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Galaxy Bioconductor Community Conference (GBCC) GBCC
June 23 - 26, 2025
Abstract Deadline: April 8, 2025
Registration / Poster Abstract Deadline: May 9, 2025


Organizers:

Enis Afgan, Johns Hopkins University
Vincent Carey, Harvard Medical School/Mass General Brigham
Jenny Drnevich, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael Love, UNC-Chapel Hill
Anton Nekrutenko, The Pennsylvania State University
Michael Schatz, Johns Hopkins University

Conference Managers: 
Erica Feick, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Jennifer Vessio, Johns Hopkins University


We are pleased to announce the adjunct Galaxy Bioconductor Community Conference (GBCC)  which will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. The meeting will begin with dinner and an evening session on Monday, June 23, and conclude with lunch on Thursday, June 26, 2025.  GBCC is the flagship annual community conference for the Galaxy and Bioconductor projects. The conference brings together scientists, software developers, and trainers from a variety of disciplines to share their experiences, knowledge, and skills. The conference will feature keynotes, invited talks, posters, trainings, and Birds of a Feather sessions. 

Financial Support: The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science will award six scholarships covering full conference registration to outstanding graduate students. To apply click here.

Interested in attending CoFest – here are all the details and registration information.
NOTE: CoFest has a separate registration from GBCC2025.

Keynote Speakers:
Sergei Pond, Temple University
Charlotte Soneson, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Jason Williams, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory


Topics & Chairs:

To be announced

Abstracts are welcome for consideration as poster and platform presentations and should contain new and unpublished material. Status of abstracts (talk versus poster) will be posted on our Web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in June.

Social Media:

The designated hashtag for this meeting is #gbcc2025. Note that you must obtain permission from an individual presenter before live-tweeting or discussing his/her talk, poster, or research results on social media. Click the Policies tab above to see our full Confidentiality & Reporting Policy, and click the following links to read the Galaxy Project Code of Conduct and the Bioconductor Project-Wide Code of Conduct

The GBCC 2025 is supported in part by

Pricing:
**The required $200 deposit for in-person registration will be waived for the GBCC 2025. If you choose not to pay upon registration, please select "check to follow" to proceed with the registration process**

In-Person Fees:

Academic/Media Private Room/Private Bath Package: $1505
Academic/Media Private Room/Shared Bath Package: $1415
Academic Shared Room Package: $1300
Academic/Media No-Housing Package: $990
Student Package/Double Occupancy: $1195
Student Package/No Housing Package: $885
Corporate Private Room/Private Bath Package: $1935
Corporate No-Housing Package: $1420
*Student Housing is default double occupancy. Please inquire about availability and fees to upgrade to a private room.

Room package reservations close 2 weeks before the meeting start date
*
NOTE: We cannot guarantee housing will be on campus

Virtual Participation: Includes access to the oral sessions via Zoom, the digital poster gallery, the Slack discussion workspace, and the Leading Strand video archive.  If you are submitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation, please plan to attend the meeting in-person.

Non-presenting participants: We plan to broaden access to the conference by allowing certain categories of non-presenting participants to attend virtually at reduced fees. Categories include: 

1. Individuals from low & middle income countries; 
2. Individuals from non-LMIC countries in Asia, Australasia, Africa or South America; 
3. Individuals from US & Canadian minority serving institutions; 
4. Individuals with a demonstrable financial barrier; 
5. Individuals with family obligations or other special circumstances. 

Virtual Fees:
Academic Virtual Package $85
Grad Student Virtual Package: $50
Corporate Virtual Package: $125

Late Fee (Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on June 10):
Late Academic Virtual Package: $110
Late Student Virtual Package: $75
Late Corporate Virtual Package: $150

Regular packages are all-inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, a wine-and-cheese party, cocktail reception, and lobster banquet. No-Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due four weeks prior to the meeting.