Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈
@sabiagini.bsky.social
Human Population Geneticist 💀🧬 #aDNA | Bioinformatician 👨💻 | Diversity&Inclusion in Academia 🌈 | Member of the SMBE IDEA Task Force @smbe-idea.bsky.social ✨ | Theater 🎭 | he/him | 🗣️🇮🇹🇬🇧🇪🇸🏳️🌈
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Genotype imputation from low-coverage data for medical and population genetic analyses
An international, peer-reviewed genome sciences journal featuring outstanding original research that offers novel insights into the biology of all organisms
genome.cshlp.org
🚨 Did you know that non-invasive prenatal screening (𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗦🤰) data can be repurposed for large-scale genomics? 🧬
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Reposted by Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈
November is Native American Heritage Month - a time to elevate the histories, cultures, and contributions of Indigenous peoples.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
On the SMBE IDEA Task Force we aim to support efforts to remove the barriers that have historically excluded many voices from science 🗣️
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
On the SMBE IDEA Task Force we aim to support efforts to remove the barriers that have historically excluded many voices from science 🗣️
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
November is Native American Heritage Month - a time to elevate the histories, cultures, and contributions of Indigenous peoples.
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
On the SMBE IDEA Task Force we aim to support efforts to remove the barriers that have historically excluded many voices from science 🗣️
#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
On the SMBE IDEA Task Force we aim to support efforts to remove the barriers that have historically excluded many voices from science 🗣️
I'm truly confused 🤔
I asked #ChatGPT to summarize a series of notes I had on a statistical interpretation. It then asked me if I wanted a visual summary of the topic (again, statistics, numbers, etc.). I said yes, just yes. This is what it created:
#AcademicSky #Bioinformatics
I asked #ChatGPT to summarize a series of notes I had on a statistical interpretation. It then asked me if I wanted a visual summary of the topic (again, statistics, numbers, etc.). I said yes, just yes. This is what it created:
#AcademicSky #Bioinformatics
October 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm truly confused 🤔
I asked #ChatGPT to summarize a series of notes I had on a statistical interpretation. It then asked me if I wanted a visual summary of the topic (again, statistics, numbers, etc.). I said yes, just yes. This is what it created:
#AcademicSky #Bioinformatics
I asked #ChatGPT to summarize a series of notes I had on a statistical interpretation. It then asked me if I wanted a visual summary of the topic (again, statistics, numbers, etc.). I said yes, just yes. This is what it created:
#AcademicSky #Bioinformatics
Can we all agree that clothes stay on the drying rack until someone’s coming over? 👕🧺
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Can we all agree that clothes stay on the drying rack until someone’s coming over? 👕🧺
😑 I just can’t today. My script kept crashing over and over, and in the end, it was just a damn indentation error. Falling into the same mistakes after all these years feels like a loop that can only be broken with swearing 🤬 #Bioinformatics #AcademicSky
October 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
😑 I just can’t today. My script kept crashing over and over, and in the end, it was just a damn indentation error. Falling into the same mistakes after all these years feels like a loop that can only be broken with swearing 🤬 #Bioinformatics #AcademicSky
Reposted by Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈
💚 Today is 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙖𝙮!
Let’s take a moment to care for ourselves and each other 🌱
The 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 and @official-smbe.bsky.social support mental well-being in science 🧠✨
💬 Share your favorite self-care tip below & let’s support our community! #WorldMentalHealthDay #AcademicSky
Let’s take a moment to care for ourselves and each other 🌱
The 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 and @official-smbe.bsky.social support mental well-being in science 🧠✨
💬 Share your favorite self-care tip below & let’s support our community! #WorldMentalHealthDay #AcademicSky
October 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💚 Today is 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙖𝙮!
Let’s take a moment to care for ourselves and each other 🌱
The 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 and @official-smbe.bsky.social support mental well-being in science 🧠✨
💬 Share your favorite self-care tip below & let’s support our community! #WorldMentalHealthDay #AcademicSky
Let’s take a moment to care for ourselves and each other 🌱
The 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 and @official-smbe.bsky.social support mental well-being in science 🧠✨
💬 Share your favorite self-care tip below & let’s support our community! #WorldMentalHealthDay #AcademicSky
Reposted by Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈
🤝 In 2024, the 𝗦𝗠𝗕𝗘 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Boris Armel Olou, Jean Legeay, Jean Evans Israel Codjia & Roël Dire Houdanon for their project strengthening African researchers in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics.
✨ Excited about the impact so far!
✨ Excited about the impact so far!
October 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🤝 In 2024, the 𝗦𝗠𝗕𝗘 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Boris Armel Olou, Jean Legeay, Jean Evans Israel Codjia & Roël Dire Houdanon for their project strengthening African researchers in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics.
✨ Excited about the impact so far!
✨ Excited about the impact so far!
Reposted by Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈
🤝 In 2024, the 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Rori Rohlfs and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez for their podcast ScienceWise!
