Rebee
@rebee.bsky.social
Virologist, bioinformatician, NGS, photographer.
RNA is my special interest 🧬
Proteomics is growing on me 😬
🇳🇿🇬🇧British Kiwi based in Liverpool 📍
Post doc in the Emmott Lab👩🏻🔬👩🏻💻
🏳️🌈 She/They.
🧠 Neurodivergent ✨
rebee.co.uk
RNA is my special interest 🧬
Proteomics is growing on me 😬
🇳🇿🇬🇧British Kiwi based in Liverpool 📍
Post doc in the Emmott Lab👩🏻🔬👩🏻💻
🏳️🌈 She/They.
🧠 Neurodivergent ✨
rebee.co.uk
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Machine learning enables scalable and systematic hierarchical virus taxonomy - @sullivan-lab.bsky.social go.nature.com/4qoPli9
Machine learning enables scalable and systematic hierarchical virus taxonomy - Nature Biotechnology
vConTACT3 enables multirank, large-scale classification of eukaryotic and prokaryotic viruses.
go.nature.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Machine learning enables scalable and systematic hierarchical virus taxonomy - @sullivan-lab.bsky.social go.nature.com/4qoPli9
It’s happening again…. Used to be straight on this kind of message during the pandemic. Going back there is kind of difficult… how would you handle this… basically. Help. 🦠
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It’s happening again…. Used to be straight on this kind of message during the pandemic. Going back there is kind of difficult… how would you handle this… basically. Help. 🦠
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The absolute highlight of my 2025 is now available on YouTube! Check out the "making of" mini-documentary and full performance of Antiviral Roller Skating at the @britsciassoc.bsky.social Festival earlier this year. My New Years resolution will be to do it all again in a different city! 👀
🚨 Big news! We’re thrilled to announce the release of both the Behind-the-Scenes Mini-Doc and the Full Recording of Antiviral Roller Skating! 🛼✨
Now you can watch the mini-doc to see how it all came together behind the scenes: youtu.be/0nevSD1wrdg
And the full performance: youtu.be/mp995EBB3Bo
Now you can watch the mini-doc to see how it all came together behind the scenes: youtu.be/0nevSD1wrdg
And the full performance: youtu.be/mp995EBB3Bo
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The absolute highlight of my 2025 is now available on YouTube! Check out the "making of" mini-documentary and full performance of Antiviral Roller Skating at the @britsciassoc.bsky.social Festival earlier this year. My New Years resolution will be to do it all again in a different city! 👀
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In this Perspective, Ryan Langlois hypothesizes that antiviral genes are evolutionarily selected for their function at fever temperatures yet are commonly studied at basal temperatures, a potential blind spot in our understanding of antiviral gene mechanisms. rupress.org/jem/article/...
#Virology
#Virology
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In this Perspective, Ryan Langlois hypothesizes that antiviral genes are evolutionarily selected for their function at fever temperatures yet are commonly studied at basal temperatures, a potential blind spot in our understanding of antiviral gene mechanisms. rupress.org/jem/article/...
#Virology
#Virology
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The scikit-bio paper in online in Nature Methods! Many thanks to our collaborators, community contributors and reviewers! We couldn’t have done it without you. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Bioinformatics #OpenSource
Scikit-bio: a fundamental Python library for biological omic data analysis - Nature Methods
Nature Methods - Scikit-bio: a fundamental Python library for biological omic data analysis
www.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The scikit-bio paper in online in Nature Methods! Many thanks to our collaborators, community contributors and reviewers! We couldn’t have done it without you. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Bioinformatics #OpenSource
Congratulations again to the excellent @idb-virology.bsky.social for this amazing science communication piece.
