Carmen Denman Hume
@carmcdhume.bsky.social
I love connecting people and creating impactful science communications. Quite serious about my daily coffee ritual, I am a microbiologist by training. Views expressed are my own.
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Read 'High frequency body site translocation of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa’ from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com here ⤵️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
High frequency body site translocation of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Nature Communications
Here, the authors report within-host diversity and body site translocation dynamics in hospital samples of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and reveal that body site sharing was likely due to within-patient tra...
www.nature.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Read 'High frequency body site translocation of nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa’ from @sangerinstitute.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com here ⤵️
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A type of hospital bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can move from a vulnerable patient's lungs to their gut, raising the risk of sepsis. 🦠
This work could help shape future infection monitoring strategies and reduce sepsis-related deaths. 👇
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ho...
This work could help shape future infection monitoring strategies and reduce sepsis-related deaths. 👇
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ho...
Hospital bug jumps from lungs to gut, raising sepsis risk
Researchers discover that a hospital-acquired bacterium can travel from the lungs to the gut, heightening the risk of sepsis.
www.sanger.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
A type of hospital bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, can move from a vulnerable patient's lungs to their gut, raising the risk of sepsis. 🦠
This work could help shape future infection monitoring strategies and reduce sepsis-related deaths. 👇
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ho...
This work could help shape future infection monitoring strategies and reduce sepsis-related deaths. 👇
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/ho...
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Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and genes found to move freely between ecological compartments – highlighting the need for cross-compartment interventions🌍
Read ➡️ https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/antimicrobial-resistant-bacteria-and-genes-move-freely-between-people-animals-and-the-environment/
Read ➡️ https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/antimicrobial-resistant-bacteria-and-genes-move-freely-between-people-animals-and-the-environment/
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and genes found to move freely between ecological compartments – highlighting the need for cross-compartment interventions🌍
Read ➡️ https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/antimicrobial-resistant-bacteria-and-genes-move-freely-between-people-animals-and-the-environment/
Read ➡️ https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/antimicrobial-resistant-bacteria-and-genes-move-freely-between-people-animals-and-the-environment/
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Struggling to navigate the grant-funding maze? Discover expert guidance and practical tips to help you transform your idea into a successful, funded project ✅
Read more: https://sangerinstitute.blog/2025/11/26/how-to-get-grant-funding-expert-advice-for-a-successful-application/
Read more: https://sangerinstitute.blog/2025/11/26/how-to-get-grant-funding-expert-advice-for-a-successful-application/
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Struggling to navigate the grant-funding maze? Discover expert guidance and practical tips to help you transform your idea into a successful, funded project ✅
Read more: https://sangerinstitute.blog/2025/11/26/how-to-get-grant-funding-expert-advice-for-a-successful-application/
Read more: https://sangerinstitute.blog/2025/11/26/how-to-get-grant-funding-expert-advice-for-a-successful-application/
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it is DONE my dudes, 32 goobers for #Invertober2025
now I REST because 3 drawing challenges in 3 months is A TAD BIT TOO MUCH
#SciArt #invertebrates
now I REST because 3 drawing challenges in 3 months is A TAD BIT TOO MUCH
#SciArt #invertebrates
October 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
it is DONE my dudes, 32 goobers for #Invertober2025
now I REST because 3 drawing challenges in 3 months is A TAD BIT TOO MUCH
#SciArt #invertebrates
now I REST because 3 drawing challenges in 3 months is A TAD BIT TOO MUCH
#SciArt #invertebrates
Oh hello! He's only gone and re-written the Microsporidian reproductive tree and published it in @plosbiology.org!
Heroic effort, Amjad. Congrats to all the authors!
You can read about Amjad and his doctoral research in the blog I wrote all about him: sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/29/s...
Heroic effort, Amjad. Congrats to all the authors!
You can read about Amjad and his doctoral research in the blog I wrote all about him: sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/29/s...
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Oh hello! He's only gone and re-written the Microsporidian reproductive tree and published it in @plosbiology.org!
Heroic effort, Amjad. Congrats to all the authors!
You can read about Amjad and his doctoral research in the blog I wrote all about him: sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/29/s...
