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Registration for NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025 Opens Today!

by Paulmann, Carmen

Dear NFDI4Microbiota followers, We are pleased to announce that registration for the NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025<https://events.hifis.net/e/NFDI4Microbiota_annual_conference_2025>—“From Lab to Publication: Bridging the Gap with Best Practices”—opens today, June 30, 2025! Conference at a glance: * When: September 30 – October 2, 2025 * Where: ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences, Cologne, Germany * Registration Period: June 30 – August 31, 2025 (midnight CEST) 🔗 Register here: https://events.hifis.net/event/2654/registrations/ Don’t miss your chance to join leading experts for three days of keynotes, workshops, and hands-on sessions focused on FAIR microbiome research and data management. If you have any questions, please contact us at contact(a)nfdi4microbiota.de. We look forward to welcoming you in Cologne! Best regards, The NFDI4Microbiota Conference Team [cid:c96d7e90-a468-4b54-90d9-c07667c70b45] ________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH | Inhoffenstraße 7 | 38124 Braunschweig | www.helmholtz-hzi.de Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Frau MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt Stellvertreter: MinDirig Rüdiger Eichel, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur Wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Josef Penninger - Administrativer Geschäftsführer: Christian Scherf Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Braunschweig Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Braunschweig, HRB 477 Unsere Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie hier: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/ <https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/>

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Reminder: NFDI4Microbiota - Coffee Talk on 30 June

by Mueller, Mattea

Dear colleagues, We warmly invite you to our next NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk with Ivan Belyaev from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany Topic: "BEXIS2 — a user-friendly Platform for Metadata Management" BEXIS2 is a free and open-source community-driven web-based research data management system . It facilitates the rich metadata annotation, data provenance preservation, and semantic integration of different data types acquired in microbiological experiments or collected in the natural environment. The simultaneous support of multiple schemas and the data-agnostic architecture of the software alleviate the management of complex data, including those acquired by correlative methods, like correlative light-electron microscopy or spatial proteomics. The system modularity allows modification of its various components, from database schemes to the user interface. The OpenAPI-compliant APIs of the BEXIS2 simplify the development of new functions and integration with third-party software (e.g. OMERO). In the Cluster of Excellence ‘Balance of the Microverse’ , we are instantiating the BEXIS2 as a meta-data management platform that implements community-accepted minimal information standards (e.g. REMBI, MIAPE, dMIQE2020, MARGARITAS) in conjunction with ontologies and controlled vocabularies. For that, we are developing a new interface module for external terminology services, such as TS4NFDI. In this contribution, we will provide technical details on the BEXIS2 architecture, discuss recent advances, and demonstrate metadata management workflow for NMR and light microscopy data. 📅 Monday, 30 June 2025 | 14:30–15:30 CEST ⏰ https://helmholtz-hzi-de.zoom-x.de/j/68764089023?pwd=cvlqk3FLgKyIyK3xkUy2Lh… We look forward to seeing you there! Best regards, The NFDI4Microbiota Outreach Team ________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH | Inhoffenstraße 7 | 38124 Braunschweig | www.helmholtz-hzi.de Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Frau MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt Stellvertreter: MinDirig Rüdiger Eichel, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur Wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Josef Penninger - Administrativer Geschäftsführer: Christian Scherf Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Braunschweig Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Braunschweig, HRB 477 Unsere Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie hier: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/ <https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/>

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NFDI4Microbiota - 2026 Flex Funds Call Apply Now!

by Mueller, Mattea

Dear NFDI4Microbiota community, We are pleased to announce that the NFDI4Microbiota 2026 Flex Funds Call will open today June 16, 2025! Our Flex Funds program supports small-scale, infrastructure-related projects that advance FAIR, open, and reproducible microbiology research. Eligible topics include data workflows, training, electronic lab notebooks, data curation, and community outreach. Projects can receive 20,000–80,000€ for a duration of 4–9 months (January–September 2026). Applications are open to non-profit institutions in Germany and must align with the NFDI4Microbiota work program. 🗓️ Deadline: August 11, 2025 📄 Required: Application form, budget, DMP (if applicable) 📍 More information: <https://nfdi4microbiota.de> https://nfdi4microbiota.de/newsroom/flexfunds.html For any questions, contact: contact(a)nfdi4microbiota.de Best regards, The NFDI4Microbiota Administrative Unit ________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH | Inhoffenstraße 7 | 38124 Braunschweig | www.helmholtz-hzi.de Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Frau MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt Stellvertreter: MinDirig Rüdiger Eichel, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur Wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Josef Penninger - Administrativer Geschäftsführer: Christian Scherf Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Braunschweig Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Braunschweig, HRB 477 Unsere Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie hier: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/ <https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/>

