Torfinn Nome
@torfinnnome.com
Bioinformatics, tech, clusters, genomics, sequencing. University of Oslo, Norway | Mastodon: https://mas.to/@torfinnnome
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. “The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emission. You can make a pretty immediate impact.” [nytimes.com]
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. “The transit system is one of the greatest tools communities have to combat climate change and reduce emission. You can make a pretty immediate impact.” [nytimes.com]
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Det sitter langt inne å si at en politiker bør avstå fra møter med lovlige selskaper. Men Palantir ble, med rette, svært nylig ble erklært mer eller mindre uønska i store deler av forvaltninga. Årsakene er åpenbare!
Og Tung har ikke vist imponerende kritisk sans i salgspitcherandre tech-bros.
Og Tung har ikke vist imponerende kritisk sans i salgspitcherandre tech-bros.
Inni helvete. En ting er at man er villige til å samarbeide med folk som bidrar aktivt til krigsforbrytelser og undertrykking av folkegrupper, det er ille nok i seg selv.
Men jeg er fryktelig redd for hva slags salgspitch de kommer med ovenfor vår naive Digitaliseringsminister.
Men jeg er fryktelig redd for hva slags salgspitch de kommer med ovenfor vår naive Digitaliseringsminister.
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Det sitter langt inne å si at en politiker bør avstå fra møter med lovlige selskaper. Men Palantir ble, med rette, svært nylig ble erklært mer eller mindre uønska i store deler av forvaltninga. Årsakene er åpenbare!
Og Tung har ikke vist imponerende kritisk sans i salgspitcherandre tech-bros.
Og Tung har ikke vist imponerende kritisk sans i salgspitcherandre tech-bros.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Note to Europe: when you stand up to Trump instead of immediately surrendering, he backs down.
TACO. Learn it.
TACO. Learn it.
Trump says open to making concessions to China to calm trade war
U.S. president is set to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week.
www.politico.eu
October 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Note to Europe: when you stand up to Trump instead of immediately surrendering, he backs down.
TACO. Learn it.
TACO. Learn it.
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
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uv is now stable enough that I'm switching my course over to using it. No more conda, we will create a generation of uv evangelicals
September 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
uv is now stable enough that I'm switching my course over to using it. No more conda, we will create a generation of uv evangelicals
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HISTORIC HEAT IN CHINA
Extraordinary temperatures up to 40C in Hunan and Jiangxi Provinces (never happened this time of the year).
Dozens of monthly records smashed including:
40.0 Hengnan
39.4 Ningxian
39.3 Shaoshan
39.3 Hengshan
39.2 Hengyang
and many more...
Absolutely Unprecedented
Extraordinary temperatures up to 40C in Hunan and Jiangxi Provinces (never happened this time of the year).
Dozens of monthly records smashed including:
40.0 Hengnan
39.4 Ningxian
39.3 Shaoshan
39.3 Hengshan
39.2 Hengyang
and many more...
Absolutely Unprecedented
September 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
HISTORIC HEAT IN CHINA
Extraordinary temperatures up to 40C in Hunan and Jiangxi Provinces (never happened this time of the year).
Dozens of monthly records smashed including:
40.0 Hengnan
39.4 Ningxian
39.3 Shaoshan
39.3 Hengshan
39.2 Hengyang
and many more...
Absolutely Unprecedented
Extraordinary temperatures up to 40C in Hunan and Jiangxi Provinces (never happened this time of the year).
Dozens of monthly records smashed including:
40.0 Hengnan
39.4 Ningxian
39.3 Shaoshan
39.3 Hengshan
39.2 Hengyang
and many more...
Absolutely Unprecedented
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A deep dive into the destruction of US cancer research by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social “It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster,” a former top official at NIH told him. “It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” Gift link: nyti.ms/48iH3Cr
nyti.ms
September 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A deep dive into the destruction of US cancer research by @jonathanmahler.bsky.social “It’s an absolutely unmitigated disaster,” a former top official at NIH told him. “It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” Gift link: nyti.ms/48iH3Cr
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Mark your calendars! From Nov 24–28, 2025, in Brno, Czechia, we invite Galaxy sysadmins and bioinformatics pros to join an intensive, hands-on Galaxy Admin Training to learn how to install, configure & optimize production-ready multi-user Galaxy servers.
galaxyproject.org/events/2025-...
galaxyproject.org/events/2025-...
