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Science, collaboration, and great conversations are just around the corner.

In just two days, the @veupathdb.org team will be at the #ASTMH2025 annual conference in Toronto 🇨🇦, Nov 9-13!

🗨️Visit us at booth #411 to learn about our resources and tools and tell us about your work. #TropMed25
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
📣 @veupathdb.org is hosting a FREE virtual workshop! Dec 9-11, 2025, 3 hours per day.

Short lectures & hands-on exercises will train you to maximize use of VEuPathDB resources to leverage diverse datatypes and generate new hypotheses.

Register NOW! upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📣Advance your skills in #pathogen genomics — no coding required — with the #Fungal Pathogen Genomics (Virtual) course #FungiDB @ensembl.org #mycocsm @yeastgenome.bsky.social #CGD
🗓️ 1–5 June 2026 Deadline: 16 March 2026
Apply here: coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/fungal...
October 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Another chance for face-to-face connection 💬: @veupathdb.org PI David Roos is at the French Alliance for Parasitology and Health Care @parafrap.bsky.social Host–Parasite Relationships #EMBOWorkshop this week!
October 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today and tomorrow Oct 6/7, Omar Harb @omarharb.org
from VEuPathDB is at the Neurospora 2025 meeting in Schroon Lake, NY!

@veupathdb.org / FungiDB community- if you're attending, please stop by and say hello! Tell us about your work and ask questions about ours. 💬 We'd love to connect.
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our user comments campaign may be over, but your user comments are welcome and valuable EVERYDAY!

Crowdsourced user knowledge fuels discovery and helps keep gene data accurate, accessible, and impactful. Visit any gene page on @veupathdb.org or component sites to add a comment!
September 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The final tally of the @veupathdb.org user comments campaign at #MPM2025: Most user comments were entered on AmoebaDB followed by PlasmoDB, and then ToxoDB. 🎉

🏆The real winners: All VEuPathDB users, who benefit from current and reliable gene information!
September 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
You can explore the full scRNAseq data on the same gene page: cryptodb.org/cryptodb/app...
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The @veupathdb.org user comments campaign at #MPM2025 yielded 200 user comments from 66 attendees! Thanks, contributors 💐

For example: a comment on gene cgd5_3570 on CryptoDB pointed out that GGC proteins exhibit male-specific expression according to single-cell RNA seq. Good to know!
September 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The @veupathdb.org team is excited to be attending the MPM conference this week!

💬 Stop by our booth to chat with us

⌨️ Participate in our User Comments campaign- share your knowledge on gene pages and pick up your free "Got Parasites?" mug at the booth: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
@veupathdb.org communities — connect with us at these upcoming meetings!

✅ Stop by our booth and say hi
✅ Participate in our user comments campaign to win free swag at MPM (starting this Sunday!)✨ veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...

Will we see you there?
September 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
NEW in @veupathdb.org: Subscription groups in your account!
✅ Green checkmark = active subscriber group

Manage group membership from the new Subscription tab in your account (click on the user avatar in the upper right corner of the site).

Thanks for supporting open access!
September 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We are excited to announce that, coinciding with MPM XXXVI, @veupathdb.org is running a user comment campaign now thru’ Sep 18, 2025.

Contribute your knowledge to gene pages and win a free mug (or a T-shirt, if you’re an overachiever)! #parasites

Details here: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
September 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A study reports that pladienolide B, a splicing inhibitor, reduces #Cryptococcus neoformans growth. Combined treatment with FK506 results in enhanced antifungal activity. Transcriptomic analysis reveals disrupted RNA processing and intron retention.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #fungi #fungal
August 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We would love your feedback on the new AI-powered expression summaries on gene pages in @veupathdb.org

Go to Gene page > Transcriptomics > “AI Expression Summary” > Click to generate summary > Review the summary and give it a 👍or 👎 . You also have the option to fill a survey. Thank you!
June 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚀Big News! We’re now offering AI-powered summaries of expression data on gene pages in @veupathdb.org

See expression patterns and get insights with a single click! 🧬🔎

Go to your favorite gene pages and look for “AI Expression Summary” under Transcriptomics.
June 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Make open access to tools and data part of your annual giving by making a tax deductible donation to @veupathdb.org. 💙This resource simplifies and supercharges global infectious disease research.

Need more reasons to support VEuPathDB? Here's a short list: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
June 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
New data alert! 📂ToxoDB now includes data from functional profiling of the entire T. gondii genome during cell culture & murine infection using a CRISPR-based screen (Guiliano et al. 2024).

🔎 Explore the data here toxodb.org/toxo/app/sea...
May 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thanks to all lab heads and group leaders who have filled out and paid invoices for a @veupathdb.org subscription! Your contributions keep our data resources open access. #data #parasites #fungi #vectors

If you haven’t done so already, this is an URGENT need! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
May 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Did you miss our @veupathdb.org OrthoMCL-7 webinar on Tuesday? Not to worry - the recorded webinar is now available for on-demand learning! #orthology #data

📹 Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=htZq...
May 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
⏰ Reminder! Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 6, 11 AM ET,
@veupathdb.org is hosting a free webinar that will describe and demo features of our newly released ✨OrthoMCL-7 orthology data resources. #webinar #data

Register now! upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
May 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Do you have questions about @veupathdb.org's funding status and prospects for the future, or about our newly implemented subscription service?

Please take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions for answers to these questions and more! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...

#fungi #Parasites
April 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Join us for a free, live webinar to learn about exciting new tools and features in the newly released
@veupathdb.org OrthoMCL-7 platform.

🗓️ Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 11 AM ET.

Register now to get the zoom link! upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The new OrthoMCL-7 with OrthoFinder clustering, Similar Groups, and Phylogenetic Trees is 🌟 now live 🌟at orthomcl.org, part of the @veupathdb.bsky.social
family of resources. The previous version of OrthoMCL-6.21 is still available as a Legacy site.
April 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Keep VEuPathDB open-access to all by subscribing today! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
April 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM