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Christina Ernst

@christinaernst.bsky.social

Functional Genomics Team Leader @ebi.embl.org Interested in all things #genomics, #singlecell, and #openscience

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We’re seeing higher-than-usual traffic at the moment, so submissions may take a little longer to process.

Thanks for your patience - the team’s working hard to keep everything running smoothly.

24.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some users have seen occasional redirect errors when accessing Annotare. Our engineers are on it πŸ”§ clearing your browser cache usually resolves it in the meantime.

24.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Annotare < EMBL-EBI Annotare, the ArrayExpress submission tool

Submitting large files? We strongly recommend using Globus for a faster and more reliable transfer experience, especially for users outside Europe.

🌐 www.ebi.ac.uk/fg/annotare/...

24.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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European Bioinformatics Institute - EMBL-EBI We manage the world’s public biological data and make it freely available to the scientific community, provide professional training in bioinformatics, and perform computational biology research. Here...

We’ve recently added new YouTube tutorials showing how to navigate Annotare and use some lesser-known features that make submissions faster and easier.

πŸŽ₯ www.youtube.com/@EMBL-EBI/se...

24.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Annotare < EMBL-EBI Annotare, the ArrayExpress submission tool

If you’re new to Annotare, take a moment to look at our submission guidelines before you start. It’ll save you time and ensure your files and metadata pass validation smoothly.

πŸ”— www.ebi.ac.uk/fg/annotare/...

24.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Annotare < EMBL-EBI Annotare, the ArrayExpress submission tool

Reaching out to the functional genomics community 🧬

If you’re looking to submit your data, you can use our Annotare submission tool at @ebi.embl.org. It connects directly to the ArrayExpress collection for long-term archival and public sharing.

πŸ”— www.ebi.ac.uk/fg/annotare/...

24.10.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Gene Markers showing in GTEx experiment.

Gene Markers showing in GTEx experiment.

πŸš€ Expression Atlas Release 43 is live!
🧬 New Marker Gene View for all baseline (RNA & protein) experiments - instantly spot tissue- or condition-specific expression patterns.
πŸ”Ž Plus, a new technology filter for faster dataset discovery.
πŸ”—ebi.ac.uk/gxa

@ebi.embl.org

17.10.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some scientists aren’t waiting for journals to catch up. They’re showing us what’s next.

The Beyond the Journal awards honor those breaking the mold in how science is shared.

More details: pracheeac.substack.com/p/off-roadin...

Nominate or self-nominate here: www.experiment.foundation/beyond

08.10.2025 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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🚨 Two weeks left to apply for the EMBL-EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral (ESPOD) Programme.

Apply by: 30 September 2025.

Ready to take the next step in your science career?
www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...

@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
#postdoc #sciencecareers

16.09.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interested in spatial transcriptomics, interactive visualisation, and AI?

We’re teaming up with @mhaniffa.bsky.social and @juliosaezrod.bsky.social on Project 5 - for someone keen to build open tools that make complex biological data more accessible!

Apply by 30 Sep: www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...

21.08.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Got a PhD in nearly any science? Want to do a postdoc? Are you interested in biology, genomics and computers? Perhaps you are computational/maths-ey and want to get closer to the lab? or experimental and want to get a bit more geeky? Want to work with global leaders in genomics and comp. bio? =>

13.08.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great career opportunities in Cellular Genomics @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Big data (human in vivo + in vitro) + AI to derive biological mechanisms at scale.

We are seeking a range of research expertise including spatial omics and perturbation at scale

01.08.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bioRxiv bat signal going up. We have a big backlog of submissions. If any affiliates have time to do some screening, we (and all the authors) would be immensely grateful! πŸ™

31.07.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 0

My team @ebi.embl.org is open to hosting #ARISE2 fellows!

Weβ€˜re especially interested in projects that improve access to single-cell & spatial transcriptomics data (e.g. browsers, standards), or enhance AI-readiness.

Happy to chat if you are applying!

www.embl.org/training/ari...

11.07.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Functional Genomics Team at @ebi.embl.org is open to hosting #ARISE2 fellows! If you're interested in research infrastructure we welcome project ideas that support transcriptomics data reuse - incl. spatial, single-cell, or AI-ready infrastructure.

www.embl.org/training/ari...

11.07.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are seeking a Scientific Database Curator at @ebi.embl.org in collaboration with the @saezlab.bsky.social and GSK.

This role involves wrangling public transcriptomic data - bulk, single-cell, and spatial - for translational use and integration into our open data resources

Deadline 20 July

08.07.2025 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Wellcome funding model supports the development of EMBL-EBI open data resources EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) manages the world’s most comprehensive suite of open data resources for the life sciences. Millions of scientists worldwide rely on these data resou...

We're extremely grateful to Wellcome @wellcometrust.bsky.social for engaging in a more long-term funding collaboration with EMBL-EBI.

This will enable us to continue developing our open data resources for global users & leverage innovation in new areas such as AI 🌍

www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/a...

01.07.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paper alert! I am really pleased to share the final version of the work led by Irène Amblard in the team on a regulatory switch controlling Cdx2 expression during posterior body development! #regulatorylogic #devbio @mrc-lms.bsky.social @imperialmed.bsky.social

27.06.2025 15:07 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 3

Used EMBL-EBI data resources to find, analyse, or archive your data? 🧬

Now’s your turn: tell us how you’ve used them + why they matter.

It takes 15 mins and helps keep these services open and free for all.

πŸ‘‰ tinyurl.com/bdf73zpp
Closes 16 July

#opendata #FAIRdata

17.06.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With #PubMed being down, it’s worth reminding ourselves that European alternatives exist:

πŸ”— europepmc.org
πŸ”— www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/...
πŸ”— www.ensembl.org

02.03.2025 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fantastic opportunity! 🧬

Come join us at EMBL-EBI!

17.02.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Registration for SCO Spatial Data Meeting (26th Feb, 2025) The SCO Spatial Data FAIR Meeting will take place on the 26th of February, 2025 at EMBL-EBI, UK. The event will take place from 12.00pm, 26th February to 1.30pm, 27th February, and will discuss metada...

Excited to invite you to the Spatial Transcriptomics FAIR Data Management Workshop on Feb 26-27 at EMBL-EBI (hybrid)! Join us to discuss metadata & data standards, archiving, and data retrieval. Agenda & registration: tinyurl.com/spatial2025

04.02.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŽ‰ Excited to announce job openings in our new lab @mpi-bio-fml.bsky.social in TΓΌbingen!πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺLooking for enthusiastic colleagues to explore regeneration together! We have positions for:
πŸ”¬ Research Technician
πŸ’» Bioinformatician
πŸŽ“ PhD Studentship
πŸ§ͺπŸ”¬πŸ“– Postdocs
Details and links belowπŸ‘‡

20.12.2024 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations, Omaya!
Sounds very exciting! πŸ₯³

18.12.2024 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to share that I’ve joined EMBL-EBI as the new Functional Genomics Team Leader!
Looking forward to this new chapter and all the exciting opportunities and collaborations ahead!

#Bioinformatics #FunctionalGenomics #AI #openscience

11.12.2024 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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