Around 10% of your Nanopore reads (SQK-RBK114) are incorrectly trimmed. Here is why, and how our new tool Barbell solves it:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Want to get started? github.com/rickbeeloo/b...

Pleased to see this pre-printed, highlighting the completeness/accuracy of @nanoporetech.com long-read genome assembly for clinical Enterobacterales: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thanks to colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @genewiz.bsky.social and @oxfordbrc.bsky.social!

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🚨New post!

www.idstewardship.com/horses-zebra...

❤️ This looks like a really cool kickstarter to join if you are into medicine and games. Learning is hard, gaming can make it fun!

From the creator of @pharmageddon.bsky.social 🙌

cc @empiricgame.bsky.social #IDsky

The new ggplot2 4.0.0 is here! 🎉

This major update includes a foundational rewrite of S7 and user benefits such as smarter labeling and a revamped theming system.

Check the details: www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09...

BONUS: Join the release party on Oct 3, 3pm ET. bit.ly/join-gg-extenders

#RStats

Come see my poster at IMMEM Poster 151.

🔬 QualiBact – provides robust, data-driven QC thresholds for 304 bacterial species, built from >2.4M assemblies (AllTheBacteria + RefSeq).
⚙️ SpecCheck – an open-source command-line tool that applies these standards […]

[Original post on mstdn.science]

ESCMID strongly believes in the importance of unbiased scientific research and discussions amongst the global community. The ESCMID Executive Committee released a commentary on the recent political decisions made in the US.
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119...
#IDSky #Clinmicro

🏆 Research integrity consultant and image forensics expert @elisabethbik.bsky.social has uncovered fraudulent data in over 7,600 scientific papers and exposed the practices of ‘paper mills’ that produce counterfeit scientific articles. She is honoured with the €200K Individual Award. Congrats!

New preprint is out!
We investigate how well you can call variants directly from genome assemblies compared to traditional read-based variant calling.

Read it here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Data & code: github.com/rrwick/Are-r...
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Why does @weare.rladies.org have less than 1000 followers? We can do better than this #rstats folks. It is a terrific account to follow because every week not only we get to know a new member of the #RLadies community but we also get to read their R favorites, tips, and jokes.

Since it's my week as curator 💜, let's dive into infectious disease modelling! 🦠📈

What do ID modellers do?
Use math, data & computer simulations to understand how diseases spread & how we can control them

It's a mix of
📊 Epidemiology
💻 Coding (eg #Rstats/ #Python)
🏥 Public Health

#IDSky #EpiSky

Bioart, courtesy of the NIH. All images are in the public domain and available for download as high-quality SVGs.
bioart.niaid.nih.gov

#RStats

I'm so, so thrilled to finally share the release of Rlinguo, a mobile app that runs R 📱

This is a fully, native mobile app that uses #webR in the backend to run R functions.

Available on the App Store (iPhone) & Play Store (Android)

rtask.thinkr.fr/introducing-...

My replies are perpetually full of anti-vaxxers these days telling me about polio vaccines.

Not shockingly, most of what they are saying is wrong. Luckily, I trained with Vincent Racaniello & he taught me a few things about poliovirus.

So let’s discuss the king of the Picornaviridae👇🏻

Hi folks. My name is Adi Shah, ID doctor at the Mayo Clinic. I love medicine and helping people. I used to make jokes on twitter and don’t take myself too seriously. I am also an immigrant 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 Hello 👋 😀

Are there an medical microbiology or infectious diseases starter packs out there?

Thank you very much team Aalborg for having invited us to become part of this journey to map the environmental microbiome of an entire country. Super exciting findings and a whole section on #nitrifier diversity and abundance in Denmark #MicroSky 🧪

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...