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Little blog post, preprint included, re: spatial/image Bioc hackathon on a little Venetian island — Thank you @wkhuber.bsky.social and especially @davi1893.bsky.social (and Elena!) for organizing and securing this 🤩 location 🤩 — Let’s do it again!

Bioconductor@bioconductor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🧬 Earlier this year, members of the Bioconductor community met on San Servolo Island, Italy, for a 3-day hackathon on spatial omics and bioimaging. The event produced a collaborative preprint to strengthen spatial omics support across Bioconductor. 📖 Learn more: bit.ly/43C5pDM

It was something :))

Wolfgang Huber@wkhuber.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Many results, new or improved packages, and future directions in this report on the Bioconductor Spatial Data and Image Analysis Hackathon that took place in Venice in April 2026. osf.io/preprints/bi...

Fantastic effort by Lori et al. 👏 Win-win for reviewers & contributors alike!

Bioconductor@bioconductor.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢 New package submissions to Bioconductor now go through BiocContributions. The new system uses GitHub Actions and R-universe to provide a more automated, reproducible, and streamlined review process for package authors. 📖 Read more: blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2026-0... #Bioconductor

"Bioconductor Spatial Data and Image Analysis Hackathon" https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/9ej32_v1 "We report the outcomes of the Bioconductor Spatial Data and Image Analysis Hackathon, held in Venice, Italy in April 2026. Twenty-seven researchers and […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Excited that the {anndataR} 📦 publication is out academic.oup.com/bioinformati... 🎉! I hope this makes it easier to move single-cell data between R and Python and encourages people to take advantage of both languages. Check it out on @bioconductor.bsky.social bioconductor.org/packages/ann....

"2nd SpatialData Hackathon: Frameworks, Formats and Interoperability" https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/s6bph_v1 "The event gathered experts to advance spatial omics through four hackathon tracks: (i) R interoperability, (ii) accessibility and performance of […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

Thanks to input from @helucro.bsky.social, Daria Lazic, Hugo Gruson, Artür Manukyan and many others, there is now a whole new level of maturity and ease-of-use for spatial omics data, see helenalc.github.io/SpatialData....

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@helucro.bsky.social at CSAMA 2026 csama2026.bioconductor.eu

📢 We’re excited to launch the BiocAsia Seminar Series, bringing together the Asia-Pacific Bioconductor community through shared learning and connection. The series will begin with two speakers: Prof Matt Ritchie & Dr Helena Crowell 📅 12 May ⏰ 4:00-5:00 pm AEST 🔗 Register to attend: bit.ly/42gczgl

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: BiocAsia Seminar Series. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Please join us for the first in the BiocAsia Seminar Series. This session will feature two talks from some fantastic Bioconductor contributors. Prof Matt Ritchie (WEHI, Melbourne, Australia) "Developing...

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This was a fun effort from our lab retreat (!) to recreate a "arms-length" benchmark (i.e., one that someone else created) using our Omnibenchmark framework. We all learned a lot in the process ..

bioRxiv Bioinfo@biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Building computational benchmarks: an Omnibenchmark reimplementation of a single-cell preprocessing pipeline evaluation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.01.722166v1

🚀 We’re excited to share the release of Bioconductor 3.23, featuring: ✅2418 software packages (94 new) ✅437 experiment data packages (5 new) ✅928 annotation packages ✅8 books (2 new) ✅28 workflows 🔗 Please see the full release announcement here: bioconductor.org/news/bioc_3_...

Moments like these... -> R'll be there for you.

Last week I attended a SpatialData hackathon with members of the @scverse.bsky.social, @bioconductor.bsky.social and @openmicroscopy.org communities in Padua, Italy. Here is a short blog post about the experience www.data-intuitive.com/insights/blo....

2nd SpatialData Hackathon – Data Intuitive

Frameworks, formats and Interoperability

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Bioconductor Spatial Omics Hackathon in Venice, 19-22 April 2026.

🚨 Bioconductor and R-universe are joining forces to modernize infrastructure for bioinformatics tools while preserving the strong governance and review processes that have made Bioconductor a trusted resource for over 20 years. 🔗 Learn more: blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2026-0...