Please go and watch the videos and keep the vision alive! Yes it is the viral lifecycle being explained by roller skaters…
Please go and watch the videos and keep the vision alive! Yes it is the viral lifecycle being explained by roller skaters…
🚨 Big news! We’re thrilled to announce the release of both the Behind-the-Scenes Mini-Doc and the Full Recording of Antiviral Roller Skating! 🛼✨
Now you can watch the mini-doc to see how it all came together behind the scenes: youtu.be/0nevSD1wrdg
And the full performance: youtu.be/mp995EBB3Bo
Now you can watch the mini-doc to see how it all came together behind the scenes: youtu.be/0nevSD1wrdg
And the full performance: youtu.be/mp995EBB3Bo
December 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Congratulations again to the excellent @idb-virology.bsky.social for this amazing science communication piece.
Please go and watch the videos and keep the vision alive! Yes it is the viral lifecycle being explained by roller skaters…
Please go and watch the videos and keep the vision alive! Yes it is the viral lifecycle being explained by roller skaters…
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New preprint: Viral protease-mediated polyprotein processing in human astroviruses
Great collaboration with Lulla lab. And the first of @leandroxneves.bsky.social proteolysis stories. More coming soon!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Great collaboration with Lulla lab. And the first of @leandroxneves.bsky.social proteolysis stories. More coming soon!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Viral protease-mediated polyprotein processing in human astroviruses
Positive-sense RNA viruses often encode large polyproteins that are proteolytically processed by viral and host proteases into functional replication proteins. Astroviruses infect intestinal and neuro...
www.biorxiv.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
New preprint: Viral protease-mediated polyprotein processing in human astroviruses
Great collaboration with Lulla lab. And the first of @leandroxneves.bsky.social proteolysis stories. More coming soon!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Great collaboration with Lulla lab. And the first of @leandroxneves.bsky.social proteolysis stories. More coming soon!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New preprint from the lab, and joint first authors @biomarkella.bsky.social and @stephenholmes.bsky.social!
Single-cell phenotypic analysis and multiplet detection through incorporation of microscopy data into cellenONE-based single-cell proteomic data analysis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Single-cell phenotypic analysis and multiplet detection through incorporation of microscopy data into cellenONE-based single-cell proteomic data analysis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Single-cell phenotypic analysis and multiplet detection through incorporation of microscopy data into cellenONE-based single-cell proteomic data analysis
The reliability of single-cell proteomics (SCP) is intrinsically linked to the fidelity of cell isolation; however, the identification of co-isolated cells (doublets or multiplets) remains a persisten...
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
New preprint from the lab, and joint first authors @biomarkella.bsky.social and @stephenholmes.bsky.social!
Single-cell phenotypic analysis and multiplet detection through incorporation of microscopy data into cellenONE-based single-cell proteomic data analysis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Single-cell phenotypic analysis and multiplet detection through incorporation of microscopy data into cellenONE-based single-cell proteomic data analysis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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big moves!
so that's
Parse -> Qiagen
Scale -> 10X Genomics
Fluent -> Illumina
next-gen single-cell cell omics, capable of processing 10^6 to 10^8 cells
i wonder if what the near term looks like - will commercial kits stagnate while the buyers rebrand?
so that's
Parse -> Qiagen
Scale -> 10X Genomics
Fluent -> Illumina
next-gen single-cell cell omics, capable of processing 10^6 to 10^8 cells
i wonder if what the near term looks like - will commercial kits stagnate while the buyers rebrand?
QIAGEN to acquire Parse Biosciences corporate.qiagen.com/English/news...
QIAGEN to acquire Parse Biosciences, expanding its Sample technologies portfolio into highly scalable single-cell solutions
Parse Biosciences is a fast-growing innovator in single-cell sample preparation, with technologies used in more than 3,000 labs across over 40 countries Acquisition strengthens QIAGEN’s presence in th...
corporate.qiagen.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
big moves!
so that's
Parse -> Qiagen
Scale -> 10X Genomics
Fluent -> Illumina
next-gen single-cell cell omics, capable of processing 10^6 to 10^8 cells
i wonder if what the near term looks like - will commercial kits stagnate while the buyers rebrand?
so that's
Parse -> Qiagen
Scale -> 10X Genomics
Fluent -> Illumina
next-gen single-cell cell omics, capable of processing 10^6 to 10^8 cells
i wonder if what the near term looks like - will commercial kits stagnate while the buyers rebrand?
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Te Tiriti obligations don't disappear just because the government claims they're not necessary.
He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi are the foundation on which Aotearoa stands, and continue to have legal authority. Without them, there is no kāwanatanga.
www.archives.govt.nz/discover-our...
He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi are the foundation on which Aotearoa stands, and continue to have legal authority. Without them, there is no kāwanatanga.
www.archives.govt.nz/discover-our...
www.archives.govt.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Te Tiriti obligations don't disappear just because the government claims they're not necessary.
He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi are the foundation on which Aotearoa stands, and continue to have legal authority. Without them, there is no kāwanatanga.
www.archives.govt.nz/discover-our...
He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi are the foundation on which Aotearoa stands, and continue to have legal authority. Without them, there is no kāwanatanga.
www.archives.govt.nz/discover-our...
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Identification of Capture Phases in Nanopore Protein Sequencing... arxiv.org/abs/2511.0...
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#proteomics #prot-preprint
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#proteomics #prot-preprint
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Identification of Capture Phases in Nanopore Protein Sequencing... arxiv.org/abs/2511.0...
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#proteomics #prot-preprint
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RNA Virus Journal Club – Upcoming Talk - this thursday (Nov 6th !)
With @rdrpsummit.bsky.social - excited to announce talk and discussion with Dr Sanguu Kim about HF nanopore sequencing strategy for virology :)
calendar.app.google/oyRVP6v5Tvjg...
CET: 14:00–15:00,
Format: 30 min + 30 min
With @rdrpsummit.bsky.social - excited to announce talk and discussion with Dr Sanguu Kim about HF nanopore sequencing strategy for virology :)
calendar.app.google/oyRVP6v5Tvjg...
CET: 14:00–15:00,
Format: 30 min + 30 min
CLAE: A High‐Fidelity Nanopore Sequencing Strategy for Read‐Level Viral Variant Detection and Environmental RNA Virus Discovery
High-fidelity Nanopore sequencing offers a cost-effective, portable path to uncovering viral dark matter in complex environments—but suffers from severe read-length bias, low throughput, and limited ...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
RNA Virus Journal Club – Upcoming Talk - this thursday (Nov 6th !)
With @rdrpsummit.bsky.social - excited to announce talk and discussion with Dr Sanguu Kim about HF nanopore sequencing strategy for virology :)
calendar.app.google/oyRVP6v5Tvjg...
CET: 14:00–15:00,
Format: 30 min + 30 min
With @rdrpsummit.bsky.social - excited to announce talk and discussion with Dr Sanguu Kim about HF nanopore sequencing strategy for virology :)
calendar.app.google/oyRVP6v5Tvjg...
CET: 14:00–15:00,
Format: 30 min + 30 min
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🦇🩸⚰️ Happy Halloween! 🧛🩸🦇
Same-sex sexual behaviours in bats were first documented in 1895! Here's a more recent study: www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Same-sex-sex...
#Halloween #HappyHalloween #histsci #histbio #STS #GLAM #queer #lgbtq #queernature #PrideInSTEM 🌈🗃️
Same-sex sexual behaviours in bats were first documented in 1895! Here's a more recent study: www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Same-sex-sex...
#Halloween #HappyHalloween #histsci #histbio #STS #GLAM #queer #lgbtq #queernature #PrideInSTEM 🌈🗃️
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🦇🩸⚰️ Happy Halloween! 🧛🩸🦇
Same-sex sexual behaviours in bats were first documented in 1895! Here's a more recent study: www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Same-sex-sex...
