<div dir="ltr"><h2>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</h2><h2 style="text-align:center"></h2><h2 style="text-align:center">RECOMB-seq 2025<br><br>15th RECOMB Satellite Conference on Biological Sequence Analysis<br><a href="https://recomb-seq.github.io/papers/">https://recomb-seq.github.io/papers/</a><br></h2><h2 style="text-align:center">Call for Papers</h2><h2 style="text-align:center">Seoul, South Korea, 24-25 April 2025<br></h2><h2>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</h2><h2><br></h2><h2>RECOMB-seq 2025 Call for Papers</h2>
<p>The 15th RECOMB Satellite Conference on Biological Sequence Analysis (RECOMB-seq 2025) will be held on <strong>24-25 April 2025 in Seoul, South Korea</strong>,
just before the main RECOMB conference. The conference brings together
leading researchers in computational genomics and genomic biology. The
emphasis will be on new algorithmic and statistical methods for the
analysis, management, inference, and interpretation of sequencing data
as well as assembled genomes.</p>
<h3> Topics of Interest (including but not limited to)</h3>
<ul><li>Sequence alignment and assembly</li><li>Summarization, comparison, and visualization of big genomics datasets</li><li>Multiple alignment and consensus sequence construction</li><li>Methods for calling and characterizing genetic variants, including structural variants</li><li>Methods for analysis of RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) data, including single-cell RNA-seq</li><li>Epigenetics and gene regulation, including ChIP-seq analysis, methylation profiling, and histone modification</li><li>Metagenomics</li><li>Methods for analysis of data from other novel sequencing assays</li><li>Translational applications of sequencing data, including cancer genomics and infectious disease</li><li>Pan-genomics, genome graphs, and novel uses of new genome assemblies</li></ul>
<h3>Key Dates</h3>
<p><strong>Proceedings and Overlay tracks</strong></p>
<ul><li> Abstract registration deadline: <strong>January 24, 2025</strong> at 23:59 AoE</li><li>Submission deadline: <strong>January 31, 2025</strong> at 23:59 AoE (updates to existing registered abstracts only)</li><li>Author notification: March 3, 2025</li></ul>
<p><strong>Short talks / Posters</strong></p>
<ul><li>Abstract submission deadline: <strong>March 7, 2025</strong> at 23:59 AoE</li><li>Authors will be notified shortly after submission</li></ul>
<h3>Tracks</h3>
<p>We solicit contributions in three categories (“tracks”) as follows.</p>
<p><strong>Proceedings Track</strong></p>
<p>Manuscripts describing original work on computational aspects of
genomic research involving large genomic datasets. Manuscripts in this
track will be considered for publication in a special issue of the
journal iScience. At the time of submission, and for the entire review
period, the work should not be under review by any other conference or
scientific journal. In some rare cases, manuscripts may be deemed to not
be suitable for iScience after review but still invited for an oral
presentation at RECOMB-seq. In this case, authors will be required to
post their manuscripts on a public preprint server (bioRxiv, arXiv,
etc.) prior to the conference.</p>
<p>To indicate your submission should be considered for the proceedings
track, please include “[Proceedings]” at the end of the paper title.</p>
<p><strong>Overlay Track</strong></p>
<p>Manuscripts submitted to this track will be reviewed by the program
committee, and selected submissions will be invited for oral
presentation. The manuscript should be hosted on a public preprint
server (bioRxiv, arXiv, etc.) at the time of submission. There are no
specific formatting requirements, but the paper should generally be
formatted in a way that emphasizes the methodological contributions. We
also encourage authors to keep the manuscripts within similar length
limits as for the proceedings track. Manuscripts can be submitted
elsewhere at the same time but should not be published or in press at
the time of submission, and authors will be required to post their
manuscripts on a public preprint server (bioRxiv, arXiv, etc.) prior to
the conferenc. For manuscripts that are in press or published, please
consider the Highlights track of the main RECOMB conference.</p>
<p><b>To indicate your submission should be considered for the overlay
track, please include “[Overlay]” at the end of the paper title.</b></p>
<h3>Abstracts for short talks or posters</h3>
<p>Regular abstracts describing original work, including software
applications. These will be considered for short oral presentations or
posters. A 1-2 page abstract describing the methods and key results
should be submitted via the EasyChair system.</p>
<h3>Partnership with iScience</h3>
<p>All submissions to the proceedings track will be simultaneously
considered for publication in a special issue of the journal iScience if
the authors agree. iScience is an open-access journal published by Cell
Press for original research in the life, physical, and earth sciences.</p>
<p>In addition to the program committee of RECOMB-seq, editors of
iScience will evaluate the proceedings-track papers for biological
impact and suitability for publication. In particular, the following
criteria will be used to evaluate the biological relevance:</p>
<ul><li> Can inputs be found through experiments?</li><li>Can outputs be used directly in future experiments or analyses?</li><li>Can outputs be obtained through a well-established methodology for less cost?</li><li>Is the methodology proposed applicable in useful settings?</li><li>Do biological data support the study?</li><li>Is biological variability sufficiently accounted for?</li></ul>
<p>Authors who do not wish their manuscript to be considered for
iScience should use the overlay track for submission. Publication in
iScience is subject to an Open Access charge.</p>
<p> </p>
<h3>Paper and Abstract Submission Procedures</h3>
<p>Manuscripts for the “proceedings track” should not exceed 10 pages
using at least 10-point font on U.S. standard 8 1/2 by 11-inch paper
with no less than one-inch margin all around. This excludes the cover
page and references. The cover page should have the title, the
corresponding author’s email address, and the abstract. An optional
short appendix can be included if necessary, but reading it will be at
the discretion of the program committee. Manuscripts must be submitted
electronically in PDF format via the EasyChair system.</p>
<p>In EasyChair, please select the “RECOMB-seq 2025” track when you click
“New Submission” in the “author” portal within the RECOMB conference at <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=recomb2025">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=recomb2025</a>.</p>
<p>An author of each accepted paper and abstract is expected to attend the workshop and present the work.</p>
<h3>Special handling of papers submitted to RECOMB 2025</h3>
<p>If you would like to submit a paper rejected by RECOMB 2025 main
conference to RECOMB-seq, you have the option to transfer your reviews.
In that case, please submit by the regular deadline and include in your
submission a Cover Letter that includes the reviews received from RECOMB
together with a rebuttal addressing the concerns raised by the
reviewers. The submitted manuscript should also be modified according to
the reviews, or provide an explanation of why modifications are
unnecessary. All reviews will be treated confidentially and will only be
visible to the PC members. Note that authors of papers rejected by
RECOMB 2025 main conference may also submit their papers without
transferring their reviews if they wish to do so.</p></div>