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SIB Swiss Bioinformatics<p>🎺 Hear ye, hear ye! Fellow students, biocurators, and early-career scientists: your chance to join the [BC]² Basel Computational Biology Conference 2025 is here! </p><p>Together with the ISB International Society for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a>, we offer 2️⃣ <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/travelgrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travelgrants</span></a> incl. free registration.</p><p>✅ Open to ISB members <br>✅ Priority to students, early-careers, and applicants from low/middle-income countries </p><p>👉 Submit by 30 April: <a href="https://www.bc2.ch/fellowships#isb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bc2.ch/fellowships#isb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/bc2basel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bc2basel</span></a> @genomic.socialgenomic.social</p>
Bioregistry<p>The summary of our workshop lead by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@cthoyt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cthoyt</span></a></span> and Ben Gyori at <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/biocuration2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration2025</span></a> is now live at <a href="https://biopragmatics.github.io/workshops/biocuration2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">biopragmatics.github.io/worksh</span><span class="invisible">ops/biocuration2025.html</span></a></p><p>📖 Slides: <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15184414" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1518441</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p>📺 Recording: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmWfbH-TtkE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=jmWfbH-Ttk</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p><p>thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://genomic.social/@biocurator" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>biocurator</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pids</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/PersistentIdentifier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersistentIdentifier</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/persistentidentifiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>persistentidentifiers</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/metaresolver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaresolver</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/arks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arks</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/curies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curies</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>The final session of Day 2 of <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration2025</span></a> is on glycans. Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita explains that the name for GlyTouCan (<a href="https://glytoucan.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">glytoucan.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) is a play on words in Japanese, where "Tou" means sugar!</p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/glycans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glycans</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/glygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glygen</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/glytoucan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glytoucan</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>Daniel Haft is presenting "Life Cycle Events for Protein Family Models: Birth, Maturation, Cloning, Retirement at Biocuration 2025" remotely at <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a> </p><p>This talk motivated two new entries in the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bioregistry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bioregistry</span></a></span> for Blast Rules (<a href="https://github.com/biopragmatics/bioregistry/pull/1522" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/biopragmatics/biore</span><span class="invisible">gistry/pull/1522</span></a>) and NCBI's Protein Family Models (tbd)</p>
Marc Robinson-Rechavi<p>Thanks to Melissa Haendel and the ISB <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://genomic.social/@biocurator" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>biocurator</span></a></span> for sharing this list of archived datasets in biology, as well as links for context<br><a href="https://www.biocuration.org/archived-data-sets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biocuration.org/archived-data-</span><span class="invisible">sets/</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/bioinformatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioinformatics</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>The Global Biodata Coalition has an open letter campaign to show support for sustainable funding for biodata resources. Please take a minute to read and decide if you want to sign <a href="https://globalbiodata.org/open-letter-campaign/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalbiodata.org/open-letter-</span><span class="invisible">campaign/</span></a><br><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/bioinformatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioinformatics</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>The ISB annual general meeting is tomorrow, Oct 29th. This is your chance to hear what we have been up to in the past year and hear talks from our 2 career award winners. See <a href="https://www.biocuration.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">biocuration.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for more details and to register. Registration is free and open to all <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>The ISB annual general meeting is just 12 days away. This is your chance to hear what we have been up to in the past year and hear talks from our 2 career award winners. See <a href="https://www.biocuration.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">biocuration.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for more details and to register. Registration is free and open to all <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a></p>
Charles Tapley Hoyt<p>Every time an external contributor makes a PR to a curation project that requires an explanation of how to fix it, that's an opportunity to write more curation guides.</p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/openscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openscience</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/opencode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opencode</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a></p>
Bgee database<p>Coming to <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration2025</span></a>? Join our workshop scFAIR: FAIRification of single-cell data <a href="https://www.stowers.org/events/biocuration2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stowers.org/events/biocuration</span><span class="invisible">2025</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@SIB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SIB</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://genomic.social/@biocurator" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>biocurator</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@marcrr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marcrr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@fbastian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fbastian</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/scRNAseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scRNAseq</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/FAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIR</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/bgee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bgee</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/FAIRification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRification</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/scFAIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scFAIR</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/SingleCellAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleCellAnalysis</span></a> <a href="https://sc-fair.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sc-fair.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bgee database<p>Do you know gget by the Pachter lab? You should! It now includes efficient querying of Bgee in Python. Get high quality curated gene expression data directly in Python or command line. <a href="https://pachterlab.github.io/gget/en/bgee.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pachterlab.github.io/gget/en/b</span><span class="invisible">gee.html</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/RNAseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNAseq</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/scRNAseq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scRNAseq</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.science/@SIB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SIB</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@marcrr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marcrr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@fbastian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fbastian</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ecoevo.social/@dee_unil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dee_unil</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/bgee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bgee</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Bioinformatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bioinformatics</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/RNASequencing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNASequencing</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/SingleCellRNASeq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleCellRNASeq</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Genomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genomics</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Transcriptomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transcriptomics</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/GeneExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneExpression</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/ComputationalBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputationalBiology</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/SingleCellAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleCellAnalysis</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/GeneExpressionAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneExpressionAnalysis</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>two notes from today!</p><p>1. Our executive committee election starts tomorrow! Please take a look at the candidates list at <a href="https://www.biocuration.org/executive-committee-candidates-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biocuration.org/executive-comm</span><span class="invisible">ittee-candidates-2024/</span></a><br>2. There's a new job posting from the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/emblebi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emblebi</span></a></span> - <a href="https://www.embl.org/jobs/position/EBI02284" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">embl.org/jobs/position/EBI0228</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/fedihire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedihire</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>The ISB EC election starts next week! We have seven great candidates running for the three open spots. Please make sure your membership is up to date by Sept 24 to get your ballot. <a href="https://www.biocuration.org/executive-committee-candidates-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biocuration.org/executive-comm</span><span class="invisible">ittee-candidates-2024/</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>We're hosting our 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, October 29th, 2024 at 3-5PM CET / 2-4PM GMT / 10AM-12pm EST / 8-10AM PST </p><p>Please register for free here: <a href="https://forms.gle/hr9H6z2MKAYC84haA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">forms.gle/hr9H6z2MKAYC84haA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. You'll get a Zoom link after :)</p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>Registration for the 2025 International Society for Biocuration 18th annual conference is now open.<br><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Biocuration2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biocuration2025</span></a> conference will be held April 7-9 at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Pre-meeting workshops will be April 5 &amp; 6.<br>Learn more about <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biocuration</span></a> 2025 here: <a href="https://www.stowers.org/events/biocuration2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">stowers.org/events/biocuration</span><span class="invisible">2025</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>Reminder, the call for proposals to host the 2026 <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biocuration</span></a> conference is open until August 31 (9 days to go). The region for the 2026 meeting is Europe/Africa. Please submit your proposals!<br><a href="https://www.biocuration.org/call-for-proposals-to-host-the-2026-international-biocuration-conference/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biocuration.org/call-for-propo</span><span class="invisible">sals-to-host-the-2026-international-biocuration-conference/</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>The International Society for Biocuration (ISB) would like to congratulate the recipients of the 2024 Excellence in Biocuration Early and Advanced Career awards:<br>Early - Maria Victoria Nugnes from the University of Padova<br>Advanced - Sushma Naithani from Oregon State University<br>We look forward to hearing more about their work at the Annual General Meeting in October!<br>Thank you to all the ISB members who participated in the voting.<br><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biocuration</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>The call for proposals to host the 2026 <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biocuration</span></a> conference is open until August 31st. Please reach out to the ISB EC if you are interested in hosting <a href="https://www.biocuration.org/call-for-proposals-to-host-the-2026-international-biocuration-conference/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biocuration.org/call-for-propo</span><span class="invisible">sals-to-host-the-2026-international-biocuration-conference/</span></a></p>
SIB Swiss Bioinformatics<p>🤖 x 🧬=?</p><p>What happens when <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> is trained on scientific texts from the literature, databases, genetic sequences, or code?</p><p>Explore its applications, and how our experts tackle its challenges in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SIBProfile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SIBProfile</span></a>: <a href="https://issuu.com/sibswissinstituteofbioinformatics/docs/sib_profile_2024_web/48" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">issuu.com/sibswissinstituteofb</span><span class="invisible">ioinformatics/docs/sib_profile_2024_web/48</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/EthicalAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthicalAI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biocuration</span></a></p>
Int Soc Biocuration<p>Nominations for the <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Biocuration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biocuration</span></a> career awards close today <a href="https://www.biocuration.org/community/biocuration-career-awards/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biocuration.org/community/bioc</span><span class="invisible">uration-career-awards/</span></a><br>You have until the end of the day to nominate a deserving colleague (or yourself)! Winners are chosen by ISB members.</p>