Dr. Candace Williams
@canda007.bsky.social
Microbiome Scientist | microbes-metabolites -(mostly)mammals | she/her | Views are my own | |🐘🦏🐻🐯🐼👤🦎🐸🐭💧🦠 |
Happening soon!
🌊 Sequencing the Wild: Unlocking Animal and Marine Metagenomes with Oxford Nanopore 🧬
📅 Thursday, November 13, 2025
🕒 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
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🌊 Sequencing the Wild: Unlocking Animal and Marine Metagenomes with Oxford Nanopore 🧬
📅 Thursday, November 13, 2025
🕒 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
nanoporetech.com/about/events...
Webinar - Sequencing the wild: unlocking animal and marine metagenomes with Oxford Nanopore
Join us to hear real-world case studies from scientists who are applying Oxford Nanopore sequencing technology in the field, to unlock new insights into marine biology and animal metagenomics.
nanoporetech.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Happening soon!
🌊 Sequencing the Wild: Unlocking Animal and Marine Metagenomes with Oxford Nanopore 🧬
📅 Thursday, November 13, 2025
🕒 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
nanoporetech.com/about/events...
🌊 Sequencing the Wild: Unlocking Animal and Marine Metagenomes with Oxford Nanopore 🧬
📅 Thursday, November 13, 2025
🕒 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
nanoporetech.com/about/events...
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Assistant/ Associate Professor of Mycology at UGA - Go be part of a Legendary Fungal Group fungi.franklinresearch.uga.edu and dept of plant pathology plantpath.caes.uga.edu www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
Assistant or Associate Professor - Fungal Biology/Mycology
The Department of Plant Pathology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) at the University of Georgia is recruiting for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor in Fu...
www.ugajobsearch.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Assistant/ Associate Professor of Mycology at UGA - Go be part of a Legendary Fungal Group fungi.franklinresearch.uga.edu and dept of plant pathology plantpath.caes.uga.edu www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/445...
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Our paper is out in its final form! Back in April 2023, my coauthor Aleks Radakovic, then a PhD student, approached me after a talk in Chicago to ask what I thought an aminoacylated tRNA would look like if we pulled it through a @nanopore.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Nanopore sequencing of intact aminoacylated tRNAs - Nature Communications
Accurate protein synthesis depends on aminoacylated tRNAs, but their identities have been hard to measure. Here, authors present aa-tRNA-seq, a nanopore-based method that reveals the amino acid, seque...
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Our paper is out in its final form! Back in April 2023, my coauthor Aleks Radakovic, then a PhD student, approached me after a talk in Chicago to ask what I thought an aminoacylated tRNA would look like if we pulled it through a @nanopore.
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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We’re bringing #ASMMicrobe 2025 to you, virtually.
Join Robert James, Angela Hickey, and Jose Alexander as they share how real-time, Oxford Nanopore sequencing is transforming microbiology—from single bacterial isolates to the complexities of the microbiome.
nanoporetech.com/about/events...
Join Robert James, Angela Hickey, and Jose Alexander as they share how real-time, Oxford Nanopore sequencing is transforming microbiology—from single bacterial isolates to the complexities of the microbiome.
nanoporetech.com/about/events...
June 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
We’re bringing #ASMMicrobe 2025 to you, virtually.
Join Robert James, Angela Hickey, and Jose Alexander as they share how real-time, Oxford Nanopore sequencing is transforming microbiology—from single bacterial isolates to the complexities of the microbiome.
nanoporetech.com/about/events...
Join Robert James, Angela Hickey, and Jose Alexander as they share how real-time, Oxford Nanopore sequencing is transforming microbiology—from single bacterial isolates to the complexities of the microbiome.
nanoporetech.com/about/events...
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Announcing myloasm, a new long-read (ONT R10/PacBio) metagenome assembler that I've been working on during my postdoc in the Heng Li lab (@lh3lh3.bsky.social).
myloasm-docs.github.io
myloasm-docs.github.io
myloasm - metagenomic assembly with (noisy) long reads
myloasm-docs.github.io
May 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Announcing myloasm, a new long-read (ONT R10/PacBio) metagenome assembler that I've been working on during my postdoc in the Heng Li lab (@lh3lh3.bsky.social).
myloasm-docs.github.io
myloasm-docs.github.io
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BONCAT-Live for isolation and cultivation of active environmental bacteria www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs
BONCAT-Live for isolation and cultivation of active environmental bacteria
In diverse environments, microbes drive a myriad of processes, from geochemical and nutrient cycling to interspecies interactions, including in association with plants and animals. Their physiological...
www.biorxiv.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
BONCAT-Live for isolation and cultivation of active environmental bacteria www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #jcampubs
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Please support my students kickstarter to finish an educational wastewater video game we started building!
