We’re turning 25!
2024 marks the 25th anniversary of Bioinformatics.ca and the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops, and we want you to help us celebrate! We’re collecting photos, videos, and stories of the last 25 years of CBW, and we’re even throwing a party at ISMB 2024.
Do you have any great photos from one of our workshops? Did you meet anyone special? We’d love any photos, videos, or memories you’d like to share, and with your permission we may even feature them on our social media and website! You can send us your memories by emailing support@bioinformatics.ca or by uploading them to this Dropbox link.
CBW Goes to ISMB
Held in Montréal, Québec, ISMB 2024 was a great reunion for CBW faculty, TAs, and participants! Our co-founder, Francis Ouellette, gave two talks at ISMB. You can view the slides at the links below.
Celebrating 25 Years of Bioinformatics.ca (PPTX version)
Bioinformatics, A Necessary Science (Youth Bioinformatics Summit) (PPTX version)
To celebrate our birthday, we threw a party! Saturday, July 13th at 6pm brought together alumni, faculty, and the bioinformatics community as a whole to reminisce about the last 25 years and look toward the future. Attendance was open to all, regardless of whether you had previously attended a Canadian Bioinformatics Workshop.
#25YearsOfCBW Memories
Contribute your own memory by emailing us at support@bioinformatics.ca or by uploading them to our Dropbox.
Browse all the memories by using #25YearsOfCBW on Twitter/X, Mastodon, and Bluesky, or view a selection below.
Proud to be on hand to celebrate 25 years with @Bioinfodotca! True innovators of workshops and educational resources in the Canadian bioinformatics sphere. @iscb, @BionetCanada @GenomeCanada @GenomeQuebec @GenomeAtlantic pic.twitter.com/nlARIOobF3
— Genome Alberta (@GenomeAlberta) July 14, 2024
For the #ISMB2024 #greenismb2024 “Wear your oldest ISMB shirt and pack light — Take a photo of your oldest shirt and/or your luggage and post on the Nucleus Newsfeed using #greenismb2024”— here is my (non @iscb ) oldest bioinformatics shist: 25 year old @Bioinfodotca shirt pic.twitter.com/0cND9eKVlg
— BF Francis Ouellette (@bffo) July 13, 2024
Excited to see that the movie from @cwvhogue from the 1999 @Bioinfodotca workshop in Calgary is back on-line on YouTube! #25YearsofCBW #ismb2024 https://t.co/LGtx4vt5Bq
— BF Francis Ouellette (@bffo) July 13, 2024
We are at @ISMBinfo! Come visit our booth to see our workshops and share a #25YearsOfCBW memory for a chance to WIN a workshop registration. Eligibility limited to individuals associated with a Cdn institution. https://t.co/TXyGq01SnU
— Bioinformatics.ca (@Bioinfodotca) July 13, 2024
At the #ISMB2024 social with #25YearsOfCBW @Bioinfodotca Teaching Assistants from 1999 of the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshop in Calgary: @rbrinky, @lemieux_seb and @sanja_rogic pic.twitter.com/LKzyLMyesF
— BF Francis Ouellette (@bffo) July 13, 2024
Great to bring the @Bioinfodotca #25YearsofCBW perspective to the @bioinfoedsummit in NYC https://t.co/y6WesShJyu
— Michelle Brazas, PhD (@MichelleBrazas) May 21, 2024
Remembering the first Canadian #Bioinformatics Workshop: #CBW1999 … we used mouse pads back then! #25YearsofCBW This was a useful one for those who didn’t know their standard genetic code by heart #oldbioinformaticsthings pic.twitter.com/EsSUxBkck0
— BF Francis Ouellette (@bffo) May 3, 2024
.#Calgary, 25 years ago, 1st Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops (CBW): Instructor @rbrinky (with @lemieux_seb @StefanieButland @sanja_rogic) trying to help @bffo understand #bioinformatics, in time for 1st lecture. What is your capture of this #25YearsofCBW event? pic.twitter.com/YZnNClHj09
— BF Francis Ouellette (@bffo) May 1, 2024
It’s Throwback Thursday – check out the flyer for the 2000 Canadian #Bioinformatics Workshops! We only offered four workshops, but they ranged from six to twelve (!) days long. #25YearsOfCBW pic.twitter.com/c0gLHEQIMZ
— Bioinformatics.ca (@Bioinfodotca) April 25, 2024
Seeing our #OpenAccess material live on beyond workshops has been one of the best parts of the first #25YearsOfCBW. This year, @UMontreal‘s Veterinary Medicine Research Week ran a seminar based on our Intro to R workshop, with TAs teaching in French, English, and Spanish! pic.twitter.com/PIjtYD4n0T
— Bioinformatics.ca (@Bioinfodotca) April 16, 2024
As CBW has grown, we’ve evolved with the times. We now offer virtual workshops, but that doesn’t mean that participants don’t get to know each other! Epigenomics Analysis 2023’s virtual networking social ended with a nail-biting go-kart race. #25YearsOfCBW pic.twitter.com/RuCJvbENzB
— Bioinformatics.ca (@Bioinfodotca) March 28, 2024
The Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops are an incredible opportunity to connect with other bioinformatics practitioners. Participants come away with a new network of colleagues on top of theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience #25YearsOfCBW pic.twitter.com/o8rJ8oRwJI
— Bioinformatics.ca (@Bioinfodotca) March 25, 2024
Ah, yes, and I remember being on the phone Sunday night with a rep from Sun Microsystems (one of the first https://t.co/hDWinp9mb3 sponsors) trying to get their loaner E450 to work. We had less than 12 hrs to get it going, and thankfully, we did! #25YearsOfCBW https://t.co/vHOAY9gJmy pic.twitter.com/6MmrYUHG9B
— BF Francis Ouellette (@bffo) March 22, 2024
25 years ago in Calgary, a group of instructors and TAs prepared for the first-ever Canadian Bioinformatics Workshop. Much has changed since then, but the CBW banner at the front of the classroom still travels to every workshop! #25YearsOfCBW pic.twitter.com/xbe1cWlxQu
— Bioinformatics.ca (@Bioinfodotca) March 20, 2024
#25YearsOfCBW – I remember being a student in 2000 & then taking over as CBW Program Manager in 2007! Here we are planning CBW’s transition to 2-day and 3-day data intensive workshops. @bffo @garybader1 @SohrabShah @joannealisonfox @StefanieButland @wishartlab pic.twitter.com/WhV5uRI8K3
— Michelle Brazas, PhD (@MichelleBrazas) March 14, 2024
Can you believe that the Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops are turning 25 this year?! An anniversary this big deserves something special – stay tuned to see how we’ll be celebrating #25YearsOfCBW! pic.twitter.com/D6pQvUEdAT
— Bioinformatics.ca (@Bioinfodotca) March 12, 2024