valwood.bsky.social @valwood.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Now curated in @pombase.bsky.social www.pombase.org/reference/PM...pombase.orgPomBase, the S. pombe genome databasePomBase is a comprehensive database for the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, providing structural and functional annotation, literature curation and access to large-scale data sets 011
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialHiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comTreat biological databases as infrastructure, not projectsLetter to the Editor 0111
valwood.bsky.social @valwood.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curation url: academic.oup.com/bioinformati... @elixiruknode.org @biocurator.bsky.socialacademic.oup.comEmpowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curationAbstract. Biological knowledgebases facilitate discovery across the life sciences by structuring experimental findings into human-readable and computable f 157
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialJustin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 10/01/2026“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”forbes.comUruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The WorldUruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model. 208114534677
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 23/04/2025@defendpublichealth.bsky.social is asking people to show up at town halls between now and when Congress reconvenes at the end of the month. We need to push back against NIH cuts and political interference. 1/ 116793
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation. 449151537828
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialChris Mungall @cmungall.bsky.social · 06/06/2025This is a must-read piece by @math-rachel.bsky.social about AI evaluation, and how the system of reward and apportioning credit in AI research is broken rachel.fast.ai/posts/2025-0.... TL;DR -- we need deep fact checkers!rachel.fast.aiRachel Thomas, PhD - Deep learning gets the glory, deep fact checking gets ignoredan AI researcher going back to school for immunology 1147
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialRichard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 04/06/2025"a fascinating case study on the limits of AI in biology and the harms of current publishing incentives" rachel.fast.ai/posts/2025-0...rachel.fast.aiRachel Thomas, PhD - Deep learning gets the glory, deep fact checking gets ignoredan AI researcher going back to school for immunology 19345
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialCalli McMurray @callimcflurry.bsky.social · 04/06/2025FlyBase, a crucial resource for drosophila research, has lost its funding because its grant is awarded to Harvard. The team is scrambling to find other sources of funds, including donations from labs. Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl... @flybase.bsky.socialthetransmitter.orgFlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminationsThe team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat. 23647
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Please share. 🙏🏻 212116465593
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.orgstandupforscience2025.orgSTAND UP FOR SCIENCEMarch 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone. 6404400312016
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialMarc Bühler @marcbuhler.bsky.social · 27/02/2025The realignment of research in our group @fmiscience.bsky.social is beginning to bear fruit. Proud of our captain @merleskribbe.bsky.social and the whole team! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comA comprehensive Schizosaccharomyces pombe atlas of physical transcription factor interactions with proteins and chromatinTranscription factors (TFs) are key regulators of gene expression, yet many of their targets and modes of action remain unknown. In Schizosaccharomyce… 04315
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialPomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 26/02/2025This work is not only an amazing resource for the community, it is also a total masterclass in code reusability, data FAIRness and reproducibility. Hopefully, this is the future! 0145
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialGene Ontology @geneontology.bsky.social · 26/02/2025THE PAN-GO #FUNCTIONOME IS LIVE! Read our brand new #openaccess @nature.com paper and explore the PAN-GO Functionome, our most accurate and complete resource ever! Paper links, press release, how to contribute and more on the @alliancegenome.bsky.social Forums: community.alliancegenome.org/t/8343 11010
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialChris Mungall @cmungall.bsky.social · 26/02/202582% of human protein-coding genes now have robust, consistent functional annotations, thanks to the combined efforts of biocurators across the GO consortium, Model Organism Databases, SwissProt/UniProtKB, all based on explicit evolutionary modeling via PANTHER families! 0135
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialPomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 27/02/2025@pombase.bsky.social is proud to have contributed annotation to this extensive effort. Along with @flybase.bsky.social we also played a crucial role in improving annotation across species. Over 7 years, PomBase submitted ~600 PAINT update requests. @cambiochem.bsky.social 054
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics @sib.swiss · 26/02/2025Our director @dessimoz.bsky.social signed the GBC Open Letter calling for support to sustain global biodata resources. 👉 Read the letter: globalbiodata.org/open-letter-... #BioDataCounts 0115
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialmweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance. 5115020616292
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialOmar Rafael Regalado Fernández @mathchaos.bsky.social · 12/02/2025The Gulf of America is now the name for the northern portion of the Gulf of Mexico which sits on the Mexico Basin. Now is the time to be as pedantic as you can and journalists are dropping the ball. Sheinbaum already explained this in her morning press conference. 13912
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialBF Francis Ouellette @bffo.bsky.social · 08/02/2025From the 52 Biodata resources listed on the GCBR website globalbiodata.org/what-we-do/g... 24 exist in the US, and of those, 12 are NOT mirrored, officially. Of these 52 resources, 29 are supported by the NIH. If Trump/Musk continue, we are FUBARed! #Bioinformatics #Genomics #SciPo 🧬 🖥️ 🧪globalbiodata.orgList of Current Global Core Biodata Resources - Global Biodata CoalitionThe list of current Global Core Biodata Resources. 22118
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialPomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Since April, we have been busy curating pathways using GO-CAM pathway modelling. So far, 466 proteins (33 pathways) have been modelled. We have modelled signalling pathways, metabolic pathways, and other processes. The full list is here: www.pombase.org/documentatio..., and will increase weekly! 197
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialSaccharomyces Genome Database @yeastgenome.bsky.social · 15/01/2025If you are using bots to scrape SGD, please stop. You are overloading the database and adversely affecting other users. 061
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialPomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 24/11/2024go.bsky.app/D63c48C 53319
Reposted by @valwood.bsky.socialManuel Lera-Ramirez @manu-lera.bsky.social · 22/11/2024🚀 If you're passionate about Open Source in Bio, check out #ShareYourCloning! 🧬✨ It's a web app to plan and document molecular cloning & genetic engineering. We're looking for contributors and testers – every bit helps! 🙌🔬 🔗 try it: shareyourcloning.org 🎞️ demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0he...shareyourcloning.orgShareYourCloningA web application to generate molecular cloning strategies in json format, and share them with others. 21911
valwood.bsky.social @valwood.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Oops, I thought maybe I should join since I'm pestering everyone else to do it! @pombase.bsky.social 040