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International Society for Biocuration
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The International Society for Biocuration (ISB) is a non profit organization for biocurators, developers, and researchers with an interest in biocuration. The society promotes the field of biocuration and provides a forum for informatio
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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 2d
"44th public release of TAIR@Phoenix data"

Read more here: https://arabidopsis.org/news/breaking-news#301

#News
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Bioinformatics Advances @bioinfoadv.bsky.social · 4d
🗂️ Now published in Bioinformatics Advances: “Metadata harmonization from biological datasets with language models”

Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf241
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ERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 4d
🏙️ Last week, #ERGA joined the @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social #VGP Conference in NYC, a great chance to connect with @ebpgenome.bsky.social projects and share progress on #FAIR genome assemblies & reporting under @biogeneurope.bsky.social
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-me... #genomes #conference
ERGA meets VGP in New York City
Last week, ERGA was present at the Vertebrate Genomes Project 2025 Conference, held at The Rockefeller University in New York City from September 30 and October 1. ERGA and VGP share a long-standing c...
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Michael Tress @michaeltress.bsky.social · 13d
So, our definitive paper on the human reference gene set is out this week in Database (Oxford).

We merged and compared @ensembl.org / @gencodegenes.bsky.social , RefSeq and UniProtKB coding genes and investigated the agreements and discrepancies.

Details of what we found in the thread ...
Counts of the merged Ensembl/GENCODE, RefSeq and UniProtKB coding genes with the most likely explanations for the outliers for each gene set. For example, most Ensembl/GENCODE singletons are readthrough genes.
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GlyGen @glygen.bsky.social · 4d
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine recognizes Brunkow, Ramsdell, and Sakaguchi for their discovery of Tregs and the regulatory role of FOXP3, an O-GlcNAcylated protein.

Explore FOXP3 on the GlyGen portal: glygen.org and learn more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#glycotime
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ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 5d
📈Data Alert!📈 ICPSR offers new and updated data to meet your research needs. Perfect for researchers, students, and data enthusiasts. Start exploring! Check it out ➡️ http://myumi.ch/ICPSR-new-releases

#NewReleases #DataUpdate #DataDriven
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BioGRID @biogrid.bsky.social · 5d
BioGRID #CRISPR Database v2.0.18 is released w/ 2,217 screens from 418 different publications including 94,000+ genes, 825 cell lines, 145 cell types & 29 phenotypes including 101 #glioblastoma related screens and 116 #fanconianemia related screens 🧪
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BioGRID ORCS Version 2.0.18 Released
The BioGRID ORCS curated CRISPR database has been updated to include CRISPR screens from a total of 418 different publications. These additions bring the total number of curated CRISPR screens in our ...
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JAX Genomic Education @jaxeducation.bsky.social · 5d
🖥️🧬 STEM educators: How can #bioinformatics introduce your students to real-world genomics?

@jacksonlab.bsky.social's module provides an overview of bioinformatics, helping students learn to manage and analyze large amounts of data to propel scientific discoveries.
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GlyGen @glygen.bsky.social · 5d
🌐Commun Fund Data Ecosystem ASHG 2025 Networking Event

Discover groundbreaking research via posters, lightning talks, demos and more!
📆Date: October 14 | 7-9PM ET at the Westin Boston Seaport District

Registration open (space limited to 100): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#glycotime #CFDE
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 6d
To celebrate the first anniversary of the release of FlyWire, we asked nine neuroscientists to share how they are using connectome data in their research and what they hope is in store for the future of fly connectomics.

By @franciscorr25.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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How FlyWire is redefining Drosophila research, one year in
Nine Drosophila researchers share how the connectome transformed the field and what additional new tools they would like to see.
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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 13d
On October 7th, learn how to communicate genetics topics to classrooms and informal settings with with @robomalley.bsky.social from @pged.bsky.social!

This is for teachers and all other kinds of educators.

