Patrick Biggs
@pjb1440.bsky.social
Computational biology, bacterial genomic epidemiology & comparative genomics. Views & thoughts belong to me, not the bacteria, though they know more. Dog owner. Disparate music tastes (80s; rock & metal; electronic genres). Lifelong Bath Rugby supporter
Great to see this work on #Salmonella in #Aotearoa #NewZealand published, with colleagues from @MasseyUni, @AucklandUni, PIANZ and @PHFScience involved: doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
Temporal reconstruction of a Salmonella Enteritidis ST11 outbreak in New Zealand
Outbreaks caused by Salmonella Enteritidis are commonly linked to eggs and poultry meat internationally, but this serovar had never been detected in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) poultry prior to 2021. Lo...
doi.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Great to see this work on #Salmonella in #Aotearoa #NewZealand published, with colleagues from @MasseyUni, @AucklandUni, PIANZ and @PHFScience involved: doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
Our latest work on Campylobacter vectors and reservoirs on NZ poultry farms has just been published: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/.... Great work from colleagues at @MasseyUni and @PHFScience amongst others.
Longitudinal survey investigating vectors and reservoirs for Campylobacter colonization of chickens on a New Zealand broiler poultry farm | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Campylobacteriosis is the most frequently notified enteric disease in New Zealand, and New Zealand has one of the highest rates of campylobacteriosis among industrialized countries. Reducing Campylobacter colonization of poultry at the farm level would ...
journals.asm.org
September 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Our latest work on Campylobacter vectors and reservoirs on NZ poultry farms has just been published: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/.... Great work from colleagues at @MasseyUni and @PHFScience amongst others.
Great to see this work between @MasseyUni, @scion_research and @uniofgalway on heavy metal resistance and AMR published: www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/14...
Antibiotic and Heavy Metal Resistance in Bacteria from Contaminated Agricultural Soil: Insights from a New Zealand Airstrip
Background/Objectives: Agricultural soils accumulate inorganic contaminants from the application of phosphate fertilisers. An airstrip located at Belmont Regional Park (BRP), near Wellington, New Zeal...
www.mdpi.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Great to see this work between @MasseyUni, @scion_research and @uniofgalway on heavy metal resistance and AMR published: www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/14...
Our latest paper on #metabarcoding in #NZ #Cryptosporidum outbreaks has just been published in the Journal of Infection. Well done all!:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
Redirecting
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Our latest paper on #metabarcoding in #NZ #Cryptosporidum outbreaks has just been published in the Journal of Infection. Well done all!:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
Great to see another MSc student thesis work being published in the @microbiologysociety.org journal Microbial Genomics. Well done Holly et al: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Genomic epidemiology of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli from humans and a river in Aotearoa New Zealand
In Aotearoa New Zealand, urinary tract infections in humans are commonly caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli. This group of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria ar...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
January 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Great to see another MSc student thesis work being published in the @microbiologysociety.org journal Microbial Genomics. Well done Holly et al: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
2 people, 2 hours and 13kg of #blueberries from our local pick your own. That’ll do for the 2025 supply (mostly).
January 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
2 people, 2 hours and 13kg of #blueberries from our local pick your own. That’ll do for the 2025 supply (mostly).
@microbiologysociety.org - good to see you here!
January 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
@microbiologysociety.org - good to see you here!
Our continuing #AgResearch #MasseyUni collaboration results in other #Campylobacter paper. Well done to all those involved:
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New Campylobacter Lineages in New Zealand Freshwater: Pathogenesis and Public Health Implications
The analysis of whole genome sequence data has identified freshwater Campylobacter, providing insights into pathogen diversity, antimicrobial resistance, and recombination events affecting virulence....
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Our continuing #AgResearch #MasseyUni collaboration results in other #Campylobacter paper. Well done to all those involved:
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We are looking for two PhD students - based in Palmerston North - for our recently funded New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund project: www.massey.ac.nz/study/schola.... Applications close on 28-Feb-2025
PhD Scholarship: Freeze-tolerant insects and the microbiome
Two fully funded PhD scholarship are available at Massey University Manawatū New Zealand to study the evolution of freeze-tolerant alpine insects.
www.massey.ac.nz
November 19, 2024 at 10:21 PM
We are looking for two PhD students - based in Palmerston North - for our recently funded New Zealand Royal Society Te Apārangi Marsden Fund project: www.massey.ac.nz/study/schola.... Applications close on 28-Feb-2025
My article has been published today in @PeerJCompSci peerj.com/articles/cs-... #Bioinformatics #DataMiningandMachineLearning #DataScience.
Another chapter from Helen's PhD thesis as a paper. Great effort!
Another chapter from Helen's PhD thesis as a paper. Great effort!
Out of (the) bag—encoding categorical predictors impacts out-of-bag samples
Performance of random forest classification models is often assessed and interpreted using out-of-bag (OOB) samples. Observations which are OOB when a tree is trained may serve as a test set for that ...
peerj.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:23 AM
My article has been published today in @PeerJCompSci peerj.com/articles/cs-... #Bioinformatics #DataMiningandMachineLearning #DataScience.
Another chapter from Helen's PhD thesis as a paper. Great effort!
Another chapter from Helen's PhD thesis as a paper. Great effort!
Because life also has heartache at times. RIP Max, who crossed the rainbow bridge on Friday 18-Oct-2024. He came into our lives as a rescue in Apr-2012, and was thought to be about a year old then. He sadly lost a valiant fight to AGASAC (a kind of adenocarcinoma). We are both heartbroken.
November 13, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Because life also has heartache at times. RIP Max, who crossed the rainbow bridge on Friday 18-Oct-2024. He came into our lives as a rescue in Apr-2012, and was thought to be about a year old then. He sadly lost a valiant fight to AGASAC (a kind of adenocarcinoma). We are both heartbroken.
What will you see from me on this site? Dog and landscape photos (mostly) and papers and posts related to my work. #dogsofbluesky
November 13, 2024 at 5:47 AM
What will you see from me on this site? Dog and landscape photos (mostly) and papers and posts related to my work. #dogsofbluesky
Hello Bluesky world.
Looking for a more brighter outlook from social media, so here's a photo of a bright blue sky from Motueka Sandspit (an internationally important site for migratory and local shorebirds) at the top of the South Island in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Looking for a more brighter outlook from social media, so here's a photo of a bright blue sky from Motueka Sandspit (an internationally important site for migratory and local shorebirds) at the top of the South Island in Aotearoa New Zealand.
November 13, 2024 at 2:59 AM
Hello Bluesky world.
Looking for a more brighter outlook from social media, so here's a photo of a bright blue sky from Motueka Sandspit (an internationally important site for migratory and local shorebirds) at the top of the South Island in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Looking for a more brighter outlook from social media, so here's a photo of a bright blue sky from Motueka Sandspit (an internationally important site for migratory and local shorebirds) at the top of the South Island in Aotearoa New Zealand.