Hans-Rudolf Hotz
@hrhotz.bsky.social
Molecular Biologist turned Bioinformatician working in the Computational Biology facility at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel
Open Science, Training/Mentoring, #UseGalaxy, Bioconductor
Open Science, Training/Mentoring, #UseGalaxy, Bioconductor
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From the @hgnc.bsky.social team in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | Genenames.org : the #HGNC and #PGNC resources in 2026 | #Bioinformatics #Database #OpenScience #Genomics #Proteomics #OpenData 🧬 🖥️🧪🔓
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Home | HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee
Genenames.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
From the @hgnc.bsky.social team in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | Genenames.org : the #HGNC and #PGNC resources in 2026 | #Bioinformatics #Database #OpenScience #Genomics #Proteomics #OpenData 🧬 🖥️🧪🔓
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🌟Help grow the Galaxy Training Network!
The GTN is powered by community experts like you.
Whether you want to fix a typo, add a new tool, or write an entire tutorial, we’ve made it easy to get started. Explore our guides and jump into contributing here:
training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
The GTN is powered by community experts like you.
Whether you want to fix a typo, add a new tool, or write an entire tutorial, we’ve made it easy to get started. Explore our guides and jump into contributing here:
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Contributing to the Galaxy Training Material / Tutorial List
Galaxy is a great solution to train the bioinformatics concepts: numerous bioinformatics tools are available (more than 7,000 in the ToolShed), it can be used by people without any computer science sk...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🌟Help grow the Galaxy Training Network!
The GTN is powered by community experts like you.
Whether you want to fix a typo, add a new tool, or write an entire tutorial, we’ve made it easy to get started. Explore our guides and jump into contributing here:
training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
The GTN is powered by community experts like you.
Whether you want to fix a typo, add a new tool, or write an entire tutorial, we’ve made it easy to get started. Explore our guides and jump into contributing here:
training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
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1/6 New preprint 🚀 How does the cortex learn to represent things and how they move without reconstructing sensory stimuli? We developed a circuit-centric recurrent predictive learning (RPL) model based on JEPAs.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Led by @atenagm.bsky.social @mshalvagal.bsky.social
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Led by @atenagm.bsky.social @mshalvagal.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
1/6 New preprint 🚀 How does the cortex learn to represent things and how they move without reconstructing sensory stimuli? We developed a circuit-centric recurrent predictive learning (RPL) model based on JEPAs.
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Led by @atenagm.bsky.social @mshalvagal.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Led by @atenagm.bsky.social @mshalvagal.bsky.social
On my way to Geneva to run a @galaxyproject.bsky.social @galaxytraining.bsky.social introduction with Lucille.
Many thanks to the usegalaxy.eu team for offering the "Training Infrastructure as a Service"
usegalaxy-eu.github.io/tiaas.html
Many thanks to the usegalaxy.eu team for offering the "Training Infrastructure as a Service"
usegalaxy-eu.github.io/tiaas.html
Training Infrastructure as a Service
usegalaxy-eu.github.io
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 AM
On my way to Geneva to run a @galaxyproject.bsky.social @galaxytraining.bsky.social introduction with Lucille.
Many thanks to the usegalaxy.eu team for offering the "Training Infrastructure as a Service"
usegalaxy-eu.github.io/tiaas.html
Many thanks to the usegalaxy.eu team for offering the "Training Infrastructure as a Service"
usegalaxy-eu.github.io/tiaas.html
The study analyzed the @galaxyproject.bsky.social ecosystem
Large, complex datasets 💾 are fundamental to the life sciences and form the backbone of innovation. 📣 ELIXIR has published a report on the contribution of #OpenSource #software and #workflows to innovation in the #lifesciences 🔬.
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/THB_IX4
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/THB_IX4
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The study analyzed the @galaxyproject.bsky.social ecosystem
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Join the newly formed Tool Developers Special Interest Group (SIG) to collaborate on high-quality tool maintenance and standardize best practices across the Galaxy ecosystem. This initiative offers a dedicated space for mentorship, peer review, and community-driven development for developers (1/2)
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Join the newly formed Tool Developers Special Interest Group (SIG) to collaborate on high-quality tool maintenance and standardize best practices across the Galaxy ecosystem. This initiative offers a dedicated space for mentorship, peer review, and community-driven development for developers (1/2)
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Many people hours, calls and messages later: OSTA is now “in (pre)print”, though the real thing lives at bioconductor.org/books/OSTA.
Check it out, get in touch. We welcome any feedback, suggestions, wishes (& contributions).
It’s been a joy working with you @estellayixingdong.bsky.social!
Check it out, get in touch. We welcome any feedback, suggestions, wishes (& contributions).
It’s been a joy working with you @estellayixingdong.bsky.social!
November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Many people hours, calls and messages later: OSTA is now “in (pre)print”, though the real thing lives at bioconductor.org/books/OSTA.
Check it out, get in touch. We welcome any feedback, suggestions, wishes (& contributions).
It’s been a joy working with you @estellayixingdong.bsky.social!
Check it out, get in touch. We welcome any feedback, suggestions, wishes (& contributions).
It’s been a joy working with you @estellayixingdong.bsky.social!
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📣 Introduction to Galaxy, the Open-Source Platform for FAIR Data Analysis (in German)
Are you new to e-science? Do you want to learn ways to analyse your material with digital tools from your browser without any programming skills? Do you want to get an idea of research data management? (1/3)
Are you new to e-science? Do you want to learn ways to analyse your material with digital tools from your browser without any programming skills? Do you want to get an idea of research data management? (1/3)
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
📣 Introduction to Galaxy, the Open-Source Platform for FAIR Data Analysis (in German)
Are you new to e-science? Do you want to learn ways to analyse your material with digital tools from your browser without any programming skills? Do you want to get an idea of research data management? (1/3)
Are you new to e-science? Do you want to learn ways to analyse your material with digital tools from your browser without any programming skills? Do you want to get an idea of research data management? (1/3)
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🚀 Galaxy is workflows! Check out the Intergalactic Workflow Commission (IWC) - a curated library of Galaxy workflows that makes data analysis accessible to everyone. Community curated, ready to use!
Learn more: https://iwc.galaxyproject.org
Watch: https://youtu.be/cBHSYrpMV8s
##Galaxy (1/2)
Learn more: https://iwc.galaxyproject.org
Watch: https://youtu.be/cBHSYrpMV8s
##Galaxy (1/2)
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
🚀 Galaxy is workflows! Check out the Intergalactic Workflow Commission (IWC) - a curated library of Galaxy workflows that makes data analysis accessible to everyone. Community curated, ready to use!
Learn more: https://iwc.galaxyproject.org
Watch: https://youtu.be/cBHSYrpMV8s
##Galaxy (1/2)
Learn more: https://iwc.galaxyproject.org
Watch: https://youtu.be/cBHSYrpMV8s
##Galaxy (1/2)
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I am looking forward to introducing @galaxyfreiburg as a #research platform with #humanities use-cases for @fdmthueringen.bsky.social
When: 26.11., 14:00
Where: Online
https://forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/veranstaltung/Galaxy.html
Grab a coffee, and I am looking forward to seeing you there!
When: 26.11., 14:00
Where: Online
https://forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/veranstaltung/Galaxy.html
Grab a coffee, and I am looking forward to seeing you there!
How can I analyse my texts, media, and data in the humanities and social sciences? - Kompetenznetzwerk Forschungsdatenmanagement Thüringen
Der Vortrag stellt die Anwendungsmöglichkeiten von Galaxy in den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften vor...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I am looking forward to introducing @galaxyfreiburg as a #research platform with #humanities use-cases for @fdmthueringen.bsky.social
When: 26.11., 14:00
Where: Online
https://forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/veranstaltung/Galaxy.html
Grab a coffee, and I am looking forward to seeing you there!
When: 26.11., 14:00
Where: Online
https://forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/veranstaltung/Galaxy.html
Grab a coffee, and I am looking forward to seeing you there!
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At the EOSC Symposium 2025, the Polish EOSC Node demonstrated a complete FAIR research workflow powered by Galaxy and PLGrid’s Pulsar integrating data analysis, execution, and provenance tracking through Onedata. The presentation video and full details are available via the EOSC Node - (1/2)
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
At the EOSC Symposium 2025, the Polish EOSC Node demonstrated a complete FAIR research workflow powered by Galaxy and PLGrid’s Pulsar integrating data analysis, execution, and provenance tracking through Onedata. The presentation video and full details are available via the EOSC Node - (1/2)
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Stowers Computational Biology Group is hiring someone to work mostly on infrastructure (pipelines, annotation, etc):
www.stowers.org/careers/bioi... #bioinformatics
www.stowers.org/careers/bioi... #bioinformatics
Bioinformatics Specialist (Infrastructure Focus) - REQID0002491
If you have a collection of outstanding people who ask really interesting questions, like each other and push the envelope, important discoveries will…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Stowers Computational Biology Group is hiring someone to work mostly on infrastructure (pipelines, annotation, etc):
www.stowers.org/careers/bioi... #bioinformatics
www.stowers.org/careers/bioi... #bioinformatics
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From @gillespm.bsky.social and colleagues in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | The #Reactome Knowledgebase 2026 | #Bioinformatics #Proteomics #Human #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource #Database #GlobalCoreBiodata and @elixir-europe.org resource 🧬 🖥️🧪🔓
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The Reactome Knowledgebase 2026
Abstract. The Reactome Knowledgebase (https://reactome.org) is a freely accessible, expert-curated, open-source, and open-data resource that describes huma
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November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
From @gillespm.bsky.social and colleagues in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | The #Reactome Knowledgebase 2026 | #Bioinformatics #Proteomics #Human #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenSource #Database #GlobalCoreBiodata and @elixir-europe.org resource 🧬 🖥️🧪🔓
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From the @genomebrowser.bsky.social team in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2026 update | #Bioinformatics #Genomics #Database #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️🧪🔓
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The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2026 update
Abstract. Now in its 25th year of operation, the UCSC Genome Browser (https://genome.ucsc.edu) provides a central location for researchers around the world
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November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
From the @genomebrowser.bsky.social team in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | The UCSC Genome Browser database: 2026 update | #Bioinformatics #Genomics #Database #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️🧪🔓
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Understanding bioRxiv/medRxiv DOIs. How openRxiv assigns them, a changing prefix, and the embedded priority date in citations openrxiv.org/dois-for-pre...
Understanding DOIs for preprints: how openRxiv assigns and manages persistent identifiers - openRxiv
Digital object identifiers (DOIs) are a class of persistent identifier (PID) assigned to an object to ensure that it can always be uniquely identified and, ideally, accessed reliably. Each DOI is a un...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Understanding bioRxiv/medRxiv DOIs. How openRxiv assigns them, a changing prefix, and the embedded priority date in citations openrxiv.org/dois-for-pre...
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🧬✨ Reminder: Intro to Spatial #Transcriptomics Webinar!
Nov 20, 2025 · 13:00 CET · With @ghga.bsky.social Florian Heyl
Get started with image-based spatial omics & key preprocessing steps.
Free, in English—registration required! More information: www.denbi.de/de-nbi-event...
#SpatialOmics #Webinar
Nov 20, 2025 · 13:00 CET · With @ghga.bsky.social Florian Heyl
Get started with image-based spatial omics & key preprocessing steps.
Free, in English—registration required! More information: www.denbi.de/de-nbi-event...
#SpatialOmics #Webinar
November 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🧬✨ Reminder: Intro to Spatial #Transcriptomics Webinar!
Nov 20, 2025 · 13:00 CET · With @ghga.bsky.social Florian Heyl
Get started with image-based spatial omics & key preprocessing steps.
Free, in English—registration required! More information: www.denbi.de/de-nbi-event...
#SpatialOmics #Webinar
Nov 20, 2025 · 13:00 CET · With @ghga.bsky.social Florian Heyl
Get started with image-based spatial omics & key preprocessing steps.
Free, in English—registration required! More information: www.denbi.de/de-nbi-event...
#SpatialOmics #Webinar
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💡A simple idea emerged from the frustration of manually parsing countless bioinformatics tool outputs.📊 That idea became MultiQC, and today we're celebrating 10 years of transforming global bioinformatics🌎
📗Read the highlights blog by @seqera.io: hubs.la/Q03TXC_N0
📗Read the highlights blog by @seqera.io: hubs.la/Q03TXC_N0
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
💡A simple idea emerged from the frustration of manually parsing countless bioinformatics tool outputs.📊 That idea became MultiQC, and today we're celebrating 10 years of transforming global bioinformatics🌎
📗Read the highlights blog by @seqera.io: hubs.la/Q03TXC_N0
📗Read the highlights blog by @seqera.io: hubs.la/Q03TXC_N0
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At the EOSC Symposium 2025, a standout example was the BERD@NFDI B-Plan use case, a project demonstrating how the Galaxy Europe platform provides the analytical engine to transform complex, unstructured planning data into FAIR research assets for the entire European research community. (1/2)
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
At the EOSC Symposium 2025, a standout example was the BERD@NFDI B-Plan use case, a project demonstrating how the Galaxy Europe platform provides the analytical engine to transform complex, unstructured planning data into FAIR research assets for the entire European research community. (1/2)
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Nuclear pores: How to protect and penetrate the cell nucleus
#EinblickeBiozentrum Lecture by Prof. Roderick Lim on November 25, 2025.
