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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 22d

That’s a wrap! Thank you to all speakers, poster presenters and attendees for making #CompBioGlasgow a success.

We hope the posts have sparked your interest in future CompBio events and that we'll see you in October for our next event!

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 22d

Massive congratulations to the winners of our awards:

Nina Fajs - Best Presentation

Benjamin Livesey and Javier Sanz-Cruzado Puig - Best Poster

They combined exciting research with engaging communication and visual design for high impact, insightful work.

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 23d

This afternoon, we welcomed Dr. Katherine R Duncan from Newcastle University for our final keynote on exploring marine microbial biodiscovery. We thank her for her insights and for sparking some interesting discussions! #CompBioGlasgow

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 23d

Our Software Engineering Panel explored pertinent questions for modern research and teaching. Is research code overvalued? How much coding do biologists really need to know given ChatGPT?

To find the answer, come to #CompBioGlasgow and discuss with the UK's brightest minds.

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 23d

Day 2 begins with a keynote from Prof. Ram DasGupta. Excited to dive into single-cell analysis to understand immunotherapy response.

An exciting start to day 2 of #CompBioGlasgow conference 2025.

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 24d

Poster session is underway! Brilliant work from our community. Stop by, ask questions #CompBioGlasgow

Featured:
Rubayet Alam - Antigenic evolution of viruses.
Javier Sanz-Cruzado Puig - Accelerating cross-encoders for biomedical linking.
Nina Fajs - Genetics link between vitamin D and suicidality.

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 24d

A selection of the excellent talks today, demonstrating the breadth of knowledge shared at #CompBioGlasgow
Zita Borbala F. - Improving brain cancer treatment with electric fields.
Dr Thomas A. Wright - bioinformatics for rectal cancer.
Britt van Abeelen - Proliterative tRNA clustering.

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 24d

CompBio Conference 2025 Networking Session:
Computational biology & bioinformatics can feel isolating as many labs have just one computational person.
Our Networking Session today is all about breaking those silos and building connections across groups. #CompBioGlasgow
Follow for more updates.

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 24d

We’re kicking off with our first keynote: Dr. Ava Khamseh sharing insights on high-order expression dependencies in single-cell data. A fantastic start to #CompBioGlasgow!

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 24d

Welcome to Day 1 of the Computational Biology Conference here in the ARC at the University of Glasgow! Registration is open. Grab your name tag, meet new faces, and get ready for an exciting day ahead. #CompBioGlasgow

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 28d

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · 28d

The program of talks for the CompBio conference next week, in the ARC.
Thank you to all the contributors. We are excited to hear what they have to say.
Stay tuned for more updates!

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Jun 9

Last week we hosted the 2nd CompBio Hackathon! Participants picked one of 4 projects before implementing solutions across 3 days. It was great to see those interdisciplinary collaborations! Thanks to the Centre for Data Science and AI, @uofglasgow.bsky.social and MVLS NERD for providing the funding.

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · May 19

There's still time to sign up for our Writing Retreat this week!

22/05, 9:00-13:00
ARC 237AB
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/wos25compbio

More info: glasgow-compbio.github.io/events/20250...

#writing #wos25 #apr #compbio

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · May 2

Also this month...

Need to write that paper or tricky Thesis chapter?
Join our inaugural Writing Retreat as part of Write of Spring 2025 - a supportive space to focus & network with fellow computational biologists (with cake!)

22/05, 9:00-13:00
ARC 237AB
tinyurl.com/wos25compbio

#writing #wos25

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · May 2

Tengyu Zhang: Exploring the spatial patterns in malignant epithelial for pancreatic cancer

#spatial #compbio #cruk
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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · May 2

May event:
07/05/25, 15:00
CRUK Scotland Institute

Florent Petitprez: Spatial transcriptomics to interrogate intra- and inter-tumour heterogeneity in glioblastoma

Lucas Zeiger: Spatial transcriptomics to investigate cell states and therapy resistance in colorectal cancer

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Mar 27

Dr Hannah Lepper Metagenomics to analyse antibiotic resistance patterns in community and hospital wastewater in Scotland

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Mar 27

March event!
31/4/25 at 15:00
Maths & Stats, Lecture Theatre: 116

Dr Umer Ijaz Understanding microbial communities through in situ omics data synthesis

Dr Andrew Free, Meta-omics and Modelling in Studies of Microbial Bioaugmentation

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Mar 14

Excited to confirm the details of our March event. We are chatting metagenomics with Umer Ijaz @uofgengineering.bsky.social Andrew Free @edinburghuni.bsky.social and Hannah Lepper. 31st of March Maths&Stats Lecture Theatre

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Feb 24

Save the date as we are back for our 5th!!! CompBio conference. This September, 15th and 16th, @uofgarc.bsky.social. More details to follow soon! #compbio #cbc25

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Feb 20

Stay tuned for an announcement on our next monthly meeting of cutting edge computational biology!

#compbio #metagenomics

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Feb 20

Thanks for attending our #variants event on Monday. We had a great turnout at the wonderful ARC, with two brilliant speakers!

@jmarshlab.bsky.social highlighted the importance of well-trained variant effect models, while @ailithewing.bsky.social revealed the impact of mutational events in HGSOC.

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Jan 30

Our next monthly event will focus on Variants with two exciting speakers from @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social @ailithewing.bsky.social and @jmarshlab.bsky.social

🗓️ February 17th, 3-5pm
🏠 237B, University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre

#compbio #variants

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Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Dec 12

Still time to send us an abstract if you would like to lead one of our 2025 CompBio Hackathon projects!

Glasgow Computational Biology Community @glasgowcompbio.bsky.social · Nov 29

Hello world! Following the success of our 2024 Hackathon, we would like to bring you another opportunity to drive forward exciting science! Call for projects is now open and we cannot wait to hear from you. Send us a project abstract by 18th of December. #compbio #science #hackathon