Genome Informatics
About
The 26th Genome Informatics meeting brings together algorithmic and informatics approaches to genome structure, biological interpretation and human disease. The programme covers pangenomes, assembly and sequencing algorithms, evolutionary methods, single-cell and spatial omics, microbial genomics, cancer and complex diseases, including machine-learning approaches.
It combines invited presentations, selected short talks, posters and networking. The conference runs 2–4 December 2026, from approximately 12:00 Wednesday to 13:00 Friday, with programme times in GMT. In-person late registration closes 2 November; virtual registration closes 23 November. Virtual fees range from free for eligible LMIC delegates to GBP 165; student/trainee and academic/healthcare rates are GBP 55 and GBP 105.
Topics
- pangenomes
People
Chirag Jain
Indian Institute of Science, India
Alexandru I. Tomescu
University of Helsinki, Finland
Ana Conesa
Spanish National Research Council, Spain
Christophe Dessimoz
University of Lausanne/SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland
Eduardo Rocha
Institut Pasteur, France
Heng Li
Harvard University, USA
Jana Ebler
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
Jean Monlong
INSERM IRSD, France
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Leena Salmela
University of Helsinki, Finland
Nadège Guiglielmoni
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Nikolaus Rajewsky
Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany
Rachel Karchin
Johns Hopkins University, USA
Tandy Warnow
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Vijini Mallawaarachchi
Flinders University, Australia