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The Nextflow Podcast

Seqera
Nextflow
Bioinformatics
Seqera
Nfcore
Nextflow Ambassador Program
Computational Biology
GA4GH
Bioinformatician Community
Plugins
Public Health
Spatial Proteomics
Hackathon
RNA Sequencing
Crispr-Seq
Cloud Computing
Secure Labs
Fusion File System
AWS S3
Bugseq
Bayesian Optimization

Nextflow is the leading workflow orchestrator for bioinformaticians, data scientists, and professionals in computational biology and genetics. Stay informed with the latest updates, expert interviews, and insights from the Nextflow ecosystem with The Nextflow Podcast, by Seqera. Follow us on Twitter @nextflowio and YouTube @Nextflow.

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In episode 57 (March 2026), Phil is joined by Edmund Miller and Ben Sherman to discuss how recent and upcoming Nextflow language changes can make pipeline chaining and meta pipelines easier.

The episode was split into two parts: this first part sur... more

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Episode 56 of The Nextflow Podcast (March 2026) focuses on pipeline chaining and meta pipelines in Nextflow, with guests Ben Sherman and Edmund Miller.

The episode was split into two parts: this first part surveys current solutions, while part two ... more

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In episode 55 of the Nextflow podcast (February 2026), Phil Ewels is joined by Adam Talbot and Ken Brewer to discuss a new Seqera project: using Terraform to manage Seqera Platform configuration as infrastructure as code. They cover why reproducible,... more

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In this episode, Phil Ewels sits down with Lorenzo Fontana, an engineer at Seqera with deep expertise in Linux kernel internals, eBPF, and systems programming.

Full transcript and summary blog post here: seqera.io/podcasts/episode-54-fusion-... more

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Recent Guests

Edmund Miller
Regular guest discussing Nextflow pipelines and automation
Episode: Episode 57: Pipeline chaining, meta pipelines and automation (Part 2 of 2)
Ben Sherman
Regular guest/engineer discussing language design and pipeline modularization
Episode: Episode 57: Pipeline chaining, meta pipelines and automation (Part 2 of 2)
Adam Talbot
Scientific Services Lead at Seqera
Seqera
Episode: Episode 55: Terraform & Seqera
Ken Brewer
Scientific Solutions Lead at Seqera
Seqera
Episode: Episode 55: Terraform & Seqera
Lorenzo Fontana
Engineer at Seqera, expert in Linux observability and security.
Seqera
Episode: Episode 54: Fusion Snapshots, with Lorenzo Fontana
Rob Syme
Scientific Support Lead at Seqera
Seqera
Episode: Episode 53: Highlights from 2025
Rob Newman
Product Manager Lead
Seqera
Episode: Episode 53: Highlights from 2025
Krešimir Beštak
A second year PhD student specializing in spatial omics at the University Hospital Heidelberg.
University Hospital Heidelberg
Episode: Episode 50: Imaging pipelines and analysis, with Krešimir Beštak
Dr. Olga Botvinnik
Founder and CEO of Seenome, specializing in marine genomics
Seenome
Episode: Episode 49: Finding novel proteins at Seanome, with Olga Botvinnik

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Phil Ewels
Host with a deep understanding of Nextflow and experience in product management, fostering discussions on advancements in workflow orchestration for bioinformatics.

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Episode 54: Fusion Snapshots, with Lorenzo Fontana
Q: What is unique about Fusion Snapshots compared to other tools?
Fusion Snapshots offers integrated solutions specifically designed for Nextflow pipelines, focusing on performance and adaptability to user needs.
Episode 54: Fusion Snapshots, with Lorenzo Fontana
Q: What can you tell us about Fusion?
Fusion is a file system in the Linux kernel that exposes files from different cloud providers, optimized for bioinformatics pipelines.
Episode 54: Fusion Snapshots, with Lorenzo Fontana
Q: How did you get to be an expert in this?
Lorenzo shares a personal story about a colleague at Influx Data who inspired his exploration into eBPF and low-level Linux operations.
Episode 28: Seqera and Nextflow in public health — Interview with Kelsey Florek
Q: How has your lab shifted its efforts as COVID has started to diminish?
They are now able to adopt analyses for other pathogens while building a public-facing dashboard and improving data accessibility.
Episode 28: Seqera and Nextflow in public health — Interview with Kelsey Florek
Q: How did the lab change its approach to genomics as COVID hit?
The lab significantly shifted resources and strategies to focus on COVID genomics, scaling both the team and analytical processes dramatically.

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