International Society for Biocuration
@biocurator.bsky.social
The International Society for Biocuration (ISB) is a non profit organization for biocurators, developers, and researchers with an interest in biocuration. The society promotes the field of biocuration and provides a forum for informatio
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Did you know? NACDA is the largest free public repository of aging-related datasets in the U.S., making it easier than ever to dive into health, behavior & aging across the lifespan. Swing by Booth 319/321 and let’s chat data! #GSA2025 #agingdata
Learn more: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...
Learn more: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Did you know? NACDA is the largest free public repository of aging-related datasets in the U.S., making it easier than ever to dive into health, behavior & aging across the lifespan. Swing by Booth 319/321 and let’s chat data! #GSA2025 #agingdata
Learn more: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...
Learn more: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...
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Hear how @redfly-database.bsky.social can be used in the classroom to help teach #bioinformatics, #genome-annotation, #gene-regulation, #biocuration, and more!
Pumped for our virtual December 2025 Genomics Education Partnership Science Seminar, presented by Dr. Marc Halfon @marchalfon.bsky.social from the University at Buffalo on Monday, December 8th at 2pm CST. Hope to see you there!
November 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Hear how @redfly-database.bsky.social can be used in the classroom to help teach #bioinformatics, #genome-annotation, #gene-regulation, #biocuration, and more!
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The 2026 plant science conference travel award program is open!
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
November 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
The 2026 plant science conference travel award program is open!
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
Awards are given to student/mentor pairs.
At lease one of the pair must be a member of SACNAS or MANRRS or AISES.
Please share, applications due by Dec 5, 2025.
@sacnas.bsky.social
rootandshoot.org/2026-root-sh...
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Missed the FaceBase Bootcamp? No worries!
Catch up with recordings and slides covering data discovery, submissions, and DMS plans:
🎥 www.facebase.org/community/tr...
#FaceBase #DataSharing #CraniofacialResearch #NIH #DentalResearch #DataReuse #FAIRdata #DataScience
Catch up with recordings and slides covering data discovery, submissions, and DMS plans:
🎥 www.facebase.org/community/tr...
#FaceBase #DataSharing #CraniofacialResearch #NIH #DentalResearch #DataReuse #FAIRdata #DataScience
November 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Missed the FaceBase Bootcamp? No worries!
Catch up with recordings and slides covering data discovery, submissions, and DMS plans:
🎥 www.facebase.org/community/tr...
#FaceBase #DataSharing #CraniofacialResearch #NIH #DentalResearch #DataReuse #FAIRdata #DataScience
Catch up with recordings and slides covering data discovery, submissions, and DMS plans:
🎥 www.facebase.org/community/tr...
#FaceBase #DataSharing #CraniofacialResearch #NIH #DentalResearch #DataReuse #FAIRdata #DataScience
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Coming soon — the most comprehensive (and challenging) analysis yet of how all elements of the regulatory genome correlate with animal complexity and morphological disparity. With #KevinPeterson, @frommlab.bsky.social, and other luminaries. A link to the paper. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Exploring the Genotype-to-Phenotype Map Using Quantifiable Patterns in Metazoan Genomic and Morphological Data
PDF | On Nov 11, 2025, Kevin J. Peterson and others published Exploring the Genotype-to-Phenotype Map Using Quantifiable Patterns in Metazoan Genomic and Morphological Data | Find, read and cite all t...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Coming soon — the most comprehensive (and challenging) analysis yet of how all elements of the regulatory genome correlate with animal complexity and morphological disparity. With #KevinPeterson, @frommlab.bsky.social, and other luminaries. A link to the paper. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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From @sneumann.bsky.social and colleagues in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | MassBank: an open and FAIR mass spectral data resource | #Bioinformatics #Proteomics #OpenScience #FAIR #Database 🧪🔓
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MassBank: an open and FAIR mass spectral data resource
Abstract. The open spectral library MassBank (https://massbank.jp/) started in 2006 in Japan, as one of the first open source and open access cross-vendor
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November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
From @sneumann.bsky.social and colleagues in @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | MassBank: an open and FAIR mass spectral data resource | #Bioinformatics #Proteomics #OpenScience #FAIR #Database 🧪🔓
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🚀 Introducing PDBe-KB Complexes — a new PDBe-KB resource for exploring macromolecular complexes across the PDB.
🔗 Explore (SARS-CoV-2 spike, PDB 9CXE): ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/pdbe-kb...
📄 Read the preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=568...
#PDBeKB #MacromolecularComplexes #StructuralBiology
🔗 Explore (SARS-CoV-2 spike, PDB 9CXE): ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/pdbe-kb...
📄 Read the preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=568...
#PDBeKB #MacromolecularComplexes #StructuralBiology
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🚀 Introducing PDBe-KB Complexes — a new PDBe-KB resource for exploring macromolecular complexes across the PDB.
🔗 Explore (SARS-CoV-2 spike, PDB 9CXE): ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/pdbe-kb...
📄 Read the preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=568...
#PDBeKB #MacromolecularComplexes #StructuralBiology
🔗 Explore (SARS-CoV-2 spike, PDB 9CXE): ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/pdbe-kb...
📄 Read the preprint: ssrn.com/abstract=568...
#PDBeKB #MacromolecularComplexes #StructuralBiology
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This month's Alliance webinar "Introduction to MicroPublication Biology", presented by Tim Schedl, will be Thurs. Nov. 20 at noon ET. To get the Zoom link, please register tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt by Weds. Nov. 19 (before midnight ET). Note: you can now request to registered for all future webinars.
Alliance Of Genome Resources Event Registration
Webinar recordings are posted at https://www.youtube.com/@AllianceOfGenomeResources
A schedule of future events is on the Alliance Events Calendar https://www.alliancegenome.org/event-calendar
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November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This month's Alliance webinar "Introduction to MicroPublication Biology", presented by Tim Schedl, will be Thurs. Nov. 20 at noon ET. To get the Zoom link, please register tinyurl.com/4f9ycybt by Weds. Nov. 19 (before midnight ET). Note: you can now request to registered for all future webinars.
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Another month and lots of new & useful data added to www.PGSCatalog.org! Including new multi-ancestry insulin resistance scores, a score tailored for heart failure in East Asian individuals & more!
PGS Catalog - The Polygenic Score Catalog
The Polygenic Score (PGS) Catalog is an open database of
published PGS and the relevant metadata needed to apply and evaluate them correctly.
www.PGSCatalog.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Another month and lots of new & useful data added to www.PGSCatalog.org! Including new multi-ancestry insulin resistance scores, a score tailored for heart failure in East Asian individuals & more!
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Thinking about a research career after college? Join PROPEL’s virtual matchmaking event connecting graduating students with research technician roles.
📅 Jan 30, 2026, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. PT
Register by Dec 5, 2025
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📅 Jan 30, 2026, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. PT
Register by Dec 5, 2025
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Matchmaking Event | PROPEL
National PROPEL is hosting a virtual speed interviewing session to connect hiring faculty with postbac scholars looking for research experiences. At the event, participate in up to eight…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thinking about a research career after college? Join PROPEL’s virtual matchmaking event connecting graduating students with research technician roles.
📅 Jan 30, 2026, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. PT
Register by Dec 5, 2025
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📅 Jan 30, 2026, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. PT
Register by Dec 5, 2025
🔗
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AlphaFold Database users can now temporarily integrate and visualise their own protein annotations, making the resource a more interactive and personalised platform for structural bioinformatics analysis.
