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Do not be an ASS – a simple measure for a better academic culture
Well, I am a „failure“: I spent the better part of my professional life within academia. Made it out, briefly, and then that part of the company closed. So, back into academia. With other word: I failed working outside academia. So far, at least. Who knows what life will hold in for me? Yes, I…
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bioinformatics, high performance computing, life science / medicine, Snakemake, Workflow Management SystemThe 2nd Snakemake Hackathon
Well, I did not write about the first hackathon, perhaps now, after the second, is the opportunity to tick off three tasks with one article:
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Reflections on Four Open Science Retreats: Friendship and Finding Meaning Beyond Metrics
This year marks my fourth participation in an Open Science retreat. I started writing this blog with a post on Open Science, and it is time to continue blogging. Why not share my reflections on the Open Science retreats I’ve attended? Rest assured, there is more in the pipeline, as well as more technical content.…
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Empowering Life Scientists: What HPC Support Should Look Like
It’s a paradox: many smaller HPC clusters are built by life scientists, for life scientists — yet the very idea of hosting life science workloads still feels alien to many traditional HPC administrators. Why? Because life science workflows rarely fit the classic HPC mould: they’re often data-heavy, workflow-driven, interactive, and built on scripting languages —…
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What a mad Pursuit! Some Personal Thoughts about the Open Science Movement
Earlier this year, I have been to my first Open Science retreat ever. It was nice to meet all these open-minded new people. Especially after those years, mostly working from home. It was literary a relief to meet some people in person, too. Yet, it was more than just „nice“. And this is what I…
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Welcome to the new home of „rupture de caténaire“
So, goodbye scienceblogs.de, welcome to blogs.fediscience.org! Ever since the “Konradin Mediengruppe”, the publisher behind the German blog platform scienceblogs.de, announced that it would cease operating the platform at the end of 2022, it was clear that my blog “rupture de caténaire” needed a new home. Yet, I did not simply need the answer to the…
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Recent Posts
- Do not be an ASS – a simple measure for a better academic culture
- The 2nd Snakemake Hackathon
- Reflections on Four Open Science Retreats: Friendship and Finding Meaning Beyond Metrics
- Empowering Life Scientists: What HPC Support Should Look Like