Olga Botvinnik
@olgabot.bsky.social
Peppy computational biologist. Founder/CEO @seanome.bsky.social
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At 3, she fled Hitler's invasion by train. By 8, she'd lost her baby sister and mother.
Our founder @olgabot.bsky.social shares her grandmother's haunting story of survival in the Soviet Union during WWII.
blog.seanome.org/p/soviet-sto...
Our founder @olgabot.bsky.social shares her grandmother's haunting story of survival in the Soviet Union during WWII.
blog.seanome.org/p/soviet-sto...
Soviet Stories: Babushka Nina's Wartime Childhood
Three hundred Rubles separated life from death in Soviet Russia
blog.seanome.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
At 3, she fled Hitler's invasion by train. By 8, she'd lost her baby sister and mother.
Our founder @olgabot.bsky.social shares her grandmother's haunting story of survival in the Soviet Union during WWII.
blog.seanome.org/p/soviet-sto...
Our founder @olgabot.bsky.social shares her grandmother's haunting story of survival in the Soviet Union during WWII.
blog.seanome.org/p/soviet-sto...
Reposted by Olga Botvinnik
Wondering how to win the next #Longevity x #AI #hackathon? Check out our winner breakdown
here! open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
Hosted by #FrontierTower, sponsored by #ForesightInstitute
here! open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
Hosted by #FrontierTower, sponsored by #ForesightInstitute
July 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Wondering how to win the next #Longevity x #AI #hackathon? Check out our winner breakdown
here! open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
Hosted by #FrontierTower, sponsored by #ForesightInstitute
here! open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
Hosted by #FrontierTower, sponsored by #ForesightInstitute
Reposted by Olga Botvinnik
What invisible magic 🪄 keeps Biotech running? @nextflow.io! Without , a global community of pipeline builders, 99% of #genomics research would be stalled by reinventing the wheel.
Write-up of the super fun #Nextflow Summit hosted by @seqera.io in Boston!
open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
Write-up of the super fun #Nextflow Summit hosted by @seqera.io in Boston!
open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
Building Better Genomics Tools Together
Returning home to a community of genomics tool builders at the 2025 Nextflow Summit in Boston
open.substack.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What invisible magic 🪄 keeps Biotech running? @nextflow.io! Without , a global community of pipeline builders, 99% of #genomics research would be stalled by reinventing the wheel.
Write-up of the super fun #Nextflow Summit hosted by @seqera.io in Boston!
open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
Write-up of the super fun #Nextflow Summit hosted by @seqera.io in Boston!
open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
Grateful for the opportunity to host a #hackathon for #Longevity x #AI at Frontier Tower in SF! Thanks to Foresight Institute for the $10k sponsorship, the judges for their expertise, and the participants for their hard work!
Had so much fun running the #Longevity x #AI Hackathon at #FrontierTower!
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
June 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Grateful for the opportunity to host a #hackathon for #Longevity x #AI at Frontier Tower in SF! Thanks to Foresight Institute for the $10k sponsorship, the judges for their expertise, and the participants for their hard work!
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@olgabot.bsky.social, CEO & Founder at @seanome.bsky.social, just gave an insightful talk on her vision to create the best protein annotator for any organism using @nf-co.re, supporting efforts to better understand global biodiversity through large-scale sequencing. 🌍🧬
May 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@olgabot.bsky.social, CEO & Founder at @seanome.bsky.social, just gave an insightful talk on her vision to create the best protein annotator for any organism using @nf-co.re, supporting efforts to better understand global biodiversity through large-scale sequencing. 🌍🧬
Grateful to share progress on @seanome.bsky.social's open-source software for unlocking the breakthrough potential of 43 billion ocean animal genes with the talented researchers at @stanford.edu University's Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics (CEHG)!
Thank you to @stanford.edu Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics (CEHG) for inviting me to the Evolgenome Series! It was fun to show how hydrophobic‑polar k‑mers unlock “mystery” marine genes that stump InterProScan & AlphaFold/Foldseek.
➡️ blog.seanome.org/p/seanome-st...
