Mike Morgan
@mdmorgan.bsky.social
Lecturer (assistant professor) University of Aberdeen. Immunology, computational biology, genetics and single cells. Runner, climber and connoisseur of Yorkshire tea. Views expressed are my own. https://www.morganlab.co.uk/
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Small update from AllTheBacteria (allthebacteria.org). Assemblies can be bulk downloaded from OSF as before, or you can now get individual assemblies from AWS. We now also have a LexicMap index on AWS, so you can align your favourite gene against 2.4million bacteria (next post for price estimates)
AllTheBacteria
allthebacteria.org
April 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Small update from AllTheBacteria (allthebacteria.org). Assemblies can be bulk downloaded from OSF as before, or you can now get individual assemblies from AWS. We now also have a LexicMap index on AWS, so you can align your favourite gene against 2.4million bacteria (next post for price estimates)
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Celebrate International #DayofImmunology by treating yourself to one of our events or training courses! 🎉
Whether its our Diversity in Immunology event, next week’s Flow Cytometry training, or the BSI Immunology Awards - there's something for you 👀 bit.ly/3v2aAi1
Whether its our Diversity in Immunology event, next week’s Flow Cytometry training, or the BSI Immunology Awards - there's something for you 👀 bit.ly/3v2aAi1
April 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Celebrate International #DayofImmunology by treating yourself to one of our events or training courses! 🎉
Whether its our Diversity in Immunology event, next week’s Flow Cytometry training, or the BSI Immunology Awards - there's something for you 👀 bit.ly/3v2aAi1
Whether its our Diversity in Immunology event, next week’s Flow Cytometry training, or the BSI Immunology Awards - there's something for you 👀 bit.ly/3v2aAi1
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👶🏼 Many #vaccines are not effective in newborns. So how do we protect them from infectious disease?
🤰🏽 By vaccination in #pregnancy!
Here we review…
💉 Established campaigns vs whooping cough, flu, COVID
💡 New approaches to RSV, GBS
🌈 Future challenges, opportunities
#ReproSky #ImmunoSky #IDSky
🤰🏽 By vaccination in #pregnancy!
Here we review…
💉 Established campaigns vs whooping cough, flu, COVID
💡 New approaches to RSV, GBS
🌈 Future challenges, opportunities
#ReproSky #ImmunoSky #IDSky
Vaccination in pregnancy to protect the newborn - Nature Reviews Immunology
In this Review, Male and Jones provide an overview of the current vaccines that are offered during pregnancy and to newborns, explaining the rationale behind the different vaccination programmes and t...
www.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
👶🏼 Many #vaccines are not effective in newborns. So how do we protect them from infectious disease?
🤰🏽 By vaccination in #pregnancy!
Here we review…
💉 Established campaigns vs whooping cough, flu, COVID
💡 New approaches to RSV, GBS
🌈 Future challenges, opportunities
#ReproSky #ImmunoSky #IDSky
🤰🏽 By vaccination in #pregnancy!
Here we review…
💉 Established campaigns vs whooping cough, flu, COVID
💡 New approaches to RSV, GBS
🌈 Future challenges, opportunities
#ReproSky #ImmunoSky #IDSky
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Today marks the start of #WorldImmunisationWeek! ⭐
Get inspired by reading our latest #CelebrateVaccines blog, which explores how the new RSV vaccine is cutting NHS costs and protecting vulnerable populations.
🔗 bit.ly/42V1NwZ
#VaccinesWork #HumanlyPossible
Get inspired by reading our latest #CelebrateVaccines blog, which explores how the new RSV vaccine is cutting NHS costs and protecting vulnerable populations.
🔗 bit.ly/42V1NwZ
#VaccinesWork #HumanlyPossible
April 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today marks the start of #WorldImmunisationWeek! ⭐
Get inspired by reading our latest #CelebrateVaccines blog, which explores how the new RSV vaccine is cutting NHS costs and protecting vulnerable populations.
🔗 bit.ly/42V1NwZ
#VaccinesWork #HumanlyPossible
Get inspired by reading our latest #CelebrateVaccines blog, which explores how the new RSV vaccine is cutting NHS costs and protecting vulnerable populations.
