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Interested in helping passionate young scientists connect and collaborate? We're looking for organisers for a fun and easy-going remote-genomics hackathon #hackseq21. Shoot us an email hackseq @ gmail d com
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We are excited to introduce the Toronto Bioinformatics Hackathon! This student-led event builds on hackseq's legacy and invites early-career scientists to join. Don't out miss out on networking opportunities and thousands in prizes! Visit hackbio.ca for more info.
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BugSeq participated in an independent, peer-reviewed evaluation of tools for taxonomic
classification and profiling of long-read shotgun metagenomic sequencing data:
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1 Nov 2022
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ALT The Laboratory for RNA-Based Lifeforms is hiring for post-doc or equivalent positions. Seeking a passionate Computational biologist or Bioinformatician to explore the depths of Earth's RNA Virome. See postings at: http://rRNA.ca
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hackseq retweeted
4 Oct 2022
The Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research at the Univ of Toronto is inviting applications for three tenure track assistant professors. These are broad searches in the area of functional genomics (2x) and computational biology 1/2
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14 Sep 2022
Calling on Canada’s genomics community: Take this 5-minute @AbacusData survey to help shape #CanadasGenomicsFuture.
survey.alchemer-ca.com/s3/50…
ALT Graphic with a scientist that reads "National survey on genomics infrastructure in Canada".
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14 Sep 2022
Calling all volunteers, regardless if you’re new to the field or a full-fledged pro, we need your help. Gain exposure, earn street cred, and unleash your skills on the Vancouver data scene!
Access the volunteer sign-up form here
➡️ lnkd.in/gNJ6kESp
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😍😍 Everyone should join this immediately! 😍😍
9 Sep 2022
🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨
Our official roster of All-Star Workshop Facilitators is out! Sharpen your skills, perfect your craft, celebrate the explosion of tech talent in Vancouver, and be a part of this year’s DataFest by signing up in the link below!
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hackseq retweeted
9 Sep 2022
🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨🚨
Our official roster of All-Star Workshop Facilitators is out! Sharpen your skills, perfect your craft, celebrate the explosion of tech talent in Vancouver, and be a part of this year’s DataFest by signing up in the link below!
lnkd.in/eziJycqi
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hackseq retweeted
25 Aug 2022
WE’RE BACK.
And after two long years, we’re thrilled to announce that Vancouver DataJam will be coming back to you this September with events both IN-PERSON and ONLINE! Details to follow soon so stay tuned!
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hackseq retweeted
22 Aug 2022
Infectious RNA are either viruses or viroids. In our newest preprint we show there are also hybrid infectious agents: viroid-like elements which encode their own stolen copy of the RNA virus hallmark-gene, RNA-dependent RNA Polymerase (RdRp).
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hackseq retweeted
16 Aug 2022
Super stoked to be joining MoGen @UofT as an Assistant Professor in Oct '22!
I'm founding "The Laboratory for RNA-Based Lifeforms" to explore the diversity of Earth's RNA entities 🧬🔎🦠🌎!
Looking to hire🥰! (Please RT)
#RNA #genetics #virology #bioinformatics
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Tara Oceans claimed five new virus phyla "dominate the ocean" science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…, but their own analysis finds mostly known viruses, only 2.8% assigned to "new phyla" biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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27 Jul 2022
The Banfield lab is looking to hire a postdoc to work on metagenomics of soil and/or the human microbiome, with preference for those with bioinformatics skills. Please reach out to jbanfield@berkeley.edu if interested and spread the word!
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21 Jul 2022
We are putting on a #Biohackathon!
Our mission is to promote #opensourcedscience
Free Food! Be sure to register and pitch your idea to present at our ⚡ talks.
Thanks to our partners @bitsinbio Saturncloud.io @nlarusstone
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18 Jul 2022
Canadian scientist Samira Mubareka laid the groundwork for researchers creating therapies and vaccines for COVID – learn more 👉🏽 bit.ly/3yJ1PrA💉🏥 #FemInSTEM #STEM #STEAM @Sunnybrook
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28 Jun 2022
New preprint! "Protein k-mers enable assembly-free microbial metapangenomics" by @ReiterTaylor @saltyscientist @luizirber @olgabot and meself. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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22 Jun 2022
Today our paper in partnership with @puglisilab is published 👇🏽
Great effort from @C_P_Lapointe 👏🎉
Very proud of this 💪! nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Attending #AWSSummit Toronto? Learn how @awscloud and @CICUBC was leveraged to create the world's most most powerful Virus Discovery analysis platform and push the frontiers of #Bioinformatics
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13 May 2022
Rosani @UniPadova presents new research tracing #RNA viruses associated with Nudibranchia gastropods
Read the full article bit.ly/3LaSTiV
#Biodiversity #Bioinformatics #MarineBiology #Virology
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hackseq retweeted
15 May 2022
We are thrilled to announce our second event! On May 30th. "Africa's Great Decode". Featuring @RasVerena and @jamesrichotieno). Hosted by the FASBMB team (@Victoria4_za, @DJIHINTOOswald, @TatendaMurigo , @ElyseFischer7).
Register now 👇👇👇
tinyurl.com/BioinformaticsWe…
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