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One of the most important reasons why we shouldn't gatekeep access to science or data - anyone can do amazing things, create amazing resources, & contribute amazing insights - & we all benefit! We never know what we don't know due to someone not being 'allowed' to try!

Incredibly honored to be featured in the Nature piece below by Max Kozlov 🇺🇦. I never expected anything resembling this kind of recognition, & it all still feels a bit surreal. I want to mention a few of the people whose work & generosity has been vitally important to me. 1/

Here it is variant chatbot! This is likely among the best possible uses for AI to manage big data at the time of a pandemic ! Eric Topol Eric Feigl-Ding T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 Roberta Villa Tom Peacock

Do you want to find out details about the circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants? Then chat to cov-spectrum.org/chat - it can provide answers to questions for which even the cov-spectrum.org dashboard has no direct information. We would be grateful if you allow the 1/2

You can now use a chatbot to find out latest information about SARS-CoV-2 variants arxiv.org/abs/2305.13821 cov-spectrum.org/chat GenSpectrum in your favorite language, including Swiss German! The chat relies on the millions of available SARS-CoV-2 sequences, answering 1/2

CoV-Spectrum now uses the most recent Nextclade dataset and calls BA.2.86. cov-spectrum.org/explore/World/…

Interested in developing dashboards and tools for public health and genomic epidemiology? We are looking for a software engineer to join our GenSpectrum team at D-BSSE, ETH Zurich in Basel, 🇨🇭CH! jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_… Please reach out if you have any questions and please share! :)

📢 We're excited to introduce Pathoplexus, a specialized sequence database for human viral pathogens! 🌍 🧬 Launching with 4 viruses, Pathoplexus.org combines modern open-source software with transparent governance to improve global pathogen sequence sharing. 1/14

💡 Want to learn more or get involved? Visit Pathoplexus.org, follow us here, or join the discussion on our forums (discussion.pathoplexus.org)! Together, we can create a more equitable & collaborative environment for global pathogen research! 🎉 #Pathoplexus 14/14

It was an amazing journey for us (our research team ETH Zurich with the support of contracted software developers from TNG technology) to work with colleagues across the globe from the first idea to what we now call Pathoplexus pathoplexus.org! We are very proud to 1/2

GenSpectrum just added a mpox dashboard using data from @Pathoplexus – see genspectrum.org

Information for CoV-Spectrum users: The GISAID data on CoV-Spectrum has not been updated since 23 December due to an interruption in the data feed. We have contacted GISAID regarding this issue and are hopeful for a resolution soon.

We have just received an updated dataset from GISAID. Many thanks to the GISAID team for fixing the data feed!