RoBioinfo 2026 Conference

Timișoara
13-15 May, 2026

RoBioinfo 2026

Timișoara, Romania, 13-15 May, 2026

Aim

RoBioinfo 2026 aims to provide a communication forum for the Romanian bioinformatics community and to foster collaboration between researchers on topics related to human and environmental omics, molecular modelling and biophysics, structural bioinformatics, computational resources, and AI tools for bioinformatics, biomedical data mining, etc.

Important dates:

  • Abstract submission: 27 March 2026 6 April 2026 (extended deadline)
  • Notification of acceptance: 17 April 2026
  • Registration (early bird): 24 April 2026
  • Registration (regular): 30 April 2026
  • Conference: 13-15 May 2026

Confirmed speakers

Liã Bárbara Arruda
Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
Paul-Adrian Bulzu
Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic

Jorge Batista da Rocha
EMBL-EBI, UK

Salvador Capella-Gutierrez
EMBL-EBI, UK

Maria-Cecilia Chiriac
Biology Centre CAS, Czech Republic

Natacha Couto
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

Selim Kalayci
ELIXIR Hub, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK
Mihai Miclăuș
Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience, Romania
Irina Mohorianu
University of Cambridge, UK
Mihai Udrescu
Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
Ovidiu Rădulescu
University of Montpellier, France

Topics

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

  • Human, Environmental, and Ecological Omics
  • Structural Bioinformatics
  • Molecular Modelling and Biophysics
  • Biological Networks and Systems Biology
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Bioinformatics and Biomedical Data Analysis
  • Trusted Research Environments for Bioinformatics (including Big Data, Analytics, and Computational Infrastructures)
  • Education in Bioinformatics

Workshops

Conference program at a glance

The full programme, including the list of posters, is available via the Program button at the top and bottom of the page.

Date Time Program item Venue
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
08:00 Registration ICAM, room A102
08:45 Welcome and introduction ICAM, room A102
09:00 Invited talk: Physics-Informed Multi-Objective Learning Reveals Mechanisms of TranscriptionOvidiu Rădulescu ICAM, room A102
09:45 Contributed talks ICAM, room A102
10:30 Coffee break ICAM
11:00 Invited talks: metagenomics, freshwater virosphere, and long-read sequencing — Maria-Cecilia Chiriac; Paul-Adrian Bulzu ICAM, room A102
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Invited talk: Telomere-to-Telomere to Functional Insight: Building and Interpreting a Diploid Naked Mole-Rat GenomeMihai Miclăuș ICAM, room A102
14:15 Contributed talks ICAM, room A102
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Poster session 1 ICAM
18:00 Beer and Science Location TBA
Thursday, 14 May 2026
09:00 Invited talk: Clustering. Five Challenges and More – or How Biology Demanded New Computational ApproachesIrina Mohorianu ICAM, room A102
09:45 Contributed talks ICAM, room A102
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Invited talk: Ten years navigating the promises and pitfalls of clinical metagenomicsNatacha Couto ICAM, room A102
11:45 Contributed talks ICAM, room A102
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Invited session: TRE, EOSC-ENTRUST, Federated EGA, ROGEN and data sharing — Selim Kalayci; Salvador Capella-Gutiérrez; Mircea Crețu ICAM, room A102
15:00 Contributed talks ICAM, room A102
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 ELIXIR session ICAM, room A102
17:00 Workshop: Exploring Personal Genomes with Just-DNA-Lite ICAM, room B022
17:00 ROGEN session ICAM, room A102
19:00 Conference dinner Location TBA
Friday, 15 May 2026
09:00 Education in Bioinformatics Workshop – Competencies and Curriculum Design ICAM, room A102
10:30 Coffee break
11:30 Education in Bioinformatics Workshop – Competencies and Curriculum Design ICAM, room A102
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Invited talk: Hybrid Quantum-Classical Machine Learning for Edge Prediction in Drug-Target Interaction NetworksMihai Udrescu ICAM, room A102
14:15 Romanian Centers of Excellence related to Bioinformatics ICAM, room A102
15:15 Sponsors session ICAM, room A102
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Contributed talk ICAM, room A102
16:15 Poster session 2 ICAM
Saturday, 16 May 2026
09:30 Ensembl Workshop – Exploring Genomes with Ensembl Beta West University of Timișoara, room 048
11:30 Coffee break
12:00 Ensembl Workshop – Exploring Genomes with Ensembl Beta West University of Timișoara, room 048
14:00 Closing West University of Timișoara

Registration

Registration for this event is now open. Please use the registration form (also available by pressing the Register button at the top and bottom of this page) to register for the conference. Confirmation of registration & payment instructions will be sent by email to each registered participant.

Abstract submission

One-page abstracts prepared using this template should be submitted as pdf files through the submission form (also available by pressing the Submit button at the top and bottom of this page). The members of the scientific committee will evaluate the submitted abstracts based on their relevance to the conference. The collection of accepted abstracts will be available online to all participants.

Scientific committee

  • Monica Abrudan, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
  • Horia Banciu, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Vlad Cojocaru, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Mădălina Giurgiu, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
  • Consuel Ionică, Romanian Academy, Romania
  • Adriana Isvoran, West University of Timișoara, Romania
  • Maria Mernea, University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Mihai Miclăuș, National Institute for Biological Sciences, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  • Marius Mihășan, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași, Romania
  • Bogdan Mirăuță, Eagle Genomics, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • Andrei-Jose Petrescu, Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy
  • Elena Poenaru, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, Bucharest, Romania
  • Ioan Ovidiu Sirbu, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania
  • Marius Surleac, Institutul Național de Boli Infecțioase "Prof. Dr. Matei Balș", Bucharest, Romania
  • Robi Tăcutu, Institute of Biochemistry, Romanian Academy

Organizing committee

  • Diogen Babuc, West University of Timișoara, Romania
  • Cătălina Barbăroșie, University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Flavia Costi, West University of Timișoara, Romania
  • Ramona Curpan, Coriolan Dragulescu Institute of Chemistry, Timișoara, Romania
  • Alexandru Farcaș, West University of Timișoara, Romania
  • Iulia Sabău, Genomics Research and Development Institute, Bucharest, Romania
  • Sebastian Stefanigă, West University of Timișoara, Romania
  • Radu Ticiu, BioCoderDojo, Timișoara, Romania
  • Daniela Zaharie, West University of Timișoara, Romania
  • Cristian Zimbru, Politehnica University, Timisoara, Romania

Conference fees

Early bird
(by 24th April)
Regular
(by 30th April)
RSBI members 50% of the registration fee
Students (undergraduate and graduate,
including PhD students)
200 RON/
40 EUR
250 RON/
50 EUR
Academic and public research organizations 400 RON/
80 EUR
500 RON/
100 EUR
Corporate 500 RON/
100 EUR
600 RON/
120 EUR
Companions - catering for 2 days
(4 coffee breaks and 2 lunches), excludes the gala dinner
125 RON/
25 EUR
150 RON/
30 EUR
Gala dinner/ person 75 RON/ 15 EUR

Confirmation of registration & payment instructions will be sent by email to each registered participant.

Venue

West University of Timisoara, Research Institute on Advanced Environmental Studies (str. Oituz, nr. 4, Timisoara)

Accommodation

For students, a limited number of rooms are available in the UVT dorms.

Confirmed sponsors

 

 

Contact

Feel free to write us at: robioinfo2026@gmail.com

 

 

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Timișoara
13-15 May, 2026