Earlham Institute
@earlhaminst.bsky.social
A hub of #lifescience research, training, and innovation focused on understanding the natural world through the lens of #genomics.
📍 Norwich, UK
🔗 earlham.ac.uk
📍 Norwich, UK
🔗 earlham.ac.uk
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Join us at the 2nd Aerosols and Microbiology meeting, taking place from 9–11 June 2026 at the Leeds Marriott Hotel. Submit your abstract by 23:59 (GMT), Friday 30 January 2026: https://microb.io/Aerosols2026Abstracts
#Aerosols2026
#Aerosols2026
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Join us at the 2nd Aerosols and Microbiology meeting, taking place from 9–11 June 2026 at the Leeds Marriott Hotel. Submit your abstract by 23:59 (GMT), Friday 30 January 2026: https://microb.io/Aerosols2026Abstracts
#Aerosols2026
#Aerosols2026
Join us in March for the Centre for Microbial Interactions annual conference. The CMI connects and supports the extensive #microbiology research community across the Norwich Research Park. 🦠 ⏰
👉 Registration closes 25 February: buff.ly/EKiCaJw
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
👉 Registration closes 25 February: buff.ly/EKiCaJw
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference
Find out more and book tickets for The Centre for Microbial Interactions events.
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January 16, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Join us in March for the Centre for Microbial Interactions annual conference. The CMI connects and supports the extensive #microbiology research community across the Norwich Research Park. 🦠 ⏰
👉 Registration closes 25 February: buff.ly/EKiCaJw
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
👉 Registration closes 25 February: buff.ly/EKiCaJw
@norwichmicro.bsky.social
Decoding Phenotypes at the Cell Type Level 🔬🧬💻
Later this month catch Prof Irene Papatheodorou, at the London Festival of Genomics and Biodata discussing her latest research in #cellular #genomics and international #cellatlas projects. #FOG2026
Discover more about her research 👇
Later this month catch Prof Irene Papatheodorou, at the London Festival of Genomics and Biodata discussing her latest research in #cellular #genomics and international #cellatlas projects. #FOG2026
Discover more about her research 👇
New perspectives on human health and biodiversity using cell atlases
Scientists have been characterising and classifying cells in increasing detail for centuries. From the development of new disease treatments to the genetic engineering of crops designed to withstand…
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January 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Decoding Phenotypes at the Cell Type Level 🔬🧬💻
Later this month catch Prof Irene Papatheodorou, at the London Festival of Genomics and Biodata discussing her latest research in #cellular #genomics and international #cellatlas projects. #FOG2026
Discover more about her research 👇
Later this month catch Prof Irene Papatheodorou, at the London Festival of Genomics and Biodata discussing her latest research in #cellular #genomics and international #cellatlas projects. #FOG2026
Discover more about her research 👇
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Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions, 20th – 31st July…
Inviting Early Career Researchers to join international experts in discussing the latest approaches and discoveries in Plant-Microbe Interactions …
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January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Join us in Norwich this July for the TSL Summer Conference in Plant-Microbe Interactions! ☀️🌱🧬
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
Discuss the latest approaches & discoveries in plant health with international keynote and local speakers.
APPLY by 30 March '26 ⬇️ Click link for more info
www.tsl.ac.uk/tsl-summer-c...
We're recruiting a Lead Architect to join the BioFAIR Hub at Earlham Institute.
This role blends systems and solutions architecture, guiding the design of a national, federated digital research infrastructure. #FAIRdata #datainfrastructure
📅 Apply by: 30 Jan 2026
@biofair.bsky.social
This role blends systems and solutions architecture, guiding the design of a national, federated digital research infrastructure. #FAIRdata #datainfrastructure
📅 Apply by: 30 Jan 2026
@biofair.bsky.social
BioFAIR Lead Architect
BioFAIR is building the future of UK life science data infrastructure and we’re looking for a Lead Architect to shape it.
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January 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
We're recruiting a Lead Architect to join the BioFAIR Hub at Earlham Institute.
This role blends systems and solutions architecture, guiding the design of a national, federated digital research infrastructure. #FAIRdata #datainfrastructure
📅 Apply by: 30 Jan 2026
@biofair.bsky.social
This role blends systems and solutions architecture, guiding the design of a national, federated digital research infrastructure. #FAIRdata #datainfrastructure
📅 Apply by: 30 Jan 2026
@biofair.bsky.social
Great to see this in BMC Plant Biology from Lina Maria Lopez from @bioversityciat.bsky.social - the result of a successful collaboration with @jjdv.bsky.social exploring the molecular breeding of tropical forage grasses.
