Welcome to the 23nd RECOMB-CG

The 23nd RECOMB-CG conference is co-located with RECOMB 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece.

The RECOMB satellite conference on Comparative Genomics, founded in 2003, brings together leading researchers in the mathematical, computational, and life sciences to discuss cutting-edge research in comparative genomics, with an emphasis on computational approaches and novel experimental results. The program includes invited speakers, contributed talks, and poster sessions.

Contributions on any theoretical and/or empirical approach to genome-wide comparison are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Genome evolution
  • Genome rearrangements
  • Genomic variation, diversity, and dynamics
  • Gene identification and annotation
  • Methods for genome assembly
  • Cancer evolutionary genomics
  • Comparative epigenomics
  • Population genomics
  • Pangenomics
  • Phylogenomics and phylodynamics
  • Paleogenomics
  • Epidemiology and related areas
  • Metagenomics
  • Machine learning in genomics

We encourage submissions that offer new biological findings or otherwise highlight their relevance to biology.

Key Dates

NOTE: this calendar is preliminary. The dates are subject to change.

All deadlines are "anywhere on earth."

Event Date
Paper submission deadline February 13, 2026
Reviews due March 16, 2026
Author notification for papers March 20, 2026
Final camera-ready version due March 27, 2026
Poster submission deadline May 4, 2026
Registration open TBA
Conference starts May 24, 2026
Conference ends May 25, 2026

Committees

Programe Committee Chair

  • Manuel Lafond, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

Steering Committee

  • Marília Braga, Bielefeld University, Germany
  • Dannie Durand, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
  • Jens Lagergren, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • Aoife McLysaght, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
  • Luay Nakhleh, Rice University, USA
  • David Sankoff, University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Krister M. Swenson, LIRMM, Université de Montpellier, France

Program committee

TBA