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Ryan Wick @rrwick.bsky.social · 16d

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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Kevin Bretscher @kevinbretscher.bsky.social · 26d

Suprise delivery on Friday afternoon from @nanoporetech.com . Will be interesting to see if the Mk1D will increase flowcell output. #nanopore

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · 26d

We’re excited to welcome as keynote speakers for #PMS2025:

🪴 Lingfei Hu – Zhejiang University
💻 @jhcepas.bsky.social – CSIC & UPM

Join us in Malaga on 3-7 November!
Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

#Plantscience #MicrobiomeResearch #Bioinformatics

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · 29d

#PMS2025 is going global! 🌍

So far, participants from 32 countries have registered for #PMS2025

This is your chance to connect, share ideas, and network with a international community of #plantmicrobiome scientists.

📅 Join now @ 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

#MicrobiomeResearch

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Jim Shaw @jimshaw.bsky.social · Sep 7

Preprint out for myloasm, our new nanopore / HiFi metagenome assembler!

Nanopore's getting accurate, but

1. Can this lead to better metagenome assemblies?
2. How, algorithmically, to leverage them?

with co-author Max Marin @mgmarin.bsky.social, supervised by Heng Li @lh3lh3.bsky.social

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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · Sep 7

High-resolution metagenome assembly for modern long reads with myloasm https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.05.674543v1

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Sep 5

New publication: Hub #metabolites at the root–microbiome interface: unlocking plant #drought resilience, by @vcarryon.bsky.social and others. #droughtresilience #climatechange #sustainableagriculture
doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...

Figure 2 in Pantigoso et al. (2025): "Drought-induced shifts in root microbiome and metabolome."

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Sep 7

Living organisms are assumed to produce same-species offspring. A study in Nature reports a shift from this norm in Messor ibericus, an ant that lays individuals from two distinct species. go.nature.com/3V68MP0 🧪

This is figure 2, which shows M. ibericus queens lay males from two different species.

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are happy to announce 2 more keynote speakers for #PMS2025!

We’re excited to welcome:

🔬 @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social – @unileiden.bsky.social
🦠 @iandealidbury.bsky.social – @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Join us at in Malaga on 3-7 November!
Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

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Kevin Bretscher @kevinbretscher.bsky.social · Sep 2

What happened 👀

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Jonathan Jacobs @bioinformer.bsky.social · Jun 19

Need bacterial DNA methylation data? Well, we’ve been re-basecalling all ONT data for the ATCC Genome Portal to get it. A huge effort, but as of today we have Mthyl data for ~1,500 bacterial strains. Attending #ASMicrobe? happy to chat IRL about it too. i.e. > genomes.atcc.org/genomes/67e8...

ATCC® 9945a™ | Bacillus paralicheniformis | ATCC Genome Portal

Bacillus paralicheniformis is a strain of bacteria in the Bacillus genus. This genome was published to the ATCC Genome Portal on 2022-04-02

genomes.atcc.org

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NL Institute of Ecology NIOO-KNAW @niooknaw.bsky.social · Jun 3

Ben jij een ervaren Linux beheerder met een passie voor datamanagement en innovatie? Wil jij werken in een inspirerende wetenschappelijke omgeving waar je bijdraagt aan baanbrekend ecologisch onderzoek?

Solliciteer via onze website: nioo.knaw.nl/nl/vacatures...
#vacature #wageningen

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · May 23

🧫We are happy to announce 2 more keynote speakers for #PMS2025 bringing our total to 18 speakers!

We’re excited to welcome:

🔬 Harro Bouwmeester‬ – ‪UVA
🪴 Yang Bai – Peking University

Join us at #PMS2025 in Malaga on 3-7 November!

📅 Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

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Chris Seymour @iiseymour.bsky.social · May 21

Dorado is 1.0! 🎉

LC25 release adds v5.2 DNA/RNA models with a new suite of mod models that are higher accuracy, lower FP rates, and significantly faster.

- Introducing dorado variant 👀
- HAC error rate is down over 25%.
- New 2’Ome mod models
- Hopper & Blackwell SUP speed ups

#Nanoporeconf

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · May 20

🔎 Microbiomes under the microscope: A new scientific roadmap

📋 Published in #Microbiome

doi.org/10.1186/s401...

A blueprint for contemporary studies of microbiomes - Microbiome

This editorial piece co-authored by the Senior Editors at Microbiome aims to highlight current challenges in the field of environmental and host-associated microbiome research. We also take the opport...

doi.org

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · May 19

🌱 2 More Keynote Speakers for #PMS2025 🌱

🔬 ‪@asaflevylab.bsky.social‬ – @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social
🌱 Ling Ding – DTU ‪@dtu.dk‬

Join us at #PMS2025 in Malaga on 3-7 November!

📅 Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

#MicrobiomeResearch #SoilHealth #PlantScience #Bioinformatics

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IHSM La Mayora UMA-CSIC @ihsmumacsic.bsky.social · May 14

🚨 Dear 🌱microbiome friends, only 1 day is left to secure a ticket for #PMS2025 at a discounted price! Take advantage of early bird fees by registering now!

6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
#microbiology #plantscience #microbiome #Bacteria

@microsos.bsky.social

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Kevin Bretscher @kevinbretscher.bsky.social · May 14

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Kevin Bretscher @kevinbretscher.bsky.social · May 5

Great opportunity for PhDs and Students joining #PMS2025

MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · May 5

🎓✈️ Travel Grants for Students
We’re excited to announce that several Conference Scholarships will be available for #PMS2025, sponsored by Applied Microbiology International (@amiposts.bsky.social) and the Journal of Applied Microbiology! (1/2)

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · May 2

🚨 Dear 🌱 microbiome friends, only 12 days are left to secure a ticket for #PMS2025 at a discounted price! Take advantage of early bird fees by registering now!
6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
#microbiology #plantscience #microbiome #Bacteria

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Kevin Bretscher @kevinbretscher.bsky.social · Mar 29

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · Mar 28

🌱 Two More Keynote Speakers for #PMS2025 🌱

🔬 @finkel-lab.bsky.social – @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social
🌱 Eiko Kuramae – NIOO

Join us at #PMS2025 in Malaga, November 2025.

📅 Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

#PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeResearch #SoilHealth #PlantScience

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · Mar 18

🚨 Early Bird Deadline Extended!!!🚨

Due to high demand from early-career scientists, we’re extending the early bird registration and abstract submission deadline for #PMS2025 to May 15! 💡🌱

📅 Register here to reserve your spot at a discounted rate : 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · Mar 6

Announcing 2 more Keynote Speakers for #PMS2025!

🍄 @vivianecordovez.bsky.social – @niooknaw.bsky.social

🌍 Juan Esteban Pérez-Jaramillo – University of Antioquia

📅 Abstract submission is open: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
#PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeResearch #PMS2025

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MicroSOS @microsos.bsky.social · Feb 21

🌱 This week we introduce two more Keynote Speakers of the 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium 2025 (3-7 Nov 2025)! 🌱
🔬 Angela Sessitch – Austrian Institute of Technology
🧪 Paolina Garbeva – NIOO-KNAW
📅 Register here: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
#PlantMicrobiome #MicrobiomeResearch #PMS2025

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Keith Robison @omicsomics.bsky.social · Feb 20

Roche Xpounds on New Sequencing Technology

My deep dive on this exciting new entrant

omicsomics.blogspot.com/2025/02/roch...

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Roche Xpounds on New Sequencing Technology

Bar bets can be a powerful force in human society. One of the best known books on the planet, The Guinness Book of World Records, originate...

omicsomics.blogspot.com

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