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Michael Alaux

@michaelalaux.bsky.social
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Deputy director of URGI at INRAE @urgi-inrae.bsky.social Chair of the WheatIS expert working group of the Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social Member of the IWGSC coordinating committee @wheatgenome.bsky.social

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Michael Alaux @michaelalaux.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I am delighted to celebrate 15 years of the Wheat Initiative! Proud to have been involved from the start alongside Hélène Lucas, Hadi Quesneville, and many outstanding scientists from INRAE and around the world. @wheatinitiative.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @urgi-inrae.bsky.social
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A huge thank you to the entire WI community for 15 years of collaboration, connection and impact! Let's celebrate together 🌾💚
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Loic Lepiniec @lepiniec.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Johann Confais @johannconfais.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📢 We (@clementgoubert.bsky.social @ritarebollo.bsky.social) are happy to share our new mini-review: “Computational Tools and Lessons Learned from Annotating Transposable Elements in Insect Genomes” doi.org/10.1016/j.co... #TransposableElements #TEannotation #InsectGenomics #Bioinformatics #TEsky 🧵👇
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Mariène Wan @marienewan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Aujourd'hui à la session posters de #JOBIM2026, venez échanger avec Étienne Bardet autour de son poster #40 : "RO-Crate as a metadata source for the FAIDARE global federation"
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Mariène Wan @marienewan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Anne‑Françoise Adam-Blondon a présenté aujourd’hui RDMkit lors du mini‑symposium “Orchestrating data flows throughout their lifecycle” #JOBIM2026. Une belle mise en lumière des outils et bonnes pratiques pour gérer les flux de données. @urgi-inrae.bsky.social @bioinfomics.bsky.social #ELIXIREurope
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Mariène Wan @marienewan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Venez rencontrer Mohamad Yassine à son poster #88 aujourd'hui et demain à #JOBIM2026 sur PASTEC, un outil incroyable pour classifier les éléments transposables 👍
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Michael Alaux @michaelalaux.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My presentation “Use of AI in wheat databases: overview and prospects” at the International Wheat Congress is available in open access: hal.inrae.fr/hal-05644777v1 @wheatis.bsky.social @wheatinitiative.bsky.social @urgi-inrae.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @spsplantsciences.bsky.social
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Michael Alaux @michaelalaux.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Trends in Plant Science’s 30th anniversary special issue highlights the article "Reassessing data management in increasingly complex phenotypic datasets" (Pommier et al. 2025) doi.org/10.1016/j.tp... @urgi-inrae.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @spsplantsciences.bsky.social
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Johann Confais @johannconfais.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🚨📢📄 Article in press in Genome Biology doi.org/10.1186/s130... We introduce panREPET, a reference-free pipeline to detect shared transposable element (TE) insertions across pangenomes and retrace their evolutionary dynamics #TEsky 🧵👇
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A reference-free pipeline for detecting shared transposable elements from pan-genomes to retrace their dynamics in a species - Genome Biology
Background The role of transposable elements (TEs) in host adaptation has gained interest in recent years. Individuals of the same species undergo independent TE insertions, providing genetic variabil...
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
🌾 Exciting insights from our WheatIS Expert Working Group! They are sharing experiences on Large Language Models and their impact on global wheat data. www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-wheatis
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EWG WHEATIS — Wheat initiative
An expert committee, led by Hadi Quesneville (INRA, France) and Mario Caccamo (TGAC, UK), initially produced a survey analysis of wheat research community needs. They submitted a proposal to set up a…
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Our Expert Working Group on Wheat Information Systems is sharing insights into Large Language Models (LLMs). Discover how LLMs can enhance data management! Find videos here: www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-wheatis #WheatConnect @michaelalaux.bsky.social
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EWG WHEATIS — Wheat initiative
An expert committee, led by Hadi Quesneville (INRA, France) and Mario Caccamo (TGAC, UK), initially produced a survey analysis of wheat research community needs. They submitted a proposal to set up a…
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BioinfOmics INRAE @bioinfomics.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Deux présentations de notre IR BioinfOmics aujourd'hui à l'AG IFB : 🔸 Panorama, un outils de visualisation et manipulation de graphes de pangénomes, par Matthias Zytnicki 🔹 Les services de FAIRification de données de @urgi-inrae.bsky.social par @michaelalaux.bsky.social
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Project PRO-WILD @projectpro-wild.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🌱 What drives a scientist to work on crop wild relatives? In this video, PRO-WILD coordinator Jacques Le Gouis from @inrae-france.bsky.social shares his motivation and the story behind the project. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qq... #CWR #PlantBreeding #PROWILD
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Spotlight Series: Jacques Le Gouis, PRO-WILD project coordinator
YouTube video by PRO-WILD
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URGI @urgi-inrae.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
We have made public the data from WP2 of the BreedWheat project. You can find this resources here wheat-urgi.versailles.inrae.fr/Projects/Bre... with the label WP2. You can find phenotyping data, genotyping data and association data.
