Himal Shrestha
@himal2007.bsky.social
🇳🇵🇦🇺 An evolving biologist | 🧬 Bioinformatician @MDU-PHL, Melbourne 🏥| 🎓 PhD Bioinformatics | Genomics | Epidemiology | Spatial Modelling | Data visualisation | Climate Change | he/him 🌍📊💻🦠🦟🌡️
🌐 https://himal2007.github.io
🌐 https://himal2007.github.io
🏆 Highlight of the day.. channeling my inner curiosity! 😄 Thanks #MicroSeq2025 for an awesome conference! 🧬🙌
This year, our best question awards go to Himal Shrestha, Jackie Mahar, @bananabenana.bsky.social x2, Rose Collis, @bioelogy.bsky.social, Md Mizanaur Rahaman, and @munazzahmaqbool.bsky.social!
#MicroSeq2025
#MicroSeq2025
September 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🏆 Highlight of the day.. channeling my inner curiosity! 😄 Thanks #MicroSeq2025 for an awesome conference! 🧬🙌
Gateful for the opportunity to present and connect with so many talented professionals in microbial genomics and bioinformatics community! 🙏😊 Huge shoutout to the organisers for this great event. #MicroSeq2025🧬 #bioinformatics #publichealth
💾 @himal2007.bsky.social introduces mlstdb, which handles authentication and automates Multi-Locus Sequence Typing scheme downloads from major repositories amidst ongoing data accessibility challenges. “Always Be Validating” - great motto! #MicroSeq2025 #MLST #bioinformatics #databases
September 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Gateful for the opportunity to present and connect with so many talented professionals in microbial genomics and bioinformatics community! 🙏😊 Huge shoutout to the organisers for this great event. #MicroSeq2025🧬 #bioinformatics #publichealth
Reposted by Himal Shrestha
✨🥳🎉MICROSEQ STARTS TOMORROW!!🎉🥳✨
It’s finally here! #MicroSeq2025 officially kicks off tomorrow at 10:30am AEST.
Registration is open until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT so this is your last chance to get involved! Don't miss out! 👇
trybooking.com/events/landing/1424679
It’s finally here! #MicroSeq2025 officially kicks off tomorrow at 10:30am AEST.
Registration is open until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT so this is your last chance to get involved! Don't miss out! 👇
trybooking.com/events/landing/1424679
September 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
✨🥳🎉MICROSEQ STARTS TOMORROW!!🎉🥳✨
It’s finally here! #MicroSeq2025 officially kicks off tomorrow at 10:30am AEST.
Registration is open until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT so this is your last chance to get involved! Don't miss out! 👇
trybooking.com/events/landing/1424679
It’s finally here! #MicroSeq2025 officially kicks off tomorrow at 10:30am AEST.
Registration is open until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT so this is your last chance to get involved! Don't miss out! 👇
trybooking.com/events/landing/1424679
Utilising nearly five decades of data, our recent study maps the prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in Cameroon from 1971 to 2020 🗺️. Grateful to be part of this collaborative work. 😊
Paper link 🔗: journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
#riverblindness #cameroon #NTDs #geospatial #mapping #elimination
Paper link 🔗: journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
#riverblindness #cameroon #NTDs #geospatial #mapping #elimination
Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in Cameroon between 1971 and 2020
Author summary Onchocerciasis (‘river blindness’) is a severely debilitating neglected tropical disease proposed for elimination of transmission by the World Health Organization. The main intervention...
journals.plos.org
April 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Utilising nearly five decades of data, our recent study maps the prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in Cameroon from 1971 to 2020 🗺️. Grateful to be part of this collaborative work. 😊
Paper link 🔗: journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
#riverblindness #cameroon #NTDs #geospatial #mapping #elimination
Paper link 🔗: journals.plos.org/plosntds/art...
