About RECOMB–Microbiome
The microbiome, comprised of the microbiota, its collective genomes called the metagenome, and myriads of macromolecules and metabolites, is an integral part of the biosphere and our body. Members of the microbiota include bacteria, archaea, microbial eukaryotes, and respective viruses. Recent studies reveal that miniscule constituents of the microbiomes in each environment play pivotal roles in global cycles of energy and elements as well as health and disease of the residing host. Not only are they important in nutrient digestion and gastrointestinal health, but they are also intimately and intricately involved in metabolism, immunity, development, circulation, and behavior, and modulate them in many ways. RECOMB-Microbiome brings together experts in microbiome research to overview enabling technologies and scientific achievements, to discuss challenges and opportunities, and to explore their ecological or biogeochemical impacts and novel pharmabiotics candidates that have potential for maintaining health or treating diseases.
Venue in Seoul 2025
RECOMB–Microbiome 2025 will be held in the Centennial Hall at the Sinchon campus of Yonsei University. All registration will be processed by the RECOMB local organization. Detailed information at the RECOMB website.
Steering Committee | |
| Ami Bhatt | Stanford University |
| Peer Bork (co-chair) | EMBL Heidelberg |
| Jihyun F. Kim (co-chair) | Yonsei University |
Organizing Committee | |
| Secretaries General | |
| Soon-Kyeong Kwon | Gyeongsang National University |
| Dong-Woo Lee | Yonsei University |
| Ji-Won Huh | Chungnam National University |
| Jongbum Jeon | Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology |
| Minsik Kim | Yonsei University |
| Sunjae Lee | Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology |
| Sukhwan Yoon | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| International Advisory Board | |
| Qi Su | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Takuji Yamada | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Keynote Speakers | |
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| Curtis Huttenhower | Harvard Univeristy |
| Nikos Kyrpides | Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| TBA | |
Programs
To be announced; will include Keynotes, Highlights, Papers, and Lightning talks, as well as Posters.
Topics of Interest (including but not limited to)
- Algorithm/database development
- Machine/deep learning
- Taxonomy, phylogenomics and evolution
- Metagenomics/metatranscriptomics, meta-omics
- Metagenome-wide association study (MWAS)
- Multiomic data integration
- Human health and disease
- One health (animal/plant/environment)
Key Dates
Highlight and paper abstract submission deadline: 11:59 PM January 31, 2025, AoE
Author notification for highlights and papers: February 7, 2025
Final proceedings version of accepted papers due: February 14, 2025
Poster and short talk abstract submission deadline: 11:59 PM February 14, 2025, AoE
Authors will be notified shortly after poster submission.
Tracks
Call for Highlights
RECOMB–Microbiome 2025 invites the submission of abstracts of papers that have been recently published in a journal (mostly during 2024 but not have to be restricted to 2024) or "in press" at the time of submission and are already linked on the journal website. The papers will be selected for oral presentation by taking into consideration the impact of the work on the field, the likelihood that the work will make a good presentation, and the relevance to biological and biomedical research in general. Some highlight talks will be solicited.
Submissions must contain an abstract (including title, author(s), affiliation, e-mail, a link to the published journal version, the identity of the presenter (underlined) followed by the abstract text (about 250 words). In addition to the abstract of the paper, the authors may include a few sentences to explain why the work is suitable for a highlight talk. Please also add the PDF of your full paper as Supplementary. Accepted presenters for the Highlight Track are required to make the presentation themselves and must register for the conference.
Call for Papers
RECOMB–Microbiome 2025 invites submissions that represent original, previously unpublished work. It may include those accepted but not in press for publication in a journal. The committee will rigorously review submitted papers. Selected papers will be accepted for oral presentation at the conference. Accepted papers will be published as proceedings, which will be available at the conference. Authors who prefer not to publish their work in the proceedings, may stand by the originally submitted abstract in lieu of a pages-long paper.
Call for Posters
RECOMB–Microbiome 2025 welcomes the submission of abstracts for the Poster Track that describe primary results. Accepted poster abstracts will be published as submitted in the conference proceedings.
Please visit the EasyChair system to submit your abstract. EasyChair link: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=recombmicrobiome2025