Rob Finn

If you are interested in biodiversity and would like to talk about potential informatics services that would contribute to resources such as @GBIF or @MGnifyDB please reach out to me.

I am pleased to announce the establishment of an African Bioinformatics Institute thanks to funding from Wellcome Trust and CZI. We seek stakeholder input to shape the ABI to meet the needs of the bioinformatics and user communities. Join us for engagement sessions to contribute.

🌟 Exciting news! 🌟 The EMBL #ARISE2 Fellowship Programme, funded by @MSCActions, is now open for applications! This unique opportunity trains researchers to lead #ResearchInfrastructures & innovate in #LifeSciences. 🗓️ Join our webinar on 30 September: embl-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

📢🌊We spoke to Abbe Brown, professor at @aberdeenuni & Intellectual Property expert, about her #BlueRemediomics work on improving access, protection & sharing of Marine Genetic Resources👉Read the interview: blueremediomics.eu/interview-with… 📹Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=zudVbu…

Cyanobacteria are key players in the food chain to support all other life forms. New research uncovers unique genetic adaptations that facilitate cyanobacteria symbioses, expanding our understanding of their role in sustaining our ecosystems. nature.com/articles/s4159… @blaxterlab

Attending #DOF2024 as co-ordinator of @BlueRemediomics, as well as representing @DTOBioFlow @BlueCloudEU @BIOcean5 @EU_AtlantECO - day 1 is technical forum on the European Digital Twin Ocean, a key pillar of the EU #MissionOcean

This is relatively new area for me, but adaption in biology never ceases to amaze and intrigue me. This article provides a short overview of the interplay between phages and their bacterial hosts.

Climate change threatens global food security. Could the answer to this problem lie in ancient DNA? Learn how researchers are gaining insights from ancient environmental DNA to better understand how modern crops can become more resilient 🌽 ebi.ac.uk/about/news/ann…

🦴Researchers used our @MGnifyDB microbiome data resource to discover enzymes that can upcycle animal bones into protein powder for human & animal consumption. Such solutions are essential for feeding a growing population 🌍 ebi.ac.uk/about/news/per… #WorldOceanDay

Rapid Release 59 is now live! We have added an incredible 47 additional genomes 🐦🐦‍⬛🦅🐟🐠🐊 to our database. Find out if your favourite one is available here (rapid.ensembl.org/index.html)

Gene2Phenotype being presented at #ccg2024 – tools to facilitate diagnostic genomic variant filtering @ensemble @emblebi

🌊🧬At the #TREC stopover in Naples yesterday our Co-Coordinator @robdfinn talked about the potential of the marine #microbiome & its impact on ocean health followed by a discussion on data sharing & synergies between EU-funded projects! Thanks @TaraOceans_Sci , @SznDohrn & @embl

Opportunity to join the @MICROBE_PROJECT at @INRAE_Intl see the advert jobs.inrae.fr/en/ot-21891

🙌 Some impressions from our #BlueRemediomics Consortium Dinner last night and a successful start to Day 2 of our In-Person meeting in Prague with presentations covering WP5 on Access and Benefit Sharing (#ABS), and a discussion #DSI & #BBNJ by @aberdeenuni & @abs_int 🧬

Thanks for all of the contributions to the GA - the project is making good progress and exciting results are starting to emerge!

Exciting workshop on Plant Macro/Microbiomes - there are still a few places left and registration has been extended until Friday (12 April)! embl.org/events/cos-emb…

Job alert! I have an open postdoc position in my team @CamVetSchool @Cambridge_Uni to expand our research on the human #microbiome and explore multi-kingdom signatures of health and disease. More info and application here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44870/. Please share and RT.

If any non-UK folk with (or soon to have) a PhD are interested in applying for a Newton International Fellowship to work with me at the University of Bath (UK) on pangenome algorithms for bacteria and/or plasmids, do get in touch! Deadline 13th March! royalsociety.org/grants-schemes…

Interested in metabolic modelling and microbial communities? Check out two post-doc positions in our lab: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43910/

InterPro 96.0 is live: ✨An update to @PfamDB 36.0 ✨1,146 new entries ✨1,127 new methods integrated from the Pfam (1,048), CDD (40), CATH-Gene3D (25) and PANTHER (9) databases. Have a look: ebi.ac.uk/interpro/