very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
16.01.2026 18:33 β π 143 π 82 π¬ 10 π 7@trausch.bsky.social
Genomics, Bioinformatics. github.com/tobiasrausch
very sad news. Peer Bork was one of the leaders of our field, a wonderful scientist, and he's much too young to be gone. www.embl.org/news/embl-an...
16.01.2026 18:33 β π 143 π 82 π¬ 10 π 7I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
Can an AI tool help us better understand the origins of cancer?
Researchers from EMBL's Korbel Group have developed a new AI method β MAGIC β which, through a game of molecular laser tag, is shedding light on how chromosomal abnormalities form in cells.
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Open Team Leader position @embl.org to head & reshape our Genomics Core facility. Interested in providing & developing state-of-the art omics tech to a wide community? A very vibrant, dynamic place to work with fantastic colleagues. Closing Sept 30th
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To all post-docs: The Genome Biology dept βͺ@embl.org
has an Independent faculty position. Fantastic place to set up your lab βgreat package: core funding, fantastic Ph.D. students, cutting edge core facilities & great colleagues. Closing date Sept 19th
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Very nice summary of our latest paper by @samarendra-pani.bsky.social Thanks for all your hard work and outstanding contributions to this project!
24.07.2025 09:48 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Two papers in today's issue of @nature.com β¬: 1) we assemble 65 genomes to near completion, including centromeres and the MHC. tinyurl.com/3huhax6w. 2) we sequence 1,019 genomes from the 1kGP with long reads, revealing SVs down to low allele frequencies tinyurl.com/wbx3we9x.
23.07.2025 15:12 β π 55 π 24 π¬ 1 π 2EMBL researchers and their collaborators have provided exciting new insights into human genetic variation by building upon the 1000 Genomes Project dataset.
The two studies constitute what may be the most complete overview of the human genome to date.
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Maybe gffread github.com/gpertea/gffr... or the good old kentUtils ?
04.07.2025 18:12 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Sorry guys, I can't come out to play, I have to read the new paper by Gene Meyers, Richard Durbin and Chenxi Zhou!
20.06.2025 12:18 β π 29 π 9 π¬ 4 π 0Now published! Note that since Vikram's original post (quoted here), he's made it easy to dynamically update a set of multi-MUMs (e.g. when more genomes are added to a pangenome) and to find multi-MUMs for huge collections like HPRCv2 genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
17.06.2025 14:02 β π 53 π 22 π¬ 1 π 1The human pangenome continues to grow and improve! Release 2 is here! Click through for the details, but this is a pretty amazing dataset including not just the phased assemblies, but PacBio HiFi, ONT Ultralong, Dovetail/Illumina Hi-C, PacBio Kinnex, and Illumina WGS for all samples
12.05.2025 13:52 β π 82 π 37 π¬ 0 π 0SPECIAL ISSUE Part 2! This month @genomeresearch.bsky.social publishes a diverse collection of articles offering novel biological and clinical insights gained using long-read DNA and RNA sequencing technologies and other long molecule approaches.
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Course at EMBL-EBI Cancer genomics and transcriptomics 12 - 16 May 2025 Virtual
If youβre a #cancer researcher looking to use high throughput sequencing and single-cell technologies, then this course is for you! Make sure you've applied by 9 Feb:
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On #WorldCancerDay, we feature how EMBLβs research & services are aiding the fight against cancer.
From prediction methods to studying cancer mechanisms β every discovery advances our collective knowledge about this global health challenge.
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"Fakten sind das RΓΌckgrat unserer Demokratie."
Hier ein Aufruf, der gerne geteilt werden darf:
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Around genomics, I am looking forward to large scale long read datasets - both Oxford Nanopore and PacBio (COI: I am long established consultant to Oxford Nanopore) where we can get "full" genome representation both for germline and somatic cases. This will transform repeat+structural variant calls
03.01.2025 18:46 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0I also deactivated mine.
11.01.2025 11:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Athenaeum Dietrich GΓΆtze Stiftung has generously supported EMBLβs childhood leukaemia research. π§ͺ
Scientists hope that cell markers they discovered help to understand disease relapse better and lead to more effective treatment. #EMBL50 #MolBiol #Leukemia
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Before Christmas I did threads on the application areas of genomics in rare disease (bsky.app/profile/ewan...) and in common disease (bsky.app/profile/ewan...) - now I am going to focus on Cancer genomics
04.01.2025 14:07 β π 41 π 13 π¬ 2 π 1Sometimes you just have to persevere through negative reviews. Reviewers, please be kind :) #methodsmatter bit.ly/gs2-scholar
25.11.2024 03:05 β π 255 π 41 π¬ 14 π 7The preliminary #eshg25 program is online. Stellar line-up of invited speakers - full breadth of our amazing field. Grateful to a wonderful SPC @eshg that made this possible. See you all in Milan next year!
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