🔗 bit.ly/42V1NwZ
#VaccinesWork #HumanlyPossible
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Jess read the “dire wolf” preprint so you don’t have to. A long, exasperated and heroic evening thread by someone who knows what they are talking about, which shows the whole thing to be even more flakey than we thought. We salute you, @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social!
alright i have my laptop, guess i'm livetweeting the dire wolf preprint.
so a quick reminder: this is not yet peer-reviewed, so there's some different expectations re: quality.
also let's be clear, i'm a hella biased reader, bc i don't trust the hype they're courting
so a quick reminder: this is not yet peer-reviewed, so there's some different expectations re: quality.
also let's be clear, i'm a hella biased reader, bc i don't trust the hype they're courting
Briefly read through this and...hmm. I have thoughts that may merit a deeper dive.
One big concern: while their reference method seems reasonable for research uses, I'm thinking that if you want to claim you're cloning one, I'm sorry but you've actually gotta de novo that.
One big concern: while their reference method seems reasonable for research uses, I'm thinking that if you want to claim you're cloning one, I'm sorry but you've actually gotta de novo that.
April 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Jess read the “dire wolf” preprint so you don’t have to. A long, exasperated and heroic evening thread by someone who knows what they are talking about, which shows the whole thing to be even more flakey than we thought. We salute you, @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social!
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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
www.cnn.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
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Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies arise during affinity maturation of germline antibodies to carbamylated proteins in rheumatoid arthritis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.22.644346v1
March 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies arise during affinity maturation of germline antibodies to carbamylated proteins in rheumatoid arthritis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.22.644346v1
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📆 Mark your agenda for the 25th European Conference on Computational Biology! It will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 31 August-4 September 2026.
👉 Save the date and stay tuned for more updates as we get ready for #eccb2026
👉 Save the date and stay tuned for more updates as we get ready for #eccb2026
March 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
📆 Mark your agenda for the 25th European Conference on Computational Biology! It will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 31 August-4 September 2026.
👉 Save the date and stay tuned for more updates as we get ready for #eccb2026
👉 Save the date and stay tuned for more updates as we get ready for #eccb2026
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13 chair positions open @inserm.fr to lead a junior research group in France covering #neuroscience, #immunology, #bioinformatics, #bioengineering, #biotherapy, #public health pro.inserm.fr/rubriques/co... 🧪🔬
pro.inserm.fr
March 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
13 chair positions open @inserm.fr to lead a junior research group in France covering #neuroscience, #immunology, #bioinformatics, #bioengineering, #biotherapy, #public health pro.inserm.fr/rubriques/co... 🧪🔬
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6 days left to apply to the Post-doc opening in our lab
@ebi.embl.org to develop&apply #bioinformatics & #machine-learning methods to study intra-/extra cellular networks to extract disease mechanisms from #single-cell and #spatial multiomic data: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
@ebi.embl.org to develop&apply #bioinformatics & #machine-learning methods to study intra-/extra cellular networks to extract disease mechanisms from #single-cell and #spatial multiomic data: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
Postdoctoral fellow - Saez-Rodriguez Group
Your group Saez-Rodriguez Research Group Your supervisor Julio Saez-Rodriguez Your role As a postdoctoral fellow in the Saez Rodriguez group, you will develop and apply computational methods and tools...
embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
6 days left to apply to the Post-doc opening in our lab
@ebi.embl.org to develop&apply #bioinformatics & #machine-learning methods to study intra-/extra cellular networks to extract disease mechanisms from #single-cell and #spatial multiomic data: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
@ebi.embl.org to develop&apply #bioinformatics & #machine-learning methods to study intra-/extra cellular networks to extract disease mechanisms from #single-cell and #spatial multiomic data: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/EMBL/job/Hin...
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We are advertising for a PhD position to study bacterial metabolites in C. elegans, funded by the MRC Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics training programme @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social. Open to UK and international students. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Uncovering bacterial metabolites that can attenuate vitamin B12 deficiency (AKAY_U25MMB) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Uncovering bacterial metabolites that can attenuate vitamin B12 deficiency (AKAY_U25MMB) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
March 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We are advertising for a PhD position to study bacterial metabolites in C. elegans, funded by the MRC Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics training programme @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social. Open to UK and international students. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Today I taught about phenylketonuria and eugenics. An important lesson, especially in times of nazis. Blog post:
#iTeachBio #SciTeachUK
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#iTeachBio #SciTeachUK
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
How I teach the monogenic disorder PKU with a model and some history of eugenics
If you're teaching Mendelian genetics, monogenic disorders are on the cards. But which ones are good examples? The IB has once again decided on PKU (phenylketonuria). In this post, I'll show you how ...
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Today I taught about phenylketonuria and eugenics. An important lesson, especially in times of nazis. Blog post:
#iTeachBio #SciTeachUK
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
#iTeachBio #SciTeachUK
cmooreanderson.wixsite.com/teachingbiol...
