#ICYMI: 📢 #CIGLR is excited to announce our 2024 #GreatLakes Summer Fellow applications! There are 10 full-time, 12-week positions paying $10,000 each. Applications are due 09 Feb 2024 at 11:59 pm (Eastern Time)! Eligibility & how to apply: ciglr.seas.umich.edu/2024-great-lak…

Want to determine Microcystis diversity in your samples? We evaluated all Microcystis core genes to identify the best markers and developed optimal primers for sequencing. Markers also predictive of gene content, including for bioactive compound synthesis. doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.…

The ICTC13 Scientific Committee is now set up! The printable version of the conference poster is also on our webiste. Visit ictc13.gr to learn everything and stay up to date! #cyanobacteria #ictc13 #conference #science

Time to ditch BioRender? I had no idea they were claiming copyright to the figures we make with it, even after we pay for use of the service.

Check out the results of our collaboration with Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) to make harmful algal bloom 'omics results from GLAMR (greatlakesomics.org) available on Seagull (seagull.glos.org)! Kudos to the GLOS team for the really nice interactive visualizations 📊

U-M lands $6.5M center to study links between Great Lakes algal blooms, human health Great Lakes researchers at the University of Michigan have been awarded a $6.5 million, five-year federal grant to host a center for the study of links between climate change, harmful algal blooms and human

Several NMDC Ambassadors and Champions also attended #ASMicrobe and gave outstanding presentations! ASM

Wow, @nature has retracted the 2020 Poore et al. cancer microbiome paper that we showed (journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…) was deeply flawed. The retraction date is tomorrow so I can't yet read the official notice, but I'll update when I can Retraction Watch Professor Booty PhD

What if we could universally recombine, insert, delete, or invert any two pieces of DNA? In back-to-back nature papers, we report the discovery of bridge RNAs and 3 atomic structures of the first natural RNA-guided recombinase - a new mechanism for programmable genome design

This week, EPA and Cornell University scientists aboard the #LakeGuardian are sampling #LakeErie to better understand how water quality and microbial communities affect harmful algal bloom formation in the western basin. #CSMI #GLRI

#AEMJournal in the news! A team of international researchers used metagenomics to identify the cyanobacteria causing harmful algal blooms in the Winam Gulf, which serves as a model for a warming Lake Erie. ASM Newsroom Newsweek newsweek.com/lake-erie-lake…

CoverM is published! CoverM: Read alignment statistics for metagenomics academic.oup.com/bioinformatics…

🚨 Cuts would cripple NOAA’s wide-ranging science partnerships, because of the ongoing funding delays, “we’re looking at having to lay off a substantial number of our workers in the next few months,” said #CIGLR Dir. Greg Dick: eenews.net/articles/trump… #GreatLakes Lake Michigan

I am very happy (and anxious) to share with you our most recent work in which we evaluated four of the most popular long-read assemblers, biorxiv.org/content/10.110… and tell you just a little bit about it in the following 🧵

2/ What the evidence actually says Thimerosal has been used in vaccines and biologics since the 1930s. It’s highly effective at killing bacteria and preventing contamination, especially in opened multi-dose vials. Thimerosal contains ethylmercury, not methylmercury.

🌎👩‍🔬 For 15+ years biology has accumulated petabytes (million gigabytes) of🧬DNA sequencing data🧬 from the far reaches of our planet.🦠🍄🌵 Logan now democratizes efficient access to the world’s most comprehensive genetics dataset. Free and open. doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…