2025 Galaxy Admin Training
Learn how to set up your own production quality Galaxy server
galaxyproject.org
September 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Mark your calendars! From Nov 24–28, 2025, in Brno, Czechia, we invite Galaxy sysadmins and bioinformatics pros to join an intensive, hands-on Galaxy Admin Training to learn how to install, configure & optimize production-ready multi-user Galaxy servers.
galaxyproject.org/events/2025-...
galaxyproject.org/events/2025-...
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To have this paper appear the same day that RFK Jr is canceling all mRNA vaccine funding is further indication that irony is not dead, even though we might all be soon.
August 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
To have this paper appear the same day that RFK Jr is canceling all mRNA vaccine funding is further indication that irony is not dead, even though we might all be soon.
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USA universities used to attract the best students and the best academics from all over the world. It took Donald Trump 6 months to destroy it and to reveal the vulnerability of the system. USA will never regain the position it once had.
Wow. Had not realized that Columbia’s settlement with Trump admin included a commitment to decrease international student enrollment. In what way does this help “combat antisemitism,” which is supposedly the administration’s objective?
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Trump And Miller Compel Colleges Not To Enroll International Students
Trump officials are using rules, policies and agreements to compel and discourage U.S. universities from enrolling international students.
www.forbes.com
August 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
USA universities used to attract the best students and the best academics from all over the world. It took Donald Trump 6 months to destroy it and to reveal the vulnerability of the system. USA will never regain the position it once had.
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Empowering bioinformatics communities with Nextflow and nf-core genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... 🧬🖥️🧪
nf-core is the standard by which "community" should be measured, and the countless hours by contributors has truly transformed the practice of bioinformatics over the past few years
nf-core is the standard by which "community" should be measured, and the countless hours by contributors has truly transformed the practice of bioinformatics over the past few years
July 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Empowering bioinformatics communities with Nextflow and nf-core genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... 🧬🖥️🧪
nf-core is the standard by which "community" should be measured, and the countless hours by contributors has truly transformed the practice of bioinformatics over the past few years
nf-core is the standard by which "community" should be measured, and the countless hours by contributors has truly transformed the practice of bioinformatics over the past few years
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With over 8,000 tools available, Galaxy supports everything from standard QC to advanced machine learning and image analysis.
You don’t need 12 platforms; you need one that scales with your research.
Start your journey with the Galaxy Training Network: training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
You don’t need 12 platforms; you need one that scales with your research.
Start your journey with the Galaxy Training Network: training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
Galaxy Training!
Collection of tutorials developed and maintained by the worldwide Galaxy community
training.galaxyproject.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
With over 8,000 tools available, Galaxy supports everything from standard QC to advanced machine learning and image analysis.
You don’t need 12 platforms; you need one that scales with your research.
Start your journey with the Galaxy Training Network: training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
You don’t need 12 platforms; you need one that scales with your research.
Start your journey with the Galaxy Training Network: training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat...
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📢 Meet Biomni — the first general-purpose biomedical AI agent.
It automates literature review, hypothesis generation, protocol design, bioinformatics analysis, clinical decision support, and much more — scaling biomedical expertise for 100× discoveries.
biomni.stanford.edu
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It automates literature review, hypothesis generation, protocol design, bioinformatics analysis, clinical decision support, and much more — scaling biomedical expertise for 100× discoveries.
biomni.stanford.edu
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May 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📢 Meet Biomni — the first general-purpose biomedical AI agent.
It automates literature review, hypothesis generation, protocol design, bioinformatics analysis, clinical decision support, and much more — scaling biomedical expertise for 100× discoveries.
biomni.stanford.edu
🧵
It automates literature review, hypothesis generation, protocol design, bioinformatics analysis, clinical decision support, and much more — scaling biomedical expertise for 100× discoveries.
biomni.stanford.edu
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🚨 New preprint from group is now out on arXiv.
inMOTIFin: A lightweight, flexible simulation toolkit for regulatory genomics.
Simulate, implant, and modify transcription factor binding motifs with ease.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2506.20769
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inMOTIFin: A lightweight, flexible simulation toolkit for regulatory genomics.
