Geoff Barton
@gjbarton.bsky.social
Prof. of Bioinformatics at Dundee, Scotland, UK and head of https://bartongroup.org the home of @jalview.bsky.social jalview.org JPred and more! See: https://bit.ly/3YXtgeq for the publications.
Also writes music: https://youtube.com/@GeoffBartonMusic
Also writes music: https://youtube.com/@GeoffBartonMusic
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Geoff Barton
@gjbarton.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Thank you everyone who has followed me over here on @bsky.app 😀. See new accounts: @bartongrp.bsky.social for updates about my group, @jalview.bsky.social Jalview and @dundeeweather.bsky.social for my weatherstation info.
Reposted by Geoff Barton
🎉 Happy #new #year to everyone!
📢 No better way to kickstart 2026 than by sharing our latest work, now available on #Open #Biology by @royalsociety.org. The title is "Mutations within the predicted fragment-binding region of FAM83G/SACK1G abolish ints interaction with the Ser/Thr kinase CK1α".
📢 No better way to kickstart 2026 than by sharing our latest work, now available on #Open #Biology by @royalsociety.org. The title is "Mutations within the predicted fragment-binding region of FAM83G/SACK1G abolish ints interaction with the Ser/Thr kinase CK1α".
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
🎉 Happy #new #year to everyone!
📢 No better way to kickstart 2026 than by sharing our latest work, now available on #Open #Biology by @royalsociety.org. The title is "Mutations within the predicted fragment-binding region of FAM83G/SACK1G abolish ints interaction with the Ser/Thr kinase CK1α".
📢 No better way to kickstart 2026 than by sharing our latest work, now available on #Open #Biology by @royalsociety.org. The title is "Mutations within the predicted fragment-binding region of FAM83G/SACK1G abolish ints interaction with the Ser/Thr kinase CK1α".
Reposted by Geoff Barton
❄️Thank you so much to all our users and followers worldwide for making 2025 such a memorable year for us! Seasons greetings to all from the Jalview team all the way from wintry Scotland.❄️
We hope to see you in the new year! ❤️
We hope to see you in the new year! ❤️
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
❄️Thank you so much to all our users and followers worldwide for making 2025 such a memorable year for us! Seasons greetings to all from the Jalview team all the way from wintry Scotland.❄️
We hope to see you in the new year! ❤️
We hope to see you in the new year! ❤️
I have to say how happy I am that at least one of the disasters due to Brexit has been undone!
Erasmus was always an amazing way to bring talented students to my lab to gain experience, great to see it will be possible again in the future! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Erasmus was always an amazing way to bring talented students to my lab to gain experience, great to see it will be possible again in the future! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Erasmus live updates: Scheme to return for UK students from 2027
British students will be able to spend a year studying at EU universities without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I have to say how happy I am that at least one of the disasters due to Brexit has been undone!
Erasmus was always an amazing way to bring talented students to my lab to gain experience, great to see it will be possible again in the future! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Erasmus was always an amazing way to bring talented students to my lab to gain experience, great to see it will be possible again in the future! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Reposted by Geoff Barton
💡Beacon of hope!
Did you know Jalview allows you to access thousands of experimental and predicted protein structures programmatically through the 3D Beacons network?
🔽Find out how on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDZ...
Did you know Jalview allows you to access thousands of experimental and predicted protein structures programmatically through the 3D Beacons network?
🔽Find out how on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDZ...
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
💡Beacon of hope!
Did you know Jalview allows you to access thousands of experimental and predicted protein structures programmatically through the 3D Beacons network?
🔽Find out how on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDZ...
Did you know Jalview allows you to access thousands of experimental and predicted protein structures programmatically through the 3D Beacons network?
🔽Find out how on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDZ...
One of those November sunsets at Dundee Scotland today 😀
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
One of those November sunsets at Dundee Scotland today 😀
Forecast suggests it will be windy through the night. Much worse over on the West Coast of course! Stay safe!
Storm Amy getting the wind up this evening!
October 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Forecast suggests it will be windy through the night. Much worse over on the West Coast of course! Stay safe!
