Rob Edwards
@linsalrob.bsky.social
Bioinformatician and microbiologist at Flinders University in Adelaide. @linsalrob on all your socials
Abandoned mines are ticking time bombs! @flindersuniversity.bsky.social researchers in #FAME are using geochemistry, mineralogy and #microbiome science to design sustainable, microbiology-driven solutions to stop it at the source.
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Research seeks solutions to mine site waste, from the ground up
Thousands of open cut mines lie abandoned worldwide, while more stringent mine site rehabilitation laws in Australia are paving the way for improved long-term restoration efforts.
phys.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Abandoned mines are ticking time bombs! @flindersuniversity.bsky.social researchers in #FAME are using geochemistry, mineralogy and #microbiome science to design sustainable, microbiology-driven solutions to stop it at the source.
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
And also a fantastic keynote at #ABACBS2025 on this story!
Long read Metagenomics, #phage and #prophage in the gut by Ami Bhatt's group. Beautiful data showing changes in phages over two years
#phagesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#phagesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long-read metagenomics reveals phage dynamics in the human gut microbiome - Nature
Complex prophage integration dynamics, including low-level induction, cross-family host range and transposase-mediated mobilization, challenge existing paradigms and deepen our understanding of phage–...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
And also a fantastic keynote at #ABACBS2025 on this story!
Long read Metagenomics, #phage and #prophage in the gut by Ami Bhatt's group. Beautiful data showing changes in phages over two years
#phagesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#phagesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long-read metagenomics reveals phage dynamics in the human gut microbiome - Nature
Complex prophage integration dynamics, including low-level induction, cross-family host range and transposase-mediated mobilization, challenge existing paradigms and deepen our understanding of phage–...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Long read Metagenomics, #phage and #prophage in the gut by Ami Bhatt's group. Beautiful data showing changes in phages over two years
#phagesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#phagesky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
8.1% success= 91.9% of applicants will hear bad news this arvo 😱
Be kind to each other.. bad news for most coming in under embargo. We need more funding in the system...
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
8.1% success= 91.9% of applicants will hear bad news this arvo 😱
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🧬 Come check out my poster on agtools, an open-source Python framework for analysing and manipulating assembly graphs at #ABACBS2025 Poster #106
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💻 Github: github.com/Vini2/agtools
📄 Preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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💻 Github: github.com/Vini2/agtools
📄 Preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🧬 Come check out my poster on agtools, an open-source Python framework for analysing and manipulating assembly graphs at #ABACBS2025 Poster #106
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💻 Github: github.com/Vini2/agtools
📄 Preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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💻 Github: github.com/Vini2/agtools
📄 Preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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Perl reference may or may not be on #confBingo but @torstenseemann.bsky.social was the first thing I though of when that language was mentioned. Congratulations? #abacbs2025
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Perl reference may or may not be on #confBingo but @torstenseemann.bsky.social was the first thing I though of when that language was mentioned. Congratulations? #abacbs2025
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Our cornetto work is now published at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It can do near-T2T assembly using @nanoporetech.com adaptive sampling
- with less 💸
- reference agnostic, so works for non-humans
- not just blood, even saliva
Just presented at #abacbs2025 yesterday.
It can do near-T2T assembly using @nanoporetech.com adaptive sampling
- with less 💸
- reference agnostic, so works for non-humans
- not just blood, even saliva
Just presented at #abacbs2025 yesterday.
Targeted sequencing and iterative assembly of near-complete genomes - Nature Communications
Long-read sequencing enables high-quality genome assemblies, but challenges remain. Here, the authors introduce Cornetto, a method that improves assembly quality, enables genome sequencing from saliva...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Our cornetto work is now published at www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It can do near-T2T assembly using @nanoporetech.com adaptive sampling
- with less 💸
- reference agnostic, so works for non-humans
- not just blood, even saliva
Just presented at #abacbs2025 yesterday.
