MicroSeq2025
@microseqasm.bsky.social
Conference for all things microbiology and sequencing for Australasian ERCs & PhD students. Supported by @aussocmic.bsky.social @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social #MGen
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And that’s a wrap of #MicroSeq2025! A huge thanks to all our brilliant presenters, fantastic chairs, and wonderfully engaged audience. We hope you all enjoyed the conference as much as we did, and can’t wait to see you next year at #MicroSeq2026!
September 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
And that’s a wrap of #MicroSeq2025! A huge thanks to all our brilliant presenters, fantastic chairs, and wonderfully engaged audience. We hope you all enjoyed the conference as much as we did, and can’t wait to see you next year at #MicroSeq2026!
🏆It’s Prize Time!🏆 #MicroSeq2025 has lots of prizes on offer, generously sponsored by @aussocmic.bsky.social, @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social, and Microbial Genomics #MGen. Not to mention, some real cool merch on offer for our best questions from each session! 🥳
September 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🏆It’s Prize Time!🏆 #MicroSeq2025 has lots of prizes on offer, generously sponsored by @aussocmic.bsky.social, @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social, and Microbial Genomics #MGen. Not to mention, some real cool merch on offer for our best questions from each session! 🥳
Our final plenary for #MicroSeq2025 is Dr Leah Roberts from The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research. We’re going to hear how she utilises sequencing technologies to investigate plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings 🩺
September 4, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Our final plenary for #MicroSeq2025 is Dr Leah Roberts from The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research. We’re going to hear how she utilises sequencing technologies to investigate plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance in healthcare settings 🩺
Session 2.4 is about to start - our FINAL session for #MicroSeq2025 😭 This session is chaired by @mbhall88.bsky.social and we’re being treated to a plenary talk by Dr Leah Roberts. After that - prizes! 🏅
September 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Session 2.4 is about to start - our FINAL session for #MicroSeq2025 😭 This session is chaired by @mbhall88.bsky.social and we’re being treated to a plenary talk by Dr Leah Roberts. After that - prizes! 🏅
🦠 @bananabenana.bsky.social closes out our ECR talks for #MicroSeq2025 with the first comprehensive atlas of IMP #carbapenemases! Discover novel insights into their structure, mutations, transmission, & widespread endemicity - an under-recognised but important #publichealth threat! #bacteria
September 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
🦠 @bananabenana.bsky.social closes out our ECR talks for #MicroSeq2025 with the first comprehensive atlas of IMP #carbapenemases! Discover novel insights into their structure, mutations, transmission, & widespread endemicity - an under-recognised but important #publichealth threat! #bacteria
🥬Penny Galbraith demonstrates water-derived microbiomes (eg. irrigation) can alter raw plant food #microbiomes all the way from farm to digestion! Check out the way fresh produce acts as an effective link in the environment-to-gut continuum. #MicroSeq2025 #agriculture #foodsafety
September 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
🥬Penny Galbraith demonstrates water-derived microbiomes (eg. irrigation) can alter raw plant food #microbiomes all the way from farm to digestion! Check out the way fresh produce acts as an effective link in the environment-to-gut continuum. #MicroSeq2025 #agriculture #foodsafety
🐖Manavi Muralidhar evaluates #metagenomics as an early pathogen detection method in piggery wastewater samples. Explore the ways metagenomics can monitor disease outbreaks and how to improve sensitivity for successful implementation! #MicroSeq2025 #OneHealth #wastewater
September 4, 2025 at 4:55 AM
🐖Manavi Muralidhar evaluates #metagenomics as an early pathogen detection method in piggery wastewater samples. Explore the ways metagenomics can monitor disease outbreaks and how to improve sensitivity for successful implementation! #MicroSeq2025 #OneHealth #wastewater
🧬 Next up, Mwila Kabwe uses #WGS in combination with traditional #virology methods to characterise a novel Fusobacterium nucleatum #bacteriophage. Exciting new insights into virus-host relationships, evolutionary history, ecology, and function! #MicroSeq2025 #genomics
September 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
🧬 Next up, Mwila Kabwe uses #WGS in combination with traditional #virology methods to characterise a novel Fusobacterium nucleatum #bacteriophage. Exciting new insights into virus-host relationships, evolutionary history, ecology, and function! #MicroSeq2025 #genomics
