Check out our paper in @asm.org Applied and Environmental Microbiology 🍾
OSMAC guided bioprospecting of Atlantic sponges reveals novel bacterial species and the antimicrobial thiazole alkaloid agrochelin II | Applied and Environmental Microbiology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Interested in superbugs, AMR and stress resistance? Join us to do a PhD in the Corrigan lab
@UCDMedicine www.ucd.ie/graduatestud...
We happily present: “Bakta Web – rapid and standardized genome annotation on scalable infrastructures” @OxUniPress NAR’s Web Server issue
doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
Easy to use, no registration, fast, scalable, various visualizations, in sync with Bakta CLI:
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Last night @itvpeston.bsky.social interviewed UK opposition leader @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social…
They showed her a series of charts showing why gas – not net-zero – is to blame for high power prices, inc one from me (pic)
Watch the full clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NuG...
antiSMASH 8.0: extended gene cluster detection capabilities and analyses of chemistry, enzymology, and regulation academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... #jcampubs
Congrats Courtney!
When are rhizosphere Pseudomonads different from other rhizosphere Pseudomonads?
When they are isolated from different wheat cultivars!
We found surprising intra-genus diversity with implications for secondary metabolite production 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
89% of world’s people want stronger action on climate but mistakenly believe they're in a minority
69% willing to contribute 1% of their income to the climate fight, & more than 50% in all but a few countries, but believed only a minority would also be willing
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There’s still about 60 places left in the microbial natural products starter pack - let me know if you’d like added! go.bsky.app/72NeGsT
New call for papers from mSystems! Submit your research on Microbial Ecology and Evolution.
📢 Call for papers! Submit your research to #mSystems' new collection on Microbial Ecology and Evolution. Contribute systems-level insights into microbial communities, evolution and ecosystems. Submit now: asm.social/2mq
International student decline ‘jeopardising UK research base’.
A drop in the number of postgraduate international students coming to the UK is causing “significant and growing insecurity” in the UK’s research base, a report has warned.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Virtual cells for predictive immunotherapy - @fertiglab.bsky.social @genomescience.bsky.social go.nature.com/4jfqM3Y
New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!
This is a must-read for everyone involved in metabolomics.
Personally I love this article because I no longer have to write a long paragraph when I say 'please don't use pathway analysis' during peer review 🤣
The crisis for UK steel is exposing another – perhaps even bigger – crisis for the UK
Our news media seems incapable of even the most basic factchecking
YES energy for UK steelmakers is costly
NO it's not due to net-zero
YES it is due to GAS
Here's what UK media isn't telling you🧵
I've answered consulting client questions dozens of times over the years to the effect of "should I force my users traveling to China to take burner devices to safeguard our IP?"
It's amazing that in just a few short months, the US is on par with China for many countries' espionage concerns.
Join us for the RSC Chemical Biology Leadership Retreat for Early Career Researchers! This is designed for researchers within 5 years of their first independent position. Bursuries are available (details in link below).
Venue: Imperial College London
Date: 10-12 Sep 2025
www.rsc.org/events/detai...
Fancy yourself as an editor at Nature Microbiology? This is your chance! Come work with us at @natmicrobiol.nature.com and @naturecomms.bsky.social
One thing maybe not discussed enough is the long term opportunity cost of not investing and supporting open source software. Imagine the more and better Blenders, GIMPs, Firefoxs, InkScapes, QGISs etc we would of had (+ could have) if open source was taken more seriously by government and businesses
Research Visit Grants now open! Funding available for eligible members planning a short 1-3 month lab visit. Apply by 01 May 25, 23:59 BST. Check eligibility & apply here: microb.io/2vS9B2x. #ResearchFunding
The Quadram Institute has a pretty cool setup over there. This sounds like a fun job.
This has been a long journey, but it's now out in final form. @kjamali.bsky.social
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Be sure to read in our latest issue this review from István Molnár, Peng Xu, Bo-Bo Zhang & co. at Shantou University on harnessing microbial co-culture to increase the production of known secondary metabolites #secmet #natprod
Find it here🔽
CoverM is published!
CoverM: Read alignment statistics for metagenomics academic.oup.com/bioinformati... #jcampubs