Heroic effort, Amjad. Congrats to all the authors!
You can read about Amjad and his doctoral research in the blog I wrote all about him: sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07/29/s...
Reposted by Carmen Denman Hume
new publication by @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social who mined arthropod reference genome data for hidden microsporidia reads and then did a whole lot of assembling and sleuthing! great job @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social !
Really, really happy that our work on microsporidian genomes is now out in @plosbiology.org! A huge thank you to my coauthors, my supervisors @mblaxter.bsky.social & @marakat.bsky.social, the editors @roliroberts.bsky.social & Joseph Heitman, and the reviewers ❤️ plos.io/48HsAQJ
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
new publication by @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social who mined arthropod reference genome data for hidden microsporidia reads and then did a whole lot of assembling and sleuthing! great job @amjadkhalaf.bsky.social !
Last year, @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social was soaking up Portland, Oregon vibes 🍩 and sending us a drawing-a-day while we created a Darwin Tree of Life project blog all about #Invertober.
Genomes and inverts on the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social blog: sangerinstitute.blog/2024/10/14/d...
Genomes and inverts on the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social blog: sangerinstitute.blog/2024/10/14/d...
Drawing out the beauty of UK invertebrates for #Invertober - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog
Artist and scientist Petra Korlević invites you to join her in celebrating the charm and wonder of invertebrates this October. Working as a researcher at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in its Tree of L...
sangerinstitute.blog
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Last year, @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social was soaking up Portland, Oregon vibes 🍩 and sending us a drawing-a-day while we created a Darwin Tree of Life project blog all about #Invertober.
Genomes and inverts on the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social blog: sangerinstitute.blog/2024/10/14/d...
Genomes and inverts on the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social blog: sangerinstitute.blog/2024/10/14/d...
It is wonderful to get to do comms with scientists who love what they do - and are great at communicating what they to boot. Charlotte, Mark and Joana (L-R) certainly are science communication all-stars in my books. 🌟
Celebrating the first 1000 genomes of Lepidoptera in Europe, sequenced at @sangerinstitute.bsky.social in collaboration with sampling hubs across the UK via the DToL project www.darwintreeoflife.org & across Europe via
@projectpsyche.bsky.social www.projectpsyche.org &
@10klepgenomes.bsky.social
@projectpsyche.bsky.social www.projectpsyche.org &
@10klepgenomes.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It is wonderful to get to do comms with scientists who love what they do - and are great at communicating what they to boot. Charlotte, Mark and Joana (L-R) certainly are science communication all-stars in my books. 🌟
I learned a lot reading this latest blog 'Five questions on Lupus' from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social senior science writer Shannon Gunn.
One thing that really stuck with me: 1 in 1,000 people in the UK have lupus - much higher than I'd previously thought.
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/10/07/f...
One thing that really stuck with me: 1 in 1,000 people in the UK have lupus - much higher than I'd previously thought.
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/10/07/f...
Five questions on lupus with Catherine Sutherland - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog
In recognition of UK Lupus Awareness Month, we caught up with Catherine Sutherland, Computational Senior Staff Scientist in the Human Genetics programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, to discuss mo...
sangerinstitute.blog
October 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I learned a lot reading this latest blog 'Five questions on Lupus' from the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social senior science writer Shannon Gunn.
One thing that really stuck with me: 1 in 1,000 people in the UK have lupus - much higher than I'd previously thought.
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/10/07/f...
One thing that really stuck with me: 1 in 1,000 people in the UK have lupus - much higher than I'd previously thought.
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/10/07/f...
For #WorldMentalHealthDay I want to thank those in my community who have bolstered me when I've felt low and not myself.
We all have or know someone who has struggled with mental health. I hope we all also are or know someone who has helped. Today, I've donated to @mind.org.uk and you can too.
We all have or know someone who has struggled with mental health. I hope we all also are or know someone who has helped. Today, I've donated to @mind.org.uk and you can too.
a blue globe with the words world mental health day written on it
ALT: a blue globe with the words world mental health day written on it
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October 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
For #WorldMentalHealthDay I want to thank those in my community who have bolstered me when I've felt low and not myself.
