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Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 1d

This is nicely explained why it is important to have more whale poo in the oceans.

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 1d

The global whaling industry experienced a boom c. 1840-1950 as technology allowed whalers to hunt the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.

Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.

Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.

Change in distribution and abundance of southern right whales. (A) Shows historical and contemporary wintering distributions (Figure 1 from Carroll et al., 2018), and (B) shows decline in abundance and subsequent recovery (solid line is the mean, dashed line shows upper and lower 95% CI). Modified Figure 1 from Jackson et al. (2008). Contemporary sightings are divided into regions where large aggregations are seen during winter: Argentina (ARG), Brazil (BZL), South Africa (SAF), southwest Australia (SWA), south central Australia (SCA), and New Zealand sub-Antarctic (NZSA) and regions where sightings are typically of small numbers of individuals per year. The large aggregations are IWC management units and correspond to historical whaling grounds, although another 5 whaling grounds show little sign of recovery. Summer feeding areas are poorly described and so not shown.

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Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning from a sunny balcony

A cup of coffee on a table. The sunlight makes stripes on the table and in the back there is some little lamps.

Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 3d

Goodmorning, first a coffee.
#morning #coffee #photography

A coffee mug in front, on a wooden table. In the back a teapot and a view through the window.

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Steven Robbins @stevenjrobbins.bsky.social · 4d

Curious, if someone wanted to annotate a large set of MAGs with KEGG, PFAM, CAZY, and then do some statistical comparison, how would you do that these days?

Back in the day I loved EnrichM, but the backend databases for KEGG, etc, are woefully out of date now.

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Oliver Schwengers @oschwengers.bsky.social · 4d

Unbelievable, Bakta reached its 1,000th citation!

A huge shout out and thank you to all Bakta users, bug reporters, those sharing ideas and suggesting features...

...just the entire incredibly supporting binfie community!

Without you, Bakta wouldn't be the same.

Thank you!

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Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 5d

Today it was Dahlia time at Britzer Garten #flower #Berlin #square #photography

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Magnus Nygård Osnes @maos.bsky.social · 22d

Our first WiLiMan project paper is out #wilimanid! 🎉 We modelled how host genetics might shape Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) dynamics in wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus). Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... (Photo: Olav Strand/NINA) | 1/12

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Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 6d

Past the Super Theater this morning on my run over the Tempelhofer Feld #Berlin #Germany #square #Photography

The silhouet of a circus tent and in the back the colored clouds of before the dawn

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 8d

I have ten of these PHYSICS FOR CATS pins to give away! Share the post below👇 for a chance to win one. (UK only: you can share from anywhere but I can't send you a pin).

A pin badge depicting a black cat floating in a black void orbited by colourful particles.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 12d

In general I think it's hard to combat scientific misinformation when some of the best research is locked behind an academic paywall, while lots of nonsense gets published free for everyone to read in predatory journals.

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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 12d

💬 "This course provided me great detail of general aspects that are crucial to understanding #metagenomics covering technical aspects of the use of #ONT platform and interface."

Keen to learn about lab and in-field @nanoporetech.com metagenomics?
👉 buff.ly/tCB0Zeu

#MAGS #nanopore #eDNA 🧬💻

Dr Darren Heavens leads course delegates in the lab practicals during the nanopore metagenomics course.

Dr Richard Leggett guides participants through the data analysis and visualisation sessions.

Nanopore Metagenomics course attendant during one of the lab practicals at the Earlham Institute.

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Sigmanphi @sigmanphi.bsky.social · 21d

#photo #photography #photographers #art #picture #artwork #artists #designers #design #pics #photos #funny #memes

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Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 12d

Had a walk in the neighbourhood today #Tempelhof #Berlin #park #trees #Germany #photography

A landscape with lots of trees and a little green covered lake in the middle.

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 14d

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 14d

Blue crab populations have declined in the coastal waters of North Carolina. Scientists and policymakers thought they knew the culprit. A new study shows they were wrong.

Now scientists have a mystery on their hands.
news.ncsu.edu/2025/09/stud...

Study Challenges Theory Behind N.C. Blue Crab Decline

There are plenty of juvenile blue crabs in Pamlico Sound, so where are the adults?

news.ncsu.edu

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Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 14d

The start of autumn. #Oslo #Norway #photography #square #tree

A flat in Oslo, with in front a park and one tree that has already turned red, because it is now the start of autumn.

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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 15d

Carbonatibacter coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a carbonate-producing and vitamin B12-sharing bacterium isolated from coral Porites lutea, reclassification of Kiloniellaceae and proposal of Aestuariispiraceae fam. nov. www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #jcampubs

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 15d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 15d

Waiting for my train at #Oslo central. #photography #square #Norway

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 16d

Kaleidoscopic 🪞 A black and white photography series exploring hidden symmetrical patterns unveiled through reflection.

📍 Riverside - Bruntwood - Manchester.

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography

An abstract black and white architecture photo, reflected both horizontally and vertically to create a perfectly symmetrical pattern with lots of windows.

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Ryan Wick @rrwick.bsky.social · 17d

New blog post!

metaMDBG (@gaetanbenoit.bsky.social) and Myloasm (@jimshaw.bsky.social) have had recent releases, so I updated the benchmarks from the Autocycler paper:
rrwick.github.io/2025/09/23/a...

Both tools improved considerably! Time to update your conda environments 😄

Benchmark update: metaMDBG and Myloasm

a blog for miscellaneous bioinformatics stuff

rrwick.github.io

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European Food Safety Authority @efsa.europa.eu · 18d

📣 Are you a mid-career veterinary epidemiology expert working for a national authority?

Join us as a Seconded National Expert and support animal health by applying your skills in risk assessment, modelling and GIS!

✍️ link.europa.eu/3JjVTW

#EFSACareers #AnimalHealth | @efsa-biohaw.bsky.social

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Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 18d

Green, green, green and a bit of sky... #photography #Germany #grass #trees #hut

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Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 19d

Oh wow, that is going to hurt businesses.

Thomas Haverkamp @thomieh73.bsky.social · 19d

Have a great Sunday!
#mushroom #fungi #photography #square #Norway

A little yellow mushroom with the shape of a heart.

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