#Halloween #HappyHalloween #histsci #histbio #STS #GLAM #queer #lgbtq #queernature #PrideInSTEM 🌈🗃️
Same-sex sexual behaviours in bats were first documented in 1895! Here's a more recent study: www.italian-journal-of-mammalogy.it/Same-sex-sex...
#Halloween #HappyHalloween #histsci #histbio #STS #GLAM #queer #lgbtq #queernature #PrideInSTEM 🌈🗃️
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First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika.
Dr Marcus Blagrove writes for The Conversation highlighting the need for enhanced mosquito surveillance and proactive strategies to mitigate future risks.
bit.ly/3KKlGQP
#TeamLivUni
Dr Marcus Blagrove writes for The Conversation highlighting the need for enhanced mosquito surveillance and proactive strategies to mitigate future risks.
bit.ly/3KKlGQP
#TeamLivUni
October 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
First evidence in the UK of breeding aegypti mosquito – the main spreader of dengue, chikungunya and Zika.
Dr Marcus Blagrove writes for The Conversation highlighting the need for enhanced mosquito surveillance and proactive strategies to mitigate future risks.
bit.ly/3KKlGQP
#TeamLivUni
Dr Marcus Blagrove writes for The Conversation highlighting the need for enhanced mosquito surveillance and proactive strategies to mitigate future risks.
bit.ly/3KKlGQP
#TeamLivUni
Something not so sciencey… off to Barcelona next week to screen a documentary my partner has produced and I’m excited!
Any Nick Garrie fans? 🎸🎥
Any Nick Garrie fans? 🎸🎥
October 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Something not so sciencey… off to Barcelona next week to screen a documentary my partner has produced and I’m excited!
Any Nick Garrie fans? 🎸🎥
Any Nick Garrie fans? 🎸🎥
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Viral AlphaFold Database (VAD) is live in Science Advances
~27,000 predicted viral protein monomers & homodimers
Conserved folds across bacteria, archaea & eukaryotic viruses
New toxin–antitoxin system KreTA uncovered
Vast “functional darkness” remains uncharted
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
~27,000 predicted viral protein monomers & homodimers
Conserved folds across bacteria, archaea & eukaryotic viruses
New toxin–antitoxin system KreTA uncovered
Vast “functional darkness” remains uncharted
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Viral AlphaFold Database of monomers and homodimers reveals conserved protein folds in viruses of bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes
VAD is a Viral AlphaFold Database of protein monomers and homodimers from viruses infecting hosts across the tree of life.
www.science.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Viral AlphaFold Database (VAD) is live in Science Advances
~27,000 predicted viral protein monomers & homodimers
Conserved folds across bacteria, archaea & eukaryotic viruses
New toxin–antitoxin system KreTA uncovered
Vast “functional darkness” remains uncharted
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
~27,000 predicted viral protein monomers & homodimers
Conserved folds across bacteria, archaea & eukaryotic viruses
New toxin–antitoxin system KreTA uncovered
Vast “functional darkness” remains uncharted
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Following recent decisions by pharmaceutical companies to scale back investment, the UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee is seeking written evidence on the competitiveness of the UK’s life sciences sector.
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Following recent decisions by pharmaceutical companies to scale back investment, the UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee is seeking written evidence on the competitiveness of the UK’s life sciences sector.
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Full thread will come later, but @annacusco.bsky.social's preprint on the dog pet gut microbiome is out!
Using ONT+Illumina, we get better MAGs than to corresponding species representative in public databases
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Using ONT+Illumina, we get better MAGs than to corresponding species representative in public databases
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
September 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Full thread will come later, but @annacusco.bsky.social's preprint on the dog pet gut microbiome is out!
Using ONT+Illumina, we get better MAGs than to corresponding species representative in public databases
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Using ONT+Illumina, we get better MAGs than to corresponding species representative in public databases
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Our year-long project on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (#EDI) strategies in the UK’s science and tech sectors has drawn to a close with a new report exploring data collection, analysis and insight.
Read our findings and recommendations >>
www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/report-...
Read our findings and recommendations >>
www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/report-...
Report highlights disconnect between data collection and action on EDI in UK science and tech sector
A year-long project on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) strategies in the UK’s science sector – led by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity and Inclusion in STEM – has drawn to a clos...
www.britishscienceassociation.org
September 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our year-long project on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (#EDI) strategies in the UK’s science and tech sectors has drawn to a close with a new report exploring data collection, analysis and insight.
Read our findings and recommendations >>
www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/report-...
Read our findings and recommendations >>
www.britishscienceassociation.org/News/report-...
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Is there anyone here at one of the universities in Wellington, NZ, who would want to host me to give a talk around November 10th?
September 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Is there anyone here at one of the universities in Wellington, NZ, who would want to host me to give a talk around November 10th?
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🧬 Fresh RNA modifications newsletter out now: viral tRNA hijacking, hidden rRNA mods, dynamic Ψ, antibiotic resistance & more.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/rnamodif...
#RNAsky #Epitranscriptomics #microsky #ribosome
👉 open.substack.com/pub/rnamodif...
#RNAsky #Epitranscriptomics #microsky #ribosome
✨ RNA Modifications Newsletter – September 15, 2025
issue #3
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
🧬 Fresh RNA modifications newsletter out now: viral tRNA hijacking, hidden rRNA mods, dynamic Ψ, antibiotic resistance & more.
👉 open.substack.com/pub/rnamodif...
#RNAsky #Epitranscriptomics #microsky #ribosome
👉 open.substack.com/pub/rnamodif...
#RNAsky #Epitranscriptomics #microsky #ribosome
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We are still buzzing from our show! Here’s some snaps of what you missed… in case you were wondering….
Huge thank you to the whole production team and the people who made this happen!
@microbiologysociety.org @britsciassoc.bsky.social @emmottlab.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social
#BSF25
Huge thank you to the whole production team and the people who made this happen!
@microbiologysociety.org @britsciassoc.bsky.social @emmottlab.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social
#BSF25
September 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We are still buzzing from our show! Here’s some snaps of what you missed… in case you were wondering….
Huge thank you to the whole production team and the people who made this happen!
@microbiologysociety.org @britsciassoc.bsky.social @emmottlab.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social
#BSF25
Huge thank you to the whole production team and the people who made this happen!
@microbiologysociety.org @britsciassoc.bsky.social @emmottlab.bsky.social @livuninews.bsky.social
#BSF25
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The British science festival 2025 has started in Liverpool and @idb-virology.bsky.social and the team are looking forward to welcoming visitors to the Unity theatre this evening for some antiviral roller skating! @antiviral-rskating.bsky.social www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk/whats-on/ant...
Antiviral roller skating! | British Science Festival 2025 - Unity Theatre
Run time: 18.30 – 19:15 Throwback: it’s summer 2020, lockdowns are looming, you’ve bought yourself a pair of roller skates to cure your boredom… Swoop over to see the Liverpool Roller Birds dance agai...
www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The British science festival 2025 has started in Liverpool and @idb-virology.bsky.social and the team are looking forward to welcoming visitors to the Unity theatre this evening for some antiviral roller skating! @antiviral-rskating.bsky.social www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk/whats-on/ant...
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Looking forward to @antiviral-rskating.bsky.social this evening @unitytheatre.bsky.social! In partnership with Liverpool Roller Birds, a team from @livunihls.bsky.social will demonstrate how antivirals are designed... on wheels! Book your tickets now! bit.ly/46jQ4Zs. #BSF25
Photo: @reebeesnaps
Photo: @reebeesnaps
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Looking forward to @antiviral-rskating.bsky.social this evening @unitytheatre.bsky.social! In partnership with Liverpool Roller Birds, a team from @livunihls.bsky.social will demonstrate how antivirals are designed... on wheels! Book your tickets now! bit.ly/46jQ4Zs. #BSF25
Photo: @reebeesnaps
Photo: @reebeesnaps