Upcoming hybrid event: Data Science and Identifying COVID-19 Risk Factors Join Dr Daniel Wilson on Tuesday 17 May, from 4.30-6pm for a free public lecture on the role of data science in the pandemic response. Location: Oxford and online Register: bit.ly/3LHmRvu

Excited to see the core part of my PhD on S. aureus adaptation in clinical infections published in eLife - the journal. Big thanks to Benjamin Howden Tim Stinear Romain Guerillot Danny Wilson Bernadette Young Steven Tong Joshua Davis Abdou Hachani Torsten Seemann Sebastian Duchene

Had a really great week at the Oxford Statistical Genomics Summer School. Thank you to all the organisers, tutors and speakers, I have learnt so much. And of course all the other attendees who made the course so enjoyable!

Genomics can help us understand the causes and spreading patterns of drug-resistant tuberculosis. By analysing genomic and phenotypic data of over 10,000 bacterial isolates from 23 countries, researchers have revealed new genes associated with resistance. embl.org/news/research-…

Two major new papers on #AMR in #Tuberculosis from CRyPTIC in PLOS Biology ModMedMicro Danny Wilson Sarah Earle Kerri Malone Alice Brankin Zamin Iqbal Philip Fowler Stefan Niemann @TimothyMWalker2 Guy Thwaites Bash The Bug #TB plos.io/3bZBn5K plos.io/3bUiOjj

Thanks to the students, colleagues, mentors, friends and family for their support, and the anonymous reviewers of this award, past papers and grants - all greatly appreciated

Updated bacterial GWAS kmer pipeline with Nextflow, Docker, Singularity, automated report generation and TB example github.com/danny-wilson/k… Sarah Earle

The 2023 Evidence Synthesis and Meta-Analysis in R Conference (#ESMARConf2023) will take place March 27-31. The conference is free. Details here: esmarconf.org. On March 24th, I will give a free pre-conference workshop on meta-analysis with R: wvbauer.com/doku.php/works…

I’ve just had my beloved mtb stolen from the JR in Oxford. It’s pretty distinct, if you see it please get in touch

Recruiting a molecular microbiology Postdoc for a combination of wet and dry lab work. Advert is out with very broad requirements to attract plenty of applicants. Get in touch if you're interested my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Open to applicants: Oxford Statistical Genomics Summer School for postgrads postdocs academic & industry 18-23 June taught by PIs from Big Data Institute Centre for Human Genetics Oxford Statistics Oxford Continuing Education. Riverside location, full board and punting conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/oxford…. Deadline May 15

⁦David Eyre⁩ giving his inaugural lecture!

Contracts are signed, so I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that I will be moving to the University of Glasgow in the new year to start my own research group as a Lecturer in Bacteriology in the School of Infection and Immunity 🥳🍾

Start the new year with an application to come do a PhD with me. Closing date end of the month. #Glasgow #phdchat #microbiology

We are happy to have been selected by SMBE to host a satellite meeting on Pathogen Pangenome Evolution Between and Within their Hosts: smbepangenomes.bacpop.org We are expecting the meeting to be in Tokyo on 26-28th November 2024, save the date!

A personal post. A few years ago, I thought I wouldn’t live to see 2024. Six months before the pandemic, my world was turned upside down. I was diagnosed with acute leukaemia. I still recall the very moment when my ER doctor delivered that news. 1/n