Grateful to @marionkoopmans.bsky.social for writing this thoughtful piece in Nature Rev Micro. We can’t push back against anti-science movements without taking the threat seriously, proactively address our limitations, and engage with the public clearly & candidly.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢New job posting!📢
Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? 🧑🏻‍💻🧬

My group at @swisstph.ch has an opening working with ARTIC2, @pathoplexus.org, & Loculus - read on!

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Some great new features and updates from the awesome Pathoplexus project. This is a new open pathogen genome database that can provide access to your sequences under a use-restricted license but also feed directly in to INSDC (EBI, Genbank etc) when you are ready. pathoplexus.org/news/2025-07...

Absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of ARTIC2 - a £5.5M 5 year project funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social to build on the ARTIC approach of low-cost, globally accessible genome sequencing for surveillance of outbreaks, epidemics and endemic diseases: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/am...

@sundermannaj.bsky.social's work highlights the undeniable impacts of pathogen genomics in healthcare. But pathogen genomics in healthcare remains the exception, not the norm.

We spent an hour exploring the challenges and potential solutions to more broad adoption.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDLo...

New work in Nature shows that a brief 5-day CIP course in (n=60) healthy adults can lead to emergence of AMR in ~10% of ~5600 gut microbial species. Most mutations in gyrA (known FQ hotspots), do not affect fitness & can be detected >10wks (projected to persist >1y)
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thanks to @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social for featuring our mSCAPE metagenomics surveillance collaboration and also thanks for the considered comments from Mario Falchi and Judy Breuer: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... - keep an eye out on mSCAPE.climb.ac.uk for further details and resources

'The UK has a new watch list of 24 infectious diseases that could pose the greatest future threat to public health'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In our latest review, we explore 12 deep-learning tools for metagenomic analysis, covering their strengths, limitations, and key applications. We hope it serves as both a resource and inspiration for new ways to analyze metagenomic data. Great work by Eli Levy Karin!
📄 doi.org/10.1093/nsr/...

Wendy Barclay and I are recruiting a postdoc for a project investigating the evolution of swine influenza viruses and how this impacts future pandemic potential.

Job is based at Imperial's South Kensington campus. Drop me a DM/email for more details.
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

We are hiring remote bioinformaticians at @theiagen . If you have a passion for microbial bioinformatics or public health, send your CV to careers@theiagen.com . You can be based nearly anywhere but need to be available to work US business hours.

Today is #WorldAIDSDay. Observed every 1 December, it stands as a global initiative uniting people to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS & demonstrate solidarity in the face of the epidemic.

It serves as a reminder of the ongoing challenges posed by HIV/AIDS & underscores the need for sustained action.