@veupathdb.org Release 69 is now available on beta sites, marking an exciting step forward in modernizing VEuPathDB infrastructure! 🎉
Read our new release to learn more: beta.veupathdb.org/veupathdb.be...
And explore the beta sites for yourself! #data #parasites #fungi #vectors
We will also have a poster in tonight's poster session number 500A #Fungal26 - come learn about some of the new developments including AI integration.
Come visit our #FungiDB booth at #Fungl26 - we will be there every night. Ask questions, provide feedback, let us know about datasets, enter a user comment and much more!
📢Help improve community knowledge by submitting a user comment on #FungiDB! #Fungal26
Have a cool publication you'd like to share but lack the time? Try our new AI-powered tool for publication and gene function summaries!
fungidb.org/fungidb/app/...
@veupathdb.org invites parasitology and protistology researchers using DBs such as PlasmoDB, ToxoDB, AmoebaDB, TriTrypDB, CryptoDB, and related DBs to a community meeting to discuss current status , updates, future plans.🧬 We want your input! 💬
Register for zoom link: upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🦟 Calling vector biologists! 💬 We want your input! @VectorBase will host a community meeting on Fri, March 27, to discuss current status, recent updates, and plans for VectorBase and the larger VEuPathDB project.
Register for zoom link: upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Attention, mycology researchers, we want your input! 🍄 FungiDB will host a virtual community meeting on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 3 pm UTC to discuss current status, updates and future plans of FungiDB and the wider
@veupathdb.org resources.
Register for zoom link: upenn.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Attending the 33rd #Fungal Genetics Conference in Asilomar? Stop by the #FungiDB booth or poster #500A to connect with our team, get help and see what’s new in #veupathdb databases!
See you there!
📢Help improve community knowledge by submitting a user comment on #FungiDB!
Have a cool publication you'd like to share but lack the time? Try our new AI-powered tool for publication and gene function summaries!
More: fungidb.org/fungidb/app/...
Working on #fungi or #oomycetes? 🧫
Boost your data mining skills with expert-led virtual training through the Fungal Pathogen Genomics Virtual Course by
@ConnectingSci
Don’t miss out: 🗓 Apply by 16 March 2026
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/fungal...
Help improve genome annotations for the entire research community with the #FungiDB User Comments Campaign
🆕 Try our AI-powered summary and gene product description tools - just add a PubMedId or upload a paper!
More ➡️ fungidb.org/fungidb/app/...
📣We’re excited to launch the #FungiDB User Comments Campaign in conjunction with #FUNGAL26!
Contribute your knowledge & try our AI-powered tools for publication summaries & gene product descriptions & get a free FungiDB mug or even a T-shirt!
More ➡️
fungidb.org/fungidb/app/...
Participate in the #Fungal #Pathogen #Genomics Course (virtual) to get practical experience in data mining with online bioinformatics resources for #fungi and #oomycetes.
Apply now: coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/fungal...
📅 Deadline: 16 March 2026
Headed to Asilomar for the 🧬 #Fungal #Genetics Conference?
ℹ️ Visit the #FungiDB help desk to learn about the bioinformatics tools & multi-omics data available for your research.
We’d love to hear about your projects & show you what’s new!
#Fungal26 #genomics #fungi #oomycetes #plantpathogens
Working on #fungi or #oomycetes? 🧫
Boost your data mining skills with expert-led virtual training through the Fungal Pathogen Genomics Virtual Course
Don’t miss out: 🗓 Apply by 16 March 2026
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/fungal...
Attending the 🧬 Plant & Animal Genome Conference 🧬 (Jan 9–13) in San Diego? Don’t miss a @veupathdb.org talk!
Omar Harb will present on Saturday morning in the session “Genetics and Genomics of Plant Filamentous Pathogen Effectors.” #PAG33
✨Happy New Year from the @veupathdb.org team! 🌟
We’re looking ahead to a great year with new data and tools, improved infrastructure, deeper community engagement, and continued efforts toward long-term financial sustainability, so we can keep being your go-to resource. #parasites #fungi #vectors
🦠 Grad students & postdocs in parasitology:
Apply now for the Biology of Parasitism (BoP): Modern Approaches course at @MBLScience.
Hands-on labs, expert lectures, and cutting-edge tools.
📅 Summer 2026 | ⏰ Deadline Feb 5
🔗 mbl.edu/courses
Big thanks to everyone who participated in the 2025
@veupathdb.org virtual workshop last week- it was a busy, engaging time! #data #parasites #fungi
If you missed it, all recordings + exercises are available online for asynchronous learning: veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap...
⏰ Reminder! The @veupathdb.org virtual workshop starts in exactly two weeks. We will dive into hands-on bioinformatics in a friendly setting, with no coding needed! #data #fungi #parasites #vectors 🧬 💻 ✨
Don’t forget to register and save your spot: upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Exhibitor Spotlight: Swing by the exhibit hall this afternoon to visit @veupathdb.org at Booth 411 and BEI Resources at Booth 402
@veupathdb.org is at #ASTMH2025 in ❄️🌨️Toronto! 🇨🇦
Stop by our booth in the exhibit hall to learn more about our data resources , and tell us about your research too.
Plus, we have stickers and candy, and we're raffling off swag! 🍬☕
Science, collaboration, and great conversations are just around the corner.
In just two days, the @veupathdb.org team will be at the #ASTMH2025 annual conference in Toronto 🇨🇦, Nov 9-13!
🗨️Visit us at booth #411 to learn about our resources and tools and tell us about your work. #TropMed25
📣 @veupathdb.org is hosting a FREE virtual workshop! Dec 9-11, 2025, 3 hours per day.
Short lectures & hands-on exercises will train you to maximize use of VEuPathDB resources to leverage diverse datatypes and generate new hypotheses.
Register NOW! upenn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
📢Job Alert: Bioinformatics Data Engineer at University of Liverpool - seeking a bioinformatician with expertise in pipeline development & genome annotation for analysis and annotation of pan-genomes, making data widely available via VEuPathDB. More: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPF336/b...
📣Advance your skills in #pathogen genomics — no coding required — with the #Fungal Pathogen Genomics (Virtual) course #FungiDB @ensembl.org #mycocsm @yeastgenome.bsky.social #CGD
🗓️ 1–5 June 2026 Deadline: 16 March 2026
Apply here: coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/fungal...
#FungiDB/#VEuPathDB & #Ensembl are teaming up to improve #fungal & #oomycete genome resources for #phytopathogens — & we want your input! 🧬🍄
🗓️ Complete the survey by Nov 1, 2025:
🔗 zurl.co/gKjC1
Your feedback will guide genome curation, annotation & data integration #genomics #foodsecurity
Another chance for face-to-face connection 💬: @veupathdb.org PI David Roos is at the French Alliance for Parasitology and Health Care @parafrap.bsky.social Host–Parasite Relationships #EMBOWorkshop this week!
Today and tomorrow Oct 6/7, Omar Harb @omarharb.org
from VEuPathDB is at the Neurospora 2025 meeting in Schroon Lake, NY!
@veupathdb.org / FungiDB community- if you're attending, please stop by and say hello! Tell us about your work and ask questions about ours. 💬 We'd love to connect.
Today and tomorrow Oct 6/7, Omar Harb @omarharb.org
from VEuPathDB is at the Neurospora 2025 meeting in Schroon Lake, NY!
@veupathdb.org / FungiDB community- if you're attending, please stop by and say hello! Tell us about your work and ask questions about ours. 💬 We'd love to connect.