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NFDI4Microbiota - Upcoming Training Courses on Microbiota, Biometadata, and FAIR Data – Register Now!

by Paulmann, Carmen

Dear NFDI4Microbiota community, We are pleased to announce a series of exciting upcoming training opportunities organized by various institutions within our consortium. These events cover a broad range of topics including microbiota analysis, biometadata, and multi-omics approaches. We invite researchers at all career stages to participate. Below is an overview of the scheduled events: ________________________________ 1. Introduction to R – NFDI4Microbiota and DZIF Training Course 2025<https://events.hifis.net/event/2575/overview> Location: Virtual Dates: June 23–25, 2025 Time: 10:00–15:00 CEST ________________________________ 2. Hands-on Biometadata: How to describe biological data? Primer to a FAIR approach for now and future<https://events.hifis.net/event/2671/> Location: Munich Date: July 1, 2025 Time: 08:30–18:30 CEST ________________________________ 3. Summer School – Trends in Multi-Omics Data Analysis for Microbial Ecology and Biotechnology<https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=47299> Location: Leipzig Dates: July 7–28, 2025 Time: 09:00–17:00 CEST ________________________________ 4. Microbiota Profiling by 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing: Data Analysis Workshop<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/services/training_view.html?docid=682f050c08a308…> Location: Virtual Date: September 24, 2025 Time: 09:00–16:00 CEST ________________________________ 5. Hands-on Biometadata: How to describe biological data? Primer to a FAIR approach for now and future<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/services/training_view.html?docid=67dd67f7e68a14…> Location: Kiel Date: October 7, 2025 Time: 08:30–18:30 CEST ________________________________ We will also offer a range of exciting workshops covering various topics, including research data management, microbiome data analysis, and more during the NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025: “From Lab to Publication – Bridging the Gap with Best Practices” (September 30 – October 2, Cologne). Please save the date and stay tuned for further details! Please feel free to share this announcement with interested colleagues and networks. All training events can be found in our training calendar<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/services/trainings.html>. We look forward to your participation! Best regards, The NFDI4Microbiota Outreach Team ________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH | Inhoffenstraße 7 | 38124 Braunschweig | www.helmholtz-hzi.de Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Frau MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt Stellvertreter: MinDirig Rüdiger Eichel, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur Wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Josef Penninger - Administrativer Geschäftsführer: Christian Scherf Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Braunschweig Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Braunschweig, HRB 477 Unsere Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie hier: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/ <https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/>

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Save the date - NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025: September 30 - October 02 in Cologne

by Paulmann, Carmen

Dear NFDI4Microbiota followers, We are excited to invite you to the NFDI4Microbiota Annual Conference 2025. The conference will take place from 30 September to 2 October 2025 at the ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences in Cologne. The motto of this year's conference is “From Lab to Publication – Bridging the Gap with Best Practices”! You will have the chance to learn how to use our services and to make your data FAIR through dedicated hands-on workshops and with the opportunity to test your newly gained skills with a small training dataset. This year's conference will once again feature inspiring keynotes and interactive poster sessions. Please save the date and stay tuned for more information! We look forward to your participation and to a successful conference! Best regards, The NFDI4Microbiota Conference Team [cid:a51a6d69-b76d-45b9-9635-7070cad8f001] ________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH | Inhoffenstraße 7 | 38124 Braunschweig | www.helmholtz-hzi.de Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Frau MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt Stellvertreter: MinDirig Rüdiger Eichel, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur Wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Josef Penninger - Administrativer Geschäftsführer: Christian Scherf Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Braunschweig Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Braunschweig, HRB 477 Unsere Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie hier: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/ <https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/>

