A rare new ACGT blog post from me inspired by a recent podcast episode by @andrewjpage.bsky.social and Kevin Libuit: www.acgt.me/blog/2025/7/... #bioinformatics

Bad bioinformatics software names revisited — ACGT

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Thank you and congratulations to the organisers at @eventswcs.bsky.social for a successful Applied Bioinformatics & Public Health Microbiology conference 👏 Among other invited thought-leaders, our CTO, @andrewjpage.bsky.social, shared some of his expertise in the field of Microbial Bioinformatics.

We have arrived for the Edinburgh Endometrial Cancer Meeting where we'll be discussing Endometrial Cancer from varied viewpoints, including how our own improved diagnosics aid development of clear, actionable ways forward. #EndometrialCancer #NHS #Diagnostics #WomensHealth #CancerResearch

Day 2 of the 10th Applied Bioinformatics and Public Health Microbiology conference sees our CTO, Prof. @andrewjpage.bsky.social invited to speak on the the emergence of the Microbial Bioinformatics field at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge. bit.ly/4kyD5so @eventswcs.bsky.social

Absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of ARTIC2 - a £5.5M 5 year project funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social to build on the ARTIC approach of low-cost, globally accessible genome sequencing for surveillance of outbreaks, epidemics and endemic diseases: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/am...

Ambitious project to develop low-cost genome sequencing for pathogens known and unknown - University of Birmingham

Project will build on research that helped diagnostic labs to adopt sequencing capacity for COVID-19 and permit characterisation of future infectious threats

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@sundermannaj.bsky.social's work highlights the undeniable impacts of pathogen genomics in healthcare. But pathogen genomics in healthcare remains the exception, not the norm. We spent an hour exploring the challenges and potential solutions to more broad adoption. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDLo...

Pathogen Genomics in Healthcare with Alex Sundermann

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We are very pleased to welcome our new CTO, @andrewjpage.bsky.social, to the team. Having held a number of senior positions, authored >150 scientific publications and led development of widely used tools, Prof. Page brings a wealth of experience to the role and we look forward to working together!

Its a glorious day for my 43rd birthday 🎂. Now one week into my new job at @originsciences.bsky.social as their new Chief Technology Officer and loving every minute so far.

Huge disparity in genomic data: We support all efforts to increase the genomic surveillance of pathogens on a global scale as dynamics differ locally: what happens in one place does not translate to another and high-risk clones can emerge anywhere […] [Original post on mstdn.science]

A #protip for job hunters: if you are going to use ChatGPT to write your CV, please read the output and replace the bit where it says '[Add your headline or summary]' with some text.

I get to do real science today looking at a mystery bug that appears to be a novel species! These are the best of times.

Genotype D1.1 of H5N1 confirmed in Nevada cattle, which is the one circulating in birds and not B3.13, causing the wider cattle epizootic in the U.S. In other words, this is a second observed jump from birds into cows. Keep rolling the dice, shall we? www.feedstuffs.com/agribusiness...

New HPAI genotype found in Nevada dairy cows

APHIS confirms first detection of D1.1 genotype in dairy cattle through NMTS testing.

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Huge shout out to @lskatz.bsky.social et al on the recent Micro Resource Announcement for Kalamari! @andrewjpage.bsky.social and I highlight Kalamari's utility in pathogen genomics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDzY... Paper here: journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10.... & Github: github.com/lskatz/Kalam...

The Kalamari Databse

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It has been brought to my attention that my article has been censored to exclude certain terms: asm.org/Articles/202... web.archive.org/web/20250114... #MicroSky

Women in the History of Antimicrobial Development | ASM.org

Women researchers played a key role in the development of antimicrobials during the mid-20th century. This article works to highlight their work, as their contributions often went unacknowledged.

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A poster presentation with a view last week at the @fogenomics.bsky.social in London! Had a great time speaking about my work on SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology in Norfolk 🧬

Langridge Lab@langridgelab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social had a wonderful time @fogenomics.bsky.social presenting her #genomic #epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Norfolk through the pandemic looking at lineage dynamics. We think the force might have been on her side.. Wanna read more, preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from data.cdc.gov Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors. "Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."