➡️ blog.seanome.org/p/seanome-st...
Seanome @ Stanford’s Evolgenome Seminar Series
Invited talk on decoding marine “mystery genes” with hydrophobic-polar k-mers
blog.seanome.org
April 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Grateful to share progress on @seanome.bsky.social's open-source software for unlocking the breakthrough potential of 43 billion ocean animal genes with the talented researchers at @stanford.edu University's Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics (CEHG)!
AI in biology is like learning language from Russian math textbooks.
We’re training models on one source: humans.
But the wildest molecular ideas? They’re in the ocean.
At Seanome, we are decoding the forgotten 99%.
🌊🧬 open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
#biotech #AI #proteins
We’re training models on one source: humans.
But the wildest molecular ideas? They’re in the ocean.
At Seanome, we are decoding the forgotten 99%.
🌊🧬 open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
#biotech #AI #proteins
April 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Had so much fun on the Nextflow podcast! Great reminiscing about the early days of #nfcore and talking about how we're building the best #protein annotator for #biodiversity at @seanome.bsky.social
Join @ewels.bsky.social as he interviews @olgabot.bsky.social, founder & CEO of @seanome.bsky.social, on today's Nextflow podcast! 🎙️
From MIT to marine genomics, Olga discusses her experience with Nextflow and @nf-co.re, and her vision for ocean research
🎧 Tune in: hubs.la/Q03chXDs0
From MIT to marine genomics, Olga discusses her experience with Nextflow and @nf-co.re, and her vision for ocean research
🎧 Tune in: hubs.la/Q03chXDs0
Finding novel proteins at Seanome, with Olga Botvinnik | The Nextflow Podcast by Seqera
Seqera | The Home for Open Science | From the creators of Nextflow, Wave, and MultiQC
hubs.la
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Had so much fun on the Nextflow podcast! Great reminiscing about the early days of #nfcore and talking about how we're building the best #protein annotator for #biodiversity at @seanome.bsky.social
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Really happy to get stuck in to the #Nextflow #Podcast again for 2025! 🎙️🎉
First episode is with @olgabot.bsky.social, we chat about just how little we really know about proteins out in the natural environment.
See below for links + writeup + transcript, listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts 🎧
First episode is with @olgabot.bsky.social, we chat about just how little we really know about proteins out in the natural environment.
See below for links + writeup + transcript, listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts 🎧
Join @ewels.bsky.social as he interviews @olgabot.bsky.social, founder & CEO of @seanome.bsky.social, on today's Nextflow podcast! 🎙️
From MIT to marine genomics, Olga discusses her experience with Nextflow and @nf-co.re, and her vision for ocean research
🎧 Tune in: hubs.la/Q03chXDs0
From MIT to marine genomics, Olga discusses her experience with Nextflow and @nf-co.re, and her vision for ocean research
🎧 Tune in: hubs.la/Q03chXDs0
Finding novel proteins at Seanome, with Olga Botvinnik | The Nextflow Podcast by Seqera
Seqera | The Home for Open Science | From the creators of Nextflow, Wave, and MultiQC
hubs.la
March 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Really happy to get stuck in to the #Nextflow #Podcast again for 2025! 🎙️🎉
First episode is with @olgabot.bsky.social, we chat about just how little we really know about proteins out in the natural environment.
See below for links + writeup + transcript, listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts 🎧
First episode is with @olgabot.bsky.social, we chat about just how little we really know about proteins out in the natural environment.
See below for links + writeup + transcript, listen on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts 🎧
AI in biology is like learning language from Russian math textbooks.
We’re training models on one source: humans.
But the wildest molecular ideas? They’re in the ocean.
At Seanome, we are decoding the forgotten 99%.
🌊🧬 open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
#biotech #AI #proteins
We’re training models on one source: humans.
But the wildest molecular ideas? They’re in the ocean.
At Seanome, we are decoding the forgotten 99%.
🌊🧬 open.substack.com/pub/seanome/...
