Monoclonal antibodies are 50! 🎂 The story of their discovery shows how the free exchange of ideas can revolutionize molecular biology & lead to life-changing treatments. It was a kind of scientific ‘relay race’. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41... @nature.com (now & in 1975)

Gabry Rustici giving the keynote for the Education track #ISMBECCB2025

Just as Chris launched into the topic of knowledge censorship, the AI transcription and the slides stopped working. Coincidence?? 🤔 #BOSC2025

Full house for James Zhou's #ISMBECCB2025 keynote!

"We build an entire building each time we get money, but nobody builds the roads in between" Susheel Varmar 'ranting' about the lack of interoperability planning resulting in the inability to integrate data. #BOSC2025

"it's the thing that doesn't get you papers (curation, wrangling, governance) that enables AI projects" Couldn't agree more with Susheel Varmar @sagebio.bsky.social #BOSC2025 #ISMBEBBC2025

Now up in #BOSC2025 is our Ed Board Member @monimunozto.bsky.social talking about the AI/ML readiness of biomedical data through the Bridge2AI project #ISMBECCB2025 #ISMB2025

Data cataloguing is so important for good data management. However, it seems that data catalogue silos are inevitable. If we could agree allowed metadata formats (csv, json, ttl?), to enable metadata interoperability, could that provide some mitigation to siloing? #ISMBECCB2025 #BOSC2025

Inspiring talk by Iain Buchan about the impact of the NHS 'Data into Action' programme, which has been active in Merseyside over the last few years. #ISMBECCB2025 Take home for me: Digital poverty is a significant impediment to good health in an increasingly digital health service

@nomiharris.bsky.social kicking off #BOSC2025 at #ISMBECCB2025

The OG of biocuration Amos Bairoch giving us insight into what makes a good biocurator (an autistic Samurai to knowledge) in the morning keynote at #ISMBECCB2025 #ISMB2025

Love the idea of figuring out how to increase dopamine hits (or biscuits) to encourage submissions to bioscience resources! #ISMBECCB2025 UI design and UX are underappreciated considering their importance in guiding user behaviour

Really interesting Q&A following Amos Bairoc's #ISMBECCB2025 keynote. Seems to be an understanding that we cannot rely only on public funds for bioscience resources. IMHO it would be worth exploring micropayments for access to individual records, with 'credit' for biocuration contributions.

Wonderful #ISMBECCB2025 keynote from Amos Bairoch, giving a whistle stop tour of attitudes to #biocuration over the last 45 years. I'll certainly be reusing the phrase "the F in #FAIRdata does not mean free"!

On my way to Liverpool for #ISMBECCB2025, and very much looking forward to taking part in the #BOSC Data Sustainability panel!

Absolutely shocking situation for a key model organism database. www.philanthropy.cam.ac.uk/give-to-camb... (If you want to know what we have learned from studying fruit flies, this video gives a nice overview www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjWG...)

I'm attending #ISMBECCB2025 in Liverpool, United Kingdom from July 20-24. Who else is going? Register here and don't miss it! invt.io/1bxbt6762vn

NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy - An exclusive story from the Nature News team This NIH move threatens thousands of collaborative projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more 🧪 #AcademicSky #MedSky @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It’s 30 years since The Beijing Declaration when world leaders agreed how to achieve equal rights, opportunities, power & safety for women & girls. A @natureportfolio.nature.com collection gives a snapshot of progress & where we could/should do better #womeninSTEM www.nature.com/collections/...

1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Really pleased to see the Global Biodata Coalition white paper out. Especially important in these troubled times globalbiodata.org/white-paper-...

"We cannot leave it to the Musks and Zuckerbergs of this world to set the bounds of free speech for billions of people around the world. "We cannot leave it to them to control the flow of information – and misinformation – to so many voters, in so many democracies." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

Sad that my first post here is on the devastating news about the NIH, but it's completely in keeping with my motivation to stop using Twitter. I am hopeful that we can create a new open science and FAIR data community network here instead.

Today the Trump admin abruptly and indefinitely terminated many of the activities of the National Institutes of Health, the $50B/year collection of agencies that power the US biotech and health ecosystems. Even if these orders were lifted tomorrow, the disruption would be enormous. Why care? 🧵