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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

In case you missed Sebastian Scharf’s exciting presentation about “Investigating microbiomes and host–pathogen interactions using Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) long-read sequencing” or you would like to rewatch it – it is now available in our WGGC webinars playlist on YouTube! buff.ly/yxZmDic

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You missed Joana Bernardes’ exciting talk about “Connecting the Layers: A Hypothesis-Driven Approach to Multi-Omics Integration” or would like to rewatch it? It's out now on YouTube! buff.ly/A0pF2fs The presented data is available as preprint on buff.ly/Wi4FZcW Enjoy!

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Dr. Joana Bernardes | Connecting the Layers: A Hypothesis-Driven Approach to Multi-Omics Integration

In this webinar, I will present a biology-first approach to multi-omics integration in a mouse model of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) — deliberately moving beyond black-box frameworks such as…

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

In case you have missed Julian Uszkoreit's presentation in our WGGC webinar series on "Leveling the Playing Field: How post-processing harmonizes peptide identification across proteomics search engines", this is your chance to (re)watch it! youtu.be/BDPG6Jwf4is

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Our next WGGC Webinar will be held on TUESDAY, June 6th, 11-12 a.m.! This time, we will dive into proteomics bioinformatics with Julian Uszkoreit, RUB. Register here! buff.ly/w8rK9p1

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Our next WGGC Webinar will be held on TUESDAY June 16th, 11-12 a.m.! This time, we will dive into proteomics bioinformatics with Julian Uszkoreit, RUB. Register here: buff.ly/w8rK9p1

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We are thrilled to announce that our first WGGC Webinar in the new design is now available on YouTube! buff.ly/fbdG23g In case you missed Sebastian's @sebtriesch.bsky.social exciting presentation about "Decoding plant gene regulation with machine learning" - This is your opportunity to watch it!

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This event was a blast! More than 100 participants have filled the room and we've enjoyed lively chats with guests🙂 Which topic shall we prepare for the next Public Lecture with the Panel Discussion? Whom should we invite as a Speaker? Let us know!

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

TOMORROW: join us to celebrate a special milestone - the launch of our new NovaSeq X Plus in Cologne! April 22 | 09:15 – 14:00 | Seminar Room, CMMC, and CCG Register: buff.ly/n21NqxD Lively program - scientific talks, fresh insights, guided tour. From 12:00 onwards - CCG Yard - networking lunch

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Cologne CMMC/CCG Novel Technologies Seminar | on-site 19.03. | 10:00-15:00 From Images to Insights: High-Resolution Spatial Transcriptomics Using Xenium 10x Genomics at the Cologne Center for Genomics Details: buff.ly/fgG6u4z | Register: buff.ly/0gtAkkb

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Ist die DNA der Schlüssel zu unserer Gesundheit? Im Bürger-Universitätsprogramm letzte Woche disktuierten Prof. Dr. Dagmar Wieczorek, Prof. Dr. Klaus Pfeffer und Prof. Dr. Heiner Fangerau mit dem Publikum nach einem fesselnden Vortrag von Dr. Anna-Maria Möller.

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de.NBI & ELIXIR Germany @denbi.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

@denbi.bsky.social is the next days at the #EPPS25 in Bonn. We teamed up with @wggc-de.bsky.social for a workshop and with #phenet for a booth. #plant #phenomics @sebastianbeier.bsky.social

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🧬 🐭 Hosted "Türen auf mit der Maus" buff.ly/DqeVhkK, where 60+ kids extracted banana DNA and explored densities. Huge thanks to our team for their support. Refreshments by EOTH e.V. eoth.info Join us next year!

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

23rd October - HHU Düsseldorf O.A.S.E.: Bio Data Science Evening - let's meet! Register | on-site event buff.ly/908PxLd CASE STUDIES IN TRANSLATIONAL MULTIOMICS David Koppstein, PhD | DKFZ, DKTK Partner Site Essen/Düsseldorf

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Call for Questions: join our next Data Analysis Club – an open online session to get support and connect with others. When: June 10, 2025 | Tuesday Time: 10:00–11:00 AM (CEST), online Register and submit your question here buff.ly/rBmEgt4

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Explain Podcast: Listen to the special episode about immunology! Tune in now: - Choose the platform you like: buff.ly/RXBDYLv - Spotify: buff.ly/BYXzSXu

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

🧬 Two studies just dropped in @nature.com, diving deeper into human DNA than ever before. The 1000 Genomes Project datasets reanalyzed, centromeres decoded, and rare variants revealed. 👏 to our colleagues for being part of this landmark research effort! Link (DE): www.medizin.hhu.de/news-detaili...

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TUD | Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB) @cmcb-tud.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🎉 What a week! The 5th NGS-CN Summer School organized by @dcgenomecenter.bsky.social and @ngscn-de.bsky.social brought 200+ researchers together to dive into Spatial Transcriptomics Talks, hands-on training & insights into gene expression tech. Read more ➡️ tud.link/1turh3 #CMCBnews

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Hey there! Do you struggle with your sequencing data analysis? ➡️ If yes, join our upcoming WGGC Data Analysis Club | July 08, 2025 | 10:00 AM (CEST), online Registration: Scan the QR code or use this link buff.ly/vw25MlL :: Looking forward to your questions!