We all have or know someone who has struggled with mental health. I hope we all also are or know someone who has helped. Today, I've donated to @mind.org.uk and you can too.
We all have or know someone who has struggled with mental health. I hope we all also are or know someone who has helped. Today, I've donated to @mind.org.uk and you can too.
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A hidden evolutionary process has been uncovered in sperm — where certain harmful DNA changes are naturally favoured as men age.
This gives some changes a competitive edge and increases the risk of genetic conditions. 🔬
Read here 👇
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/hi...
This gives some changes a competitive edge and increases the risk of genetic conditions. 🔬
Read here 👇
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/hi...
Hidden evolution in sperm raises disease risk for children as men age
Researchers reveal how certain harmful DNA variations become more common in sperm as men age, raising genetic disease risk for offspring.
www.sanger.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A hidden evolutionary process has been uncovered in sperm — where certain harmful DNA changes are naturally favoured as men age.
This gives some changes a competitive edge and increases the risk of genetic conditions. 🔬
Read here 👇
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/hi...
This gives some changes a competitive edge and increases the risk of genetic conditions. 🔬
Read here 👇
www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/hi...
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We're looking for two new U of Arizona undergraduate researchers to join our group. More details below.
uncultured.carinilab.com/p/were-hirin...
uncultured.carinilab.com/p/were-hirin...
We're hiring an undergraduate research intern
An opportunity for U of Arizona undergraduates early in their scientific career
uncultured.carinilab.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We're looking for two new U of Arizona undergraduate researchers to join our group. More details below.
uncultured.carinilab.com/p/were-hirin...
uncultured.carinilab.com/p/were-hirin...
It's inspiring working with researchers and communicating science beyond the lab.
So this story from @spectrum.ieee.org hit home. Glenn (writer) and Luigi (photographer) joined @ebpgenome.bsky.social researchers in the field for @projectpsyche.bsky.social.
spectrum.ieee.org/whole-genome...
So this story from @spectrum.ieee.org hit home. Glenn (writer) and Luigi (photographer) joined @ebpgenome.bsky.social researchers in the field for @projectpsyche.bsky.social.
spectrum.ieee.org/whole-genome...
Mass-Scale Genome Sequencing Will Change Our Understanding of Life
The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence 1.8 million species. It's one of the most ambitious science projects ever, and it will revolutionize biology
spectrum.ieee.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's inspiring working with researchers and communicating science beyond the lab.
So this story from @spectrum.ieee.org hit home. Glenn (writer) and Luigi (photographer) joined @ebpgenome.bsky.social researchers in the field for @projectpsyche.bsky.social.
spectrum.ieee.org/whole-genome...
So this story from @spectrum.ieee.org hit home. Glenn (writer) and Luigi (photographer) joined @ebpgenome.bsky.social researchers in the field for @projectpsyche.bsky.social.
spectrum.ieee.org/whole-genome...
In molecular microbiology, you can't get very far in the laboratory without plasmids. 🧬
Whether designing them (SnapGene 💙) synthesising them (@genescript.bsky.social 💙), recombining them, or making them glow - plasmids are the bread and butter of lab work.
Now, we know more about their history ⤵️
Whether designing them (SnapGene 💙) synthesising them (@genescript.bsky.social 💙), recombining them, or making them glow - plasmids are the bread and butter of lab work.
Now, we know more about their history ⤵️
In the future, developing ways to target these plasmids could lead to new therapies to combat treatment-resistant infections worldwide 🗺️
Explore the full story, here ⤵️
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/capturing-100-years-of-antibiotic-resistance-evolution/
Explore the full story, here ⤵️
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/capturing-100-years-of-antibiotic-resistance-evolution/
Capturing 100 years of antibiotic resistance evolution
Researchers have dived into the pre-antibiotic history of plasmids — one of bacteria’s tools of antimicrobial resistance — to understand how they have facilitated the spread of treatment-resistant infections worldwide.
www.sanger.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
In molecular microbiology, you can't get very far in the laboratory without plasmids. 🧬
Whether designing them (SnapGene 💙) synthesising them (@genescript.bsky.social 💙), recombining them, or making them glow - plasmids are the bread and butter of lab work.
