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Dorottya Nagy @dotnagy.bsky.social · 14d

Pleased to see this pre-printed, highlighting the completeness/accuracy of @nanoporetech.com long-read genome assembly for clinical Enterobacterales: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thanks to colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @genewiz.bsky.social and @oxfordbrc.bsky.social!

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Sam Lipworth @samlipworth.bsky.social · 21d

Great new work from #DotNagy @modmedmicro.bsky.social - she tool 96 clinical isolates from the NEKSUS study and sequenced with both Illumina and Nanopore - question was, can we do away with hybrid sequencing for the rest of the study?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Nanopore long-read only genome assembly of clinical Enterobacterales isolates is complete and accurate

Whole bacterial genome sequence reconstruction using Oxford Nanopore Technologies ('Nanopore') long-read only sequencing may offer a lower-cost, higher-throughput alternative for pathogen surveillance...

www.biorxiv.org

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Bash the bug @bashthebug.net · Aug 22

'Linking life expectancy to the bacteria in our gut: A final year undergraduate project'.

Akika investigated how the gut microbiome influences longevity, with fieldwork in Nagano, Japan—home to the country’s longest-living population.

Read the blog post here ➡️ bashthebug.net/2025/08/22/l...

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 22

I’ve just watched all of MurderBot and definitely recommend

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 16

Brilliant! Yes a timeless test which stops on Mondays instead of Sundays

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 8

Brilliant - signed up.

Always thought cycling shared with cricket the curious feature that one can listen to someone talking about what is going on (like TMS) and that is perhaps even better than watching it.

The TdF is after all even longer than a Test Match.

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Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · Jul 7

Bit over 24 hours left to apply for these two posts to help us develop pipelines to process pathogens..!

Senior Bioinformatic Engineer
bit.ly/4ecl0hF

Senior Biostatistical Researcher
bit.ly/4kRfZxI

Grade 8 or 7, depending on experience
closing date: noon Tues 8 July

Job Details

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · Jul 2

Mind That Cyclist! Give Him Room
1950
Artist: Roland Davies

Poster illustration showing the back of a bicycle rider riding on the side of a street and running out of room as a truck driver drives so close to the curb as to make the bicyclist lose control.

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 3

Job advert to come and work with me on tuberculosis closes tomorrow (Friday) at noon!

Part of #OxCOD4TB

bit.ly/4ndKOhF

@ndm.ox.ac.uk @modmedmicro.bsky.social
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations to the winners of the poster prizes, Elliott Rogers and Iva Grujic, yesterday at the 3rd #Dx4LMIC conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social !

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 2

Andrew Singer gets day two underway at the #Dx4LMICs conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 1

Lionel Tarassenko introducing Vivian Lee who is giving the after dinner speech at #Dx4LMICs conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 1

Jospeth Matovu: HIV self testing among fishermen

@reubencollege.bsky.social #Dx4LMICs

Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 1

Arjuna Sen talking about equity in epilepsy at @reubencollege.bsky.social

#Dx4LMICs

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 1

@gariclifford.bsky.social talking about how extensive cell phone coverage was in China 20 years ago:

“If you can drive a truck up a road there will be a cell phone tower at the end of it”

#Dx4LMICs @reubencollege.bsky.social

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 1

Joshua Kibera gets us underway at #DxLMICs at @reubencollege.bsky.social

Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 1

Any questions DM me

Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · Jul 1

Come and work with us!

Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI
Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF
both Grade 8 or 7, closing noon Tue 8 Jul

Computational Mycobacteriologist
Grade 7, closing noon Fri 4 Jul bit.ly/4ndKOhF

@medsci.ox.ac.uk
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
@ndm.ox.ac.uk

Job Details

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jul 1

All ready for day one of the third #Dx4LMICs conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social !

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Adrian Woolfson @adrianwoolfson.bsky.social · Jun 28

deepmind.google/discover/blo...

AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome

Introducing a new, unifying DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction and promises to shed new light on genome function — now available via API.

deepmind.google

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

slate.com

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European Society of Mycobacteriology @esmyco.bsky.social · Jun 27

And that's a wrap on #ESM2025! A huge thank you to our incredible community of scientists, speakers, and organizers who made this week unforgettable. The future of mycobacteriology is bright! See you all in 2026! 👋 #Tuberculosis #Science

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Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · Jun 27

Three posts all closing next week!

Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI
Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF
both Grade 8 or 7, closing noon Wed 2 Jul

Computational Mycobacteriologist
Grade 7, closing noon Fri 4 Jul bit.ly/4ndKOhF

@medsci.ox.ac.uk

Job Details

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Eh!woza @ehwoza.bsky.social · Jun 27

[TRAILER]🎥 “The Clinic That Crossed the River” is a film by young men from Xhora Mouth, Bulungula in the Eastern Cape. This film tells a story of the Bulungula community and their long, difficult journey to access healthcare.

Check link for more: youtube.com/watch?v=Igh7...

Healthcare in Rural South Africa | The Clinic that Crossed the River

YouTube video by Eh!woza

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Igh7wvS2yJE&t=2s…

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · Jun 25

Come and work with me and use the 53,897 samples of M. tuberculosis we have collated to help tackle this important disease!

We are part of the OxCoD4TB consortium that is developing new therapeutics for tuberculosis.

Grade 7, funding until 28 Feb 2028, deadline noon Fri 4 July

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fowlerlab.org @fowlerlab.org · Jun 23

@vbrunner.bsky.social doing her pitch for her poster at #ESMyco!

@modmedmicro.bsky.social

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