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Remembering Phil Bourne Personal reflections on a legendary scientist, leader, builder, and mentor

'Phil was also the founding Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Computational Biology, where he created the beloved Ten Simple Rules series. He was so prolific in the series that the meta-article “Ten Simple Rules for Writing a PLOS Ten Simple Rules Article” literally includes, as Rule 4: “Be Philip E. Bourne.”

So sad news. I'm pretty sure that a big part of PLOS CB success is thanks to Phil's incredible idea of the Ten Simple Rules collection. He will be missed, also by the bioinformatics trainer's community. 😢

Remembering Phil Bourne Personal reflections on a legendary scientist, leader, builder, and mentor

Remembering Phil Bourne. Personal reflections on a legendary scientist, leader, builder, and mentor. blog.stephenturner.us/p/rememberin...

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Ascona workshop "Statistical and AI methods for multi-modal multi-scale modeling of biological systems", 28 June - 3 July.

Deadline for registration Mon 16 March, 23:59 CET.
There are ~10-12 places left.

Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curation Abstract. Biological knowledgebases facilitate discovery across the life sciences by structuring experimental findings into human-readable and computable f

From #OUP s @bioinfoadv.bsky.social journal | Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature #curation | #Bioinformatics #AI #LLM #OpenScience #Biocuration | 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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📣 #ECCB2026 proceedings deadline extended to 16 March 13:00 CET
Submit to 1 of our 6️⃣ sessions:
🔹 Genomics
🔹 Transcriptomics & gene regulation
🔹 Proteins & structural biology
🔹 Systems biology
🔹 Environmental bioinformatics
🔹 ELIXIR Communities
👉 More info: eccb2026.org/call-proceedings

Discover the new SIB learning paths 🧬 Structured #Bioinformatics training from beginner to advanced levels, including machine learning and omics data analysis. Plan your next learning step and share within your network

📣 Reminder! Share your research with the global bioinformatics community at ECCB 2026.
3️⃣ submission types:
🔹 Proceeding
🔹 Highlight talk
🔹 Poster
Don’t miss this chance to present your latest findings and connect with over 1,000 international experts!
👉 Submit: eccb2026.org/submission-g...

📣Reminder! 3 days left for submitting proceedings at #ECCB2026🎤
Submit your abstract in 1 of the 6️⃣sessions :
🔹Genomics
🔹Transcriptomics & gene regulation
🔹Proteins & structural biology
🔹Systems biology
🔹Environmental bioinformatics
🔹ELIXIR Communities
👉 More info: eccb2026.org/call-proceedings

HPC Carpentry Approved as The Carpentries' Fourth Lesson Program On 5 February 2026, our Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve the adoption of HPC Carpentry as the fourth official lesson program of The Carpentries, alongside the Data Carpentry, Library Ca...

From The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org | HPC Carpentry Approved as The Carpentries' Fourth Lesson Program | #HPC #OpenScience #Education 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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From Permits to Samples: Addressing Key Challenges for High‐Quality Reference Genome Generation in Europe High-quality reference genome assemblies have become essential for deepening our understanding of biodiversity, yet obtaining them for many species remains surprisingly challenging. Drawing on experi...

From the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social community & Sampling & Sample Processing (SSP) Committee onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Outputs like this are great examples of the bottom-up co-creation philosophy of ERGA actions - congratulations to the whole team! #biodiversity #genomics

New collaborative work our team in @plos.org Plos Computational Bio. Our goal was to demystify the annotation process and make it more accessible. Give it a try! @terryfoxresearch.bsky.social @bhcri.bsky.social

Rubrics, Not Vibes: Consistency as a Feature in Peer Review with AI Responsibly using AI for a structured first pass manuscript / grant proposal review can reduce reviewer variance while keeping human judgment central. Bonus: a prompt I use for my own draft proposals.

From @stephenturner.us | Rubrics, Not Vibes: Consistency as a Feature in Peer Review with AI | 🧪 #AI #OpenScience #PeerReview #Grants #Publications #PairedEnds
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Graphic celebrating a milestone for the Galaxy Training Network. Large text at the top reads “Congratulations to the Galaxy Training Network on 500+ tutorials!” Below is a screenshot of the Galaxy Training Hall of Fame page showing statistics: 517 contributors, 35 topics, 501 tutorials, and 10.6 years. The “501 tutorials” box is highlighted with a red starburst. A world map with contributor locations appears beneath the statistics.