💾 @himal2007.bsky.social introduces mlstdb, which handles authentication and automates Multi-Locus Sequence Typing scheme downloads from major repositories amidst ongoing data accessibility challenges. “Always Be Validating” - great motto! #MicroSeq2025 #MLST #bioinformatics #databases
September 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
💾 @himal2007.bsky.social introduces mlstdb, which handles authentication and automates Multi-Locus Sequence Typing scheme downloads from major repositories amidst ongoing data accessibility challenges. “Always Be Validating” - great motto! #MicroSeq2025 #MLST #bioinformatics #databases
🧬 Keeping the #guthealth trend going is Marwan Majzoub with our final medium talk for #MicroSeq2025! Take a look at this #metagenomic approach to characterise gut #bacteriophages. Could the phageome help us identify disease determinants and treatment outcome? #virology #microbiome
September 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
🧬 Keeping the #guthealth trend going is Marwan Majzoub with our final medium talk for #MicroSeq2025! Take a look at this #metagenomic approach to characterise gut #bacteriophages. Could the phageome help us identify disease determinants and treatment outcome? #virology #microbiome
🦠Important work on #IBD being done by Mizanur Rahaman! Insights into the gut microbes influencing IBD pathogenesis and the therapeutic potential of natural compounds combating gut dysbiosis and immune dysregulation. #MicroSeq2025 #guthealth #microbiome
September 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
🦠Important work on #IBD being done by Mizanur Rahaman! Insights into the gut microbes influencing IBD pathogenesis and the therapeutic potential of natural compounds combating gut dysbiosis and immune dysregulation. #MicroSeq2025 #guthealth #microbiome
💩 @gazollavolpiano.bsky.social starts us off with a comprehensive study of archaeal diversity and clinical associations in faecal #metagenomic data. Check out what kind of role these strange microbes play in human health! #MicroSeq2025 #archaea #guthealth
September 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
💩 @gazollavolpiano.bsky.social starts us off with a comprehensive study of archaeal diversity and clinical associations in faecal #metagenomic data. Check out what kind of role these strange microbes play in human health! #MicroSeq2025 #archaea #guthealth
Session 2.3 is no less packed! We have talks from @gazollavolpiano.bsky.social , Md Mizanur Rahaman, Marwan Majzoub, @himal2007.bsky.social , Mwila Kabwe, Manavi Muralidhar, Penny Galbraith, and @bananabenana.bsky.social . Our chairs for this session are @munazzahmaqbool.bsky.social and Jia Qi Beh.
September 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Session 2.3 is no less packed! We have talks from @gazollavolpiano.bsky.social , Md Mizanur Rahaman, Marwan Majzoub, @himal2007.bsky.social , Mwila Kabwe, Manavi Muralidhar, Penny Galbraith, and @bananabenana.bsky.social . Our chairs for this session are @munazzahmaqbool.bsky.social and Jia Qi Beh.
Heading back over to ZEP! Keen to hear more from our excellent Session 2.2 lightning speakers 🤩 See you all after lunch! #MicroSeq2025 #networking
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Heading back over to ZEP! Keen to hear more from our excellent Session 2.2 lightning speakers 🤩 See you all after lunch! #MicroSeq2025 #networking
Mina Farzaneh rounds out the session with a pragmatic cohort study using shotgun #metagenomics on faecal samples from over 100 Thoroughbred yearlings. Discover the rich and diverse microbiomes in these horses! #MicroSeq2025 #equine #microbiome
September 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Mina Farzaneh rounds out the session with a pragmatic cohort study using shotgun #metagenomics on faecal samples from over 100 Thoroughbred yearlings. Discover the rich and diverse microbiomes in these horses! #MicroSeq2025 #equine #microbiome
Tune in for Elora Qing Siaw showcasing cross-validation strategies to improve #machinelearning models predicting #antimicrobialresistance. Discover how ML can be generalised to greatly streamline antibacterial studies! #MicroSeq2025 #bioinformatics
September 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Tune in for Elora Qing Siaw showcasing cross-validation strategies to improve #machinelearning models predicting #antimicrobialresistance. Discover how ML can be generalised to greatly streamline antibacterial studies! #MicroSeq2025 #bioinformatics
Next up, @zunairkhm.bsky.social is introducing MxSure, a tool to robustly estimate substitutions rates from pairwise SNP data. Very useful for understanding #evolution, persistence, and #transmission of commensal or pathogenic microbes! #MicroSeq2025 #bioinformatics #microbiome
September 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Next up, @zunairkhm.bsky.social is introducing MxSure, a tool to robustly estimate substitutions rates from pairwise SNP data. Very useful for understanding #evolution, persistence, and #transmission of commensal or pathogenic microbes! #MicroSeq2025 #bioinformatics #microbiome
