Lisa Karstens
lisakarstens.bsky.social
Lisa Karstens
@lisakarstens.bsky.social
Microbiome bioinformatics researcher. Open data enthusiast. R and python user; Associate Professor in Medical Informatics at OHSU.
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Program for #GloMiNe2025 "Preservation of microbial diversity” by @microbiotavault.bsky.social ‬and #MVIF is OUT:
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August 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Get Ready!

#MVIF 38 on Microbiome and Citizen Science
is live n the Pacific time zones 🌏 in less than an hour!⏰

You can still register : cassyni.com/s/mvif-38
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April 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Don't miss today's #MVIF 38: A special event on on #citizenscience & #microbiome!

@patrickveiga.bsky.social @gilbertjacka.bsky.social
@waldispuhl.bsky.social Mathieu Almeida, Claudia Cappello, Daniel McDonald Mikayla Borton & Sarah Ahannach.

There's still time to register👉 cassyni.com/s/mvif-38
April 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Today/tomorrow Pacific LIVE
& on Wednesday Atlantic REPLAY!

Just register here cassyni.com/s/mvif-36

We can't wait to welcome YOU & #MVIF 36 speakers:
🇯🇵 Nodoka Chiba
🇮🇩 Patsy Tasyana Fitri
🇨🇳 Ruixin Liu
🇦🇺 @aroneys.bsky.social
🇬🇧 Maria Kardakova
🇳🇿 @theoportlock.bsky.social

#openscience #microbiomesky
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February 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Pacific replay for #MVIF is today at 4:30 PM PT.

There's still time to register!
It's a new year!
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩

Registration here: cassyni.com/s/mvif-35

⭐️MicroTalks:
Minna Chang
@hariszaf.bsky.social

⭐️ Keynote:
@chmoei.bsky.social

⭐️Selected talks:
Pratyay Sengupta
@fatimacpereira.bsky.social
@cladigar.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Know #undergrads in Portland interested in summer research?

Let them know about the research opportunity fair @portlandstate Fri Jan 17th 1-3 PM.

I'll be there with @billhersh.bsky.social to chat about our #biomedical #informatics #datascience summer internship!

www.pdx.edu/events/under...
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Fair | Portland State University
www.pdx.edu
January 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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Please join us in celebrating NMDC Champion Lisa Karstens’ recent NIH R25 award! The grant will support a 3-year project to develop teaching materials for early career researchers to gain essential skills in microbiome data science🧪
January 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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January 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Tomorrow Atlantic replay with live Q&A!
#MVIF 34 program👇

⭐Microtalks
🇹🇼 Ha T. Doan
🇦🇺 Vedanth Ramji from bigdatabiology.bsky.social

⭐Keynote
🇺🇸 Sean Gibbons @gibbological.bsky.social

⭐Selected Talks
🇯🇵 Yuya Kiguchi
🇦🇺 Kurtis Budden
🇨🇭 Amit Halkhoree

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-34
December 4, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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There's still time to register!
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November 29, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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#MVIF 26 program is out! 🤩

⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Laura S. Weyrich

⭐️ Short talks:
🇨🇳 Ziye Wang
🇺🇸Kate Bowie
🇺🇸Richard Wolff
🇺🇸Ivan Zheludev

More about talks here: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...
February 8, 2024 at 9:45 AM
📣Apps for the 2024 Undergraduate Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Summer Internship are due Feb 16th!

More info: bit.ly/ohsu-informatics-interns

What: PAID internships with research in data science & informatics

Where: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR USA
February 5, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Are you an undergrad or know an undergrad interested in an internship in biomedical informatics / data science?

Join our informational webinar about the OHSU summer internship program *tomorrow* Jan 9th at 1 PM PT.

Info & Registration: bit.ly/DMICE_Internships
January 8, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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We have an early New Year present for you
🎁 the January #MVIF program with
Jennifer Wargo
Nikolay Oskolkov
Sondra Turjeman
Mireia Valles-Colomer

Full program with abstracts: www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/futu...

Registration: hopin.com/events/micro...

✨Happy holidays ✨
December 21, 2023 at 12:26 PM
Exciting!

My group's paper, microshades: An R Package for Improving Color Accessibility and Organization of Microbiome Data, was highlighted as an @ASMicrobiology Top Cited paper!

Congrats @erictleung.bsky.social @katebowie.bsky.social Emory neer and Erin Dahl!

📔 journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
December 20, 2023 at 3:41 PM
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⭐That's a wrap! So many inspiring talks!

A huge thanks to all of our speakers and attendees for making the meeting so enjoyable🦠!

And for those who missed it, you can check out the recordings later here ▶️ www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ3...
December 19, 2023 at 4:23 AM
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📢 Remember that you can submit your work for:

🌎Atlantic-first event in January w/ Jennifer Wargo
🌏Pacific-first event in February w/ Laura S. Weyrich

www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/-/info...
December 19, 2023 at 4:25 AM
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Third talk for today at #MVIF.24

⭐️Analyzing microbial evolution through gene and genome phylogenies by 🇺🇸 Sarah Teichman

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 19, 2023 at 2:39 AM
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Second selected talk at #MVIF.24

⭐️ Wastewater sequencing reveals community and variant dynamics of the collective human virome by
🇺🇸 Mike Tisza

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 19, 2023 at 2:28 AM
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NEXT, #MVIF short talks:

⭐️ Gut microbiota manipulation in neurodevelopmental disorders: implication from animal models of infantile epilepsy
by 🇨🇦 Chunlong Mu

Read his research at:
www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...
December 19, 2023 at 2:17 AM
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Our lineup of #MVIF speakers for today's dive into #microbiome science 🤩

⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 @gilbertjacka

⭐️ Short talks:
🇨🇦@ChunlongMu1
🇺🇸@MikeTisza
🇺🇸@sarah_teichman
🇺🇸@GerrickElias

And thanks to our partners 🧬@Roche and 🔬@QIAGEN for supporting #MVIF!
December 19, 2023 at 1:03 AM
Excited to share @katebowie.bsky.social's first first-author preprint.

This work investigated the urinary microbiome in a large observation cohort of older men and identified several interesting associations with BPH, age, BMI, and lower urinary tract symptoms.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 16, 2023 at 1:51 AM
Had a great time presenting my group's microbiome / urobiome work today at the CAIRIBU Uromicrobiota Research Interest Group (U-RIG).

U-RIG is a monthly series for knowledge exchange and collaborations in urobiome and adjacent fields. More info/to sign up: cairibu.urology.wisc.edu
December 16, 2023 at 1:46 AM