RGD welcomes the Black Rat (Rattus rattus)! The new Black Rat portal links genome information with data resources, and to RGD tools suite for comparative analyses with RGD's other species. To explore go to: rgd.mcw.edu/wg/blackrat/ Photo courtesy of Kevin R. Grazier Ph.D.

Incredibly honored to be awarded the #Drosophila Community Service Award this morning at #Dros26. A huge 'thank you' to all our users and all the data generators whose hard work has made our own possible. Look for our completely revised interface with improved search & download coming soon!

#Yeast #Genetics Meeting 2026 is in June - Abstract deadline is TODAY! Submit your abstract, attend the meeting this summer in Pacific Grove, CA at #Asilomar Conference Grounds, a 107-acre protected coastal state park located on the Monterey Peninsula. #Yeast26 #YGM2026 genetics-gsa.org/yeast-2026/

🎤 Invited Speaker Spotlight – #Biocuration2026 We’re excited to welcome Dr Mónica Muñoz Torres (University of Colorado Anschutz). Her work focuses on building the socio-technical foundations for trustworthy AI in biomedical science, spanning genomics, biocuration, and data harmonisation.

PDB Reaches a New Milestone: more than 250,000 entries

Time to think about submitting an abstract to #BOSC2026! The deadline for submitting talk/poster abstracts is April 9. (There is an additional late poster round that closes in May, but those late submissions won't be considered for talks.) www.open-bio.org/events/bosc-... #OpenSource #OpenScience

Our #OxFOS26 session "Cultivating FAIR data across disciplines" is happening tomorrow 13.00–15.00 GMT! Please join @mattcannontf.bsky.social @becktaylorgrant.bsky.social and all of the people and groups mentioned in the @dri.ie's post below! openaccess.ox.ac.uk/oxfos

🎤 Keynote Speaker Spotlight – #Biocuration2026 We welcome Dr @Melek Chaouch (Institut Pasteur of Tunisia & African Genomics Data Hub 🇹🇳), advancing genomics, bioinformatics, and data standardisation to strengthen African genomic research. Join us at #IBC2026. #Bioinformatics #Genomics #Africa

From #OUP s @bioinfoadv.bsky.social journal | Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature #curation | #Bioinformatics #AI #LLM #OpenScience #Biocuration | 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 ⬇️ academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

🆕 The @biogeneurope.bsky.social project - which now gives way to BGE+ - represented a landmark in European research collaboration, bringing together the #DNAbarcoding (@iboleurope.bsky.social) and #reference #genomes (@ergabiodiv.bsky.social) communities. 🔓 Grant Proposal: doi.org/10.3897/rio.....

A discussion on whether #DDI #metadata #standards need MIME types sparked the formation of the Metadata Publication & Access Working Group (MPAWG)! Learn more & join our next meeting: bit.ly/4lrGuel 📅 Wed, 25 Mar 2026, 16:00 CET / 15:00 UTC

we're hosting our next virtual conference series session "Curation Beyond Biocuration" next Monday, March 9th at 08:00–09:30 PT | 17:00–18:30 CET 📅 add to your calendar: calendar.app.google/AHeteeaeDzES... ℹ️ more info: www.biocuration.org/events/biocu...

🔬✨ New in 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐀𝐜𝐭! 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 (Nat Commun 2022) now integrated into IntAct - bringing high-quality, quantitative protein-protein interactions to the database.

Huge news 🌍🧬 The Protist 10,000 Genomes Project is joining the Earth BioGenome Project. Protists may represent the majority of eukaryotic diversity — yet only a tiny fraction have reference genomes. Time to change that. 🚀✨ Learn more 👉 ngdc.cncb.ac.cn/p10k/ #EBP #Protists #Genomics #TreeOfLife

This #RareDiseaseDay we’re highlighting how data sharing supports diagnosis, research & families living with rare conditions. Watch to find out how access to rare disease data can help families better understand their children’s conditions. @uniquecharity.bsky.social @geneticallianceuk.bsky.social

One genome changed everything. The Human Genome Project showed us that: • reference genomes are scientific infrastructure • open data accelerates discovery • collaboration makes scale possible Those same principles now power a far bigger vision — understanding life across the entire Tree of Life. 🌳🧬

Additionally, we are again looking for proposals for the Global South. These proposals will differ from the standard Workshop programme as we will bring the event to your region. Find out more at biologists.com/workshops/pr... #BiologistsWorkshops

🎤 Invited Speaker Spotlight – #Biocuration2026 We’re delighted to welcome Dr Kobus Herbst (Africa Health Research Institute) as an Invited Speaker at #IBC2026. A leader in public health and population research, his work strengthens global health research systems.