#riverblindness #cameroon #NTDs #geospatial #mapping #elimination
Kudos to the @parasitelab.bsky.social at @latrobeuni.bsky.social for championing open access! Ensuring unrestricted access to research is vital for advancing elimination efforts of these NTDs. 📖🌐
#researchforall #openaccess
#researchforall #openaccess
Lab manuscripts (all open access) 🧵
April 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Kudos to the @parasitelab.bsky.social at @latrobeuni.bsky.social for championing open access! Ensuring unrestricted access to research is vital for advancing elimination efforts of these NTDs. 📖🌐
#researchforall #openaccess
#researchforall #openaccess
🦠🧬 Very happy to share a case study on Herbaspirillum infections, which are often difficult to diagnose/misdiagnosed, leveraging whole genome sequencing (WGS) for accurate identification. Grateful to have contributed to this work alongside an incredible team.
🔗: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
🔗: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
A case report of Herbaspirillum infection in rural Australia | ASM Case Reports
Herbaspirillum species are Gram-negative, oxidase-positive nonfermenting bacilli that are ubiquitously
present in the natural environment including water, soil, and plants (1). Human infections have b...
journals.asm.org
April 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
🦠🧬 Very happy to share a case study on Herbaspirillum infections, which are often difficult to diagnose/misdiagnosed, leveraging whole genome sequencing (WGS) for accurate identification. Grateful to have contributed to this work alongside an incredible team.
🔗: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
🔗: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Reposted by Himal Shrestha
New year, new assemblies!
I'm excited to announce Autocycler, my new tool for consensus assembly of long-read bacterial genomes!
It's the successor to Trycycler, designed to be faster and less reliant on user intervention.
Check it out: github.com/rrwick/Autoc...
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I'm excited to announce Autocycler, my new tool for consensus assembly of long-read bacterial genomes!
It's the successor to Trycycler, designed to be faster and less reliant on user intervention.
Check it out: github.com/rrwick/Autoc...
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A tool for generating consensus long-read assemblies for bacterial genomes - rrwick/Autocycler
github.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:43 PM
New year, new assemblies!
I'm excited to announce Autocycler, my new tool for consensus assembly of long-read bacterial genomes!
It's the successor to Trycycler, designed to be faster and less reliant on user intervention.
Check it out: github.com/rrwick/Autoc...
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I'm excited to announce Autocycler, my new tool for consensus assembly of long-read bacterial genomes!
It's the successor to Trycycler, designed to be faster and less reliant on user intervention.
Check it out: github.com/rrwick/Autoc...
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Reposted by Himal Shrestha
📢 We're excited to introduce Pathoplexus, a specialized sequence database for human viral pathogens! 🌍 🧬
Launching with 4 viruses, Pathoplexus.org combines modern open-source software with transparent governance to improve global pathogen sequence sharing.
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Launching with 4 viruses, Pathoplexus.org combines modern open-source software with transparent governance to improve global pathogen sequence sharing.
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Pathoplexus| Home
Pathoplexus is a new, open-source database dedicated to the efficient sharing of human viral pathogen genomic data, fostering global collaboration and public health response.
Pathoplexus.org
August 27, 2024 at 3:45 PM
📢 We're excited to introduce Pathoplexus, a specialized sequence database for human viral pathogens! 🌍 🧬
Launching with 4 viruses, Pathoplexus.org combines modern open-source software with transparent governance to improve global pathogen sequence sharing.
1/14
Launching with 4 viruses, Pathoplexus.org combines modern open-source software with transparent governance to improve global pathogen sequence sharing.
1/14
My 2nd #PhD paper 📝 is now out which focuses on synthesising environmental, epidemiological, and genetic data 🧬 to help make decisions on disease elimination. #Epidemiology #Genetics #Ecology #PublicHealth 🌍
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Synthesizing environmental, epidemiological and vector and parasite genetic data to assist decision making for disease elimination
Molecular Ecology is an international journal for research using molecular genetic techniques to address questions in ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 29, 2024 at 10:35 PM
My 2nd #PhD paper 📝 is now out which focuses on synthesising environmental, epidemiological, and genetic data 🧬 to help make decisions on disease elimination. #Epidemiology #Genetics #Ecology #PublicHealth 🌍
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...