The “Computational Modeling in Biology” Network (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats in systems biology and related fields. COMBINE 2025 will be a workshop-style event hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
COMBINE 2025 will take place 20 – 23 October 2025 on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Pyle Center (702 Langdon St., Madison, WI), within walking distance of hotels, downtown Madison, the state capitol, and Lake Mendota. In addition to great talks, breakouts and meetings, there will be much to enjoy in Madison: food (known for the cheese and beer), football, lakes, great bike trails, museums, and one of the largest outdoor farmers markets in the USA. Many restaurants are within walking distance of campus and venue.
Registration is open for COMBINE 2025 – please be sure to register before September 28 to avoid the late registration fee. Abstract submission is also open for breakout sessions, tutorials, lightning talks, and posters. All information, including important dates, local travel, and discounted conference hotels, is available at: https://co.mbine.org/
We are very pleased to be able to announce that travel funding is now available to support trainee participation in the COMBINE 2025 workshop. Please see https://co.mbine.org/
Topics of Interest
- Data exchange, pipelines and model standards for systems and synthetic biology
- Visualization and graphical notation standards for systems and synthetic biology
- Standards for sharing and analyzing biological pathway data
- Standards for computational biological models and modeling support
- Metadata description and model annotation in COMBINE standard formats
- Implementation of COMBINE standards in tools, databases and other resources
- Integrated model and data management for systems and synthetic biology
- Standardization of Artificial Intelligence approaches in biological modelling
- Emerging standardization needs in multicellular and microbial community modeling
- Community aspects of COMBINE
Organizers
Local organizers are Elebeoba E. May and colleagues.
Speakers
Local organizers are Elebeoba E. May and colleagues.
We are excited to announce a great line up of confirmed plenary and invited speakers for COMBINE 2025:
- Belinda Akpa, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, USA
- William Bentley, University of Maryland-College Park, USA
- Gheorghe Craciun, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Adriana Dawes, The Ohio State University, USA
- Bernard de Bono, Indiana University, USA & University of Auckland, New Zealand
- John Denu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Anthony Gitter, Morgridge Institute & University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Herbert Levine, Northeastern University, USA
- Erica Majumder, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Megan McClean, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Ion Moraru, UConn Health, USA
- David Nickerson, Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, New Zealand
- Brian Pfleger, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Sushmita Roy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- James Sluka, Indiana University – Bloomington, USA
- Lucian Smith, University of Washington, USA
- John Yin, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Important Dates
Standard registration deadline ($199 USD): September 28, 2025
Late registration ($219 USD): September 29 to October 19, 2025
Breakouts and tutorials submission deadline: September 28, 2025
Notification of acceptance for breakout and tutorials: October 6, 2025
Talks, lightning talk and poster submission deadline: October 6, 2025
Notification of acceptance for lightning talks and posters: October 13, 2025
Accommodations – deadline for booking rooms at the conference hotels: September 28, 2025
Conference and travel support applications: September 28, 2025