“Antibiotic stewardship-induced syncope. It's a new diagnosis.” The latest video in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social summarizes a recent trial investigating whether a single dose or multiple doses of benzathine penicillin G is needed for early syphilis. 👉 nej.md/DrG28

Pleased to share our new preprint on genomic epi of #treponema www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... focusing on genomic diversity and transmission of #syphilis in Africa with @drmichaelmarks.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social @thruzim.bsky.social and many others

🔬 50 years of electron microscopy (EM) at VIDRL, from Australia’s first HIV ultrastructural images in the 1980s to the first local images of SARS‑CoV‑2. EM is a vital tool for detecting and characterising pathogens during outbreaks. Find out more 🔗 https://bit.ly/4sLZOoK

12 years in the making - we are finally scaling up our “universal diagnostics” platform. m.youtube.com/watch?v=gbeg... Read about the global program here: news.stanford.edu/stories/2026... If you are passionate about bringing cutting edge tools to work for “everyone” - reach out and engage.

🚨vConTACT3 now in Nature Biotechnology: - >95% agreement with ICTV for known viruses - Classifies both prokaryotic and eukaryotic viruses - Extends beyond genus → subfamily, family & order - Systematically assigns taxonomy to tens of thousands of previously unclassified viruses

The long-held belief that only female mosquitoes bite may not be true after all. Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Navigating multiple analysis tools shouldn't be a project in itself 🧬💻️ Introducing BioCommons Access: a new SSO ecosystem launching 26 March! Seamlessly connect & transition between #GalaxyAustralia & the @bioplatformsaus.bsky.social Data Portal with just one login. Read more:

The're also doing untargeted deep sequencing of wastewater RNA. Cool project! naobservatory.org/casper/ There's a preprint out: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

I’m please to announce that our research on a faecal mNGS assay has been published. Our findings highlight the potential for mNGS to improve clinical diagnostics by providing a high-resolution view of rare pathogens and AMR genes in a single test. www.frontiersin.org/journals/cel...

🧬🖥️ I’m building an open-source framework for easily compiling #bioinformatics pipeline results into pdf/html/xlsx reports. It will have built-in parsers for popular CLI tools Now looking for a few bioinformaticians for a brief usability feedback interview 👩‍💻 DM me or respond here if interested 👋

We’ve published a wee pilot study assessing the utility of metagenomics & full-length 16S sequencing for the detection of seasonal pathogens (and AMR) in our local urban recreational swimming hot-spot Check it out if you’re into that stuff :) www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record." Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...

🐄🧬 The Bioplatforms Animal Disease Genomics Initiative is now an official project supporting DAFF Animalplan 2022–2027, Australia’s first national action plan for production animal health. 🦠🔬 #NCRISimpact 👉 Read more: www.agriculture.gov.au/agriculture-...

🧬📸 Calling all eDNA enthusiasts, researchers, students & practitioners! We want to see eDNA through your lens 👀 The #eDNAinFocus Photo Competition celebrates the creativity, diversity & real-world impact of environmental DNA research across Australia, New Zealand & beyond 🌏 🧵👇

🦉 New publication! 🦆 BirT: A Novel Primer Pair for Avian Environmental DNA Metabarcoding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Want to amplify birds from #eDNA samples? This new primer pair is the way to go! @dirch3.bsky.social, Rachel Empey, Megan Cowperthwaite, Katerina Coveny #metabarcoding

Due March 31, 2026. Microgrant for 10 people from historically underfunded geographies/institutions to attend the Global eDNA Conference, Seattle, WA Oct 28-30. Covers 4 nights hotel and conference registration; does NOT cover travel and other expenses. #eDNA #grant forms.gle/99jEZj6K8cD7...

Check out this list of awesome #virome tools and be sure to add yours! github.com/shandley/awe... #phagesky #microsky

See you this Wedneday 😀 Join us for an evening of cutting-edge microbiology, industry insights, and great conversation! 📅 Wednesday, 25 February 2026 ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm 📍 The Burrow (Beer Garden Room), West End 🍕 Free pizza provided! 👉 Register via the QR code on the poster.

Tool of the week: Comparing microbial #genomes just got easier. EDGAR – comparative genomics without the headaches. Publication-ready figures, genome similarity analyses, phylogenetic trees. All in one platform. 🧬 edgar3.computational.bio.uni-giessen.de

EMBL International PhD Programme - summer recruitment 2026! 👀 Research groups across EMBL are recruiting now! www.embl.org/about/info/e... Don’t miss this opportunity to receive dedicated mentoring while doing interdisciplinary research.

#Prebiotic & probiotic interventions can induce therapeutically relevant shifts in your #microbiome, but their effects vary. @gibbological.bsky.social &co show that metabolic models can predict #probiotic engraftment & shifts in SCFA production after intervention @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4asmMuV

Reminder: We are accepting nominations for the 2026 Microbiome Medal Laureate, honoring excellence in research, mentorship, and service! 🗓 Deadline: April 10 📩 Submit nominations to [email protected] 🔗 www.psu.edu/news/researc...

We would love to host a #postdoctoral fellow in Data-Driven Life Science! If you have expertise in #microbiome analyses, #multi-omics studies and/or #machinelearning, please get in touch to discuss potential projects. More infos: www.scilifelab.se/data-driven/... #bioinformatics #datascience

You gotta be kidding me gift link www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

The language we use in science is important. Repeatedly, the public understands 'antibiotic resistance' over 'antimicrobial resistance' Clarity > correctness. #AMR will continue until messaging improves #AntibioticResistance #SciComm www.nature.com/articles/s43... www.nature.com/articles/s43...

