Reposted by Sam Mclaughlin 🧫🦕Sam Wilkinson @biowilko.bsky.social · 30/01/2025It's great to see the proper announcement of something we have been working on for so long! @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @meerac.bsky.social @rmcolq.bsky.social @arambaut.bsky.social and many others 😁gov.ukUKHSA launches new metagenomic surveillance for health securityThe UK launches mSCAPE, a world-first metagenomics initiative by UKHSA to enhance health security through rapid pathogen detection and surveillance. 2172
Reposted by Sam Mclaughlin 🧫🦕Sanjee @science-sanjee.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Day 1 for me here at the Gault Nature Reserve and the instrumenet FINESSE is already going strong! 021
Reposted by Sam Mclaughlin 🧫🦕Leibniz Institute DSMZ @leibniz-dsmz.bsky.social · 06/01/2025To honour Antje Boetius for her outstanding contributions to marine microbiology, DSMZ researchers named the strain Streptomyces boetiae (DSM 44917) after her. #herstory #HonoringWomenInSTEM #WomenInScience #marinebiology #expedition 0206
Reposted by Sam Mclaughlin 🧫🦕Deepa Agashe @deepaagashe.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Life isn't even-handed: many cellular components are all either left or right handed. But we are now (uncomfortably) close to being able to make flipped "mirror" cells. A group of us consider and highlight the risks and call for collective effort before we get there. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgConfronting risks of mirror lifeBroad discussion is needed to chart a path forward. 24024