Engelberts et al. introduce GenomeFISH: a genome-based fluorescence in situ hybridization method that couples high-throughput single cell genomics with whole genome hybridization for strain-level visualization of microbial communities 🔗 https://t.co/nTFpiskv65 #microbes #imaging

Meet @QUT's A/Prof Luis Pedro Coelho and his team at TRI. They're using big data to develop software to identify dangerous microbial outbreaks. They're also souring the environment to find new antibiotic-resistant microbes and microbes to treat diseases. @CMR_QUT @luispedrocoelho

The ARC is seeking views on the use of AI in research grant assessment. Your input will help shape updates to our generative AI policy. The short survey is open to anyone with an interest in this space and closes on 10 Oct 2025 https://t.co/tKXBZpbnZu

Check out our team's paper on SingleM, a metagenomic taxonomy profiler that doesn't ignore unknown species! https://t.co/fwMCPxOxMd

Check out our team's latest paper, published in @ISMEJournal, introducing GenomeFISH—an innovative, genome-based FISH technique enabling strain-level visualisation of microbial communities @Pam_Engelberts @S_J_Mc @James_Volmer @wwood https://t.co/hxLrmk9p8s

On Monday we welcomed AProf @GaelenBurke and AProf @kvnvgl from the @universityofga to the Centre, delivering two fantastic seminars! We heard about their exciting research on insect-microbe interactions, and how this can be applied to benefit public health.

Our newest tool, CoverM, a unified software package which calculates several coverage statistics for contigs and genomes in an ergonomic and flexible manner has been published in Bioinformatics. You can find the full article at the link below! https://t.co/q3ppYI8xTu

We used Great Oxidation Event as a planet-sized "fossil" to add ancient dates to the Bacterial tree of life. The Conversation and @ScienceMagazine articles show oxygen was used by non-cyanos before that cataclysm, surprisingly. https://t.co/vSBryeKaDM

A fantastic talk from CMR's @ThePopeLab at today’s @QUT School of Biomedical Sciences Seminar series. Phil shared how his team has used meta-omic technologies to interrogate the complex microbial communities that are integral to gut function, health and nutrition of animals.

New Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at CMR! We are looking for a Gut Microbiome Specialist and Microbial Ecologist to join our team as we unravel the complex mechanisms of methanogenesis in the cow rumen. Learn more and apply here:

Don't miss the 2025 Science Festival Brisbane! CMR's Prof Gene Tyson will take part in a panel discussion at the session "Love Your Guts: Health and the Microbiome"—an exploration of how microbes in our gut shape our health. Find the full program here:

Congrats to CMR's Camila Ayala Pintos on submitting her PhD thesis! It has been a pleasure to watch your hard work and dedication over the past few years, and we are so proud of everything you've accomplished. And, as always, thank you to Pam Engelberts for an incredible cake🎉

Congrats to CMR PhD student Brett Babec for taking home the best student speaker prize at this year's MGE Aus meeting 🥳 And another congrats to Lara Carrington on securing the @ASM_QLD Mobile Genetic Elements Award. Excellent work both 👏👏

CMR is now engaging with our community on Bluesky! We look forward to using the platform to have meaningful conversations and build stronger connections with researchers and community members around the world. Join us at @cmrqut.bsky.social to hear about the latest CMR research.

Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience! 👩‍🔬🦠 We’re proud of the incredible female researchers at CMR who are breaking barriers and driving innovation in microbiome science. Together, let's continue to empower the next generation of women and girls in STEM.

Congrats to CMR PhD student @Georgina_HJoyce for an excellent final seminar today! 🦠👩‍🔬 we're so proud of all you've accomplished in the past four years.

We're proud to share CoverM, a powerful open-source tool for calculating read coverage for metagenomic analyses. You can find the full article in the link below!

Will always be our first @rust4bio project, a special place.

Check out our team's latest preprint, which introduces GenomeFISH—an innovative, genome-based FISH technique that enables strain-level visualisation of microbial communities🔬 Read the full study here:

Excited to share “Bin Chicken”, substantially improving genome recovery through rational metagenomic assembly. Applied to public 🌍 metagenomes, it recovered 24,000 novel species 🦠, including 6 novel phyla. https://t.co/padMaLakbt @wwood @rhysnewell @CMR_QUT 🧵1/6