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.
