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Nonprofit dedicated to supporting the long-term preservation and usability of research data and other digital research resources. Home of @tairnews.bsky.social and @morphobank.bsky.social‬

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Join us for #TAIR office hours. Book a one-on-one session with a TAIR curator. Ask about features and functionality, share feedback, or get help with a specific research question. 🌾🧪🌱

BOOK NOW: bit.ly/40nX7xH

#PlantScience #PlantBiology #Arabidopsis #PlantResearch #CropScience #CropResearch

09.03.2026 19:11 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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ATTN all #Arabidopsis researchers

The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR), powered by @tairnews.bsky.social, @phoenixbio.bsky.social, has new updates in the database and website featuring major advances since 2024.

Learn mire in #GENETICS: 🔗 buff.ly/94ycP3S

06.03.2026 19:02 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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MorphoBank honored by SORTEE - Phoenix Bioinformatics We are proud to share that MorphoBank has received a 2025 Commendation Award from the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE).

We're pleased to share that MorphoBank has received a commendation award from @sortee.bsky.social 🧡

It's an honor to get this acknowledgement from colleagues who understand our work so deeply, and share a common mission!

bit.ly/3MMhtO2

#ecology #evolutionarybiology #biology #archaeology

04.03.2026 23:12 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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It's the final day of #ERL26. But there's still time to visit with the Phoenix team. Drop by booth 818 to say hello.

#ERL #library #electronicresources #librarian

04.03.2026 16:41 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Our keynote is live right now and open to everyone, even those who aren't able to attend #ERL26!

Robert H. McDonald is speaking to us on the Dawn of the Machine Age? Near Futures for Libraries and Higher Education.

02.03.2026 15:00 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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We're thrilled to be at the #ERL26 conference in Austin this week. Stop booth #818 to say hello to ED Josh Young and Sales Director Amina Khababa and to learn about our digital resource resources @morphobank.bsky.social and @tairnews.bsky.social

bit.ly/4sffGzR

02.03.2026 17:08 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

We're honored to have been selected! 🧪

27.02.2026 19:40 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Why volunteer time to help reannotate the #Arabidopsis genome? Because it's an indispensable community resource, says Anireddy Reddy of Colorado State, one of the volunteer researchers behind #TAIR12 🧪

Read more: phoenixbioinfo.org/meet-the-vol...

#plantscience #plantbiology

23.02.2026 17:17 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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New on #MorphoBank: "Osteohistology of the unusually fast-growing theropod dinosaur Ceratosaurus" 🧪

MorphoBank: bit.ly/478cu0P
Article in Journal of Anatomy: bit.ly/4axLlGR

#openscience #opendata #openaccess #scisky #anatomy #paleontology

23.02.2026 16:44 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Fantastic news! This is the culmination of so much hard work and dedication from the TAIR team, and the volunteer researchers who value TAIR. Congratulations all!

19.02.2026 19:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Phoenix is headed to #ERL26 in Austin! ☀️Visit us at booth 818 to learn more about our digital resources @morphobank.bsky.social and @tairnews.bsky.social, share feedback, and get involved.

READ MORE: bit.ly/4cBvXdT

@erlconf.bsky.social #scholcomm #scisky #libraries #librarians

18.02.2026 15:56 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW on hashtag#MorphoBank: “The origin of the tympanic fossa in reptiles revealed by a late Permian neodiapsid.“

From from researchers at @amnh.org and @stonybrooku.bsky.social, both MorphoBank supporting member organizations

#openaccess #openscience #Palaeontology

17.02.2026 00:21 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2
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We're excited to attend #ER&L in a few short weeks! Visit us at Booth #818 and lets discuss digital research resources like @morphobank.bsky.social and @tairnews.bsky.social

#erandlfest #Libraries #ElectronicResources #ER&L

11.02.2026 23:14 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW on #MorphoBank: First Neogene Bat from India: Implications for a possible radiation of vespertilionine during the middle Miocene climatic optimum 🧪

Explore the project: www.morphobank.org/project/6175...

#openaccess #biology #anthropology #openaccess #evolutionarybiology #paleontology #scisky

11.02.2026 23:05 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Data all the way down: How uncovering the data underlying research findings impacts every aspect of scholarly communication DataDryad & SORTEE are teaming up for a panel discussion for Love Data Week 2026 - join us for a lively chat about the present and future of data

Join SORTEE, @elife.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org @morphobank.bsky.social and Dryad this Thursday for a free #opendata webinar, in celebration of #LoveData26!

Register here >>> events.humanitix.com/love-data-we...