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Great article from Ewen Callaway in @nature.com about how #SARSCoV2 has helped us better understand viruses - including the areas where we still have much to learn.
“This was one of the first times where evolutionary biology became an applied science” says @jbloomlab.bsky.social
“This was one of the first times where evolutionary biology became an applied science” says @jbloomlab.bsky.social
Four ways COVID changed virology: lessons from the most sequenced virus of all time
After 150,000 articles and 17 million genome sequences, what has science taught us about SARS-CoV-2?
www.nature.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Great article from Ewen Callaway in @nature.com about how #SARSCoV2 has helped us better understand viruses - including the areas where we still have much to learn.
“This was one of the first times where evolutionary biology became an applied science” says @jbloomlab.bsky.social
“This was one of the first times where evolutionary biology became an applied science” says @jbloomlab.bsky.social
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We are excited to announce a new faculty position here in Cambridge, for researchers in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Come and join us! Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50414/
Assistant/Associate Professor in Computational Biology - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Assistant/Associate Professor in Computational Biology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We are excited to announce a new faculty position here in Cambridge, for researchers in computational and/or theoretical biology, based jointly in Genetics and Mathematics. Come and join us! Happy to answer questions about research, teaching and working here. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50414/
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Exploring #Proteomics?
Join us for a brand new and improved *Analysing Proteomics Data* #bioinformatics #training course this Wednesday 12th March, live online via Zoom
9:30-17:00 GMT/UTC
www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/training.html
Join us for a brand new and improved *Analysing Proteomics Data* #bioinformatics #training course this Wednesday 12th March, live online via Zoom
9:30-17:00 GMT/UTC
www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/training.html
a man is typing on a keyboard in a living room
Alt: a man is typing on a keyboard in a living room
media.tenor.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Exploring #Proteomics?
Join us for a brand new and improved *Analysing Proteomics Data* #bioinformatics #training course this Wednesday 12th March, live online via Zoom
9:30-17:00 GMT/UTC
www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/training.html
Join us for a brand new and improved *Analysing Proteomics Data* #bioinformatics #training course this Wednesday 12th March, live online via Zoom
9:30-17:00 GMT/UTC
www.bioinformatics.babraham.ac.uk/training.html
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A mammoth circus of macabre fantasy and moral bankruptcy.
I got my views on mammoths down. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I got my views on mammoths down. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reviving the woolly mammoth isn’t just unethical. It’s impossible | Adam Rutherford
At a time when US scientists are under attack from their own government, the illiteracy around these elephantine fantasies is dangerous, says geneticist Adam Rutherford
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A mammoth circus of macabre fantasy and moral bankruptcy.
I got my views on mammoths down. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I got my views on mammoths down. Enjoy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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📣📣Are you looking for a postdoc? 📣📣
Does a EU or Horizon Europe assoc country (eg UK, S Korea) seem like a good destination?
These fellowships a great funding option for anyone in the 🌎
👀 Check them out - next call opens 8 May
🧪 👨🔬👩🔬
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
Does a EU or Horizon Europe assoc country (eg UK, S Korea) seem like a good destination?
These fellowships a great funding option for anyone in the 🌎
👀 Check them out - next call opens 8 May
🧪 👨🔬👩🔬
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The information provided on this page is a summary of the main rules and requirements for Postdoctoral Fellowships (PFs) and who can apply for them.
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu
March 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
📣📣Are you looking for a postdoc? 📣📣
Does a EU or Horizon Europe assoc country (eg UK, S Korea) seem like a good destination?
These fellowships a great funding option for anyone in the 🌎
👀 Check them out - next call opens 8 May
🧪 👨🔬👩🔬
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
Does a EU or Horizon Europe assoc country (eg UK, S Korea) seem like a good destination?
These fellowships a great funding option for anyone in the 🌎
👀 Check them out - next call opens 8 May
🧪 👨🔬👩🔬
marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...
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Join the Interdisciplinary Postdoc Fellowship Program at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), one of the best places to do research in modern biology and develop your career.
Great opportunities for statisticians, comp. biologists, AI experts, mathem. modelers!
www.embl.org/eipod-linc
Great opportunities for statisticians, comp. biologists, AI experts, mathem. modelers!
www.embl.org/eipod-linc
November 22, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Join the Interdisciplinary Postdoc Fellowship Program at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), one of the best places to do research in modern biology and develop your career.
