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For people:

I want to do a short workshop / demo for , , and bioinfo undergrads. It should last maybe 10 minutes. I was thinking of some sort of gamified use of algorithms to solve problems, for example sequence alignment...

I'd love suggestions about existing options (websites, games, concepts) that you could know. Else I could print parts of sentences and have them assemble them by overlap...? I hope to find something more exciting ;)

Please re-post!

Harvard researcher Dr. Kseniia Petrova wrote an Op-Ed in the NYT this week about her experience in ICE detention, where she has been living in 1 room with 100 other women for 3 months, and what it means for her research, and our research community more broadly: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/opinion/ice-detention-russian-scientist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.XkID.iSc5Vm8s9DXy&smid=url-share

Background on Kseniia's journey to the United States and her jailing by ICE in February: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/science/russian-scientist-ice-detained-harvard.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HE8.GpNt.Y_FhDbbuqfb0&smid=url-share

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist, in 2021. She has been in a Louisiana prison since Feb. 16.
In rat testis a complex structure of the spermatozoa tails nest in a central spiral. NoRI’s findings about the testes may one day help us treat testicular cancer.
β€œAny problem I have with data, she has a solution,” a colleague said. A photograph taken from her desk at Harvard showing a cheerful hand-drawn note that says "hello, Kseniia!" decorated with a heart and lots of tiny colorful flowers
A rat small intestine

πŸ’» Are you developing pipelines?

🍎 Interested in using components and/or from @nf_core ?

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Able to attend the Berlin local Hackathon site between 24th-26th March?

πŸ§‘β€πŸ« As a part of my @NFDI4Microbiota FlexFund grant - I will be offering on the first day of the Hackathon an in-person workshop on how to write and use nf-core modules in your own custom Nextflow pipelines!

πŸ›ˆ Get more details and sign up to the hackathon/training here: https://nf-co.re/events/2025/hackathon-march-2025/robert-koch-institute

For anyone working at the intersection of and : while lots of diversity-related funding schemes are currently cut, with @OpenBio we’ve decided to _increase_ the funding amount for our event fellowships that are aimed at increasing diversity & inclusion at conferences, trainings etc: https://www.open-bio.org/event-awards/ (it’s up to $1500, should be fixed on the website)!