Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Definition of old genomics guy? When you attend a conference with an old satchel from before the conference name change. #AGTA26 #illumina still there. Some recycled brands too. 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Merch testing with illumina branding. I like the useful stuff. 010
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 13/08/2026My current top 3 favourite new products from Illumina. 1- TruPath 2- 5-base 3- 2 x 500bp MiSeq i100 kits. DRAGEN and ICM software are so important to these too. 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 28/07/2026It’s time to beat the single sock 🧦 Sock monsters 👿 are in every house and ours was hungry. 010
Reposted by Anthony BeckhouseThe AWS News Feed @aws-news.com · 27/07/2026Illumina reanalyzed the 1000 Genomes Project using DRAGEN v4.4 on AWS EC2 to establish an updated analytical baseline for human genetic variation, now publicly available with pangenome-based variant calling and natural language query capabilities.aws-news.comThe 1000 Genomes Project, reanalyzed: A new analytical baseline for human genomicsIllumina reanalyzed the 1000 Genomes Project using DRAGEN v4.4 on AWS EC2 to establish an updated analytical baseline for human genetic variation, now publicly available with pangenome-based variant calling and natural language query capabilities. 032
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 15/07/2026User developed protocol for Illumina 5-base methylation library prep and NEB UltraShear for enzymatic fragmentation. www.protocols.io/view/direct-...protocols.ioDirect enzymatic fragmentation of genomic DNA with NEBNext UltraShear for use with Illumina 5-Base DNA Libr...Direct enzymatic fragmentation of genomic DNA with NEBNext UltraShear for use with Illumina 5-Base DNA Library Prep without post-shearing cleanup. . Read ful... 010
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Job Alert in Singapore: Lead some of the smartest teams at #Illumina on the charge to high-impact growth across APAC, owning both strategy and execution to deliver measurable outcomes using some of the best tools in the #genomics ecosystem. #multiomics Interested?? tinyurl.com/APACStratGro... 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 11/06/20267th Edition of the Illumina Epigenetics Day. Register for the 2 (short) days of presentations. Registration will enable on-demand viewing in APAC regions. (Can't please everyone all the time). tinyurl.com/EpiDay2026 #Epigenetics #EPIC #5Base #methylation #genomics #illumina 033
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 09/06/2026It is here and available to everyone. Illumina Spatial technlogies has been renamed and launched as StrataMap Spatial solution. Big surface area, whole transcriptome, no new instrumentation burden and software that you will love to use. More info on the website: sapac.illumina.com/products/by-...sapac.illumina.comStrataMap Spatial Transcriptome solutionDeliver unbiased whole‑transcriptome sequencing with true cellular‑level spatial resolution in intact tissue sections for any eukaryotic species. 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Don’t forget to apply for #illumina 5 base methylation cancer focused grant program. @cancerbioinfoau.bsky.social #oncology #WGS #sequencing #epigenetics sapac.illumina.com/techniques/s...sapac.illumina.comCancer Research GrantGain a deeper understanding of the genome and epigenome with the Illumina 5‑Base Solution for Cancer Research Grant Contest 021
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Been years since I commuted to work. Off to the @cancerbioinfoau.bsky.social conference today in Brisbane. Still working out what #ConferneceSwag we will have #illumina #bioinformatics #DRAGEN 142
Reposted by Anthony BeckhouseVivienM @vivienm.bsky.social · 02/06/2026For sequencing nerds and all those downstream/upstream of that some head-to-head comparison data relayed by Illumina. Source: www.illumina.com/science/geno...illumina.comIllumina outperforms Complete Genomics/MGI in a head-to-head whole-genome sequencing (WGS) comparisonA head-to-head comparison evaluated WGS using the MGI DNBSEQ-T7 sequencing platform with MegaBOLT v2.4.0 software against the NovaSeq X Series with DRAGEN v4.4 software. 132
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 28/05/2026We are off to the races! #illumina #oncology #MRD 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 28/05/2026In your opinion what’s the most impressive #genomics project? HGP was pretty impressive, FANTOM projects? GEL/UK Biobank? PhiX genome (how much sequencing has that had?) AllofUs? TAGC? ICGC? Billion Cell? EBP? T2T? HCA? Others?? Future projects? 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Illumina’s fastest, just got faster for pathogen sequencing. MiSeq i100 series, Turbo charged 120
Reposted by Anthony BeckhouseAlbert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Illumina publishes a new "HP homopolymer Advanced Recipe" for the NextSeq 2000 instrument line. 071
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 28/04/2026My friend Burak showing people how to sequence with the #MiSeqi100. #illumina 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I’m torn between two feelings on 25th April. Sombre remembrance of brave service men and women on ANZAC day in Aus and NZ.. and excitement for genomics on DNA day! 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Illumina employee number 4, CTO Steve Barnard talks to VP Ashley Van Zeeland about the early days and the #genomics waves that have happened over the last 30 years. Well... 28-ish. #podcast #TheSequence I wonder who will be next in the chair? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hHf...youtube.comFrom startup to global genomics leader: Illumina's The Sequence PodcastYouTube video by Illumina 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 25/03/2026"DRAGEN marks a major milestone in sequencing data analysis" #illumina #DRAGEN #genomics www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comComprehensive genome analysis and variant detection at scale using DRAGEN - Nature BiotechnologyDRAGEN rapidly identifies diverse types of genetic variants. 020
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Cool Field Service Engineering role in Melbourne for #illumina. illumina.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/illumina-car... 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Join the local Melbourne #illumina Field Apps team to specialise in #Bioinformatics. It's a great team, you get to play with #DRAGEN and help customers get the best data for analysis. #genomics #multiomics #singlecell #spatial #transcriptome #epigenetics bit.ly/46o4sRj I can refer the right folks. 043
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Switch from painful #methylation protocols... #Illumina 5-Base plus #DRAGEN and Connected Multiomics make it so much easier. All from a single sample and single sequencing run. bit.ly/3MAr8qA #genomics #multiomics #epigeneticsbit.lyFrom sample to insight: Streamlining analysis with the Illumina 5-base solutionDiscover how the Illumina 5-base solution and DRAGEN pipeline streamline genetic and epigenetic analysis with accurate methylation and variant insights. 020
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I had nothing to do with this great idea but will happily tell those in charge it was worth it @lornegenome.bsky.social #genomics #coffee 120
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 17/02/2026@agbt.bsky.social is coming soon! I miss out again, but #illumina will speak about #multiomics workflows, library prep, #sequencing systems, informatics, analysis and AI. Predictions? #FOMO #DRAGEN #AGBT2026 #genomic Register for on-demand version after the event. tinyurl.com/bddk6ymt 010
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 05/02/2026A little bit of Illumina Seq, a little bit of ONT seq, a little bit of Helicos seq. The sample prep for seq back in the day was hectic! Very happy that his has reached pre-print and ready for review. 110
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 02/02/2026The annual day of boredom at work has come... Online compliance and safety video day. End me. 010
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 17/01/2026One billion cell atlas project from #Illumina and collaborators AstraZeneca, Eli Lily and Merck #singlecell #perturbseq #PIPseq www.illumina.com/company/news...illumina.comIllumina introduces Billion Cell Atlas to accelerate AI and drug discovery 020
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Very happy that Eric Green is joining the team at #illumina bit.ly/453yCbN 030
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 06/01/20261000 MiSeq i100 boxes out in the wild for Illumina 000
Reposted by Anthony BeckhouseTorsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 13/12/2025💾 Shovill 1.4.1 has been released! The best way to de novo assemble microbial genomes from Illumina FASTQ. Major fixes to the SKESA module, plasmid mode for the Spades module, and more error checking. #bioinformatiocs #genomics #microbiology github.com/tseemann/sho...github.comReleases · tseemann/shovill⚡♠️ Assemble bacterial isolate genomes from Illumina paired-end reads - tseemann/shovill 06925
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Updated version with new figure. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... Illumina consteallation early access data. 060
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 25/11/2025@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social on early access data generated by Baylor College of Medicine scientists with Illumina Constellation Mapped Read Technology. #genomics #VariantCalling #DRAGEN #Constellation bit.ly/48wm3I3 051
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Pretty sure that everyone is a spectator on this platform, just waiting for it take off like Twitter did. 030
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 21/11/2025My work laptop is about to celebrate it's 5th birthday. I'm such a lucky guy. #WhoNeedsUpToDateTechnology? 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 18/11/2025I don't often log onto BlueSky.. but every time I do, this ear worm gets into my head. 010
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Koreans love an iced Americano coffee… even when it’s zero degrees C. 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 31/10/2025MoU signed between South African Medical Research Council, Department of Science, Technology & Innovation and Illumina for a comprehensive 110K sample national genomic reference database. Exciting news for Africa and genomics. www.samrc.ac.za/press-releas...samrc.ac.zaSouth Africa Launches Strategic Partnership to Advance National 110K Human Genome Program | SAMRCThe South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) have taken another major step toward advancing genomic and precision medicine researc... 010
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 22/10/2025iPhone 17 delivery date pushed from 22nd October to 17th November... What is going on at #Apple? Will it make it to stores before Christmas? 000
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Good info presented by Illumina R&D folks at ASHG last week. Isoform detection in single cells pairing Illumina 3' Single Cell RNA library prep and MiSeq i100 600 cycle kits on 50M reads flow cells. NovaSeq X 600 cycle kits not far away either! #illumina #singlecell #isoforms #SpliceVariants 010
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Illumina constellation technology gets a preprint after ASHG. Detecting complex genomic variants in samples that could not be assessed with traditional long reads. #Sedlazeck www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...medrxiv.orgConstellation illuminates rare disease geneticsDespite significant advances in genomic sequencing, the resolution of many rare disease cases is still hindered by variant detection limitations. Short reads struggle in homologous regions, and long r... 341
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 18/10/2025MiSeq i100 1000 cycle kits. Shipping week of 20th October. Next week! This is going to open a lot of applications. Illumina does it again, only short read technology doing 1000 cycles. #MiSeq #illumina 011
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 18/10/2025The BEST part about 0% alcohol beer is that after 3 hours of yard work in 28deg C heat… it’s ok to drink at 11am. #peroni 020
Reposted by Anthony BeckhouseDepartment of Neuroscience @monashstmneuro.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Dr Jingni He, one of our research fellows has been selected for one of Illumina's coveted awards, the 2025 Neurogenomics research award for #multiplesclerosis🏅#neuroscience #genomics Read more - sapac.illumina.com/company/news...sapac.illumina.comA recent multiomics pilot study unlocks the mystery of MS and pregnancy remission 011
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 02/10/2025I was blown away by this promo, everyone loves a bargain! Illumina NextSeq 2000 looking more attractive than ever before. Offer valid until 15th Dec 2025. bit.ly/4nBF2WW 021
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Some very impressive numbers coming from Australian Sequencing provider AGRF Ltd. Best 25B flow cell output at over 11Tb on Illumina NovaSeq X. 022
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Happy 3rd birthday to the NovaSeq X! Seems like only yesterday illumina launched their fast, high throughput technology. Time sure does fly. #WholeGenome #sequencing #singlecell #proteomics #multiomics #DRAGEN www.illumina.com/company/news...illumina.comIllumina Unveils Revolutionary NovaSeq X Series to Rapidly Accelerate Genomic Discoveries and Improve Human Health 010
Anthony Beckhouse @antobeck.bsky.social · 21/09/2025I wonder what could possibly happen when the illumina marketing guy and the illumina social media guy meet up for dinner in San Diego? 360