
And we do so much more! Come by our booth to find out about our vision for life-science data and all the services we offer academia and industry. #bc2basel
September 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
In ‘Integrative Bioinformatics for Evolutionary and Environmental Processes’ our invited speaker is Eline Lorenzen from University of Copenhagen, Denmark. This session is chaired by Anne-Florence Bitbol and Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas. #bc2basel
September 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Super grateful that our scETM work (from my summer internship with Dr. Yue Li, in collab. with Huiyu Cai and @tangjian.bsky.social) was recognized with an honourable mention at SIB PhD Paper Award competition. Many thanks to the jury and congrats to @meyerdh.bsky.social and Can Chen! #bc2basel
The PhD Paper Award jury gives honourable mentions to:

Can Chen for “Structure-Aware Protein Self-Supervised Learning” doi.org/10.1093/bioi...

Yifan Zhao for “Learning interpretable cellular and gene signature embeddings from single-cell transcriptomic data” doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#bc2basel
Structure-aware protein self-supervised learning
AbstractMotivation. Protein representation learning methods have shown great potential to many downstream tasks in biological applications. A few recent st
doi.org
October 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Time for the posters to be presented: enter the gallery and have a look! There's 🍰🧁🎂 #bc2basel
September 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
💫 The 2025 SIB Innovative Resource Award goes to @scverse.bsky.social 💫
The jury is impressed by the focus of these omics tools on interoperability, usability, and communication. The project’s solid governance and emphasis on open science principles are particularly commendable
#SIBawards #bc2basel
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🧬 Want to explore how gene expression compares across species? Join the #bc2basel tutorial on Bgee, a resource integrating single-cell & bulk RNA-seq data to support comparative gene expression research.
🎤Led by Frédéric Bastian, SIB
📍 Monday 8 Sept at #bc2basel
👉 Register: tinyurl.com/tw-bc2
July 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
We will soon reveal the winners of the 2025 SIB Bioinformatics Awards and the 2024 SIB Remarkable Outputs!

The awards recognize excellence and innovation in the field internationally and the Remarkable Outputs recognize last year's best publications from our members. #bc2basel
September 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
With his impactful research in machine learning, metabolomics, single cell genomics, his record in teaching and mentoring students and his contributions to the community, Michael Skinnider @skinnider.bsky.social is the laureate of the 2025 SIB Early Career Award 💫 ! #SIBawards #bc2basel
September 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thanks to all the speakers of the great Bioinformatics in Infectious Diseases session at #bc2basel, chaired by EmmaHodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social and #JacquesFellay:
Aurelie Cobat, Charlyne Bürki, Andrea Di Gioacchino, KenoStrotjohann, Hesham ElAbd, Lisa Pagani, and Valeriia Timonina
September 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢 Don’t miss the deadline ⚠️ 27 February ⚠️ to submit your abstract to the [BC]2 Basel #ComputationalBiology Conference.
From #GeneExpression to #evolution or #biomedicine - we are waiting to learn more on your research projects at #bc2basel!

👉Submit your abstract now: tinyurl.com/49w6wthj
February 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM