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Alejandra Medina-Rivera @alemedinarivera.bsky.social · Sep 4

Laura Olmos patient with Parkinson's shares her path after receiving her diagnosis to becoming an embassador for the PD community
#LARGEPD

Alejandra Medina-Rivera @alemedinarivera.bsky.social · Sep 4

Teams across Chile joined data association between pesticides and risk to PD in the Chilean population. Collaboration makes science stronger

Alejandra Medina-Rivera @alemedinarivera.bsky.social · Sep 4

El Salvador team is leading research to assess access to specialized diagnosis tools for PD in LATAM
#LARGEPD

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Alejandra Medina-Rivera @alemedinarivera.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Peruvian team is one of the first to join #LARGEPD, they have worked for over 10 years on the study of Parkinson's in the region. The have impelented an inclusive and social justice based strategy.

Alejandra Medina-Rivera @alemedinarivera.bsky.social · Sep 4

#AlejandraRuizContreras sharing the experience in #MexPD for the recruitment of patients and controls across México
First round table for the #LARGEPD annual meeting

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · Sep 4

Exposure accumulation drives age-dependent disease architectures and polygenic risk scores www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/Xilin-Jiang/...

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Alejandra Medina-Rivera @alemedinarivera.bsky.social · Sep 4

Is there any financial support for LMICS?

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Ming Tommy Tang @tommytang.bsky.social · Aug 25

Stop losing your analysis files.
The difference between chaos and clarity in computational biology is one habit:
How you name your files/folders 🧵

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Ming Tommy Tang @tommytang.bsky.social · Aug 10

Bioinformaticians are impatient👇
Conda is notorious slow...
then I found mamba github.com/mamba-org/m...,
then I found
pixi prefix.dev/blog/pixi_a... : Blazing fast cross-platform package management for teams.

By the creators of the mamba package manager. #bioinformatics

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · Aug 5

There is no ethical way to consume Harry Potter. None.

The Sasha @thesasha.bsky.social · Aug 5

Yup! The money she makes off shit like this goes to harming real people www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowl...

J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

This is where "Harry Potter" profits are going.

www.advocate.com

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Martina Dal Bello @martinadalbello.bsky.social · Jul 23

📢 We're seeking a postdoc to work on a project funded by HFSP @hfspo.bsky.social at the intersection of bacterial physiology, ecology and evolution. You can find more details about the project, the position, and how to apply here www.dalbellolab.com/hfsp-project! #bacteria #ecosky #MevoSky #microSky

HFSP project — dal bello lab

www.dalbellolab.com

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Morgan Sobol @msobol.bsky.social · May 28

🚨 I’m hiring a postdoc for Fall 2025 with experience in microbial ‘omics data analysis and phylogenetics/genomics. Projects will be centered around ancient microbial ecology & evolution. Click here for more information: bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/wp.txstate.e...

Please share, thank you 🙏🏻

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Alejandra Medina-Rivera @alemedinarivera.bsky.social · Aug 1

It was a pleasure to be part of this summer school. Students were amazing, it was a great experience getting the chance to discuss one on one without hierarchy for three days with them. They taught me so much.

Andrea Ganna @andganna.bsky.social · Jul 30

Leena Peltonen School of Human Genetics in full-swing!

@gosiatrynka.bsky.social
@dgmacarthur.bsky.social
@bpasaniuc.bsky.social
@tuuliel.bsky.social
@hilarycmartin.bsky.social
@sashagusevposts.bsky.social
@zkutalik.bsky.social
@mashaals.bsky.social
@alemedinarivera.bsky.social

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Anthony Mathelier @amathelier.bsky.social · Jul 24

What a fantastic #ISMBECCB2025 conference it has been, with an outstanding #RegSys @iscb-regsys.bsky.social COSI track!

Thanks, everyone, for submitting, attending, presenting, and organizing @iscb.bsky.social @eccb-europe.bsky.social

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BF Francis Ouellette @bffo.bsky.social · Jul 24

We are done … #ISMBECCB2025 is finished … Safe travel home!

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Gosia Trynka @gosiatrynka.bsky.social · Apr 15

📢🌎 A big step forward for inclusive genomics
Announcing a major collaboration between @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @pacbio.bsky.social to map the hidden language of genes in the immune system at single-cell resolution.

👇Why this matters, especially for underrepresented populations:

Wellcome Sanger Institute @sangerinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 15

A new initiative will use long-read RNA sequencing to map how gene activity shapes the immune system at a single-cell level 🧬

Working with @pacbio.bsky.social, this will give a deeper understanding of biology and could help identify new therapeutic targets 🔎

www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ne...

New collaboration to uncover how the hidden language of genes shapes our immune system

Experts at the Sanger Institute will apply long-read single-cell RNA sequencing at scale to gain a deeper understanding of how genetic variation impacts biology and human health, paving the way for pe...

www.sanger.ac.uk

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Alejandra Medina-Rivera @alemedinarivera.bsky.social · Jul 24

Julio Collado starts his keynote on "Quality of Knowledge Representation" acknowledging @iscb.bsky.social mission to advance computational biology for all, taking a minute to reflect on the current challenges around the world to achieve this
#ismbeccb2025

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Laura Cantini @cantinilab.bsky.social · Jul 24

Going back to Paris after four days of awesome science! Really happy to have contributed to #ISMBECCB2025 with a keynote talk in the @netbio.bsky.social.

Thanks again @anaisbaudot.bsky.social and all #NetBio commitee for the invitation!

@institutpasteur.bsky.social #singlecell #AI #netbio

NetBio COSI @netbio.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨 Excited to announce our first keynote for #NetBio 2025: Laura Cantini (@cantinilab.bsky.social)!

She is sharing cutting-edge work on multi-modal learning for single-cell data integration, tackling how to combine diverse omics and spatial data to unlock new insights into cellular heterogeneity.

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Selene FeRNAndez @selfdz.bsky.social · Jul 24

Proud of #RegRNALab 's student Xingyu Yan, who presented preliminary results on her PhD project. Well done Xingyu! 🌱

Also, she's been an incredible host, helping me an others sort out paying issues and providing Beijing recommendations 谢谢

#SMBE2025 @unswbabs.bsky.social

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!

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Selene FeRNAndez @selfdz.bsky.social · Jul 24

Bonus #SMBE2025 perks:

Finally got to meet @roliroberts.bsky.social! We correspond often as part of the work we do for @plosbiology.org, but nothing beats meeting in person.

Also caught up with lots of 🇲🇽 folks. Such a great meeting!