Hans-Rudolf Hotz
@hrhotz.bsky.social
Molecular Biologist turned Bioinformatician working in the Computational Biology facility at the Friedrich Miescher Institute in Basel
Open Science, Training/Mentoring, #UseGalaxy, Bioconductor
Open Science, Training/Mentoring, #UseGalaxy, Bioconductor
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Data Terra, the EOSC thematic node for the environment, demonstrated how the Galaxy platform accelerates environmental research through interoperable, FAIR data workflows within the EOSC Federation. From satellite plumes to ecosystem blooms. (1/2)
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Data Terra, the EOSC thematic node for the environment, demonstrated how the Galaxy platform accelerates environmental research through interoperable, FAIR data workflows within the EOSC Federation. From satellite plumes to ecosystem blooms. (1/2)
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We’re inviting Expressions of Interest to join the GCC2026 Scientific Committee. If you’re passionate about open science, training, and community-driven research, we’d love to hear from you!
Please fill out the Expression of Interest form: forms.gle/gp4DhnCBA16n...
Please fill out the Expression of Interest form: forms.gle/gp4DhnCBA16n...
Expression of Interest for GCC2026 Sci Comm
Are you excited about being one of the first people to read abstracts folks submit for talks at GCC2025 and would like to participate in the scientific committee review process?
If yes, fill out the ...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
We’re inviting Expressions of Interest to join the GCC2026 Scientific Committee. If you’re passionate about open science, training, and community-driven research, we’d love to hear from you!
Please fill out the Expression of Interest form: forms.gle/gp4DhnCBA16n...
Please fill out the Expression of Interest form: forms.gle/gp4DhnCBA16n...
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The recent openRxiv meeting was a chance to present a vision for the future: a network of organizations working together to improve science communication and an ‘article of the future’ that is a constellation of linked web objects.
openrxiv.org/openrxiv-day/
openrxiv.org/openrxiv-day/
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The recent openRxiv meeting was a chance to present a vision for the future: a network of organizations working together to improve science communication and an ‘article of the future’ that is a constellation of linked web objects.
openrxiv.org/openrxiv-day/
openrxiv.org/openrxiv-day/
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What an incredible two days!
Reposting this with so much appreciation for everyone who made the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop such a special event. Thanks everyone for coming & especially everyone of the BVC team to help pull this off!
Reposting this with so much appreciation for everyone who made the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop such a special event. Thanks everyone for coming & especially everyone of the BVC team to help pull this off!
We wrapped up the symposium part of our 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop on Tuesday. What a phenomenal two days! I'm humbled by the incredible positive energy, talent, and enthusiasm that filled this event.
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What an incredible two days!
Reposting this with so much appreciation for everyone who made the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop such a special event. Thanks everyone for coming & especially everyone of the BVC team to help pull this off!
Reposting this with so much appreciation for everyone who made the 2025 International OME-NGFF workshop such a special event. Thanks everyone for coming & especially everyone of the BVC team to help pull this off!
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Galaxy showed up strong at Genome Informatics 2025 with new posters, new tools, and new ideas for making genomics more open and accessible.
Catch the highlights from Anton Nekrutenko, Mike Schatz, and Delphine Larivière 👉 galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11...
Catch the highlights from Anton Nekrutenko, Mike Schatz, and Delphine Larivière 👉 galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11...
Galaxy at Genome Informatics 2025
Galaxy was in full force at Genome Informatics 2025, presenting cutting-edge work on scalable analysis, interactive workflows, and high-quality genome curation.
galaxyproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Galaxy showed up strong at Genome Informatics 2025 with new posters, new tools, and new ideas for making genomics more open and accessible.
Catch the highlights from Anton Nekrutenko, Mike Schatz, and Delphine Larivière 👉 galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11...
Catch the highlights from Anton Nekrutenko, Mike Schatz, and Delphine Larivière 👉 galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11...
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Collaboration and innovation with the Galaxy Europe team
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-20-galaxy-guest-researcher/
##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-20-galaxy-guest-researcher/
##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC
From Functional Nucleic Acids to Galaxy Training: Reflections on My Re
Collaboration and innovation with the Galaxy Europe team
galaxyproject.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Collaboration and innovation with the Galaxy Europe team
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-20-galaxy-guest-researcher/
##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-20-galaxy-guest-researcher/
##UseGalaxy ##GalaxyProject ##EOSC
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From the @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | ProteomeXchange consortium in 2026: making proteomics data #FAIR | #Bioinformatics #Proteomics #OpenScience 🧪🔓
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academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
The ProteomeXchange consortium in 2026: making proteomics data FAIR
Abstract. The ProteomeXchange consortium of proteomics resources (http://www.proteomexchange.org) was established to standardize open data practices in the
academic.oup.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
From the @narjournal.bsky.social #NARDatabaseIssue | ProteomeXchange consortium in 2026: making proteomics data #FAIR | #Bioinformatics #Proteomics #OpenScience 🧪🔓
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academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe!
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
We are uniting two research powerhouses.
For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more.
Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.