What is #HMCA? HMCA is committed to maintaining social science research data for the long term, for the benefit of future researchers, and to assist #RWJF data creators in meeting grant stipulations. Learn more here: myumi.ch/P3MM7 @rwjf.org @icpsr.bsky.social

Last November, COS announced efforts to develop a community-driven strategic plan for ensuring long-term preservation, accessibility, and usability of federally-funded scientific data. Our latest blog post shares an update on the planning process. 💡 Learn more & give input:

Great lab to go learn #bioinformatics, in the great city of #Montréal! #summerJob #summerintern

📈Data Alert!📈 ICPSR offers new and updated data to meet your research needs. Perfect for researchers, students, and data enthusiasts. Start exploring! Check it out ➡️ http://myumi.ch/ICPSR-new-releases #NewReleases #DataUpdate #DataDriven

The 2026 Nature Awards for Inspiring Women in Science call for entries is open! One winner in each category, Scientific Achievement and Science Outreach, will receive a $50,000 prize, networking opportunities and more.  Apply before April 8 here: go.nature.com/4qxGZoH #WomeninSTEM

🛑 Engineering stop buttons: CRISPR KiSS system in #Yeast conditionally targets essential genes to inhibit growth. Dual gRNA approach improves performance as researchers continue optimizing for cell factory applications 🧬 #YeastResearch 🧪 #SGD #SyntheticBiology www.yeastgenome.org/reference/S1...

🎤 Keynote Speaker Spotlight – #Biocuration2026 Meet Prof. Ruth Lovering (University College London), a leader in biocuration for over 25 years and contributor to HGNC, Gene Ontology & IMEx. We are honoured to welcome her as a Keynote Speaker at #IBC2026. #Biocuration #Bioinformatics

🔊 Don’t miss this great opportunity to learn all about annotating eukaryotic genomes in this online course offered by @earlhaminst.bsky.social! 📅 Registration deadline: March 22 More information below 👇 #genome #annotation #workshop #training @ebpgenome.bsky.social

Registration is now open for the first summer school, organised by the Belgian Social Sciences and Digital Humanities Archive (SODHA) and supported by EDDI. Join us in Brussels (4-7 May) Find out more at lnkd.in/eZY6jrVt

Scientific Committee Spotlight – #Biocuration2026 Meet Dr Verena Ras (University of Cape Town 🇿🇦), bioinformatics & genomics expert advancing training and capacity building across Africa. Honoured to have her on board! #IBC2026 #ScientificCommittee #Bioinformatics #Genomics

🔬 #Biocuration2026 Spotlight Dr Victoria Nembaware (UCT 🇿🇦) is advancing genomics, bioinformatics & data science training across Africa bridging research, education and real-world impact. #IBC2026 #Genomics #CapacityBuilding

🎤 Keynote Speaker Spotlight – #Biocuration2026 Meet Prof. Alan Christoffels (SANBI 🇿🇦), a leading African voice in bioinformatics, genomics & public health. We’re honored to welcome him as a keynote speaker at #IBC2026. 🌍🧬

It's that time again! Join us for our Office Hours this week: 📅 Wednesday, Feb 25, 1 pm ET / 10 am PT Zoom with FaceBase team members and ask questions about finding data, submitting data, citing data, and more things data! Click here to register: usc.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Why volunteer time to help reannotate the #Arabidopsis genome? Because it's an indispensable community resource, says Anireddy Reddy of Colorado State, one of the volunteer researchers behind #TAIR12 🧪 Read more: phoenixbioinfo.org/meet-the-vol... #plantscience #plantbiology

