<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">Explore how visualization is driving discovery in the life sciences.</span><div><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></font><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-9061bec5-7fff-51f1-4ac8-c1e4fa3dbb57"><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:602px;height:117px"><img src="cid:ii_mmvorggk0" alt="image.jpeg" width="543" height="106"></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We thought you’d be interested in joining </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">VIZBI 2026</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> — the 16th International Meeting on Visualizing Biological Data — taking place </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">14–17 April in Cambridge, UK</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, and </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">online on 21 and 23 April</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">VIZBI focuses on how advanced visualization approaches are applied to address the growing size and complexity of biological data—creating opportunities to contribute to scientific discovery and interdisciplinary collaboration. Here’s how you can benefit by taking part:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Engage with an influential, interdisciplinary community.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> At VIZBI, you’ll interact closely with life scientists, computational biologists, and visual creatives — including keynote speakers </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/People#Fernanda_Viegas" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Fernanda Viégas</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/People#Martin_Wattenberg" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Martin Wattenberg</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Google & Harvard, USA), </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/People#Jan_Willem_Tulp" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Jan Willem Tulp</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Netherlands), and </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/People#Maja_Divjak" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Maja Divjak</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (Peter Mac, Australia).</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Apply your expertise to real-world challenges.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> The </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Masterclass" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">DataVis Masterclass</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (</span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Program#Tue-14" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">14 April in-person</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> & </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Program#Tue-21" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">21 April online</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">) provides an opportunity to explore complex biological datasets alongside peers and domain experts, including </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Masterclass#Martin_Krzywinski" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Martin Krzywinski</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (BCGSC, Canada) and </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Masterclass#Brady_Johnston" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Brady Johnston</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> (UWA, Australia).</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Collaborate and share your work.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> At the Workshop (</span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Program#Wed-15" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">15–17 April in-person</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> & </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Program#Thu-23" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">23 April online</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">), you can contribute a </span><a href="https://www.vizbi.org/Posters/2025" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">scientific poster</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> or </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/art" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">scientifically-inspired artwork</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">. You can also present a </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/posters#lightning" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">lightning talk</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, a </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Sponsors#tech-track" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">tech-track talk</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, or lead an ‘</span><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4310607/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">unconference</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">’ breakout.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Get inspired by new application domains.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> The evening </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Showcase" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Showcase</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> event on 17 April features world-class animator </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Showcase#Maja_Divjak" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Maja Divjak</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> and renowned filmmaker </span><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Showcase#Martin_Dohrn" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Martin Dohrn</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, highlighting visual storytelling across scales—from cellular processes to collective animal behaviour.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:8pt;margin-bottom:3pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Publish interdisciplinary work.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> As a participant, you can submit work from the meeting to the </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/78548/16th-international-meeting-on-visualizing-biological-data-vizbi-2026" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">VIZBI 2026 Proceedings</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, published in the </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bioinformatics/sections/data-visualization" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Data Visualization section</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> of </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/bioinformatics" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Frontiers in Bioinformatics</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">—a venue for interdisciplinary advances bridging visualization and the life sciences. Submissions close </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">8 September 2026</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Register by </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Friday, 20 March,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"> to secure a </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">15% discount</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">, which can be combined with additional discounts for eligible members. Registration also includes access to a large collection of videos from previous VIZBI meetings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">We hope to see you at VIZBI 2026!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The VIZBI organizers:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Seán O’Donoghue (Visual.Recipes, Australia)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">James Procter (U. Dundee, UK)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Christian Stolte (Visual.Recipes, USA)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Bara Kozlikova (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Masterclass" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:602px;height:220px"><img src="cid:ii_mmvos2lu1" alt="image.jpeg" width="543" height="198"></span></span></a></p><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ad555e6b-7fff-c6cd-a214-f1072e41f03a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><a href="https://vizbi.org/2026/Showcase" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:602px;height:240px"><img src="cid:ii_mmvos2mm2" alt="image.jpeg" width="543" height="216"></span></span></a></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div>  <span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"></span></span></div></div></div>