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🇨🇭 🇪🇺 Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and EU Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva signed the Swiss-EU Programme Agreement (#EUPA) in Bern. This means that Switzerland is once again definitively associated with #HorizonEurope, the world's largest research programme.
➡️ sohub.io/4tjw
📷 WBF/DEFR
➡️ sohub.io/4tjw
📷 WBF/DEFR
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🇨🇭 🇪🇺 Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and EU Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva signed the Swiss-EU Programme Agreement (#EUPA) in Bern. This means that Switzerland is once again definitively associated with #HorizonEurope, the world's largest research programme.
➡️ sohub.io/4tjw
📷 WBF/DEFR
➡️ sohub.io/4tjw
📷 WBF/DEFR
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European Galaxy Days 2025 might be over, but the talks aren’t. Explore our new playlist featuring highlights from EGD2025
YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNFLKDpdM3B9YxK0suz3VN-dSaKmWAhk-&si=tLCu61CpkgGiplaw
News Item: (1/2)
YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNFLKDpdM3B9YxK0suz3VN-dSaKmWAhk-&si=tLCu61CpkgGiplaw
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EGD2025
Event: European Galaxy Days 2025 (https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-15-egd2025/)
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
European Galaxy Days 2025 might be over, but the talks aren’t. Explore our new playlist featuring highlights from EGD2025
YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNFLKDpdM3B9YxK0suz3VN-dSaKmWAhk-&si=tLCu61CpkgGiplaw
News Item: (1/2)
YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNFLKDpdM3B9YxK0suz3VN-dSaKmWAhk-&si=tLCu61CpkgGiplaw
News Item: (1/2)
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Recordings from posit::conf(2025) now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Rstats
posit::conf(2025) - YouTube
Welcome to the official playlist for posit::conf(2025)! Dive into the latest innovations, cutting-edge techniques, and inspiring insights from the premier op...
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Recordings from posit::conf(2025) now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #Rstats
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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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journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for making biomedical data resources accessible
journals.plos.org
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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journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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We recently published Metagraph [1] & polished the website to made it usable/stable/efficient for more users. Check out AI summary/tax. id feature [2]. Search in 17PB indexed sequences takes ≈3min on single server. Try!
[1] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
[2] metagraph.ethz.ch/results?sear...
[1] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
[2] metagraph.ethz.ch/results?sear...
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
We recently published Metagraph [1] & polished the website to made it usable/stable/efficient for more users. Check out AI summary/tax. id feature [2]. Search in 17PB indexed sequences takes ≈3min on single server. Try!
[1] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
[2] metagraph.ethz.ch/results?sear...
[1] www.nature.com/articles/s41...
[2] metagraph.ethz.ch/results?sear...
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Hybrid untargeted and targeted RNA sequencing facilitates genotype-phenotype associations at single-cell resolution #SingleCell 🧪🧬🖥️
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.686971v1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.686971v1
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Hybrid untargeted and targeted RNA sequencing facilitates genotype-phenotype associations at single-cell resolution #SingleCell 🧪🧬🖥️
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.686971v1
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.06.686971v1
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1/ Everyone’s chasing AI.
But in bioinformatics, solid foundations still win.
Here’s why mastering the basics matters more than ever. 🧵
But in bioinformatics, solid foundations still win.
Here’s why mastering the basics matters more than ever. 🧵
November 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1/ Everyone’s chasing AI.
But in bioinformatics, solid foundations still win.
Here’s why mastering the basics matters more than ever. 🧵
But in bioinformatics, solid foundations still win.
Here’s why mastering the basics matters more than ever. 🧵
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The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 JXTX+CSHL Genome Informatics Scholarships. JXTX provides support for students to attend conferences in CompBio and data science, where they can present their work [1/8]
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The James P. Taylor Foundation for Open Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 JXTX+CSHL Genome Informatics Scholarships. JXTX provides support for students to attend conferences in CompBio and data science, where they can present their work [1/8]
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If you're at Genome Informatics ##GI2025 this week, be sure to stop by the 3 Galaxy posters to chat with Delphine, Mike and Anton about great new things in Galaxy. (1/5)
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If you're at Genome Informatics ##GI2025 this week, be sure to stop by the 3 Galaxy posters to chat with Delphine, Mike and Anton about great new things in Galaxy. (1/5)
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Ben Langmead @benlangmead.bsky.social delivers the official opening for this year's Genome Informatics Conference #GI2025 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
List of talks and posters: meetings.cshl.edu/abstracts.as...
List of talks and posters: meetings.cshl.edu/abstracts.as...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Ben Langmead @benlangmead.bsky.social delivers the official opening for this year's Genome Informatics Conference #GI2025 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
List of talks and posters: meetings.cshl.edu/abstracts.as...
List of talks and posters: meetings.cshl.edu/abstracts.as...
well done Björn !
🚀 de.NBI & ELIXIR-DE on tour at EOSC Symposium 2025 in Brussels!
Björn Grüning showcased the power of @galaxyproject.bsky.social Europe (usegalaxy.eu) and the de.NBI Cloud in the EOSC ecosystem.
