Immune Repertoire Analysis
with Vidjil
Rennes (France), 12-13 October 2026
V(D)J recombinations in lymphocytes are essential for immunological diversity. They are also useful markers of pathologies, and in leukemia, are used to quantify the minimal residual disease during patient follow-up. High-throughput sequencing (NGS/HTS) now enables the deep sequencing of lymphoid populations. With dedicated Rep-Seq bioinformatics methods and software, clinicians and researchers can now qualify and sometimes quantify the heterogeneity of these lymphoid populations.
This seventh workshop is intended for users and developers of Vidjil,
to share experience, protocols and results,
to raise questions and decide development priorities,
and possibly to set up new collaborations between biologists and bioinformaticians.
The workshop includes hematology, immunology and bioinformatics talks
from an invited speaker and from the users and developers of Vidjil,
and practical hands-on sessions on participant data.
The registration is free but mandatory, and a remote participation to some of the sessions is possible.
The Vidjil Workshop usually takes place every 18 months.
The previous workshops (2016,
2017,
2019,
2020,
2022),
2024)
gathered at each edition between 30 and 40 scientists from 5 to 7 countries.
The 2026 edition gathers 37 people from
Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, France,
India, Iran, Italy, Lithuania, and Switzerland.
▶️ remote Partial hybrid participation: https://visio.numerique.gouv.fr/vid-2026-jil
Program
The workshop includes an invited talk, hematology and bioinformatics talks from the users and developers of Vidjil, and practical hands-on sessions on participant data. We expect that one participant from each group will do a short presentation of his research or clinical work, and, if applicable, of the results obtained with Vidjil or with other software.
For the practical sessions, the participants are invited to bring a laptop and some of their NGS data (fasta / fastq / fastq.gz files). The data can also be uploaded into user accounts on app.vidjil.org before the workshop. We also provide public test data for the people who do not currently have their own NGS Rep-Seq data.
Monday 12 October
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Registration, coffee |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Introduction |
| 10:00 – 12:30 |
Talks: Bioinformatics, Algorithms, Mathematics
▶️ remote
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| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Talks: Immunology and Hematology 1
▶️ remote
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| 15:00 – 15:15 |
(Remote) group picture Filling out the Vidjil 2026 Survey: usages and most wanted features ▶️ remote |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 – 17:00 |
Session Vidjil's Future ▶️ remote Mikaël Salson & Mathieu Giraud (Vidjil Team, Lille, 🇫🇷): 15 years of open-source Vidjil development Frédéric Davi (Paris, Pitié Salpêtrière, 🇫🇷): Vidjil, collaborators and competitors Florian Thonier & Guillaume Noël (Vidjil Team, Rennes, 🇫🇷): Towards Eviclona
Preparation of the 2026 exceptional VidjilNet general assembly (for consortium members) |
| 20:00 | Dinner: La Taverne de la Marine2 place de Bretagne, 35 000 Rennes |
Tuesday 13 October
| 9:30 – 11:00 | Talks: Immunology and Hematology 2 ▶️ remote
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| 11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | ▶️ remotePractical sessions
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| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | General discussion and conclusion ▶️ remote
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| 14:00 – 15:00 | Informal discussions (on-site) |
Registration
The workshop is sponsored by the VidjilNet consortium at Inria. There is no registration fee but it is mandatory to register. To register, please copy, paste and fill the following lines into an email to Florian, Guillaumme, Lou, Mathieu and Mikaël, before Thursday, October 1st. The registration for the workshop is closed, but it is still possible to register for remote attendance
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First name:
Last name:
Function:
Laboratory/hospital:
City:
Country:
I will be present in Rennes:
[ ] Both days
[ ] Monday 12 October 2026
[ ] Tuesday 13 October 2026
[ ] I will attend remotely
My usage of Vidjil:
[ ] I use Vidjil at least once a month
[ ] I use Vidjil occasionally
[ ] I am a new user or I don't use Vidjil
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The two lunches (12 and 13 October) and the dinner of the evening of the 12 October are free for registered participants.
Dmitry Djcuce (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Practical information in Rennes
The workshop takes place at Université de Rennes on the Beaulieu campus, in the PNRB building. To go the the PNRB, take the C4 or C6 bus and stop at Les Préales.
Organizers
The workshop is organized by Sami Amara, Mathieu Giraud, Guillaume Noël, Mikaël Salson, Lou Scotto di Covella and Florian Thonier, from CRIStAL, Inria and the VidjilNet consortium.