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#AlphaFold
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#AlphaFold
AlphaFold Database launches custom annotations feature
The AlphaFold Database (AlphaFold DB) has introduced a new functionality that enables users to integrate and visualise custom sequence annotations. These annotations are processed in the browser for t...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
AlphaFold Database users can now temporarily integrate and visualise their own protein annotations, making the resource a more interactive and personalised platform for structural bioinformatics analysis.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u...
#AlphaFold
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u...
#AlphaFold
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We are excited to welcome new members to our network of affiliated initiatives!
🦋 @projectpsyche.bsky.social aims to sequence the genomes of all butterflies and moths of Europe, supporting their conservation, protection and driving innovation.
🦋 Learn more: www.projectpsyche.org #Lepidoptera
🦋 @projectpsyche.bsky.social aims to sequence the genomes of all butterflies and moths of Europe, supporting their conservation, protection and driving innovation.
🦋 Learn more: www.projectpsyche.org #Lepidoptera
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We are excited to welcome new members to our network of affiliated initiatives!
🦋 @projectpsyche.bsky.social aims to sequence the genomes of all butterflies and moths of Europe, supporting their conservation, protection and driving innovation.
🦋 Learn more: www.projectpsyche.org #Lepidoptera
🦋 @projectpsyche.bsky.social aims to sequence the genomes of all butterflies and moths of Europe, supporting their conservation, protection and driving innovation.
🦋 Learn more: www.projectpsyche.org #Lepidoptera
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2026 #Yeast #Genetics Meeting is 13–17 June 2026 in Pacific Grove CA. Conference website has invited speakers, abstract submission topics, preliminary schedule, etc. Bookmark the site as additional updates will be published as they become available. #YEAST26
genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/
genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
2026 #Yeast #Genetics Meeting is 13–17 June 2026 in Pacific Grove CA. Conference website has invited speakers, abstract submission topics, preliminary schedule, etc. Bookmark the site as additional updates will be published as they become available. #YEAST26
genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/
genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/
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Curious about plant genomics? 🌿
Join our upcoming training courses to explore how plant genomes are assembled and annotated.
Details 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#...
#Genomics #Bioinformatics #DeNBI #PlantScience
@denbi.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social
Join our upcoming training courses to explore how plant genomes are assembled and annotated.
Details 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#...
#Genomics #Bioinformatics #DeNBI #PlantScience
@denbi.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Curious about plant genomics? 🌿
Join our upcoming training courses to explore how plant genomes are assembled and annotated.
Details 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#...
#Genomics #Bioinformatics #DeNBI #PlantScience
@denbi.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social
Join our upcoming training courses to explore how plant genomes are assembled and annotated.
Details 👉 www.izmb.uni-bonn.de/en/pbb/news#...
#Genomics #Bioinformatics #DeNBI #PlantScience
@denbi.bsky.social @puckerlab.bsky.social
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#EDDI2025 is just around the corner—Budapest awaits in less than two months! Check out the details: bit.ly/4mYIt93
✨ Early bird registration
📅 Program highlights
🛠️ Pre-conference workshop: Intro to DDI for Small Organisations
🎓 Scholarships available
…and much more!
See you in Budapest!
✨ Early bird registration
📅 Program highlights
🛠️ Pre-conference workshop: Intro to DDI for Small Organisations
🎓 Scholarships available
…and much more!
See you in Budapest!
Registration is open for #EDDI2025, the annual conference for users of the DDI Alliance metadata specifications for the social, demographic, economic, and health sciences. Join us in Budapest this December!
More ➡️ bit.ly/4mtmkPL
More ➡️ bit.ly/4mtmkPL
October 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#EDDI2025 is just around the corner—Budapest awaits in less than two months! Check out the details: bit.ly/4mYIt93
✨ Early bird registration
📅 Program highlights
🛠️ Pre-conference workshop: Intro to DDI for Small Organisations
🎓 Scholarships available
…and much more!
See you in Budapest!
✨ Early bird registration
📅 Program highlights
🛠️ Pre-conference workshop: Intro to DDI for Small Organisations
🎓 Scholarships available
…and much more!
