Londonomics Network Annual Symposium 2026

Are you an early career researcher (PhD student, postdoc or early PI) working in bioinformatics? Then the Londonomics Network Annual Symposium 2026 is for you. Join a day of talks, networking and career discussions at the Francis Crick Institute, and present your work as a poster or talk to get fresh ideas and the chance to win prizes.

This year’s theme is multimodal data integration, bringing together bioinformatics experts in omics, genetics and image analysis.

Keynotes

Two keynote speakers this year. Andreas Tiffeau-Mayer, Associate Professor and group leader in quantitative immunology at UCL, will open the symposium. Nicky Whiffin, Associate Professor and group leader at the Big Data Institute and Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, will begin the afternoon session.

Career mentorship session

The career mentorship session takes the format of an intimate Q&A, with professionals spanning academia and industry, including:

• Siqi Yin, clinical bioinformatician, NHS
• Stuart Nunn, recruiter, Reed
• Marta Farré Belmonte, group leader in evolutionary genomics, Queen Mary University of London

Provisional schedule

• 9:00am – 9:30am: Registration
• 9:30am – 10:00am: Keynote lecture 1, Andreas Tiffeau-Mayer
• 10:00am – 11:00am: Five short talks (10 + 2 mins)
• 11:00am – 11:25am: Coffee break
• 11:25am – 11:30am: BGI talk
• 11:30am – 12:45pm: Six short talks (10 + 2 mins)
• 12:45pm – 1:45pm: Lunch, including an Ultima Genomics talk from 1:15pm
• 1:45pm – 2:45pm: Keynote lecture 2, Nicky Whiffin
• 2:45pm – 3:30pm: Coffee break
• 3:30pm – 4:30pm: Career mentorship session
• 4:30pm – 5:15pm: Discussion session
• 5:15pm – 5:30pm: Prize giving and wrap-up
• 5:30pm – 7:00pm: Networking drinks

Submit an abstract

Abstracts must be submitted by 17 October 2026. Successful applicants will be told by 24 October 2026 whether they have been selected for a short talk, long talk or poster.

New to this? Read our guides to writing a powerful conference abstract, giving a short conference talk and presenting a poster.

Submit your abstract

Registration

Attendance is £45 per person. Capacity is limited, so registration will close once all tickets have been allocated. The organisers don’t want the fee to be a barrier to anyone attending, so a limited number of free tickets are available. To be considered, email londonomics@outlook.com.

Register now

More details are on the Londonomics Network events page.

The symposium is supported by Ultima Genomics, BGI, Olink and Parse Biosciences.