Reposted by Geoff Barton
🚀 Jalview 2.11.5 is here!
New features include:
✅ Tree visualisation for enhanced protein secondary structure analysis
✅ Consensus colouring for alignments and subgroups
✅ Improved command line options for 3D structure visualisation
Plus, key bug fixes and performance improvements.
New features include:
✅ Tree visualisation for enhanced protein secondary structure analysis
✅ Consensus colouring for alignments and subgroups
✅ Improved command line options for 3D structure visualisation
Plus, key bug fixes and performance improvements.
September 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚀 Jalview 2.11.5 is here!
New features include:
✅ Tree visualisation for enhanced protein secondary structure analysis
✅ Consensus colouring for alignments and subgroups
✅ Improved command line options for 3D structure visualisation
Plus, key bug fixes and performance improvements.
New features include:
✅ Tree visualisation for enhanced protein secondary structure analysis
✅ Consensus colouring for alignments and subgroups
✅ Improved command line options for 3D structure visualisation
Plus, key bug fixes and performance improvements.
So much for the theory that I’d miss the storm if I left for home…
August 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
So much for the theory that I’d miss the storm if I left for home…
Well I got that wrong…
August 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Well I got that wrong…
My office is really hot so I might just go home and lounge by the pool... Oh, I don't have a pool! Drat!
Nice and toasty today (29C) but thunderstorms on the way apparently. They usually miss Dundee but we will see!
August 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My office is really hot so I might just go home and lounge by the pool... Oh, I don't have a pool! Drat!
Reposted by Geoff Barton
August 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Some of the best features introduced to Jalview over the last few years! 😀
✅ Import genomics VCF files and analyse data like a pro!
Watch Mungo as he outlines how genetic variant data can be imported into and visualised in Jalview using our signature CDS-protein split-screen feature.
Link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_lR...
Watch Mungo as he outlines how genetic variant data can be imported into and visualised in Jalview using our signature CDS-protein split-screen feature.
Link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_lR...
August 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Some of the best features introduced to Jalview over the last few years! 😀
Very quiet at work today - many people staying home to avoid the forecast winds later today. Just beginning to pick up now but the peak is forecast for 16:00 today... Take care if you are out and about!
Been a while since I have updated here. Enjoying the lovely weather in #sunnydundee #scotland over the last few weeks. Today though the new storm #Floris is just hitting. Some decent gusts of 20 mph, probably double that at the airport #EGPN on the river.
August 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Very quiet at work today - many people staying home to avoid the forecast winds later today. Just beginning to pick up now but the peak is forecast for 16:00 today... Take care if you are out and about!
Great new features in Jalview that allow you to explore protein structures predicted by AlphaFold
🚀 Our latest AlphaFold video is out! Find out how you can discover hidden domains in your AlphaFold models using Jalview's PAE-focused cluster analysis.
▶️ Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQC8...
▶️ Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQC8...
August 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Great new features in Jalview that allow you to explore protein structures predicted by AlphaFold
Saying hi to the giant Beatles statue…. Random tourist photo bombed my selfie!!!
Liverpool #ismbeccb2025 starts tomorrow.
Liverpool #ismbeccb2025 starts tomorrow.
July 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Saying hi to the giant Beatles statue…. Random tourist photo bombed my selfie!!!
Liverpool #ismbeccb2025 starts tomorrow.
Liverpool #ismbeccb2025 starts tomorrow.
Sunshine by the Mersey at Liverpool… #ismbeccb2025
July 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Sunshine by the Mersey at Liverpool… #ismbeccb2025
July 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Done technical updates (bootstrap 3 to bootstrap 5) and some content revision on our group website. See the link(s) below to learn more about our work and the software/databases we support such as @jalview.bsky.social Jpred and more!
www.bartongroup.org
www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/index.html
www.bartongroup.org
www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/index.html
The Barton Group | Bioinformatics Research | Division of Computational Biology | School of Life Sciences |
University of Dundee
The Barton Group is Geoff Barton's Bioinformatics Research Group in the Division of Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, UK.
www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk
July 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Done technical updates (bootstrap 3 to bootstrap 5) and some content revision on our group website. See the link(s) below to learn more about our work and the software/databases we support such as @jalview.bsky.social Jpred and more!
www.bartongroup.org
www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/index.html
www.bartongroup.org
www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/index.html
Oh, an origin story from your perspective would be cool. We could compare notes!
Sustaining scientific software long-term is very hard...
35 postdocs/staff (3-20 yrs!) and 16 Ph.D. students all funded on external grants since 2001. I guess they buy stuff locally so help the economy! 😜
Sustaining scientific software long-term is very hard...
35 postdocs/staff (3-20 yrs!) and 16 Ph.D. students all funded on external grants since 2001. I guess they buy stuff locally so help the economy! 😜
Wow. I was thinking of writing a Jalview / JPred origin story. What an amazing tale of over a quarter century of hard effort you and your team have put in.
Sustainable scientific software? ✅ ✅ ✅
I wonder how much direct economic development Dundee has seen through all of your grants?
Sustainable scientific software? ✅ ✅ ✅
I wonder how much direct economic development Dundee has seen through all of your grants?
July 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Oh, an origin story from your perspective would be cool. We could compare notes!
Sustaining scientific software long-term is very hard...
35 postdocs/staff (3-20 yrs!) and 16 Ph.D. students all funded on external grants since 2001. I guess they buy stuff locally so help the economy! 😜
Sustaining scientific software long-term is very hard...
35 postdocs/staff (3-20 yrs!) and 16 Ph.D. students all funded on external grants since 2001. I guess they buy stuff locally so help the economy! 😜
Thanks James! @chromamagic.com All building on the beginnings you helped make!
Wow. I was thinking of writing a Jalview / JPred origin story. What an amazing tale of over a quarter century of hard effort you and your team have put in.
Sustainable scientific software? ✅ ✅ ✅
I wonder how much direct economic development Dundee has seen through all of your grants?
Sustainable scientific software? ✅ ✅ ✅
I wonder how much direct economic development Dundee has seen through all of your grants?
July 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Thanks James! @chromamagic.com All building on the beginnings you helped make!
How to explore #AlphaFold quality measures interactively for multiply aligned proteins in Jalview! 😀
📣 Working with AlphaFold's PAE? The latest instalment in our 'Protein Model Quality' series may be of help! Find out how you can visualise the metric with your alignments and 3D structures in Jalview.
▶️ Watch the new training video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jowU...
▶️ Watch the new training video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jowU...
July 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
How to explore #AlphaFold quality measures interactively for multiply aligned proteins in Jalview! 😀
A great way for Javier to finish his time in @bartongrp.bsky.social with our first journal cover! Shame they don’t print them any more! 🤣🤣
The @narjournal.bsky.social Annual Web Server Issue is now finalised. Congratulations to all other authors for their excellent resources.
I am thrilled to share that one of our #LIGYSIS-web paper figures was selected as the cover image for this issue. Check it out here: lnkd.in/dXAb6jwv!
I am thrilled to share that one of our #LIGYSIS-web paper figures was selected as the cover image for this issue. Check it out here: lnkd.in/dXAb6jwv!
July 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A great way for Javier to finish his time in @bartongrp.bsky.social with our first journal cover! Shame they don’t print them any more! 🤣🤣
Latest work with @javierutges.bsky.social now out. See Javier’s post for details!
🎉 I am thrilled to share that our latest work on is now publicly available on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social.
The title is "Mutations within the predicted fragment-binding region of FAM83G/SACK1G abolish ints interaction with the Ser/Thr kinase CK1α".
🔗 Pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The title is "Mutations within the predicted fragment-binding region of FAM83G/SACK1G abolish ints interaction with the Ser/Thr kinase CK1α".
🔗 Pre-print: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Latest work with @javierutges.bsky.social now out. See Javier’s post for details!
Reposted by Geoff Barton
I didn’t take pictures of the paintings but here’s the station clock and the sole surviving breakfast room interior by Alexandre Charpentier from 1900
June 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I didn’t take pictures of the paintings but here’s the station clock and the sole surviving breakfast room interior by Alexandre Charpentier from 1900