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NFDI4Microbiota - Bioinformatics Workshop: Introduction to R

by Paulmann, Carmen

Dear NFDI4Microbiota followers, NFDI4Microbiota is pleased to announce our next bioinformatics workshop: “Introduction to R - NFDI4Microbiota and DZIF Training Course 2025”. This workshop will take place on June 23-25, 2025 and will be held online. The workshop’s language is English. The aim of this seminar is to give participants with little or no experience of working with R the opportunity to close their knowledge gaps and determine whether R can be used in their own research. Topics range from the basics for getting started to advanced examples of using R in practical research. This course is suitable for people who are not familiar with R. Further information about the program and registration: https://events.hifis.net/event/2575/ The deadline for applications is June 6. Places are limited - apply soon to avoid disappointment! We look forward to your participation in this exciting workshop and hope to see you soon! Visit our training website<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/services/trainings.html> for more training courses! Best regards, Carmen Paulmann - NFDI4Microbiota administration unit --- Dr. Carmen Paulmann Project Manager Computational Biology for Infection Research Head of Department: Prof. Alice McHardy Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH Inhoffenstrasse 7 38124 Braunschweig Germany ________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH | Inhoffenstraße 7 | 38124 Braunschweig | www.helmholtz-hzi.de Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Frau MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Stellvertreter: MinDirig Rüdiger Eichel, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur Wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Josef Penninger - Administrativer Geschäftsführer: Christian Scherf Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Braunschweig Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Braunschweig, HRB 477 Unsere Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie hier: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/ <https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/>

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NFDI4Microbiota - Reminder: Community Workshop on 15 May 2025, 1:00 - 3:00 pm, online

by Paulmann, Carmen

Dear NFDI4Microbiota followers, This is a friendly reminder of the 7th edition of the NFDI4Microbiota Community Workshop. The NFDI4Microbiota consortium is in process of writing the renewal proposal for the next funding period. Now we need your feedback on our future work program! Topics on which we need your feedback: * How do we best support researchers in efficiently submitting microbiological data with comprehensive metadata into the designated repositories? * How can Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELNs) help to efficiently document your research? * How can experimental workflow become easily reusable and cititable? * Metadata management & Linked Data - What do you need for quick and easy management? * Finding and deciding on which quality approved analysis scripts and packages to use for your own analysis? and other topics and burning questions for which we want to offer solutions in the near and far future. Join us to offer your insights and help shape the future work of NFDI4Microbiota: What are your pain points, have you found solutions and what is still missing? Let's shape the future of the microbiological research landscape together! Feel free to forward the meeting invite to your colleagues. 📝 Agenda: https://nextcloud.nfdi4microbiota.de/s/9Y6NH7JmCA4dy32 📅 Date: 15 May 2025 🕝 Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm CEST (Berlin time) 🔗 Zoom Link: https://rwth.zoom-x.de/j/69264435862?pwd=7IbTbahRW8dJBC8pAwvRjdU33GrtXJ.1 Meeting ID: 692 6443 5862 Passcode: 604995 Best wishes from Konrad Förstner and Alice McHardy, on behalf of the NFDI4Microbiota consortium. ________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH | Inhoffenstraße 7 | 38124 Braunschweig | www.helmholtz-hzi.de Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Frau MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Stellvertreter: MinDirig Rüdiger Eichel, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur Wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Josef Penninger - Administrativer Geschäftsführer: Christian Scherf Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Braunschweig Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Braunschweig, HRB 477 Unsere Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie hier: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/ <https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/>

