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José Mª Fernández 𐄓𐄏 @jmfernand3z.bsky.social · 2d

Two open positions for #EUCAIM project (sorry for the crossposting)

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INB / ELIXIR-ES on X: "New #JobOffer | 2 postdoc positions to join @UniBarcelona and contribute to the development of a cutting-edge #FederatedAnalysis #infrastructure for the European repository of cancer imaging data #EUCAIM. ➡️ https://t.co/rFwN4F1LQ4" / X

New #JobOffer | 2 postdoc positions to join @UniBarcelona and contribute to the development of a cutting-edge #FederatedAnalysis #infrastructure for the European repository of cancer imaging data #EUCAIM. ➡️ https://t.co/rFwN4F1LQ4

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Jesús Méndez @jesusmendezzz.bsky.social · Nov 17

Los datos sobre los premios Nobel revelan una red que se resume en tres consejos si quiere aspirar a uno:
“Encuentre a alguien que ya lo haya ganado y trabaje con él, procure que su familia esté en el 5% de las que más dinero ganan y no sea mujer”.
Artículo + 🧵
dixitciencia.com/2024/11/12/l...

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 10d

RIP Jane Goodall, who has died at 91.

She was a gentle disrupter who reshaped how we understand our place in nature. Her research with chimpanzees revolutionized science, and her boundless optimism touched the world.

buff.ly/5Hwx3Z7 🌎🩺

A photo of Jane Goodall, in her later days with a quote from her: "The greatest danger to our future is our apathy.

Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other."

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María Chavero-Díez @mariachdiez.bsky.social · 10d

Incredibly happy to have been able to present our work even though it couldn't be in person. Hoping to be there with more next time!!

Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · 10d

On Day 1 of European Galaxy Days, Maria Chavero-Diez presented From Galaxy to EGA: Orchestrating Sensitive Data Access for Interactive Federated Analysis.
Read more: https://elixir-europe.org/how-we-work/scientific-programme/commissioned-services/science/hdtr/data

##ega ##analysis (1/2)

From Galaxy to EGA: Orchestrating Sensitive Data Access for Interactive Federated Analysis

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 22d

How do your #linguistic, #economic & #gender backgrounds impact your #scientific productivity? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social & co reveal that being a woman, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income country is associated with a 70% reduction in productivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3RLRQ

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag). Credit: Tatsuya Amano

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Beatriz Urda @beatrizurda.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨 New in PNAS!
🧬 64% of disease co-occurrences can be explained by transcriptomic similarities.

Comorbidities aren’t random—they have a molecular basis.

Here’s how we found it 👇 (1/n)

🔗 doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2421060122

@alfonsovalencia.bsky.social

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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · Aug 6

Missed GBCC2025? Want to rewatch your favorite talks?
All session recordings (including Galaxy Live!) are now available on our YouTube channel. Revisit the presentations, explore new tools and workflows, and catch up on sessions you may have missed.
Watch here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Galaxy and Bioconductor Community Conference 2025 - YouTube

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York June 23–26, 2025

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María Chavero-Díez @mariachdiez.bsky.social · Aug 1

I’ve been noticing this for a while. We call for multidisciplinary teams, yet infrastructure and computation are often treated as a separate world from pure experimental biology. We need stronger integration across these domains for projects (and science!) to move forward.

Alfonso Valencia @alfonsovalencia.bsky.social · Jul 31

The research project of one of my collaborators was rejected by the Spanish agency because the COMPUTATIONAL project is NOT experimental ("El proyecto se queda en el ámbito computacional pero sin una validación biológica, aunque sea sencilla se queda un poco corta la validez.")

Really? in 2025?

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María Chavero-Díez @mariachdiez.bsky.social · Jul 31

Really cool read if you're into federated analysis in genomics 🧬 It clears up a lot of the jargon and makes it easier to get the bigger picture! rdcu.be/eyKGr

Communicating clearly about data sharing in genomics | Human Genomics

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María Chavero-Díez @mariachdiez.bsky.social · Jul 24

Wish I could have been there to see your talks! 🙌

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · Jul 10

The "reproducibility crisis" in science constantly makes headlines. Repro efforts are often limited. What if you could assess reproducibility of an entire field?

