International Society for Biocuration
biocurator.bsky.social
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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Do you have a vision for a Workshop but don’t have the time to arrange the logistics or raise the funding? Submit your idea to us in our annual call for topics. We'll provide all necessary support for successful applications. Find out more at biologists.com/workshops/pr...
February 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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Deadline Feb. 23: ⏰ Don’t forget to submit your video this week for the ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship: https://myumi.ch/Xeo1y#Scholarship #HigherEd #data #ICPSR #LoveData26
February 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Connecting Humanities Data with Galaxy
The DaSCH and Galaxy are collaborating to link FAIR humanities data with reproducible analysis workflows. A new example shows how historical prints from 1494 were made machine-readable in Galaxy using OCR.
galaxyproject.org/news/2026-02...
Connecting Humanities Data: Analyzing DaSCH data on Galaxy
We're excited to announce the collaboration between DaSCH, the Swiss National Data and Service Center for the Humanities, and the data analysis platform Galaxy.
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February 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curation url: academic.oup.com/bioinformati... @elixiruknode.org @biocurator.bsky.social
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
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February 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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From #OUP 's @bioinfoadv.bsky.social journal | Amos Bairoch (1957-2025): pioneer of bioinformatics and founder of Swiss-Prot | #Bioinformatics #Proteomics #OpenScience CC/ @sib.swiss 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓🇨🇭
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Amos Bairoch (1957–2025): pioneer of bioinformatics and founder of Swiss-Prot
Amos Bairoch, one of the founding figures of bioinformatics, passed away on 1 December 2025 at the age of 68 (SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics 2025a).
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February 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #2026MMM

(With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys)

The season's upon us, it's that time of year!
Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer,
there's twists to these plots
and there's stings to be stung,
there's research to do
and plenty of fun!
a man wearing a feathered hat says " hear ye hear ye "
Alt: Stephen Colbert rings a bell wearing a large feathered tricorn hat shouting "Hear Ye! Hear Ye!"
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February 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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Our partner project @fidelis-project.bsky.social will host a Data Reuse Workshop on 25 February - an excellent opportunity to enhance your data sharing and data reuse practices! Learn more about the workshops and how to register
Data Reuse Workshop(s) | Eden-Fidelis
Data sharing and reuse are essential for maximising the value of research by enabling new discoveries and insights without the need to duplicate efforts.
eden-fidelis.eu
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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🚨 We’re hiring!
Our Functional Genomics team at @ebi.embl.org seeks a Full-Stack Software Engineer to work on Expression Atlas and Single-Cell Expression Atlas.

⏳ Less than a week left to apply - don’t miss out!

embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...

#Hiring #SoftwareEngineer
Full Stack Software Engineer
About the team We are looking for a software developer to join the Functional Genomics team at EMBL-EBI. We develop and maintain Expression Atlas and Single Cell Expression Atlas, open science resourc...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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💖 Got a crush on data? Us too. 😍 Join us today for our ICPSR Data-Savvy Teaching Office Hours: Data Fair Edition during #LoveDataWeek! Let’s make data the heart of your classroom! 💌📊

🗓️ Friday, Feb 13, 2026
🕛 12 - 1 p.m. ET
🔗Register at myumi.ch/pVW5q

#LoveData26
February 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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This week I participated in the excellent @biocurator.bsky.social virtual AI workshop. I presented some general tips for learning about agents. zenodo.org/records/1861... A lot of the advice comes down to: find time to learn+don't wait for the perfect curation tool, start using existing agent tools!
Staying in the Loop: A Biocurator's Guide to Agentic AI Developments
Staying in the Loop: A Biocurator’s Guide to Agentic AI Developments Large language models have rapidly become part of everyday scientific workflows, yet most biocurators still interact with AI primar...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Our pangenome team has released a new vg update, v1.72.0, codenamed "Littlefoot" 🧪🧬🖥️ github.com/vgteam/vg/re...

