Rob Waterhouse
@rmwaterhouse
Director, Environmental Bioinformatics Group at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics @sib.swiss. Chair, European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA, @ergabiodiv.bsky.social). #biodiversity #genomics www.rmwaterhouse.org
The #Datarium exhibition in #Geneva features #biodiversity #genomics @biogeneurope.bsky.social and monitoring @bmd-project.eu thanks to @sib.swiss for the great public show!
A wonderful escape to the mountains for our summer group outing ... hike up ⬆️⛰️, swim 🏊♂️, lunch 🧀🥪🥗, hike around the lake 🚶, swim 🏊, & hike down ⬇️⛰️
Coming to #Geneva for @eccb-europe.bsky.social ? Register by August 14th eccb2026.org #GenevaLovesData
This makes balcony #gardening all worthwhile ... just look at it go! #bumblebees #biodiversity #urbangreen
Looking forward to the public thesis defence @unil.bsky.social @dee-unil.bsky.social of my student Giulia Campli who has done a really great job during her PhD exploring evolutionary-functional genomics of arthropod moulting!
ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social COST Action: CONSENSA Consensus Standards for Applied #Biodiversity #Genomics www.cost.eu/actions/CA25... Establishing standards for generating, analysing, interpreting, & applying genome-wide data, making evidence accurate, comparable, interoperable, & reusable
The #Swiss contribution to #biodiversity heritage is enormous, here celebrating on the roof of the Swiss embassy in #Berlin @sib.swiss
#GenevaLovesData - here a focus on 🄴🄽🅅🄸🅁🄾🄽🄼🄴🄽🅃🄰🄻 🄳🄰🅃🄰 datarium.ch/en/environme... with me @sib.swiss, Alexandra Weber from @eawag.bsky.social, & Pascal Peduzzi from GRID @unep.org
A really great #pangenomes session at #SMBE2026 with a wide variety of organisms and methods, and a packed room too! Thanks to all the amazing speakers! Consider joining the ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social pangenomes working group to continue the discussions!
And thanks to the session organisers and all the other speakers - a great diversity of topics! #SMBE2026
Coming up next #SMBE2026 - PANGENOMES - S21 From genomic graphs to evolutionary insights: standardising pangenomes for population inference. Wed Jul 1, 10:20am 12:20pm --- Lumbye (lower level)
Lots of ERGA members coming to visit us at the @ergabiodiv.bsky.social booth at #SMBE2026 - come and say hello, learn about the community, collect stickers, pencils, flyers, chocolates! @official-smbe.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
Great to catch up with ERGA members @kerstinhowe.bsky.social & @lauradbertola.bsky.social at #SMBE2026 @official-smbe.bsky.social @ergabiodiv.bsky.social
A really great start to the session with Cock Van Oosterhout #SMBE2026 @official-smbe.bsky.social
ERGA members @official-smbe.bsky.social #SMBE2026 stop by the booth for flyers, pencils, stickers, and Swiss chocolates! @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social
Today at #SMBE2026 we kick off with the plenary from ERGA member @emmateeling.bsky.social lead of ERGA Associate Partner Bat1K Project @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social #biodiversity #genomics @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @official-smbe.bsky.social
Great to see ERGA community friends at #SMBE2026 --- come visit the booth to say hi and learn about @ergabiodiv.bsky.social, about the community, funding opportunities, and much more! @astridboehne.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social
The atmosphere is electric here at #SMBE2026 @official-smbe.bsky.social conference #Copenhagen - do stop by the ERGA booth during the breaks! @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social #European node of the EBP @ebpgenome.bsky.social
On the right of reception as you enter. We welcome all ERGA members current and future! @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @official-smbe.bsky.social #SMBE2026
The ERGA booth is now set up at #SMBE2026 ... do stop by at any time to learn about our reference #genome community @ergabiodiv.bsky.social @biogeneurope.bsky.social @official-smbe.bsky.social
Looking forward to a great conference @official-smbe.bsky.social in Copenhagen this week #SMBE2026 Do visit us at the ERGA @ergabiodiv.bsky.social booth number 8 during the breaks! #biodiversity #genomics @biogeneurope.bsky.social #BGE+ @horizoneu.bsky.social
The meeting was a great opportunity to learn about how to run a successful COST Action. The journey was quite hectic in the heat though!
I'm only about an hour delayed but I am at least back in Switzerland now, hope all your journeys are going OK!
A really great group for the #Biodiversity #Bioinformatics summer school organised in Siegen, Germany, by @sib.swiss & @denbi.bsky.social - we survived the 🔥 heatwave 🥵 and now I wish you all safe travels home with as few railway disruptions as possible!