Marc Robinson-Rechavi

Posts mine alone, in English (mostly) & French. #Evolution #Bioinformatics #openaccess #EDI. Director of [@dee_unil](https://ecoevo.social/@dee_unil ) and group leader at SIB Swiss Bioinformatics (npub1wfx…4c0u). He/Him. PI of Bgee database (npub1tku…s6hj), of Selectome (npub1yct…7gy8), and of MoultDB (npub150n…hg39)
Also on Bluesky as marcrr@bluesky.social

lab page: https://bioinfo.unil.ch
Department page: https://www.unil.ch/dee
Bgee database: https://bgee.org
MoultDB project: https://moultdb.org

Last Notes

2026-09-13 13:01:10 UTC

#SilentSunday
https://ecoevo-social.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/117/263/854/429/111/744/original/3e698a6f7a1f757d.jpeg

2026-06-22 20:00:52 UTC

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116771898432343046
Yes! Stop trying to copy the AI bubble and pay attention to real issues of digital sovereignty. #AI #digitalsovereignty
#note189m…spgc

2026-06-21 10:56:48 UTC

#SilentSunday
https://ecoevo-social.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/787/732/093/750/700/original/6aa62d8270c9bdfd.jpeg

2026-06-18 12:55:19 UTC

"Europe must choose between AI and climate goals"
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-choose-ai-climate-goals-data-center-chief-warns/

2026-05-29 16:11:41 UTC

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/116658075328780586
In an environment of depressing news, this is the most depressing graph I've seen recently #climateChange #AI
#note18pd…c78w

2026-03-22 15:52:16 UTC

#SilentSunday #spring
https://ecoevo.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/273/602/236/879/748/original/aa2784259df707fd.jpeg

2026-01-23 10:02:24 UTC

I like: reading a revised manuscript where the authors did an excellent job of replying to the reviewers, and the manuscript is much improved.
Sometimes peer review works, and it's great.

2025-08-19 07:26:05 UTC

Please don't be the person who thinks they can speak loud enough to ask their question without a mike in a large room. Microphone usage is not just a confort, it’s an accessibility issue for many people. #ESEB2025

2025-04-30 05:30:33 UTC

"Many of the events predicted for 2050 or 2070 are already happening. We underestimated the speed of change."
#ClimateChange
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/30/india-and-pakistan-already-sweltering-in-new-normal-heatwave-conditions

2025-03-04 12:17:17 UTC

Dear #RoyalSociety, the University of Lausanne can only manage, but never erase, the stigma of giving Mussolini a doctorate honoris causa in 1937. Act now, or be for ever the scientific society which kept a fascist leader as a member.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/03/elon-musk-royal-society-fellowship-survives-fractious-members-meeting
(documentation in French only, sorry)
https://wp.unil.ch/passesensible/
https://www.unil.ch/files/live/sites/cire/files/home/rapport-dhcbm-02-06-22.pdf #Musk #Mussolini

2025-01-23 06:44:22 UTC

In discussions with PhD students recently (in Switzerland, small sample), all expressed that they would avoid applying to the US for postdocs. This will only get worse.