🎉 Time to celebrate! The Galaxy Training Network just passed 500 tutorials!
Free. Open. Community-built. Reproducible.
Powered by 500+ contributors worldwide, making data analysis accessible to everyone.
Be sure to check out this amazing team and the GTN, here: training.galaxyproject.org

Ten common misconceptions about Galaxy (and why they are wrong!) Author summary Galaxy is a free, community-built web interface that helps scientists analyse data in a way that’s easy to use, transparent and reproducible. While it is widely used in biology and othe...

From @bebatut.bsky.social @abretaud.bsky.social @hrhotz.bsky.social et al. in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten common misconceptions about Galaxy (and why they are wrong!) | #Bioinformatics #Education #UseGalaxy 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 CC/ @galaxyproject.bsky.social
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Tutorial for variant interrogation in tumor samples The increasing accessibility of next-generation sequencing has empowered researchers to investigate somatic mutations in cancer. The complexity of variant analysis pipelines, terminology, and tool sel...

From @jeanetteeb.bsky.social & colleagues in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Tutorial for variant interrogation in tumor samples | #Bioinformatics #Education #NGS #Cancer #Genomics #OpenEducationalResources #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 CC/ @ppalagi.bsky.social
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Ten quick tips for using the NIH Comparative Genomics Resource

From @lrasmus.bsky.social, @kristiholmes.bsky.social et al. in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten quick tips for using the NIH Comparative Genomics Resource | #Bioinformatics #Education #Genomics #PLOSCBQT #NCBI 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 CC/ @ppalagi.bsky.social
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From @dessimoz.bsky.social and colleagues in @nature.com 's #Scientific #Data | The missing link in FAIR data policy: biodata resources in life sciences | #FAIR #Genomics #OpenScience #OpenSource #Proteomics 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“At the age of 23, before she'd even earned her PhD, Carol Greider made the discovery that would earn her the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Along with her supervisor and co-laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, she discovered the enzyme telomerase…”

And here is the course announcement: www.sib.swiss/training/cou...

This is the final week to submit your abstract to the Canadian Bioinformatics Hub Conference 2026 | #ActNow #Bioinformatics #OpenScience #Toronto #Canada #GreatScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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#Opensource software and workflows are doing a lot of heavy lifting 🏋️ in the life sciences! Let's revisit ✨ ELIXIR's report on "Open source software and workflows: a driving force for innovation in life sciences" to find out the importance of #OSSWs 👉 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17570133

🚀 ECCB 2026 will host a Career Workshop on Wed 2 Sept open to all participants. Whether you are considering academia, industry, or alternative paths, your input will help us design a useful workshop, to reflect your needs, questions, & aspirations.
👉 Fill out this poll: tinyurl.com/2shevyst

Robert Waterhouse — Earth BioGenome Project Rob Waterhouse has always been fascinated by life’s many interconnections, from his childhood on an isolated ranch in Swaziland to his current role leading a community of more than 1,100 researchers a...

Spotlight @ebpgenome.bsky.social www.earthbiogenome.org/newsletter-b... --- thanks to the fantastic #biodiversity #genomics @ergabiodiv.bsky.social #community!

Upcoming training courses The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics is an academic not-for-profit organization whose mission is to lead and coordinate the field of bioinformatics in Switzerland.

Pre-announcement ... keep an eye out for news of our upcoming #Biodiversity #Bioinformatics Summer School 21-26 June in Germany co-organised by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social ... sign up to the mailing list to be sure not to miss it! www.sib.swiss/training/upc...

F1000Research Article: Strengthening bioinformatics education: e-learning initiatives across ELIXIR Nodes and Communities. Read the latest article version by Monique Zahn-Zabala, Minna Ahokas, Bérénice Batut, Sebastian Beier, Alexander Botzki, Alexia Cardona, Kristina Gruden, Eija Korpelainen, Maria Lehtivaa...

From Monique Zahn-Zabala & colleagues in #F1000Research | Strengthening bioinformatics education: e-learning initiatives across ELIXIR Nodes and Communities | 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 #Bioinformatics #Education #OpenEducationalResources #OpenScience CC/ @elixir-europe.org
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Streets of Minneapolis by Bruce Springsteen on Apple Music Song · 2026 · Duration 4:35

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As a reminder to future #Computational #Biology Quick Tips or Ten Simple Rules (or any #PLOSCB #Education paper #PLOSCBTSR #PLOSCBQT):

There are no publication charges for those papers. The attached text is from the last paragraph of our TSR on Quick Tips paper.

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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