Before we go into the learning bit, let’s just revisit what a version of record is. Wikipedia describes it as “the fully copyedited, typeset and formatted copy of a manuscript as published” (with two references). Basically, in the whole scheme of research output, it is a release.

Technology doesn’t evolve in isolation. Neither do careers. Neither do ideas. The Connected Ideas Project (TCIP) exists to explore the intersections—where emerging technology meets governance, where nonlinear careers challenge the status quo, and where speculative fiction helps us see the future before it arrives. If you’re here, it’s because you know the world isn’t built in silos. You see connections where others don’t.

This week’s recap highlights pangenome graph construction with nf-core/pangenome, building pangenome graphs with PGGB, benchmarking algorithms for single-cell multi-omics prediction and integration, RNA foundation models, and a Nextflow pipeline for characterizing B cell receptor repertoires from non-targeted bulk RNA-seq data.

Good Samaritans and Animal Experts Team Up to Rescue Endangered Species in Massachusetts Massachusetts has become a beacon of hope for endangered species, thanks to the heroic efforts of good Samaritans and devoted animal experts.

Taking notes and drawing little images helps me think, but they are also helpful to others. Would sketchnoting also be for you?

Nearly 300 malaria prevention health leaders from 45 countries met virtually on November 20, 2024, in parallel English and French sessions of REACH. This new initiative connects organizational leaders tackling malaria prevention and control – and other pressing health challenges – across borders.

The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) Event Fellowship program aims to promote diverse participation at events promoting open-source bioinformatics software development and open science practices in the biological research community.

Unter dem Titel „Gemeinsam geht es besser – Kooperationen auf dem Weg zum Informationsbudget“ kamen am 24. September 2024 rund 90 Teilnehmende zusammen. Es war der vierte Online-Workshop der Reihe „Finanzielle Gestaltung der Open-Access-Transformation an Hochschulen und Wissenschaftseinrichtungen“ – ein gemeinsames Angebot der Universitätsbibliothek Bielefeld und des Helmholtz Open Science Office im Rahmen des BMBF-Projekts open-access.network.

A ‘Bear’-y Blessed Life: Grizzly and Polar Bear Adventures A ‘Bear’-y Blessed Life: Grizzly and Polar Bear Adventures The Majestic Grizzly Bear Grizzly Bears, also known as North American Brown Bears, are a subspecies of the brown bear, distinguished by their massive size and distinctive shoulder hump.

As the YouTubers would say, “A lot of you have been asking me about how to write cheminformatics blog posts.” Well, not a lot, but at least a couple! I realized that there’s a pattern to how I write cheminformatics blog posts (16 so far), so I’m sharing that here. My blog posts are intended to be tutorials that explore a topic, usually with existing tools. I figure out how to accomplish a cheminformatics objective, then share that.

This post is part of a living literature review on societal collapse. You can find an indexed archive here. Reflecting about the end of our modern civilization requires counterfactual thinking, because fortunately it hasn’t happened yet. But this is not the only way counterfactuals help us understand collapse better. We can also create counterfactuals to reflect about past events.