21st Aberystwyth Bioinformatics Workshop, January 2026

January 16th 2026

Part of the Aberystwyth Bioinformatics Workshops series.

The programme for this workshop was:

• Amanda Clare: Genome assemblies and annotations are not static and need support for tracking their evolution
• Jack Book: Intro to my PhD: Exploring sORFs in Host-Parasite Interactions
• Carla Gustave: Rhythms of Infection: Understanding the Circadian Control of Schistosome Development in Snails
• Louai Zaiter: A novel machine learning model to predict small molecules with anti-schistosomal activity
• Deborah Oladele: My next paper: An 18s pipeline TBD
• Madison Wade: Novel biomarker discovery and host-pathogen interaction insights through transcriptomic analysis of bovine TB
• Ellen Ziu: Design and Validation of a Live Hybrid Digital Twin for Multi-Scale Fermentation in Single-Cell Protein Production
• Nnamdi Ugwuoke: GNN Recommender System for Stroke Rehabilitation Protocols