ISMB/ECCB 2025 Meeting

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Organizing Committee

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About

Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation is in its 28th year at ISMB/ECCB 2025 (https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2025/home), which will be held in-person July 20-24, 2025 in Liverpool, United Kingdom and will feature two days of exciting keynotes and cutting-edge research.

2025 ISMB/ECCB Bio-Ontologies Program

2025 Keynote Speakers TBD

Submission Information

Submission Types

Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation (http://www.bio-ontologies.org.uk/) is an International Society of Molecular Biology (ISMB) Community of Special Interest (COSI) and working group focused on the FAIR development and application of ontologies and other Linked Open Data resources, the latest and most innovative research in the application of these data, and the organization, presentation, and dissemination of knowledge in biomedicine and the life sciences. Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation will be in its 28th year at ISMB 2025 (https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2025), which will be held in-person and online between July 20-24, 2025 and will feature two days of exciting keynotes and cutting-edge research.

Submissions

We invite the submissions of proceedings papers (9 pages), abstracts (1 page) which will be reviewed and selected abstracts invited for oral or poster presentation.

The COSI covers these topics:

New knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies
Methods that use knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies
Applications using knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies
Methods to improve knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies

in bioinformatics, biomedical/life science research, health informatics, and healthcare

Examples include (but are not limited to):

Novel knowledge bases, knowledge graphs, and ontologies in bioinformatics
Ontologies and knowledge graphs in annotations, mapping applications, and metadata standards
FAIR data systems and application of ontologies and other linked open data
Bio-curation platforms
Evaluation of knowledge graphs, ontologies, and knowledge bases
Ontologies, knowledge representation, and reasoning
Machine learning/artificial intelligence and knowledge representation
Neuro-symbolic methods in bioinformatics
Semantic Web-enabled applications
Ontologies for biomedical/life science research, health informatics, and healthcare

Submissions can be made on the ISMB site (https://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2025). For proceedings, please follow the instructions provided on the ISMB site. For all other submissions, please prepare your submission using the Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation templates (https://www.bio-ontologies.org.uk/2025-meeting).

All submissions are reviewed (review criteria provided on the Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation website). Based on the review process, abstracts will be selected for oral or poster presentation at the Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation COSI.

Accepted submissions require that one author register for the conference and present the work. The presenter should identify themselves as the corresponding author during the submission process.

Important Dates

Proceedings

Thursday, December 5, 2024 Call for proceedings opens
Thursday, January 23, 2025 Proceedings submission deadline (You have until 23:59 Anywhere on Earth) *no extensions*
Thursday, March 13, 2025 Conditional acceptance notifications sent
Thursday, March 27, 2025 Revised papers deadline (You have until 23:59 Anywhere on Earth) *no extensions*
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 Final acceptance notifications sent
Thursday, May 1, 2025 Publication fees due for accepted papers
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Presentation schedule posted
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Confirmation of participation notices sent
Friday, June 13, 2025 Presenter registration deadline
Friday, June 13, 2025 Confirmation of participation form submission deadline (You have until 23:59 Anywhere on Earth) *no extensions*
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Virtual platform uploads open
Friday, July 11, 2025 Last day to upload ANY/ALL files to the virtual platform (You have until 23:59 Anywhere on Earth) *no extensions*

SUBMIT YOUR PROCEEDINGS PAPER NOW!

Abstracts

Monday, January 20, 2025 Call for abstracts opens (for talks and posters)
Thursday, April 17, 2025 Abstracts submission deadline (for talks and/or posters) (You have until 23:59 Anywhere on Earth) *no extensions*
Monday, April 21, 2025 Late-breaking poster submissions open
Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Abstract acceptance notifications sent (for talks and/or posters)
Thursday, May 15, 2025 Late-breaking poster submissions deadline (You have until 23:59 Anywhere on Earth) *no extensions*
Thursday, May 22, 2025 Late-breaking poster notifications sent
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 CAMDA acceptance notifications sent
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Presentation schedule posted
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 Confirmation of participation notices sent
Thursday, May 29, 2025 CAMDA extended abstracts submission deadline (for talks and/or posters) (You have until 23:59 Anywhere on Earth) *no extensions*
Friday, June 13, 2025 Presenter registration deadline (for talks and/or posters)
Friday, June 13, 2025 Confirmation of participation form submission deadline (You have until 23:59 Anywhere on Earth) *no extensions*
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Virtual platform uploads open
Friday, July 11, 2025 Last day to upload ANY/ALL files to the virtual platform (You have until 23:59 Anywhere on Earth) *no extensions*

SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT NOW!

Submission Templates

For proceedings, please follow the instructions provided on the ISMB site. For all other submissions, please prepare your submission using the templates on the Bio-Ontologies and Knowledge Representation website (https://www.bio-ontologies.org.uk/2025-meeting).

Accessing Bio-Ontologies Templates (using the links below)

For Bio-Ontologies templates, please click on the link below matching your submission of choice. This will open up a new Google Docs window. From there, go to "File" --> "Download" and select your file type. A screenshot demonstrating this behavior is shown to the right.

For Proceedings Submissions

To find the Bio-Ontologies COSI when making your submission, please select "Biomedical Informatics" as the Track.

Poster Abstract Flash Updates

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Short Papers

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Early Career Submissions

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SUBMIT YOUR WORK NOW!

2025 Bio-Ontologies Committees

Organizing Committee

Núria Queralt Rosinach

Leiden University Medical Center

The Netherlands

Committee Representative
Programming Coordinator ofr ISCBacademy

Maxat Kulmanov

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Saudi Arabia

Alternate Committee Representative
Website manager

Tiffany Callahan

Columbia University

United States of America

Proceedings Liaison
Track Chair

Robert Hoehndorf

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Saudi Arabia

Alternate Proceedings Liaison
Alternate Track Chair
Nominated Area Chair

Augustin Luna

Center for Cancer Research

National Cancer Institute

Proceedings Liaison
Track Chair

Toshiaki

Database Center for Life Sciences

Japan

Alternate Proceedings Liaison
Alternate Track Chair
Website manager

Questions?

If you have any questions please feel free to send us an email (bioontologies@gmail.com), direct message us on Slack (bioontologies.slack.com), or post a message on Twitter (@bioontologies) or our LinkedIn Group (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13998260/).

Previous ISMB Meetings

Bio-Ontologies has been running since 1998, please use the ISMB Annual Meetings drop-down menu above to access content from prior meetings.

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