Workshop of the Interuniversity PhD Program in Bioinformatics
Vic. February 6th 2026
The interuniversity Docorate Programme in Bioinformatics is an official program jointly organized by the Universitat Atònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), the Universitat de Girona (UdG), the Universitat de Lleida (UdL), the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), the Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) with the participation of the Bioinformatics Barcelona Association (BIB).Each year, the main activity for the PhD training consists in a workshop to present the current status of the different PhD projects to develop networking among the participants and their research competences.
This year, the annual workshop is held in Vic, a beautiful historical and cultural landmark city in the center of Catalunya.
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Program
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| When | Who | What |
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| 9:15 | Opening: Margarida Julià (UAB, Coordinator of the Interuniversity PhD program), Marta Otero (Director of the PhD school, UVic-UCC), Jordi Villà-Freixa (UVic-UCC ) | |
| Session A. Chair: Beatriz López | ||
| 9:30 | TBA | Invited talk” |
| 10:15 | Student talk (TBA) | |
| 10:35 | Student talk (TBA) | |
| 10:55 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| Session B. Chair: TBA | ||
| 11:50 | Student talk (TBA) | |
| 12:10 | Student talk (TBA) | |
| 12:30 | Student talk (TBA) | |
| 12:50 | Student talk (TBA) | |
| 13:10 | Lunch time | |
| Session C. Chair: TBA | ||
| 14:30 | Student talk (TBA) | |
| 14:50 | Student talk (TBA) | |
| 15:10 | Coffee break and poster session | |
| 16:10 | Student talk (TBA) | |
| 16:30 | TBA | Invited talk |
| 17:15 | Best-poster announcement and closing | |
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Venue
The workshop will take place at the Aula Magna, UVic-UCC, at the UVic Torre dels Frares building.
Registration and Submissions
Submissions will be handled from the PhD program moodle site at the coordinating institution, UAB.
Organized by
The organizing committee is composed by the members of the academic comission of the PhD program:
- Margarida Julià, coordinator of the PhD program, UAB
- Alejandro Sánchez, UB
- Robert Martí, UdG
- Rui Alves, UdL
- Jordi Villà-Freixa, UVic-UCC
- Ferran Prados, UOC
- Marta Casanellas, UPC
- Gerard Pujadas, URV
The secretariat is composed by:
- Jordi Villà-Freixa, UVic-UCC
- Roger Casals
- Nayanika Das, UVic-UCC
- Jing Yang, UVic-UCC
- Yolanda Tristancho, UVic-UCC
Supported by
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Contact
Facultat de Ciències, Tecnologia i Enginyeries Edifici Torre dels Frares C/ Laura, 13 08500 Vic Barcelona (SPAIN) Tel: +34 93 881 55 19 e-mail: secretaria.fcte@uvic.cat