Caturdays are for sleeping, preferably in the sun ☀️ #caturday #cats

You can now view a tree of 2,399,238 bacterial genomes we made from AllTheBacteria (on the great Taxonium): taxonium.org/atb That's a big tree! (unless you're used to SC2 trees)

Inspection time! A Chaffinch has dropped by your feed to keep an eye on things... 👀 📷 @kiransimpson.bsky.social

Incredible time at #AIR2026 covering breadth of respiratory infection, microbiomes and immunology with some really beautiful biology. Thanks to fellow committee members @resp-micro.bsky.social @drclairesmith.bsky.social @ewanharrison.bsky.social , Alex Kayongo and organisers @eventswcs.bsky.social

Completed my first half marathon! 🏆 The big question is... Will it also be my last half marathon, given how fun it ended up being? 👀

Well, well, well. It seems you've been paid a visit by the inspector Robin. I do hope for your sake nothing is amiss...

Our Genomewatch on genomics to monitor emerging zoonotic threats is in the first Nature Reviews Microbiology of 2026! 🖥️🧬🦠 It's so exciting to see it in print, surrounded by so many other interesting papers! Find our article: rdcu.be/e0TS1 Read the full issue: www.nature.com/nrmicro/volu...

Performing GPSC/lineage-specific analysis? We have made assemblies and annotations for 73 common GPSCs more accessible than ever: github.com/GlobalPneumo... Annotations were generated using Bakta v1.11.4 with the v6.0 full database.

Birds but they get spookier each time. 🎃👻 Enter if you dare...🚪

SeroBA(v2.0) and the SeroBAnk are published! 🧬🖥️ SeroBA(v2.0) can identify 102/107 pneumococcal serotypes, and the SeroBAnk is a guide to their cps loci, capsular structure, and antisera 🧪 Many collaborations were needed to make this detailed resource! ➡️ www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Last week I was in Beijing, China for the 5th Asia Pneumococcal Symposium! 🇨🇳 So many amazing talks - I learnt a lot and also recieved valuable feedback on my recent work! 🖥️🧬 🧪 The next Asian Pneumococcal Symposium will be held in Chiba, Japan, in 2027 🇯🇵 I am already looking forward to it!

Read #8 to learn about how the GPS project is working to support global research into how vaccines impact AMR 💊 🧪 Leading the GPS placement scheme, supporting and meeting talented global pneumococcal researchers, has been incredible. I have learnt so much from them! Papers coming soon... 🖥️🧬

New online! Zoonotic threats hidden in wildlife

It's likely the next pandemic will come from wildlife. But how can we prepare for the next spillover event, if we don't understand the diversity of viruses out there? 🦔🦠 Check out our Genomewatch article, where we discuss using meta-genomics to study viral diversity in wild mammals 🖥️🧬 rdcu.be/eHIBl

[🚨 New paper] The first nationwide, longitudinal WGS analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Taiwan (2006–2022). 1,343 isolates from 27 hospitals, we track serotype, AMR, and genomic lineage before and after PCV13. #GPS_project #PCV13_impact #Taiwan www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

happy #WorldMosquitoDay 🦟🦟🦟 what started as some really funny questions at a @skypeascientist.bsky.social call with 7 year olds is now a @sangerinstitute.bsky.social blogpost, check it out to learn funky new mosquito trivia! sangerinstitute.blog/2025/08/20/h...

😛 #caturday

Our review on the peculiar properties of mitochondrial carriers of the SLC25 family out: portlandpress.com/biochemj/art...

What do the BIOSCAN project and the Duxford Imperial War Museum have in common? They are both interested in things that fly! ✈️ 🐝 It was amazing to be at the Duxford Air Show with @engagewcs.bsky.social to discuss how the BIOSCAN project uses DNA barcoding to study flying insects in the UK 🧬

If EMBL-EBI managed data resources have ever saved you time & effort, this is your chance to give back! Fill in a 15-minute survey to help us: 🌍Demonstrate the real-world impact of our resources 🤓Understand your needs 🌟Secure continued funding Closes 16 July www.surveymonkey.com/r/QGFMBH8?ch...

