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✨ NFDI4Microbiota wishes you a successful, healthy, and happy 2026! One of this year’s highlights will be our Annual Conference, taking place September 15–17. 📅 Save the date and stay tuned — more details coming soon! #NFDI #rdm #microbiology #OpenScience

Dear #Microbiology community 🧫 2025 was a great year for #NFDI4Microbiota: widely used #FAIR services launched, expanded #training activities, and strengthened collaborations across #NFDI. Highlight: our Annual Conference in Cologne. We wish you a peaceful Christmas and relaxing holidays! 🎄✨

Save the Date! 📅 The NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2026 will take place 15–17 September 2026 and will be a joint event with other biodata-related NFDI consortia. Stay tuned for more details! #onenfdi #NFDI4Microbiota #rdm #microbiota

☕ Grab your coffee and join our next NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk! 📅 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 | 14:30–15:30 CET 🎙️ Justine Vandendorpe (ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences) 💬 “Access Control, Data Protection & Security in Digital Microbiology Research”. More info here: tinyurl.com/5y7h6wfh

The NFDI BioMed IG met Dec 2–4 at ZB MED Cologne to advance collaboration toward #onenfdi. Teams from @ghga.bsky.social, @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social, NFDI4Health, NFDI4Immuno & NFDI4Microbiota aligned on shared services, joint outreach, and metadata needs strengthening the path to a unified #NFDI.

We're excited to release metaTraits.embl.de! 🦠 Interactively explore 140+ 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀, harmonized & integrated from culture-derived collections 🔬 & genome-based predictions 🧬 for >2M MAGs & genomes. Publication at NAR: doi.org/10.1093/nar/... @narjournal.bsky.social #microsky 🧵 1/8

🚀 New publication: StrainInfo – the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers by the NFDI4Microbiota consortium by members at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social ! A centralised FAIR resource for microbial strain data doi.org/10.1093/data...

Need a hand with your #Nextflow or #nfcore pipeline? Join our weekly drop-in session — every Friday 10–11 CET with Daniel Straub (Uni Tübingen). Ask questions, get tips, and connect with the community! 📍 Zoom: tinyurl.com/mwz84xvb#Nextflow#nfcore#Bioinformatics #OpenScience #NFDI4Microbiota

📢 Calling all microbiology researchers, software devs & data-management enthusiasts! Join the NFDI4Microbiota Knowledge Base Coding Sprint!💻 📅 Nov 24–25, 2025 | Jena + online ✅ Contribute to content & code for better data management in microbiology. 👉 Details: tinyurl.com/bddw5eva

☕ Grab your coffee and join our next NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk! 📅 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 | 14:30–15:30 CET 🎙️ Daniel Straub (QBiC Tübingen) 💬 “Meta-omics Analysis at a Bioinformatics Core Facility – As FAIR as Possible”. More info here: nfdi4microbiota.de/c...

Yesterday, we had a great review for our second DFG funding period! 🚀 Many thanks to to the reviewers and the @dfg.de for the valuable and constructive discussion that offered insightful perspectives on our work. Thanks also to @nfdi.de and York Sure-Vetter for their ongoing support!

🧬✨ Online Workshop: Data Visualization for Biological Sciences Create clear, compelling visuals for genomic data using R, Python & Inkscape. 💡 Hands-on, team-based, #NFDI4Microbiota training. 🗓 Nov 18–20, 2025 | Register by Nov 2: events.hifis.net/event/3045/ #Bioinformatics #DataViz #Genomics

That’s a wrap! 🎉 The NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025 ended with inspiring keynotes, exciting panels, engaging posters & workshops – and above all, a strong community spirit. 🙏 Huge thanks to all participants and our community for 3 days of knowledge-sharing and collaboration.

🚀 NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025 – Day 1 & 2! Highlights included: 🎤 A thought-provoking keynote by Alexandre Smirnov 💬 A lively panel discussion on bridging lab practices and scientific publishing 🤝 Engaging networking and community exchange session. Stay tuner for day 3!

We’re heading to Jena for two exciting events! 📍 DGHM 2025 – 24 Sept Workshop: Data madness: Navigating Host Microbiomes Featuring VirJenDB – virus sequence discovery & analysis Details 👉 programme.conventus....

