Ibra Lujumba

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[Vienna BioCenter Scientific Training @TrainingVbc]

Meet our 2026 Summer School cohort! 19 brilliant students from 13 countries are making discoveries at @CeMM_News @gmivienna @IMBA_Vienna @IMPVienna @MaxPerutzLabs with one month still to go. 🧬

Check them out: https://t.co/LvPXT9nsbk

#VBCSummerSchool #LifeScience

[Reuters @Reuters]

Danube River water levels fell to record lows this week in Croatia and Serbia, exposing a freight ship that sank in 1937 https://t.co/HB0mKSJe3f

[Shuangjia Lu @ShuangjiaLu]

Does pangenome references actually improve your association study? We found measurable gains.

Our preprint is online now: "Pangenome-based human genome analysis improves trait association and genomic prediction": https://t.co/HPms7jv2RL

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Forever our number 20 ❤️

[Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks]

ALL Haymarket Books are 40% off through August 21st! ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

[Afrobarometer @afrobarometer]

Substantial shares of Africans report having to pay a bribe to avoid problems with police, get police assistance, obtain an ID, and receive medical care.

For details, see our latest in @thecontinent_

#VoicesAfrica #PublicServiceDay

[The Continent @thecontinent_]

All Protocol Observed

Welcome to Issue 244 of The Continent

Goons, les miliciens, baltagiya: different names, same job. Across Africa, muscle-for-hire helps politicians wield power through intimidation and violence, and maintain plausible deniability.

https://t.co/9aPrlPyMsQ

[Sudan Tribune @SudanTribune_EN]

Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission has accused the RSF of attacking an aid truck carrying 50 tons of flour near El Rahad. The attack killed the driver and destroyed the cargo, which was bound for El Obeid. Local officials say the incident violates international humanitarian law.
https://t.co/65FsfO9mZ7

#Sudan #ElObeid #NorthKordofan #SudanWar #HumanitarianAid #RSF

[Maren @mbjorgum]

Just got back from 6 days of this and no internet.

I’m going to need some time to recover. 😍😮‍💨

📍Rwenzori Mountains, Uganda

[Heng Li @lh3lh3]

Minibwa is a hybrid of bwa-mem and minimap2 and the successor of bwa-mem for short-read mapping. ~4X/2.5X as fast as bwa-mem/bwa-mem2 for WGS reads at comparable accuracy. Native support of directional bisulfite-seq. Applicable to long reads. Preprint at https://t.co/y5ZTr9btE6

[Bafana Bafana @BafanaBafana]

It ends in defeat at Estadio Azteca, not the start we wanted. On to the next one

#BafanaPride
#FIFA

[Malaria Journal @MalariaJournal]

Longitudinal surveillance of Anopheles mosquitoes across different settings in Tanga and Unguja: increased distribution of An. merus in coastal and inland areas of Tanzania

#malaria

➡️https://t.co/nHaIHCxVxL

[PopGenViennaPhD @PopGenViennaPhD]

Juliette de Meaux @MeauxJuliette is speaking tomorrow on "Adaptation to environmental challenges in plants" for our #PopGen Seminar.
Our #PhD students are excited to attend and meet her! Full schedule and streaming details at https://t.co/bb9B06MYgu #evolution #molecularecology

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

Eid Mubarak to all of our supporters celebrating across the world today. #RedTogether

[R Consortium @RConsortium]

Open source in R- don’t know where to start? Start TOMORROW!

R Consortium webinar (Wed, April 8):
“Make your first R open source project contribution with git, forks, and PRs”

👉 Register: https://t.co/Sqo15LdGV7

Build real experience. Collaborate globally. Contribute to R.

[PopGenViennaPhD @PopGenViennaPhD]

@MerotClaire is speaking tomorrow on "The role of structural genomic variants in the evolution of biodiversity" for our #PopGen Seminar Series. Our #PhD students look forward to meeting her! See full schedule and streaming details at https://t.co/TksN3S19V3 #evolution

[Agristok @agristok]

📌 5 Fully Funded PhD Positions in Microbial Ecology & Biogeochemistry in Denmark 🇩🇰... Please Re-post and spread the word! For details visit: https://t.co/MmDPpMw1eQ

[Agristok @agristok]

📢 2 Fully Funded PhD and 1 Postdoc Positions in Plant Science in Germany – Please Re-post and spread the word! For details visit: https://t.co/ZXCSE2iFAF

[Ibra Lujumba @harbi811]

#evoltreeNW: EVOLTREE online webinars Spring 2026 @evoltreeNW https://t.co/hhQLkTNWT2

[Pycon Africa @pyconafrica]

We’re looking for speakers to share insights on Python, AI, data, web, open source, community, and more.

Are you first-time or experienced speaker? We encourage you to apply and inspire Africa’s tech ecosystem.

Deadline: 16th. 04.2026
Link: https://t.co/EOrAUYAG9P