Harvard researcher Dr. Kseniia Petrova wrote an Op-Ed in the NYT this week about her experience in ICE detention, where she has been living in 1 room with 100 other women for 3 months, and what it means for her research, and our research community more broadly: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ice-detention-russian-scientist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.XkID.iSc5Vm8s9DXy&smid=url-share

Background on Kseniia's journey to the United States and her jailing by ICE in February: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/science/russian-scientist-ice-detained-harvard.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.GpNt.Y_FhDbbuqfb0&smid=url-share

Postdoc job opportunity! We're looking for early career researcher in evolutionary genomics to study the relation between intra-specific gene expression variability, polymorphism, and macro-evolutionary rates. We have all of the data in 3 fishes and amphioxus, just waiting for your expertise and enthusiasm!
https://tinyurl.com/3aewk286
#EvoDevo #MolecularEvolution #bioinformatics #PopulationGenomics #RNAseq #PostDoc

Welcome to Maria Boulos-Richter, our newest Board member at SIB! She joins as an external advisor and recently took part in her first meeting.

More on our governance: https://www.sib.swiss/about/governance-and-organization

Summer course in analysis of high throughput data for population genetics 2025 in Copenhagen. Registration is open. Highly recommended: https://website.popgen.dk/summer/ #genetics #Phd #bioinformatics

Dear Swiss biotech / pharmaceutical / bioinformatics mastodon. A friend of mine is looking for a job in the field of Project Manager / Business Dev Manager / Medical Scientific Liaison / Account Manager.

Happy for any leads.

Our #Python course concludes with student project presentations covering topics like genomic feature extraction, sequence analysis, and large-scale data wrangling.
See the course materials on GitHub: https://github.com/bpucker/PyBo
#OpenScience #Bioinformatics #PythonProgramming
@PuckerLab

2-year Postdoc Position: Evolution and Organization of Ant Olfactory Systems

– in Carlotta Martelli's lab at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.

https://mrtlllab.uni-mainz.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/PostDoc-Position-Neuro-Ants-150125.pdf

"The ideal candidate should have a strong background in bioinformatics, ideally with practical or theoretical experience in single-cell transcriptomics or comparative genomics. A keen interest in neurobiology is essential. Additional skills in evolutionary biology, insect handling, and programming (preferably in Python) would be advantageous, but are not mandatory."

Position still open!

I'm trying to extract the mitogenome from a whole genome Illumina shotgun sequence dataset (150 bp reads). The organism has the entire mitogenome inserted in the nuclear genome (a NUMT). How can I be sure my mitogenome assembly is the real mitogenome?

Question for #archaea #microbiology #bioinformatics folks: I'm looking at a specific contig in an Archaeal genome with repeat elements that remain difficult to resolve even with 100~1000x coverage and minimum 10k read length.

Anyone else dealt with something similar? What could I even be looking at?

Linux System Administrator (m/f/d) in Bioinformatics Industry
Dresden

"Scionics Computer Innovation GmbH excels in offering cutting-edge consulting, services, and support tailored to academic institutions and scientific research organizations. We specialize in seamlessly integrating information technology with biology and the life sciences, serving as a vital conduit between IT and research. As a prominent member of the vibrant and globally connected Biopolis Dresden research campus, we actively collaborate with diverse life science companies and esteemed academic research institutions.
Currently, we are looking to expand our service team in Dresden, Germany, and are seeking a highly skilled Linux System Administrator to join us on a full-time basis and onsite."

www.empfehlungsbund.de/jobs/276849/linux-system-administrator-m-strich-f-strich-d-in-bioinformatics-industry

#Scionics #Linux #SystemAdministration #SysAdmin #Bioinformatics #Job #Jobs #FedHire #SiliconSaxony #Dresden

Menghadiri seminar hasil an. Hotma Hutapea di prodi S3 Epidemiologi FKM University of Indonesia dengan topik penelitian mengenai long COVID. Berfoto dengan Prof Mako, Dekan FKM UI, dengan jajarannya. Juga ada prof Sunarno , dari BRIN & Pak Adi Yulandi dari Universitas Atmajaya Jakarta
Sebagai ko-promotor, saya sangat puas dengan upaya Bu Hotma untuk mengintegrasikan Epidemiologi dengan Biologi molekuler dan Bioinformatika.
#COVID19 #epidemiology #bioinformatics #biomedicine

Abstract submitted with hours to spare - fingers crossed for #BOSC2025 / #ISMB2025 / #ECCB2025 and plenty of interesting #OpenSource #Bioinformatics presentations!

https://www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-2025/submit/

it seems I just released my first Pypi package every.

pyBacting 2.14 with Bacting 1.0.5 is now out: https://pypi.org/project/pybacting/0.2.14/

This gives you access in Python to (some of) the functionality of the Chemistry Development Kit, OPSIN, ChemSpider, PubChem, InChI, Excel files, BridgeDb, and BioJava

The programme for the #bc2basel tutorials & workshops is out! From #geneexpression analysis to #machinelearning or #datavisualization, beginner or advanced: boost your #bioinformatics skills!

Register to make sure to secure your spot (limited seats): https://tinyurl.com/3y8ay2d6

Bless your heart #Pubmed #bioinformatics
https://academic.oup.com/bioinformatics/article/20/18/3363/202143?login=false

Busy year:

- Workflow programming for Data Analysis on #HPC Systems (Course in Mainz in January):
- Same Course in Dresden (February)
- #SnakemakeHackathon2025 at the CERN in March:
- upcoming: #OpenScience Retreat (no hashtag, yet?) in April
- International Supercomputing Conference in June (so, @boegel, I will be there, after all and hope to meet people from @irods, too ; will you be there folks from #iRODS ?)
- German Conference for #Bioinformatics and NHR Conference in September

And I do not know whether this will be all. I have a nagging feeling there is more to come

Big shoutout to the folks at NCBI GEO. They have been doing an incredible job managing enormous amounts of gene expression and related biomedical data for many, many years They do it efficiently and very, very well. I am so grateful: both when I download data published by others and when I submit my own data. You are true #bioinformatics heroes doing priceless and highly impactful work! #NCBI #nih

#Genomics
#Bioinformatics
#Academia

Beware US academic coders. If you have collaborators contributing code from a sanctioned region, your repos may be locked.

See https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370

The kicker is that the US is leaning authoritarian and all in on censorship. If Canada or Mexico become sanction targets and you have code pushes from there, Microsoft will lock you out of your GitHub accounts.

I like to remind people, if you want less of my human rights, future, open science, and other opiniatied posts, follow my #cheminformatics and #bioinformatics account at @egonw@social.edu.nl

Of course, I love you to stay here too, because I honestly believe in a better future and am hopeful. But hoping is not enough, hence my posts here.

We're honoured and happy to participate in the kick-off meeting for B1MGplus Project this afternoon. The Beyond 1 Million Genomes plus project is helping create a European cross-border network of genomic and corresponding clinical data to improve healthcare outcomes.

Read more about the project: https://b1mgplus.onemilliongenomes.eu/news/b1mgplus-project-launches

#1MGenomes #DigitalEU #BioInformatics h#DataSharing #DataManagement