Now, we know more about their history ⤵️
Whether designing them (SnapGene 💙) synthesising them (@genescript.bsky.social 💙), recombining them, or making them glow - plasmids are the bread and butter of lab work.
Now, we know more about their history ⤵️
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We have space for two postdoctoral fellows in the Taipale Lab at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social. This is a core-funded open position! Come with your ideas and interests and we can develop a project together.
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Postdoctoral Fellow - Gene Regulation and Functional Genomics
Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenge...
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We have space for two postdoctoral fellows in the Taipale Lab at the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social. This is a core-funded open position! Come with your ideas and interests and we can develop a project together.
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
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CLOSING:
➡️ Senior Bioinformatician with Roser Vento Tormo
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
➡️ Technical Specialist (neuro) with Omer Ali Bayraktar
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Both @sangerinstitute.bsky.social roles close on 2 October
➡️ Senior Bioinformatician with Roser Vento Tormo
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
➡️ Technical Specialist (neuro) with Omer Ali Bayraktar
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Both @sangerinstitute.bsky.social roles close on 2 October
Technical Specialist: Neurodegenerative Disease Spatial Transcriptomics and Data Generation
Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity’s greatest challenge...
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
CLOSING:
➡️ Senior Bioinformatician with Roser Vento Tormo
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
➡️ Technical Specialist (neuro) with Omer Ali Bayraktar
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Both @sangerinstitute.bsky.social roles close on 2 October
➡️ Senior Bioinformatician with Roser Vento Tormo
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
➡️ Technical Specialist (neuro) with Omer Ali Bayraktar
sanger.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Wellco...
Both @sangerinstitute.bsky.social roles close on 2 October
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SO CLOSE to submitting our last paper that was started pre-pandemic!
September 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
SO CLOSE to submitting our last paper that was started pre-pandemic!
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Join us at #Biodiversity25 !
Interested in Lepidoptera? There will be the session on @projectpsyche.bsky.social with project updates, the highly anticipated re-launch of Lepbase and discussions on the analysis of the first 1,000 lep genomes. Plus there's a keynote by @lepphylo.bsky.social!🦋
Interested in Lepidoptera? There will be the session on @projectpsyche.bsky.social with project updates, the highly anticipated re-launch of Lepbase and discussions on the analysis of the first 1,000 lep genomes. Plus there's a keynote by @lepphylo.bsky.social!🦋
Last chance to join us next month for the #Biodiversity25 conference.
A fantastic set of speakers, mix of talks & focused workshops, and the chance to meet others in the field of biodiversity genomics 🧬
In-person registration closes next Monday 29th September!
Registration 🔗: bit.ly/4j3vAZ9
A fantastic set of speakers, mix of talks & focused workshops, and the chance to meet others in the field of biodiversity genomics 🧬
In-person registration closes next Monday 29th September!
Registration 🔗: bit.ly/4j3vAZ9
Understanding Life: Using Largescale Biodiversity Reference Genomes — 20251027
Understanding life: Using largescale biodiversity reference genomes
bit.ly
September 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Join us at #Biodiversity25 !
Interested in Lepidoptera? There will be the session on @projectpsyche.bsky.social with project updates, the highly anticipated re-launch of Lepbase and discussions on the analysis of the first 1,000 lep genomes. Plus there's a keynote by @lepphylo.bsky.social!🦋
Interested in Lepidoptera? There will be the session on @projectpsyche.bsky.social with project updates, the highly anticipated re-launch of Lepbase and discussions on the analysis of the first 1,000 lep genomes. Plus there's a keynote by @lepphylo.bsky.social!🦋
Exciting work at the intersection of AI and genomics, have a quick read ⤵️
Plus, beautiful images of skin fibroblasts by April Rose Foster from the @mhaniffa.bsky.social lab.
Plus, beautiful images of skin fibroblasts by April Rose Foster from the @mhaniffa.bsky.social lab.