I taught an interdisciplinary capstone class video game where programmers, artists, sound designers, and education students could work together!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/que...
I taught an interdisciplinary capstone class video game where programmers, artists, sound designers, and education students could work together!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/que...
What the Floc: Educational Wastewater Video Game
Educational video game where players operate a wastewater treatment plant to protect the city and environment from pollution!
www.kickstarter.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Please support my students kickstarter to finish an educational wastewater video game we started building!
I taught an interdisciplinary capstone class video game where programmers, artists, sound designers, and education students could work together!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/que...
I taught an interdisciplinary capstone class video game where programmers, artists, sound designers, and education students could work together!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/que...
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BinSing @ ASM 2025 Registration - Binning Singletons
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May 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
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We are looking for a great colleague @mcgill.ca
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Global and Public Health
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Global and Public Health
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
May 1, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We are looking for a great colleague @mcgill.ca
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Global and Public Health
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Global and Public Health
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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It's been a good month for Nanopore assembly preprints! This time metagenomic assembly with nanoMDBG: hundreds of high-quality MAGs from high-complexity communities
High-quality metagenome assembly from nanopore reads with nanoMDBG https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.22.649928v1
April 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's been a good month for Nanopore assembly preprints! This time metagenomic assembly with nanoMDBG: hundreds of high-quality MAGs from high-complexity communities
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Do non-nutritive sweeteners alter the human microbiome? And why is this question important?
Check out our new review in Immunometabolism, spearheaded by @kcrakes.bsky.social, Lauren Questell & @subah.bsky.social and quick 🧵👇:
journals.lww.com/immunometabo...
Check out our new review in Immunometabolism, spearheaded by @kcrakes.bsky.social, Lauren Questell & @subah.bsky.social and quick 🧵👇:
journals.lww.com/immunometabo...
April 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Do non-nutritive sweeteners alter the human microbiome? And why is this question important?
Check out our new review in Immunometabolism, spearheaded by @kcrakes.bsky.social, Lauren Questell & @subah.bsky.social and quick 🧵👇:
journals.lww.com/immunometabo...
Check out our new review in Immunometabolism, spearheaded by @kcrakes.bsky.social, Lauren Questell & @subah.bsky.social and quick 🧵👇:
journals.lww.com/immunometabo...
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Come join us at @mcgill.ca as an assistant professor in virus-host interactions! Please share widely.
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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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April 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Come join us at @mcgill.ca as an assistant professor in virus-host interactions! Please share widely.
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...
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Just announced!
#MVIF 39 featuring groundbreaking research on the role of the Nagoya Protocol in protecting microbial diversity through fair use!
Don't miss this special event!
Sign up now: cassyni.com/s/mvif-39
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#MVIF 39 featuring groundbreaking research on the role of the Nagoya Protocol in protecting microbial diversity through fair use!
Don't miss this special event!
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April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just announced!
#MVIF 39 featuring groundbreaking research on the role of the Nagoya Protocol in protecting microbial diversity through fair use!
Don't miss this special event!
Sign up now: cassyni.com/s/mvif-39
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#MVIF 39 featuring groundbreaking research on the role of the Nagoya Protocol in protecting microbial diversity through fair use!
Don't miss this special event!
Sign up now: cassyni.com/s/mvif-39
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Preprint on hifiasm Nanopore-only assembly. Led by Haoyu Cheng: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Efficient near telomere-to-telomere assembly of Nanopore Simplex reads
Telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly is the ultimate goal for de novo genome assembly. Existing algorithms capable of near T2T assembly all require Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) ultra-long reads w...
www.biorxiv.org
April 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Preprint on hifiasm Nanopore-only assembly. Led by Haoyu Cheng: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Help your fellow researchers decide what nvidia GPU to buy for their @nanoporetech.com basecalling needs.
github.com/Kirk3gaard/2...
github.com/Kirk3gaard/2...
April 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Help your fellow researchers decide what nvidia GPU to buy for their @nanoporetech.com basecalling needs.
github.com/Kirk3gaard/2...
github.com/Kirk3gaard/2...
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Dorado v0.9.5 adds support for Nvidia Blackwell GPUs. Alongside the latest generation, we’ve given Volta & Orin a boost, v5 transformer sup >2X, LSTM hac on Hopper is boosted 20%, dorado correct and polish both receive performance updates, plus a whole bunch more; see..
github.com/nanoporetech...
github.com/nanoporetech...
Release v0.9.5 · nanoporetech/dorado
[0.9.5] (31 March 2025)
This release of Dorado delivers significant performance improvements and broader hardware support:
Major speed increase of the v5 SUP basecalling models on Volta (7.0) and ...
github.com
April 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Dorado v0.9.5 adds support for Nvidia Blackwell GPUs. Alongside the latest generation, we’ve given Volta & Orin a boost, v5 transformer sup >2X, LSTM hac on Hopper is boosted 20%, dorado correct and polish both receive performance updates, plus a whole bunch more; see..
github.com/nanoporetech...
github.com/nanoporetech...
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JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
www.npr.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
JUST IN: The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a meeting between IMLS leadership and DOGE staff.
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And so it begins. I have been working in genomics / sequencing for more than 30 years but today is a particularly exciting day as I begin training on using the @nanopore MK1D sequencer which we will be using soon for student projects (and other things) at @ucdavis.bsky.social
Setting up my new @nanoporetech.com MK1D sequencer - can’t wait to get trained on it and then use it
March 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
And so it begins. I have been working in genomics / sequencing for more than 30 years but today is a particularly exciting day as I begin training on using the @nanopore MK1D sequencer which we will be using soon for student projects (and other things) at @ucdavis.bsky.social
Want to learn about opossum spermatogenesis? Join us today for the future Dr. Marshall’s thesis seminar! (zoom link in flier)
March 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Want to learn about opossum spermatogenesis? Join us today for the future Dr. Marshall’s thesis seminar! (zoom link in flier)
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Trends in Microbiology is starting a series of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) articles that exclusively spotlights underrepresented geographies/ voices.
Read our latest editorial here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
Read our latest editorial here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
Inclusion and diversity through a geographical lens
Promoting inclusion and diversity is fundamental to the advancement of science. It
results in the incorporation of diverse perspectives and increases engagement from
a wider community of researchers. ...
www.cell.com
March 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Trends in Microbiology is starting a series of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) articles that exclusively spotlights underrepresented geographies/ voices.
Read our latest editorial here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
Read our latest editorial here: www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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Introducing "Metagenomic Estimation of Dietary Intake", or "MEDI": a data-driven approach to estimating dietary and nutritional intake from stool DNA 💩 - 🍌🥦🐟🥩📈
See @cdiener.com's excellent thread below.
We are really proud of this work, and we hope it is useful to the scientific community.
See @cdiener.com's excellent thread below.
We are really proud of this work, and we hope it is useful to the scientific community.
Happy to announce that MEDI, our method to quantify dietary intake through metagenomics is out now. 🧬 🧪🧫🦠 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
#metagenomics #microbiome #microbiomesky
So what is MEDI? A combination of two things:
#metagenomics #microbiome #microbiomesky
So what is MEDI? A combination of two things:
Metagenomic estimation of dietary intake from human stool - Nature Metabolism
Diener et al. present a method that allows the estimation of dietary intake from human stool by detecting food-derived DNA in faecal metagenomes.
www.nature.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Introducing "Metagenomic Estimation of Dietary Intake", or "MEDI": a data-driven approach to estimating dietary and nutritional intake from stool DNA 💩 - 🍌🥦🐟🥩📈
See @cdiener.com's excellent thread below.
We are really proud of this work, and we hope it is useful to the scientific community.
See @cdiener.com's excellent thread below.
We are really proud of this work, and we hope it is useful to the scientific community.
Reposted by Dr. Candace Williams
Check-out our brand-new Master program "Microbiome Science" at the @univie.ac.at. If you are interested in environmental or medical microbiomes, this is a great opportunity. Come join us in beautiful Vienna"
@cemess.bsky.social @microbesplanet.bsky.social
studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-pr...
@cemess.bsky.social @microbesplanet.bsky.social
studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-pr...
March 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Check-out our brand-new Master program "Microbiome Science" at the @univie.ac.at. If you are interested in environmental or medical microbiomes, this is a great opportunity. Come join us in beautiful Vienna"
@cemess.bsky.social @microbesplanet.bsky.social
studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-pr...
@cemess.bsky.social @microbesplanet.bsky.social
studieren.univie.ac.at/en/degree-pr...
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I wrote a short letter to the editor of The Missoulian, my hometown newspaper in Montana, about the importance of science funding. I'm posting here in a thread, in case others want a template for writing home to their red state papers.
Disclaimer: these are my own personal opinions/views.
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Disclaimer: these are my own personal opinions/views.
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March 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I wrote a short letter to the editor of The Missoulian, my hometown newspaper in Montana, about the importance of science funding. I'm posting here in a thread, in case others want a template for writing home to their red state papers.
Disclaimer: these are my own personal opinions/views.
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Disclaimer: these are my own personal opinions/views.
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