See you in Budapest!
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💡Check it out! The #DDI Controlled Vocabularies Working Group is happy to announce the recently updated Controlled Vocabularies page on the #DDIAlliance site. rdf-vocabulary.ddialliance.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
💡Check it out! The #DDI Controlled Vocabularies Working Group is happy to announce the recently updated Controlled Vocabularies page on the #DDIAlliance site. rdf-vocabulary.ddialliance.org
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Next week! Join us for Office Hours (Nov 12) and a hackathon with @rdapassociation.bsky.social (Nov 13). Check them out on our blog, including registration links.
Happy Friday, All. 🛟 💾 ❤️
Happy Friday, All. 🛟 💾 ❤️
RDAP Hackathon and November Office Hours
Fall is in full swing– and as the holidays approach, we just want to remind you all how grateful we are for your participation and support! Don’t forget that you can receive a sticker as a small…
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November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Next week! Join us for Office Hours (Nov 12) and a hackathon with @rdapassociation.bsky.social (Nov 13). Check them out on our blog, including registration links.
Happy Friday, All. 🛟 💾 ❤️
Happy Friday, All. 🛟 💾 ❤️
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The Disease Ontology website release is now available! 🎉
What's new:
-Updated data from the most recent October 2025 DO release
-Newly added federated SPARQL queries for expanded data exploration
-Access to materials from the DO-designed and sponsored Nosology Course
What's new:
-Updated data from the most recent October 2025 DO release
-Newly added federated SPARQL queries for expanded data exploration
-Access to materials from the DO-designed and sponsored Nosology Course
Disease Ontology - Institute for Genome Sciences @ University of Maryland
disease-ontology.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Disease Ontology website release is now available! 🎉
What's new:
-Updated data from the most recent October 2025 DO release
-Newly added federated SPARQL queries for expanded data exploration
-Access to materials from the DO-designed and sponsored Nosology Course
What's new:
-Updated data from the most recent October 2025 DO release
-Newly added federated SPARQL queries for expanded data exploration
-Access to materials from the DO-designed and sponsored Nosology Course
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From @ngehlenborg.bsky.social & colleagues in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten simple rules for making biomedical data resources accessible | I like Rule 10:Focus on progress over perfection | #Education #Bioinformatics #PLOSCBTSR #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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Ten simple rules for making biomedical data resources accessible
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November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
From @ngehlenborg.bsky.social & colleagues in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten simple rules for making biomedical data resources accessible | I like Rule 10:Focus on progress over perfection | #Education #Bioinformatics #PLOSCBTSR #OpenScience 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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I've updated my Bioinformatics Bootcamp: Zebrafish Special Edition blog post on @the-node.bsky.social! Please do share with trainees or anyone new to the community. I hope it adds some breadth to the many resources available to #zebrafish researchers. 🔗 thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...
Bioinformatics Bootcamp - Zebrafish Special Edition - the Node
A deep-dive into the many cool (and free) resources available to zebrafish researchers! Disclaimer: This is not a comprehensive list but a list of useful
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November 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I've updated my Bioinformatics Bootcamp: Zebrafish Special Edition blog post on @the-node.bsky.social! Please do share with trainees or anyone new to the community. I hope it adds some breadth to the many resources available to #zebrafish researchers. 🔗 thenode.biologists.com/bioinformati...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the millions of viral genomes coming in overwhelmed traditional methods for data analysis.
Find out how SPRTA, a new tool, provides a fast, scalable way to measure confidence of phylogenetic trees, helping scientists track outbreaks.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
Find out how SPRTA, a new tool, provides a fast, scalable way to measure confidence of phylogenetic trees, helping scientists track outbreaks.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
SPRTA: a smarter way to measure evolution uncertainty
A new method from EMBL-EBI and collaborators offers fast, easy-to-interpret confidence scores for phylogenetic trees for pandemic preparedness.
www.ebi.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the millions of viral genomes coming in overwhelmed traditional methods for data analysis.
