Miss Salmonella
@misssalmonella.bsky.social
María de Toro. Bioinformatician. Sequencing Microbial genomes 🧬. Manager of a Genomics & Bioinformatics Core Facility
#NoSciNoFuture #OneHealth🌏 #FoodSafety #Bioinformatics #MGEs #plasmids
❗️Only science
#NoSciNoFuture #OneHealth🌏 #FoodSafety #Bioinformatics #MGEs #plasmids
❗️Only science
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"La ciencia es importante. Pero la educación es el vector que transmite a cada nueva generación la curiosidad, la pasión y el compromiso de reimaginar el futuro, ampliar los límites de las posibilidades humanas y lograr un mundo social más justo".
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La Región de Murcia ha dado un paso adelante en la gestión de emergencias al incorporar de forma oficial a los #veterinarios voluntarios en los planes de protección civil
Murcia incorpora a los veterinarios voluntarios en casos de emergencias de protección civil
El Gobierno de la Región de Murcia y el Colegio Oficial de Veterinarios colaborarán para integrar la participación voluntaria del colectivo en situaciones de emergencias de protección civil ...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
La Región de Murcia ha dado un paso adelante en la gestión de emergencias al incorporar de forma oficial a los #veterinarios voluntarios en los planes de protección civil
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Our @narjournal.bsky.social manuscript is out! It explores the growth of the GTDB (gtdb.ecogenomic.org) since its inception, as well as updates to the website, methodology, policies, and major taxonomic and nomenclatural changes over the past three years.
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GTDB release 10: a complete and systematic taxonomy for 715 230 bacterial and 17 245 archaeal genomes
Abstract. The Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB; https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org) provides a phylogenetically consistent and rank normalized genome-based taxonomy
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October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Our @narjournal.bsky.social manuscript is out! It explores the growth of the GTDB (gtdb.ecogenomic.org) since its inception, as well as updates to the website, methodology, policies, and major taxonomic and nomenclatural changes over the past three years.
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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Por qué creo que es tan grave lo de los historiales de Andalucía? Porque atenta contra la confianza básica en las instituciones, poniendo en duda sus cimientos. Mañana alguien puede borrar mi enfermedad por lo que sea. O inventarse una nueva y "filtrarla" para perjudicarme. O cambiar datos
October 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Por qué creo que es tan grave lo de los historiales de Andalucía? Porque atenta contra la confianza básica en las instituciones, poniendo en duda sus cimientos. Mañana alguien puede borrar mi enfermedad por lo que sea. O inventarse una nueva y "filtrarla" para perjudicarme. O cambiar datos
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Los cultivos de frutos secos generan grandes cantidades de residuos que pueden ser aprovechados para desarrollar materiales sostenibles con múltiples aplicaciones.
Residuos agrícolas como solución verde: cáscaras de pistacho, almendra y nuez para capturar CO₂
Los cultivos de frutos secos, cada más extendidos a escala global, generan grandes cantidades de residuos que pueden ser aprovechados para desarrollar materiales sostenibles con múltiples aplicaciones
theconversation.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Los cultivos de frutos secos generan grandes cantidades de residuos que pueden ser aprovechados para desarrollar materiales sostenibles con múltiples aplicaciones.
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Mañana Mary-Claire King recibirá premio Princesa de Asturias. Donará el importe a una organización médica palestina 👏👏
Publicó el artículo que identificaba el gen del cáncer de mama. Trabajó con las Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo usando ADN para identificar a niñas/os robados durante la dictadura.
Publicó el artículo que identificaba el gen del cáncer de mama. Trabajó con las Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo usando ADN para identificar a niñas/os robados durante la dictadura.
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Mañana Mary-Claire King recibirá premio Princesa de Asturias. Donará el importe a una organización médica palestina 👏👏
Publicó el artículo que identificaba el gen del cáncer de mama. Trabajó con las Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo usando ADN para identificar a niñas/os robados durante la dictadura.