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Genome-wide association study of a Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) diversity panel reveals the genetic basis of agronomic and nutritional traits - BMC Plant Biology
Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus) is a common tropical forage crop valued for its high biomass yields, nutritional quality, and adaptability to diverse abiotic stresses. However, the genetic basis…
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January 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Great to see this in BMC Plant Biology from Lina Maria Lopez from @bioversityciat.bsky.social - the result of a successful collaboration with @jjdv.bsky.social exploring the molecular breeding of tropical forage grasses.
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In this new technical blog, Postdoc Researcher Ned Peel shares with you his guide and advice on using the recently published MARTi software for real-time #taxonomic classification and visualisation of #metagenomic data. @nanoporetech.com
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January 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
In this new technical blog, Postdoc Researcher Ned Peel shares with you his guide and advice on using the recently published MARTi software for real-time #taxonomic classification and visualisation of #metagenomic data. @nanoporetech.com
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💻 Online Course: Keen to develop skills in #eukaryotic genome #annotation? 🧬
Join us in April for our 2026 online training course, led by our core #bioinformatics team exploring key tools and methods for high-quality annotation.
Join us in April for our 2026 online training course, led by our core #bioinformatics team exploring key tools and methods for high-quality annotation.
Genome Annotation Workshop 2026
The Genome Annotation Workshop is designed to provide scientists with a comprehensive overview of eukaryotic genome annotation approaches.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
💻 Online Course: Keen to develop skills in #eukaryotic genome #annotation? 🧬
Join us in April for our 2026 online training course, led by our core #bioinformatics team exploring key tools and methods for high-quality annotation.
Join us in April for our 2026 online training course, led by our core #bioinformatics team exploring key tools and methods for high-quality annotation.
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Call for papers! Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes collection showcases the scientific achievements around genome research on eukaryotic microbes. The collection welcomes genomic research spanning eukaryotic life.
Find out more here: microb.io/MGem
#MGen
Find out more here: microb.io/MGem
#MGen
Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes | Microbiology Society
With technological advances like single-cell sequencing and long-read sequence techniques continually improving, allowing the full resolution of increasingly complex highly repetitive genomes, and…
microb.io
January 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Call for papers! Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes collection showcases the scientific achievements around genome research on eukaryotic microbes. The collection welcomes genomic research spanning eukaryotic life.
Find out more here: microb.io/MGem
#MGen
Find out more here: microb.io/MGem
#MGen
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Led by Anthony Duncan, and after much hard work, we have now published an Enterosignature follow-up paper: cvaNMF
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
This work represents a generalization of the Enterosignature (ES) framework e.g. discovering ES disease associations, and describe "Terrasignatures"
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This work represents a generalization of the Enterosignature (ES) framework e.g. discovering ES disease associations, and describe "Terrasignatures"
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Detecting signatures underlying the composition of biological data
Abstract. Biological compositional data is inherently multidimensional and therefore difficult to visualize and interpret. To allow for the automatic decom
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January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Led by Anthony Duncan, and after much hard work, we have now published an Enterosignature follow-up paper: cvaNMF
academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
This work represents a generalization of the Enterosignature (ES) framework e.g. discovering ES disease associations, and describe "Terrasignatures"
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academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
This work represents a generalization of the Enterosignature (ES) framework e.g. discovering ES disease associations, and describe "Terrasignatures"
👇👇👇
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Today and tomorrow at #PAG33 catch up with our scientists from the @ahalllab.bsky.social!
More details about their talks below 👇
#genomics #cropscience #pangenome
More details about their talks below 👇
#genomics #cropscience #pangenome
🌏 Heading to #PAG33 in January? Hear from the Anthony Hall Group who will be sharing their recent work generating the first wheat pan-transcriptome, developing new tools for #pangenomics, and using #machinelearning models in the study of the plant #circadianclock.
January 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Today and tomorrow at #PAG33 catch up with our scientists from the @ahalllab.bsky.social!
More details about their talks below 👇
#genomics #cropscience #pangenome
More details about their talks below 👇
#genomics #cropscience #pangenome
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@ajwhall.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social presenting the latest results from the 10+ Wheat Genomes Project: a wheat pan-transcriptome revealing genetic diversity and gene expression patterns across cultivars. #IWGSC workshop #PAG33
January 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
@ajwhall.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social presenting the latest results from the 10+ Wheat Genomes Project: a wheat pan-transcriptome revealing genetic diversity and gene expression patterns across cultivars. #IWGSC workshop #PAG33
Today and tomorrow at #PAG33 catch up with our scientists from the @ahalllab.bsky.social!