📚 New classroom-ready resource for #STEM educators! Students will analyze authentic population health data to strengthen data literacy and critical thinking skills in this Health Disparities in Cancer module. ➡️ Lesson plans, slides and activities included: www.jax.org/education-an... #iTeachBio

9 days left to submit a session proposal on the topic "Research and Robot-ready #Biodiversity #Data Standards?" for #tdwg2026 ⏳ Deadline: 26 February 2026 👇Further details: bdj.pensoft.net/news/1091

New #data paper out! Explore the comprehensive functional trait database for 1,636 understudied #endemic #taxa of the Greek #flora. This dataset provides critical insights into the unique #biodiversity of Greece 👇

📢 Call for submissions: "Beyond Digitization: Open Digital Curation of Collections-based Biodiversity Data." This topical collection aims to explore how #AI and human annotations can enhance #biodiversity #data and flow back to source systems. 📅 Deadline: 1 Sept 2026 Details 👇

🟢 Are you a researcher in #Switzerland involved in collecting species observations #data ? 🗺️🦋🐸🦉 🟣 Then you can help assess the needs, practices, & challenges on Swiss #biodiversity data mobilisation, publication, & sharing ! 🔵 How ? Fill this short survey: form.jotform.com/253342763497...

📢 🧬 NEW GENOME ALERT In #G3journal, Jaime Chaves and colleagues present genome assemblies of two rare bird species endemic to the Galápagos Islands by leveraging the @nanoporetech.com long-sequencing reads to generate real-time genetic data on site. (1/3) 🧵

We're excited to announce we're starting a podcast "Curate This!" where we interview (bio)curators and have them show us how they work (live!) In the first episode, we talked with @modcur.bsky.social about curating mouse alleles in @mousegenome.bsky.social 📺️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNwv...

Do you have a vision for a Workshop but don’t have the time to arrange the logistics or raise the funding? Submit your idea to us in our annual call for topics. We'll provide all necessary support for successful applications. Find out more at biologists.com/workshops/pr...

Deadline Feb. 23: ⏰ Don’t forget to submit your video this week for the ICPSR Data Communication Scholarship: https://myumi.ch/Xeo1y ✨ #Scholarship #HigherEd #data #ICPSR #LoveData26

Connecting Humanities Data with Galaxy The DaSCH and Galaxy are collaborating to link FAIR humanities data with reproducible analysis workflows. A new example shows how historical prints from 1494 were made machine-readable in Galaxy using OCR. galaxyproject.org/news/2026-02...

Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curation url: academic.oup.com/bioinformati... @elixiruknode.org @biocurator.bsky.social

From #OUP 's @bioinfoadv.bsky.social journal | Amos Bairoch (1957-2025): pioneer of bioinformatics and founder of Swiss-Prot | #Bioinformatics #Proteomics #OpenScience CC/ @sib.swiss 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓🇨🇭 ⬇️ academic.oup.com/bioinformati...

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #2026MMM (With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys) The season's upon us, it's that time of year! Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer, there's twists to these plots and there's stings to be stung, there's research to do and plenty of fun!

We are looking forward to the International Biocuration Conference 2026 🧬 @intbioconf2026.bsky.social @biocurator.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/intern...

Our partner project @fidelis-project.bsky.social will host a Data Reuse Workshop on 25 February - an excellent opportunity to enhance your data sharing and data reuse practices! Learn more about the workshops and how to register

🚨 We’re hiring! Our Functional Genomics team at @ebi.embl.org seeks a Full-Stack Software Engineer to work on Expression Atlas and Single-Cell Expression Atlas. ⏳ Less than a week left to apply - don’t miss out! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin... #Hiring #SoftwareEngineer

💖 Got a crush on data? Us too. 😍 Join us today for our ICPSR Data-Savvy Teaching Office Hours: Data Fair Edition during #LoveDataWeek! Let’s make data the heart of your classroom! 💌📊 🗓️ Friday, Feb 13, 2026 🕛 12 - 1 p.m. ET 🔗Register at myumi.ch/pVW5q#LoveDataWeek #LoveData26