Publicó el artículo que identificaba el gen del cáncer de mama. Trabajó con las Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo usando ADN para identificar a niñas/os robados durante la dictadura.
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GTDB release 10: a complete and systematic taxonomy for 715 230 bacterial and 17 245 archaeal genomes academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... #jcampubs
October 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
GTDB release 10: a complete and systematic taxonomy for 715 230 bacterial and 17 245 archaeal genomes academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... #jcampubs
Preocupante lo que está pasando en el #NIH y que impacta en nuestro trabajo diario con las bases de datos de NCBI, SRA, GEO…
Hora de reevaluar nuestros procesos y de planificar un sistema más resiliente ante cambios externos y que nada tienen que ver con la ciencia y la #Bioinfo
Hora de reevaluar nuestros procesos y de planificar un sistema más resiliente ante cambios externos y que nada tienen que ver con la ciencia y la #Bioinfo
October 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Do we see the same respiratory microbiome with #Illumina and #Nanopore? Macip et al. (2025, Sci Rep) show we don’t — Illumina captures higher richness, Nanopore better species resolution. Perhaps the future is an hybrid approach?
#metataxonomy
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#metataxonomy
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Comparative analysis of illumina and oxford nanopore sequencing platforms for 16S rRNA profiling of respiratory microbial communities - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Comparative analysis of illumina and oxford nanopore sequencing platforms for 16S rRNA profiling of respiratory microbial communities
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Do we see the same respiratory microbiome with #Illumina and #Nanopore? Macip et al. (2025, Sci Rep) show we don’t — Illumina captures higher richness, Nanopore better species resolution. Perhaps the future is an hybrid approach?
#metataxonomy
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#metataxonomy
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
How does the sequencing technology we choose shape what we see in a microbiome? Hu et al. (2025, AEM) show that Illumina, 16S, and Nanopore tell different microbial stories — from native taxa to ARGs and pathogens #Microbiome #AMR
🔗 doi.org/10.1128/aem....
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How sequencing technology shapes our understanding of river water microbiomes and resistomes: a comparative study | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Accurate characterization of microbial communities and their functional traits, such
as antibiotic resistance, is essential for evaluating water quality and associated
public health risks. However, th...
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
How does the sequencing technology we choose shape what we see in a microbiome? Hu et al. (2025, AEM) show that Illumina, 16S, and Nanopore tell different microbial stories — from native taxa to ARGs and pathogens #Microbiome #AMR
🔗 doi.org/10.1128/aem....
🔗 doi.org/10.1128/aem....
🧬 What if #plasmids weren’t competitors, but cooperators?
A new study in npj Antimicrobials & Resistance shows that many plasmids coexist within the same bacterium — and that non-resistant ones survive thanks to those carrying #AMR genes.
#AMR #Plasmids #OneHealth
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
A new study in npj Antimicrobials & Resistance shows that many plasmids coexist within the same bacterium — and that non-resistant ones survive thanks to those carrying #AMR genes.
#AMR #Plasmids #OneHealth
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Communities of plasmids as strategies for antimicrobial resistance gene survival in wastewater treatment plant effluent - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Communities of plasmids as strategies for antimicrobial resistance gene survival in wastewater treatment plant effluent
doi.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🧬 What if #plasmids weren’t competitors, but cooperators?
A new study in npj Antimicrobials & Resistance shows that many plasmids coexist within the same bacterium — and that non-resistant ones survive thanks to those carrying #AMR genes.
#AMR #Plasmids #OneHealth
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
A new study in npj Antimicrobials & Resistance shows that many plasmids coexist within the same bacterium — and that non-resistant ones survive thanks to those carrying #AMR genes.
#AMR #Plasmids #OneHealth
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s442...
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I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
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September 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
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Capturing 100 years of antibiotic resistance evolution
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Capturing 100 years of antibiotic resistance evolution
Researchers dive into the pre-antibiotic history of bacterial plasmids to understand the spread of treatment-resistant infections worldwide.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Capturing 100 years of antibiotic resistance evolution
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🚧 “Closed for training” this week — learning to fly our new PromethION P2i @nanoporetech.com 🧬🚀
Metagenomes, big genomes, epigenetics, transcriptomics… here we come!
