Finland’s largest free Bioinformatics Conference
29th of May 2026 in Espoo.
The 20th Anniversary of the Bioinformatics days
Just as exactly 20 years ago, The Finnish Society for Bioinformatics and CSC – IT Center for Science proudly join forces again to organize the Bioinformatics day 2026. We are going to have 2 Keynote speakers, 9 talks selected from abstract, 3 poster session, countless networking opportunities and much more!
Become a member of the Finnish Society for Bioinformatics to join this most spectacular bioinformatics events of the year!
About the Bioinformatics Day
Bioinformatics day is Finland’s largest free Bioinformatics conference – a yearly event that gathers all bioinformaticians around Finland for a day full of Science, Networking and fun.
In 2025, the Bioinformatics Day was organized for the first time as a collaboration of the Finnish Society for Bioinformatics and CompLifeSci. We had Tero Aittokallio and Liisa Holm as our keynote speaker, 7 talks selected from abstract, over 30 posters and over 200 registered participants. In 2026 we are collaborating with CSC – IT Center for Science and we are expecting the Bioinformatics day to be at least equally spectacular! The Bioinformatics day is only for registered members of The Finnish Society for Bioinformatics, so join today and join the wonderful day full of science, networking and fun!
Where: CSC – IT Center for Science: Keilaranta 14, 02150 Espoo
When: 29th of May 2026 from 9 am to 4 pm. And Networking event from 4 pm until late.
Keynote Speakers – To be announced
Tommi Vatanen
Tommi Vatanen is an associate professor of microbiology at the Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), University of Helsinki. Dr. Vatanen’s work focuses on understanding the intricate relationships between the human microbiome and health. He received his PhD in computational biology from Aalto University (Espoo, Finland) and has since worked at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Cambridge, MA, USA) and at the Liggins Institute of the University of Auckland (Auckland, New Zealand) as a senior scientist. His research group at the University of Helsinki develops and utilizes computational models, machine learning and bioinformatics to understand the dynamics of human microbial communities – predominantly the gut microbiomes – and their implications to human development, health and wellbeing
Päivi Onkamo
Päivi Onkamo is a professor of Evolutionary Genetics in University of Turku. She and her group are specialized on ancient human population genetics in Finland, studying how and why the gene pool has varied over centuries, and how that affects us now. Since 2006, she has led multidisciplinary multidisciplinary projects ranging from computer science to gene mapping and archeology. Currently she is co-PI in both the UTU profilation Profi7 consortium Human Diversity (https://sites.utu.fi/humandiversity/), and in a brand new Center of Excellence in Human Diversity through Contacts.
Program – To be updated.
- 2 keynote speakers
- 9 talks selected from abstracts
- 3 poster sessions with coffee
- Many possibilities for networking
- Over 150 attendees
Detailed Program (To be updated)
9.00-9.15 Opening words
9.15-10.00 Keynote speaker
10.00-10.45 Poster session 1 and Coffee
10.45-12.15 Talks selected from abstracts
12.15-13.15 Lunch, Poster session 2
13.15-14.00 Keynote speaker
14.00-15.00 Poster session 3 and Coffee
15.00-16.00 Talks selected from abstracts
16.00-16.15 Announcing the Best Bioinformatics thesis winner, Announcing the poster competition winner
Closing words
Networking continues until late
The Bioinformatics Day is open to the members of the Finnish Society for Bioinformatics!
The Bioinformatics Day is organized by the Finnish Society for Bioinformatics and CSC – IT Center for Science
Finnish Society for Bioinformatics
The Finnish Society for Bioinformatics is for everyone interested in Bioinformatics in Finland
- Supporting Bioinformaticians
- The central hub for bioinformaticians in Finland
- Networking events, jobs, information and much more
CSC – IT Center for Science
We build digital solutions for data management, scientific computing, and education that help researchers, learners, and companies understand the world. We support society’s digitalization and, on our part, promote the green transition with our customers, owners, and partners.
- Scientific computing
- Data management
- Digitalization of research and education
Past Bioinformatics Days
6th of June 2025 - Turku in Collaboration with CompLifeSci - Sponsored by BioCity
6th of June 2024 - Helsinki - University of Helsinki
25th of May 2023 - Tampere - University of Tampere. Sponsored by Modulight
2nd of June 2022 - Helsinki - University of Helsinki. Sponsored by Blueprint Genetics
20th of May 2021 - Video meeting due to Covid
29th of May 2020 - Video meeting due to Covid
28th of May 2019 - Helsinki - University of Helsinki
11th of May 2018 - Turku -University of Turku
7th of April 2017 - Helsinki - CSC Life Science Center
9th of June 2016 - Tampere, University of Tampered. Sponsored by Medisapiens
10th of June 2015 - Helsinki - Biomedicum
15th of May 2014 - Turku - Åbo Akademi
30th of May 2013 - Espoo - Aalto Yliopisto
9th of May 2012 - Tampere - Tampere University
13th May 2011 - Helsinki - University of Helsinki
27th May 2010 - Helsinki - University of Helsinki
13th May 2009 - Turku - ICT-talo
16th May 2008 - Helsinki - Kumpula Campus
13th of April 2007 - Tampere - Tampere University
31st of March 2006 - Espoo - CSC Life Science Center