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BreedWheat - WHEAT URGI
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Project PRO-WILD @projectpro-wild.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🌿 A milestone for PRO-WILD! We’re proud to share our first practice abstract, which lays out the project’s overall goals and the inner workings of how we’ll achieve them. Take a look at what PRO-WILD has planned 👉 lnkd.in/gJXA3n-M
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Odile H @holo-08.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Ingénieur de recherche Intelligence artificielle et sémantique jobs.inrae.fr/ot-27353 #job #openscience #emploi
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Ingénieur de recherche Intelligence artificielle et sémantique
Le poste est rattaché à Direction pour la Science Ouverte (DipSO), une direction placée sous la responsabilité du Directeur général délégué Science et Innovation. La DipSO développe une offre de services, produit des études et des prototypes, conseille/forme les acteurs de la science et de la stratégie en matière de science ouverte et de numérique pour la science. Elle rassemble, pour ce faire, des compétences diverses, complémentaires (documentation, informatique, scientifique, data science) pour assurer ses services et gérer des projets sur l’ensemble de son périmètre. Elle est organisée en quatre pôles.Son pôle Numérique pour la Science (Num4Sci) contribue à consolider la politique de l’établissement en matière de numérique scientifique, en assurant la mise à disposition d’outils et de services pour la science ouverte. Ces outils et services communs visent notamment à favoriser une pratique plus ouverte et collaborative de la science, et à permettre aux communautés scientifiques de profiter davantage des opportunités du numérique.Vous serez accueilli(e) au sein de l’équipe Données et Sémantique (D&S) du pôle Num4Sci de la DipSO. Vous contribuez à l’évolution des services en matière de gestion et d’analyse des données textuelles, qu'elles soient structurées ou non. Vous contribuerez à des projets dans ce domaine en étant force de proposition sur les technologies, outils et méthodes à utiliser. Vous assurerez une veille technologique, et contribuerez à la montée en compétences de vos collègues. Vous évoluerez dans un environnement stimulant, à l’interface entre la recherche académique et les applications concrètes en sciences des données.Votre mission consistera à conduire et mettre en œuvre des projets de développement de solutions applicatives (Python) basées sur des algorithmes de machine learning ou de deep learning visant à extraire des informations sur des productions scientifiques (publications, jeux de données) à partir de différents supports (fichiers PDF, jeux de métadonnées), et à les aligner avec des référentiels (structures, individus, thématiques, mots clés...) afin, par exemple,  Vous serez plus particulièrement en charge de :Mettre en œuvre des modèles d’extraction d’informations à partir de documents (NLP, LLM, etc.).Intégrer et consommer des API pour l’échange de données.Concevoir et déployer des pipelines ETL pour automatiser les flux de données.Conteneuriser les modèles/algorithmes dans des environnements Docker/Kubernetes.Mettre en place des mécanismes de suivi de performance et de détection de dérive des modèles.
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Michael Alaux @michaelalaux.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Nice paper of Jaegle et al. in Genome Biology : k-mer-based GWAS in a wheat collection reveals novel and diverse sources of powdery mildew resistance doi.org/10.1186/s130...
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k-mer-based GWAS in a wheat collection reveals novel and diverse sources of powdery mildew resistance - Genome Biology
Wheat genetic resources hold the diversity required to mitigate agricultural challenges from climate change and reduced inputs. Using DArTseq, we genotype 461 wheat landraces and cultivars and evaluat...