#EOSC2025 #Bioinformatics #usegalaxy #ELIXIRDE #deNBI
Björn Grüning showcased the power of @galaxyproject.bsky.social Europe (usegalaxy.eu) and the de.NBI Cloud in the EOSC ecosystem.
#EOSC2025 #Bioinformatics #usegalaxy #ELIXIRDE #deNBI
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 AM
well done Björn !
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As new human assemblies become available on beta.ensembl.org - which human reference genome will you choose? This article explores the question with insights from Ensembl’s own Fergal Martin - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanGenomics #Pangenomes #ReferenceGenomes
#HumanGenomics #Pangenomes #ReferenceGenomes
Choose your human genome reference wisely - Nature Methods
Scientists can choose between multiple human genome references, and a pangenome reference is coming. Deciding what to use when is not quite straightforward.
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
As new human assemblies become available on beta.ensembl.org - which human reference genome will you choose? This article explores the question with insights from Ensembl’s own Fergal Martin - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#HumanGenomics #Pangenomes #ReferenceGenomes
#HumanGenomics #Pangenomes #ReferenceGenomes
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🌿 Ready to hack biodiversity with Galaxy?
Join the GTN Ecology Training & Collaboration Fest — three days of hands-on learning, data exploration, and open-science fun!
📅 Nov 25–27 | Hybrid (Concarneau 🇫🇷 + online)
📝 Register for free by Nov 20
training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
Join the GTN Ecology Training & Collaboration Fest — three days of hands-on learning, data exploration, and open-science fun!
📅 Nov 25–27 | Hybrid (Concarneau 🇫🇷 + online)
📝 Register for free by Nov 20
training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
Galaxy Ecology training and collabroation fest
As colleagues from CCAMLR / Antarctica conservation from Belgium are coming to Concarneau marine station to work on Galaxy Ecology use in their projects, we propose to create an open event, where coll...
training.galaxyproject.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🌿 Ready to hack biodiversity with Galaxy?
Join the GTN Ecology Training & Collaboration Fest — three days of hands-on learning, data exploration, and open-science fun!
📅 Nov 25–27 | Hybrid (Concarneau 🇫🇷 + online)
📝 Register for free by Nov 20
training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
Join the GTN Ecology Training & Collaboration Fest — three days of hands-on learning, data exploration, and open-science fun!
📅 Nov 25–27 | Hybrid (Concarneau 🇫🇷 + online)
📝 Register for free by Nov 20
training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
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🧠 Your Galaxy history too complex?
Name tags make it easy to track dataset origins and relationships across analyses—no endless renaming needed https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11-4-tags/
##GalaxyProject ##Bioinformatics ##Reproducibility
Name tags make it easy to track dataset origins and relationships across analyses—no endless renaming needed https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11-4-tags/
##GalaxyProject ##Bioinformatics ##Reproducibility
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
🧠 Your Galaxy history too complex?
Name tags make it easy to track dataset origins and relationships across analyses—no endless renaming needed https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11-4-tags/
##GalaxyProject ##Bioinformatics ##Reproducibility
Name tags make it easy to track dataset origins and relationships across analyses—no endless renaming needed https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-11-4-tags/
##GalaxyProject ##Bioinformatics ##Reproducibility
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Next @denbi.bsky.social #training course with @embl.org: 🧬📊 Unlock your research potential - #DataCarpentry workshop, Feb 2–6, 2026 in Heidelberg & Barcelona.
Learn data management, #R programming, visualisation & bio data analysis.
See: www.denbi.de/training-cou...
#LifeScience #Bioinformatics
Learn data management, #R programming, visualisation & bio data analysis.
See: www.denbi.de/training-cou...
#LifeScience #Bioinformatics
November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Next @denbi.bsky.social #training course with @embl.org: 🧬📊 Unlock your research potential - #DataCarpentry workshop, Feb 2–6, 2026 in Heidelberg & Barcelona.
Learn data management, #R programming, visualisation & bio data analysis.
See: www.denbi.de/training-cou...
#LifeScience #Bioinformatics
Learn data management, #R programming, visualisation & bio data analysis.
See: www.denbi.de/training-cou...
#LifeScience #Bioinformatics
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Today, a global community of hackers gathers in Berlin 🇩🇪 for the start of #BioHackEU25. Since 2019, over 2200 participants have gathered together for an intense week of collaboration to advance 275 projects.
Read the news: https://loom.ly/6sE_kdI
Read the news: https://loom.ly/6sE_kdI
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today, a global community of hackers gathers in Berlin 🇩🇪 for the start of #BioHackEU25. Since 2019, over 2200 participants have gathered together for an intense week of collaboration to advance 275 projects.
Read the news: https://loom.ly/6sE_kdI
Read the news: https://loom.ly/6sE_kdI
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October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Preprints are:
🎇 Free to read
🎇 Free to post
🎇 Accessible worldwide
But the benefits don't end there!
Want to learn how you can benefit from posting a preprint? Visit our website to learn more! 👉 buff.ly/XHCS3Bb
🎇 Free to read
🎇 Free to post
🎇 Accessible worldwide
But the benefits don't end there!
Want to learn how you can benefit from posting a preprint? Visit our website to learn more! 👉 buff.ly/XHCS3Bb