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Announcement for our upcoming "Long Re(ad)volution" Workshop When? 07.07.-09.07.25 Where? Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf | one day online Register here: buff.ly/YUZz716

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🍃 New Explain Podcast Episode :: this time Singular genomics, Galaxy bioinformatics tool and couple funny facts about DNA structure | ATAC-seq Choose platform over here buff.ly/pdPBoE0 Here is to Spotify: buff.ly/gxb9fTW

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Call for Questions: Struggling with sequencing data analysis? Join our next Data Analysis Club – an open online session to get support and connect with others. When: June 10, 2025 | Tuesday Time: 10:00–11:00 AM (CEST), online Registration: Scan the QR code or use this link buff.ly/w9VpU6Q

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Join our "Bioinformatics Essentials" Workshop | 10.06.25 (10:00-17:00) at Life & Brain in Bonn. Ideal for beginners in computational biology, covers command line basics, data handling, file manipulation, transcriptomic datasets, and NGS data visualization | Python.

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Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network | NGS-CN @ngscn-de.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

What's up? We're in a full "NGS-CN Summer School on Spatial Transcriptomics" mode, yuhuuu!

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Join our bioinformaticians online to get support with your NGS data questions, including long-read data, WGS, WES, RNA-seq, and single-cell sequencing. Learn and find suitable analysis workflows for your project. Apply by scanning the QR code or through this link: buff.ly/wkWg8pt

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Der Code des Lebens @dercodedeslebens.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

@ghga.bsky.social 📣 Neue Podcastfolge! In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit Ethiker Dr. Andreas Bruns über die Auswirkungen genetischer Diskriminierung auf Job, Versicherung & Co. 👉 Zur Folge: t1p.de/t8i0g #Genetik #Diskriminierung #Ethik

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The Explain Podcast joins the ERGA Knowledge Hub | Kudos to @ergabiodiv.bsky.social, @biogeneurope.bsky.social, @sib.swiss | We're honored to be able to contribute to EKH and looking forward to see it grow! Visit the ERGA Knowledge Hub | EKH --> buff.ly/gRAcx4Y

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Next episode: Explain Podcast! Spinnin' bases on wafers to do...mostly NATURAL SBS...we explore Ultima Genomics technology | non-coding RNA | bioinformatics tools like Snakemake, Cromwell, and Nextflow. Join the conversation on your favorite platform: buff.ly/IulW2AA | Spotify buff.ly/QXFhEko

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Explain Podcast: today - meet these cute avidites from @elembio.bsky.social Saw this manuscript? www.nature.com/articles/s41... We also talk about Genome-Wide Association Studies - GWAS - and...jellyfish 🪼 Choose the podcast platform of your choice ngs-kn.de/explain-podc...

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

NGS Webinar TOMORROW 13.03 at 11:00 CET | Register: buff.ly/iIcQ9oX Dr Joana P. Bernardes from @ccgakiel.bsky.social and @ngscn-de.bsky.social :: Nice talk about precision medicine: cell-centric approaches transforming chronic inflammatory disease treatments. Join us! rwth.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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German Conference on Bioinformatics #GCB2026 @gcb-bioinformatics.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Submit your abstracts from all areas of #bioinformatics and #computationalbiology for the German Conference on Bioinformatics - #GCB2025 at University of Dusseldorf from 22 - 24 September 2025! abstract submission: gcb2025.de @denbi.bsky.social @openbio.bsky.social @SIB.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 27/02/2025

Die DFG bietet auch 2025 Möglichkeiten, #Fördermittel für Projekte mit hohen #Sequenzierkosten zusammen mit akademischen Sequenzier-Einrichtungen zu beantragen. Informationen hierzu gab es bereits Anfang letzten Jahres. Hier noch einmal die Info für die Wissenschaft: www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles...

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

We hope you're enjoying the Carnival just as much as our coordination team is...while putting together NGS Webinars for you! 🥳 🎆 even if their locations celebrate "differently", the work is being done TOGETHER #karneval #alaaf #helau

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Healthy Crops @healthycrops.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

🌟 Excited to share "Edit a Genome", developed by the Institute of Molecular Physiology at University of Düsseldorf 🧬✨ This platform offers insights into genome editing techniques, and provides an overview of global regulations in genome editing for crops 🌾 Check it out now! 👇 🔗 www.editagenome.org

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Aleksandra Galitsyna @agalicina.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Three-dimensional organization of amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum has fascinating features! Very prominent dots at between convergent gene positions, something never really seen for other species. More about the puzzle and how the team of my PhD colleagues resolves it: doi.org/10.1093/nar/...

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Convergent pairs of highly transcribed genes restrict chromatin looping in Dictyostelium discoideum

Abstract. Dictyostelium discoideum is a unicellular slime mold, developing into a multicellular fruiting body upon starvation. Development is accompanied b

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West German Genome Center | WGGC @wggc-de.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Shoutout: our educational coordinator @annamariamoeller.bsky.social is here as well - connect and tell her, which "Seq Tech / Bioinformatics" workshops (online or on-site within WGGC-sites) would you like to be part of. We've got an intensive educational program brewing, stay tuned! 🫕

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Next Generation Sequencing Competence Network | NGS-CN @ngscn-de.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

❗The 5th NGS-CN Summer School | May 2025 ❗ ✨ Focus: Spatial Transcriptomics. Join us! Find details & registration at ngs-cn.de/summerschool2025 :: Hybrid with an option to be on-site in Dresden with us :) :: Hands-on (incl.hotel, food, travel grants) in Dresden at the @dcgenomecenter.bsky.social

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The German Human Genome-Phenome Archive @ghga.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

New podcast alert - this time a cross over with our friends over at the @ngscn-de.bsky.social !

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