A wonderful escape to the mountains for our summer group outing ... hike up ⬆️⛰️, swim 🏊♂️, lunch 🧀🥪🥗, hike around the lake 🚶, swim 🏊, & hike down ⬇️⛰️
Профиль
Rob Waterhouse
Профиль VivelyDirector, Environmental Bioinformatics Group at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics @sib.swiss. Chair, European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social). #biodiversity #genomics www.rmwaterhouse.org
BioDiv-FAIR-Checker: Raising FAIRness of European biodiversity data www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXAn... an @elixir-europe.org supported #bioinformatics #biodiversity #FAIRdata project
BioDiv-FAIR-Checker: Raising FAIRness of European biodiversity dataYouTube video by ELIXIR Europewww.youtube.comHot off the press @official-smbe.bsky.social MBE - a phylum-wide assessment to systematically evaluate, refine, and revise current understanding of the evolutionary dynamics of the #arthropod moulting genetic toolkit! academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-...
Evolutionary dynamics of the arthropod moulting machineryAbstract. Exoskeletons define arthropods, providing support for segmented bodies and appendages while protecting against environmental stress and predationacademic.oup.com📢 preprint update: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🦀🧬🦐🧬🐝🧬🦋🧬 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚 #phylogenomics #evolution #biodiversity With Giulia Campli, @marcrr.bsky.social, & @chipman-lab.bsky.social
Convergent gene family evolution underpins repeated transitions to metamorphic development across PancrustaceaArthropod developmental modes are highly diverse, ranging from direct development with little morphological change between moults to metamorphic life-stage progressions characterised by profound trans...www.biorxiv.orgComing to #Geneva for @eccb-europe.bsky.social ? Register by August 14th eccb2026.org #GenevaLovesData
The "second" #mosquito #genome ... we were working on this 20 years ago! resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... PDF here: iris.unil.ch/bitstreams/e...
The #Arthropod #Genomics i5K Community -🦋🧬🕷️🧬🪲🧬🦀- opportunities to harmonise reporting standards & promote their dissemination, ensuring that future arthropod #genomes are both comparable & maximally reusable for large-scale comparative & applied research academic.oup.com/genetics/adv...
Toward standardization in arthropod and biodiversity genome projectsAbstract. In recent years, many high-quality reference genome sequences for arthropod species have been generated. Although most genome papers describe theacademic.oup.comEquitable community engagement underpins ethical and effective #biodiversity #genomics Integrating genomics with local ecological knowledge enhances #conservation insights A five-step #engagement framework promotes legitimacy and co-produced outcomes www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Engaging European local communities in biodiversity genomics research: A five-step framework for scientistsBiodiversity genomics research can inform conservation, management, and policy, including implementation and monitoring linked to the Kunming–Montreal…www.sciencedirect.comRealising #FAIR’s promise requires sustained investment in the infrastructures that organise, standardise, and curate #data: deposition databases and knowledgebases. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The missing link in FAIR data policy: biodata resources in life sciences - Scientific DataIn the life sciences, FAIR principles have reshaped research policy, but their implementation still relies largely on individual researchers – many of whom lack the expertise or support needed to make...www.nature.com“AI is only as good as the quality of its data, and Switzerland has a trump card to play,” writes @dessimoz.bsky.social, director of the @sib.swiss Swiss Institute of #Bioinformatics in @letemps.ch www.letemps.ch/opinions/la-...
La Suisse doit devenir la capitale mondiale des données scientifiques de confiance - Le TempsOPINION. L’IA ne vaut que par la qualité de ses données et la Suisse a une carte maîtresse à jouer, écrit Christophe Dessimoz, directeur de l’Institut suisse de bioinformatique, pour qui l’excellence ...www.letemps.ch#GenevaLovesData Geneva's heart beats to the rhythm of life-science data Léman Bleu interview with @sib.swiss director @dessimoz.bsky.social www.lemanbleu.ch/fr/Actualite...
#GenevaLovesData: Genève comme carrefour mondial des donnéesPour Christophe Dessimoz, la cité internationale possède des atouts uniques.www.lemanbleu.chLooking forward to the public thesis defence @unil.bsky.social @dee-unil.bsky.social of my student Giulia Campli who has done a really great job during her PhD exploring evolutionary-functional genomics of arthropod moulting!
ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social COST Action: CONSENSA Consensus Standards for Applied #Biodiversity #Genomics www.cost.eu/actions/CA25... Establishing standards for generating, analysing, interpreting, & applying genome-wide data, making evidence accurate, comparable, interoperable, & reusable
If other ERGA members would like help to promote your work please just get in touch! @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social
ERGA - European Reference Genome AtlasGreat work from ERGA Members Irena Klečková & Pável Matos-Maraví on the Alcon blue (Phengaris alcon) in Czechia! #biodiversity #genomics @pavelmatosm.bsky.social
ECCB @eccb-europe.bsky.social Opening ceremony & performance at the intersection of art, data, & society. PLUS: Forum publique: La science des données au service du bien commun PLUS #Datarium exhibition Parc des Bastions - August genevalovesdata.org
#GenevaLovesData - Geneva at the heart of life-science dataIn 2026, Geneva's heart beats to the rhythm of life-science data. Centred on Europe's leading conference on biological data science taking place from 31 August to 4 September, a programme of scientifi...genevalovesdata.org