It can do near-T2T assembly using @nanoporetech.com adaptive sampling
- with less 💸
- reference agnostic, so works for non-humans
- not just blood, even saliva
Just presented at #abacbs2025 yesterday.
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Congratulations Hiruna Samarakoon (yet to be on bluesky) for winning the #abacbs2025 “Torsten Seemann” Outstanding Bioinformatics Software Developer Award!!! 🎉🎉🎉
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Congratulations Hiruna Samarakoon (yet to be on bluesky) for winning the #abacbs2025 “Torsten Seemann” Outstanding Bioinformatics Software Developer Award!!! 🎉🎉🎉
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Perfecting bacterial genome assembly with Autocycler - from the one and only Ryan Wick #ABACBS2025
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Perfecting bacterial genome assembly with Autocycler - from the one and only Ryan Wick #ABACBS2025
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@rrwick.bsky.social solving all of our problems in long-read bacterial genome assembly with Autocycler. 😃🧬🦠 #ABACBS2025
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
@rrwick.bsky.social solving all of our problems in long-read bacterial genome assembly with Autocycler. 😃🧬🦠 #ABACBS2025
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Loved hearing Dr. Ryan Wick’s talk on genome assemblies with Autocycler. Really amazing hearing from him as I use a lot of his tools in my every day work!
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November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Loved hearing Dr. Ryan Wick’s talk on genome assemblies with Autocycler. Really amazing hearing from him as I use a lot of his tools in my every day work!
#ABACBS2025
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iplotx by Fabio Zanini supports visualising any network or tree analysis library. Can’t wait to visualise assembly graphs with iplotx! 🤩💻 #ABACBS2025 @abacbs.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
iplotx by Fabio Zanini supports visualising any network or tree analysis library. Can’t wait to visualise assembly graphs with iplotx! 🤩💻 #ABACBS2025 @abacbs.bsky.social
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It was great to present TRECA at ABACBS 2025 as a lightening talk.
Come find my poster #21.
#ABACBS2025 @abacbs.bsky.social
Come find my poster #21.
#ABACBS2025 @abacbs.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It was great to present TRECA at ABACBS 2025 as a lightening talk.
Come find my poster #21.
#ABACBS2025 @abacbs.bsky.social
Come find my poster #21.
#ABACBS2025 @abacbs.bsky.social
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With Slorado, now you have more choices for GPUs when basecalling @nanoporetech.com sequencing data. This is a work we collaborated on with AMD, led by
PhD candidate @bonson-wong.bsky.social (poster at #abacbs2025) and great to see being highlighted in the AMD blog: www.amd.com/en/blogs/202...
PhD candidate @bonson-wong.bsky.social (poster at #abacbs2025) and great to see being highlighted in the AMD blog: www.amd.com/en/blogs/202...
www.amd.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
With Slorado, now you have more choices for GPUs when basecalling @nanoporetech.com sequencing data. This is a work we collaborated on with AMD, led by
PhD candidate @bonson-wong.bsky.social (poster at #abacbs2025) and great to see being highlighted in the AMD blog: www.amd.com/en/blogs/202...
PhD candidate @bonson-wong.bsky.social (poster at #abacbs2025) and great to see being highlighted in the AMD blog: www.amd.com/en/blogs/202...
