Happy #WorldMicrobiomeDay! Here are some of the best pipeline cheatsheets for metagenomic and amplicon sequencing I have ever seen. Big thanks to @AstrobioMike for these! https://t.co/6RH3SURqDI

Happy #WorldScienceDay! To celebrate we're offering 5 free in-person tickets to NCM Houston (6th Dec). To be with in a chance of winning: like, retweet and comment why you would like to join us in Houston by 11:59 (PT) Tuesday #nanoporeconf 1/3

My journey in the #WoM takeaways: 🌟You have to find something to drive you to get to your experiments. @LizaKonnikova 🌟We need to allow students to be creative and to have a network. @HeijtzRochellys 🌟Let the data take you where it takes you. @drdmacintyre #WoM2023

Since the discovery of CRISPR-Cas systems, people have wondered if a similar type of system exists in eukaryotes. Today, we report in @Nature the characterization of Fanzor, a eukaryotic RNA-guided system that can be reprogrammed for human genome editing.

Congratulations ⁦@BarrozoPhD⁩! Exemplary opening presentation and receipt of the SRI Presidents Plenary Award. Our entire Aagaard lab family could not be more proud!🥰👩‍⚕️👩‍🔬⁦@BCMFromtheLabs⁩ ⁦@MaximSeferovic⁩ ⁦@Scienceguy314⁩

Outstanding presentation from ⁦@BarrozoPhD⁩ on “Term placenta transcriptomic atlas identifies cells with discrete transcription programs implicated in gestational diabetes subtypes” at #SMFM2023 ⁦@norsketexsci⁩ @BCMFromtheLabs⁩ ⁦⁦⁦@TexasChildrens⁩

⁦@BCMFromtheLabs⁩ ⁦@SohiniBanrjee⁩ ⁦@Scienceguy314⁩ Superb work on PAHs and placental biology from Dr. Melissa Suter

Outstanding presentation by Dr. Enrico Barrozo on “Distinct neuronal subtypes in fetal CSF characterized by single-cell transcriptomics” #SMFM2023 @BarrozoPhD @norsketexsci @bcmhouston @TexasChildrens @BCMFromtheLabs @MySMFM @10xGenomics

The labs of Dr. K Aagaard @norsketexsci, M Jochum @bcmhouston & @traingene @RiceUNews developed #Squeegee, a new #contamination detection tool for low microbial biomass #microbiomes @NatureComms @TexasChildrens @BCMHouston_News @Evelin_Y_ #postdoc

I am honored to share our latest #covid19research publication! Massive thanks to this brilliant team of scientists that came together during the pandemic. @norsketexsci @AstrobioMike @traingene @Covirt19 @kristencurry @BVitalis99 @traingene @TACC https://t.co/f7uty7aYoy

Cool #COVID19 work from some cool people including (not limited to) @KristaTernus @traingene and a Sr. Bioinformatician on my team (V. Zaksas) at @UChicagoCTDS

It has been a great experience to collaborate with so many talented and hard-working scientists throughout the pandemic. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this work! @Scienceguy314 @AstrobioMike @kristendcurry @UChicagoCTDS @BVitalis99 @traingene @norsketexsci @Covirt19 @TACC

Outstanding job from my PI Dr. Kjersti Aagaard for presenting research on the impact of Xylitol gum as a cost effective strategy for reducing preterm birth in Malawi @WoMicrobiome #WoM2022

Join Kjersti Aagaard @norsketexsci in Hall B of #WoM2022 for the topic: ✅ Practical #microbiome-based interventions from a holobiont perspective: PPaX: Cluster randomized trial of xylitol chewing gum on prevention of #preterm birth in Malawi. ⏯️

Taxonomy drama popping off all over my feeds

Traces of omicron detected in Houston wastewater from last week (Nov29/30). Real-time science thanks to this team @HoustonHealth @traingene @SapovalNicolae @EstherGeLou2 @prash_kalva @ensorkb | https://t.co/7u2ctqYGJT

I get the concern about the variant, but can we point to any instance where travel restrictions have affected the course of the pandemic in the US? In 2020 we obsessed about China travel restrictions only to have Covid enter NYC from Southern Europe

B.1.1.529 looks a real-deal bad variant and govs and WHO will need to act quickly - I hope they’re scheduling meetings already. Its highly mutated protein sequence, its rapid spread in SA and the arrival of the most feared mutation pair from yeast studies are all alarm bells.

We’re now hitting 2,000 deaths per day and looks like COVID19 will once again become the leading cause of death on a daily basis in America. By Mon Tues this week we’ll likely exceed the number of Americans who died in the 1918-21 flu pandemic (675,000)

Fafa has scored in every Texas Derby match and led us to the return of El Capitán. H-TOWN THRU AND THRU! @Fafagoal23 appreciation tweet #HoldItDown

#FuckTexas