Miguel F. Romero
@miferg.bsky.social
Biologist
Origamist
Martial artist
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Origamist
Martial artist
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This is unacceptable
NIH funding supporting the HMMER and Infernal software projects has been terminated. NIH states that our work, as well as all other federally funded research at Harvard, is of no benefit to the US.
May 30, 2025 at 5:46 AM
This is unacceptable
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Out now, a comprehensive guide to metagenomics -- from sample collection to data analysis. This primer covers best practices, challenges, and applications in health, agriculture & environment. A roadmap for studying microbial communities 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
January 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Out now, a comprehensive guide to metagenomics -- from sample collection to data analysis. This primer covers best practices, challenges, and applications in health, agriculture & environment. A roadmap for studying microbial communities 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Our study ‘The #global #human impact on #biodiversity’ is out in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet.
🧵1/5
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Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet.
🧵1/5
March 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our study ‘The #global #human impact on #biodiversity’ is out in @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet.
🧵1/5
🌍🌐🐟🌿🪲
Unprecedented synthesis of >2000 studies led by @francoiskeck.bsky.social shows humans are not only shrinking species numbers—but reshaping entire communities across the planet.
🧵1/5
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Global Metagenomics Reveals Hidden Protist Diversity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.26.645542v1
March 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Global Metagenomics Reveals Hidden Protist Diversity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.26.645542v1
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The National Research SLAM is March 5, 2025, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm (PT)
Early career researchers from all 17 DOE National Labs will present their research - including #TeamBioSci's own Yumary Vasquez and the giant viruses she works with!
sites.google.com/lbl.gov/nlre...
@berkeleylab.lbl.gov @jgi.doe.gov
Early career researchers from all 17 DOE National Labs will present their research - including #TeamBioSci's own Yumary Vasquez and the giant viruses she works with!
sites.google.com/lbl.gov/nlre...
@berkeleylab.lbl.gov @jgi.doe.gov
February 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The National Research SLAM is March 5, 2025, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm (PT)
Early career researchers from all 17 DOE National Labs will present their research - including #TeamBioSci's own Yumary Vasquez and the giant viruses she works with!
sites.google.com/lbl.gov/nlre...
@berkeleylab.lbl.gov @jgi.doe.gov
Early career researchers from all 17 DOE National Labs will present their research - including #TeamBioSci's own Yumary Vasquez and the giant viruses she works with!
sites.google.com/lbl.gov/nlre...
@berkeleylab.lbl.gov @jgi.doe.gov
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Metatranscriptomes-based sequence similarity networks uncover genetic signatures within parasitic freshwater microbial eukaryotes microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #jcampubs
Metatranscriptomes-based sequence similarity networks uncover genetic signatures within parasitic freshwater microbial eukaryotes - Microbiome
Background Microbial eukaryotes play a crucial role in biochemical cycles and aquatic trophic food webs. Their taxonomic and functional diversity are increasingly well described due to recent advances...
microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Metatranscriptomes-based sequence similarity networks uncover genetic signatures within parasitic freshwater microbial eukaryotes microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #jcampubs
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Mantis shrimp can break glass with their powerful punches. Now we know why they don't break their own claws. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
February 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Mantis shrimp can break glass with their powerful punches. Now we know why they don't break their own claws. That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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Happy New Year! For new Forest Ecologists here: A while ago I put together a Forest Ecology Starter Pack👇 to help build a network of forest 🌲🌳🌴 ecology researchers. The list is now full but you can use it to “seed” your own network: follow folks, get followed, re-post, enjoy! 🌎🧪🌐
go.bsky.app/8ZNK9jy
go.bsky.app/8ZNK9jy
January 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Happy New Year! For new Forest Ecologists here: A while ago I put together a Forest Ecology Starter Pack👇 to help build a network of forest 🌲🌳🌴 ecology researchers. The list is now full but you can use it to “seed” your own network: follow folks, get followed, re-post, enjoy! 🌎🧪🌐
go.bsky.app/8ZNK9jy
go.bsky.app/8ZNK9jy
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The world has been through anti-science cycles before, to disastrous results
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
January 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The world has been through anti-science cycles before, to disastrous results
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data
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In a new Science study, researchers present CASTER, a tool that uses arrangements in DNA sequences known as site patterns to infer “species trees,” which are diagrams that depict the evolutionary relationships among species.