We generate data. We analyze data. We generate knowledge. 💥
Metagenomes, big genomes, epigenetics, transcriptomics… here we come!
We generate data. We analyze data. We generate knowledge. 💥
September 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚧 “Closed for training” this week — learning to fly our new PromethION P2i @nanoporetech.com 🧬🚀
Metagenomes, big genomes, epigenetics, transcriptomics… here we come!
We generate data. We analyze data. We generate knowledge. 💥
Metagenomes, big genomes, epigenetics, transcriptomics… here we come!
We generate data. We analyze data. We generate knowledge. 💥
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📢 Join us for the next ECDC Lighthouse webinar
“The public as partners: unlocking the potential of citizen science in disease prevention and control”.
What happens when science opens its doors to the public?
🗓️ Monday 22/09/2025
🕕 13.00-14.00 CET
💻 Online
#ECDCLighthouse
“The public as partners: unlocking the potential of citizen science in disease prevention and control”.
What happens when science opens its doors to the public?
🗓️ Monday 22/09/2025
🕕 13.00-14.00 CET
💻 Online
#ECDCLighthouse
September 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
📢 Join us for the next ECDC Lighthouse webinar
“The public as partners: unlocking the potential of citizen science in disease prevention and control”.
What happens when science opens its doors to the public?
🗓️ Monday 22/09/2025
🕕 13.00-14.00 CET
💻 Online
#ECDCLighthouse
“The public as partners: unlocking the potential of citizen science in disease prevention and control”.
What happens when science opens its doors to the public?
🗓️ Monday 22/09/2025
🕕 13.00-14.00 CET
💻 Online
#ECDCLighthouse
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Alucino escuchando a @perestupinya.bsky.social en @avivirser.bsky.social anunciando la cancelación de El cazador de cerebros y @orbitalaika.bsky.social en @rtvecom.bsky.social cuya nueva dirección no parece tener interés en que la sociedad sepa de ciencia de forma cercana/rigurosa. Un despropósito.
September 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Alucino escuchando a @perestupinya.bsky.social en @avivirser.bsky.social anunciando la cancelación de El cazador de cerebros y @orbitalaika.bsky.social en @rtvecom.bsky.social cuya nueva dirección no parece tener interés en que la sociedad sepa de ciencia de forma cercana/rigurosa. Un despropósito.
New record set! Scientists have sequenced the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever found, from mammoths. This groundbreaking work opens the door for deeper study of the bacterial communities that existed over a million years ago. #AncientDNA #NGS
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Ancient host-associated microbes obtained from mammoth remains
Ancient genomic studies have extensively explored human-microbial interactions, yet research on non-human animals remains limited. In this study, we a…
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September 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New record set! Scientists have sequenced the oldest host-associated microbial DNA ever found, from mammoths. This groundbreaking work opens the door for deeper study of the bacterial communities that existed over a million years ago. #AncientDNA #NGS
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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September 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Excited to say we’re hiring 😊. We’re looking for a post-doc in ancient pathogen genomics to join our friendly supportive team in London at @ugiatucl.bsky.social. Start date January 2026.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
insidemedicine.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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New online! Viromics approaches for the study of viral diversity and ecology in microbiomes
Viromics approaches for the study of viral diversity and ecology in microbiomes
Nature Reviews Genetics, Published online: 21 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s41576-025-00871-wIn this Review, Roux and Coclet outline current viromics approaches and discuss how they have contributed to our growing understanding of viral genomic diversity, focusing on uncultivated viruses of microorganisms.
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July 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New online! Viromics approaches for the study of viral diversity and ecology in microbiomes
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A postdoc position in genomics available at our infrastructure in Uppsala, Sweden! An interesting R&D role a bit outside the traditional academic environment, great colleagues, work at the forefront of (long-read) sequencing.
