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Evelien Adriaenssens
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Group Leader @ Quadram Institute. Phages, viromes and taxonomy with a side of gaming and yarn arts. EDI & Athena Swan lead. Ally.
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langridgelab.bsky.social
Evolution incoming!🦠 Langridge Lab and co from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social are at Norwich Science Festival today hosting Evolve, Survive, Thrive! 🧬 Can you work out what bacteria need to survive in the human gut? Or how about under the sea? Come and see if you can create the ultimate survivor! 👩‍🔬
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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aistronach.bsky.social
We introduced an apprenticeship role in our communications team @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
last year and Clemence has been an absolute star. Giving people opportunities and professional training is a win-win for everyone. 👀 👇
quadraminstitute.bsky.social Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 5d
For #NationalApprenticeshipWeek Clemence, Quadram's first apprentice🥇, shares highlights from her work in comms:

✍️ Attending the CIPR East Anglia conference on misinformation
📹 Filming behind-the-scenes footage of the Microbe Zoo
📺 A cameo in the BBC's segment on the ViTaL-D study

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Blonde-haired young woman stands in front of a lawn holding a tote bag with the words 'CIPR East Anglia'. Blonde-haired young woman films a scientist inside a colourful, gut-shaped exhibit. Blonde-haired young woman points to a mural behind her that reads 'I love Great Yarmouth'. Young woman with blonde hair and a bright orange and pink jumper puts on a black UV necklace.
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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onisillos.bsky.social
If you use AI tools to prepare your manuscript, check it very closely. Erroneous references are significantly undermining my confidence in people I once had faith in. This isn't just fabrications, it's also when reference titles are changed by automatic language editing.
January 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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ryancook94.bsky.social
Great first day of VoM-UK 2026, including three top presentations from the @evelienadri.bsky.social lab (I am only a bit biased) ( @xenadyball.bsky.social @rapher97.bsky.social @deuskamya.bsky.social ) #IDoBelieveInPhages
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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quadraminstitute.bsky.social
🆕 Researchers carrying out the first major study of the viral component of the respiratory microbiome in patients with COPD found its diversity declines with severity of the condition.

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Collapse of viral diversity in the lungs of COPD patients - Quadram Institute
Study of the viral component of the respiratory microbiome in patients with COPD found its diversty declines with severity of the condition.
quadram.ac.uk
January 16, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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quadraminstitute.bsky.social
🆕 Vacancy! We are looking for a Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) to join @buscainolab.bsky.social to work on the interplay between Candida albicans and gut bacterial adaptation, with a focus on RNA interference.

💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 8 February 2026
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A microscope image of candida and the Quadram logo with the text "Research Scientist (Bioinformatics), to work on the interplay between Candida albicans and gut bacterial adaptation, with a focus on RNA interference. Salary: £37,500 to £45,350, Contract length: 2 years. Apply by 8 February 2026"
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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gbouras13.bsky.social
Phold's manuscript is now available @narjournal.bsky.social thanks to @susiegriggo.bsky.social @npbhavya.bsky.social @vijinim.bsky.social @linsalrob.bsky.social @martinsteinegger.bsky.social @milot.bsky.social @eunbelivable.bsky.social & others not on bsky #phagesky academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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profrachelgan.bsky.social
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
Dear Sir Paul, Re: Royal Society Code of Conduct I am sure that many scientists have written to you about the specific question of Elon Musk’s Fellowship and whether, under the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct, his retaining that Fellowship is appropriate. I will not rehash these issues. Instead, as a female scientist with extensive experience of activities aiming to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering and physical sciences sector, I am writing to you (in a personal capacity) to ask you to reconsider the statements you have recently made in this context to the UK press about the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct and how it is applied. A 2018 report from the joint National Academies of the United States of America, concluded that “sexual harassment is common in academic science, engineering, and medicine” and that “greater than 50 percent of women faculty and staff and 20–50 percent of women students encounter or experience sexually harassing conduct in academia”. This report described codes of conduct that make clear that sexual harassment is unethical and will not be tolerated as a “powerful incentive for change”. The authors also noted that sexual harassment can have significant and damaging effects on the integrity of research. In my own praxis, I have found that clear and consistently-implemented codes of conduct that address these issues make female scientists and engineers safer, and allow them to focus more effectively on their research. For codes of conduct to have such a positive effect, it is vital that sanctions for actions which transgress the code are meaningful and substantial. I was hence aghast to realise that in an interview with the Financial Times published on 9/1/26, you appear to have suggested that the Royal Society “should only expel fellows if their science proved “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective””. Moreover, in a further interview with the Guardian on 11/1/26 you suggested that the code “may need to be looked at again”, with the implication that your aim would be to remove the option of sanctions on Fellows for reasons not strictly related to faults or defects in their research. I suggest that changing the Royal Society’s code of conduct so that the likelihood of serious sanctions for sexual harassment is reduced, would directly endanger women who interact with the Royal Society at events or otherwise, and would provide a licence to harass to the already powerful people on whom the Society bestows fellowship. The implications of your words - that under your leadership the only infringements of the code which are likely to receive the sanction of the Fellowship being removed are those related to research misconduct - already risk empowering harassers. You stated, in the Financial Times interview, that “there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances”. Given this awareness of the possibility of bad actors in our scientific community, it is wholly irresponsible to suggest that the Royal Society would not act to sanction these people if they harass more vulnerable scientists. I am hence writing to request that you retract any suggestion that the Society’s Code of Conduct should be changed so that the only reason a Fellow might be sanctioned by the removal of their Fellowship is “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective” research. This action is necessary to safeguard female scientists, a requirement placed on the Society by safeguarding legislation and UK statutory guidance. Yours sincerely, Professor Rachel A. Oliver.
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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dfigeys.bsky.social
Are you interested in #metaproteomics? We have a senior scientist position in my lab focused on metaproteomics, and xenobiotic- #microbiome -host interactions. Check it out.
jobs.quadram.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
Quadram Institute
jobs.quadram.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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floriantrigodet.bsky.social
Now published in Nature Biotechnology:
go.nature.com/44P7nSm
If you missed it, the TL;DR is in my April thread below
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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torstenseemann.bsky.social
💾 Prokka 1.15.6 is released!

