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<https://raven-laboratory.github.io/> (Research on Algorithms VENice) research group at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Looking forward to seeing you in Venice! The DSB 2026 organizing team