Great opening talk for the biocontrol session at the #avpc2024 on gene drive and the use of crispr-cas9 as future long-term biocontrol approaches to manage invasive pest species by Dr Stephen Frankenberg from Uni of Melb.

Great talk by my colleague Omid Fakhri at #AVPC2024 on how the development of rabbit liver #organoids allowed #RHDV to be cultured and used to test the suitability of future biocontrols.

I finally got around to testing HERRO (github.com/lbcb-sci/herro), the new Oxford Nanopore read correction algorithm which takes simplex ONT reads to PacBio-HiFi-level accuracy. I was impressed! Findings are on my blog in a two-part post: rrwick.github.io/2024/07/26/her… rrwick.github.io/2024/07/31/her…

A new ‘AI scientist’ can write science papers without any human input. Here’s why that’s a problem theconversation.com/a-new-ai-scien…

When the PI visits the students' room

We are not ready for this. This will further erodes the credibility of science unless the journals start doing something. No way reviewers can pick this up. #GenAI

If I may pull a Trump and quote myself…ahem…‘we’re not in the dark, we’re in a dimly lit room’ 💡

Stay safe, be vigilant. Zoonotic outbreaks can and will occur anytime. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Elsevier is one of the largest, most hated and most influential academic publishing companies in the world. How it started & how it's going A thread🧵

Disappointed in some scientists who are cheering on the destruction of the US scientific enterprise right now to promote their own agenda…ignoring the pain and destruction of careers/dreams, that took decades to build.

To anyone still paying attention …

PhD programs are pausing admissions to graduate school due to NIH indirect cost cuts. See the growing number of programs here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… How is science supposed to advance with fewer trainees, less $ for research? This is devastating.

🐵 For #WorldWildlifeDay this 3 March, we developed reels for awareness of #wildlife, #zoonoses & disease transmission. 😷 🌳 What happens when a mother & son stroll in the woods & have an encounter? 👀 🦉 See all the reels & download for your campaigns: rr-asia.woah.org/en/events/worl…

We’re seeking your feedback on Australia's R&D system. Despite strong research performance, investment in research has declined over the past 15 years. Read the discussion paper and share your thoughts to help optimise the system. 👉 spklr.io/6013NIqW #AusScience

Want to develop skills in outbreak analytics & transmission modelling with R? This course is for epidemiologists, #PublicHealth practitioners & health data scientists seeking tools to analyse infection data. Running online, 7 July - 1 Aug 2025 👉bit.ly/3VDXv98

This is concerning news. “The potentially deadly Japanese encephalitis virus has been found in mosquitoes in Brisbane for the first time” abc.net.au/news/2025-03-1… 🦟

#WYMM Oxford Nanopore conference in Melbourne Martin Smith Matt Loose

A new paper published in Nature — one of the most respected science journals — finds that the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for 67% of global warming. The rich are burning our planet.

⚕️ Papua New Guinea has detected cases of polio which have triggered the activation of a national emergency response to protect children across the country - Experts from CSIRO Nias Y. G. Peng and UniSC: University of the Sunshine Coast Matt Mason respond to the situation buff.ly/sqU5anG

🚨 New AI tool for pandemic preparedness: FluRisk uses viral genome data + machine learning to assess the risk of emerging flu viruses — fast. Try it: computationalbiology.cn/FluRisk/#/ 🧬🧠 Preprint by Li et al. 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…