Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic
svetlanaup.bsky.social
Svetlana Ugarcina Perovic
@svetlanaup.bsky.social
• microbiome scientist @cibiocm.bsky.social
• global communication lead @microbiomevif.bsky.social
• international internship coordinator @bioconductor.bsky.social
• @nsurp.bsky.social mentor
https://microbiomedigest.com/author/svetlanaup/
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I'm a microbiologist who computes the microbiome data, and supports #openscience* and #opensource** initiatives.

* @microbiomevif.bsky.social outreachy NSURPorg
** BugSigDB curatedMetagenomicData
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I finally wrote about my experience contributing to Bioconductor and BugSigDB over the past year. If you’re interested in joining an open-source science community, this blog is a great place to start.

tosinadeshile.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/o...

#opensource #outreachy #bugsigdb #bioconductor
Over a year with the Bioconductor Community (BugSigDB)
HOW MY JOURNEY TO THE COMMUNITY BEGAN: My Journey began when i was fresh out of school as a biochemistry graduate as someone who had completed several internships in the field but still was not con…
tosinadeshile.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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💥CONTAM CALENDAR GIVEAWAY💥

Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠

Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition

Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Join us in December for #MVIF 44!

We will discuss diverse #microbiome topics:
human urinary, gut, oral and nasal microbiomes,
extreme environments, and
a new sequence alignment tool.
It's Monday!
...and a new #MVIF program is out! 🤩

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-44

⭐️ Highlights:
🇺🇸 Vanessa Hale
🇰🇷 Jun Hyung Cha

⭐️ Keynote:
🇺🇸 Katherine Lemon @kathlemon.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇺🇸 Meenakshi Chakraborty
🇨🇳 Wei Shen @shenwei356.bsky.social
🇺🇸 Johanna Gutleben
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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🌍 We are proud to share highlights from Ethiopia’s first in-person Bioconductor workshop, held in Addis Ababa from 25-29 Aug 2025!

The course united 26 participants for five days of hands-on training in R/Bioconductor and bulk RNASeq analysis.

🔗 Read more: blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-1...
Bioconductor in Africa: Ethiopia’s First In-Person Course – Bioconductor community blog
A blog for the Bioconductor community!
blog.bioconductor.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Starting this week, I set aside one hour each week to meet ECRs outside my group who want to discuss career development, mentorship, or any non-technical professional questions.

Here is a blog that explains my motivation for this and how to schedule a meeting:

merenlab.org/2025/11/16/E...
ECR connection: Meet Meren when you need to
A means for ECRs to get advice from a senior scientist outside of their support network
merenlab.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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📣 Join us for the 2025 @isbscience.org Virtual Microbiome Symposium, focused on "Gut Microbial Metabolites and Their Impact on Host Systems".

co-director - @flash-point.bsky.social 🦠💥

It's free, & we have an amazing line-up of speakers!

Dec. 12th. Please share!

isbscience.org/2025-isb-vir...
2025 ISB Virtual Microbiome Symposium - Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)
Symposium Schedule All presentation times are shown in Pacific Daylight Time (GMT -07:00 / UTC -07:00) Time Talk / Session 9:00 Welcoming remarks by Sid Venkatesh Session One: Neural Effects
isbscience.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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This week we are happy to welcome you at #MVIF 43!
We will discuss the new bioinformatics approaches, latest findings in drug development, cancer studies and more!

There's still time to register: cassyni.com/s/mvif-43
🆕 #MVIF 43 program is out!

Free registration: cassyni.com/s/mvif-43

⭐️ Highlights:
🇵🇰 Muhammad Faheem Raziq
🇺🇸 Fuqing Wu

⭐️ Keynote:
🇮🇳 Deepa Agashe @deepaagashe.bsky.social

⭐️ Talks:
🇺🇸 Lukas Bethlehem
🇵🇱 Kinga Zielinska
🇸🇪 Eran Elhaik
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Curious how scientists track microbes across diseases!🧫

That's #BugSigdb an open, community-edited database of microbial signatures.

I contributed through #Outreachy, curating studies💙.Thanks @svetlanaup.bsky.social & all my mentors🙏

🔗 bugsigdb.org/Special:Cont...
💻: github.com/waldronlab/B...
Special:Contributions/Tosin
bugsigdb.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Interested in learning about the connections between the #microbiome and #AMR? Join us on Tuesday Nov 11 at 9-10:30am MT for the CAN-AMR-Net seminar on 'The Microbiome and AMR'. 💊🧬🏥

#IDSky #OneHealth #PublicHealth #MedSky #Genomics

tinyurl.com/CANLkdIn7
#onehealth #amr #antimicrobialresistance #publichealth #globalhealth #canamrnet #training #knowledgesharing #interdisciplinaryscience #onehealthapproach #transdisciplinary #microbiome #healthcare… | C...
Interested in learning about the connections between the microbiome and AMR? Join us and Drs. Andrew Cameron, Eric Armstrong, and the host of the 2024 AMR: A One Health Approach Seminar Series Dr. Ste...
tinyurl.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The next mSystems Thinking Series webinar is open for free registration!

"One Health and the African Microbiome"
Jan 9, 2026 09:00 AM, Eastern Time

asmusa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: mSystems Thinking Series Webinar: One Health and the African Microbiome. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The One Health concept underscores the fundamental connections among humans, animals, and the environment. Microbial communities lie at the heart of these interactions, sustaining both public health a...
asmusa-org.zoom.us
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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New PhD project: Interested in host-microbiota interactions in infectious disease? "Decoding Lipid–Microbiome Crosstalk Controlling Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Exacerbated Asthma" - Dr Chengcan Yao (primary supervisor) Apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Decoding Lipid–Microbiome Crosstalk Controlling Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Exacerbated Asthma at University of Edinburgh on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Decoding Lipid–Microbiome Crosstalk Controlling Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Exacerbated Asthma at University of Edinburgh, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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📢 Calling all microbiology researchers, software devs & data-management enthusiasts! Join the NFDI4Microbiota Knowledge Base Coding Sprint!💻
📅 Nov 24–25, 2025 | Jena + online
✅ Contribute to content & code for better data management in microbiology.
👉 Details: tinyurl.com/bddw5eva
October 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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TODAY 🎙️

There's still time to register:
emea.illumina.com/events/webin...

Note: If you cannot join live, no problem, just register now to receive access to the on-demand version later.
SAVE THE DATE: 27 October, 2025
and join speakers from both illumina and #MVIF!

Registration for the webinar is free: emea.illumina.com/events/webin...
October 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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☕ Grab your coffee and join our next NFDI4Microbiota Coffee Talk! 📅 Mon, 27 Oct 2025 | 14:30–15:30 CET
🎙️ Daniel Straub (QBiC Tübingen)
💬 “Meta-omics Analysis at a Bioinformatics Core Facility – As FAIR as Possible”. More info here: nfdi4microbiota.de/c...
October 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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See you on Monday at the #illumina #MVIF event–a scientific webinar exploring recent advances in microbiome research enabled by NGS!
SAVE THE DATE: 27 October, 2025
and join speakers from both illumina and #MVIF!

Registration for the webinar is free: emea.illumina.com/events/webin...
October 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"Mothers in Science" has launched the #BreakTheBiasSTEMM campaign, which raises awareness of maternity bias, parenthood stigma, & the hidden barriers that continue to shape women’s careers in STEMM.

See you at the SciMom Chats on October 22!
👋 www.mothersinscience.com/scimomchats
SciMom Chats — Mothers in Science
www.mothersinscience.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Saturday reading ☕ Applications and challenges in human, animal and environmental microbiomes
by @microbiologysociety.org
online.flippingbook.com/view/7778675...
Where are microbiomes, and why are they important?
Microbes do not exist in isolation. Instead, they live in complex and dynamic communities in which different microbial species are constantly interacting. When these communities are combined with a s...
online.flippingbook.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Do not miss the Illumina #MVIF webinar: Nicola Segata, @serenamanara.bsky.social, and Amadou D. Gueye will discuss the latest NGS advances in microbiome reseach!

Registration free!
SAVE THE DATE: 27 October, 2025
and join speakers from both illumina and #MVIF!

Registration for the webinar is free: emea.illumina.com/events/webin...
October 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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🚀 New on the Bioconductor Blog: GPU Support in Bioconductor

Bioconductor is building better support for GPU-accelerated package development for faster and more scalable analysis workflows
Learn how package maintainers can leverage this new GPU infrastructure: blog.bioconductor.org/posts/2025-1...
GPU Support in Bioconductor – Bioconductor community blog
Support GPU-accelerated Bioconductor packages
blog.bioconductor.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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#mbkceesme2025 discussion on science communication with @cpavloud.bsky.social and Mary Allen

📸 @sparagkamian.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Join #MVIF 42
cassyni.com/s/mvif-42
and
#MeetTheSpeakers

🇺🇸Peter Turnbaugh will talk about a microbiome-informed approach to pharmacology!
October 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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💫 #MVIF Season 5 💫

Feel free to join the keynotes by presenting your work–abstract submission is open:
www.microbiome-vif.org/en-US/how-to...

#MVIF is proudly supported by #illumina @corundumsb.bsky.social
and our non-commercial co-organizing partners Seerave Foundation @cunysph.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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On Friday, Episode #110 of #MattersMicrobial became available. The brilliant Dr. Sean Gibbons joined the #QualityQuorum to describe what the microbiome can tell us about numbers, nutrients, and health. I learned so much. Sean is the #MicrobiomeWhisperer. @microbe.tv

youtu.be/wdwTma0gV4k?...
October 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM