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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

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Bioconductor - Bioconductor 3.22 Released The Bioconductor project aims to develop and share open source software for precise and repeatable analysis of biological data. We foster an inclusive and collaborative community of developers and…

πŸš€ Bioconductor 3.22 is released!

Thanks to all developers and community members for contributing to the project!

πŸ”— Please see the full release announcement here: bioconductor.org/news/bioc_3_...

31.10.2025 07:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Programme of the upcoming TriRhena Gene Regulation Club in Basel on November 5, 2025

https://www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/gene-regulation-club

Programme of the upcoming TriRhena Gene Regulation Club in Basel on November 5, 2025 https://www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/gene-regulation-club

Here is the schedule for the next TriRhena Gene Regulation Club at the FMI @fmiscience.bsky.social in Basel πŸ‡¨πŸ‡­ next week (5 Nov 2025; 14:00-18:45).

Exciting topics ahead & we are looking forward to the #newPI talks by @julianeg.bsky.social (MPI) & Anupama Hemalatha (FMI).

www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/grc

30.10.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Low oxygen promotes extravillous trophoblast progenitor expansion but restrains maturation Placental development occurs in a low oxygen environment, yet how oxygen tension instructs differentiation of progenitor cytotrophoblasts (CTB) along the extravillous versus villous pathways remains i...

...and one week later: the next one @fmiscience.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

31.10.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GCC2026: The Galaxy Community is Heading to Clermont-Ferrand, France Join us in June 2026 in the volcanic heart of Clermont-Ferrand for a week of collaboration, discovery, and open science.

Workflows by day, French wine and cheese by night πŸ·πŸ§€
Get ready to join us in Clermont-Ferrand, France for #GCC2026, June 22–26 2026! Learn, collaborate, and celebrate open science in the heart of Auvergne.

galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10...

30.10.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GALAXY-CH Transdisciplinary Workflows Workshop Registration Galaxy is a web-based and open-source platform (see e.g. https://usegalaxy.eu/). It shall enable researchers to access and use computational tools and high-performance compute infrastructures easily. ...

Join our interdisciplinary online workshop on the Galaxy platform! Nov 6, 2025 | 13:30–16:05 (CET)
Learn how to build reproducible data analysis workflows using Galaxy, a powerful, user-friendly platform. The session is intended for the Swiss rsrch community.
Register forms.gle/Y3vxW1u62FLM...

29.10.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌌🧬 The legendary hands-on @galaxyproject.bsky.social workshop is backβ€”don’t miss out!
πŸ“… March 9–13, 2026 | πŸ“ Uni Freiburg
Beginners welcomeβ€”learn QC, #ChIP-seq, #RNA-seq, variant calling & #microbiome analysis in Galaxy!
πŸ”— More info: training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
#useGalaxy #NGS

28.10.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There is a little known Galaxy feature called "window manager". See how to use it ... https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-28-window-manager/

28.10.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🧬 EuroBioC2026 is coming to Turku, Finland, from June 3–5, 2026!

Expect 3 exciting days with the Bioconductor community, showcasing the latest advances in Bioconductor software and emerging technologies shaping computational biology.

πŸ‘‰ More details soon at eurobioc2026.bioconductor.org

29.10.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Three FMI researchers awarded coveted SNSF Ambizione Grants Three FMI researchers β€” Nanci Winke, Arnau Ramos Prats, and Lukas Anneser β€” have been awarded a prestigious Ambizione Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Their work spans from unc...

Three FMI researchersβ€”Nanci Winke, @neuramos.bsky.social & @lukas-anneser.bsky.socialβ€”have received @snsf.ch Ambizione Grants! Their projects explore how emotions shape behavior, how the brain responds to anxiety treatments, and how brain states affect learning & memory 🧠 www.fmi.ch/news-events/...

29.10.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Galaxy Community at PAG33 Let us know you’ll be at PAG33! The Galaxy Project will be at the International Plant and Animal Genome Conference (PAG33) in San Diego, California, from January 9–14, 2026, and we’d love to know who ...

🌿 Will you be at #PAG33?
Galaxy will be in San Diego for the International Plant & Animal Genome Conference (Jan 9–14, 2026), and we’d love to know who from the Galaxy Community will be there!

Let us know πŸ‘‰ forms.gle/26PRwMH46aho...

27.10.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The official home of the Python Programming Language

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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27.10.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6287    πŸ” 2746    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 451
BOSC 2025 organizing committee

BOSC 2025 organizing committee

Save the date: #BOSC2026 (www.open-bio.org/events/bosc) will take place July 13-14 in Washington, DC, as part of ISMB 2026 (July 12-16). We hope you will join us in person or online! 🍐
#Bioinformatics #OpenSource

27.10.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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For over 20 years, the mouse model organism has helped scientists uncover the biology behind human health and disease.

But the mouse reference genomes still have missing pieces.
The first collection of telomere-to-telomere mouse genomes are now available for two key mouse strains.
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27.10.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“£ ELIXIR, @eurobioimaging.bsky.social, @instruct-eric.bsky.social & @embl.org joined forces to establish πŸ™Œ the #EOSC Life Sciences Connect Node: https://loom.ly/9BLk_tY

#EOSC_Federation

27.10.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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#OAWeek πŸ’‘Today’s #ELIXIRFridayReads, we are revisiting the ELIXIR position paper on the importance of #opendata infrastructure for European 🌍 competitiveness in #lifesciences. What actions are needed to secure its future?