Discover how nanoscience unravels the tiniest movements of nuclear pores.
More: ow.ly/Wkme50RbjZc
#EinblickeBiozentrum Lecture by Prof. Roderick Lim on November 25, 2025.
Discover how nanoscience unravels the tiniest movements of nuclear pores.
More: ow.ly/Wkme50RbjZc
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Nuclear pores: How to protect and penetrate the cell nucleus
#EinblickeBiozentrum Lecture by Prof. Roderick Lim on November 25, 2025.
Discover how nanoscience unravels the tiniest movements of nuclear pores.
More: ow.ly/Wkme50RbjZc
#EinblickeBiozentrum Lecture by Prof. Roderick Lim on November 25, 2025.
Discover how nanoscience unravels the tiniest movements of nuclear pores.
More: ow.ly/Wkme50RbjZc
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We are pleased to announce a new release of https://BRC-Analytics.org (v0.17.0). This release updates the number of included organisms to 1900+ and over 5000 assemblies from all across the taxonomic spectrum, and more improvements to searching ENA and the workflow config UI. (1/3)
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We are pleased to announce a new release of https://BRC-Analytics.org (v0.17.0). This release updates the number of included organisms to 1900+ and over 5000 assemblies from all across the taxonomic spectrum, and more improvements to searching ENA and the workflow config UI. (1/3)
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Galaxy showed how 'one framework, one workflow, many communities' can run cross-disciplinary imaging analyses on the emerging EOSC Federation. Here is what we presented, with slides and video.
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11-13-eosc-symposium2025/
##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC (1/2)
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11-13-eosc-symposium2025/
##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC (1/2)
One framework, one workflow, many communities: Freiburg Galaxy team at
Galaxy showed how 'one framework, one workflow, many communities' can run cross-disciplinary imaging analyses on the emerging EOSC Federation. Here is what we presented, with slides and video.
galaxyproject.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Galaxy showed how 'one framework, one workflow, many communities' can run cross-disciplinary imaging analyses on the emerging EOSC Federation. Here is what we presented, with slides and video.
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11-13-eosc-symposium2025/
##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC (1/2)
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11-13-eosc-symposium2025/
##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC (1/2)
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Last week, we hosted the @eu-life.bsky.social Strategy Meeting, bringing together Directors and key representatives of the 17 member institutes to discuss 2026 priorities. Participants also met leaders from the Basel Life Science cluster, heard from FMI group leaders & toured the Novartis Pavillon.
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Last week, we hosted the @eu-life.bsky.social Strategy Meeting, bringing together Directors and key representatives of the 17 member institutes to discuss 2026 priorities. Participants also met leaders from the Basel Life Science cluster, heard from FMI group leaders & toured the Novartis Pavillon.
This week, the small scale @galaxyproject.bsky.social admins will meet on Thursday (November 20th): galaxyproject.org/events/2025-...
Small Scale Galaxy Admins Meeting
All about Galaxy and its community.
galaxyproject.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This week, the small scale @galaxyproject.bsky.social admins will meet on Thursday (November 20th): galaxyproject.org/events/2025-...
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New European cOAlition S strategy for 2026-2030 to further strengthen #OpenAccess. 🔓
The SNSF is part of cOAlition S. We are delighted to continue this successful collaboration.
👉 The strategy in detail:
The SNSF is part of cOAlition S. We are delighted to continue this successful collaboration.
👉 The strategy in detail:
cOAlition S Strategy for 2026-2030
<p>Launched in 2018, cOAlition S emerged as an informal coalition of organisations that publicly expressed their intention to implement Plan S. Seven years later, the coalition is defining a new…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New European cOAlition S strategy for 2026-2030 to further strengthen #OpenAccess. 🔓
The SNSF is part of cOAlition S. We are delighted to continue this successful collaboration.
👉 The strategy in detail:
The SNSF is part of cOAlition S. We are delighted to continue this successful collaboration.
👉 The strategy in detail:
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Ensembl job alert! We are looking for a bioinformatics developer to join our Genebuild team: zurl.co/QpnKj
Closing date: 11 Dec 2025
Closing date: 11 Dec 2025
Job: Bioinformatics Developer – Ensembl Genebuild – Ensembl Blog
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November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ensembl job alert! We are looking for a bioinformatics developer to join our Genebuild team: zurl.co/QpnKj
Closing date: 11 Dec 2025
Closing date: 11 Dec 2025