NFDI4Microbiota

📢 Calling life scientists, bioinformaticians & data stewards!

Join the Boosting Biodata Bootcamp to sharpen your skills, expand your network, and accelerate your research with practical tools and research data management.

📅 15–17 Sept 2026 | RWTH Aachen University

🔗 events.hifis.net/event/3702/

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📢 Do you handle sequencing data and its metadata? We are looking for your input!
Support one of our Flex Funds projects and help improve metadata standards by completing this short survey: tally.so/r/obGWPM
The survey is open to all (even if MIxS is new!).
🏆Prize draw: 1 of 3 small prize packs.

📢 Calling all microbiology researchers, software devs & data-management enthusiasts! Join the NFDI4Microbiota Knowledge Base Coding Sprint!💻
📅 Apr 22–23, 2025 | online
✅ Contribute to content & code for better data management in microbiology.
👉 Details: tinyurl.com/5d3hrj2c

#rdm #microbiology

Are you at #DGE26? 👋 So are we!

Stop by the NFDI4Microbiota booth to explore how we can help make your microbiome research FAIR and easier to share, reuse, and amplify.

Let’s connect, exchange ideas, and talk data. We’d love to meet you!

#microbiome #NFDI #FAIR #rdm

📢We would like to learn more about your experiences with metadata standards!

Support one of our Flex Funds projects and help improve metadata standards by completing this short survey: tally.so/r/obGWPM

The survey is open to all (even if MIxS is new!).
🏆Prize draw: 1 of 3 small prize packs.

🌍 NFDI4Microbiota's FAIRification efforts empower the first truly planetary-scale tracking of gene flow and antimicrobial resistance.

The study by our partner @borklab.bsky.social is now published in @cp-cell.bsky.social:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

#FAIR #microbiome #nfdi

☕ Join our next NFDI4Microbiota Tandem Coffee Talk!
📅 Mon, 23 Feb 2026 | 14:00–15:00 CET
🎙️ Prof. Dr. Bas E. Dutilh & Dr. Noriko Cassman
💬 “Learning phage-host interactions from curated big data” & “VirJenDB: a FAIR (meta)data and analysis platform for viruses”

👉 More info here: tinyurl.com/5y7h6wfh

📢Do you work on microbial-mediated biotransformation of chemical compounds?
One of this year’s NFDI4Microbiota Flex Funds projects needs your input!
📝Help us develop minimum standards for Xenobiotics–Microbiome Biotransformation data by completing this short survey: forms.gle/JNATejDrV2LR...

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📢 Am 09. Februar startet die Love Data Week 2026

Auf unserer Überblicksseite findet ihr über 150 Veranstaltungen rund um die Themen #Forschungsdaten und #Forschungsdatenmanagement 🗓️

Danke an alle, die zu dieser Übersicht beigetragen haben 🎉

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#OpenScience

It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of our NFDI4Microbiota partner Peer Bork. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and colleagues. His loss is deeply felt across the life sciences community and within the NFDI4Microbiota consortium.
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Meet us at #DGE26!
Visit our booth and discover how #NFDI4Microbiota supports your research with access to data, analysis services, data and metadata standards, and training opportunities.

We help you make your microbiome data FAIR and Open!

#microbiome #FAIRdata #NFDI

📢 Our Q1 2026 Newsletter is live!

Get the latest project updates, community news, and insights from the NFDI4Microbiota ecosystem.
👉 Read here: nfdi4microbiota.de/newsroom/new...

📬 Don’t miss future updates—subscribe to our mailing list: lists.nfdi.de/postorius/li...

✨ NFDI4Microbiota wishes you a successful, healthy, and happy 2026!
One of this year’s highlights will be our Annual Conference, taking place September 15–17. 📅 Save the date and stay tuned — more details coming soon!

#NFDI #rdm #microbiology #OpenScience

Dear #Microbiology community 🧫
2025 was a great year for #NFDI4Microbiota: widely used #FAIR services launched, expanded #training activities, and strengthened collaborations across #NFDI. Highlight: our Annual Conference in Cologne.
We wish you a peaceful Christmas and relaxing holidays! 🎄✨

Save the Date! 📅

The NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2026 will take place 15–17 September 2026 and will be a joint event with other biodata-related NFDI consortia. Stay tuned for more details!

