We are recruiting a postdoc to develop new computational tools for metagenomic analysis and/or to build models of microbial systems! Lots of ongoing cool projects and significant flexibility to shape your own research agenda. microbialgamut.com/mGAMUT_postdoc…

Very happy to have this one published in nature today!! 🤩🤩 Can we dig deeper into the intricate and ancient evolutionary history of the flaviviridae by comparing not only genetic sequence but also protein structure? answer is yes!! nature.com/articles/s4158…

Super exciting to see what the future holds for nanopore beyond DNA and RNA sequencing nature.com/articles/s4158…

Irish unis are behind due to poor staff/student ratio and infrastructure. Ireland is last in education funding in OECD out of 34 ‘fell most in Ireland Latvia and Mexico’. Can’t continue if Ireland is to be competitive. We are letting a generation down. oecd.org/en/publication…

Delighted with last week's ReCLAIM Awards Ceremony! 9 teams were awarded funding under ReCLAIM (UCD Research Culture Local Actions, Initiatives and Measures). Supported by Wellcome, ReCLAIM is a seed-funding initiative 🌱 for a positive research culture at University College Dublin 1/3

Thanks for inviting me for the conversation Tim, it was really fun to delve into the future of Viromics with you and discuss where the field is going.

#France autochthonous #dengue cases rise to 68

Refshaleøen in Copenhagen is what Poolbeg in Dublin could transform into with a touch of imagination. Once an industrial area, it has now evolved into a vibrant hub for creativity, great food, and innovative urban development. It's easily accessible by bike or public transport.

This is one of the best articles I have read about the need to urgently increase training in taxonomy with a clear link to the Kungming Montreal biodiversity framework. The Dasgupta review emphasised education too... The most common unit of biodiversity is species. But where do

There should be a "The Office" like sitcom called "The Lab". The anxious grad student, the socially obtuse postdoc, the chirpy undergrad, the obsessive lab manager, the self-aggrandizing PI.

Easy taxonomic profiling with the Metabuli App! Explore your samples with publication-ready Sankey and Krona plots. We accelerated Metabuli further, classifying 2x22M reads vs. GTDB in just 43 min on a MacBook Pro M2. 🧵1/4 🚀github.com/steineggerlab/… 📄nature.com/articles/s4159…

I have a new preprint! Uncovering hundreds of exogenous and endogenous RNA viral RdRp sequences amongst uncharacterised sequences in public protein databases biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 🧵1/6

Babies born from this month onwards will now be offered the chickenpox vaccine, which is being added to the HSE immunisation scheme rte.ie/news/2024/1002…

Fantastic documentary on the design, development and launch of Eirsat 1 : Ireland’s first satellite. Listen to Newstalk podcast here: newstalk.com/podcasts/newst… It's exciting to work with this team. Let's build together Ireland’s first space shuttle (rocket)🚀UCD Centre for Space Research David McKeown

Another fantastic #MicrobeMom output: Factors, including diet, that impact the vaginal microbiome composition in early pregnancy APC Microbiome Ireland Teagasc Teagasc Food Research Programme Research Ireland

Couldn’t agree more Well done UCD Research Staff Association (RSA) ! Good to see the survey results out Postdocs urgently need better pay and a clear career path framework 👏👏👏 irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

Important piece on the challenges faced by postdoctoral researchers in Ireland. They are a critical component of the research workforce and their retention, career progression and well-being should be a priority #LoveIrishResearch irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

This has annoyed me for years - its not all bats that carry the sorts of viruses we worry about (there are a lot of bat species!)

Fantastic talk by Niamh Duggan once again Stiff competition- it’s been an excellent morning Microbiology Society Early Career Microbiologist of the Year finals

We are recruiting an ambitious post-doc for an exciting 4 year post working on multi-omic analysis across the food chain ⁦VistaMilk Research Ireland Centre⁩ ⁦Teagasc Food Research Programme⁩ ⁦Research Ireland⁩ ⁦Paul Cotter⁩ topjobs-teagasc.thehirelab.com/LiveJobs/JobAp…