Erick Ratamero

ok, I am now over 1k followers (!!!) and have a new job, so new pinned post: hi! I'm Erick. I just started work as the new Data Management Coordinator in the Data Science Centre at EMBL. Most of my work is on open-source tools to help people manage their data. Glad to have you here!

📣 The first version of RFC-10: NGFF Governance and the Editorial Board is now live, and we are inviting the community to comment on the proposal and shape its final form. If you build or use OME-Zarr, we would love your feedback! Thread 🧵 📄 ngff.openmicroscopy.org/rfc/10/index...

Slept for about 3h before waking up in the middle of the night to check on the results for the Brazilian election and how the heck do I go back to sleep now

you know it's one of those weeks when your glasses break, you start wearing your backups until the new one arrives, and the backups ALSO break.

there’s a men’s version of the wnba that’s basically just as good

Big news! Our week-long #bioimageanalysis bootcamp is BACK! Learn how to think about bioimage analysis like the pros do, learn what corrections you should (and shouldn't!) apply to your images, learn open source tools, and more. Apply NOW at broad.io/BAB3 for our January 2027 course!

I don't know about y'all but I'm in Rome today

waiting for the Eurostar today an aggressively American dude behind me was explaining some people he just met about his trip through Europe and how "chatGPT planned everything". Imagine spending thousands on a vacation statistically guaranteed to be mid

This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol...

We have a position open in our core facility in the @pasteur.fr . Please share it and / or apply! forum.image.sc/t/research-e...

Are you a biologist working with microscopy images? A computer scientist wanting to work with microscopy data? Their boss??? None of these, but curious how AI has transformed microscopy image analysis? 🔬🤖 This one's for you: 📄 doi.org/10.1146/annu... More in the thread! 🧵

You bet I'm willing to travel halfway across Germany to vote in the Brazilian elections today. Can't let them shits back in. (Currently in Ulm, on my way to Munich)

🚨New release: NGFF specification 0.6 🚨 Last week, we formally released the latest version of the NGFF specification: 0️⃣.6️⃣( ngff.openmicroscopy.org/specificatio...) Let's take a small tour through the things possible with #ome-zarr 0.6 now that this is out! 👇

Research software is costly and time-consuming to produce because it requires focused time from developers who have invested years learning to master their craft, just like art. There is nothing to celebrate about relinquishing intellectual expertise and mastery in favor of fast and cheap.

Here's Italy playing the rare 2-1-2 zone. It didn't work. (I'm doing whatever the "watching the women's world cup in person" equivalent is of touching grass.)

It's here! I'm now another person about to be insufferable about the MiSTer.

Getting close to completing the @gamesdonequick.com grand slam: did AGDQ, SGDQ, GDQ@Pax East, and now GDQ@Gamescom. Gotta find a way to get myself to PAX West at some point...

I've streamed every single day in August and I will not break the streak today (Natsu-mon then Message from Deep Space) at www.twitch.tv/ratamero and stream.erickratamero.com

I fell prey to the most dastardly of traps: nap too late in the day leading to not being able to fall asleep when I'm supposed to.

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We're excited to announce the 2026 OME-Zarr hackathon 🎉 📅 Date: November 2nd - November 6th 2026 📍 Location: University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 💻 Virtual participation: possible for Monday afternoon, 1:00 PM CET 6:00 PM CET biovisioncenter.notion.site/2026-ome-zar... (1/6 🧵)

big walk is excellent (as expected). The structured puzzles are a lot of fun, the small and big discoveries are wonderful, but what really sold me on it was the way a small thing like "I pressed the wrong button and threw an important item off a cliff" can turn into a whole 10-minute mini-saga.

this is a regular reminder that, whatever you use to create QR codes, check it resolves to the address you want, and not an intermediary. You don't want, say, to put posters all over a research institute that suddenly resolve to a page full of scammy ads and malware.

Do you want to learn more about OME-Zarr viewers, where they stand today and what's being developed at the moment? On August 24th at 4pm CEST, we will hear about 3 different OME-Zarr viewers and user stories for each. www.biovisioncenter.uzh.ch/en/events/Up... (1/5 🧵)

FIFA and the US really is a match made in heaven (derogatory)

I am pleased to inform The Incident at Galley House has the sauce. I regret to inform I am lost in it.

EMBL's new AI unit is recruiting. We are seeking a machine learning scientist to establish their independent research group bridging innovations in machine learning/AI with modern biology. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

amanhã cedo a CBF tem que amanhecer assim

alright gang I'm off to bed

GG to GDQ

ok yeah Grenoble is gorgeous

if congo pull this off i want the british museum empty by midnight