OUT NOW: Profiling lateral gene transfer events in the human microbiome using WAAFLE @longnguyen07 Eric Franzosa hutlab Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit - MGH Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health nature.com/articles/s4156…

wgatools: an ultrafast toolkit for manipulating whole-genome alignments academic.oup.com/bioinformatics… 🧬🖥️🧪 written in Rust github.com/wjwei-handsome…

bacpaq-Bacterial Genomics workflow for short(Illumina) and long-read (Oxford Nanopore) sequencing data github.com/cidgoh/bacpaq

Vclust (the ultra-fast, high-accuracy tool for viral genome comparison & clustering) is now published: nature.com/articles/s4159… Great collaboration with Andrzej Zielezinski, Adam Gudyś, UAM guys, and Bas E.Dutilh

That’s a wrap! Huge thanks to our judges, Deirdre, Claire & Evelyn, for the tough job of choosing a winner. Grateful to our fantastic guest speakers, Rosie & Namrata. A big shout-out to our amazing Postgrad Reps—Ultan, Teerna, Sam and Racha, for organising a brilliant day!

New Online! Decoding the interactions and functions of non-coding RNA with artificial intelligence bit.ly/4kNblk6

Delighted to welcome our Atlantic Whale Deal Project Partners to the campus this week! Lots of great discussions (and food!) on the progress of the project! Find out more details here linkedin.com/company/atlant… Prof Mary Kelly-Quinn Dr Haley Dolton (she/her) Interreg Atlantic Area #whaleconservation

One week until #WorldMicrobiomeDay! Are you registered for our webinar featuring Curtis Huttenhower yet? Learn more and register here: psu.edu/news/huck-inst… World Microbiome Day

Predicting gene expression from DNA sequence using deep learning models.#GeneExpressionPrediction #GenomeSequences #DeepLearning Nature Reviews Genetics nature.com/articles/s4157…

Great to bump into Microbiology Society FEMS delegate Dave Kelly and former General Secretary Evelyn Doyle at #FEMS2025 in Milan

Brilliantly lucid talk from Microbiology Society Advisory Council member Dr Rebecca McHugh here in Milan #KnockingOutAMR

Researchers have been sneaking secret messages into their papers in an effort to trick AI tools into giving them a positive peer-review report Read the full story: go.nature.com/4eVTIwC

Fantastic to see Prof Evelyn Doyle Evelyn Doyle from our very own Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc chairing the “Diverse Functions of Soil Microbiomes” symposium at #FEMSmicro2025 in Milan today! Inspiring session exploring the vital role of #SoilMicrobiomes #MicrobialEcology #FEMS2025

Fantastic to see Prof Evelyn Doyle Evelyn Doyle from our very own Sch. Biol. & Env. Sc chairing the “Diverse Functions of Soil Microbiomes” symposium at #FEMSmicro2025 in Milan today! Inspiring session exploring the vital role of #SoilMicrobiomes #MicrobialEcology #FEMS2025

Hi Dante Labs, I’ve been trying to follow up on a longstanding issue with one of my kits but haven’t had any luck via email. Would it be possible to connect via DM to discuss? Thank you!

Skipped parkrun today. Went for a walk on campus instead. Swans, sunshine, and one very happy Geoffrey-Gino who skipped the Vet clinic because he feels much better now 😊

Journals can’t find peer reviewers. Preprints aren’t taken seriously. Garbage papers slip through peer review. Meantime, AI is slowly taking over. Nature describes the current situation. I highly recommend reading the article. 📍 The summary (+ my comments): 1. We are facing a