Find out how SPRTA, a new tool, provides a fast, scalable way to measure confidence of phylogenetic trees, helping scientists track outbreaks.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
Find out how SPRTA, a new tool, provides a fast, scalable way to measure confidence of phylogenetic trees, helping scientists track outbreaks.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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📣 The call for tutorials & workshops at #ECCB2026 is now open! Share your tools, methods or expertise with the community.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January 2026
👉 Submit: tinyurl.com/tw-eccb26
💡 ECCB will take place on 31 Aug–4 Sept in Geneva, gathering 1,000+ scientists from academia, industry, & healthcare.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January 2026
👉 Submit: tinyurl.com/tw-eccb26
💡 ECCB will take place on 31 Aug–4 Sept in Geneva, gathering 1,000+ scientists from academia, industry, & healthcare.
November 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
📣 The call for tutorials & workshops at #ECCB2026 is now open! Share your tools, methods or expertise with the community.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January 2026
👉 Submit: tinyurl.com/tw-eccb26
💡 ECCB will take place on 31 Aug–4 Sept in Geneva, gathering 1,000+ scientists from academia, industry, & healthcare.
🗓️ Deadline: 5 January 2026
👉 Submit: tinyurl.com/tw-eccb26
💡 ECCB will take place on 31 Aug–4 Sept in Geneva, gathering 1,000+ scientists from academia, industry, & healthcare.
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🧫 Explore the curated dataset in IntAct ➡️ tinyurl.com/candidalysin
🎨IntAct Cytoscape visualisation:
Candida albicans ECE1 peptides (orange) and their human protein targets (blue)
#IntActEBI #Interactome #EMBL
🎨IntAct Cytoscape visualisation:
Candida albicans ECE1 peptides (orange) and their human protein targets (blue)
#IntActEBI #Interactome #EMBL
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
🧫 Explore the curated dataset in IntAct ➡️ tinyurl.com/candidalysin
🎨IntAct Cytoscape visualisation:
Candida albicans ECE1 peptides (orange) and their human protein targets (blue)
#IntActEBI #Interactome #EMBL
🎨IntAct Cytoscape visualisation:
Candida albicans ECE1 peptides (orange) and their human protein targets (blue)
#IntActEBI #Interactome #EMBL
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🚨 NEWS! The GWAS Catalog Diagram is back up! 🚨
Smoother, faster loading for filtered views!
🗺️ Explore now 👉 www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/diagram
Tell us what you think! Are there any features you would like? Help us to make it useful for the #gwas community
Smoother, faster loading for filtered views!
🗺️ Explore now 👉 www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/diagram
Tell us what you think! Are there any features you would like? Help us to make it useful for the #gwas community
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚨 NEWS! The GWAS Catalog Diagram is back up! 🚨
Smoother, faster loading for filtered views!
🗺️ Explore now 👉 www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/diagram
Tell us what you think! Are there any features you would like? Help us to make it useful for the #gwas community
Smoother, faster loading for filtered views!
🗺️ Explore now 👉 www.ebi.ac.uk/gwas/diagram
Tell us what you think! Are there any features you would like? Help us to make it useful for the #gwas community
Thanks to all who attended this year’s Annual General Meeting. Congratulations again to our Early and Advance Career Award Winners, Tiago Lubiana and Kimberly Van Auken! You can find their excellent talks at around the half way point of the recording of the meeting. youtu.be/A7je5cR_2IA?...
ISB Annual General Meeting 2025
YouTube video by International Society for Biocuration
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November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thanks to all who attended this year’s Annual General Meeting. Congratulations again to our Early and Advance Career Award Winners, Tiago Lubiana and Kimberly Van Auken! You can find their excellent talks at around the half way point of the recording of the meeting. youtu.be/A7je5cR_2IA?...