Learn more:
Learn more:
CASTER: Direct species tree inference from whole-genome alignments
Genomes contain mosaics of discordant evolutionary histories, challenging the accurate inference of the tree of life. While genome-wide data are routinely used for discordance-aware phylogenomic analyses, due to modeling and scalability limitations, the...
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January 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In a new Science study, researchers present CASTER, a tool that uses arrangements in DNA sequences known as site patterns to infer “species trees,” which are diagrams that depict the evolutionary relationships among species.
Learn more:
Learn more:
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#SymbioSky #MicroSky
recommended reading 👇
article collection in PLOS: symbiosis across the tree of life
collections.plos.org/collection/s...
recommended reading 👇
article collection in PLOS: symbiosis across the tree of life
collections.plos.org/collection/s...
Symbiosis across the tree of life
The aim of this collection is to showcase symbiotic relationships across the tree of life, exploring their evolutionary basis and underlying mechanisms.
collections.plos.org
January 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
#SymbioSky #MicroSky
recommended reading 👇
article collection in PLOS: symbiosis across the tree of life
collections.plos.org/collection/s...
recommended reading 👇
article collection in PLOS: symbiosis across the tree of life
collections.plos.org/collection/s...
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In Science Advances: "We took a deep dive into over 1.8 million bacterial and archaeal genomes to see how much of their diversity we’ve actually captured. Turns out that despite all the genomes we’ve sequenced, we’ve only scratched the surface." -Dongying Wu
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biosciences.lbl.gov/2025/01/17/t...
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biosciences.lbl.gov/2025/01/17/t...
Taking Stock of the Known and Unknown Microbial Space - Biosciences Area
Using publicly available genome sequence data generated over the past three decades, JGI researchers assess the known fraction of microbial diversity.
biosciences.lbl.gov
January 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In Science Advances: "We took a deep dive into over 1.8 million bacterial and archaeal genomes to see how much of their diversity we’ve actually captured. Turns out that despite all the genomes we’ve sequenced, we’ve only scratched the surface." -Dongying Wu
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biosciences.lbl.gov/2025/01/17/t...
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biosciences.lbl.gov/2025/01/17/t...
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Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop
Want to learn how to use IMG, GOLD, and other @jgi.doe.gov -hosted platforms and tools for microbial and metagenomics?
Register now for the 33rd MGM Workshop in Berkeley
Early bird rates available until Jan 31!
mgm.jgi.doe.gov
Want to learn how to use IMG, GOLD, and other @jgi.doe.gov -hosted platforms and tools for microbial and metagenomics?
Register now for the 33rd MGM Workshop in Berkeley
Early bird rates available until Jan 31!
mgm.jgi.doe.gov
January 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Microbial Genomics & Metagenomics Workshop
Want to learn how to use IMG, GOLD, and other @jgi.doe.gov -hosted platforms and tools for microbial and metagenomics?
Register now for the 33rd MGM Workshop in Berkeley
Early bird rates available until Jan 31!
mgm.jgi.doe.gov
Want to learn how to use IMG, GOLD, and other @jgi.doe.gov -hosted platforms and tools for microbial and metagenomics?
Register now for the 33rd MGM Workshop in Berkeley
Early bird rates available until Jan 31!
mgm.jgi.doe.gov
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"Dormancy in the origin, evolution and persistence of life on Earth"
@royalsociety.org: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@royalsociety.org: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
January 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"Dormancy in the origin, evolution and persistence of life on Earth"
@royalsociety.org: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@royalsociety.org: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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A new @science.org article from 30+ leading international scientists including several @jcvi.org researchers, examines the potential dangers of building ‘mirror life’ — organisms composed entirely of mirror-image biological molecules. 🧪
December 12, 2024 at 7:28 PM
A new @science.org article from 30+ leading international scientists including several @jcvi.org researchers, examines the potential dangers of building ‘mirror life’ — organisms composed entirely of mirror-image biological molecules. 🧪
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Cthulhu by Miguel F. Romero.
From a single uncut square of tissue paper.
miferg-origami.yolasite.com
#origami #折り紙 #art #cthulhu #lovecraft #hplovecraft #horror
From a single uncut square of tissue paper.
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#origami #折り紙 #art #cthulhu #lovecraft #hplovecraft #horror
November 19, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Cthulhu by Miguel F. Romero.
From a single uncut square of tissue paper.
miferg-origami.yolasite.com
#origami #折り紙 #art #cthulhu #lovecraft #hplovecraft #horror
From a single uncut square of tissue paper.
miferg-origami.yolasite.com
#origami #折り紙 #art #cthulhu #lovecraft #hplovecraft #horror