Great opportunities for statisticians, comp. biologists, AI experts, mathem. modelers!
www.embl.org/eipod-linc
Great opportunities for statisticians, comp. biologists, AI experts, mathem. modelers!
www.embl.org/eipod-linc
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Are you a postgraduate student interested in protein modelling and drug discovery?
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team at GSK for a 6-9 months internship, working on an ambitious cross-department research project. Apply before March 14th!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team at GSK for a 6-9 months internship, working on an ambitious cross-department research project. Apply before March 14th!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
GSK hiring Computational Biologist in Stevenage, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 11:13:48 PM. Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, Heidelberg - OfficePosted Date: Feb 28 2025We create a…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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March 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Are you a postgraduate student interested in protein modelling and drug discovery?
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team at GSK for a 6-9 months internship, working on an ambitious cross-department research project. Apply before March 14th!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team at GSK for a 6-9 months internship, working on an ambitious cross-department research project. Apply before March 14th!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
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The IMMREP25 TCR specificity prediction challenge is now live on Kaggle!
Get involved: kaggle.com/competitions...
Huge thanks to: Matthew Noakes, @the-dee-em.bsky.social, @everichardson.bsky.social, @bjoernpeters.bsky.social , @adaptivebiotech.bsky.social , IEDB, @airr-community.bsky.social
Get involved: kaggle.com/competitions...
Huge thanks to: Matthew Noakes, @the-dee-em.bsky.social, @everichardson.bsky.social, @bjoernpeters.bsky.social , @adaptivebiotech.bsky.social , IEDB, @airr-community.bsky.social
IMMREP25: TCR Specificity Prediction Challenge
Competitors will make predictions on previously unpublished TCR-epitope binding data in order to benchmark prediction methods.
kaggle.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The IMMREP25 TCR specificity prediction challenge is now live on Kaggle!
Get involved: kaggle.com/competitions...
Huge thanks to: Matthew Noakes, @the-dee-em.bsky.social, @everichardson.bsky.social, @bjoernpeters.bsky.social , @adaptivebiotech.bsky.social , IEDB, @airr-community.bsky.social
Get involved: kaggle.com/competitions...
Huge thanks to: Matthew Noakes, @the-dee-em.bsky.social, @everichardson.bsky.social, @bjoernpeters.bsky.social , @adaptivebiotech.bsky.social , IEDB, @airr-community.bsky.social
PubMed has not been disappeared. It's working fine 👇🏼
March 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
PubMed has not been disappeared. It's working fine 👇🏼
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NCBI websites are patchy at present, but now feel far less secure for long-term storage than they used to.
For sequencing datasets consider using ArrayExpress:
www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/a...
Many, if not all, GEO datasets are on there.
For sequencing datasets consider using ArrayExpress:
www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/a...
Many, if not all, GEO datasets are on there.
BioStudies < The European Bioinformatics Institute < EMBL-EBI
BioStudies – one package for all the data supporting a study
www.ebi.ac.uk
March 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
NCBI websites are patchy at present, but now feel far less secure for long-term storage than they used to.
For sequencing datasets consider using ArrayExpress:
www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/a...
Many, if not all, GEO datasets are on there.
For sequencing datasets consider using ArrayExpress:
www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/a...
Many, if not all, GEO datasets are on there.
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here's one from us @crick.ac.uk: www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
Future Leaders in Biomedical Sciences Scholarships
Open to candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage only.
www.crick.ac.uk
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
here's one from us @crick.ac.uk: www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
The confession of every dog owner
I sometimes have whole conversations with my dog where I answer in his 'voice'. I sometimes do this on our walks and forget I'm in public. I enjoy it and won't stop.
March 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The confession of every dog owner
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I am happy to discuss with any American junior researcher about transitioning from PhD>post-doc or PD>PI in Europe. I have experience in this matter! And for those who want to do a PhD, @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social listed a number of outstanding PhD programs in awesome institutes/cities.
Many US students don’t know how to seek opportunities outside the US. With some help from our colleagues in EU and Canada, we could put together a consolidated website of PhD opportunities and scholarships outside the US, organized by field. There might still be time for this year in some places.
I’m having similar conversations and sharing international opportunities a lot. I’m sure for a lot of US based trainees that feels overwhelming. I moved to Europe for my postdoc.Happy to chat with any trainees about my experience if it would be helpful.
March 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I am happy to discuss with any American junior researcher about transitioning from PhD>post-doc or PD>PI in Europe. I have experience in this matter! And for those who want to do a PhD, @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social listed a number of outstanding PhD programs in awesome institutes/cities.