🌊💙 Art meets marine science @UC Irvine!

Through cyanotype printmaking, students will explore the hidden beauty and drug-discovery potential of cyanobacteria.
Free, hands-on, and open to all students.

📸🧪 Sunlight. Chemistry. Cyanobacteria.
Pre-registration required: forms.gle/v65ccqY2YoDG...

Strategies for community-sourced biocuration in bioinformatics: a case study on MIBiG 4.0 Abstract. Biocuration is essential to transform molecular sequence data into standardized, machine-readable resources. Such curated datasets enable compara

And the perspectives article about the strategies and lessons learned from the MIBiG 4.0 Annotathon here: academic.oup.com/bib/article/...

MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration Abstract. Specialized or secondary metabolites are small molecules of biological origin, often showing potent biological activities with applications in ag

Check out the publication on MIBiG 4.0 here: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

I'll be coordinating the efforts along with others on the MIBiG 5.0 Annotathon team including: @marnixmedema.bsky.social, @TilmannWebber, @kblin.bsky.social, @mmzdouc.bsky.social, @jjjvanderhooft.bsky.social, @BarbaraTerlouw, and @ArjanDraisma.

📊 In 2024, the MIBiG 4.0 Annotathon brought together 267 participants from around the world and resulted in a 22% expansion of deposited BGCs. Researchers at all career stages are encouraged to participate. If you’re interested in helping shape the next release of MIBiG, we invite you to join us.

The MIBiG 5.0 Annotathon is coming soon, and registration is now open!

🧬 Does your research involve biosynthetic gene clusters? Do you love natural product biosynthesis? Do you have an interest in rare & exotic enzymes? We can use your help & expertise.

Register here 👉 forms.gle/C1cWcLHtrjT2...

Strategies for community-sourced biocuration in bioinformatics: a case study on MIBiG 4.0 Abstract. Biocuration is essential to transform molecular sequence data into standardized, machine-readable resources. Such curated datasets enable compara

And the perspectives article regarding the strategies and lessons learned from the MIBiG 4.0 Annotathons here: academic.oup.com/bib/article/...

MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration Abstract. Specialized or secondary metabolites are small molecules of biological origin, often showing potent biological activities with applications in ag

Check out the publication on MIBiG 4.0 here: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

I'll be coordinating the efforts along with others on the MIBiG 5.0 Annotathon team including: @marnixmedema.bsky.social @TilmannWebber, @kblin.bsky.social, @mmzdouc.bsky.social, @jjjvanderhooft.bsky.social, @BarbaraTerlouw, and @ArjanDraisma.

📊 In 2024, the MIBiG 4.0 annotathon brought together 267 participants from around the world and resulted in a 22% expansion of deposited BGCs.

Researchers at all career stages are encouraged to participate. If you’re interested in helping shape the next release of MIBiG, we invite you to join us.

The students in my lab just started a Bluesky account 🦋 -- give them/us a follow to see events, scientist spotlights, and announcements!