Collaborating between Bioconductor and R-universe on Development of Common Infrastructure – Bioconductor community blog

R-consortium ISC top-level project R-universe is working with Bioconductor to help gradually modernize parts of its infrastructure, while accommodating the project’s scale, governance, and…

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📣 Call to Host EuroBioC2027! Interested in bringing the European Bioconductor Conference to your region? Applications are now open to host EuroBioC2027 or to join the planning committee to gain experience for future editions. 👉 Apply here by 20 April 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚀 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆! A Spatial Transcriptomics Map of the Human Tonsil Reveals New Dimensions Beyond the Cellular Atlas, offering new insights into immune responses By @pascual-reguant.bsky.social & @helucro.bsky.social (1st author) 📎 www.cnag.eu/news/spatial...

🚀 Join the Bioconductor Hackathon on Spatial Omics & Image-Derived Data in San Servolo, Italy (Venice) from 19–23 April 2026. Developers in this field are invited to participate. 💡 Limited travel support is available for junior developers 📝 Apply by 20 February: forms.gle/Gv8EdpxV7XK7...

Bioconductor-centric hackathon on spatial omics and image-derived data analysis methods

We’re planning a 4-day Bioconductor-centric hackathon on spatial omics and image-derived data analysis methods, 19-23 April 2026 in San Servolo, Italy (an island in front of Venice's San Marco…

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Registration now open for CSAMA! 📜 csama2026.bioconductor.eu Highly recommend for learning data science with a scenery, plus a fantastic crowd of students and faculty alike! 📸 from the traditional mid-week hike during last year’s edition.

We are looking for a Software Developer to work on R/Python interoperability for single-cell and spatial omics methods. 🔗 Apply here: jobs.dkfz.de/en/jobs/1683...

Software Developer - Interoperability for Single-Cell and Spatial Omics Methods

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This year's CSAMA Biological Data Science Summer School in Brixen takes place 24-29 May 2026. Topics: single-cell and spatial omics, statistics, multi-omics, ML/AI, all very hands-on using R / Bioconductor! More info: csama2026.bioconductor.eu Registration: 1 Feb 2026! @bioconductor.bsky.social

CSAMA 2026 Biological Data Science – CSAMA 2026 Biological Data Science

22nd Edition Bressanone-Brixen, Italy 24-29 May 2026

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CSAMA 2026 - Biological Data Science Summer School Bressanone-Brixen, South Tyrol / Italy 24-29 May 2026 csama2026.bioconductor.eu Statistical & computational methods for single cell and spatial omics, with lectures and hands-on exercises in R/Bioconductor.

A little feisty this, dear Spotify, preluded by “Age is just a number. So don’t take this personally”, but on point as always, and point well taken 🙂‍↕️

Many people hours, calls and messages later: OSTA is now “in (pre)print”, though the real thing lives at bioconductor.org/books/OSTA. Check it out, get in touch. We welcome any feedback, suggestions, wishes (& contributions). It’s been a joy working with you @estellayixingdong.bsky.social!

bioRxiv Bioinfo@biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Orchestrating Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis with Bioconductor https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.688607v1

📣 Calling Bioconductor users and developers! 🧬 ✨ Join our new quarterly online seminar series featuring contributor innovations and discussions on package integration. Enjoy 30 minutes of insights, 15 minutes of guided discussion, and 15 minutes of open Q&A. Share questions live or in chat!

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🚀 Bioconductor 3.22 is released! Thanks to all developers and community members for contributing to the project! 🔗 Please see the full release announcement here: bioconductor.org/news/bioc_3_...

Bioconductor - Bioconductor 3.22 Released

The Bioconductor project aims to develop and share open source software for precise and repeatable analysis of biological data. We foster an inclusive and collaborative community of developers and…

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🧬 EuroBioC2026 is coming to Turku, Finland, from June 3–5, 2026! Expect 3 exciting days with the Bioconductor community, showcasing the latest advances in Bioconductor software and emerging technologies shaping computational biology. 👉 More details soon at eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org

Thank you to all our amazing sponsors, organizers, speakers, and attendees for making #EuroBioC2025 in Barcelona such a success! Read the full recap blog post here👉 blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-1... And, see you next year at #EuroBioC2026! 🎉 #Bioconductor #Community #Conference

EuroBioC2025 conference recap – Bioconductor community blog

Highlights from the 2025 European Bioconductor Conference in Barcelona

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I'm very excited to share our latest preprint! We introduce structure-based analysis of spatial omics data – an approach that focuses on multi-cellular anatomical structures rather than single cells. We also present sosta to facilitate this type of analysis: bioconductor.org/packages/sos...

bioRxiv Bioinfo@biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Analysis of anatomical multi-cellular structures from spatial omics data using sosta https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.13.682065v1