PhD student Priyanshu Raikwar showcasing his research on origin and evolution of life at #Microbio26 ; Microbiology society annual conference 2026 !
Do find him to know about the application of genomics, proteomics, ML in evolutionary biology. @microbiologysociety.org
@ineosoxford.bsky.social

If you want to hear about LIN codes and their application to meningococcal outbreaks, then please come along to my talk at 4:45pm today in the Transformative Tools session at @microbiologysociety.org #MicroBio26 #omics

Invasive Meningococcal Disease outbreak 2026: technical briefing 1

Really pleased to see our work (LIN codes developed for high-resolution typing of meningococci) has been directly utilised in the @ukhsa.bsky.social meningococcal disease outbreak technical briefing

I am excited to share a pre print for one of the main outputs from my current postdoc, that I have been working on for a couple of years. This LIN code system for N. meningitidis adds a layer of stability for high resolution typing of the meningococcal population.

Tree drawn within the iTOL interface generated by LINtree. The tree is annotated with LIN codes and clonal complexes in different colours.

LINvis displays datasets of LIN codes as a series of hierarchical packed circles.

BIGSdb v1.52.1 has been released. This adds 2 new plugins for LIN code visualisation - LINtree (@giphy-ip.bsky.social) and LINvis. See github.com/kjolley/BIGS... for release notes. BIGSdb powers all the databases at @pubmlst.org and BIGSdb Pasteur.

In Iquitos, Peru this week 🇵🇪 working on enteric pathogen genomics and surveillance in the Amazon.

Science powered by collaboration, rain, food… and Inca kola!

Neisseria gonorrhoeae carries an unusually large number of restriction–modification systems (up to 16!), many of which are phase-variable. How does this affect plasmid transmission in gonococci? doi.org/10.64898/202...

Life Identification Numbers: A bacterial strain nomenclature approach Unified strain taxonomies are needed for the epidemiological surveillance of bacterial pathogens and international communication in microbiological research. Core genome multilocus sequence typing (cg...

Huge preprint if you are interested in bacterial strain taxonomy! The why and how of cgMLST LIN codes: An extensively revised and expanded version doi.org/10.1101/2024... I will summarize it for you in this thread 👇

Wham! - Everything She Wants (Official Video) YouTube video by WhamVEVO

Day 30: Everything #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Wham! - Everything She Wants
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Madness - One Step Beyond (Official 4k Video) YouTube video by Madness

Day 28: Step #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Madness - One Step Beyond
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Björk - Cover Me - Post YouTube video by Music

Day 27: Cover #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Bjork - Cover Me

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Six Minutes YouTube video by Boy Kill Boy - Topic

Day 26: Minute #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Boy Kill Boy - Six Minutes

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BIGSdb v1.15.6 has been released. This contains 2 new plugins - GeneScanner and a wrapper for PlasmidFinder. Also added support for third party analysis fields for various plugins and performance improvements.

Release notes at github.com/kjolley/BIGS...

Level 42 - Fashion Fever (Live in Holland 2009) YouTube video by Level42VEVO

Day 24: Fever #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Level 42 - Fashion Fever
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Flash and the Pan - Waiting For A Train YouTube video by 80rec

Day 23: Train #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Flash and The Pan - Waiting for a Train

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Empire Of The Sun - Alive (Official Video) YouTube video by empireofthesunvevo

Day 21: Alive #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Empire of the Sun: Alive

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Depeche Mode - Something To Do (Live From 101 | 4K) YouTube video by Steve 86

Day 20: Something #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Depeche Mode - Something To Do
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Gorillaz - Kids With Guns (Official Video) YouTube video by Gorillaz

Day 19: Kid #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Gorillaz - Kids with Guns

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Swimming Horses Siouxsie & The Banshees Official Promo Video YouTube video by BRISTOLBLUE2011

Day 17: Horse #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Siouxie and the Banshees - Swimming Horses
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The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It YouTube video by TheKillersVEVO

Day 16: Smile #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
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Editors Live - In This Light And On This Evening @ Sziget 2013 YouTube video by Sziget Festival

Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Editors - In This Light and on This Evening
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Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe Eugene YouTube video by Floydian72

Day 14: Careful #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Pink Floyd - Careful with that axe, Eugene
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Bryan Adams - Summer of 69 (Live At Wembley 1996) YouTube video by BryanAdamsVEVO

Day 13: Summer #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
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Big Country - Fields Of Fire (The Tube 18.3.1983) YouTube video by BigCountryVEVO

Day 12: Fire #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Big Country - Fields of Fire

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Eddie & Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do(Top Of The Pops) YouTube video by Andrew Hamerton

Day 10: Anything #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do
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Jools Holland / Suggs - Oranges And Lemons Again (Official Video) YouTube video by Jools Holland

Day 9: Orange #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Suggs - Oranges and Lemons again

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Restless Leg Syndrome YouTube video by Antony Szmierek - Topic

Day 8: Rest #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Antony Szmierek - Restless Leg Syndrome
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Blur - Country House (Official 4K Music Video) YouTube video by Blur

Day 7: Country #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Blur - Country House
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Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine (Official Video HD) YouTube video by convar HUN

Day 6: Mine #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025

Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
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