Dear BBC community, 

The 12th edition of the 2-days workshop “Data Structures in
Bioinformatics” (DSB) will take place in Venice (Italy) on February
18-19th, 2026: https://dsb-meeting.github.io/DSB2026/

The workshop "Data Structures in Bioinformatics" is an annual scientific
meeting at the crossroads of computer science and biology. It is
a unique forum to discuss compact data structures and algorithms in the
context of data processing for the life sciences. Topics include string
algorithms and combinatorics, data structures, algorithms for
genome/pangenome/metagenome/transcriptome/... analysis.
More details on DSB at https://dsb-meeting.github.io/

**REGISTRATION** HERE: https://forms.gle/V9yrUXYvAsTPpq6J7
Registrations will be open until January 31st, 2026.

**ABSTRACT SUBMISSION** HERE: https://forms.gle/baHkDCZW1Lvx1xZT6
Submissions of abstracts for an oral presentation are open until January
2nd, 2026.

DSB 2026 is organized by the RAVEN (Research on Algorithms VENice) research group at Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

Looking forward to seeing you in Venice!

The DSB 2026 organizing team