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Keeping the naming convention - PholdAPhage - great work Renee github.com/reneegreen81... #ABACBS2025
November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Keeping the naming convention - PholdAPhage - great work Renee github.com/reneegreen81... #ABACBS2025
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A great discussion today at #ABACBS2025 on the evolving landscape of research funding in Australia. Insightful perspectives, thoughtful questions, and a much needed conversation for our research community. @abacbs.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A great discussion today at #ABACBS2025 on the evolving landscape of research funding in Australia. Insightful perspectives, thoughtful questions, and a much needed conversation for our research community. @abacbs.bsky.social
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In case you didn’t know your name badge folds out with more details on the program #ABACBS2025
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
In case you didn’t know your name badge folds out with more details on the program #ABACBS2025
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Time for @zaminiqbal.bsky.social ‘s keynote #ABACBS2025
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Time for @zaminiqbal.bsky.social ‘s keynote #ABACBS2025
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Great talk from Michael Payne at #ABACBS2025 on DAMPA - tool for designing probe panels for targeted metagenomics using pangenome graphs! Captures all diversity efficiently, uses fewer probes than competitors. Critical for syndromic surveillance! 🧬🔬 #Metagenomics
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Great talk from Michael Payne at #ABACBS2025 on DAMPA - tool for designing probe panels for targeted metagenomics using pangenome graphs! Captures all diversity efficiently, uses fewer probes than competitors. Critical for syndromic surveillance! 🧬🔬 #Metagenomics
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10 incredible years of bioinformatics and computational biology community building by @abacbs.bsky.social - enjoying catching up with old friends at #abacbs2025 🥂
@aliciao.bsky.social @nadia-davidson.bsky.social @shazanfar.bsky.social @ellispatrick.bsky.social Jean Yang Belinda Phipson Milica Ng
@aliciao.bsky.social @nadia-davidson.bsky.social @shazanfar.bsky.social @ellispatrick.bsky.social Jean Yang Belinda Phipson Milica Ng
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
10 incredible years of bioinformatics and computational biology community building by @abacbs.bsky.social - enjoying catching up with old friends at #abacbs2025 🥂
@aliciao.bsky.social @nadia-davidson.bsky.social @shazanfar.bsky.social @ellispatrick.bsky.social Jean Yang Belinda Phipson Milica Ng
@aliciao.bsky.social @nadia-davidson.bsky.social @shazanfar.bsky.social @ellispatrick.bsky.social Jean Yang Belinda Phipson Milica Ng
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Very excited to be in Adelaide to attend #ABACBS2025 . Australia is a powerhouse of microbial genomics, and indeed of bioinformatics, so am very much looking forward to meeting everyone, old friends and new, and speaking tomorrow!
November 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Very excited to be in Adelaide to attend #ABACBS2025 . Australia is a powerhouse of microbial genomics, and indeed of bioinformatics, so am very much looking forward to meeting everyone, old friends and new, and speaking tomorrow!
"anything [in the INSDC] from >10 years ago is such a small blip, it would take you longer to find it and delete it than its worth, you might as well leave it be".
Sequence data production is exponential!
Dr Joanna McEntyre, EMBL-EBI
#ABACBS2025
Sequence data production is exponential!
Dr Joanna McEntyre, EMBL-EBI
#ABACBS2025
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"anything [in the INSDC] from >10 years ago is such a small blip, it would take you longer to find it and delete it than its worth, you might as well leave it be".
Sequence data production is exponential!
Dr Joanna McEntyre, EMBL-EBI
#ABACBS2025
Sequence data production is exponential!
Dr Joanna McEntyre, EMBL-EBI
#ABACBS2025
@ebi.embl.org serves an incredible amount of data to support biological sciences
Exabytes of data but the biggest growth nowadays is imaging data
Dr Joanna McEntyre. Interim Director, EMBL-EBI
#ABACBS2025
Exabytes of data but the biggest growth nowadays is imaging data
Dr Joanna McEntyre. Interim Director, EMBL-EBI
#ABACBS2025
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
@ebi.embl.org serves an incredible amount of data to support biological sciences
Exabytes of data but the biggest growth nowadays is imaging data
Dr Joanna McEntyre. Interim Director, EMBL-EBI
#ABACBS2025
Exabytes of data but the biggest growth nowadays is imaging data
Dr Joanna McEntyre. Interim Director, EMBL-EBI
#ABACBS2025
Amazing way to start the conference on beautiful Kaurna Country
A beautiful Welcome to Country by Robbie Young and Acknowledgment of Country in language by the Governor of SA @abacbs.bsky.social #ABACBS2025
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Amazing way to start the conference on beautiful Kaurna Country