#openaccess #opendata #datasharing #openscience #openresearch

10.02.2026 17:08 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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For #LoveDataWeek26, we want to send a message of thanks to the member libraries and museums whose contributions help keep MorphoBank free for everyone to use, publish, and read. 🧪

#openscience #opendata #openaccess #ecology #evolutionarybiology #biology #archaeology #paleontology #scisky

10.02.2026 16:18 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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For #LoveData26, let's talk #opendata across #schomcomms. Register ▶️ bit.ly/3ZPzj5p 🧪

Join panelists @richardsever.bsky.social of @openrxiv.bsky.social, Jennifer Meyer of @britishecologicalsociety.org, Wei Mun Chan of @elife.bsky.social and @brooke-long-fox.bsky.social of @morphobank.bsky.social

06.02.2026 16:35 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Got questions about #TAIR data, workflows, or functionality? Is there a research question you’re struggling to answer? A feature we don’t currently offer? Join us for TAIR office hours Feb 17! 🧪

Book a one-on-one session with a curator: bit.ly/3NYRmn6

#plantscience #plantbiology #Arabidopsis

04.02.2026 15:41 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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MorphoBank has been honored by a @sortee.bsky.social Commendation Award for 2025! We are so grateful to the committee, our institutional members, and the NSF for their support!

02.02.2026 22:56 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Why do researchers rely on #TAIR? Quality and convenience.

"The ability to...immediately see a curated summary of its function, links to the primary literature, mutant phenotypes, stock center information, & expression data is invaluable," writes Yasin Kaya of the @mpipz.bsky.social

02.02.2026 18:47 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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What's new at TAIR? Get the latest in a new article, published in the journal Genetics: "Recent major changes to TAIR: updates to the database, website, and Arabidopsis genome" 🧪

bit.ly/4q86aNG

@genetics-gsa.bsky.social @academic.oup.com #TAIR #plantbiology #plantscience #genetics #genomics

30.01.2026 23:19 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Meet the volunteer researchers behind TAIR12: Yasin Kaya, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research - Phoenix Bioinformatics Over the past two years TAIR has led a community effort to reannotate the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Scientists like Yasin Kaya, a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Resear...

Meet Yasin Kaya of Max Planck, one of the volunteer researchers behind #TAIR12

We are so grateful to everyone who contributed to this new annotation, soon to be published on the ENA! 🧪

#plantbiology #plantscience #TAIR #Arabidopsis @ysnky.bsky.social @mpipz.bsky.social

bit.ly/4bJBBKt

20.01.2026 20:09 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1

Got questions about TAIR? Book a one-on-one meeting with curators during our open office hours this Tues. Jan 20! 🧪

calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

#plantbiology #plantscience #Arabidopsis #scisky #plantscience

16.01.2026 22:57 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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TAIR invites you to open office hours in January, February, and March - Phoenix Bioinformatics We’re excited to host a series of free open office hours for TAIR users on the third Tuesday of each month

Book a 30-minute appointment with a #TAIR team member! Whether you are new to TAIR and want to learn about our features and functionality, or an experienced user with specific questions or feedback, we're here to help! 🧪

bit.ly/45MFg6z

#plantbiology #plantscience #Arabidopsis #scisky #plantsci

14.01.2026 23:01 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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How are we updating the TAIR platform for increased accessibility and usability? Here are a few examples...

Read more: phoenixbioinfo.org/tair-complet...

14.01.2026 18:32 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Picture of the booth set up in the exhibit hall with two AgBioData members staffing it.

Picture of the booth set up in the exhibit hall with two AgBioData members staffing it.

At #PAG33 with the @agbiodata.bsky.social group. @micropub7n.bsky.social is with us too!

11.01.2026 19:37 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

For Phoenix — as for the librarians who subscribe to TAIR — accessibility is important to our mission. We’re working to build an ecosystem of thriving and diverse digital research resources that are tailored to researcher needs. Modern accessibility standards are a key part of that work.

07.01.2026 18:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Graphic of various arabidopsis images, the TAIR logo, and "Thank you to your community" in text

Graphic of various arabidopsis images, the TAIR logo, and "Thank you to your community" in text

29.12.2025 16:59 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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#TAIR is a key reference tool #plantscience. That's why nearly 100 volunteers chose to contribute to the soon-to-be-released reannotation of the #Arabidopsis genome. 🧪

Meet one of those volunteers: Emmanuel Boutet: bit.ly/4p6FagQ

#plantbiology #genomics #TAIR12 #plantbiology #scisky

29.12.2025 18:06 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0