👋 We had a successful and fun conference at #vaam2026 together with our partners and collaborators @denbi.bsky.social and @dsmzd3.bsky.social !
🙏 Thanks to all our booth visitors for the interesting questions and thought-provoking discussions.
See you soon at other events: tinyurl.com/2endbz9v
Thanks to everyone who came to talk to us at #VAAM2026 🦠🙋♂️.
We loved answering your questions and hearing your feedback and ideas 🤩.
See you next time!
@denbi.bsky.social on Stage at @vaam-microbes.bsky.social: @oschwengers.bsky.social and Isabel Schober (@leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social) presented our services Baktfold, @bacdive.bsky.social and StrainInfo
Screenshot of the new DSMZCellDive tissue selection
The #DSMZCellDive tissue and disease terminology has been manually curated and updated. Cell lines can now also be selected by tissues besides tumors or single cell lines, in order to plot gene expression 🧬🖥️.
👉 celldive.dsmz.de/tissues
Screenshot of the new DSMZCellDive pathway selection
📢 New #DSMZCellDive release 2026.03
#DSMZCellDive now includes metabolic pathways from #BRENDA 🧪 associated with human enzyme encoding genes. To visualize expression in specific cell lines, genes can now be selected by pathway.
👉 celldive.dsmz.de/pathways
We will be at VAAM, will you?
Just two weeks until #VAAM2026 🦠🤩!
You can hear about our work at the following talk and posters:
🔷 #StrainRegistry Talk SL-CM-08, Monday 12:30, Lecture Hall D
🔷 #LPSN, Poster P-MBE-002, Monday
🔷 #TYGS, Poster P-MBE-010, Tuesday
🔷 #MetabolicPathways, Poster P-CM-015, Tuesday
🆕 #BRENDA Release 2026.1 is now online!
It Includes 124 new and 750 updated enzyme classes 🧪.
👉 www.brenda-enzymes.org
📣BacDive API Update
Version 2 for the BacDive API endpoints ⌨️ has been introduced due to changes in the structure of the Genome Sequences data.
‼️We recommend migrating as new data added in latest, and upcoming, releases is only available through the BacDive API v2!
👉 api.bacdive.dsmz.de
💬“LPSN is a key source of information on the nomenclature of prokaryotes and associated data – it helps researchers stay informed about the constantly proposed new bacterial names.”
#LPSN 🦠 is our newest #ELIXIR core data resource 🥳.
If you are not using it yet, check it out now 👉 lpsn.dsmz.de
What does PVDive offer❓
A quick and efficient access to data related to plant viruses and their plant hosts, including
🌱🦠 data on plant virus isolates,
🧬🖥️ curated viral genomes in a genome browser,
🌐 links to relevant external resources,
🔍 advanced information search.
Check it out now! 😎
Try out our new plant virus resource PVDive!
📣New database resource📣
We are delighted to announce a new addition to #DSMZDigitalDiversity.
Together with the #PlantVirology Department at @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social, we have developed a new tool dedicated to plant viruses.🌱🦠
The 1st prototype of PVDive is now available online!
👉 pvdive.dsmz.de
🥳 #LPSN has been selected as an ELIXIR Core Data Resource! 🎉
LPSN, which provides comprehensive information on the nomenclature of prokaryotes, is now recognized by @elixir-europe.org as one of Europe’s major life science data services.
👉 elixir-europe.org/news/CDR-sel...
Job offer
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
The scientific lead will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪
BacDive is celebrating surpassing the 100,000 strain mark!
The 2025 #BacDive 🦠 release is now online.
🎉🥳 The database now contains information on more than 100,000 strains 🧫.
For this update, new data provided by @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social and information on type strains of newly described species from the #LPSN database were added.
The first BacDive website in 2012 and the current design.
✨With this update, #BacDive additionally receives a new look 🖥️.
The new website, which had been in beta test phase for the last six months, adopts the shared modern design of @dsmzd3.bsky.social, which offers users an intuitive navigation and more clearly structured strain detail pages.
The new genome browser tool.
🧬 #BacDive is also taking a long-awaited leap into the world of genomics with the debut of a genome browser 🔎🖥️.
For the first time, BacDive now displays genomic information. The genome browser feature lists and visualizes #Bakta annotations of #INSDC genome assemblies.
We are currently not planning to record the workshop.
We are de.NBI & ELIXIR-DE, came together for our All Hands 2025! #deNBI2025 #ELIXIRDE #AllHands
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️
You will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the SILVA taxonomy🌳and more!
👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/...
Read and share ‼️
#sciencejobs 🦠🧪 #career #taxonomy
🧬🖥️SILVA in 2026: a global core biodata resource for rRNA within the DSMZ digital diversity
📑The new publication about the #SILVA database for the #NAR database issue is now online.
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
This year's #SILVA 🧬 online workshop will take place on 🗓️ 11th December, at 3pm CET.
📣 Workshop announcement: This year's #SILVA 🧬 online workshop will take place on 🗓️ 11th December, at 3pm CET.
The #SILVA team will inform about the upcoming release, the new website design 🖥️, and more!
Write to contact@arb-silva.de to receive the Zoom login details
#science #FAIRdata 🧫🧪
Many thanks to @elixir-europe.org for an incredibly productive week at #BioHackEU25 🖥️: full of learning, new collaborations, and plenty of fun on top!
Agenda: 1. Introduction 2. The new website design 3. The new genome browser
This year's #BacDive workshop will take place on 24th November 2025, 3 - 5 PM CET online!
We are especially looking forward to the opportunity to answer your questions, and hear your feedback and ideas. 🦠🧬.
Write to training@bacdive.de to receive the Zoom login details 🖥️.
✔️Just published:
#TYGS and #LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource 🧬🖥️ for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes 🦠 within #DSMZDigitalDiversity
👉 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
📑In collaboration with #LPSN, the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes has compiled a list of recommended names for bacteria of medical importance 🧫⚕️.
Follow the link to read the report.
🔗www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10...
Thank you, #Global Biodata Coalition for the organization, to give us the opportunity to get to know the other GCBRs, including inspiring discussions, new ideas and that we all are facing similar challenges. We, #Bacdive, #SILVA, and #BRENDA from the @dsmzd3.bsky.social had a great time here.