Genome Informatics
November 5 - 8, 2025
Abstract Deadline: August 22, 2025
Organizers:
Zamin Iqbal, University of Bath, UK
Ben Langmead, Johns Hopkins University
Camille Marchet, University of Lille, France
The next Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Conference on Genome Informatics will be held at Cold Spring Harbor, New York (this meeting has alternated with the Hinxton meeting started under the joint auspices of CSHL and the Wellcome Trust). The meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5th, and finish with lunch on Saturday, November 8, 2025.
The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science will award six scholarships covering full conference registration to outstanding graduate students. Application deadline is September 15, 2025. For details and application instructions, visit here.
Tentative Meeting Topics:
- PanGenomes
- Genome Assembly and Sequencing Algorithms
- Algorithmic Evolutionary Biology
- Single Cell and Spatial Omics
- Microbial Genomics
- AI, ML and Integrative Omics
Keynote Speakers:
Yana Safonova, Penn State
Marinka Zitnik, Harvard University
Discussion Leaders:
Nicola De Maio, EMBL-EBI, UK
Alexander Dilthey, Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
Irene Kaplow, Carnegie Mellon University
Anshul Kundaje, Stanford University
John Lees, EMBL-EBI, UK
Wei Vivian Li, University of California, Riverside
Cong Ma, University of Michigan Medical School
Erin Molloy, University of California, Los Angeles
Alexander Schonhuth, University of Bielfeld, Germany
Mile Sikic, Genome Institute of Singapore
Ryan Wick, University of Melbourne, Doherty Institute, Australia
Yun William Yu, Carnegie Mellon University
Please bring this notice to the attention of any of your colleagues who may be interested in participating in the meeting.
All abstracts must be submitted by the abstract deadline. Late registrations may be accepted after the abstract deadline if the meeting is not oversubscribed. In the event of over-subscription, every effort will be made to ensure that all groups who wish to participate will be represented. The status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our website as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from the government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Please apply in writing via email to Val Pakaluk and state your financial needs; preference will be given to those who submit abstracts.
Social Media:
The designated hashtag for this meeting is #gi2025. Due to the open culture of the Genome Informatics community, we have established an opt-out policy on the live-tweeting or discussing of talks, posters, or research results on social media.
This meeting may be sponsored in part by National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health
Additional support provided by:
Pricing:
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.
NOTE: We cannot guarantee housing will be on campus
Room package reservations close 2 weeks before the meeting start date
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.
Presenters: Individuals submitting abstracts and facing financial barriers should first request financial aid (see above). Permission to present your talk or poster virtually will be given only in exceptional circumstances and on a case-by-case basis. If you think you are eligible for an exemption from the requirement to present in person, please provide a justification in writing via email to Val Pakaluk
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.
For categories 4 & 5 above, please provide a justification via email to Val Pakaluk
Virtual Fees
Academic Virtual Package $315
Grad Student Virtual Package: $185
Corporate Virtual Package: $460
Late Fee (Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on October 31)
Late Academic Virtual Package: $415
Late Student Virtual Package: $285
Late Corporate Virtual Package: $560