Read the paper πŸ‘‰ https://loom.ly/ZjbrX2c

24.10.2025 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RO-Crate

RO-Crate

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RO-Crate preview

Specification for RO-Crate 1.2 released
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-06-04-ro-crate-1-2-release/

#UseGalaxy #GalaxyProject #EOSC #EuroScienceGateway #rocrate #fair #research_data #research #data

23.10.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Use parallel-download to get data from NCBI SRA. See how here -> https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-23-sra-download/

23.10.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Galaxy @ Sciensano: a comprehensive bioinformatics portal for genomics Know How Sciensano harnesses Galaxy for Advanced Microbial Genomics, Precision Typing, and Rapid Outbreak Detection

Know How Sciensano harnesses Galaxy for Advanced Microbial Genomics, Precision Typing, and Rapid Outbreak Detection
http://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-04-25-galaxy-at-sciensano/

#UseGalaxy #GalaxyProject #EOSC #EuroScienceGateway

24.10.2025 06:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A model of apical-out human first trimester trophoblast organoids to study regeneration after syncytial damage The villous syncytiotrophoblast in humans is the interface between maternal blood and the placenta and its functions are essential for a successful pregnancy. The syncytium can be damaged in vivo foca...

another fascinating collaboration with the Turco lab @fmiscience.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

23.10.2025 06:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Galaxy Freiburg team at CoRDI

The Galaxy Freiburg team at CoRDI

Galactic views on the Conference on Research Data Infrastructure (CoRDI):
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-08-29-cordi/

#UseGalaxy #GalaxyProject #NFDI #UniFreiburg #RDM

22.10.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GitHub - chanzuckerberg/cellxgene: An interactive explorer for single-cell transcriptomics data An interactive explorer for single-cell transcriptomics data - chanzuckerberg/cellxgene

πŸ“ New blog post Released!
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-02-13-cellxgene-vip/

CELLxGENE-VIP (Visualization In Plugin) is an extension of the original CELLxGENE: https://github.com/chanzuckerberg/cellxgene tool developed by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
It can efficiently extract deep (1/4)

22.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you, Dr. Malvika Sharan, for your powerful #SciPy2025 keynote πŸ’›

You reminded us that the most powerful "intelligence" is community. Cultivating diverse, engaged people is essential for ethical, sustainable tech and a responsible scientific future. πŸš€

09.07.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Discover one of Galaxy’s true superpowers β€” dataset collections! 🌟
Check out the blog (https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-21-whycollections/) and video (https://youtu.be/yehY9tR_NX8?si=YH9CZ5KGWm2yVyPA) to see how they can simplify your workflows.
You might just find yourself wondering, (1/2)

21.10.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Galaxy Training Academy 2025: round two of our GTN education party! The Galaxy Training Academy 2025 trained researchers in Galaxy data analysis world wide across a variety of scientific topics.

How do you train the next generation of open-science explorers? With Galaxy, collaboration, and a bit of computational magic.
https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/news/2025/07/17/gta-overview.html

#UseGalaxy #GalaxyProject #EOSC #GalaxyTraining #OpenScience #Bioinformatics (1/2)

20.10.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exploring Genomics with Galaxy: A Six-Week Internship Journey My internship experience with assembling genomes and annotating them during a 6 week internship

My internship experience with assembling genomes and annotating them during a 6 week internship at Freiburg Galaxy.
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-07-22-ming-li-internship/

#UseGalaxy #GalaxyProject #EOSC #Bioinformatics #Genomics #GenomeAssembly #GenomeAnnotation #TrainingProgram (1/2)

21.10.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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2026 Galaxy Community Conference (GCC2026) The annual gathering of the Galaxy Community with opportunities to hear latest developments, get training, and meet everyone involved.

Science, volcanoes, and the Galaxy community...what more could you ask for? πŸŒ‹πŸ‡«
In case you missed it! The Galaxy Community Conference (#GCC2026) lands in Clermont-Ferrand, France, June 22–24, 2026! CoFest follows from June 25–26.
Learn more and sign up for emails:
galaxyproject.org/events/gcc20...

20.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And the next one: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-00585-z . Super-fun collaboration with @partchlab.bsky.social & @gotworms.bsky.social to find similarities between developmental and circadian clocks – supported by @fmiscience.bsky.social Facilities and, financially, @snsf.ch and @erc.europa.eu . 1/n

20.10.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Tabula Sapiens and Tabula Muris Senis Atlases Now Available in Galaxy Comprehensive Single-Cell Reference Atlases Ready for Import

Comprehensive Single-Cell Reference Atlases Ready for Import
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-16-tabula-atlas/

#UseGalaxy #GalaxyProject #EOSC #UniFreiburg #Single-cell #tabula_sapiens #Tabula_muris_senis

20.10.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Flexynesis: bridging multi-omics complexity with transparent AI for Cancer research and beyond
https://galaxyproject.org/news/2025-10-16-flexynesis-nature-comms/

#UseGalaxy #GalaxyProject #EOSC #UniFreiburg #NatureCommunications #ScientificResearch #deeplearning #precision_medicine #open_science

20.10.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Everything you need to know from ASHG25 and you didn't have time to read until now (TLDR)

Everything you need to know from ASHG25 open.substack.com/pub/albertvi...

20.10.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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