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Sabrina Sadiq
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USyd postdoc 📚 | Virologist 🦠 | Dirt Queen 🏜 | Trekkie 🖖🏽
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Sabrina Sadiq @royalfizzbin.bsky.social · Dec 4
Such a delight to present at #AVS12! Good time to share the paper describing most of what I talked about today (ft. giant trees)
doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2024.110007
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Been a pleasure to work with you all! Can't wait for next year 🤩❤️
September 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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Lilsebastian narna-like virus never gets old
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Sep 3
Some more incredibly valuable advice from Jackie: refine experimental designs, be critical of bioinformatic output, and perhaps most importantly, name your novel viruses something that brings you joy! Like Jackie’s coolest virus name: Lilsebastian narna-like virus.
September 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Fantastic lightning talk @lrnlm.bsky.social 👏👏
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Sep 3
🐢Keeping up the #virology momentum is @lrnlm.bsky.social, exploring the metatranscriptomes of necropsied turtles. Check out the wide range of #parasites, #bacteria, and #viruses identified in these tissues! #MicroSeeq2025
September 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Soil !!!!
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Sep 3
🌲Our final lightning speaker Nilukshi Muthuthanthrige describes microbial community dynamics across different development stages of Pinus radiata in a New Zealand forest. See which bacteria and fungi dominated different stages! #MicroSeq2025 #pinusradiata #soil #microbiome
September 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Your #MicroSeq2025 committee - @mozztacular.bsky.social , Asad Prodhan, @royalfizzbin.bsky.social , Mozammel Hoque, @wytamma.bsky.social , Rebecca Roach, and @rhyshparry.bsky.social - are all here and ready to go! 🫡

Please feel free to reach out to any of us w/ questions or concerns at any time ♥️
September 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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So excited to hear from Jackie tomorrow! 🤩

(Don't tell the others but I specifically gave myself no responsibilities for Jackie's session so I can listen with full attention 😇)
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Sep 1
✨ #MicroSeq2025 Plenary Highlight! ✨
Dr Jackie Mahar is an evolutionary virologist & bioinformatician based at CSIRO, managing projects on NGS-based phylogenomics of zoonotic & animal viruses for pathogen discovery, surveillance & viral ecology.
Register👇
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Photograph of Dr Jackie Mahar, a researcher based at Agriculture Victoria Research. Her portrait is decorated with cartoons of microbes. Dr Jackie Mahar is an invited plenary speaker for MicroSeq2025.
September 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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✨🥳🎉MICROSEQ STARTS TOMORROW!!🎉🥳✨

It’s finally here! #MicroSeq2025 officially kicks off tomorrow at 10:30am AEST.

Registration is open until MIDNIGHT TONIGHT so this is your last chance to get involved! Don't miss out! 👇
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MicroSeq starts tomorrow! MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2025 is supported by The Australian Society for Microbiology, the Australasian Virology Society, and Microbial Genomics. Registration open until 11:59pm, September 2nd, 2025. Participants can register at microseqconference.com.
September 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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✨#MicroSeq2025 Plenary Highlight!✨
Dr Peter Mee is a senior research scientist in the Veterinary Virology group at Agriculture Victoria Research, focused on diagnostic techniques that strengthen agricultural biosecurity & enhance pathogen detection.
Register👇
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Photograph of Dr Peter Mee, a researcher based at Agriculture Victoria Research. His portrait is decorated with cartoons of microbes. Dr Peter Mee is an invited plenary speaker for MicroSeq2025.
August 29, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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✨#MicroSeq2025 Plenary Highlight!✨
Dr Rose Collis’ fascinating research involves applying different genomic methods to assess levels of antimicrobial resistance and waterborne pathogens.
Register👇
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Photograph of Dr Leah Roberts, a researcher based at AgResearch, Bioeconomy Science Institute. Her portrait is decorated with cartoons of microbes. Dr Rose Collis is an invited plenary speaker for MicroSeq2025.
August 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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✨#MicroSeq2025 Plenary Highlight!✨
Dr Leah Roberts is an NHMRC emerging leadership fellow working on mobile genetic elements (eg plasmids) and their impact on bacterial evolution and the transmission of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes.
Register👇
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Photograph of Dr Leah Roberts, a researcher based at The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research. Her portrait is decorated with cartoons of microbes. Dr Leah Roberts is an invited plenary speaker for MicroSeq2025.
August 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Pretty stoked to see this year's space for #MicroSeq2025 ! 🤩

