ENA Product Owner @emblebi @ENAsequence | Bioinformatics infrastructure & service delivery

Joined March 2011
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Off to the @embl Heidelberg for #EESHuman, very much looking forward to connecting with the paleogenomics community to discuss how the @ENASequence can support their science through #OpenData
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Delighted to see this announcement out. The INSDC will seek to onboard new members, meaning we can improve how global this collaboration is and will help us work towards truly equitable open data sharing in genomics. Exciting times ahead!
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The International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC) is looking for new members. Aiming to expand its global reach, INSDC seeks regional collaborators & organisations from all continents. Find out more 👇 insdc.org/global-participati…
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Very happy to have this paper out @MicrobioSoc as it represents a lot of effort for everyone here @ENASequence and @emblebi. It describes the tools and services built during the pandemic and reflects on how we might better respond for future pandemics microbiologyresearch.org/con…
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We discuss our data sharing ethos, the unprecedented scale of mobilising open data like this and our fruitful collaborations with partners like @EuropeVeo.
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Big career announcement!! A few weeks ago I was offered an interview and site visit for a tenure-track Professor of Microbiology position at a dream location. But - I declined! 🌟 Here is why ... (TLDR: enthusiastically saying "No, thank you" to academia) 1/8 @AcademicChatter
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Without biodata resources, there is no advance in the life and biomedical sciences. In its 2033 selection, @globalbiodata has announced a further 15 Global Core Biodata Resources, bringing the set up to 52, collectively serving a breadth of domains, data types & user communities.
We’re pleased to announce an additional 15 Global Core Biodata Resources that today join the existing 37, forming an important focus of the GBC’s work with global life science funders towards long-term sustainability. bit.ly/3RehN6h #globalbiodata #openscience
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I very much appreciate @siliconrepublic giving me the opportunity to talk about the Pathogens Portal at @emblebi @ENASequence and how it’s poised to be at the centre of the open biodata sharing, preparing for the next pandemic. siliconrepublic.com/innovati…
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Contracts are signed, so I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that I will be moving to the University of Glasgow in the new year to start my own research group as a Lecturer in Bacteriology in the School of Infection and Immunity 🥳🍾

ALT happy mad scientist GIF

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First day of new position! So thankful to all who helped me with the promotion package, the external reviewers for reading the 55 pages(!) and the @AROM_NTU team and my wider collaboration network as research isn't done alone! Looking forward to even more cool research as an AP.
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#BYCOVID has an #opencall for proposals to support the implementation of additional 🦠 #SARS_CoV_2 data hubs to increase the flow of viral sequence data 🧬 into the @ENASequence! 📆 Deadline: 1 September 2023 More information 🔗 by-covid.org/news/support-im…
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I am going to #ISMBECCB2023 and will be presenting this paper on Monday, July 24th, at 14:50! Come by if you want to hear more about large-scale #metagenomic analyses of #antimicrobialresistance #AMR! 🧬🤓
Thrilled to share that the second paper of my PhD has now been published in @PLOSBiology on the large collection of 214K metagenomes that can be used to characterize #AntimicrobialResistance and the #microbiome 📣 journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…
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Delighted we have launched the new Pathogens Portal #pathogensportal, extending beyond COVID-19 to broader disease and pathogens - bringing together data of relevance to infection biology for research and preparedness.
5 Jul 2023
🚨Molecular data for over 200,000 pathogen species and strains are now available in our new Pathogens Portal, launched today. An indispensable resource for healthcare research, global pandemic surveillance, and food security. ebi.ac.uk/about/news/technol… #pathogensportal
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5 Jul 2023
Where do you search for pathogen data? @emblebi’s new Pathogen Portal contains molecular data for over 200,000 pathogen species and strains. An important resource for pandemic preparedness, healthcare, and food security. embl.org/news/science/pathog…
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It's really great to formally launch this data portal, which has been a large chunk of my work over the past year, but as part of a wonderfully collaborative team at @ENASequence and across @emblebi #pathogensportal
5 Jul 2023
🚨Molecular data for over 200,000 pathogen species and strains are now available in our new Pathogens Portal, launched today. An indispensable resource for healthcare research, global pandemic surveillance, and food security. ebi.ac.uk/about/news/technol… #pathogensportal
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Colman O’Cathail retweeted
Last few days to apply for this position at the interface of public health genomics and machine learning in fantastic Utrecht
I'm excited to say i'm recruiting for a bioinformatics post-doc (3 yr) for my group at @UniUtrecht. The project looks to advance precision risk assessment of foodborne pathogens utilising pan-genome graphs and machine learning. Appreciate a RT! uu.nl/en/organisation/workin…
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Major congratulations to @Pharmabiotic PI Ruth Massey - newly elected and only female EMBO member working with an Irish institution 👏 @ProfRuthMassey @UCC @UCCResearch @UccMicrobiology @SEFSUCC ucc.ie/en/apc/news/apc-news/…

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Guy Cochrane who directs @ENASequence mentioned a dataset arrives every few seconds. That's data richness from sequencing. One can search @NCBI @ENASequence and DDBJ, which are mirrored. And one can search those with controlled access
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