New preprint reporting novel SARS-CoV & SARS-CoV-2 related viruses from bats on Viet Nam. More evidence for COVID origin as a zoonotic spillover in S. China or subtropical SE Asia. researchsquare.com/article/rs-322…

🚨Don't miss out - registration for MicroSeq2023 closes soon! MicroSeqConference.com

Wild mice have profound impacts on Australia (think mouse plague!). Wei-Shan (Vivi) Chang shares with us all the newly described viruses in Australian wild mice, including orbiviruses, laying the groundwork to reveal novel pathogens. #MicroSeq2023

Maria Jenckel walks us through the impact of rabbits in Australia, and the search for a biocontrol agent. This effort reveals a novel hepacivirus in Cottontail rabbits, which is genetically diverse, with 2 lineages. #MicroSeq2023

Check out our paper just published in nature ecology + evolution! Host phylogeny shapes the virome of an island ecosystem - on Anchor Island/Pukenui, a very special little island in Fiordland NZ. With @edwardcholmes Dr Andrew Digby Michelle Wille Dr KeCain nature.com/articles/s4155…

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of California, Davis, is recruiting new faculty members in the area Microbial Biology. Pls share. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF05986

We’ve pulled a rabbit organoid out of the hat! 🎩 We've developed organoid culture systems based on rabbit and hare liver cells to use for our biocontrol research, reducing the need for animal testing. Learn more: csiro.au/news/All/Artic… 📷 | Dr Egi Kardia, CSIRO

“Setting up a suitcase eDNA Laboratory/Lab in backpack for barcoding : MinION sequencing”. Wonderful week sharing my experience with WAMBA NET (West African Marine Fish DNA Barcoding Network) participants from Cameroon; CI ; Ghana ; Mauritania ; Nigeria ; Sénégal and France.

This study has recently gone viral, with people saying that it shows that nearly 20% of highly vaccinated people get Long COVID I don't think it's reasonable to draw these conclusions based on this research. Let's talk about bias 1/n

This will get bugger-all attention, because it's 'just bees'... But it should have everyone ropeable. We live on an island. We knew about the impact of Varroa. We have a biosecurity apparatus. And it failed. Miserably. We now have a new, endemic pest abc.net.au/news/2023-09-2…

Come & join our #Genomics & Bioinformatics team!🧬 @ESRNewZealand are offering a 2-year fixed term opportunity for a #Bioinformatician at our Kenepuru Science Centre🔬 Get involved w/ #COVID19 monitoring, analysis, & more 👉Apply by 9th Oct #ScienceJobs #scicomm #AcademicTwitter

The most awesome, fun, engaging, memorable week connecting with the Indonesian feedlot industry 🇮🇩 LSD - NO - BIOSECURITY - YES

So Oxford Nanopore discovered something a few days ago - and it has to do with light. And they posted this image (sorry, too good not to share off the community). Yes, that’s 469% increased output. So, we decided to give it a shot and …

I keep reading papers that misuse model selection by AIC. If you add a parameter to a linear model and the fit doesn't improve at all, the more complex model will be 2 AIC units higher - ergo being within 2 AIC of a simpler model is evidence of nothing. In the reverse case, /1

Thanks for all the 💕 for this feature about Covid virus hunters. It was a pleasure talking to Ryan Hisner, Josette Schoenmakers, Nick Rose, about their work & to T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦, Tom Peacock, shay fleishon 🧬 & Eric Topol about why it’s so important shorturl.at/btJV6 ❤️🦠🕵️

BREAKING NEWS The 2023 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

#Bulgaria reported its first outbreak of sheep pox and goat pox since 2013 in a zone (via #WAHIS). 225 sheep were killed and disposed of as a result of the outbreak. Consult the full report: wahis.woah.org/#/in-review/52…

The sensitivity of 10 commercially available rapid antigen tests (RATs) against Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants depends on the comparator used during analysis (e.g., PCR cycle threshold vs. quantitative antigen concentration). #JClinMicro: asm.social/1u3