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🤝 In 2024, the 𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗔 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 from @official-smbe.bsky.social went to Drs. Rori Rohlfs and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez for their podcast ScienceWise!
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
✨ We are happy to have contributed to their project!
🎙️ @sciencewisepod.bsky.social
🔥 Time's ticking! Share your vision for inclusion & equity in science!
⏰ Deadline: 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟬
@official-smbe.bsky.social
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
⏰ Deadline: 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟬
@official-smbe.bsky.social
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
⏳ Don't miss out! Submit your proposals by 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟬 and help shape a more inclusive science community!
@official-smbe.bsky.social #AcademicSky
@official-smbe.bsky.social #AcademicSky
October 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🔥 Time's ticking! Share your vision for inclusion & equity in science!
⏰ Deadline: 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟬
@official-smbe.bsky.social
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
⏰ Deadline: 𝗢𝗰𝘁 𝟭𝟬
@official-smbe.bsky.social
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
#AcademicSky
Reposted by Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈
❗REMINDER - the call for proposals for SMBE IDEA initiatives for 2025/2026 will close soon - apply by October 10th
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
More info
smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
More info
smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
📢 Call for proposals - SMBE IDEA 2026
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social invites all SMBE members to propose initiatives for 2025/2026 to reduce inequities in our field.
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
Deadline: Oct. 10 2025
More info: smbe.org/idea-initiatives
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
❗REMINDER - the call for proposals for SMBE IDEA initiatives for 2025/2026 will close soon - apply by October 10th
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
More info
smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
Categories:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
More info
smbe.org/idea-initiatives
@smbe-idea.bsky.social
🔥 Don't miss the opportunity! Submit your proposal 𝙉𝙊𝙒! 🌈
#AcademicSky #IDEA #SMBE2026
@official-smbe.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #IDEA #SMBE2026
@official-smbe.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🔥 Don't miss the opportunity! Submit your proposal 𝙉𝙊𝙒! 🌈
#AcademicSky #IDEA #SMBE2026
@official-smbe.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #IDEA #SMBE2026
@official-smbe.bsky.social
✨ In my latest paper, I used 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 instead of “pregnant women", because pregnancy is not exclusive to those who identify as women 🤰
📢 Using inclusive language is part of our responsibility as scientists to fight erasure of transgender and nonbinary people 🏳️⚧️ #AcademicSky #QueerInSTEM
📢 Using inclusive language is part of our responsibility as scientists to fight erasure of transgender and nonbinary people 🏳️⚧️ #AcademicSky #QueerInSTEM
🚨 Did you know that non-invasive prenatal screening (𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗦🤰) data can be repurposed for large-scale genomics? 🧬
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Genotype imputation from low-coverage data for medical and population genetic analyses
An international, peer-reviewed genome sciences journal featuring outstanding original research that offers novel insights into the biology of all organisms
genome.cshlp.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
✨ In my latest paper, I used 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 instead of “pregnant women", because pregnancy is not exclusive to those who identify as women 🤰
📢 Using inclusive language is part of our responsibility as scientists to fight erasure of transgender and nonbinary people 🏳️⚧️ #AcademicSky #QueerInSTEM
📢 Using inclusive language is part of our responsibility as scientists to fight erasure of transgender and nonbinary people 🏳️⚧️ #AcademicSky #QueerInSTEM
Reposted by Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈
🌍✨ SMBE IDEA 2026 – Call for Proposals!
We support initiatives that tackle inequities in evolutionary biology.
Funding available:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
📅 Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/1we2...
We support initiatives that tackle inequities in evolutionary biology.
Funding available:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
📅 Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/1we2...
IDEA Initiatives
SMBE, through the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access) Task Force, aims to address systemic racism, sexism, colonialism, and other exclusion in our society. SMBE DIVERSITY STATEMENT Our goa...
smbe.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🌍✨ SMBE IDEA 2026 – Call for Proposals!
We support initiatives that tackle inequities in evolutionary biology.
Funding available:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
📅 Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/1we2...
We support initiatives that tackle inequities in evolutionary biology.
Funding available:
💡 IDEA ($25k)
🪂 Non-Parachute Science ($10k)
🗣️ Outreach ($10k)
📅 Deadline: Oct 10, 2025
🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/1we2...
Reposted by Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈
Genotype imputation from low-coverage data for medical and population genetic analyses genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/SABiagini/GDI
September 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Genotype imputation from low-coverage data for medical and population genetic analyses genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9... 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/SABiagini/GDI
Reposted by Simone Andrea Biagini 🏳️🌈
🧬 Now published in Bioinformatics Advances: "DNPcall: A new pipeline for accurate double nucleotide polymorphism calling"
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf209
Authors include: @eugeniadat.bsky.social
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf209
Authors include: @eugeniadat.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🧬 Now published in Bioinformatics Advances: "DNPcall: A new pipeline for accurate double nucleotide polymorphism calling"
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf209
Authors include: @eugeniadat.bsky.social
Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf209
Authors include: @eugeniadat.bsky.social
Neanderthals lived ~350,000 years without governments, capitalism, or wrecking ecosystems.