More details about their talks below 👇
#genomics #cropscience #pangenome
More details about their talks below 👇
#genomics #cropscience #pangenome
🌏 Heading to #PAG33 in January? Hear from the Anthony Hall Group who will be sharing their recent work generating the first wheat pan-transcriptome, developing new tools for #pangenomics, and using #machinelearning models in the study of the plant #circadianclock.
January 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Today and tomorrow at #PAG33 catch up with our scientists from the @ahalllab.bsky.social!
More details about their talks below 👇
#genomics #cropscience #pangenome
More details about their talks below 👇
#genomics #cropscience #pangenome
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I'm doing a talk for the Norwich Science Festival in an event called OutThinkers! Sat 21st Feb 7pm-9:30
It's about LGBTQ+ people in STEM, talking about their science and being LGBTQ+. Tickets are completely free - see you there! norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/out...
It's about LGBTQ+ people in STEM, talking about their science and being LGBTQ+. Tickets are completely free - see you there! norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/out...
Out Thinkers | Norwich Science Festival
Join Out Thinkers for a series of inspiring talks and a chance to network with LGBTQ+ scientists.
norwichsciencefestival.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I'm doing a talk for the Norwich Science Festival in an event called OutThinkers! Sat 21st Feb 7pm-9:30
It's about LGBTQ+ people in STEM, talking about their science and being LGBTQ+. Tickets are completely free - see you there! norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/out...
It's about LGBTQ+ people in STEM, talking about their science and being LGBTQ+. Tickets are completely free - see you there! norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/out...
Join our Head of Technical Genomics, @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social at the next Accelerating Science Forum in partnership with @sptlabtech.bsky.social.
Alongside Ana Toribio and Fritz Sedlazeck, Karim will be discussing optimising current workflows and solving complex #sequencing challenges.
#genomics
Alongside Ana Toribio and Fritz Sedlazeck, Karim will be discussing optimising current workflows and solving complex #sequencing challenges.
#genomics
Decoding life at scale with NGS: Accelerating Science Forum
Join this expert forum exploring the future of NGS, advances in genomics, and the science behind better sequencing – part of the SelectScience Accelerating Disease Research Feature
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January 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Join our Head of Technical Genomics, @drkarimgharbi.bsky.social at the next Accelerating Science Forum in partnership with @sptlabtech.bsky.social.
Alongside Ana Toribio and Fritz Sedlazeck, Karim will be discussing optimising current workflows and solving complex #sequencing challenges.
#genomics
Alongside Ana Toribio and Fritz Sedlazeck, Karim will be discussing optimising current workflows and solving complex #sequencing challenges.
#genomics
Led by our Earlham Biofoundry team we're arranging a one-day practical course covering #Biofoundries high throughput applications, design of experiments, and #engineeringbiology pipelines.
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#engbio #automation
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#engbio #automation
Automation and Engineering Biology for Plant & Microbial Systems
A one-day practical and theoretical workshop covering Biofoundries high throughput applications, DoE (design of experiments) and Engineering Biology pipelines.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Led by our Earlham Biofoundry team we're arranging a one-day practical course covering #Biofoundries high throughput applications, design of experiments, and #engineeringbiology pipelines.
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#engbio #automation
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#engbio #automation
Last year our scientists continued to push forward data-driven insights across the #lifesciences. From vital new #genomic resources to fundamental discoveries about #DNA, discover some research highlights from 2025 you might have missed 👇
2025 in focus: essential reading from our scientists
From vital new genomic resources to fundamental discoveries about our DNA. Here are some of the highlights from our scientific year you might have missed.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Last year our scientists continued to push forward data-driven insights across the #lifesciences. From vital new #genomic resources to fundamental discoveries about #DNA, discover some research highlights from 2025 you might have missed 👇
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Share your work with the UK’s #bioinformatics community at the inaugural #ISCBUK meeting! Submissions are open for talks and posters until February 5, 2026.
📥 Submit: https://www.iscb.org/uk2026/call-for-submissions/abstracts
📥 Submit: https://www.iscb.org/uk2026/call-for-submissions/abstracts
January 8, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Share your work with the UK’s #bioinformatics community at the inaugural #ISCBUK meeting! Submissions are open for talks and posters until February 5, 2026.
📥 Submit: https://www.iscb.org/uk2026/call-for-submissions/abstracts
📥 Submit: https://www.iscb.org/uk2026/call-for-submissions/abstracts
📣 Applications have just opened for a Lead Architect to join the @biofair.bsky.social Hub at Earlham Institute.
Blending systems architecture and solutions architecture, this role will guide the design of a national, federated research ecosystem. #FAIRdata #DataSystems
Blending systems architecture and solutions architecture, this role will guide the design of a national, federated research ecosystem. #FAIRdata #DataSystems
BioFAIR Lead Architect
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January 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
📣 Applications have just opened for a Lead Architect to join the @biofair.bsky.social Hub at Earlham Institute.
Blending systems architecture and solutions architecture, this role will guide the design of a national, federated research ecosystem. #FAIRdata #DataSystems
Blending systems architecture and solutions architecture, this role will guide the design of a national, federated research ecosystem. #FAIRdata #DataSystems
📣 In case you missed it - we've opened expressions of interest for our Norwich #SingleCell and #Spatial symposium this summer, including speakers @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social, @arnausebe.bsky.social, and @avakhamseh.bsky.social! 👏
Find out more below 👇
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Find out more below 👇
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Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium 2026
Bringing together the international single-cell and spatial community for a two-day discussion across model and non-model systems.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:01 AM
📣 In case you missed it - we've opened expressions of interest for our Norwich #SingleCell and #Spatial symposium this summer, including speakers @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social, @arnausebe.bsky.social, and @avakhamseh.bsky.social! 👏
Find out more below 👇
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Find out more below 👇
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Ten days left to apply for our International Undergraduate Summer School 2026 with the @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social!
A unique opportunity for global undergraduates to spend 8 weeks with us on Norwich Research Park 🧬🧪
⏰ Deadline 16 January 2026
A unique opportunity for global undergraduates to spend 8 weeks with us on Norwich Research Park 🧬🧪
⏰ Deadline 16 January 2026
International Undergraduate Summer School | John Innes Centre
The Undergraduate Summer School is a unique opportunity for undergraduates from all corners of the world to spend eight weeks at our internationally renowned research centre, partnering with fellow…
www.jic.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Ten days left to apply for our International Undergraduate Summer School 2026 with the @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social!
A unique opportunity for global undergraduates to spend 8 weeks with us on Norwich Research Park 🧬🧪
⏰ Deadline 16 January 2026
A unique opportunity for global undergraduates to spend 8 weeks with us on Norwich Research Park 🧬🧪
⏰ Deadline 16 January 2026
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With the New Year upon us, it's the perfect time to register for next month's 3-part Data Reproducibility Workshop!
This workshop will be held February 9–11, meeting daily at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST.
Register now, here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html
This workshop will be held February 9–11, meeting daily at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST.
Register now, here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 PM
With the New Year upon us, it's the perfect time to register for next month's 3-part Data Reproducibility Workshop!
This workshop will be held February 9–11, meeting daily at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST.
Register now, here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html
This workshop will be held February 9–11, meeting daily at 9:00 AM PST / 12:00 PM EST.
Register now, here: www.plantcellatlas.org/events.html
Last year scientists in the Leggett Group introduced MARTi - a powerful software tool for the real-time analysis of #nanopore #metagenomics.
In a new Technical Blog, one of the developers - Ned Peel - explains how to use MARTi from initial setup through to data exploration.
In a new Technical Blog, one of the developers - Ned Peel - explains how to use MARTi from initial setup through to data exploration.
Using MARTi for taxonomic classification and visualisation of metagenomic data
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January 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Last year scientists in the Leggett Group introduced MARTi - a powerful software tool for the real-time analysis of #nanopore #metagenomics.
In a new Technical Blog, one of the developers - Ned Peel - explains how to use MARTi from initial setup through to data exploration.
In a new Technical Blog, one of the developers - Ned Peel - explains how to use MARTi from initial setup through to data exploration.
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Troubleshooting common errors in assemblies of long-read metagenomes - @merenbey.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social go.nature.com/44P7nSm
Troubleshooting common errors in assemblies of long-read metagenomes - Nature Biotechnology
Long-read sequence assemblies from metagenomes contain frequent errors.
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January 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Troubleshooting common errors in assemblies of long-read metagenomes - @merenbey.bsky.social @banfieldlab.bsky.social go.nature.com/44P7nSm
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New In Brief out in The Plant Cell, co-authored with Dr. Travis Lee! We highlight recent work by Katie Long, Ashleigh Lister, and colleagues, who adapt MERFISH–based spatial transcriptomics to the anatomically complex wheat spike. 🧵👇
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
New In Brief out in The Plant Cell, co-authored with Dr. Travis Lee! We highlight recent work by Katie Long, Ashleigh Lister, and colleagues, who adapt MERFISH–based spatial transcriptomics to the anatomically complex wheat spike. 🧵👇