#onenfdi #NFDI4Microbiota #rdm #microbiota

☕ Grab your coffee and join our next NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk!
📅 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 | 14:30–15:30 CET
🎙️ Justine Vandendorpe (ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences)
💬 “Access Control, Data Protection & Security in Digital Microbiology Research”. More info here: tinyurl.com/5y7h6wfh

The NFDI BioMed IG met Dec 2–4 at ZB MED Cologne to advance collaboration toward #onenfdi. Teams from @ghga.bsky.social, @nfdi4bioimage.bsky.social, NFDI4Health, NFDI4Immuno & NFDI4Microbiota aligned on shared services, joint outreach, and metadata needs strengthening the path to a unified #NFDI.

We're excited to release metaTraits.embl.de! 🦠 Interactively explore 140+ 𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀, harmonized & integrated from culture-derived collections 🔬 & genome-based predictions 🧬 for >2M MAGs & genomes.

Publication at NAR: doi.org/10.1093/nar/... @narjournal.bsky.social #microsky 🧵 1/8

🚀 New publication: StrainInfo – the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers by the NFDI4Microbiota consortium by members at the @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social ! A centralised FAIR resource for microbial strain data doi.org/10.1093/data...

Need a hand with your #Nextflow or #nfcore pipeline?
Join our weekly drop-in session — every Friday 10–11 CET with Daniel Straub (Uni Tübingen).
Ask questions, get tips, and connect with the community!
📍 Zoom: tinyurl.com/mwz84xvb
#Bioinformatics #OpenScience #NFDI4Microbiota

📢 Calling all microbiology researchers, software devs & data-management enthusiasts! Join the NFDI4Microbiota Knowledge Base Coding Sprint!💻
📅 Nov 24–25, 2025 | Jena + online
✅ Contribute to content & code for better data management in microbiology.
👉 Details: tinyurl.com/bddw5eva

☕ Grab your coffee and join our next NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk! 📅 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 | 14:30–15:30 CET
🎙️ Daniel Straub (QBiC Tübingen)
💬 “Meta-omics Analysis at a Bioinformatics Core Facility – As FAIR as Possible”. More info here: nfdi4microbiota.de/c...

Yesterday, we had a great review for our second DFG funding period! 🚀
Many thanks to to the reviewers and the @dfg.de for the valuable and constructive discussion that offered insightful perspectives on our work.
Thanks also to @nfdi.de and York Sure-Vetter for their ongoing support!

🧬✨ Online Workshop: Data Visualization for Biological Sciences
Create clear, compelling visuals for genomic data using R, Python & Inkscape.
💡 Hands-on, team-based, #NFDI4Microbiota training.
🗓 Nov 18–20, 2025 | Register by Nov 2: events.hifis.net/event/3045/

#Bioinformatics #DataViz #Genomics

That’s a wrap! 🎉 The NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025 ended with inspiring keynotes, exciting panels, engaging posters & workshops – and above all, a strong community spirit.
🙏 Huge thanks to all participants and our community for 3 days of knowledge-sharing and collaboration.

🚀 NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025 – Day 1 & 2!
Highlights included:
🎤 A thought-provoking keynote by Alexandre Smirnov
💬 A lively panel discussion on bridging lab practices and scientific publishing
🤝 Engaging networking and community exchange session. Stay tuner for day 3!

We’re heading to Jena for two exciting events!
📍 DGHM 2025 – 24 Sept
Workshop: Data madness: Navigating Host Microbiomes
Featuring VirJenDB – virus sequence discovery & analysis
Details 👉 programme.conventus....

At our second visit to DMykG we had great discussions about data storage, bioinformatics, and RDM. Topics included data security, ELNs & data management plans. Encouraging to see the fungal research community engaging with these topics and we’re excited to keep building connections!

Submit a poster and present your research at the NFDI4Microbiota Conference in Cologne (30 Sept – 2 Oct 2025). The poster session offers a space for exchange between wet-lab scientists and bioinformaticians. Deadline: 11 September. Participation is free.
Register here: events.hifis.net/eve...