This is the last major release of Prokka. But don't be sad, because @oschwengers.bsky.social already has an excellent replacement called Bakta you can migrate to.
#bioinformatics #microbiology #genomics

github.com/tseemann/pro...
Release Heading into the sunset · tseemann/prokka
The future This is probably the last release of Prokka. I won't be making any code changes except bug fixes. I will update the databases occasionally. I strongly recommend you use Bakta by @oschwen...
github.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
evelienadri.bsky.social
I'm proud to share the latest methods work from my group. Led by @revathykri.bsky.social we wrote a book chapter on how we process and analyse viromes.

Thanks to co-authors @rikhaagmans.bsky.social @ryancook94.bsky.social & Alise Ponsero

link.springer.com/protocol/10....
Virome Analysis
Viruses are omnipresent and the most abundant biological entities on the planet. They play a critical role in shaping the ecology and evolution of all life forms. This chapter provides methods to perf...
link.springer.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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theguardian.com
In this age of authoritarians, online abuse of women is soaring – and it’s leading to ‘real-world’ violence | Julie Posetti
In this age of authoritarians, online abuse of women is soaring – and it’s leading to ‘real-world’ violence | Julie Posetti
Our UN report reveals the link between the online misogyny and offline crimes that are hounding women out of public life, says Julie Posetti, lead author of a new report published by UN Women
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December 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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vijinim.bsky.social
🚀 Just launched: GraphBin Visualise (WASM) a browser-based visualisation tool for comparing initial metagenomic binning results vs refined results from GraphBin - all running in your browser, no backend required. (1/n)
#bioinformatics #metagenomics #binning #webapp #pyiodide #webassembly
GitHub - metagentools/graphbin-visualise-wasm-app: GraphBin Visualise WebAssembly App
GraphBin Visualise WebAssembly App. Contribute to metagentools/graphbin-visualise-wasm-app development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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lukehillary.bsky.social
📢 New preprint is out on bioRxiv 📢:

How much does virome prep influence our view of the human gut virome?

Short answer: a lot.

Long answer:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Different methods lead to distinct community structures, richness, and major virus-host abundance patterns.

🧵 1/5
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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wvschaik.bsky.social
Really enjoyed today's seminar and visit to @quadraminstitute.bsky.social

Thanks Rosie Young for the invitation and many (@alisonmather.bsky.social @evelienadri.bsky.social @bioinf.bsky.social @drrobkingsley.bsky.social, Naiara Beraza, Mark Webber, Simon Carding, Natalie Juge) for catching up!
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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apcamargo.bsky.social
🚨New preprint out!
We present a foundational genomic resource of human gut microbiome viruses. It delivers high-quality, deeply curated data spanning taxonomy, predicted hosts, structures, and functions, providing a reference for gut virome research. (1/8)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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hadley.nz
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....

genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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quadraminstitute.bsky.social
🆕 Blog! This #WorldPhageWeek our PhD student @deuskamya.bsky.social from the @evelienadri.bsky.social ’s group explains the nuances of bacteriophages and their potential for live-saving treatments 🔬
Shades of Phage: The complexity of the biology of bacteriophages - Quadram Institute
PhD student Deus Dedit Kamya explains the nuances of biology bacteriophages and their potential for live-saving treatments
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October 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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wvschaik.bsky.social
Not a great day for sewage overflows in the South-East

via www.sewagemap.co.uk
A map of the Midlands and the South of England, with sewage overflow events indicated by poo emojis. The South East of England is covered in poo emojis. The rest of England is mostly green, with some poo emojis in the South West and across the Midlands
October 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social
Another kitome paper: discovering new viruses is hard when there are viruses in the extraction columns! Controls so important... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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brockhurstlab.bsky.social
Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience

3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses

Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?

www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of Manchester
Find out about and apply for a Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowship.
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
evelienadri.bsky.social
For those of you working on tailed #phages, this is the virus realm for you!
#Duplodnaviria #virus #taxonomy

The Profile in #JGenVirol provides the citable reference. More details in the chapter on the ICTV website: ictv.global/report/chapt...
October 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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ryancook94.bsky.social
Happy to say this has now been published in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social 🫁🦠 #Phages #Viromics

www.cell.com/cell-reports...
October 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
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drvantilburg.bsky.social Dr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · Oct 2
The Trump administration has stopped funding of PubMed, not considering a vital service.

Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM