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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 8d

Too many authors use a scientific paper's Discussion to thoroughly shred their own work. That, and two more common mistakes in writing Discussions:

What your Discussion section isn’t

Today, the next instalment in a short series inspired by bad papers I’ve read (some of them, I have to admit, my own). I’ve let myself rant about what a Methods sections shouldn’t be, and what a Re…

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Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm super bummed to be missing #ESEB2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social due to a cancelled flight! Here's a quick overview of my talk "Gene- and genome-focused perspectives on microbial pangenomes" slated to be part of The Evolution of Microbial Pangenomes -- which I recommend you attend tomorrow (Fri) !
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Sean Gibbons 🦠💩 @gibbological.bsky.social · Jul 12

In case you missed it, check out my latest #substack on life, entropy, and the arrow of time.

Trying to get a bit more poetic with this one. If this isn't your thing, stay tuned next week, for another prose post.

gibbological.substack.com/p/on-life-en...

On life, entropy, and the heat death of the universe

a poem

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Jul 3

Haha, thanks!

Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Jul 3

This could be your view!

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Jul 3

Obligatory new job swag and selfie. Excited to start as an Assistant Professor at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada!

Come work with me! douglaslab.ca

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PCI Genomics @genomics.peercommunityin.org · Jun 5

Lopezguerra & Douglas recommend the high-quality Xylocopa violacea reference genome by Nash et al., 2024, Heredity, the first annotated pseudo-chromosomal assembly for any Xylocopa bee! 🐝 A crucial step for pollinator research, conservation, and even cancer therapy studies #ERGA tinyurl.com/vwknzu2b

A high-quality genome assembly for carpenter bees

We present a reference genome assembly from an individual male Violet Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa violacea, Linnaeus 1758). The assembly is 1.02 gigabases in span. 48% of the assembly is scaffolded into…

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PCI Genomics @genomics.peercommunityin.org · Jun 5

At PCI Genomics, we are pleased to have recommended all ERGA manuscripts and publications to date, helping to bring together this vital body of work at the heart of European biodiversity genomics.

🔗 genomics.peercommunityin.org
#ERGA #Genomics #Biodiversity #PCIGenomics #OpenScience

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Nancy Moran @nancy-moran.bsky.social · Jun 2

An update on open postdoc positions, in my group and the adjacent group of Howard Ochman, here at UT-Austin. #SymbioSky

Mine: insect-bacterial symbiosis with emphasis on intracellular endosymbionts and molecular mechanisms.
web.biosci.utexas.edu/moran/contac...

Nancy Moran Contact

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Nancy Moran @nancy-moran.bsky.social · Jun 2

Howard's: evolution of microbial genes, genomes and communities. Can be experimental or computational. If interested, contact Howard Ochman, [email protected]
Homepage: web.biosci.utexas.edu/ochman/index...

Ochman Lab: HOME

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Gert Wörheide @gwoerhe.bsky.social · May 22

We just published our first paper in the Peer Community Journal - diamond open access, no APCs!
Awesome experience, with less than a week from submission after receommendation by #pcigenomics.
Highly recommended!
#molpalmuc
@lmumuenchen.bsky.social
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Genomic changes are varied across congeneric species pairs of animals

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Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social · Apr 24

Come join us at @mcgill.ca as an assistant professor in virus-host interactions! Please share widely.

mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Microbiology & Immunology, (C2-240724)

Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 31

Please let us know if you have any questions or comments! This was a collaboration with several co-authors, including @cyanophage.bsky.social, @lbobay.bsky.social, @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social, Samuel Chaffron, and others!

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 31

Our work complements a recent analysis focused on 16S data: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

A global survey of prokaryotic genomes reveals the eco-evolutionary pressures driving horizontal gene transfer - Nature Ecology & Evolution

The authors analyse 8,790 prokaryotic pangenomes to identify the ecological variables associated with recent versus old horizontal gene transfer events, finding that gene transfers are more common amo...

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 31

By analyzing marine metagenome-assembled genomes, we identified widespread evidence for HGT across marine prokaryotes and found the association with co-occurrence remains robust after accounting for other factors!

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 31

Co-occurring microbes have previously been found to undergo more HGT, but other factors could explain this observation (esp. phylo distance and similar env pressures).

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 31

New preprint (and brief🧵)! “Co-occurrence drives horizontal gene transfer (HGT) among marine prokaryotes”. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 31

Please let us know if you have any questions or comments! This was a collaboration with several co-authors: @cyanophage.bsky.social, @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social, Samuel Chaffron, @lbobay.bsky.social, and others!

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 31

Our work complements a recent analysis focused on 16S data: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

A global survey of prokaryotic genomes reveals the eco-evolutionary pressures driving horizontal gene transfer - Nature Ecology & Evolution

The authors analyse 8,790 prokaryotic pangenomes to identify the ecological variables associated with recent versus old horizontal gene transfer events, finding that gene transfers are more common amo...

doi.org

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 31

By analyzing marine metagenome-assembled genomes, we identified widespread evidence for HGT across marine prokaryotes and found the association with co-occurrence remains robust after accounting for other factors!

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 31

Co-occurring microbes have previously been found to undergo more HGT, but other factors could explain this observation (esp. phylo distance and similar env pressures).

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Andrew Roger @andrewjroger.bsky.social · Mar 14

I'm pleased to introduce our new paper rooting the eukaryote Tree of Life (eToL) that resulted from a collaboration led by PhD student Kelsey Williamson and a large group of collaborators doi.org/10.1038/s415...htt

A robustly rooted tree of eukaryotes reveals their excavate ancestry - Nature

The root of the eukaryote Tree of Life is estimated from a new, larger dataset of mitochondrial proteins including all known eukaryotic supergroups, showing it lies between two multi-supergroup assemb...

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 11

Don't knock it until you've tried them!

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Mar 11

Big news: we are setting up a new non-profit organization to run bioRxiv and medRxiv. It's called openRxiv [no it's not a new preprint server; it's dedicated organization to oversee the servers] openrxiv.org 1/n

Homepage - openRxiv

openRxiv is an independent non-profit, the new organizational home for bioRxiv and medRxiv, enabling researchers to instantly share groundbreaking findings with the global scientific community.

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Gavin Douglas @gmdouglas.bsky.social · Mar 2

Hi there, I'm definitely open to that! Please reach out to me by email and I would be happy to discuss further.

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