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Postdoctoral position - Uppsala University
Postdoctoral position, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
August 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A postdoc position in genomics available at our infrastructure in Uppsala, Sweden! An interesting R&D role a bit outside the traditional academic environment, great colleagues, work at the forefront of (long-read) sequencing.
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
To truly understand health in a global sense, we need to integrate #genomics with #exposome. This recent paper highlights how this integrated vision can drive a more realistic #PrecisionMedicine. The future of precision health will be genomic… but also environmental.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Integrating the genome and exposome for precision health in Kuwait - Nature Reviews Genetics
Extreme environmental conditions create stressors that can interact with genetic risk factors to influence health outcomes. In this Comment, the authors discuss their vision for a national programme i...
www.nature.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
To truly understand health in a global sense, we need to integrate #genomics with #exposome. This recent paper highlights how this integrated vision can drive a more realistic #PrecisionMedicine. The future of precision health will be genomic… but also environmental.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great news for those of us using #ONT for #bacterial genome reconstruction and epidemiological surveillance! According to these authors, we now have sufficient quality to achieve the reproducibility and accuracy required for effective bacterial surveillance. #genomicepidemiology
June 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Great news for those of us using #ONT for #bacterial genome reconstruction and epidemiological surveillance! According to these authors, we now have sufficient quality to achieve the reproducibility and accuracy required for effective bacterial surveillance. #genomicepidemiology
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Ayer fue el día del libro. Lo celebro con esta modesta aportación en forma de opúsculo sobre salud cerebral.
Orgulloso de compartir autoría con @memarzo.bsky.social, prologo Raúl Juárez y portada de un excelso ilustrador, @difol.bsky.social
Espero lo disfrutéis
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Orgulloso de compartir autoría con @memarzo.bsky.social, prologo Raúl Juárez y portada de un excelso ilustrador, @difol.bsky.social
Espero lo disfrutéis
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April 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Ayer fue el día del libro. Lo celebro con esta modesta aportación en forma de opúsculo sobre salud cerebral.
Orgulloso de compartir autoría con @memarzo.bsky.social, prologo Raúl Juárez y portada de un excelso ilustrador, @difol.bsky.social
Espero lo disfrutéis
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Orgulloso de compartir autoría con @memarzo.bsky.social, prologo Raúl Juárez y portada de un excelso ilustrador, @difol.bsky.social
Espero lo disfrutéis
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Discrepancies in IncF plasmid subtyping? A study on >70,000 E. coli genomes found 8% showed pMLST issues: multiple replicons, overlaps, inconsistent calls. 3rd gen sequencing proves essential to fully resolve these mobile genetic elements.
#Plasmids #AMR
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40197103/
#Plasmids #AMR
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40197103/
The presence of multiple variants of IncF plasmid alleles in a single genome sequence can hinder accurate replicon sequence typing using in silico pMLST tools - PubMed
Plasmid sequence type is crucial for describing IncF plasmids due to their capacity to carry important antibiotic and virulence gene cargo and consequently due to their association with disease-causin...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
April 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Discrepancies in IncF plasmid subtyping? A study on >70,000 E. coli genomes found 8% showed pMLST issues: multiple replicons, overlaps, inconsistent calls. 3rd gen sequencing proves essential to fully resolve these mobile genetic elements.
#Plasmids #AMR
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40197103/
#Plasmids #AMR
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40197103/
Amazing initiative! One step forward, UK 🇬🇧 decides to launch a surveillance program from the #metagenomics perspective.
Please remember: metatax is not metagenomics!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Please remember: metatax is not metagenomics!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
UK launch metagenomic pathogen surveillance programme
On Jan 30, 2025, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced the launch of the
metagenomics Surveillance Collaboration and Analysis Programme (mSCAPE)—the world’s
first biosecurity surveillance sy...
www.thelancet.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Amazing initiative! One step forward, UK 🇬🇧 decides to launch a surveillance program from the #metagenomics perspective.
Please remember: metatax is not metagenomics!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Please remember: metatax is not metagenomics!!
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...