mastodon 4.7.3International Society for Biocuration, a non-profit organisation for biocurators, developers, and researchers with an interest in #biocuration & #bioinformatics
The 19th Annual International Biocuration Conference will take place from 20th to 24th April 2026 in Cape Town, South Africa. More information here:
We're hosting a virtual poster session on June 15th at 17.00 CEST to supplement our annual in-person conference in Cape Town this April
Participation online is free and doesn't require registration - please submit a poster here: https://forms.gle/GBBxWynkBHoMoxhF7.
If you're attending the in-person conference in Cape Town, we also encourage you to submit/present the same poster again virtually!
we're hosting our next virtual conference series session next Monday, March 9th at 08:00–09:30 PT | 17:00–18:30
the topic is Curation Beyond Biocuration - we're featuring lightning talks and a panel from curators in linguistics, archaeology, cultural heritage, physics, computer science, and math
📅 add to your calendar (zoom link included): https://calendar.app.google/AHeteeaeDzESbdSr8
ℹ️ more info on our virtual conference series: https://www.biocuration.org/events/biocuration2026-virtual
We're excited to announce we're starting a podcast "Curate This!" where we interview (bio)curators and have them show us how they work (live!)
In the first episode, we talked with @drsbello@mstdn.social about curating mouse genotypes and alleles in @MGI@genomic.social
We will host a workshop entitled AI in Biocuration as part of the ISB 2026 Virtual Biocuration Conference Series featuring live demos from:
- Pengyuan Li (MIT/IBM)
- Christopher Tabone (Jackson Labs)
- Aleix Puig (EBI)
📅 February 9th at 17.00 CET / 8AM PT (90 minutes) - https://calendar.app.google/6n6HmdGEyUgxg7368
ℹ️ More info https://www.biocuration.org/events/biocuration2026-virtual/
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. https://www.bioinformaticsinstitute.africa/form/biocuration-2025-registration
#Biocuration #CapeTown #DataScience #Curation
Thanks to all who attended this year’s Annual General Meeting. Congratulations again to our Early and Advance Career Award Winners, Tiago Lubiana and Kimberly Van Auken! You can find their excellent talks at around the half way point of the recording of the meeting.
https://youtu.be/A7je5cR_2IA?si=HgIwdxL8AEfjLol-
Call for proposals to host the 2027 Biocuration conference is live! If you're in Asia/Oceania and interested in hosting please take a look. If you have questions please reach out to any member of the Executive Committee and we'll do our best to answer.
https://www.biocuration.org/call-for-proposals-to-host-the-2027-international-biocuration-conference/
Randi Vita addresses a big question: what is a biocurator, how can employers make biocuration jobs easier to find, and how can biocurators find jobs?
Nicole Vasilevsky and Randi Vita return to the #biocuration2025 stage for our yearly "Careers in Biocuration" workshop.
This is the last talk of our conference before closing remarks! It's been a great week.
In 2023, ISB members voted to award Sandra Orchard the Exceptional Contribution to Biocuration award (https://www.biocuration.org/pascale-gaudet-and-sandra-orchard-recipients-of-the-2023-exceptional-contribution-to-biocuration-award).
Today at #biocuration2025 in Kansas City, she's presenting her award talk "How will the role of the Biocurator change in this world of Artificial Intelligence and Machine-Learning?" with a focus on current work at UniProt
The 19𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (#Biocuration2026) is officially underway in Cape Town, South Africa... and what a morning it's been!
This year's conference marks a historic milestone: the first time our community gathers on the African continent. 🌍
Nominations for the Early and Advanced Biocuration Career awards are open now! Nominations are open through May 15th. Nominate your favorite curator (including yourself) today! For details see: https://www.biocuration.org/community/biocuration-career-awards/