We Homo sapiens, in just 300,000 years (and especially the last 200), have trashed the planet.
Just saying.
We Homo sapiens, in just 300,000 years (and especially the last 200), have trashed the planet.
Just saying.
September 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Neanderthals lived ~350,000 years without governments, capitalism, or wrecking ecosystems.
We Homo sapiens, in just 300,000 years (and especially the last 200), have trashed the planet.
Just saying.
We Homo sapiens, in just 300,000 years (and especially the last 200), have trashed the planet.
Just saying.
Anything to promote my new paper (and yes that includes this photo). I put six years of my mental health into this one 😅🧬🔥
📝 Go read it! ⬇️
🔗 genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
#AcademicSky
📝 Go read it! ⬇️
🔗 genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
#AcademicSky
September 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Anything to promote my new paper (and yes that includes this photo). I put six years of my mental health into this one 😅🧬🔥
📝 Go read it! ⬇️
🔗 genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
#AcademicSky
📝 Go read it! ⬇️
🔗 genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
#AcademicSky
🚨 My new paper is out in the latest issue of @genomeresearch.bsky.social! 🧬
🧵 Check out my thread from yesterday for the details ⬇️
👨💻 Open source codes also available on my #GitHub page!
#AcademicSky
🧵 Check out my thread from yesterday for the details ⬇️
👨💻 Open source codes also available on my #GitHub page!
#AcademicSky
🚨 Did you know that non-invasive prenatal screening (𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗦🤰) data can be repurposed for large-scale genomics? 🧬
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Genotype imputation from low-coverage data for medical and population genetic analyses
An international, peer-reviewed genome sciences journal featuring outstanding original research that offers novel insights into the biology of all organisms
genome.cshlp.org
September 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨 My new paper is out in the latest issue of @genomeresearch.bsky.social! 🧬
🧵 Check out my thread from yesterday for the details ⬇️
👨💻 Open source codes also available on my #GitHub page!
#AcademicSky
🧵 Check out my thread from yesterday for the details ⬇️
👨💻 Open source codes also available on my #GitHub page!
#AcademicSky
🚨 Did you know that non-invasive prenatal screening (𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗦🤰) data can be repurposed for large-scale genomics? 🧬
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Genotype imputation from low-coverage data for medical and population genetic analyses
An international, peer-reviewed genome sciences journal featuring outstanding original research that offers novel insights into the biology of all organisms
genome.cshlp.org
September 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🚨 Did you know that non-invasive prenatal screening (𝗡𝗜𝗣𝗦🤰) data can be repurposed for large-scale genomics? 🧬
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Our new study shows how to turn low-coverage data into valuable insights, analyzing >32,000 genomes from Belgium. #genetics #imputation #NIPS #AcademicSky
genome.cshlp.org/content/35/9...
Great experience this year at #ISBA11 amazing talks and posters ✨👏
What a week! 🎉 Big thanks to @isba11.bsky.social for hosting an incredible ISBA conference — so well organized and full of great science.
August 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Great experience this year at #ISBA11 amazing talks and posters ✨👏
Let's talk about legends coming true at poster 8! 🧬☠️ #ISBA11 @isba11.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Let's talk about legends coming true at poster 8! 🧬☠️ #ISBA11 @isba11.bsky.social
I’m from Southern Europe. We are built for quiescence in August.
August 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’m from Southern Europe. We are built for quiescence in August.
Earth is a truly complex escape room.
August 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Earth is a truly complex escape room.
The Moon moves 4 cm farther from Earth each year. Honestly, can’t blame her.
August 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Moon moves 4 cm farther from Earth each year. Honestly, can’t blame her.
📝 New research rewrites Roman genetic history: Eastern Mediterranean ancestry appeared 200 years before the Empire, likely via early East to West movements in the Late Republic through Southern Italy or Eastern ties
@eugeniadat.bsky.social 🧬 #AcademicSky 👇
academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
@eugeniadat.bsky.social 🧬 #AcademicSky 👇
academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
A new perspective on the arrival of the Eastern Mediterranean genetic influx in Central Italy before the onset of the Roman Empire
Abstract. Italian genetic history was profoundly shaped by the Romans. While the Iron Age Central Italian gene pool was comparable to that of other coeval
academic.oup.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
📝 New research rewrites Roman genetic history: Eastern Mediterranean ancestry appeared 200 years before the Empire, likely via early East to West movements in the Late Republic through Southern Italy or Eastern ties
@eugeniadat.bsky.social 🧬 #AcademicSky 👇
academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...
@eugeniadat.bsky.social 🧬 #AcademicSky 👇
academic.oup.com/gbe/advance-...