(Currently building it. Right now. So actually very stoked to see it coming together.)
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Aug 18
#MicroSeq2025 is bringing back our ZEP virtual meeting space! Last year, ZEP was a super successful platform for lightning speakers to answer questions & engage in follow-up discussions. Get excited!
Register here👇
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MicroSeq2025 is utilising ZEP as lightning talk discussion space. Each lightning speaker gets a podium in our virtual meeting room, with dedicated time for questions and further discussion, proximity voice chat function, and a great opportunity to network. A screenshot of the MicroSeq2024 ZEP meeting room is shown, with many participant avatars exploring one of four podiums for each lightning speaker, or other "seating" areas for smaller discussions.
August 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Two weeks to #MicroSeq2025! Speakers have been notified and session scheduling is officially underway! Get excited, this is going to be a good one 😎

Registration remains open until September 2nd 👇
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Two weeks to MicroSeq! MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2025 is supported by The Australian Society for Microbiology, the Australasian Virology Society, and Microbial Genomics. Registration open until 11:59pm, September 2nd, 2025. Participants can register at microseqconference.com.
August 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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You’re in luck! 🎉 The deadline for #MicroSeq2025 abstract submission has been EXTENDED by one week! New deadline: ✨11:59pm, Friday August 15, 2025✨ Don’t miss out!

Register right here to submit your abstract 👇
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Registration and abstract submission for MicroSeq2025 is open. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended by one week. The new deadline is August 15, 2025. Participants can register at microseqconference.com. MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2025 is supported by The Australian Society for Microbiology, the Australasian Virology Society, and Microbial Genomics.
August 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Aug 7
We are delighted to announce our plenary speakers for #MicroSeq2025! Dr Rose Collis, Dr Jackie Mahar, Dr Peter Mee, and Dr Leah Roberts! We’ll be treated to four excellent talks across September 3-4. We can’t wait! Register below👇
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MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2025 will feature four plenary speakers: Dr Peter Mee from Agriculture Victoria Research, Dr Leah Roberts from The University of Queensland's Centre for Clinical Research, Dr Rose Collis from the Hopkirk Research Institute, and Dr Jackie Mahar from the Australian Animal Health Laboratory & Health and Biosecurity, Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness, CSIRO. Their profile pictures are decorated with cartoons of microbes.
August 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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You can have microbiology, you can have sequencing data, but then what? #MicroSeq2025 giving some much-deserved love to bioinformaticians developing the brilliant tools that keep our field moving! ❤️💪
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Aug 6
🏆Developers get ready: we’re introducing the new “Innovation in Bioinformatics” award this year!

💰This new $100 cash prize will go to the best talk sharing a new #bioinformatics software/tool/pipeline that’s sure to make an impact in the microbe sequencing field.

#MicroSeq2025
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Aug 5
🏆 #MicroSeq2025 has plenty of awards on offer! 💰 Cash prizes for best talks are sponsored by @aussocmic.bsky.social, @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social, and #MGen.

Plus, loads of merch on offer for the best question of each session! 🖊️📔

Register to submit an abstract👇
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August 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Can vouch for the merch, its really cool
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Aug 5
🏆 #MicroSeq2025 has plenty of awards on offer! 💰 Cash prizes for best talks are sponsored by @aussocmic.bsky.social, @ausvirologysoc.bsky.social, and #MGen.

Plus, loads of merch on offer for the best question of each session! 🖊️📔

Register to submit an abstract👇
trybooking.com/events/landing/1424679
MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2025's cash prizes for best talk ($150) and best lightning talk ($50) are sponsored by The Australian Society for Microbiology. The best virology talk ($100) is sponsored by the Australasian Virology Society. The People's Choice awards for best talk ($100) and best lightning talk ($50) are sponsored by Microbial Genomics. In 2025, the new Innovation in Bioinformatics prize ($100) is being introduced. This prize is specifically for a talk of any length featuring a newly developed bioinformatic software, tool, or pipeline applicable to research utilising the sequencing data of microbes. Merch prizes will be given to the best question asked in each session.
August 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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⏱️ Closing THIS FRIDAY! ⏱️

Register for #MicroSeq2025 below to send through your abstract:
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microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Aug 1
🚨Heads up! 🚨 Abstract submission closes in ONE WEEK! Don’t miss out on this chance to share your research, register and submit your abstract for #MicroSeq2025 now 👇
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microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Jul 23
#MicroSeq2025 has many opportunities for medium and lightning talks. Submit your abstract by August 8 and take advantage of this valuable opportunity to present your work to a welcoming community of fellow ECRs and PhD students! 👇
www.microseqconference.com/registration...
August 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Get those abstracts in! Stoked for this year's lineup already 🤩
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Aug 1
🚨Heads up! 🚨 Abstract submission closes in ONE WEEK! Don’t miss out on this chance to share your research, register and submit your abstract for #MicroSeq2025 now 👇
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microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Jul 23
#MicroSeq2025 has many opportunities for medium and lightning talks. Submit your abstract by August 8 and take advantage of this valuable opportunity to present your work to a welcoming community of fellow ECRs and PhD students! 👇
www.microseqconference.com/registration...
August 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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unep.org
Soil is home to nearly 60% of all species and stores vast amounts of carbon.

Yet, it’s being lost faster than ever.

Why and what can be done?
This article breaks down the threats and solutions: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
July 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Glad to be here 😊 Can't wait for September! I shouldn't spill too much... but I'm getting really excited about the #MicroSeq2025 lineup so far!
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Jul 28
Keep those abstracts coming in! In the meantime, meet your #MicroSeq2025 committee! 👋 All of us are stoked to see you on September 3-4!
Register here 👇
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MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). The organising committee for 2025 comprises seven researchers from Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and Western Australia.
July 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Our study on SARS-CoV-2 dynamics and long COVID in Nepal has made it to preprint 🎉 Huge thanks everyone from BNMT, Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal (CMDN), and the Centre for Pathogen Genomics at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity 👏👏👏

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
The geospatial phylodynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Nepal and clinical phenotype of long COVID during the Delta-Omicron waves
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed gaps in global emerging infectious disease preparedness, particularly for countries with high levels of economic migration, such as Nepal. The Epidemic Intelligence proje...
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July 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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I highly recommend volunteering to chair a session at #MicroSeq2025, especially if you've never done it before. Super low stakes, chill environment with lots of support from the committee. Great place to learn this pretty valuable skill!
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Jul 25
Have you registered for #MicroSeq2025? Are you keen to get even MORE involved? 🤔

Great news! We're seeking chairpeople for each session! To submit an EOI, hit up our DMs or send us an email at MicroSeqConference@gmail.com.

Register for MicroSeq2025 here👇
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MicroSeq2025 is seeking expressions of interests for chairing sessions during the conference. Participants can register at microseqconference.com. MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2025 is supported by The Australian Society for Microbiology, the Australasian Virology Society, and Microbial Genomics.
July 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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#MicroSeq2025 has many opportunities for medium and lightning talks. Submit your abstract by August 8 and take advantage of this valuable opportunity to present your work to a welcoming community of fellow ECRs and PhD students! 👇
www.microseqconference.com/registration...
Registration and abstract submission for MicroSeq2025 is open. Abstract submission closes August 8, 2025. Participants can register at microseqconference.com. Registration is free for the first 50 ECRs and PhD students who are ASM members. MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2025 is supported by The Australian Society for Microbiology, the Australasian Virology Society, and Microbial Genomics.
July 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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🚨Abstract submission & registration for #MicroSeq2025 is OPEN! 🚨Get in quick! The first 50 registrations are FREE for PhD students and ECRs who are current ASM members, thanks to @aussocmic.bsky.social.

Head to our website to register now 👇
www.microseqconference.com/registration...
Registration and abstract submission for MicroSeq2025 is open. Abstract submission closes August 8, 2025. Participants can register at microseqconference.com. MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2025 is supported by The Australian Society for Microbiology, the Australasian Virology Society, and Microbial Genomics.
July 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Happy Friday! A reminder that abstract submission for MicroSeq2025 opens on Monday, July 21st and will remain open until August 8th! Have a great weekend and can't wait to start checking out those abstract soon 🤩 #MicroSeq2025
microseqasm.bsky.social MicroSeq2025 @microseqasm.bsky.social · Jul 14
📣Calling Australian/NZ ECRs and PhD Students 📣 Abstract submission and registration for MicroSeq2025 opens July 21! Abstracts for both medium-length and lightning talks will be welcome.
MicroSeq2025 is an ECR and PhD student-friendly online meeting focused on the interface between sequencing technology and microbiology. being held on 3rd and 4th September, 2025. Registration and abstract submission opens on July 21, 2025 and abstracts are due August 8, 2025. Participants can register at microseqconference.com.
July 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM