our latest preprint is available! with @JoseCaparrosPhD, we optimised a methodology for assessing the nasal microbiome using nasal lining fluid, validated with long read sequencing, and it may be a less invasive surrogate for nasal swabs thanks to seed funding by @WalyanCentre

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and curious PhD student to join us at @MCRI_for_kids to study how viral infections lead to pulmonary fibrosis using stem cell models 🫁. More details here:

🔥Deadline extended until 30 June: Apply now for a Synthetic Biology PhD scholarship to work on ending plastic waste with Vibrio natriegens - the world's fastest-growing marine bacterium 🦠: https://t.co/5HzTQRBzNb Bonus: Spend your free time at Perth's iconic beaches 🥰👇

Made a simple long read phage assembly pipeline with @AVaitekenas and @samueltmont . - No logging, no checks, nothing fancy, just click and hope (for now)... - Need to turn it into a conda package somehow next? https://t.co/nFeKbv8UMj

With newer @nanopore quality, you only need 10x depth to match or exceed Illumina SNP/variant calling in bacteria, including homopolymer regions. https://t.co/SZ5JLiC9Oh

any suggestions on tools for looking at methylation of bacteriophage sequenced using #nanopore? having trouble identifying motifs when plenty of methylated bases predicted by modkit for 6mA and 5mC/5hmC modifications! @nanopore

makes it really hard to plan studies using #nanopore when these things are changed that have effects on outcomes (time to result for pathogen detection) and could affect adaptive sampling etc without justification or explanation

hey @nanopore - if you make an update to the software required to run your devices and fundamentally change how data is basecalled (not keeping up w/ v23.11.03+), it'd be great if you explained why or at a bare minimum put it in the changelog

I've confirmed with @antoinette_news that this post is what @abcnews said violated their 'social media policy' & is why they fired her. @hrw is the world's most prestigious human rights organisation. This is deeply alarming censorship & intimidation by ABC management.

Our co-author, Dr Hammam, was killed today. He was a gracious, articulate, dedicated doctor. Hammam last messaged me this morning: “Your shouting means a lot to us. Please keep it up.” So that’s what we do. Keep it up. Everyone. @crikey_news @sophblack https://t.co/N3BqQoNNvY

Dying Gazans Criticized For Not Using Last Words To Condemn Hamas

absolutely disgusted by Australia tonight, but not surprised. More than ever, we must keep the pressure for Indigenous Australians. Truth telling and Treaty now!

Shameful for WA gov that Unit 18 at Casuarina is still open. 22 hours of isolation for children in a maximum security adult prison. Unlawful and violates human rights. Truly awful. Important advocacy and warnings from @SocialRWA fall on deaf ears with @WAGovernment

🤯 In the UK vapes are being sold in the supermarket: At the end of an aisle where you would usually find the eye-catching promos with an explanatory board on how to get started...What are you thinking @SteveBarclay???

While the English team may win - they face the ultimate defeat - having to return to England

Looking forward to presenting some preliminary data at this local microbiome meeting!

The Government’s Science, Research and Innovation Budget tables reveal that Gov't investment in R&D is at the lowest on record at 0.49% (as a percentage of GDP). In February, Australia’s leading scientists urged the government to commit to a ‘bold & ambitious’ structural reform

this data is fantastic and will be in incredible resource for those in the COVID-19 space

funding rate below a p value cut off - what an absolute waste of time for early career researchers who are already so time poor and have little job security, so spend too long applying for grants like this where success is almost random chance #MRFF

An exciting opportunity exists for 2 postdoctoral fellows to work on immune responses towards respiratory viral infections and novel vaccine platforms at @HokkaidoUni (Japan) in close collaboration with Prof @KatherineKedz and her team at @UniMelbMDHS @TheDohertyInst