That's what @brunolemaitre.bsky.social et al. have done. Fly immunity is highly replicable & offers lessons for #metascience

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PLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · Jun 25

From student to researcher, a #career in #science can come with a high price tag. @drcraigmc.bsky.social ‬explores how wealth shapes opportunity in #STEM and proposes structural changes to support #equity and inclusion. 🧪
plos.io/4edGlY4

Too poor to science: How wealth determines who succeeds in STEM

From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...

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Dr. Kari L. Jordan @drkariljordan.bsky.social · Jun 24

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: We refuse to reinforce systems of oppression and exclusion.

If you agree, take my grandmother’s advice. Put your money where your mouth is 🫶🏾

Donate: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

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Guillermo Prol-Castelo @gprolcastelo.bsky.social · Jun 12

New research alert 📝❗❗❗

In our latest pre-print, 2nd of my PhD, we performed a Systematic Literature Review on the use of Deep Representational Learning (DRL), especially the Variational Autoencoder (VAE), in cancer progression research.

This thread explains our main findings.

(1 minute read)

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Mallory Freeberg @malloryfreeberg.bsky.social · Jun 12

Today is Day 2 of Curating the Clinical Genome organised by @deciphergenomics.bsky.social and hosted by @eventswcs.bsky.social 🫶

Come visit poster 15 - I would love to talk to you about how the fabulous members of the @ga4gh.org community are accelerating clinical genomics! 🌱

#CCG2025

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ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · Jun 5

🎊 2025 ELIXIR All Hands Meeting #ELIXIR25 has come to an end! 👏 Thank you all for joining us in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷 and we look forward to seeing you again next year in Lyon, France 🇫🇷 for #ELIXIR26! @ifb-elixir-fr.bsky.social

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María Chavero-Díez @mariachdiez.bsky.social · Jun 2

If you're interested in patterns across FL frameworks, and how real-world federated learning use cases align with them, come check out Poster 76 at tomorrow’s poster session! #ELIXIR25

ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · Jun 2

First day of the All Hands wraps up with the 🙌 poster session! It’s great to see the participants discussing their works and sharing ideas for possible future studies 🤝!

#ELIXIR25

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Winona Oliveros @oliveroswinona.bsky.social · May 5

Excited to share our new preprint: The impact of sex, age, and genetic ancestry on DNA methylation across tissues. Briefly, we explored how sex, age, and genetic ancestry shape DNA methylation across tissues and individuals. Want to know a bit more? Follow this “bluetorial”!
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

The impact of sex, age, and genetic ancestry on DNA methylation across tissues

Background: Understanding the consequences of individual DNA methylation variation is crucial for the study of human biology and disease. However, the collective impact of demographic traits on DNA me...

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Emma Wilson 🎃 @emmawilson.bsky.social · Apr 24

The Edinburgh Open Research Conference is always a great event to go along to. It’s free and hybrid, and registration is open now! #EORC25

Edinburgh Open Research @edopenresearch.bsky.social · Apr 23

Good news - the programme is ready! Take a peek at what we have in store at #EORC25 and don't forget to sign up online or in person.

Programme library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...
In Person eor2025.eventbrite.co.uk
Online eor2025-online.eventbrite.co.uk

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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · Apr 22

GitHub reports Python now leads in popularity, fueled by generative AI. For new researchers, language choice depends on the task: compiled (C++, Rust) for tools, scripting (Python, R) for data. #AcademicSky #Programing 🧬💻

Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchers

Computer scientists and bioinformaticians address four key questions to help rookie coders to make the right choice.

www.nature.com

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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · Apr 12

1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.

David D. Levine @daviddlevine.com · Apr 12

LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."

LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything

: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'

www.theregister.com

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María Chavero-Díez @mariachdiez.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congratulations Winona!! 🎉🎉

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ELIXIR Europe @elixir-europe.org · Apr 7

A week left to prepare for the project proposal for the #BioHackEU25.
🧑‍💻 Join hundreds of willing #bioinformaticians
🧬 Huge range of expertise in #bioinformatics
🌥 Work on blue sky ideas or advanced existing projects

🔗Submission deadline 14 April: loom.ly/5gopDeQ

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eurobioimaging.bsky.social @eurobioimaging.bsky.social · Mar 31

We are proud to announce the launch of FAIR Image Analysis Across Sciences, supported by the OSCARS project, in collaboration with Simula Research Laboratory, #EPFL & University of Bergen (UiB)! 🎉

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