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Mariène Wan @marienewan.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Venez me voir au poster 2, pour découvrir l'URGI, une plateforme bio-informatique @urgi-inrae.bsky.social @jobim2025.bsky.social #JOBIM2025 #URGI #INRAE
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URGI @urgi-inrae.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
ELIXIR has released a position paper on open biodata, more information here elixir-europe.org/news/positio... or here www.linkedin.com/posts/elixir...
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ELIXIR position paper on securing open biodata resources for European competitiveness | ELIXIR
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Unité INRAE MaIAGE @inrae-maiage.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
We are #hiring a CDD for a 7 ans period on Ingénieur-e en développement de systèmes d'information, starting 2025-09-01. Application to Loux Valentin, valentin.loux@inrae.fr, Schbath Sophie, sophie.schbath@inrae.fr by 2025-06-20. More information at maiage.inrae.fr/node/3327
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🌾 @Wheatinitiative.bsky.social 's 2024 Annual Report is available! Discover our global efforts in sustainable wheat research, including programs and outcomes from our Expert Working Groups. 🔗 Read the full report here: www.wheatinitiative.org/annual-reports #WheatResearch #GlobalCollaboration
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ANNUAL REPORTS — Wheat initiative
Wheat Initiative would like to sincerely thank you for your interest in our work as a framework for international wheat research.
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🌾 Are you a early-career researcher in wheat research? Join the @WheatInitiative.bsky.social 's Early Career Researcher programme! Engage with global experts, contribute to shaping research priorities, and access workshops and meetings. Apply now: www.wheatinitiative.org/early-career...
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
It is with great pleasure that we provide you with our 2024 Annual Report! Please find the @WheatInitiative.bsky.social 2024 Annual report and previous editions her: 👇👇👇 wheatinitiative.org/annual-reports
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Explore our events section and discover a selection of meetings, workshops and conferences! Updated regularly to include activities form our Expert Working Groups and external wheat related activities! Engage with the wheat community and have a look here: 👇👇👇 www.wheatinitiative.org/events-1
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Find here the Wheat Initiative's workshops, Expert Working Group meetings and other external events. — Wheat initiative
Please find below our own workshops, Expert Working Group meetings and other external events, which share our focus concerning wheat research, food security and sustainable development.
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International Wheat genome Sequencing Consortium @wheatgenome.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
We are putting the spotlight on @michaelalaux.bsky.social, long-time IWGSC member & driving force behind the IWGSC Data Repository at URGI (INRAE). 🔗 Read his interview: wheatgenome.org/people/leade...
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Michael Alaux @michaelalaux.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
URGI will host the final meeting of the European #AGENT project in Versailles on 1-2-3 April. 2 and 3 April are open to the public for remote participation: urgi.versailles.inra.fr/About-us/New... @urgi-inrae.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social @bioinfomics.bsky.social
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AGENT final meeting in Versailles - URGI
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International Wheat genome Sequencing Consortium @wheatgenome.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
A round-up of the #IWGSC activities in 2024: Data & Highlights. 👉Check it out: www.wheatgenome.org/news/2024-sn...
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Wheat Initiative @wheatinitiative.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Check if you can make it to the EWG Phenotyping Field demo day!
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Project PRO-WILD @projectpro-wild.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Meet the 19 partners of PRO-WILD!🌍 Bringing together expertise from plant breeding, conservation, genomics, and agriculture, PRO-WILD unites leading organisations to conserve and use crop wild relatives for a more sustainable future. 🌾 Learn more: www.pro-wild.eu/partners #Biodiversity #Innovation
Group picture of the PRO-WILD consortium at the Kick-Off Meeting in Clermont-Ferrand.
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International Wheat genome Sequencing Consortium @wheatgenome.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🌟 What a fantastic evening we had celebrating 20 years of the IWGSC !!! 🌟 Relive the celebration through these links: 📸 Photos from the event – flic.kr/s/aHBqjBZ41N 🎥 Slideshow: 20 years in pictures – youtu.be/wBdnIY3-NzM
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URGI @urgi-inrae.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Great presentation from Michael Alaux in #BrAPI session #PAG2025, how the french community use BrAPI to share data between several tools
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International Wheat genome Sequencing Consortium @wheatgenome.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Michael Alaux @inrae-france.bsky.social URGI presenting the WheatIS Data Discovery Tool #IWGSC workshop #PAG32
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