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Reminder TODAY: Join our Next NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk – April 28 on strain-resolved metagenomics

by Mueller, Mattea

Dear microbiome enthusiasts, This is a friendly reminder that our next Coffee Talk is today! Strain tracking across metagenomic samples with SameStr by Daniel Podlesny (EMBL) Abstract: Microbial communities are integral to human health, yet many fundamental questions about their establishment, stability, resilience, and transmission remain unresolved. In this session, Daniel Podlesny will present SameStr, a bioinformatic tool designed for strain-resolved metagenomics. This tool enables precise tracking of microbial strains across metagenomic samples, allowing us to gain insights into microbial transmission, persistence, and competition. Date & Time: 28 April 2025 14:30 - 15:30 CEST Zoom link: https://helmholtz-hzi-de.zoom-x.de/j/68764089023?pwd=cvlqk3FLgKyIyK3xkUy2Lh… Meeting ID: 687 6408 9023 Passcode: 826218 We look forward to your participation and an engaging discussion. Best regards, The AU Team Dr. Mattea Müller Project Manager Computational Biology for Infection Research Head of Department: Prof. Alice McHardy Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH Inhoffenstrasse 7 38124 Braunschweig Germany ________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH | Inhoffenstraße 7 | 38124 Braunschweig | www.helmholtz-hzi.de Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Frau MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Stellvertreter: MinDirig Rüdiger Eichel, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur Wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Josef Penninger - Administrativer Geschäftsführer: Christian Scherf Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Braunschweig Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Braunschweig, HRB 477 Unsere Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie hier: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/ <https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/>

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NFDI4Microbiota Newsletter 2/2025