Simulate, implant, and modify transcription factor binding motifs with ease.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2506.20769
🧵👇
inMOTIFin: a lightweight end-to-end simulation software for regulatory sequences
The accurate development, assessment, interpretation, and benchmarking of bioinformatics frameworks for analyzing transcriptional regulatory grammars rely on controlled simulations to validate the und...
arxiv.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🚨 New preprint from group is now out on arXiv.
inMOTIFin: A lightweight, flexible simulation toolkit for regulatory genomics.
Simulate, implant, and modify transcription factor binding motifs with ease.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2506.20769
🧵👇
inMOTIFin: A lightweight, flexible simulation toolkit for regulatory genomics.
Simulate, implant, and modify transcription factor binding motifs with ease.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2506.20769
🧵👇
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📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 Group Leaders! NCMBM is looking for early-career researchers ready to establish their independent research groups!
🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
June 30, 2025 at 7:09 AM
📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 Group Leaders! NCMBM is looking for early-career researchers ready to establish their independent research groups!
🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
🧬 With an attractive start-up package, help us shape the future of molecular biosciences and medicine in 🇳🇴 and be part of the @nordicembl.bsky.social!
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Excited to launch our AlphaGenome API goo.gle/3ZPUeFX along with the preprint goo.gle/45AkUyc describing and evaluating our latest DNA sequence model powering the API. Looking forward to seeing how scientists use it! @googledeepmind
June 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Excited to launch our AlphaGenome API goo.gle/3ZPUeFX along with the preprint goo.gle/45AkUyc describing and evaluating our latest DNA sequence model powering the API. Looking forward to seeing how scientists use it! @googledeepmind
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InterPro just got one of its biggest updates ever.
Now with 1.8 billion AI-driven protein annotations, AlphaFold-based TED domains, and viral proteins from the Big Fantastic Virus Database (BFVD).
See it all at www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro
🖥️🧬
@interprodb.bsky.social
Now with 1.8 billion AI-driven protein annotations, AlphaFold-based TED domains, and viral proteins from the Big Fantastic Virus Database (BFVD).
See it all at www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro
🖥️🧬
@interprodb.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
InterPro just got one of its biggest updates ever.
Now with 1.8 billion AI-driven protein annotations, AlphaFold-based TED domains, and viral proteins from the Big Fantastic Virus Database (BFVD).
See it all at www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro
🖥️🧬
@interprodb.bsky.social
Now with 1.8 billion AI-driven protein annotations, AlphaFold-based TED domains, and viral proteins from the Big Fantastic Virus Database (BFVD).
See it all at www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro
🖥️🧬
@interprodb.bsky.social
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Hey folks! I forgot to post this when we published this but I wanted to share! My org ( @omsf.io ) developed a set of playbooks to help people write better research software! I wrote this on developing software, I would love if you would take a look and share it!
playbooks.omsf.io/developer/
playbooks.omsf.io/developer/
Developer Playbook
playbooks.omsf.io
June 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hey folks! I forgot to post this when we published this but I wanted to share! My org ( @omsf.io ) developed a set of playbooks to help people write better research software! I wrote this on developing software, I would love if you would take a look and share it!
playbooks.omsf.io/developer/
playbooks.omsf.io/developer/
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Nå er det alvor for oss. Vil du la Document danse på Filters grav? filternyheter.no/vil-du-la-di...
June 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Nå er det alvor for oss. Vil du la Document danse på Filters grav? filternyheter.no/vil-du-la-di...
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Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
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This is phenomenal.
Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.
It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.
It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
May 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This is phenomenal.
Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.
It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.
It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.
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The human pangenome continues to grow and improve! Release 2 is here! Click through for the details, but this is a pretty amazing dataset including not just the phased assemblies, but PacBio HiFi, ONT Ultralong, Dovetail/Illumina Hi-C, PacBio Kinnex, and Illumina WGS for all samples
📢 HPRC Release 2 is here!
Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1.
Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️:
humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...
Now with phased genomes from 200+ individuals, a 5x increase from Release 1.
Explore sequencing data, assemblies, annotations & alignments in our interactive data explorer ⬇️:
humanpangenome.org/hprc-data-re...
May 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The human pangenome continues to grow and improve! Release 2 is here! Click through for the details, but this is a pretty amazing dataset including not just the phased assemblies, but PacBio HiFi, ONT Ultralong, Dovetail/Illumina Hi-C, PacBio Kinnex, and Illumina WGS for all samples