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"Protect rare plants with expert guidance! 🌿
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July 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci Plant Metabolic Diversity special issue

The Computer-Assisted Sequence Annotation (CASA) workflow for enzyme discovery (by Takahashi, Cumpio, Butts & @rwmartin.bsky.social)

bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantMetabolism #botany #bioinformatics
Close-up of a light pink flower with prominent yellow anthers, shown in bright sunlight. The corolla has five lobes. Three slightly darker closed flowers are also visible lower down the scape. Photo credit: Carter Butts
June 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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New Article! Simple large-scale quantitative phenotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility testing with Q-PHAST
Simple large-scale quantitative phenotyping and antimicrobial susceptibility testing with Q-PHAST
Nature Protocols, Published online: 12 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41596-025-01179-zThis Q-PHAST (Quantitative PHenotyping and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing) protocol provides a unique solution for cost-effective, large-scale phenotyping in a standard microbiology laboratory using affordable materials and open-source software.
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May 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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New Article! Absolute quantification of prokaryotes in the microbiome by 16S rRNA qPCR or ddPCR
Absolute quantification of prokaryotes in the microbiome by 16S rRNA qPCR or ddPCR
Nature Protocols, Published online: 19 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41596-025-01165-5This protocol enables rigorous and reproducible quantification of prokaryotic concentration in stool samples by 16S rRNA qPCR or ddPCR.
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May 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Our May issue is live and includes an interesting piece written by @independentsage.bsky.social and published in December, discussing their mission and organization during Covid rdcu.be/d3n6s 🧪 @natprot.nature.com
Independent SAGE as an example of effective public dialogue on scientific research
Nature Protocols - The members of Independent SAGE reflect on their experience in setting up, developing and running a science communication platform and service to the public during the COVID-19...
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May 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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New Article! Tutorial: guidelines for the use of machine learning methods to mine genomes and proteomes for antibiotic discovery
Tutorial: guidelines for the use of machine learning methods to mine genomes and proteomes for antibiotic discovery
Nature Protocols, Published online: 14 May 2025; doi:10.1038/s41596-025-01144-wIn this Tutorial, we provide guidelines for the use of ML models to mine genomes and proteomes for the discovery of antimicrobial peptides, discussing the various stages of the ML workflow, recent advances in ML models and how to experimentally validate the computational predictions.
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May 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM