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Overview

The Bioconductor project is a rich and complex ecosystem of software tools intended for an increasingly diverse array of computational biology and medical informatics research questions. This growth of project scope is deeply intertwined with the complexities of computer science that serve as infrastructure for modern data science. The developer forum aims to provide a regular platform for developers and users to describe existing software and hardware infrastructure, present plans for future developments, and discuss changes that may impact developers within the Bioconductor project.

The goals of the forum include, but are not limited to:

  • Ensuring the retention and accessibility of institutional knowledge.
  • Informing the community of ongoing or imminent work to key packages.
  • Sharing insights into and paradigms for sustainable software development practices within Bioconductor.
  • Ensure that impending changes in upstream software infrastructure (i.e. r-devel changes) are understood and publicized to the community when necessary.
  • Ensure a community minded perspective on the maintenance and expansion of the Bioconductor core code base.
  • Provide developers a seat at the table for discussions on changes to Bioconductor and/or the scientific and compute infrastructure that surrounds the project.

Presentations at the developer forum should be informal, technical, and contain space for discussion and interaction with the audience. If you are interested in presenting, please contact Nick Cooley Nicholas(dot)Cooley(at)ul(dot)ie.

Audience

The forum will often be technical in some form or another, but attendance is open to any Bioconductor user or developer, especially junior career academics and developers, regardless of training background or skill levels.

Schedule

The forum takes place on the last Thursday of each month. The current time slot is 4pm UTC, and meetings will last approximately one hour. We will announce upcoming meetings on the Bioconductor developer mailing list, Zulip, and Bioconductor social media accounts. Bioconductor is a global project with developers and users across many time zones, so forum times may change in the future to accommodate the globally distributed nature of the community. All calendar invites, announcements, and social media material will be explicit about the time.

Upcoming Meetings

  • Thursday April 30th 2026 4pm UTC
    • Presentation not yet scheduled
  • Thursday May 28th 2026 4pm UTC
  • Thursday June 25th 4pm UTC
    • Szabolcs Horvát: Title TBA - Igraph associated talk - Zulip link to come!

Previous Meetings

The most recent meeting was a discussion Bioconductor internal resources and annotation resources.

Previous Developer Forums can be found on the Bioconductor YouTube channel as well as on the Course Materials page.