by Mueller, Mattea

Newsletter Quarter 2 2025 [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/newsletter/eighthnewsle…] Dear Reader, With our eleventh NFDI4Microbiota newsletter, we would like to share news about conferences, training courses, services and cooperations. If you can think of other topics that we should cover, please let us know. We are happy to hear from you!<https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/contact-form.html> And now: Enjoy reading the newsletter! Community Engagement Events and Conferences ________________________________ NFDI4Microbiota Symposium and booth that the VAAM [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/newsletter/2025_Q2_news…] From 23–26 March, NFDI4Microbiota was present at the VAAM Annual Conference in Bochum with a booth, a poster, and a dedicated symposium. Visitors to our booth and poster learned how our services support microbiologists with FAIR data workflows, strain information, metadata standards, and Electronic Lab Notebooks. On Monday, 24 March, our symposium “From Lab to Publication: NFDI4Microbiota services for research data management” brought together our experts from DSMZ, HZI, UFZ, and ZB MED to present practical tools for better research data management. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and joined the discussion! NFDI4Microbiota at the DFG Interim Symposium in Bonn [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/newsletter/2025_Q2_news…] NFDI4Microbiota reached an important milestone this February by presenting its three-year progress at the NFDI Interim Symposium 2025. As one of the second-round NFDI consortia, we had the opportunity to showcase our contributions to the DFG reviewers and the broader NFDI community.Our presentation highlighted advances in data standardization, integration of microbiome datasets, and the development of tools and services that support FAIR data practices across microbiology. We were pleased to receive very positive feedback on our work so far, particularly on our collaborative approach and the scientific relevance of our services. A big thanks to our partners across the NFDI network and look forward to continuing this joint effort to build a sustainable Open Science infrastructure for microbiome research. NFDI4Microbiota at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/newsletter/2025_Q2_news…] From 4–7 March, NFDI4Microbiota was present at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology (GVF 2025) in Hamburg with a booth highlighting our services for virology and microbial genomics. We showcased the VirJEN database—our curated platform for virus sequence metadata and standards. A big thank-you to everyone who visited, asked questions, and shared insights. We’re excited to keep building better infrastructures for virology research together! Upcoming Events and Conferences ________________________________ From Data to Discovery: Use Case Conference in May Mark your calendars! The NFDI4Microbiota Use Case Conference “From Data to Discovery: Unlocking the Potential of Host-Associated Microbiomes” will take place on 19–20 May 2025 in Siegburg/Bonn, Germany. This two-day event brings together microbiologists, bioinformaticians, and data curators to explore practical approaches for making microbiome data FAIR and reusable. Kicking off with a keynote by Prof. Dr. John Penders, the program highlights real-world Use Cases and services—from metaproteomics workflows and microbial knowledge graphs to bioimage annotation and virus metadata standards.The conference is free of charge, and registration is now open<https://4microbiota-uc1.sciencesconf.org/> until 17 April. Join us to exchange ideas, get inspired, and help shape the future of microbiome research. We need your Feedback! Join the Community Workshop NFDI4Microbiota is excited to announce the 7th edition of its Community Workshop on 15 May 2025 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm CEST. Since its successful launch in October 2021, the consortium has seen a rapid expansion in its technical solutions and trainings for the microbiology community. Now, after three years and seven months of dedicated work, the entire NFDI4Microbiota team invites you to join them in reflecting on past successes and shaping the future of microbiome research. Join online and share the invitation with your colleagues! More info will soon bee announced here<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/newsroom/news.html>. See you in person! [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/newsletter/2025_Q1_news…] We will attend different events over the next year - find some of them below - and are looking forward to meet you there: * EVC 2025, April 27-30<https://eusv-congress.eu/> * ViBiom 2025, May<https://evbc.uni-jena.de/events/vibiom2025/> * DGHM 2025, September 22 -24<https://dghm-kongress.de/> Join the ambassador meetings Do you know our Ambassador Program? The mission of the NFDI4Microbiota consortium is to serve as the central hub in Germany, providing essential support to the microbiology community by facilitating access to data, analysis services, data/meta-data standards, and training. To fulfill this mission, we are running the NFDI4Microbiota Ambassador Program, dedicated to connecting and training (early career) researchers within the microbiology community. [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/newsletter/ninthnewslet…] As part of our commitment, we aim to assist young scientists in expanding their research networks and disseminating knowledge on data handling, metadata standards, standardized bioinformatic workflows and further related topics. Join us in our ambassador program for networking and spreading FAIR principles and openness in microbiome research! For our Ambassadors, we host bimonthly ambassador meetings with interesting topics. The next meeting will be announced soon! Get your updates and more information on the program here.<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/community/ambassador.html> Take a break and join our Coffee Talks The Coffee Talk meetings provide an opportunity to learn more about NFDI4Microbiota’s services and mission from within and around the NFD4Microbiota community. These bimonthly meetings take place online and are open to all who are interested in staying informed about current developments and topics related to data in microbiology research. [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/newsletter/2025_Q1_news…] We will continue our Coffee Talks this year, too. Get your updates and more information on the schedule and registration information here.<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/newsroom/news/2024-04-26-nfdi4microbiota-coffee-…> Services ________________________________ New update from StrainInfo Welcome to the latest update of StrainInfo <https://straininfo.dsmz.de/news> Version 2025.02.1! Our database now features 26,129 new deposits and 23,797 additional strains from top culture collections, enhancing microbial strain resolution. New features include API v2 with updated nomenclature, integrated ROR and ORCID identifiers, and an improved search table with advanced filtering and CSV downloads. [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/Services/SERVICES_strai…] We continue to collect only anonymized data—see our privacy policy for details. As always, your feedback is welcome. Ask your questions to our Helpdesk! support links The NFDI4Microbiota Helpdesk is the point of contact for the microbiology research community for all questions related to microbial (omics) data and associated metadata. We welcome questions from anyone - students, researchers, data stewards and more - working with this type of data, regardless of organism (bacteria, archaea, eukaryotic microorganisms, viruses), environment (e.g. soil, plants, host-associated and water) or data type (e.g. nucleic acid sequences, functional genomics, image data). [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/newsletter/2025_Q2_news…] Your question will be answered by one of the NFDI4Microbiota experts, including data data stewards, researchers and software developers. You can contact us either by filling in our contact form<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/contact-form/> or by email: helpdesk(a)nfdi4microbiota.de.<mailto:helpdesk@nfdi4microbiota.de> We look forward to hearing from you! Training Announcements ________________________________ We updated the Training section on our website! Now you get a more comfortable view on the interesting trainings, courses, and workshops to come. Check it out!<https://nfdi4microbiota.de/services/trainings.html> Our upcoming trainings include software carpentry and biometadata workshops. [https://jekyll.wp.dev.nfdi4microbiota.de/assets/img/newsletter/ninthnewslet…] Previous Training ________________________________ Successful Carpentries Python Workshop The Carpentries Python Workshop, held on March 17–18, 2025, at RWTH Aachen University’s IT Center, offered graduate students and researchers an engaging introduction to Python. Led by Jonathan Hartman and NFDI4Microbiota Data Steward Catherine Gonzalez, the event combined hands-on exercises with collaborative learning, emphasizing Python fundamentals from variables and loops to data manipulation with Pandas and visualizations using Matplotlib. Participants also explored broader topics such as Git version control and clean coding practices We also received encouraging feedback from participants: “I learned a lot from this workshop. All the staff were very kind and professional. I’d love to join another Python workshop under your organization. Thanks!” “Good organization, very well-structured content with understandable examples. I liked the combination of presentations and hands-on exercises.” “All instructors were very engaged and enthusiastic. They provided great examples of how best practices help in day-to-day coding.” The enthusiasm from the instructors made it easier to stay engaged in the tasks.” The inclusive atmosphere, guided by the Carpentries code of conduct, ensured a supportive environment where learners not only built practical skills but also gained the confidence to apply them in their research and data analysis projects. Recent Publications ________________________________ Defining Bacterial Genera with Genomic Precision fix link How can we robustly define bacterial genera in the age of big genomic data? A new preprint by Charlie Pauvert, Thomas Hitch, and Tom Clavel from the University Hospital of RWTH Aachen revisits the Percentage Of Conserved Proteins (POCP) and proposes POCPu—a clearer, more scalable method for genus delineation based on unique protein matches. 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Join our Next NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk – April 28 on strain-resolved metagenomics

by Mueller, Mattea

Dear Microbiome Researchers, We would like to invite you to the next session of the NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk Series on Strain tracking across metagenomic samples with SameStr by Daniel Podlesny (EMBL) Abstract: Microbial communities are integral to human health, yet fundamental questions about their establishment, stability, resilience, and transmission remain incompletely understood. For instance, microbes are passed on to offspring and interconnected through social interactions and food webs, but it remains unclear whether this results in lifelong persistence, adaptation, and stable transmission across generations. Although short-read metagenomics provides cost-effective and high-depth sequencing for studying these questions, it inherently fragments genomes, complicating the reconstruction of microbial genotypes and their tracking across hosts. To address this limitation, we developed SameStr, a bioinformatic program for strain-resolved metagenomics, enabling precise tracking of microbes across metagenomic samples. By leveraging Single Nucleotide Variants (SNVs) within species-specific marker genes, SameStr facilitates the detection and quantification of microbial transmission and persistence, as well as the observation of direct strain competition. To enhance accessibility, we have released SameStr as a Nextflow-based workflow available on GitHub and the NFDI4Microbiota CloWM platform. This allows users to conveniently deploy and execute the SameStr pipeline end-to-end locally, in cloud environments, or through the graphical user interface on CloWM. We have applied the workflow to analyze over 120,000 metagenomic samples, demonstrating its robustness and scalability. SameStr has enabled strain-resolved analysis of microbial dynamics with unprecedented phylogenetic resolution, shedding light on parent-infant microbial transmission in early childhood, longitudinal strain persistence in adults, and strain dynamics during therapeutic interventions, including Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) and probiotic administration. These analyses have uncovered taxonomic, clinical, and ecological factors critical to microbiome assembly, demonstrating the potential of SameStr to provide deeper insights into microbiome ecology and therapeutic strategies. Date & Time: 28 April 2025 14:30 - 15:30 CEST Zoom link: https://helmholtz-hzi-de.zoom-x.de/j/68764089023?pwd=cvlqk3FLgKyIyK3xkUy2Lh… Meeting ID: 687 6408 9023 Passcode: 826218 We look forward to your participation and an engaging discussion. Best regards, The NFDI4Microbiota Team ________________________________ Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH | Inhoffenstraße 7 | 38124 Braunschweig | www.helmholtz-hzi.de Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates: Frau MinDir'in Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Stellvertreter: MinDirig Rüdiger Eichel, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur Wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer: Prof. Dr. Josef Penninger - Administrativer Geschäftsführer: Christian Scherf Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) Sitz der Gesellschaft: Braunschweig Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Braunschweig, HRB 477 Unsere Hinweise zum Datenschutz finden Sie hier: https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/de/service/datenschutz/

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