How every layer of science's "self-correcting machinery" failed when Iva Veseli and I simply wanted to reproduce the findings of a high-profile study on gut microbiome and autism:
merenlab.org/2026/04/15/u...
✨ Know a woman making an impact in microbiology?
Nominate her for recognition on the FEMS website and socials this International Women’s Day.
🗓️ Submit by 4 March: buff.ly/AKyMbQD
Let’s elevate the female voices driving microbiology forward.
#IWD2026
Thanks to Wendi, Sanjay, Paul, @abretaud.bsky.social, Björn, Gildas, Helge, John, @hrhotz.bsky.social, and @beatrizserrano.bsky.social for all their contributions and work on the paper, and more importantly to the entire Galaxy community @galaxyproject.bsky.social!
Whether you are a longtime Galaxy user or new to the platform, this paper challenges assumptions and highlights Galaxy's versatility, scalability, and impact across disciplines.
Read more about the paper, the story behind, and why it matters in our blog post: galaxyproject.org/news/2026-02...
We are thrilled to announce that "Ten Common Misconceptions About Galaxy (And Why They Are Wrong!)" has just been published! This is the result of passionate discussions, collaborative debates, and a shared commitment to clarifying what Galaxy @galaxyproject.bsky.social truly is and what it can do.
From @bebatut.bsky.social @abretaud.bsky.social @hrhotz.bsky.social et al. in @plos.org #Computational #Biology | Ten common misconceptions about Galaxy (and why they are wrong!) | #Bioinformatics #Education #UseGalaxy 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓 CC/ @galaxyproject.bsky.social
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journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
The Galaxy Community Conference is coming to my hometown this year! 🎉
Mark your calendars & register by the end of February for early bird rates. It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with the global Galaxy Community.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
@ifb-elixir-fr.bsky.social
🔬 C'est la Journée des femmes et filles de science ! #FemmesEnSciences #11février
Envie de découvrir (ou faire découvrir) des femmes scientifiques ? J'ai rassemblé plein de ressources ici ⬇️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/envie-...
Et mon starter pack de chercheuses sur bluesky go.bsky.app/TBEzKC
#Communities of experts collaborating on #scientific or technical projects are drivers of innovation across the life #sciences f1000research.com/articles/14-... @elixir-europe.org @sib.swiss @ergabiodiv.bsky.social #biodiversity #genomics
Connexion directe de Galaxy à Recherche Data Gouv
My team at @cbitoulouse.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc #bioinformatics with solid experience in metagenomic analyses.
Interest in evolution, ecology & MGEs is important.
The offer stands until the perfect candidate is found, and it could be you 🫵
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#microSky #phagesky #UTIsky
@cnrs.fr
Get ready for GCC2026!
Join the Galaxy community June 22–24, 2026, in Clermont-Ferrand, France, to learn new tools, share your work, and connect with researchers and developers from around the world. Followed by CoFest on June 25–26.
galaxyproject.org/events/gcc20...
Data visualization is a critical step in data analysis. 8 links to bookmark for better data visualization:🧵
As 2025 wraps up, we’re looking back at some of the most intriguing microbes that made their scientific debut this year. This blog highlights standout bacterial species that caught our eye. Read the full #FEMSmicroBlog: buff.ly/2wz7k16
#NewMicrobes
How effective are AI assistants like Claude and ChatGPT for literature reviews? Anton Nekrutenko ran a systematic experiment using multiple AI-assisted approaches to survey RNA-seq studies on Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen. Summary here:
galaxyproject.org/news/2025-12...
Huge preprint if you are interested in bacterial strain taxonomy! The why and how of cgMLST LIN codes: An extensively revised and expanded version doi.org/10.1101/2024... I will summarize it for you in this thread 👇
Proud to have contributed to this important work!
STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated #microbiome studies. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natmicrobiol.nature.com
LorMe: a streamlined and interoperable R framework for end-to-end microbiome analysis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #Rstats 🧬🖥️🧪 github.com/wangnq111/Lo...
📢🚀💻Le nouveau site internet de l’IFB/ELIXIR-FR est en ligne !!!
Lancé début 2025, le projet de refonte/création du nouveau site internet de l’IFB/ELIXIR-FR atteint aujourd’hui l’une de ses étapes cruciales : sa publication ! www.ifb-elixir.fr
Our paper describing the GlobDB is now published in @bioinfoadv.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/bioa...
The GlobDB is the largest species dereplicated genome database currently available, containing 306,260 species representatives.
More information on globdb.org 1/5
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🧬 🔎 Ce 17 novembre a eu lieu la journée du consortium ABRomics à l’Institut Pasteur. L’occasion de présenter aux différents représentants de nos parties prenantes l’avancement du projet et les développements en cours !
De mon côté on m'a confié le micro pour la chronique sciences.
Cette fois j'ai décidé de parler du fonctionnement scandaleux de l'édition scientifique, peu connu en dehors des labos : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg2C...
Mais 4 minutes c'est court, alors j'ajoute quelques ressources ci-dessous !
Dimanche dernier @ladernierenova.bsky.social était de retour à Toulouse.
L'invitée de l'émission était @docteur-drey.bsky.social donc je recommande chaudement d'écouter le podcast entier : podcasts.nova.fr/radio-nova-l...
@laradionova.bsky.social
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Know metagenomics and could spare 2 mins? I'm applying for funding to build a visual repository for metagenomic classification data (not sequence data). To support the application, I have a short 2 minute survey and it would be a big help if you could fill it in: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
It was a really nice week working on building MiCoReCa, a catalogue of resources (tools, workflows, etc) for microbiome research, and more importantly networking with the large @elixir-europe.org community. Thank you all! See next year!
🚀👩💻🧑💻 End of this week of #BioHackEU25, organised by @elixir-europe.org , to advance all projects in synergy! Thank you to the IFB/ELIXIR-FR team (on-site and remotely), and to our colleagues at @genouest.bsky.social 👏
FAIRYMAGS: A Galaxy Workflow for MAG Recovery Applied to Termite Microbiomes
On Day 1 of European Galaxy Days, Mina Hojat Ansari presented FAIRYMAGS: A Galaxy Workflow for MAG Recovery Applied to Termite Microbiomes.
Read more: elixir-europe.org/how-we-work/scientific-p...
#termite #EGD2025 #microbiomes (1/2)
Really happy to be back in Freiburg & at @uni-freiburg.de to present the Microbiology Galaxy Lab & the efforts of the microGalaxy community to build the first community-driven gateway for reproducible and FAIR analysis of microbial data.
Slides: f1000research.com/slides/14-1021
#EGD
The Microbiology Galaxy Lab and the effort from the microGalaxy to build the first community-driven gateway for reproducible and FAIR analysis of microbial data
On Day 1 of European Galaxy Days, Bérénice Batut presented The Microbiology Galaxy Lab and the effort from the microGalaxy to build the first community-driven gateway for reproducible and FAIR analysis of microbial data.
Read more: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.23.629682 (1/2)
Merci beaucoup @komo625.bsky.social !