🧬 @mbhall88.bsky.social presents LRGE, a new tool using long-read overlaps to estimate genome size - no reference needed! Increasing computational efficiency without sacrificing confidence in your estimates. #MicroSeq2025 #bioinformatics #genomics
September 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
🧬 @mbhall88.bsky.social presents LRGE, a new tool using long-read overlaps to estimate genome size - no reference needed! Increasing computational efficiency without sacrificing confidence in your estimates. #MicroSeq2025 #bioinformatics #genomics
Mona Taouk now shows us how not to ruin our #microbial phylogenies! Check out Core-SNP-filter, which counteracts limitations in bacterial #genomics from overly strict-core SNP alignment approaches. #MicroSeq2025 #alignment #bioinformatics
September 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Mona Taouk now shows us how not to ruin our #microbial phylogenies! Check out Core-SNP-filter, which counteracts limitations in bacterial #genomics from overly strict-core SNP alignment approaches. #MicroSeq2025 #alignment #bioinformatics
Johannes Debler takes us through a novel, virus-like, circular genetic element identified in #Ascochyta blight-causing fungal pathogens. Cryptic genomic features influencing pathogen evolution & disease dynamics in #agriculture revealed! #MicroSeq2025 #fungi
September 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Johannes Debler takes us through a novel, virus-like, circular genetic element identified in #Ascochyta blight-causing fungal pathogens. Cryptic genomic features influencing pathogen evolution & disease dynamics in #agriculture revealed! #MicroSeq2025 #fungi
🥬Our next presenter is Huong Pham, providing valuable insights into #foodsafety strategies for supply chains. Check out how #WGS was applied to #Salmonella isolates from leafy greens and their environments to infer transmission routes and diversity. #MicroSeq2025 #agriculture
September 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
🥬Our next presenter is Huong Pham, providing valuable insights into #foodsafety strategies for supply chains. Check out how #WGS was applied to #Salmonella isolates from leafy greens and their environments to infer transmission routes and diversity. #MicroSeq2025 #agriculture
🦠Our first medium talk of #MicroSeq2025 Day 2 is
@rhystwhite.bsky.social talking about the #evolution of a methicillin-resistant #Staphylococcus aureus strain, uncovering the genomic and environmental factors contributing to its #emergence and spread. #bacteria #phylogeny
@rhystwhite.bsky.social talking about the #evolution of a methicillin-resistant #Staphylococcus aureus strain, uncovering the genomic and environmental factors contributing to its #emergence and spread. #bacteria #phylogeny
September 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
🦠Our first medium talk of #MicroSeq2025 Day 2 is
@rhystwhite.bsky.social talking about the #evolution of a methicillin-resistant #Staphylococcus aureus strain, uncovering the genomic and environmental factors contributing to its #emergence and spread. #bacteria #phylogeny
@rhystwhite.bsky.social talking about the #evolution of a methicillin-resistant #Staphylococcus aureus strain, uncovering the genomic and environmental factors contributing to its #emergence and spread. #bacteria #phylogeny
Starting #MicroSeq2025 Day 2 strong with our plenary speaker, Dr Rose Collis. Based at AgResearch in NZ, today Rose is telling us about strategies for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in New Zealand freshwater environments 💧
September 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Starting #MicroSeq2025 Day 2 strong with our plenary speaker, Dr Rose Collis. Based at AgResearch in NZ, today Rose is telling us about strategies for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in New Zealand freshwater environments 💧
Tune in for Miranda Pitt covering the optimisation of a #nanopore #dRNA-seq protocol to uncover novel features of bacterial transcriptomes. Opens up a whole new avenue to track #antimicrobialresistance, virulence, & pathogenicity! #MicroSeq2025 #transcriptomics
Session 2.2 is jam-packed with talks from Miranda Pitt, Huong Pham, @jwdebler.bsky.social, Mona Taouk, Michael Hall, Zunair Khurram, Elora Qing Siaw, and Mina Farzaneh! Our chairs are @gbouras13.bsky.social and Penny Galbraith.
September 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tune in for Miranda Pitt covering the optimisation of a #nanopore #dRNA-seq protocol to uncover novel features of bacterial transcriptomes. Opens up a whole new avenue to track #antimicrobialresistance, virulence, & pathogenicity! #MicroSeq2025 #transcriptomics
Session 2.2 is jam-packed with talks from Miranda Pitt, Huong Pham, @jwdebler.bsky.social, Mona Taouk, Michael Hall, Zunair Khurram, Elora Qing Siaw, and Mina Farzaneh! Our chairs are @gbouras13.bsky.social and Penny Galbraith.
September 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Session 2.2 is jam-packed with talks from Miranda Pitt, Huong Pham, @jwdebler.bsky.social, Mona Taouk, Michael Hall, Zunair Khurram, Elora Qing Siaw, and Mina Farzaneh! Our chairs are @gbouras13.bsky.social and Penny Galbraith.