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Jana Batovska

@mozztacular.bsky.social

Research scientist interested in mosquitoes, infectious disease, nanopore seq and metagenomics. Views are my own.

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MicroSeq2026@microseqasm.bsky.social · 2w ago

✨NEW IN 2026✨The Outstanding Outreach award is a $100 cash prize for the best talk including a science communication aspect. Pedagogy, events, school programs, citizen science - all talks are eligible! Show us what you’ve been up to at #MicroSeq2026! trybooking.com/events/landing/1610956

MicroSeq2026@microseqasm.bsky.social · 2w ago

🏆 #MicroSeq2026 has plenty of awards on offer! 💰Cash prizes for best talks are sponsored by @aussocmic.bsky.social @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social and #MGen. Plus, loads of merch on offer for the best question of each session! 🖊️📔 Register here to submit an abstract👇 trybooking.com/events/landing/1610956

MicroSeq2026 is an online meeting being held on September 2nd and 3rd, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2026's cash prizes for best talk ($150) and best lightning talk ($50) are sponsored by The Australian Society for Microbiology. The best virology talk ($100) is sponsored by the Australasian Virology Society. The People's Choice awards for best talk ($100) and best lightning talk ($50) are sponsored by Microbial Genomics. Additional prizes include the Innovation in Bioinformatics award ($100) and the new Outstanding Outreach award ($100). Merch prizes will be given to the best question asked in each session.
Melbourne Bioinformatics@melbioinf.bsky.social · last wk.

MBITE is the new home for all of our #bioinformatics workshops and training content! It's a one-stop shop for what you need to know about attending our on-site training. It's also a repository for our tutorials - many of which you can take on your own or even use to teach others. And it's free!

MBITE - Melbourne Bioinformatics Training and Education

Welcome to Melbourne BioInformatics Training and Education (MBITE), a bioinformatics training resource developed by expert bioinformaticians at Melbourne Bioinformatics. Our training team is dedicated to providing high-quality training and resources to students, staff, and affiliates of the University of Melbourne and beyond! Whether you are new to programming or looking to enhance your data analysis skills, our wide range of workshops and online materials are designed to support you in your learning and research goals.

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Sabrina Sadiq@royalfizzbin.bsky.social · last wk.

Nothing gets people excited more than a live launch during a conference talk. I've seen it at least three times and it's still thrilling lol Do it again 😎👉👉

MicroSeq2026@microseqasm.bsky.social · 2w ago

🏆Developers get ready: the “Innovation in Bioinformatics” award is back again this year! 💰This $100 cash prize will go to the best talk sharing a new bioinformatics software/tool/pipeline that’s sure to make an impact in the microbe sequencing field.

Stephen Fricker@stephenfricker.bsky.social · 3w ago

How many 🦟 species in Tasmania? Congrats Hollie Zimmermann on your new paper! Tasmania's first 🦟 checklist. * 51 spp including Cx. annulirostris and Cx. quinquefasciatus * 7 genera, * supporting surveillance, biosecurity & public health preparedness. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/AZ9YX2...

A Baseline Checklist of Mosquito Species (Diptera: Culicidae) From Tasmania, Australia, and Implications for Public Health Arbovirus Surveillance and Biosecurity

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Philipp Bayer@philippbayer.bsky.social · 3w ago

TRIDENT (Taxonomic Resolution and IDentification using Environmental dNa Traces): An Optimized Algorithm for Vertebrate Taxonomic Assignments in eDNA Metabarcoding, Integrating Molecular, Taxonomic, and Ecological Criteria www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

TRIDENT (Taxonomic Resolution and IDentification using Environmental dNa Traces): An Optimized Algorithm for Vertebrate Taxonomic Assignments in eDNA Metabarcoding, Integrating Molecular, Taxonomic, a...

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has become a powerful approach for large-scale biodiversity assessment, yet taxonomic assignment remains one of its most critical error-prone steps. Current bioi...

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MIG@mig-unimelb.bsky.social · last mo.

📢 MIG Seminar: Understanding plasmid-mediated dissemination of antimicrobial resistance 🗓️ Fri, Jul 17 | ⏰ 12 - 1 pm AEST 📍 Agar Theatre (G003), Biosciences 4 (147) 🎙️ Dr. Leah Roberts, University of Queensland 🧍‍♂️In-person only #AMR #LongReadSequencing #MicrobialGenomics #Bioinformatics

MIG Seminar: Dr. Leah Roberts, University of Queensland

Title: Understanding plasmid-mediated dissemination of antimicrobial resistance Abstract The rapid rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a...

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MicroSeq2026@microseqasm.bsky.social · 3w ago

Session chairs are vital to an engaging conference. It’s also a great way to support your fellow researchers & expand your network. Whether you’re an experienced chair or completely new to it, #MicroSeq2026 would love to have you! Get involved 👉 MicroSeqConference@gmail.com

MicroSeq2026@microseqasm.bsky.social · 4w ago

Have you registered for #MicroSeq2026? Are you keen to get even MORE involved? 🤔 Great news! We're seeking chairpeople for each session! To submit an EOI, hit up our DMs or send us an email at MicroSeqConference@gmail.com Register here👇 trybooking.com/events/landing/1610956

MicroSeq2026 is seeking expressions of interests for chairing sessions during the conference by DM on social media or emailing microseqconference@gmail.com. MicroSeq2026 is an online meeting being held on September 2nd and 3rd, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). Participants can register at microseqconference.com. MicroSeq2026 is supported by The Australian Society for Microbiology, the Australasian Virology Society, and Microbial Genomics.
Dimitris Karapliafis@dkarap.bsky.social · 4w ago

Very excited to share our paper (and first for my PhD) on RdRpCATCH in NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics! doi.org/10.1093/narg... Co-authors: @urineri.bsky.social, @ingrida.bsky.social, Justine Charon, @sho1.bsky.social, @xinhou.bsky.social, Dick de Ridder, Mark P. Zwart, and @annecmg.bsky.social

RdRpCATCH: a unified resource for RNA virus discovery using viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase profile Hidden Markov models

Abstract. Recent advances in large-scale sequence mining have expanded our knowledge of RNA virus diversity. Most genome mining approaches for detecting RN

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Mat Beale@typemat12.bsky.social · 4w ago

Pleased to share our paper on low cost amplicon methods, part of a collaboration between the Sanger Institute and researchers at BRTI in Zimbabwe and NICD in South Africa www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Phylo-Plex: a phylogenetically informed, low-cost amplicon sequencing platform for deployable high-resolution genomic epidemiology - Nature Communications

Whole genome sequencing of pathogens is costly to implement, and partial sequencing sacrifices information. Here, the authors present Phylo-Plex, a method for identifying information-rich genomic regi...

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Melbourne Bioinformatics@melbioinf.bsky.social · last mo.

We’re excited to announce another Parkville AI meetup. This time our speaker will be Dr Ben Goudey, AI technical lead at Australian Biocommons! We welcome discussion and participation as we talk about AI in the context of biology/bioinformatics and more broadly. Details in the attached image.

When: Thursday, 2 July - 1:30-3pm Where: 21 Bedford Street, North Melbourne (room 203) Title: What Do We Mean by "AI"? Working towards a shared vocabulary. Speaker: Dr Ben Goudey (Australian BioCommons) Abstract: AI jargon are growing faster than a shared understanding of these terms can keep up. What do we mean when we talk about AI? How do AI, GenAI, and machine learning differ? And how do LLMs, coding agents, MCP, and skills relate to each other? In this session, I want to share my perspective on AI terms and definitions and show how these different technologies and terms map together. I'll also highlight where terms have become overloaded as the underlying technology has rapidly shifted. The session is built around discussion and debate with the goal of improving our shared vocabulary in this space.
Ashley Dungan, PhD (she/her)@symb10sis.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I'm building a genome database that includes as many terrestrial Australian arthropods as I can find- this is a tool that I hope to use to clairify the diet of native mammals from faecal samples. If you or anyone you know might have some unique genomes that are not on NCBI, please get in touch.

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 2mo ago

Australia confirms first case of H5N1 bird flu

Australia confirms first case of H5N1 bird flu

The minister for agriculture, Julie Collins, confirms case of H5N1 bird flu in Western Australia, with another suspected The deadly H5N1 bird flu strain has arrived on the Australian mainland with test results confirming a bird found on the Western Australian coast was positive for the disease. Agriculture minister Julie Collins confirmed a brown skua found unwell last Sunday at Cape Le Grand national park in southern WA died from H5N1. Continue reading...

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Australian BioCommons@ausbiocommons.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Data movement at scale is a major hurdle in life sciences. 📊 Experts from @aarnet.edu.au, @ausbiocommons.bsky.social, @latrobe.edu.au & @qimrb.bsky.social shared a practical blueprint for high-performance data movement using #Globus in our recent webinar. Watch: youtu.be/-cpPeD9x46Q

Globus: moving large volumes of research data with ease

Life science research increasingly involves the generation of massive datasets that need to be shared, archived, or moved to high-performance computing envir...

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Australian BioCommons@ausbiocommons.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Final call for our nf-core workshop! ⏳🧬 Applications close this Wednesday, 13 May. Don't miss your chance to master workflow customisation for @nf-co.re pipelines with our expert trainers. Apply here: www.biocommons.org.au/events/nf-co... @sydney-crf.bsky.social

WORKSHOP: Unlocking nf-core: customising workflows for your research — Australian BioCommons

A practical workshop to set you up with the foundational knowledge required to run and customise nf-core workflows in a reproducible manner. More information Apply

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Rhys White@rhystwhite.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Long-reads exposed plasmid-driven carbapenem resistance transmission missed by routine diagnostics 📌Resolving plasmid-encoded carbapenem resistance dynamics and reservoirs in a hospital setting through nanopore sequencing www.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001644 🖥️🧬💻 #AcademicSky #MicroSky #IDSky 🧪🧫🦠

Resolving plasmid-encoded carbapenem resistance dynamics and reservoirs in a hospital setting through nanopore sequencing

The growing resistance of Enterobacterales to last-resort antibiotics such as carbapenems puts a significant burden on healthcare systems, also due to plasmids driving a rapid spread of carbapenem res...

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Lee Katz@lskatz.github.io · 4mo ago

Host read removal sounds simple. It's not. 🧫 Ep. 151 of #microbinfie: we talk with @bede.im about Deacon — why alignment-based approaches fall short, the sensitivity/specificity tradeoff, and what it takes to remove host reads at scale. Part 1 of 2. #metagenomics on.soundcloud.com/gEm7QyaTauvd...

151 - Deacon part 1

In this Software Deep Dive episode, we talk with Dr. Bede Constantinides (University of Birmingham) about Deacon, a tool for removing host DNA reads from metagenomic datasets. We discuss why host read

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