Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41... We're quietly defunding the infrastructure modern biology runs on. PomBase, FlyBase, HGNC. have faced, or facing, existential funding crises since 2024. Curation expertise, once lost, is difficult to rebuild.

Hiten Madhani

hitenmadhani.bsky.social

21 August 2026 13:24

Treat biological databases as infrastructure, not projects www.nature.com/articles/d41...

U. Nomi

uniofnomi.bsky.social

16 December 2025 18:54

#Parasitologists! Partake in this free #training offered by and for #VEuPathDB - an invaluable platform for -omics data and analytical tools centered around some of the most neglected fields of science! #parasitology #mycology #fungus #pathogen #vector #eukaryote #protists

ParasitesRule

parasitesrule.org

16 December 2025 18:54

🦠 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

U. Nomi

uniofnomi.bsky.social

13 December 2025 01:43

AND you can access the workshop exercises here! veupathdb.org/veupathdb/ap... I highly recommend #parastiologists familiarize themselves with this platform and contribute data (including annotations!). #parasitology #collaboration #OpenScience