At our second visit to DMykG we had great discussions about data storage, bioinformatics, and RDM. Topics included data security, ELNs & data management plans. Encouraging to see the fungal research community engaging with these topics and we’re excited to keep building connections!

Submit a poster and present your research at the NFDI4Microbiota Conference in Cologne (30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025). The poster session offers a space for exchange between wet-lab scientists and bioinformaticians. Deadline: 11 September. Participation is free. Register here: events.hifis.net/eve...

Deadline extended! You can now register for the NFDI4Microbiota Conference until 11 September. 📅 30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025 | 📍 Cologne💡 Free participation, hands-on workshops, poster submissions, and networking for wet-lab scientists and bioinformaticians. Register here: events.hifis.net/eve...

The NFDI4Microbiota Conference (30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025, Cologne) is about turning best practices into daily research routines. Check out our workshops on research data management: Registration is free and open until 31 August. Details: events.hifis.net/eve...

The NFDI4Microbiota Conference takes place 30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025 at ZB MED, Cologne.💡 Motto: “From Lab to Publication – Bridging the Gap with Best Practices” | Free registration open until 31 August: events.hifis.net/eve... | Ambassadors receive travel & hotel reimbursement: nfdi4microbiota.de/c...

Planning, sequencing… and now analysis. 📊 ☕ Coffee Talk: Getting Your Microbiome Research on the Road – Managing Your Data using Qiita 🗓️ Aug 25, 2025 | 14:30 CEST 👉 More info: tinyurl.com/2m9jpf2p 👉 Workshop (Oct 22–24, Gießen): tinyurl.com/4w8mczh7

Have a great idea to support microbiology data infrastructure? Join our Flex Fund FAQ session on July 28, 14:30 CEST! 💡 Learn how to apply for funding – deadline is Aug 11. 🔗Zoom Meeting ID: 663 0110 3523 | Passcode: 166876 Learn more here: nfdi4microbiota.de/n... #NFDI4Microbiota #OpenScience

Try cloud-based microbiome workflows with CloWM—no installation needed! 📍 4th NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference |Cologne 📆 Oct 2 | Registration is free 🔗 events.hifis.net/eve...

Analyze 16S data without coding! Join us at the 4th NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 📆 Sept 30 | Registration is free 🔗 events.hifis.net/eve...

Join our NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk: Ivan Belyaev @microverse.bsky.social presents BEXIS2, a flexible platform for microbiology metadata. June 30 at 14:30 CEST. More info here: tinyurl.com/mudhdnra

Das Konsortium @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social schreibt die NFDI4Microbiota Flex Funds Calls aus. Frist für Einreichungen ist der 11. August 2025 forschungsdaten.info/nachrichten/... #Forschungsdaten #Forschungsdatenmanagement #FDM #RDM #OpenScience

🧫 Registration is open! Join the 4th NFDI4Microbiota Conference in Cologne 📅 Sept 30–Oct 2 | Theme: From Lab to Publication Hands-on workshops, keynotes, posters | Registration is free 📝 Register by Aug 31: events.hifis.net/eve... #FAIRdata #Microbiome

🎉 It’s World Microbiome Day! Let’s celebrate the microbes that keep us healthy 🌱🧠🧬 At NFDI4Microbiota, we help researchers share & reuse microbiome data—across disciplines, FAIR & open. 🔗 nfdi4microbiota.de #CelebrateMicrobes #WMD2024

Join our NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk: Ivan Belyaev @microverse.bsky.social presents BEXIS2, a flexible platform for microbiology metadata. June 30 at 14:30 CEST. More info here: tinyurl.com/mudhdnra

The #NFDI4Microbiota Flex Funds Call 2026 opens June 16! Support for infrastructure, workflows, training & more in microbiology. Deadline: Aug 11. Details: nfdi4microbiota.de/n...#NFDI4Microbiota#OpenScience #FAIRdata

Join NFDI4Microbiota as a participant for 2026–2031! Gain early access to tools, bilateral exchange via an early-career ambassador, and targeted support for ELNs, DMPs, SOPs & FAIR data. Apply by June 10, 2025: www.nfdi4microbiota....