Dr Emma Hodcroft@firefoxx66.bsky.social · 2y ago

I've seen multiple posts about this. If you know of any efforts to archive datasets/articles on CDC website, please let me know, so I can boost, and support with donations if possible. #stopTheScrub #saveCDCData #IstandWithPublicHealth

🚨 New research alert! One of our team members @andrewjpage.bsky.social is an author on this recent American Society for Microbiology Resource Announcements paper. You can find it here: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #Microbiology #OpenScience

Kalamari: a representative set of genomes of public health concern | Microbiology Resource Announcements

Public health laboratories sequence microbial pathogens daily for many applications, including genomic epidemiology (1), species identification (2), and metagenomic analysis (3). Relevant databases ex...

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It’s now live! I’m so excited about this post – I’m recruiting to the new role of Head of Student Library Experience at @lselibrary.bsky.social. Interested? jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

At @theiagen.bsky.social we are hiring a fully remote IT/Cloud security operations manager, based in the US. You'll get to work with me in public health and microbial bioinformatics which I find is very personally rewarding! theiagen.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

IT/Cloud Security Operations Manager

Job Opening: IT/Cloud Security Operations Manager at Theiagen Genomics in Remote-US.

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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 Say hello to Kalamari 🦑—your new go-to resource for genomic epidemiology & pathogen surveillance. 🌍 ✅ Representative genomes ✅ Common contaminants ✅ Custom taxonomy ✅ Open-source tools for easy data access Read it here: journals.asm.org/eprint/JUUNS...

Kalamari: a representative set of genomes of public health concern | Microbiology Resource Announcements

Public health laboratories sequence microbial pathogens daily for many applications, including genomic epidemiology (1), species identification (2), and metagenomic analysis (3). Relevant databases ex...

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Had a lovely sunrise run with @kevinlibuit.bsky.social in Berkeley, stunning campus

I talked to @meganphillips.bsky.social from Emory on the Micro Binfie podcast about her work on MRSA. The most interesting part of the conversation was on digging into really old research papers, seems to have been a totally different style of debate back then soundcloud.com/microbinfie/...

138 Decoding Tetracycline Resistance in MRSA

In this episode of the Micro Binfie Podcast, host Andrew Page takes listeners to the heart of the microbial genomics hackathon in Bethesda, Maryland, for an engaging conversation with special guest Me

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I co-host The Bioinformatics Lab podcast with @kevinlibuit.bsky.social and the other day we had a great chat about our job hunting experiences, the importance of professional networks and making genuine connections. Its on all the podcasting apps & youtube soundcloud.com/the_bioinfor...

Ep. 46: The Job Hunt Experience pt. 01

Summary In this episode, Kevin Libuit and Andrew Page discuss their personal experiences with job hunting in the bioinformatics field, emphasizing the importance of professional networks and genuine

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I'm putting together a Microbial Bioinformatics starter pack to help get everyone connected in our community. Let me know if there are any bluesky users to be added and share so that twitter refugees can tune back in to the fantastic world microbes go.bsky.app/3ezLo7e

☣ Part 2 is now live! Come join us in the second half of the discussion of the movie Contagion. 🧬 Here, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. soundcloud.com/microbinfie/...

137 Contagion part 2

In a two-part discussion, the hosts analyze the movie Contagion from their expert perspectives, focusing on the film's portrayal of epidemiology and genomics. They note that the movie compresses timel

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Ran the Die Hard Christmas half marathon this morning. If you look closely at the medal you can see some movie quotes

Continuing our annual tradition on the Micro Binfie Podcast we watched the movie Contagion and chat about all the science in it. Really great movie. Here's part 1 @lskatz.bsky.social @happykhan.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy on.soundcloud.com/aWJNKJPEuwzv...

136 Contagion part 1

In a two-part discussion, the hosts analyze the movie Contagion from their expert perspectives, focusing on the film's portrayal of epidemiology and genomics. They note that the movie compresses timel

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☣️ We're excited that we will have Real Bioinformaticians React to The Movie Contagion! Coming soon to your podcast app or wherever you listen to podcasts. 🧬 @happykhan.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy @andrewjpage.bsky.social

a man and a woman are sitting at a table and the man says it 's figuring us out

Alt: Two characters from the movie Contagion saying "it's figuring us out faster than we're figuring it out."

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