Find out more on our website ➡️
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/universal-drug-target-potential-in-scaffolding-cells-found-across-the-body/
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/universal-drug-target-potential-in-scaffolding-cells-found-across-the-body/
Universal drug target potential in scaffolding cells found across the body
Researchers have created a high-resolution atlas of fibroblasts in human skin and reveal their roles in diseases.
www.sanger.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Exciting work at the intersection of AI and genomics, have a quick read ⤵️
Plus, beautiful images of skin fibroblasts by April Rose Foster from the @mhaniffa.bsky.social lab.
Plus, beautiful images of skin fibroblasts by April Rose Foster from the @mhaniffa.bsky.social lab.
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Early-onset colorectal cancer is expected to become the leading cause of #cancer death in ages 20 to 49 in the U.S. by 2030.
Research is urgently needed to better detect and treat patients, argues this #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/3IfUgBA #WorldCancerResearchDay
Research is urgently needed to better detect and treat patients, argues this #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/3IfUgBA #WorldCancerResearchDay
A common cancer at an uncommon age
The etiology of early-onset colorectal cancer needs to be understood to tackle rising incidence
scim.ag
September 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Early-onset colorectal cancer is expected to become the leading cause of #cancer death in ages 20 to 49 in the U.S. by 2030.
Research is urgently needed to better detect and treat patients, argues this #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/3IfUgBA #WorldCancerResearchDay
Research is urgently needed to better detect and treat patients, argues this #SciencePerspective: https://scim.ag/3IfUgBA #WorldCancerResearchDay
As if campus couldn't get any prettier - a rainbow appeared as I walked to my car yesterday 🌈
September 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As if campus couldn't get any prettier - a rainbow appeared as I walked to my car yesterday 🌈
Sooooo excited to see this paper in @science.org now live!
Bravo to @marakat.bsky.social , @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social , and an impressive team of authors -spanning continents - who were involved in this research.
Bravo to @marakat.bsky.social , @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social , and an impressive team of authors -spanning continents - who were involved in this research.
One of the most dangerous malaria-carrying mosquitoes is rapidly evolving in response to control efforts, genetics has revealed.
Findings could inform smarter tools to monitor for and fight malaria. 🦟
Read more here ⤵️
http://bit.ly/4pwQKDv
Findings could inform smarter tools to monitor for and fight malaria. 🦟
Read more here ⤵️
http://bit.ly/4pwQKDv
Genomic evolution of major malaria-transmitting mosquito species uncovered
Sequencing hundreds of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes provides new insights into the evolutionary patterns of this important human malaria-transmitting species.
bit.ly
September 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Sooooo excited to see this paper in @science.org now live!
Bravo to @marakat.bsky.social , @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social , and an impressive team of authors -spanning continents - who were involved in this research.
Bravo to @marakat.bsky.social , @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social , and an impressive team of authors -spanning continents - who were involved in this research.
James has some seriously cool photos and shares some really unique knowledge in this thread 🧵 ⤵️
I've reached 100 British springtail species! This was helped by a recent glasshouse sampling trip, where I added these 4 species.
3 are now in the pipeline to have reference-quality genomes sequenced for the first time, by the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social. More info in the thread below! 🧵1/7
3 are now in the pipeline to have reference-quality genomes sequenced for the first time, by the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social. More info in the thread below! 🧵1/7
September 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
James has some seriously cool photos and shares some really unique knowledge in this thread 🧵 ⤵️
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(5/6)The #ProjectPsyche community is also forming international teams to jointly use these genomes to:
🧬 Drive discovery with genome data.
🌍 Inform conservation strategies.
📌 Help tackle societal challenges.
Link Psyche: www.projectpsyche.org
🧬 Drive discovery with genome data.
🌍 Inform conservation strategies.
📌 Help tackle societal challenges.
Link Psyche: www.projectpsyche.org
September 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
(5/6)The #ProjectPsyche community is also forming international teams to jointly use these genomes to:
🧬 Drive discovery with genome data.
🌍 Inform conservation strategies.
📌 Help tackle societal challenges.
Link Psyche: www.projectpsyche.org
🧬 Drive discovery with genome data.
🌍 Inform conservation strategies.
📌 Help tackle societal challenges.
Link Psyche: www.projectpsyche.org