🌍 This week, we had the pleasure of providing training to the new cohort of life sciences postgraduate students at the University of Dundee. An array of topics were covered from the basics of multiple sequence alignment to AlphaFold structure quality in Jalview. All the best for the future! ✨

🕵️‍♂️ Attention sequence sleuths! 🕵️‍♀️ 🔎 Did you know you can detect similar sequences of protein, DNA and RNA in Jalview using PCA? This makes it easier for conserved regions, including functional subgroups, to be identified. ▶️ Watch our training video to find out how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdCx...

🗣️ Did someone say secondary structure? In this training video, Suzanne demonstrates how JPred4 can be used to perform secondary structure prediction jobs on single protein sequences. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwTk...

🚀 Jalview 2.11.5 is here! New features include: ✅ Tree visualisation for enhanced protein secondary structure analysis ✅ Consensus colouring for alignments and subgroups ✅ Improved command line options for 3D structure visualisation Plus, key bug fixes and performance improvements.

✅ Import genomics VCF files and analyse data like a pro! Watch Mungo as he outlines how genetic variant data can be imported into and visualised in Jalview using our signature CDS-protein split-screen feature. Link here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_lR...

🚀 Our latest AlphaFold video is out! Find out how you can discover hidden domains in your AlphaFold models using Jalview's PAE-focused cluster analysis. ▶️ Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQC8...

📣 Working with AlphaFold's PAE? The latest instalment in our 'Protein Model Quality' series may be of help! Find out how you can visualise the metric with your alignments and 3D structures in Jalview. ▶️ Watch the new training video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jowU...

🖼️ Did you know you can export high-quality images from Jalview? Find out how coloured alignments, phylogenetic trees and PCA plots can be turned into vibrant publication-worthy figures - all with the click of a few buttons. ▶️ Watch our training video on the topic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSov...

🌼 Jalview and The Daffodil DNA Project were at the 2025 Conference @associationscied.bsky.social this weekend with colleagues from James Hutton. 🧬Lots of chats with folks about all things bioinformatics, DNA sequencing, multiple sequence alignment and protein structure!

💡Alignment aficionados! Ever wondered how to easily use your favourite alignment methods? ClustalO, TCoffee, MAFFT, MUSCLE and more can be accessed from Jalview to align protein, DNA and RNA sequences. ⏩ Refresh your insights with our instructional video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Majc...

🚀 Structure alert: Discover protein models in Jalview using the 3D Beacons network. Browse thousands of experimental and predicted structures from Protein Data Bank, AlphaFold, SWISS Model and more with the click of a few buttons! ▶️ Watch our instructional video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDZ...

👀 Visualise pathogenic variants in Jalview's protein-CDS split screen window as you map these onto your favourite 3D molecular viewer! We have PyMol, ChimeraX, UCSF Chimera and JMol available for your analyses. Watch our 'Genome to Function' video to find out how: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e/6a...

💡Protein lovers - a brand NEW video exploring AlphaFold's pLDDT score in Jalview is out! Find out how you can select, hide and colour your alignments using this 3D structure prediction confidence metric. ▶️ Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVCM...

💡Calling all visualisation enthusiasts - did you know Jalview can help you bring your alignments to life in more ways than one? Experience the beauty of molecular graphics with four 3D viewers - PyMol, UCSF Chimera, JMol and ChimeraX - all accessible from Jalview!

💡Curious about intrinsically disordered regions in your proteins? Jalview's got answers - FOUR of them, infact! Many disease-associated proteins, including those involved in neurodegenerative disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's and Parkinson's) and cancer, contain IDRs.

👩‍🎓Last month, 60% of our YouTube audience was women. This International Women's Day, we are celebrating all the trailblazing women who watch our training videos online. 💕 Thank you for supporting our educational content! Watch here: www.youtube.com/@jalviewtrai... #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

❓Got a burning question you'd like to ask us? Help is a few clicks away! ✏️ Simply sign up to Jalview's Discourse and pop in your inquiries. We'll get right back to you! ⬇️ Link below: ⬇️ discourse.jalview.org

✨Fun fact: Jalview can help you predict the secondary structures of proteins consisting of alpha-helices and beta-strands! 💡In this training video, Suzanne introduces the JPred server and explores various prediction methods for sequences. ⤵️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW3k...

🏅Our award-winning Jalview Schools Workbook can help you power through A Level or AP Biology as you revise for your exams. 🦣 From the coronavirus to the woolly mammoth, we've got many exciting aspects from the world of genomics covered. ⬇️ Check it out today: www.jalview.org/schools/Scho...

💡Did you know you can use Jalview to view the coding DNA of your protein sequences? This can help you explore the effect of genetic mutations on proteins in 3D. The first video of our 'Genome to Function' mini-series shows you how to do this. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFMJ...

All Jalview services should now be back. If you have any problems please contact us for help.

folks. We have a technical issue currently being looked at by @UoD_DTS that is affecting all @dundeeuni @UoDLifeSciences @gjbarton.bsky.social services. More news as we have it...

2024 was a fun year for us at Jalview! We've been busy, so here's a little 'scrapbook' for you to see all the exciting things we got up to last year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Cf...

Just setting up a Jalview presence here on @bsky.app . For more information about Jalview, see www.jalview.org. Jalview core development is carried out in @gjbarton.bsky.social group at the University of Dundee.