We sequenced pneumococcal isolates from children with pneumococcal disease in Suzhou, China, 2014-2023 🖥️🧬 94% expressed serotypes in PCV13, which is not part of China’s National Immunisation Programme 💉 96% were multidrug-resistant 💊 🧪 Paper here 📄 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Last week I co-chaired the 2025 Mechanisms of Membrane Transport Gordon Research Seminar! 🎤 🇨🇭 With cutting-edge science from early career researchers, thoughtful discussion, and insightful career conversations, I'm proud of the programme we put together 🧪 Thank you to all speakers and attendees! 🥳

Last week in #Europneumo2025, the GPS core team presents 1) Database of 26k pneumococcal genomes @harryhung.bsky.social 2) Global population structure of serotype 12F @dralannah.bsky.social 3) SeroBA - WGS-based tool to detect 102 known pneumococcal serotypes @OliverLorenz

(Hopefully) Coming soon to a journal near you: serotype 12F is global 🌍, expressed by diverse pneumococcal lineages 🧬🖥️, and often antimicrobial resistant 💊 I had a great time at #Europneumo 2025 presenting a poster on our recent work on the invasive pneumococcal serotype 12F. Watch this space! 🧪

Take time to sleep and rest this #caturday

cats when you give them a bath

Parker is wishing you a happy Bank Holiday weekend with a BIG SCREAM 📣 🐈 (he'd also be grateful if you could please feed him, he's not eaten in at least an hour) #caturday #cat

Do you need a #bioinformatic tool to detect almost all serotypes in #pneumococci? The new SeroBA v2.0 can detect 102 of 107 known pneumococcal serotypes www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Struggling to keeping track of >100 pneumococcal serotypes? 🧪 Meet SeroBA(v2.0), an updated tool that can accurately type almost all serotypes from WGS data, plus the SeroBAnk, a pocket guide to the serotypes! 🧬🖥️ Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... SeroBAnk: www.pneumogen.net/gps/#/serobank

Had an inspiring day yesterday visiting UCL to meet Prof. David Goldblatt and his team! I got the opportunity to present and discuss our progress on a recent collaboration, and learn about immunology 🧪 Thank you for the kind invitation to visit - Looking forward to sharing the full story soon! 🖥️🧬

Just because Parker fits in the hand luggage, doesn't mean he can join us on holiday... 🏖️ 🐈 #caturday

New paper! 📢 We analysed 20+ years of pneumococcal bloodstream isolates in the Netherlands to: 💊 Track antibiotic resistance trends 💉 Assess pneumococcal population shifts post-PCV 📈 Identify rising serotypes not covered by current childhood PCVs Check it out! 🧬 🧪 doi.org/10.1099/mgen...

Happy #caturday to those who celebrate!

🚨 Less than one week until the abstract deadline for the Mechanisms of Membrane Transport GRS!! 🚨 📅 Apply by Feb 16th! If you enjoy learning about novel insights into membrane transporters in beautiful places, this is the conference for you! 🧪 #STEMseminar

Guest #caturday from Blinco! He's still a kitten (but growing quick!) and likes to sleep cuddling his tail

Happy #caturday from Rosie and her cone! 🐾 Turns out her eye was not actually removed when she was a kitten, as we were told when we adopted her! It was very atrophied in the back of her eye socket. One operation later, she's healing nicely and hopefully won't be bothered by the eye again 😄

#caturday from Parker

Another week, another #caturday

Do you have new & exciting results to share about transport proteins and channels? 🧪 🤩 Come & join experts & early-career researchers for cutting-edge discussions in lovely Switzerland! 🏔️ Apply now for the 2025 Mechanisms of Membrane Transport GRS! ⬇️ www.grc.org/mechanisms-o... #STEMseminar

Incredibly excited to share that our manuscript was just published in @nature.com ! What a way to start the new year! 🎉 https://buff.ly/4gyYCzx We present phylowave, a framework that enables to learn the fitness dynamics of pathogens from phylogenies. 🧵 A thread... 1/n #IDSky #IDModelling

My entire team wrote an opinion paper about Common misconceptions of speciation research. Each section is written by 1-2 team members. The bulk of the writing happened during two writing retreats. It was a lot of fun and I am very happy with the result. academic.oup.com/evolinnean/a...

"No no, take another one, I had my tongue out" 😝 #caturday #cats

Do you dream about streamlining the analysis of #pneumococcal genomes at scale? 💭 Try out the GPS pipeline to do everything for you in one go! QC ✅ In silico serotype ✅ GPSC ✅ MLST ✅ Susceptibilities to 20 antibiotics ✅ De novo assemblies ✅ New preprint led by @harryhung.bsky.social! #genomics

Happy #caturday! Meet Parker (🍊) and Rosie (🤎), our two gorgeous one-eyed cats! As I also have only one eye, adopting these two felt like destiny ✨