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The mailing list does not grow by itself

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The national MERIT network held a meeting on the morning of June 30, as a satellite of JOBIM 2026 in Strasbourg, where each local bioinformatics network from across France was given a few minutes to describe what it does, how many people it reaches, and what has or hasn’t worked. We could see how differently these networks have developed from one city to the next. Quite an instructive session!

Some of them date back to 2015 or earlier; ours in Lyon is one of the youngest, with a mailing list only created in May 2024, but it grew quickly, as shown below:

Who is on the list? A look at our subscriber domains

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

ReBiLy has been invited to present its structure and activities at a MERIT meeting on the morning of June 30, 2026, held as a satellite event of JOBIM 2026 — the national bioinformatics conference — in Strasbourg. As part of this presentation, here is a snapshot of our mailing list.

As of this week, the ReBiLy mailing list (reseau_bioinfos_lyonnais@groupes.renater.fr) has 177 subscribers. Here is a quick breakdown of where the community comes from, grouped by the domain name of each subscriber’s email address.

ReBiLy site up and running !

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:56:37 +0200

The ReBily website is running and powered by Hugo on codeberg

Don’t hesitate to propose new post by creating a new pull request

RNA-seq (bulk) training: differential expression analysis — March 2026

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Numerical Analysis Council (CAN) of SFR BioSciences is organising a practical training course on differential expression analysis using bulk RNA-seq data.

The goal: master every step of the analysis process, from raw sequencing files to result interpretation, with no technical prerequisites.

This training is especially suited to participants who already have an RNA-seq dataset at hand, whether from public sources (e.g. published articles) or generated as part of their own research projects.

Technical half-day: sample preparation, spatial biology and data analysis — 10 April 2025

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

LabCluster is organising a technical half-day focused on sample preparation, spatial biology and data analysis.

Thursday 10 April 2025, 8:30 am to 2:30 pm Main building, salle Hermann — Domaine Rockefeller, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 8 avenue Rockefeller, 69008 Lyon

Free admission, registration required, limited seats: www.labcluster.com

Programme

Time	Speaker	Title
8:30		Welcome — coffee and pastries
9:00–9:20	Guillaume Marcy (bioinformatics platform, Labex CORTEX)	Sample Preparation and Cell Isolation Methods for Single-cell Transcriptomics – Best Practices and Advice
9:20–9:40	Levitas Bio	Overcoming Sample Quality Challenges for Single Cell Analysis
9:40–10:00	Singleron Biotechnologies	« Instrument free » Multi-Omic Single Cell Sequencing technology for your research
10:00–10:20	NanoCellect	The Future of Image-Guided Cell Sorting
10:20–10:40	Arralyze (dist. NewcellX)	Bridging Spatial Insights with Functional Single-Cell Analysis
10:40		Coffee break
11:00–11:20	Akoya Biosciences	Single-Cell Spatial Phenotyping: Setting the pace of Discovery and Translational Research
11:20–11:40	RareCyte	Unlocking Spatial Biology with Orion™ Technology
11:40–12:00	Standard BioTools	Unlocking New Views in Spatial Biology with Imaging Mass Cytometry
12:00–12:20	Visiopharm	Mapping the biological landscape: Turning multiplex images into knowledge
12:30–2:30 pm		Labolunch — networking buffet lunch

A code of conduct for ReBiLy

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

At our first in-person meeting, in September 2024, we noted that a “code of ethics” was needed for the mailing list. The wording may have been a little formal, but the need was real. Here it is: ReBiLy now has a code of conduct.

Most codes of conduct for networks or conferences address harassment, discrimination, and intimidating behaviour. That is essential, and ours does it. But a scientific community also has its own specific pitfalls, which are less often named explicitly. We drew on the SFBI’s code of good conduct and tried to go a little further on a few points.

Second meeting of the Lyon bioinformatics network: report

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In person — Salle Condorcet, ENS de Lyon — 2 December 2024

Attendees

41 participants in person, 3 via videoconference.

Network objectives

Bring together the Lyon bioinformatics community within a single network.
Circulate local news and announcements (seminars, events, etc.).
Encourage exchanges and expertise sharing.
Provide specific support to community members.

General information

In October 2024, the network had 83 subscribers on the mailing list; by 2 December, following the announcement of this meeting, the number had risen to 157 subscribers, and 58 members had already contributed to the community directory.

Second meeting: Monday 2 December 2024

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Dear all,

The Lyon Bioinformatics Network is pleased to invite you to its second meeting, which will take place on Monday 2 December 2024 at 1:30 pm in the Salle Condorcet at ENS de Lyon.

In preparation for this meeting, we are putting together a directory of network members to facilitate exchanges within the community. You will be contacted about this.

The agenda will be as follows:

Election of the coordination team members,
Proposal and scheduling of dates for the 2025 seminars and workshop,
Proposal of training sessions,
Any other business.

See you soon!

First meeting of the Lyon bioinformatics network: report

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In person — Room 34290, INMG, Faculté de Médecine Lyon Est, Rockefeller campus — September 10, 2024, 1–3 pm

Attendees

Present: 17 participants from 8 research institutions.

Apologies: 3 people.

Profile: 10 fixed-term and 7 permanent staff. The large majority works on genomic and transcriptomic data, with a clear trend towards single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Introduction

This first gathering starts from a shared observation: the Lyon bioinformatics community is poorly represented in national networks. The aim is to build connections, structure a local network, and provide a space for exchange and mutual support.

Launching the Lyon bioinformatics network

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Dear all,

Since mid-May 2024, a group of bioinformaticians based on the Lyon-Est research campus has been working on the creation of a local Lyon network dedicated to bioinformatics engineering, with the aim of bringing together the bioinformatics community across the Lyon area.

The goals of this project are:

To work alongside the national MERIT network, which federates bioinformatics engineers across France under the CNRS umbrella, and to contribute to the establishment of a labelled Lyon chapter within that network.
To foster knowledge sharing among network members.
To provide a dedicated space for bioinformaticians who are sometimes isolated within their own institutions.
To give bioinformatics professionals opportunities to meet and share expertise.

The network is open to bioinformatics professionals from both academic and private laboratories across the Lyon area.