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Last updated: Apr 3, 2026
- grantEMBOMar 15, 2026EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships — Autumn 2026 Cycle
Two-year fellowships for outstanding postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences. Supports international mobility across EMBC Member States. Deadline: July 10, 2026.
- jobWellcome Sanger InstituteMar 15, 2026Senior Bioinformatician in Spatial Multi-omics — Wellcome Sanger Institute
The Bayraktar group seeks a senior bioinformatician for single-cell and spatial transcriptomic studies of the human brain, focusing on glioblastoma tumour microenvironment.
- jobEPFLMar 10, 2026Postdoc in Systems Biology and Genetics — EPFL Deplancke Lab
Postdoctoral position studying the impact of genomic variation on gene regulation at single-cell resolution. Expertise in systems genetics, genomics, or bioinformatics required.
- eventCAJAL / Bordeaux NeurocampusMar 1, 2026CAJAL Neuromics 2026: Single-Cell and Spatial Omics in the Nervous System
Three-week intensive course on neuromics technologies in Bordeaux (June 22 – July 10). Co-directed by Gioele La Manno (EPFL), Hannah Hochgerner (Technion), and Alexandre Favereaux (Bordeaux).
- hackathonNucleate Germany / UNITEFeb 28, 2026Berlin Bio x AI Hackathon 2026 — Protein Design, Genome Modeling & Agentic AI
24-hour hackathon held 27-28 February 2026 in Berlin. 76 participants in 17 teams tackled challenges in protein design, genome modeling, and agentic AI for life sciences.
- articleNature NeuroscienceFeb 20, 2026Distinct radial glia subtypes regulate midbrain dopaminergic neuron development
New study revealing how specific radial glia subtypes control development of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, with implications for understanding Parkinson's disease.
- eventLauzHack / EPFLFeb 15, 2026LauzHack 2026 — EPFL's Student Hackathon
Annual student-run hackathon at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. Open to students, apprentices, and recent graduates. Free attendance with partial travel reimbursement.
- hackathonCold Spring Harbor LaboratoryFeb 1, 2026Single Cell & Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis — CSHL 2026
Intensive hands-on course on single-cell and spatial transcriptomics analysis at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, combining lectures with practical computational sessions.
- toolscverse consortiumJan 23, 2026scverse ecosystem update: Scanpy, Squidpy, and spatialdata
The scverse ecosystem continues active development in 2026 with updates to Scanpy, Squidpy, and the spatialdata framework for integrated spatial omics analysis.
- articleNature NeuroscienceJan 15, 2026A computational framework for cross-species neurodevelopmental atlases
Computational algorithm for aligning neurodevelopmental data across species, enabling systematic comparison of brain development from mouse to human.
- articleNature MethodsJan 10, 2026DBiTplus: integration of imaging-based and sequencing-based spatial omics on the same tissue section
DBiTplus combines sequencing-based spatial transcriptomics and multiplexed protein imaging on the same tissue section, enabling single-cell-resolution cell typing alongside transcriptome-wide pathway analysis.