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History

EEBG Through the Years

2022

EEBG's first conference in Moldova in 2022

The first EBCG conference took place from September 21 to October 14, 2022, at Mediacor, Alexei Mateevici Str 60, Chișinău, Republic of Moldova.
The event brought together international experts in bioinformatics, evolutionary biology, and genome analysis. The program included a series of intensive lectures and workshops led by renowned scientists and practitioners:

  • Prof. Alexander Zelikovsky delivered a lecture series on phylogenetic analysis and viral evolution.
  • Prof. Taras Oleksyk discussed human genome diversity in a population and evolutionary context.
  • Prof. Serghei Mangul presented bioinformatics as a career path and shared insights on building a career in this rapidly evolving field.
  • Prof. Ian Toma introduced applications of translational bioinformatics in medicine and public health.
  • Dr. Victoria Popic conducted an advanced lecture series on algorithms for genome analysis.

The conference had a strong educational and practical focus, emphasizing skill development and fostering an international research community. Sessions were held in the afternoon and included both lectures and interactive discussions.

https://mangul-lab-usc.github.io/EBCG/

2022

The first conference

2023

The second conference

2023

The second EEBG was held in 2023, in Chișinău, Moldova.

The event brought together researchers, students, and experts in bioinformatics, computational genomics, medicine, and biology, aiming to build a strong scientific community in Eastern Europe.

The program combined lectures, keynote talks, and hands-on group work, offering both in-person and remote participation options. Courses took place at the Technical University of Moldova, while the final events were hosted at the Mediacor building.

This edition featured 13 distinguished speakers from institutions across the USA, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Turkey, Poland, and Romania. Topics covered included:

  • Population genetics and phylogeny reconstruction (Prof. Alexander Zelikovsky)

  • Next-generation sequencing analysis and variant calling (Prof. Serghei Mangul)

  • Hidden Markov models and genome data analysis

  • Translational bioinformatics and applications in medicine

  • Scientific communication and open science best practices

  • Applications of AI in genomics and city microbiomes

Keynote talks were delivered by leading scientists such as Prof. Shilpa Garg, Dr. Mohammed Alser, Prof. Mark Robinson, Dr. Nicole Nogoy, Prof. Encarnita Mariotti-Ferrandiz, Prof. Paweł Łabaj, and others.

The school culminated in group project presentations, a quiz, award ceremonies, and networking activities, fostering lasting collaborations and skills development in the field of bioinformatics and computational genomics.

https://sites.google.com/view/eebgschool2023/

2024

The third edition of the EEBG) took place from July 1 to 12, 2024, in Suceava, Romania.

Organized in partnership with “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava (USV) and the Technical University of Moldova, this edition featured a unique cross-border format, hosted in both Romania and Moldova, highlighting regional academic collaboration.

EEBG 2024 brought together students and researchers from bioinformatics, computational genomics, medicine, and biology. The program offered lectures, workshops, and group projects on key topics such as:

  • Population and medical genetics

  • Statistics and biological data analysis

  • Visualization and interpretation of genomic data

  • Data structures for biological sequences

  • Bioinformatics techniques and applications

Participants worked on interdisciplinary research projects, including:

  • Network analysis in rheumatoid arthritis

  • Assessment of microbial genome representation in reference databases

Projects were evaluated by a scientific commission including Prof. Serghei Mangul, Prof. Taras Oleksyk, Dr. Olha Petrenko, and others. The top seven project teams were selected to present their work at the BioGENext Conference, held in Kyiv, Ukraine (September 17–20, 2024), featuring leading global scientists such as O.O. Abudayyeh, J. Bujnicki, J. Gootenberg, and B. Kleinstiver.

EEBG 2024 once again proved to be a hub for academic excellence, networking, and the advancement of bioinformatics in Eastern Europe.

https://bioinformaticsforukraine.com/news/from-eebg-2024-to-biogenext-a-transformative-journey-in-bioinformatics/

2024

The third conference