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Phil Ewels
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🧬 Scientist (bioinformatics / genomics), 🧑🏻‍💻 software developer, 🪴 community builder.
Product Manager for open source @seqera.io
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Hear from Evan Floden and 50+ more speakers.📹 All the talks from the global #NextflowSummit 2025 are now available to watch on-demand:

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Virtual Nextflow Summit 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Running with data on AWS s3? Update to the latest version of @nextflow.io (25.10) and get some pretty tasty performance improvements for free 🤩

These kind of "under the hood" improvements can often go unnoticed, but it's this work that makes #Nextflow capable of powering huge analysis workflows 💪🏻
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The new managed @seqera.io #compute is officialy live!

For a #NextflowSummit that focussed on accessibility, this is a great addition 🚀 ☁️
🚀 The power of community-driven innovation in bioinformatics! At the #NextflowSummit, @evanfloden.bsky.social highlighted how every major advancement in @nextflow.io io has come from the community. 🌍 From pipelines to plugins, your contributions are fueling a flywheel of scientific progress
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What a phenomenal few days. Thank you to everyone who took part! I had a fantastic time, hope you all did too!

Share your photos with #NextflowSummit hashtag - it's great fun seeing other people's experiences 🤩
🤝 What an amazing @nf-co.re hackathon at #NextflowSummit Barcelona 2025! The community came together to advance open science and push bioinformatics innovation forward. Incredible collaboration and creativity on display! ✨Until next time!
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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From Workflows to People 👭 Check out the latest blog post by Nextflow Ambassador Lara Ianov on building community through #Nextflow and @nf-co.re at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)! 👏

📚 Read now: hubs.la/Q03QVt8X0
October 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Let's go! Great energy at the @nf-co.re hackathon so far 👩🏻‍💻
Welcome to the @nf-co.re Hackathon in Barcelona!🙌 All experience levels joining forces for collaborative pipeline development, community connection, and plenty of fun along the way. Let the coding and collaboration begin! #NextflowSummit
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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After a long journey, our nf-test paper is officially out! 🚀

doi.org/10.1093/giga...
Improving the Reliability, Quality and Maintainability of Bioinformatics Pipelines with nf-test
Abstract. The workflow management system Nextflow, together with the nf-core community, has established an essential ecosystem in bioinformatics. However,
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October 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
New blog post alert! A personal retrospective on reaching a decade of development for @multiqc.info 😊
🎉 Celebrating 10 years of @multiqc.info! 📊 The numbers speak volumes:

🔹 Support for ~170 bioinformatics tools
🔹 1 run every 3 seconds (25k+ daily runs)
🔹 From single contributor to 235 contributors
🔹 7000+ journal citations (~8-9 per day)

📚 Discover a timeline of innovation:
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October 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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What an incredible first day at the Virtual #NextflowSummit 2025! 🌍The global Nextflow community came together to share cutting-edge developments, practical insights, and inspiring use cases across three dynamic tracks. More to come tomorrow!🌇
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Did you catch the #NextflowSummit keynote from @evanfloden.bsky.social earlier today? There were a *lot* of product announcements for @seqera.io #platform 🆕🎉

Check out a summary below.. 🧵
Major product updates now available at Seqera!🚀 We're excited to share the latest innovations spanning AI integrations, expanded data connections, GxP-aligned bioinformatics, and more! 📚 Learn more: hubs.ly/Q03PQHwB0
October 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Let the countdown begin! The #NextflowSummit by @seqera.io kicks off in just over 24 hours! 🎉

🌏 Join 1300+ global participants to shape the future of biotech R&D. Register now: hubs.la/Q03PFv9w0
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
And I'm off! Leaving a rather damp but colourful Stockholm 🇸🇪 to head to a hopefully sunnier Barcelona 🇪🇸

It's #NextflowSummit time! 🎉
October 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Let's goooo! The #NextflowSummit is free and online, with on-demand catch up. Join us for the latest and greatest developments in the @nextflow.io and @nf-co.re universe! 🪐✨
🎉 #NextflowSummit is this week! Huge thanks to our sponsors
@awscloud.bsky.social, ZS, Quilt, @bigomics.bsky.social, @seqera.io, @fulcrumgenomics.com, and Databricks for supporting open science & accelerating bioinformatics innovation 🙏

🔗 Register to attend: hubs.la/Q03PkWjQ0
October 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Missed out on @nextflow.io Training place in Barcelona?🎓 Don't worry, we've got you covered. Check out our upcoming in-person and online trainings below ⬇️
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Coming back to some code I started writing over the summer. I've totally forgotten what architecture I chose and why, and even how to build it 😅

Thankfully #claude came to my aid - running `/init` (in a subdirectory this time) is such a good way to get a quick overview of code. Even my own code 🤣
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October 14, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Are you all in on the AI revolution? @seqera.io now has an MCP! 🤖

You can integrate Platform, with all of your @nextflow.io run history, logs and data, right into your LLM of choice.

With MCP clients blossoming for all kinds of services, this allows for some seriously powerful agentic systems 💪
🚀 Seqera MCP: Your AI-Powered Control Center

Fully integrated with Seqera SSO, you can now manage your computational workflows directly through your preferred AI tools—Claude AI, VS Code Copilot, Cursor—without switching interfaces

📚Learn more: hubs.la/Q03MXy6Z0
💻Try it now: hubs.la/Q03MXz5n0
October 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It's out! The latest and greatest #NextflowSummit agenda 🎉

This time the event is free and online, so no excuses not to register and join to hear the latest and greatest @nextflow.io updates from the community 🤗
📢 The agenda for the Virtual #NextflowSummit is here! 50+ talks across 6 tracks from researchers, developers & industry leaders driving bioinformatics forward.

💻 Explore the agenda: hubs.la/Q03MyKkP0
🎫 Register for free: hubs.la/Q03MyKh40
October 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Seems I'm not good at Bactopia v4 progress updates!

Since my last update:
- Nextflow v25+ compatible
- Converted to nf-test
- nf-bactopia plugin released

If you are interesting in testing (very much appreciated!), I now have a dev build available here: github.com/bactopia/bac...
Bactopia v4 - Overview & Help Wanted · Issue #628 · bactopia/bactopia
Bactopia v4 Yo! Well, it is about that time! I am planning to release version 4 of Bactopia in the near future. With this version, Bactopia will introduce new and exciting things, but at the same t...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Really nice summary by @angelp.bsky.social and @boofla.bsky.social about the work we've been doing to support #arm64 builds for #bioconda and #Nextflow over at @nf-co.re and @seqera.io

It feels like we're nearing the tipping point, what's not to love about greener more efficient computation? 🌱🍏
October 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Exhausted but happy after a very productive week at @scilifelab.se for the @nf-co.re core / steering team retreat 🇸🇪😴 Huge thank you to everyone involved! 🙏🏻

We got loads done! Blog post recap coming soon..
September 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Join 700+ global participants on Oct 23-24 for the #NextflowSummit by @seqera.io🌍

💡 Get ready for two days of insights from industry leaders, including 50+ speakers and tracks spanning AI, infrastructure & scientific development!

Register now: hubs.la/Q03KL90Y0

👀Agenda coming soon!
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Don't leave it any later - come and join the @nf-co.re #hackathon in Barcelona! 🇪🇸 👩🏻‍💻 🍏

They're brilliant fun and a great way to meet people. There are still tickets left, but they're going fast.. 🎟
September 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Seqera AI just got a massive upgrade ✨

Be it workflow runs, data stores, pipeline configuration or compute environments - you can now ask @seqera.io AI to interact with them.

Words and videos don't really do it justice, you really need to try out. Hit the link below and see for yourself 🎉
seqera.io Seqera @seqera.io · Sep 17
🚀 Seqera AI in Platform: Develop, debug, and execute in one unified experience

We’re thrilled to announce that Seqera AI, the bioinformatics agent for the R&D lifecycle, now has read and write access to Seqera Platform. 🧵

📚 Learn more: hubs.ly/Q03JL7wB0
September 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Really excited to announce the v1.9 release of the `rich-click` library 🎉 It's a Python library that uses builds on top of command-line help output from click, giving you beautiful output with only a couple of lines of code 🪄 ✨ 🌈

v1.9 TLDR: We have themes!
September 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Join us for the next online training week! Follow the online materials, make use of drop-in office hours to get help, and receive a fancy certificate at the end 📮🔖✨🧑‍🎓
seqera.io Seqera @seqera.io · Sep 15
New to @nextflow.io?✨Join us for Nextflow Training all of next week!

Work through instructor-led videos and hands-on exercises at your own pace. Plus, the chance to earn an official completion certificate. 🎓

👉 Register now: hubs.la/Q03Jf_Zp0
September 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM