🌱✨ Excited to see my PhD chapters come alive as peer-reviewed papers Endophytic Flavobacterium in action: Fighting root fungal disease → doi.org/10.1016/j.mi... Thriving in low-oxygen roots → doi.org/10.1093/isme... @raaijmakersjm.bsky.social @vcarryon.bsky.social

Here's the reality this example illustrates: It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).

Are you expecting a new age of microbiome engineering Metagenomic editing of commensal bacteria in vivo using CRISPR-associated transposases www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#PMS2025 is a great occasion for many members of the MicroSOS consortium to meet and discuss about the project’s current and future activities!

Safeguarding paella production against salt stress using global trends from @kevinbretscher.bsky.social #PMS2025

@kevinbretscher.bsky.social (from @vcarryon.bsky.social lab and #LeidenBiology PhD student) on Integrative analysis of rice microbiomes reveals a global core microbiome and signatures of alkaline and saline soils #PMS2025

Day 3 of #PMS2025 starts with Session 3: Plant Microbiome Interactions (sponsored by Microbioma CSIC)

Opening of #PMS2025 by @vcarryon.bsky.social @josraaijmakers.bsky.social @microsos.bsky.social

#PMS2025 kicking off with the EPSO 2025 meeting @microsos.bsky.social

Final countdown before the start of the #PMS2025!!! 🪴 Looking forward to seeing you in Antequera (Malaga) on 3-7 November! Final program at: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com/programme/ #Plantscience #MicrobiomeResearch #Bioinformatics

New blog post! metaMDBG (@gaetanbenoit.bsky.social) and Myloasm (@jimshaw.bsky.social) have had recent releases, so I updated the benchmarks from the Autocycler paper: rrwick.github.io/2025/09/23/a... Both tools improved considerably! Time to update your conda environments 😄

Suprise delivery on Friday afternoon from @nanoporetech.com . Will be interesting to see if the Mk1D will increase flowcell output. #nanopore

We’re excited to welcome as keynote speakers for #PMS2025: 🪴 Lingfei Hu – Zhejiang University 💻 @jhcepas.bsky.social – CSIC & UPM Join us in Malaga on 3-7 November! Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #Plantscience #MicrobiomeResearch #Bioinformatics

#PMS2025 is going global! 🌍 So far, participants from 32 countries have registered for #PMS2025 This is your chance to connect, share ideas, and network with a international community of #plantmicrobiome scientists. 📅 Join now @ 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #MicrobiomeResearch

Preprint out for myloasm, our new nanopore / HiFi metagenome assembler! Nanopore's getting accurate, but 1. Can this lead to better metagenome assemblies? 2. How, algorithmically, to leverage them? with co-author Max Marin @mgmarin.bsky.social, supervised by Heng Li @lh3lh3.bsky.social 1 / N

New publication: Hub #metabolites at the root–microbiome interface: unlocking plant #drought resilience, by @vcarryon.bsky.social and others. #droughtresilience #climatechange #sustainableagriculture doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...

Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring. A study in Nature reports a shift from this norm in Messor ibericus, an ant that lays individuals from two distinct species. go.nature.com/3V68MP0 🧪

We are happy to announce 2 more keynote speakers for #PMS2025! We’re excited to welcome: 🔬 @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social – @unileiden.bsky.social 🦠 @iandealidbury.bsky.social – @sheffielduni.bsky.social Join us at in Malaga on 3-7 November! Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

Need bacterial DNA methylation data? Well, we’ve been re-basecalling all ONT data for the ATCC Genome Portal to get it. A huge effort, but as of today we have Mthyl data for ~1,500 bacterial strains. Attending #ASMicrobe? happy to chat IRL about it too. i.e. > genomes.atcc.org/genomes/67e8...

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🧫We are happy to announce 2 more keynote speakers for #PMS2025 bringing our total to 18 speakers! We’re excited to welcome: 🔬 Harro Bouwmeester‬ – ‪UVA 🪴 Yang Bai – Peking University Join us at #PMS2025 in Malaga on 3-7 November! 📅 Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

Dorado is 1.0! 🎉 LC25 release adds v5.2 DNA/RNA models with a new suite of mod models that are higher accuracy, lower FP rates, and significantly faster. - Introducing dorado variant 👀 - HAC error rate is down over 25%. - New 2’Ome mod models - Hopper & Blackwell SUP speed ups #Nanoporeconf

🔎 Microbiomes under the microscope: A new scientific roadmap 📋 Published in #Microbiome doi.org/10.1186/s401...

🌱 2 More Keynote Speakers for #PMS2025 🌱 🔬 ‪@asaflevylab.bsky.social‬ – @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social 🌱 Ling Ding – DTU ‪@dtu.dk‬ Join us at #PMS2025 in Malaga on 3-7 November! 📅 Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #MicrobiomeResearch #SoilHealth #PlantScience #Bioinformatics

🚨 Dear 🌱microbiome friends, only 1 day is left to secure a ticket for #PMS2025 at a discounted price! Take advantage of early bird fees by registering now! 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #microbiology #plantscience #microbiome #Bacteria @microsos.bsky.social

Great opportunity for PhDs and Students joining #PMS2025

🚨 Dear 🌱 microbiome friends, only 12 days are left to secure a ticket for #PMS2025 at a discounted price! Take advantage of early bird fees by registering now! 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #microbiology #plantscience #microbiome #Bacteria

🌱 Two More Keynote Speakers for #PMS2025 🌱 🔬 @finkel-lab.bsky.social – @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social 🌱 Eiko Kuramae – NIOO Join us at #PMS2025 in Malaga, November 2025. 📅 Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeResearch #SoilHealth #PlantScience

🚨 Early Bird Deadline Extended!!!🚨 Due to high demand from early-career scientists, we’re extending the early bird registration and abstract submission deadline for #PMS2025 to May 15! 💡🌱 📅 Register here to reserve your spot at a discounted rate : 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

Announcing 2 more Keynote Speakers for #PMS2025! 🍄 @vivianecordovez.bsky.social – @niooknaw.bsky.social 🌍 Juan Esteban Pérez-Jaramillo – University of Antioquia 📅 Abstract submission is open: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeResearch #PMS2025

🌱 This week we introduce two more Keynote Speakers of the 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium 2025 (3-7 Nov 2025)! 🌱 🔬 Angela Sessitch – Austrian Institute of Technology 🧪 Paolina Garbeva – NIOO-KNAW 📅 Register here: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeResearch #PMS2025

Roche Xpounds on New Sequencing Technology My deep dive on this exciting new entrant omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch... 🧬🖥️

Call for abstracts We are pleased to announce that abstract submissions for #PMS2025 has opened. This is a great opportunity to present your research and engage with leading experts in #plant #microbiomes.🦠🌿 Deadline: 28th April Submit your abstract: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com/abstract/

🌱 Our First Keynote Speakers for the Plant Microbiome Symposium 2025! 🌱 🌿 Prof. Julia Vorholt – ETH Zürich 🦠 Prof. Akos T. Kovács – Leiden University Join us in Antequera on 3-7 Nov. Stay tuned for more announcements next week. 📅 Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com #PMS2025 #microsos

Glad to be part of the #PMS2025 organization. Registration open now! Make sure to follow @microsos.bsky.social for updates and announcements of keynote speakers.

We recently got a @nanoporetech.com MinION in the lab! Interested to see how it is going to perform for bacterial WGS of large collections.