Introduction to SBW2026

The Swedish Bioinformatics Workshop (SBW) is an annual event organised by different Swedish universities since 2000, and is the largest gathering of bioinformaticians and computational biologists in Sweden. The meeting welcomes participants from all career stages and sectors, with a strong focus on PhD students and postdocs.

This year’s edition will take place in Gothenburg at the Wallenberg Conference Center. The programme will feature keynote presentations, contributed talks, hands-on workshops, and a poster session, with national and international speakers. SBW2026 aligns with the Nordic Computational Biology week.

Programme at a glance

• Two full days of talks, six themed sessions, and a dedicated poster session
• Four hands-on workshops: Data management, Academic Writing, Data Visualisation, Bacterial Genomics
• Networking opportunities with national and international keynote speakers

Session topics

• Translational research
• Multi-omics data integration
• Single-cell technologies
• Cancer genomics
• Machine learning and AI
• Metagenomics and microbiome

Early‑career opportunities

SBW strongly encourages PhD students and postdocs to submit abstracts for contributed talks and posters. Details on abstract submission will be announced together with registration information.

Registration

Abstract submission and registration for SBW2026 are now open. More information can be found on the registration page.

Registration fees

Students include all PhD students as well as Master’s students in their final thesis year.

Important deadlines

• Early bird registration: 1 December 2025
• Abstract submission: 12 December 2025
• Regular registration: 12 January 2026
• Online participant registration: 26 February 2026