New features:
📈 Support for supplementary alignments in vg giraffe
📈 Sequence compression GBZ graph file format
February 11, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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We’re running a survey to learn your experience with AlphaFold DB search results and filters.

Take 5-minutes to share your experience with AlphaFold DB search and have a say in upcoming improvements.

Fill in the survey forms.gle/K7RotPrD9ZPZ...

#AlphaFold #Bioinformatics #StructuralBiology
Search survey
This survey asks about how you browse and choose results in AlphaFold DB search. We are interested in which information you rely on, how you use filters, and how you interpret key attributes when deci...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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🔍 Scientific Committee Spotlight – #Biocuration2026

Meet Dr Fouzia Radouani (Institut Pasteur du Maroc 🇲🇦), PhD in Immunology, Research Director & Head of Microbiology.

Honoured to have her contribute to shaping #Biocuration2026.
#IBC2026 #ScientificCommittee #DataCuration
February 4, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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Scientific Committee Spotlight – #Biocuration2026
Meet Dr Frederique Lisacek (SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics 🇨🇭), Head of the Proteome Informatics Group, working at the intersection of AI, proteomics & glycoscience.
Honoured to have her on board!
#IBC2026 #ScientificCommittee #Bioinformatics
February 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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🔬 Scientific Committee Spotlight | #Biocuration2026
Meet Prof. Lynn Schriml (University of Maryland School of Medicine), PI of the Human Disease Ontology and a long-standing leader in biocuration, data science and knowledge engineering.

#IBC2026 #ScientificCommittee #Biocuration #DataCuration
February 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Scientific Committee Spotlight – #Biocuration2026
Meet Dr Mélanie Courtot (Ontario Institute for Cancer Research 🇨🇦), genome informatics & biocuration expert bridging research, data & bioinformatics.
Honoured to have her on board!

#IBC2026 #ScientificCommittee #Bioinformatics #Genomics
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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Scientific Committee Spotlight – #Biocuration2026
Meet Prof Nicola Mulder (University of Cape Town 🇿🇦), leader in computational biology & bioinformatics, former head of H3ABioNet, and current Interim Director of the African Bioinformatics Institute.
Honoured to have her shaping #IBC2026
February 10, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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🔬 Scientific Committee Spotlight | #Biocuration2026
Meet Dr Ovokeraye Oduaran, biomedical scientist and Chair of the H3Africa Microbiome Task Force. Expert in human genetics, microbiome research & bioinformatics.

Proud to have her on the #Biocuration2026 Scientific Committee.

#IBC2026 #Biocuration
February 11, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Be sure to check this out! We ❤️ DataLumos and @icpsr.bsky.social
🪄 Today! Find out the latest on DataLumos: A Crowd-sourced Repository for Government Data. Learn what we've been doing & how you can help during the ICPSR Data Fair @ #LoveData26!

🗓️ Wednesday, February 11, 2026
🕛 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
🔗 Register at myumi.ch/rAj4M
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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🔬 How does #Yeast optimize protein secretion? SEC72 deletion reshapes cellular functions including iron homeostasis and cell wall assembly, boosting secretion of proteins with strongly hydrophobic signal peptides

🧪 #YeastResearch #SGD #CellBiology #Biotechnology
www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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📢 Join us for the next GlySpace Alliance Webinar!

🗓️ Tuesday, February 17, 2026 | 10 AM ET
🎙️Dr. Lance Wells & Dr. Rene Ranzinger
🗒️For details visit: wiki.glygen.org/GlySpace_All... or take a look at the flyer below!

#GlyGen #glycotime #researchwebinar #researchtools
February 10, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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💕 Today! Join us for the #LoveData26 webinar, "Getting Better All the Time: Metadata Enhancements in the ICPSR Catalog!"

🗓️ Tuesday, February 10, 2026
🕛 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET
🔗 Register myumi.ch/G23mq

#ICPSRDataFair #metadata
February 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM