Dominique Chaput
@dominiquechaput.bsky.social
Microbial ecologist turned NHS Clinical Scientist in IPC @Scottish Microbiology Ref Labs, Glasgow. Works on built env / water microbiology, molecular diagnostics, pathogen surveillance, data viz/stats. Probably drinks too much coffee. 🇨🇦
This is so cool! I love putting diatoms under SEM but didn't know about amoebae building themselves diatom shells. 🤯 Thanks for sharing!
June 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This is so cool! I love putting diatoms under SEM but didn't know about amoebae building themselves diatom shells. 🤯 Thanks for sharing!
And to be clear, my colleagues who immigrated here to work in other roles - e.g. cleaning, catering, nursing - are far more integral to keeping the NHS running than I am. But no, apparently we're now 'cheap foreign labour' that's 'tearing the country apart'.
May 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
And to be clear, my colleagues who immigrated here to work in other roles - e.g. cleaning, catering, nursing - are far more integral to keeping the NHS running than I am. But no, apparently we're now 'cheap foreign labour' that's 'tearing the country apart'.
I'm one of those whose arrival here was part of 'a sordid chapter' in the UK's history. Gearing up to do more 'incalculable damage' in the NHS tomorrow by (checking diary) running a specialist diagnostic lab test that I set up to help clinicians treat desperately ill patients in ICU.
May 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm one of those whose arrival here was part of 'a sordid chapter' in the UK's history. Gearing up to do more 'incalculable damage' in the NHS tomorrow by (checking diary) running a specialist diagnostic lab test that I set up to help clinicians treat desperately ill patients in ICU.
Very impressive, congrats!
May 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Very impressive, congrats!
Agreed, sequence databases appear robust thanks to the INSDC - a testament to scientists collaborating globally to share and preserve data. But the sequence search tool on ENA, at least, appears to rely on ncbi BLAST so we may need to consider local implementations if we lose ncbi.
March 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Agreed, sequence databases appear robust thanks to the INSDC - a testament to scientists collaborating globally to share and preserve data. But the sequence search tool on ENA, at least, appears to rely on ncbi BLAST so we may need to consider local implementations if we lose ncbi.
No need for you to move anything, data from all INSDC members is mirrored across the consortium. If you search, e.g. ENA, you will find sequences originally deposited in GenBank. Quite a remarkable system, a testament to what can be done when scientists collaborate to share and preserve data.
March 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
No need for you to move anything, data from all INSDC members is mirrored across the consortium. If you search, e.g. ENA, you will find sequences originally deposited in GenBank. Quite a remarkable system, a testament to what can be done when scientists collaborate to share and preserve data.
Very cool - I've always used separate primers for each domain and then been frustrated that the relative abundances couldn't be compared. Also, great choice of acronym. 😁
February 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Very cool - I've always used separate primers for each domain and then been frustrated that the relative abundances couldn't be compared. Also, great choice of acronym. 😁
Agreed, thanks to everyone who organised and participated! Really fun to meet other R geeks 🤓. I learned so much and look forward to using the AMRgen package.
January 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Agreed, thanks to everyone who organised and participated! Really fun to meet other R geeks 🤓. I learned so much and look forward to using the AMRgen package.