🎤 Invited Speaker Spotlight – #Biocuration2026

Meet Dr Nivedita Yadav, Data Curator at the Indian Biological Data Centre. Her work focuses on genomics, phenomics, metadata harmonization and FAIR data practices.

Join us at #IBC2026.

#Biocuration #FAIRdata #Bioinformatics

Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curation Abstract. Biological knowledgebases facilitate discovery across the life sciences by structuring experimental findings into human-readable and computable f

From #OUP s @bioinfoadv.bsky.social journal | Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature #curation | #Bioinformatics #AI #LLM #OpenScience #Biocuration | 🧬 🖥️ 🧪 🔓
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Release DO February 2026 Release · DiseaseOntology/HumanDiseaseOntology This release of the Human Disease Ontology includes 12,021 disease classes, 9,737 with textual definitions (81.0%). Translation files now include 11,848 labels (98.6%), 11,477 synonyms (59.0%), and...

The Disease Ontology's February release is now available 🎉

Learn about the Disease Ontology's 12,021 disease classes and latest updates at github.com/DiseaseOntol...

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

🎤 Invited Speaker Spotlight #Biocuration2026
We’re excited to welcome Dr Alex Bateman (EMBL-EBI) as an Invited Speaker at #Biocuration2026! A global leader in bioinformatics, he shaped key resources like UniProt, Pfam, InterPro & RNAcentral.
#IBC2026 #Biocuration

🎤 Keynote Speaker Spotlight – #Biocuration2026

Meet Prof. Ruth Lovering (University College London), a leader in biocuration for over 25 years and contributor to HGNC, Gene Ontology & IMEx.

We are honoured to welcome her as a Keynote Speaker at #IBC2026.

#Biocuration #Bioinformatics

Human Disease Nosology - YouTube Disease Ontology (DO) Nosology Program https://www.disease-ontology.org/resources/nosology/ The Nosology training program is coordinated by the Human Disease...

Learn about the Disease Ontology's Nosology program on it's newest youtube video: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

Honored to welcome Dr. Raja Mazumder (GWU 🇺🇸), leader in bioinformatics & data-driven science, to the #Biocuration2026 Scientific Committee.
#IBC2026 #Bioinformatics #Genomics #Biocuration

🔬 Scientific Committee Spotlight | #Biocuration2026
Meet Dr Ovokeraye Oduaran, biomedical scientist and Chair of the H3Africa Microbiome Task Force. Expert in human genetics, microbiome research & bioinformatics.

Proud to have her on the #Biocuration2026 Scientific Committee.

#IBC2026 #Biocuration

🔬 Scientific Committee Spotlight | #Biocuration2026
Meet Prof. Lynn Schriml (University of Maryland School of Medicine), PI of the Human Disease Ontology and a long-standing leader in biocuration, data science and knowledge engineering.

#IBC2026 #ScientificCommittee #Biocuration #DataCuration

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

Missed the latest ISB newsletter? You can find it here www.biocuration.org/newsletter/ #curation #biocuration

The Disease Ontology's early February release is now available 🎉

Learn about the Disease Ontology's 12,012 disease classes and latest updates at github.com/DiseaseOntol...

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

🌍 Announcing the Scientific Committee for #Biocuration2026 (20–24 Apr 2026, Cape Town)!

An outstanding international team helping shape the scientific programme for the 19th Annual International Biocuration Conference.

#IBC2026 #Biocuration

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

📊 Explore more DO-powered research at github.com/DiseaseOntol...

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

📊 Explore more DO-powered research at github.com/DiseaseOntol...

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

📣Excited to share our (first) VirJenDB publication!
🎁Check it out to see how your #virus database supports #metadata #biocuration and #bioinformatics integration.
🎶Stay tuned for collaboration opportunities in 2026, including a hackathon at #ViBioM2026!
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💻 www.virjendb.org

#Biocuration is essential to transform unstructured biological data into machine-readable and structured resources. While institutional databases (e.g. #UniProt) can afford professional biocuration, many smaller initiatives rely on volunteer efforts (2/8).

Strategies for community-sourced biocuration in bioinformatics: a case study on MIBiG 4.0 Abstract. Biocuration is essential to transform molecular sequence data into standardized, machine-readable resources. Such curated datasets enable compara

Have you ever used a #bioinformatics #database and were frustrated by its lack of coverage? Did you ever think about starting your own resource? We just published a new strategy for community-driven #biocuration, based on our experiences with the #MIBiG database (1/8)! doi.org/10.1093/bib/...

FINAL DEADLINE — Last chance to submit your abstract for #IBC2026 ! Don't miss the chance to present your work at the meeting in April in South Africa either in-person or virtually. www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/form/biocura...
#Biocuration #CapeTown #DataScience #Curation

Amos Bairoch, Swiss pioneer of bioinformatics, passes away We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of our co-founder and Group Leader Amos Bairoch. Emeritus professor at the University of Geneva, he shaped the development of bioinformatics over more th...

A #Bioinformatics giant passes away. Very sad to hear this news today. Sad for Switzerland, and for the whole world. Amos Bairoch was a part of the Bioinformatics community for many decades. He will be missed. #Database #Biocuration #SwissProt #Prosite #Cellosaurus |
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Amos was not only a giant of #bioinformatics and #biocuration, but one of the nicest people I've met in academia. His support and advice were invaluable when we were establishing @bgeedb, and I will always remember how warmly he welcomed us to @SIB when I arrived in Switzerland 20 years ago […]

Release DO November 2025 Release · DiseaseOntology/HumanDiseaseOntology This release of the Human Disease Ontology includes 11,997 disease classes, 9,713 with textual definitions (81.0%). Translation files now include 11,824 labels (98.6%), 11,483 synonyms (59.1%), and...

The Disease Ontology's November release is now available 🎉

Learn about the Disease Ontology's 11,997 disease classes and their spanish translations at github.com/DiseaseOntol...

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍂

#DiseaseResearch #Biocuration #Bioinformatics #FAIR #ComputationalBiology

🚨 Abstract submission deadline!
Today is the day – make sure your abstract for IBC 2026 is submitted! 📨

🔗 Submit now:
www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/form/biocura...

See you in Cape Town, 20–24 April 2026!

#biocuration #IBC2026 #africa #biocurationcapetown #cominghome

Abstract submission for #Biocuration 2026 closes this Friday, Nov. 21st. Don't miss the opportunity to join us, either in person or virtually, next April! Submit your abstract and register here: www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/events/tab/6...

Screenshot of the COVID-19 Community page with the pathways curated by this community, showing thumbnails of 21 pathways along with full title and a curation report badge showing the number of curation events. These are colored by the number of events, mostly yellow (1-2 suggestions) and orange (3-4 suggestions) here.

Screenshot of Europe PMC for pathways of the COVID-19 Community page. It shows a few relevant journal articles mentioning specific COVID-19 pathways.

Hi everyone, we have updated the author and community pages on our website. Authors can now find curation reports for pathways they started, and Communities can find those too. We hope you like it! github.com/wikipathways/wikipathway...

#openscience #biology #biocuration

Hear how @redfly-database.bsky.social can be used in the classroom to help teach #bioinformatics, #genome-annotation, #gene-regulation, #biocuration, and more!