DSMZ Digital Diversity

Many thanks to @elixir-europe.org for an incredibly productive week at #BioHackEU25 🖥️: full of learning, new collaborations, and plenty of fun on top!

Agenda: 1. Introduction 2. The new website design 3. The new genome browser

This year's #BacDive workshop will take place on 24th November 2025, 3 - 5 PM CET online!

We are especially looking forward to the opportunity to answer your questions, and hear your feedback and ideas. 🦠🧬.

Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.

🚨Check out the new #BRENDA 🧪 publication in #NAR🧬🖥️!

TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity Abstract. The List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN, https://lpsn.dsmz.de/) is an authoritative, expert-curated resource on prokary

✔️Just published:

#TYGS and #LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource 🧬🖥️ for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes 🦠 within #DSMZDigitalDiversity

👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

📣 Open position:

We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️, who will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the #SILVA taxonomy🌳.

Read and share!

👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...

🧪🦠🌱🦋💽

List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance: report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature The Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature was recently established under the auspices of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes to address the impact of...

📑In collaboration with #LPSN, the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes has compiled a list of recommended names for bacteria of medical importance 🧫⚕️.

Follow the link to read the report.

🔗https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.006943

Thank you, #Global Biodata Coalition for the organization, to give us the opportunity to get to know the other GCBRs, including inspiring discussions, new ideas and that we all are facing similar challenges. We, #Bacdive, #SILVA, and #BRENDA from the @dsmzd3.bsky.social had a great time here.

That’s a wrap! 🎉 The NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025 ended with inspiring keynotes, exciting panels, engaging posters & workshops – and above all, a strong community spirit.
🙏 Huge thanks to all participants and our community for 3 days of knowledge-sharing and collaboration.

🚀 NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025 – Day 1 & 2!
Highlights included:
🎤 A thought-provoking keynote by Alexandre Smirnov
💬 A lively panel discussion on bridging lab practices and scientific publishing
🤝 Engaging networking and community exchange session. Stay tuner for day 3!

StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers Abstract. Throughout scientific literature and databases, microbial strains are often distinguished using either non-standardized designations or one of se

❗New publication📑

Read all about #StrainInfo - the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers 🧫🖥️

👉 academic.oup.com/database/art...

#DSMZDigitalDiversity #science 🧪 #databases #FAIRdata @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social 🧬

Screenshot of the new SILVA website

🖥️ New design for #SILVA

#SILVA 🧬 joined @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social 🧫 and the @dsmzd3.bsky.social in 2023. This is now also visible on the redesigned website 🖌️, which has been restructured reorganized in a first step towards an improved and modernized #SILVA!

Try it out at www.arb-silva.de

BRENDA SPARQL Endpoint

A first prototype of a knowledge graph has been released and is now accessible through a newly established SPARQL endpoint: lnkd.in/eg_ZfTMY

The graph is based on the @dsmzd3.bsky.social Ontology and currently supports integration efforts within the @dsmzd3.bsky.social Hub.

A new BRENDA Pathway Summary Page has been developed, accessible via links on enzyme and ligand summary pages as well as through the overview map. Each page organizes key information into distinct tabs for clarity and ease of use. An example is the Entner–Doudoroff pathway.

@dsmzd3.bsky.social

Thanks for a great #ECCOXLIII @westerdijkinst.bsky.social 🍄‍🟫. We enjoyed meeting colleagues from culture collections around Europe 🧫🇪🇺 On tuesday, Lorenz Reimer presented the upcoming Strain Discovery Database 🖥 that is being developed within the #Bioindustry4.0 project.

Join our online workshop on 24 November 2025 at 3 pm CET. Email training@bacdive.de for further information!

📆Save the date. 👉 This year's #BacDive workshop will take place on 24th November 2025, 3 - 5 PM CET online!

Join us for updates and the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback 🦠🧬.

Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.

Opening of day#3 of the #BeilsteinEnzymology2025 Symposium with the talk by Antje Jäde on the #BRENDA enzyme database. It is now incorporated in the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de DSMZ Digital Diversity hub. Great to see BRENDA on safe tracks.

👉 Join the #NFDI4Microbiota Conference 🦠 and learn how to identify strain designations in literature and sequence metadata by leveraging the #StrainInfo API 🖥️🧬 and libraries in #Workshop7.

🧬 Julia Koblitz (@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social @dsmzd3.bsky.social @denbi.bsky.social ) is presenting at @iscb.bsky.social / ECCB 2025!
🗣️ "From microbes to molecules: How DSMZ digital diversity integrates diverse datasets into a unified framework"
#ECCB2025 #Bioinformatics

#DSMZDigitalDiversity at #FEMS2025.

Here we are 😎 Visit us at booth 18 to learn more about microbial diversity and digital diversity.
Isabel, Melania and Manuela are happy to answer your questions!

#FEMS2025 #DSMZDigitalDiversity #biodiversity @dsmzd3.bsky.social

🧫 Registration is open!
Join the 4th NFDI4Microbiota Conference in Cologne
📅 Sept 30–Oct 2 | Theme: From Lab to Publication
Hands-on workshops, keynotes, posters | Registration is free
📝 Register by Aug 31: events.hifis.net/eve...
#FAIRdata #Microbiome

A photo showing the printed DSMZ Digital Diversity yearly report given to the Expert Committee

We would like to thank all our Experts for joining the DSMZ Digital Diversity Expert Committee Meeting, either in person or virtually.

We truly appreciated the constructive feedback, inspiring discussions, and open atmosphere.

We are already looking forward to our next meeting next year.

📣 ELIXIR has published a position paper on the importance of #OpenData infrastructure for 🌍 European competitiveness in life sciences.
Read the news 👉 https://loom.ly/22XW72k

#ResearchInfrastructure #Science4EU

DataCite Bright Spots — Metadata Game Changers The DataCite community includes repositories that have overcome obstacles that the whole community faces to create metadata that are very complete for four FAIR use cases. Over 3000 DataCite repositor...

#StrainInfo 🧫 is mentioned as a Bright Spot for its #FAIR DOI metadata 🖥️📊 in this Metadata Game Changers blog post!

👉 metadatagamechangers.com/blog/2025/6/...

#FAIRdata #database #DSMZDigitalDiversity #microbiology

Isabel from the BacDive Team will be at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social booth at #FEMS2025 🦠 to answer your questions on #DSMZDigitalDiversity 🖥️🧬 databases.

We will be represented in this exciting #Biodata 🖥️🧬 session by Julia Koblitz with her talk 👉 "From microbes to molecules: How DSMZ Digital Diversity integrates diverse datasets into a unified framework"

We were de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany at #ELIXIR25! Photo by Julia Koblitz

A new DSMZ Digital Diversity publication ✨❗

✨️ We had a great time presenting our ELIXIR Core Data Resources and talking about all things data in Thessaloniki 🇬🇷🇪🇺. See you next year in Lyon 🇫🇷!

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