#biotech #AI #proteins
April 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
#Academic friends, what's the current best practices for writing openly available papers? Is Manubot (manubot.org) still the best thing? Living Papers (idl.uw.edu/living-paper...) looks cool but seems fairly new and untested
Manubot - Manuscripts, open and automated
A tool set and workflow for scholarly publishing that is open, collaborative, continuous, automated, reproducible, and free.
manubot.org
March 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
#Academic friends, what's the current best practices for writing openly available papers? Is Manubot (manubot.org) still the best thing? Living Papers (idl.uw.edu/living-paper...) looks cool but seems fairly new and untested
💪 Career milestone achieved: First podcast appearance!
So grateful to Rob Kalwarowsky for the opportunity to share my vision of @seanome.bsky.social as building open genomics tools to unlock access to 43 billion molecular solutions from #ocean #biodiversity when we've only catalogued 8,000 🤯
So grateful to Rob Kalwarowsky for the opportunity to share my vision of @seanome.bsky.social as building open genomics tools to unlock access to 43 billion molecular solutions from #ocean #biodiversity when we've only catalogued 8,000 🤯
The newest OLD tech is #Biodiversity!
CEO/Founder @olgabot appeared on "Infinite & Beyond: the MIT Alumni show" discussing the ocean's 43B molecular solutions, listening to your highest self + more!
Spotify - https://buff.ly/42pLuZm
YouTube - https://buff.ly/3PLrecS
CEO/Founder @olgabot appeared on "Infinite & Beyond: the MIT Alumni show" discussing the ocean's 43B molecular solutions, listening to your highest self + more!
Spotify - https://buff.ly/42pLuZm
YouTube - https://buff.ly/3PLrecS
January 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
💪 Career milestone achieved: First podcast appearance!
So grateful to Rob Kalwarowsky for the opportunity to share my vision of @seanome.bsky.social as building open genomics tools to unlock access to 43 billion molecular solutions from #ocean #biodiversity when we've only catalogued 8,000 🤯
So grateful to Rob Kalwarowsky for the opportunity to share my vision of @seanome.bsky.social as building open genomics tools to unlock access to 43 billion molecular solutions from #ocean #biodiversity when we've only catalogued 8,000 🤯
I love @notion.com and I love sharing Notion tips even more! Check out this post for a note taking evolution from #pag32
📝🧬 Like genomes shaped by selective pressures, document systems evolve, too! At #PAG32, our founder @olgabot refined conference talk note-taking from simple bullet points to integrated notes with slides.
See more here! https://buff.ly/40FjsYm
#SciComm #Evolution
See more here! https://buff.ly/40FjsYm
#SciComm #Evolution
Supercharged conference note-taking with Notion
Like genomes, notes evolve: A tale of adaptive documentation
buff.ly
January 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I love @notion.com and I love sharing Notion tips even more! Check out this post for a note taking evolution from #pag32
Reposted by Olga Botvinnik
Seanome's first conference #PAG32 is in the books! We dove into #genome annotation, #biodiversity #sequencing, and feeding the world. Our founder + CEO @olgabot.bsky.social presented a talk and poster on annotating proteins of unknown function. Catch the recap here! https://buff.ly/3CfKxYY
Plant and Animal Genomes (PAG) 32 Conference Recap
Genomes rule! Especially when they're not from humans ;)
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January 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Seanome's first conference #PAG32 is in the books! We dove into #genome annotation, #biodiversity #sequencing, and feeding the world. Our founder + CEO @olgabot.bsky.social presented a talk and poster on annotating proteins of unknown function. Catch the recap here! https://buff.ly/3CfKxYY
Loved running into @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social at #PAG32! So grateful for @carpentries.carpentries.org friends
January 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Loved running into @jasonwilliamsny.bsky.social at #PAG32! So grateful for @carpentries.carpentries.org friends
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@gigascience.bsky.social ed-board member @mikeschatz.bsky.social about to speak in the comparative genomics session here at #pag32 come learn about solanum pan genomics
January 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
@gigascience.bsky.social ed-board member @mikeschatz.bsky.social about to speak in the comparative genomics session here at #pag32 come learn about solanum pan genomics
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It was great fun to present some of my research into functional redundancy in wheat at the IWGSC workshop at #PAG32 😄🌾🧬
#IWGSC-Feuillet Early Career Awardee Delfi Dorussen @johninnescentre.bsky.social starts the #IWGSC workshop #PAG32 presenting her work on whether transcriptional compensation facilitates functional redundancy in wheat.
January 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It was great fun to present some of my research into functional redundancy in wheat at the IWGSC workshop at #PAG32 😄🌾🧬
Had so much fun learning about bird genomics, what the "RIO" movie got right, and how mammals have model organism #privilege (haha) from Taylor Haines (UChicago/Field Museum) at @nanoporetech.com's ORG.one session #PAG32
January 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Had so much fun learning about bird genomics, what the "RIO" movie got right, and how mammals have model organism #privilege (haha) from Taylor Haines (UChicago/Field Museum) at @nanoporetech.com's ORG.one session #PAG32
Loved this awesome talk by Daniel Chaves about biodiversity and conservation genomics in Ecuador (performed *in-country* -- providing opportunities for local scientists) with
@nanoporetech.com's ORG.one program at #PAG32! Here are some photos
@nanoporetech.com's ORG.one program at #PAG32! Here are some photos
January 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Loved this awesome talk by Daniel Chaves about biodiversity and conservation genomics in Ecuador (performed *in-country* -- providing opportunities for local scientists) with
@nanoporetech.com's ORG.one program at #PAG32! Here are some photos
@nanoporetech.com's ORG.one program at #PAG32! Here are some photos
Reposted by Olga Botvinnik
📢 Behind the Scenes: Preparing a talk for #PAG32
https://buff.ly/3Pq6ZBl
Check out our latest blog post for an inside look at preparing for a conference presentation. Featuring a @Notion.com template you can use for your next talk!
#SciComm #PublicSpeaking
https://buff.ly/3Pq6ZBl
Check out our latest blog post for an inside look at preparing for a conference presentation. Featuring a @Notion.com template you can use for your next talk!
#SciComm #PublicSpeaking
January 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢 Behind the Scenes: Preparing a talk for #PAG32
https://buff.ly/3Pq6ZBl
Check out our latest blog post for an inside look at preparing for a conference presentation. Featuring a @Notion.com template you can use for your next talk!
#SciComm #PublicSpeaking
https://buff.ly/3Pq6ZBl
Check out our latest blog post for an inside look at preparing for a conference presentation. Featuring a @Notion.com template you can use for your next talk!
#SciComm #PublicSpeaking
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Electric fence or radial glia? These cells🟡 are present only during 🧠development in the neocortex and guide immature neurons 🟣to their final position! Microglia/macrophages in 🔵. It was supposed to be a #FluorescenceFriday, now a #SynapticSunday, maybe #MicroscopyMonday, depending where you are! 🤓
January 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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The 3 hardest things to learn as a scientist:
1. Trust the data, even when it’s not what you expected,
2. Trust the data, allowing it to change your direction,
3. Trust the data, but not too much: test with new data at every turn.
1. Trust the data, even when it’s not what you expected,
2. Trust the data, allowing it to change your direction,
3. Trust the data, but not too much: test with new data at every turn.
December 30, 2024 at 9:43 PM
The 3 hardest things to learn as a scientist:
1. Trust the data, even when it’s not what you expected,
2. Trust the data, allowing it to change your direction,
3. Trust the data, but not too much: test with new data at every turn.
1. Trust the data, even when it’s not what you expected,
2. Trust the data, allowing it to change your direction,
3. Trust the data, but not too much: test with new data at every turn.
Reposted by Olga Botvinnik
Knowing how to give a good talk is a crucial skill to have, but it's mostly not formally taught very well. Here's my strategy for how to prepare for the presentation, actually present it, and then answer the questions.
December 29, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Knowing how to give a good talk is a crucial skill to have, but it's mostly not formally taught very well. Here's my strategy for how to prepare for the presentation, actually present it, and then answer the questions.
Reposted by Olga Botvinnik
January 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM