The EuBIC-MS Developers Meeting is organized every two years by the European Bioinformatics Community for Mass Spectrometry (EuBIC-MS), an initiative of the European Proteomics Association (EuPA) for user-oriented bioinformatics.
This meeting aims to bring together computer scientists and developers in the field of bioinformatics for proteomics to discuss and collaborate in an open and constructive spirit. The program is divided into keynote lectures and several hackathon sessions where participants are developing bioinformatics tools and resources to address outstanding needs in the proteomics bioinformatics and user community. Participants are also encouraged to present their scientific work in a poster session.
Through the parallel hackathon sessions, participants will be able to actively participate in the development of new achievements in mass spectrometry-based approaches. This could include the creation of new tools, scripts, resources or any other collaborative project important to the field. Anyone in the field can submit a proposal for a hackathon project. The final list of hackathons will be selected by the organizing committee after a public vote.
The next Developers Meeting will take place from 2-7 February 2025 at Kloster Neustift, Vahrn, Italy.
Why attend the Developers Meeting?
By joining the Developers Meeting, you will gain experience in developing bioinformatics tools, build long-lasting international collaborations and participate in a dynamic peer network. In turn, your contribution will help the community at large and have a real impact on users.
Confirmed keynote speakers
(Utrecht University, NL)
(Talus Bio, USA)
Hackathons
Topics for the hackathon sessions can now be proposed! Please carefully read the full guidelines before submitting a project proposal and make sure to add all relevant information to your proposal. Examples from the 2023 Developers Meeting can be found here.
To create a proposal, head over to GitHub and create a discussion in the EuBIC2025 repository describing your project.
Present your work with a poster
We encouraged all participants, especially early career researchers, to present their work with a poster. Abstract submission for posters and flash talks must be submitted through a separate online form.
Submission for posters are now open until 15. November 2024 here.
Sponsors
This event would not be possible without you! Thank you very much!
Gold Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Social event
We will spend the afternoon / evening on a hut in the mountains. The exact location and program will be announced soon.
Registration
The registration fee is 750 EUR per person, which includes the participation in the Developers Meeting (including the social event) and full-board stay at the venue.
Payment is only be possible by bank transfer directly to the venue. We apologize for any resulting inconveniences, but this helps us to keep the registration fee low.
All fees must be paid after completing the registration form. You will receive the bank data together with a preliminary registration acceptance. As soon as the fee has been received and we are notified, your registration will be fully confirmed. Applicants not paying the fee will receive one reminder. If the fee is not paid before 20th December 20th 2024, the preliminary registration will be cancelled and the slot will be opened to applicants on the waiting list.
The registration is now open. Register here.
You can submit a poster abstract here.
Organizational committee
Main Organizers
Co-organizers
Bart Van Puyvelde (Ghent University, Belgium)
Dominik Lux (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Magnus Palmblad (LUMC Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Netherlands)
Ralf Gabriels (VIB / Ghent University, Belgium)
Viktoria Dorfer (University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria)
Wout Bittremieux (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
More information
Venue and travel
The Developers Meeting will take place at Kloster Neustift / Abbazzio di Novacella
Stiftstr. 1
39040 Vahrn (BZ)
Italy
https://www.kloster-neustift.it/en
Transfer to the venue
The next train main station, which is reachable by trains to international airports, is in Brixen/Bressanone. From there, you can take the public transport (bus) to the venue. We are currently discussing a bus transfer from the main station, but can not guarantee this.
Program
Program is still preliminary!
Dates and deadlines
Registration
Opening: 12. July 2024
Closing: 15. December (you need to pay the registration fee until this date!)
Poster abstract submission
Opening: 12. July 2024
Closing: 15. November 2024
You will be informed of the poster acceptance until 1. December 2024
Developers Meeting
2. – 7. February, 2025
Hotel booking
The hotel and all meals are included into the registration fee. The number of participants will be limited to 60 persons.
For roughly half of the participants we have single rooms, the other half has double rooms. During the registration you will be asked whether you know another participant you like to share with and whom (please both participants state this), you are ok to share with anyone (we will make random draws close to the meeting), or whether you definitely don’t like to share a room.
Cancellation and refund policy
Cancellations can be made in written form only (please mail to developers-meeting@eubic-ms.org) and can only be accepted if received before the bank transfer was performed. Any cancellations after completing payment or no-shows at the event are not eligible for a refund and the full fee in accordance with the registration invoice or confirmation will be due. If you cannot attend, it might be possible to swap the spot with another interested person, but this cannot be guaranteed and should be organized by yourself and communicated to us by email.
The organizer reserves the right to cancel all or parts of the event on short-term notice. In this case, the amount of refunded fees will be negotiated with the venue and cannot yet be guaranteed.
Social Media
Follow us on Mastodon @EuBIC_MS@mstdn.science, LinkedIn @EuBIC, or X @EuBIC_ms and post about the meeting with the hashtag #EuBIC2025.