Reposted by Colman O'CathailEuropean Nucleotide Archive (ENA) @enasequence.bsky.social · 18/05/2026A new report puts a number on what open data is worth. £11.8bn/year The ENA's piece of that picture: petabytes of nucleotide sequence data, permanently archived and freely accessible the sequence layer beneath it all. Open data works because it's infrastructure. Proud to be part of it. 031
Colman O'Cathail @colmanoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The INSDC has today launched its minimal specifcations. This has been a huge amount of work over several years involving European Nucleotide Archive staff both past and present, but also our colleagues NCBI and DDBJ. 110
Reposted by Colman O'CathailEMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 18/11/2025Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health threat, making infections harder to treat and complicating routine medical care. EMBL-EBI’s new AMR portal brings together laboratory resistance data and bacterial genomes in one open platform. #WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t... 🧬💻ebi.ac.ukA new gateway to global antimicrobial resistance dataNew online portal connects bacterial genomes with experimental resistance data to support antimicrobial resistance research. 13618
Reposted by Colman O'CathailERGA - European Reference Genome Atlas @ergabiodiv.bsky.social · 27/10/2025All BGE genomes are openly available at the @enasequence.bsky.social - and can be accessed and downloaded by anyone, anywhere in the world. Head to the ERGA Data Portal to browse the data produced by #BGE and other #ERGA associated initiatives: portal.erga-biodiversity.eu/home 🖥️portal.erga-biodiversity.euERGA Data Portal 121
Reposted by Colman O'CathailEuropean Nucleotide Archive (ENA) @enasequence.bsky.social · 26/03/2025 🎉We are excited to launch the Data Hubs Portal! 🎉 This portal provides an interface for the Data Hubs at the ENA. To find out more about the Data Hubs Portal, visit the portal: www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/datahubs/ or see this post from EMBL-EBI: www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u....ebi.ac.ukENA Data Hubs Portal 0125
Reposted by Colman O'CathailGuerrino Macori @guerrinomacori.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Post-Doc position in AMR and bioinformatics at UCD. Deadline 17th January. Join our multidisciplinary team tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge research. Job ref: 017896 here: ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/ 054
Reposted by Colman O'CathailAndrew Page @andrewjpage.bsky.social · 10/01/2025I'm putting together a Microbial Bioinformatics starter pack to help get everyone connected in our community. Let me know if there are any bluesky users to be added and share so that twitter refugees can tune back in to the fantastic world microbes go.bsky.app/3ezLo7e 2810760
Reposted by Colman O'CathailEuropean Nucleotide Archive (ENA) @enasequence.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Proud to be part of the family of resources that brings such immense value to the global scientific community! Check out the survey results 👇 041
Reposted by Colman O'CathailEuropean Nucleotide Archive (ENA) @enasequence.bsky.social · 28/11/2024ENA is having its annual facilities day event! We kicked off the day getting our guests to break into groups an designing some flags they felt represented their groups! 031
Reposted by Colman O'CathailEuropean Nucleotide Archive (ENA) @enasequence.bsky.social · 27/11/2024You may have noticed that we have A LOT of posts on our feed. We have imported all our Tweets into BlueSky to make it easier for users to find their favourite posts! Please be aware, although these were all posted today, they will be marked with a "date archived" date when they were originally made 021
Reposted by Colman O'CathailEMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 20/11/2024 For those of you who don’t know us yet... 🟢 We’re one of the six sites of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory @embl.org 🟢 We manage the world’s most comprehensive suite of open data resources and tools for the life sciences Nice to meet you! 👋 🧬 🖥️ #MolBiol www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwrw...youtube.comEMBL-EBI: the home of big data in biologyYouTube video by European Bioinformatics Institute - EMBL-EBI 1246
Reposted by Colman O'CathailEMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 19/11/2024Not enough bioinformatics in your Bluesky feed? We’ve got you covered. Follow us for our latest news, exciting life science research, updates from our data resources, new tools and training resources. Haven't heard of EMBL-EBI? Take a look at what we’re working on. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/our-im...ebi.ac.ukOur impactWe provide open data that helps scientists understand life and that informs solutions to real-world problems, such as infectious diseases, climate change and food security. 07931
Colman O'Cathail @colmanoc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024To all my extended colleagues across the extended science social-verse, @enasequence.bsky.social is also available to be followed. Content and posts pending planning! 042
Colman O'Cathail @colmanoc.bsky.social · 27/04/2024The ability to post GIFs makes BlueSky the new leading social media platform. No question about it.media.tenor.comThe Office Steve Carell GIFALT: The Office Steve Carell GIF 110
Reposted by Colman O'CathailJustine Rudkin @scousemicrobe.bsky.social · 11/12/2023Come do a PhD with me at University of Glasgow. 3-year fully funded PhD for UK students. Friend to Foe: Colonisation as an Entry Point for S. aureus Infectionhttps://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/fully-funded-friend-to-foe-colonisation-as-an-entry-point-for-staphylococcus-aureus-infection/?p166823 01421
Colman O'Cathail @colmanoc.bsky.social · 30/11/2023Great day today discussing open data with ENA users today, getting improvement ideas for the service. It’s amazing the quantity of genomic data out there in the open, and it’s amazing to hear what people do with it. 020
Reposted by Colman O'CathailAlan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 18/10/2023Our latest paper is out now. The brilliant Chris Connor’s entire PhD in one paper. And I hope a new avenue of research opened in MDR E. coli journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... 1/n 58043
Colman O'Cathail @colmanoc.bsky.social · 12/10/2023Hi! New to BlueSky but I'm the Infection Biology Project Manager at the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). I work on all things relating to pathogen nucleotide data and metadata standards, plus coordinating dataflow. #HiSciSky #AcademicSky 0254