Join NFDI4Microbiota as a participant for 2026–2031! Gain early access to tools, bilateral exchange via an early-career ambassador, and targeted support for ELNs, DMPs, SOPs & FAIR data. Apply by June 10, 2025: www.nfdi4microbiota....

📅 Save the Date: NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference in Cologne, 29 Sep–2 Oct 2025! Free, open to all hands-on workshops & scientific talks on microbial data integration. Network and shape the future of microbiome research. Details coming soon! #NFDI4Microbiota

New training alert! 🚨 NFDI4Microbiota & DZIF offer an Intro to R online course (June 23–25, 2025). Ideal for beginners in R & bioinformatics. Apply by June 6: events.hifis.net/eve... #RStats #OpenScience #Microbiome

🚨 We're Hiring! Join our NFDI4Microbiota team at Friedrich Schiller University Jena as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Bioinformatics! 📍 Location: Jena, Germany. Apply here: tinyurl.com/2mfm8y5b

You’re invited to the 7th Community Workshop on 15 May 2025, 1-3 pm CEST! 🎉 Join NFDI4Microbiota for an exciting session of idea-sharing and collaboration. Find more info here : tinyurl.com/yy2xjf2e

Don´t miss our coffee talk today!

Join our next Coffee Talk on 28 April at 14:30 CEST! @podlesny.bsky.social (EMBL) presents SameStr—a new tool for strain-resolved metagenomics. Track microbes with high precision. 🔗 Zoom: ID 687 6408 9023 | PW: 826218 #Microbiome #Metagenomics #OpenScience

If you generate, or use MAGs, you should really read the work we have done benchmarking their limitations. Using complex mock communities (70 species), we assessed how deeply you need to sequence to accurately conduct common metaG analyses. Webwere shocked to see even HQ MAGs are often chimeric!

Thanks for a great #VAAM2025 in Bochum! We enjoyed connecting at the NFDI4Microbiota booth, poster, and symposium on ELNs, metadata & workflows. Grateful for all the inspiring chats! #FAIRData #Microbiology

📢 Hiring! NFDI4Microbiota seeks a Project Manager (m/w/d) at ZB MED, Cologne. 18-month, full-time role (parental leave replacement), TV-L 13. Start: April 15, 2025. Apply by March 30! More info: www.zbmed.de/ueber-u...

Do you want to do statistics in R? Join our "Basic Statistics in R" course by @NFDI4Microbiota and @DZIF. Learn to summarize data, identify patterns, and use linear regression for predictive modeling in biological datasets. Register by April 13! tinyurl.com/33pssnd7 Online | Free

Join us at the #NFDI4Mcirobiota Symposium at the VAAM 2025 in Bochum! Learn about NFDI4Microbiota's data management solutions for microbiologists—ELNs, metadata, strain info & best-practice workflows. Drop by our booth & poster! Program:tinyurl.com/2h7d73be

Are you interested in microbial proteins? 🦠🔬 Join our NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk on Feb 24, 2:30 PM CET! Thomas Hitch (RWTH Aachen) will present a method that increases protein detection, revealing hidden groups in the gut microbiome. More info here: tinyurl.com/mudhdnra

Major Milestone Alert! Today at the NFDI Zwischenberichtssymposium 2025 in Bonn, we presented the results of our NFDI4Microbiota consortium over the last three years! We’re incredibly proud of our team’s contributions and grateful for the collaboration across the NFDI network!

The Joint NFDI & de.NBI Metagenomic Training Course 2025 (1–3 April, Braunschweig) offers hands-on training in metagenomics, nextflow & cloud workflows. 🔗 Apply by 3rd March: events.hifis.net/event/2169/ 🚀 No fee, but travel/accommodation costs apply! By @denbi.bsky.social @helmholtzhzi.bsky.social

🧫 Join us online on Feb 20, 2025, from 9 AM-12 PM for a session on Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs)! Led by @denbi.bsky.social & @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social experts, this course covers setup, best practices, collaboration & security in ELNs. Read more: www.denbi.de/training-cou... #RDM #ELN

👥 Trainers: Helena Schnitzer, Clemens Thölken, Justine Vandendorpe, Michael Vockenhuber, Daniel Wibberg A workshop from @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social and @denbi.bsky.social 👉 www.zbmed.de/ueber-u... #ELN #ElectronicLabNotebook #ResearchDataManagement #Microbiology