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Microbiome ANCHOR: Advancing Novel Computational and High-quality Omics Research. Microbiome Conference, June 8-10, 2026. Oak Island, Nova Scoatia. An intimate microbiome meeting to foster connections and share ideas about microbial communities, the methods used to study them, and their diverse applications. microbiome-anchor.ca
Save the Date: Microbiome ANCHOR is a new Canadian microbiome conference taking place June 8-10, 2026 at Oak Island Resort in Nova Scotia. Registration opens in January and space will be limited: head to microbiome-anchor.ca and join the mailing list so you don't miss out!
Canadian Bioinformatics Hub Conference 2026. May 27-29, 2026, MaRS Discovery District, Toronto, Canada. Nominate Outstanding Contributors to Canada's Bioinformatics Community! Help us recognize the researchers and community builders shaping the future of bioinformatics in Canada! CBHC 2026 is accepting nominations for awards celebrating innovation, leadership, inclusivity, and trainee excellence across the BCBDS community. Eligible nominees include trainees, early-career, and mid-career professionals. Self-nominations welcome!
The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub is accepting applications for their recognition awards. Three awards are available: CBH Research & Innovation Award, Francis Ouellette Community Award, and CBH Impact Trainee Award. Apply by Dec 8, 2025: www.iscb.org/cbhc2026/cal...
CBH Training Awards. About the Awards: CBH Training Awards fund up to $2,500 CAD for professional development for trainees in Canada. Apply to attend workshops, tutorials, and training events that address your training needs in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Data Science. Application Deadline: Dec 1, 2025. Questions? training@bioinformatics.ca
The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub Training Award application deadline is coming up soon on Dec 1, 2025! Successful applicants will receive up to $2,500 CAD to attend a workshop, tutoral, or other training event in 2026. Learn more and apply: bioinformatics.ca/hub/training...
Job posting! @sickkidsto.bsky.social is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to study Early Infant Feeding and the Microbiome, starting Jan 2026. Sound like you? See the job posting and apply here by Dec 8, 2025 (Job ID 23371): shorturl.at/Hdx5Q
University of Waterloo | WatSPEED. 3 WatSPEED workshops next month: Dec 3, 2025 (12-1pm ET): Generative AI for Data Science Dec 17, 2025 (12-1pm ET): Introduction to Machine Learning Dec 18, 2025 (12-1pm ET): Getting Started with Python
WatSPEED at the University of Waterloo is offering 3 FREE workshops next month:
(1) Generative AI for Data Science: Dec 3, 2025 @12pm ET
(2) Introduction to Machine Learning: Dec 17, 2025 @12pm ET
(3) Getting started with Python: Dec 18, 2025 @12pm ET
Visit watspeed.uwaterloo.ca to register.
The Canadian Bioinformatics Hub has launched a survey for women who are driving advancements in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Data Science (BCBDS) today. If you would like to participate in this survey, click the link below before the December 15, 2025 deadline. shorturl.at/tQ3d8
PANORAMICS - A Vision True North Spatial 2026 Canada's 1st Spatial & Single-cell Biology Summit March 25-27, 2026 MaRS Innovation Centre, Toronto, ON Experience the Panoramic Chapters collectively through our True North Spatial Summit, as we inspire, enlighten, and challenge your mind. Set in downtown Toronto, the Queen City, at the iconic MaRS Discovery District, the beacon of Canada's innovation, this landmark event opens the doors to Canada's first Spatial and Single-Cell Summit, where thought leaders, scientists, and innovators unite to share ideas, spark collaboration, and shape the future of discovery. PRE-REGISTER HERE: https://shorturl.at/lAiuJ
PANORAMICS - A Vision is organizing True North Spatial 2026: Canada's first Spatial & Single-cell Biology Summit, bringing together leaders from industry and academia to explore the future of spatial-omics innovation. Mar 25-27, 2026 in Toronto, ON. Preregistration is now open: shorturl.at/lAiuJ
ARNC Espaces de données nationaux. Appel de propositions. Date limite: le 1er decembre 2025
L’Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada lance un appel de propositions pour le Programme pilote sur les espaces de données nationaux. La date limite pour soumettre une proposition est le 1er décembre 2025. Pour en savoir plus: www.alliancecan.ca/en/opportuni...
DRAC National Data Spaces Call for Proposals. Deadline: 01 Dec 2025
The Data Research Alliance of Canada (DRAC) has put out a call for proposals for its National Data Spaces Pilot Program, designed to improve how Canada's research data is managed, shared, and used. Application deadline is Dec 1, 2025. Learn more: www.alliancecan.ca/en/opportuni...
📢 Call for abstracts! #CBHC2026 invites submissions in:
Data: Building Resources and Infrastructure
Methods: Advancing Computational Approaches
Discoveries: Generating Biological and Biomedical Insights
🗓️ Deadline: Feb 12, 2026
📥 Submit: https://f.mtr.cool/oftnlpqjlg
We closed out #HavingIMPACTT2025 with a keynote talk by Robert Jenq about microbiome interventional studies in allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and CAR-T cell-based immunotherapies.
Our #HavingIMPACTT Session 5 on Microbiome Interactions in Autoimmunity and Inflammatory Disease featured talks by Shalina Ousman and Nicola Harris on topics ranging from multiple sclerosis and neuroinflammation to identifying factors that drive healing in IBD.
Opportunities: Opportunity to identify molecular determinants of colonization and out-competition; Opportunity to engineer logic-gated sensors for colonization based on environmental features; Opportunities to get organized, focus, and standardize
New this year at #HavingIMPACTT2025: a "SWOT"-style panel discussion on the future of microbial therapeutics! Our panelists @arpaialab.bsky.social, Jeremiah Faith, Valerie Taylor, and Robert Jenq discussed the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats of microbial therapeutics.
IMPACTT HMA Benchmarking Atlas - take home messages: All datasets will be freely available; Guide experimental design; engraftment "benchmark" in health control conditions; sample size calculation; spatial + temporal atlas of HMA microbiome, metabolome, immune responses (deep long-read sequencing, fungal/viral engraftment, much more on functional engraftment, multi-omic integration of metagenomics -> metabolic pathways -> immune responses)
One of our IMPACTT Co-Leads, Dr. Braedon McDonald, gave an update on an ongoing IMPACTT project on creating a benchmarking atlas for researchers conducting experiments with human microbiome-associated (HMA) mice. Contact us through our website for more information.
Canadian National Organoid Network (CNON). Why join CNON? Access our protocols; organoid culture in-person training; expedited organoid ordering and support; stay in the loop about the latest organoid research; membership is FREE
Our third sponsored talk was given by Dr. Simon Hirota, co-director of the Canadian National Organoid Network (CNON). CNON is free to join and gives researchers access to protocols, in-person training, and help with organoid ordering and research. canadianorganoidnetwork.ca
Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 4 on Microbial Ecosystems was rapid-fire, full of short talks from Elsa Rousseau, Ann Gregory, and others on topics ranging from gut bacteriophages, to functional changes in pregnancy, to using CRISPR-Cas9 to eliminate antibiotic resistance genes.
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Our second sponsored talk by Stephane Bronner from the Rosell Institute for Microbiome and Probiotics provided an overview of their research and funding portfolio and how they translate microbial science into human health benefits.
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Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 3 on microbiome-immunity interplay featured talks from Melody Zeng and Nicholas Arpaia on immune regulation by the gut microbiome in early life and beyond, as well as programmable probiotics for personalized cancer immunotherapy.
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Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 2 on Translational Microbiome featured Jeremiah Faith, Glen Carter, and Lauren Davey discussing microbial therapeutics, multidrug-resistant organisms, and engineered gut bacteria.
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Our first sponsored Tech Talk by BioAro Inc. CEO Dr. Anmol Kapoor introduced PanOmiQ - AI-driven next-generation analysis intelligence.
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Our #HavingIMPACTT2025 Session 1 on Diet, Microbiome, and Host included talks by Benoit Chassaing, Genelle Lunken, and Maryam Kebbe on topics ranging from dietary interventions to the mycobiome in IBD to the role of nutrition across the lifespan.
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Our first keynote speaker Dr. Ruth Ley @microbiome.bsky.social opened #HavingIMPACTT2025 with a talk about the shared evolutionary history of gut microbes and humans
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It's a beautiful day for a microbiome symposium! #HavingIMPACTT2025 is offically underway at the Malcolm Hotel in Canmore, Canada! Follow along for more.
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QIAGEN: Decode the microbial world with us. Visit Booth #2 at IMPACTT.
QIAGEN is proud to be a gold sponsor of #HavingIMPACTT2025 on Sept 22-24, 2025. Visit QIAGEN at booth #2 to learn more about their microbiome solutions: www.qiagen.com/ca/applicati...
Microbiome Insights, a Mapmygenome company. Bringing Experience and Clarity to Your Microbiome Analysis: rRNA Gene Sequencing; Shallow Shotgun Sequencing; Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing; qPCR Analysis; Short Chain Fatty Acids Analysis; Metatranscriptomics. Microbiomeinsights.com
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