The surge of HPAI in cattle has had an intersting side effect - way more research, and detections, of influenza D virus. 👉 www.science.org/content/arti...

Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm Petra, a staff scientist working on malaria mosquitoes, but I also try to make science more approachable and whimsical with my #SciArt doodles 🦟

Thanks to Robert Mitchell from UNIST, South Korea, who showed us how he can find beneficial bacteria in fecal samples to fight resistant E. Coli 🦠, and reduce animal testing with the Robogut 🤖, a lab simulation of the human gut! And, shoutout to Lorne's Uncle Donut! 🍩 #lornei&i

Something very different and cool for my lab. Sequencing a 4.4mb TB genome using the Artic-style PCR amplicon method with >5128 primers in two reactions 🤯 Enables culture-free WGS for TB! journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

ISME20 Abstract Deadline Approaching The call for abstracts for ISME20 closes 27 February. Submit your abstracts > isme-microbes.org/call-for-abs... #microbiology #marinemicrobiology #marinemicrobiome #microbiome #science #ocean #microbes #ISME20

Don’t forget – abstracts for #ASM2026 are open! www.theasmmeeting.org.au/abstract-sub...

🚨 Don't forget late-breaking abstract submissions are open for #ESCMIDGlobal2026 until this Friday, 13 Feb. Submit your original research in topics such as new drugs, emerging pathogens and outbreak emergencies. https://ow.ly/JohA50Y7M8r#ESCMIDGlobal2026 #IDSky #clinmicro

Our new review in Clinical Microbiology & Infection lays out a roadmap for the clinical impact of microbiome research built on: 🔬 scientific credibility ⚖️ regulatory & funding readiness 🤝 stakeholder engagement www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reducing haystacks to needles - ViralClust: A #Nextflow pipeline to cluster viral sequences www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧬💻🧪 github.com/rnajena/vira...

The upcoming edition of the #eDNA #Metabarcoding course is almost full - only 2 seats left. If interested: www.physalia-courses.org/courses-work...

Use the Human Microbiome Compendium data! We made the data and code available, & created a website and R package to navigate the compendium. Links: - Website: microbiomap.org - Data: zenodo.org/records/1373... - R package: blekhmanlab.github.io/MicroBioMap/ - Code: github.com/blekhmanlab/...

One of my favorite covers at Cell, so wallpaper-esque with a myriad of virus types. The cover represents a cool paper from Mang Shi, @eddieholmes.bsky.social et al Using artificial intelligence to document the hidden RNA virosphere shorturl.at/uMag5 @cellcellpress.bsky.social #sciart #AI

SegFinder: an automated tool for identifying RNA virus genome segments through co-occurrence in multiple sequenced samples https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.19.608591v1

Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢Join us for the next ECR #Viromics Webinar "How viral evolution is shaped during long-term infections of immune-compromised hosts" ‍🎙️Jonas Fuchs, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany 🗓️11 Feb 2026, 4 PM CET 📍Online/Zoom (register for login details) 👉 evbc.uni-jena.de/events/ecr-v...

📖 Big news! We just released the first five chapters of our new book, Hello Data Science. It is a fully open-access resource written for beginners. Please help us spread the word! A few points about the book are below 👇 🔗 www.hellodata.science #rstats #datascience #tidyverse

LAUNCH DAY🎙️ We're thrilled to share the very first episode of #MVIFconversations w/ Jack Gilbert 💫 Stefanie Malan-Müller & @cpavloud.bsky.social talked with @gilbertjacka.bsky.social about how microbes shape our health and the invisible living world around us. Give it a listen & spread the word!

Planning is underway for the 2026 Metagenomic Virus Discovery workshop. Last years workshop was a great success with 22 participants representing 11 countries. If you would like to know more, get in contact with our organising committee at [email protected]

In our recent @nature.com Communications study, we compared traditional #poultry swabs with environmental #metagenomics, sampling #air, cage surfaces, carcass wash water, and drinking water in two Cambodian live bird markets. 🦠😷🔬🧪🐓🥼 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Unveiling the global #urban #virome through #wastewater #metagenomics ... | #virus | #pathogens | #epidemiology | #gastrointestinal | Via @nature.com

We're very happy to release our new database Metalog metalog.embl.de ! It offers manually curated and harmonised contextual data for 110k metagenomics samples across the globe, incl. precomputed taxonomic profiles, for interactive browsing and for download 🧵 1/7 #microsky

Great talk from Michael Payne at #ABACBS2025 on DAMPA - tool for designing probe panels for targeted metagenomics using pangenome graphs! Captures all diversity efficiently, uses fewer probes than competitors. Critical for syndromic surveillance! 🧬🔬 #Metagenomics

Want @nanoporetech.com data for benchmarking microbe related stuff? Check our data for pure cultures, @zymoresearch.bsky.social mocks and metagenomes ( github.com/Kirk3gaard/M...). Basecalled reads with methylation is in @enasequence.bsky.social . Eventually the pod5s might go there as well.

Variability and bias in microbiome metagenomic sequencing: an interlaboratory study comparing experimental protocols www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The new version of the protocol can be found at: www.protocols.io/view/pan-mic... A big thank you for all the hard work from all sites involved! (3/3)