RSVP for free here: givebutter.com/8TVNiA
DNA floats in the background of a texty event flyer that says "Personal genetics engagement in classrooms and communities, Learn about genetic advances and about how to bring conversations about ethical, legal, and social dimensions of genetics into classrooms and informal science learning. Tuesday October 7, 2025, 12pm EDT. brought to you by Skype a scientist and the personal genetics education and dialogue program. RSVP at linktr.ee/skypeascientist
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PomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 9d
An important new item on the status of model organism databases: these resources, built and refined over decades, are at risk. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures
Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.
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Alliance of Genome Resources @alliancegenome.bsky.social · 9d
Nature has published an article on the crisis facing MODs
Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Model organism databases face budget cuts and closures
Beyond the crucial data they contain, these digital archives have provided an important space for academic communities to exchange ideas and resources.
www.nature.com
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 9d
A Perspective in Nature introduces the Biodiversity Cell Atlas initiative, which aims to create comprehensive single-cell molecular atlases across the eukaryotic tree of life. go.nature.com/46HnmDn 🔒
This is figure 1, which shows thattThe BCA aims at molecularly characterizing cell types across the eukaryotic tree of life.
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FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social · 10d
It's #TechnicalAdvances update time; the papers added in September are here wiki.flybase.org/wiki/FlyBase.... Want your paper with with a new technique, reagent, or resource featured next month? Flag it when you #FTYP!
FlyBase:Papers with technical advances - FlyBase Wiki
Authors of the papers listed below suggest that they include a technical advance, new type of reagent, or resource likely to be useful for other researchers. Author suggestions have been collected via the Fast-Track Your Paper tool since October 2020, with those most recently submitted at the top. Please note, there will be a lag time before listed papers can be found on FlyBase (FBrf links will become active when available) and the submission date does not necessarily match the publication date of the paper.
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DDI Alliance @ddialliance.bsky.social · 10d
Collaboration is key! 🔑 The DDI Alliance brings together international experts, orgs, and projects to develop open metadata standards for research data. Join the global community: ddialliance.org/mission

#MetadataStandard #FAIRdata #Collaboration
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BF Francis Ouellette @bffo.bsky.social · 11d
From #OUP 's #DATABASE journal | Navigating #OpenSource waters: the pharmaceutical #industry's role in #bioontology development | #Bioinformatics #Genomics #Ontology #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 🇩🇰
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Navigating open-source waters: the pharmaceutical industry’s role in bioontology development
Abstract. Bioontologies are core to many data management strategies, artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives, and search functionality wit
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Open Bioinformatics Foundation @openbio.bsky.social · 12d
An open letter about the recent cuts at GigaScience: www.open-bio.org/2025/09/30/2...
(open for signatures until the end of October)

#OpenScience #OpenData #GigaScience
Scott Edmunds cuts the cake at the 2025 GigaScience birthday party at ISMB/ECCB 2025
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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 11d
📢 NEW GENOME ALERT

In #G3journal, Lozier et al. generated the first chromosome-level genome assembly of the American Bumblebee. This study will power comparative conservation genomics analyses to identify possible genetic differences between pollinators. buff.ly/IYIKqFD
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Genetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 16d
📢 NEW GENOME ALERT

In #G3journal, Frandsen et al. present a chromosome-scale assembly of the tetraploid epazote, a perennial plant growing in tropical climates in the Americas with regional culinary and medicinal importance. buff.ly/Vbp0rde
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Data Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 16d
Check out our new DRP post with updates and office hours: www.datarescueproject.org/updates-from... Join us!
#DataRescue
Updates from the DRP & Office Hours
Our DRP Steering Committee is so thankful for all the work of our volunteers and our partners. We are grateful to be part of this incredible community working to preserve and raise awareness of the…
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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · 18d
🧬 Curious how scientists track down genetic disease variants?
This hands-on exome sequencing tutorial (with a full YouTube walkthrough!) takes you from raw data to candidate causative variants.

Tutorial: training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
Video walkthrough: youtu.be/V92GLbJxLls?...
Variant Analysis / Exome sequencing data analysis for diagnosing a genetic disease / Hands-on: Exome sequencing data analysis for diagnosing a genetic disease
Genetic differences (variants) between healthy and diseased tissue, between individuals of a population, or between strains of an organism can provide mechanistic insight into disease processes and th...
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International Society for Biocuration @biocurator.bsky.social · 17d
The ISB Executive Committee (EC) election has launched! If you were an active ISB member as of Sept. 21, you should have received your ballot. Please reach out to us if you think you should have received a ballot but haven't.
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EC Candidates -2025 – International Society for Biocuration
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Ensembl @ensembl.org · 19d
Ensembl VEP makes variant annotation easy with access to key reference data for filtering and interpretation. Now includes MAVE results, offering further insights across nearly all possible variants in targeted regulatory or coding regions. More on our blog (zurl.co/Aj9HH)
#bioinformatics #genomics
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JAX Genomic Education @jaxeducation.bsky.social · 19d
🧠🤖 Need to gain a deeper understanding of #MachineLearning to quantify animal behavior for your research?

Apply for @jaxeducation.bsky.social's short course, October 12 – 17: www.jax.org/education-an...

#BehSci #CompNeuro #Neuroskyence

Meet a selection of the expert speakers on the agenda ⬇️
Short Course Machine Learning for Automated Quantification of Behavior
This JAX Short Course will focus on the fundamentals of quantitative behavior analysis, machine learning, and data science, and will be aimed at researchers from the fields of neuroscience, genetics, ...
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