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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

21 AUG — #ISME20 Day 5! 🦠 Today we're exploring antibiotic resistance, virus visualisation and a new reversible fixation method. Check out our presentations below! 🔬🌏

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

20 AUG — #ISME20 Day 4! 🦠 Today we're exploring human microbiomes and their plasmids, microbial biogeography, methane cycling and high throughput isolation. Check out our presentations below! 🔬🌏

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

18 AUG — #ISME20 Day 2! 🦠 Today we're exploring microbial functional roles, 16S and gene cluster tools, foodborne pathogens and rumen microbiomes rewiring. Check out our presentations below! 🔬🌏

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

17 AUG — #ISME20 Day 1! 🦠 Today we're exploring AI (machine learning and LLMs), phage phylogeny, novel species recovery and the complex rumen microbiome. Check out our presentations below! 🔬🌏

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Centre for Microbiome Research has a large contingent going to #ISME20 in Auckland next week. See below for our talks, posters and panels! 🌏🔬🦠 Discover new tools and methods to uncover microbial diversity, interactions and function, from individual cells and viruses to global microbiomes.

List of talk, poster and panel appearances for Centre for Microbiome Research staff and students at the International Symposium on Microbial Ecology 20.

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Sarah Bagby @scbagby.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Out today in Nature Microbiology: a paper that started in 2021 with an email from @sullivan-lab.bsky.social. Subject line: "Crazy ideas". www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/23

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🎉 Big congratulations to Dr James Volmer and @luispedrocoelho ! James has been awarded a TRI LINC Grant, and Luis has received a TRI Translation Fellowship. Both are fantastic opportunities to translate their research into clinical applications and drive real-world impact.👏🚀

Dr James Volmer receiving his LINC grant award

Associate Professor Luis Pedro Coelho receiving his TRI Translation Fellowship

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Ben J Woodcroft @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

New paper in mSystems! 🧵 - how much of your metagenome is actually bacterial/archaeal DNA? For many samples, nobody knows. We built SingleM prokaryotic_fraction (SPF) to answer this, then ran it on >100,000 public metagenomes. 🧬🖥️🦠 Here's what we found 👇 doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01062-25

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

First cake of the year! Thanks Pam!

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ISME - International Society for Microbial Ecology @isme-microbes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The ISME Early Career Scientist Committee is glad to begin the year by spotlighting @aroneys.bsky.social, a Postdoctoral Researcher at QUT, and his paper, “Bin Chicken: targeted metagenomic coassembly for the efficient recovery of novel genomes.” doi.org/10.1038/s415... (1/2)

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Celebrating Excellence at the Centre for Microbiome Research! We’re thrilled to share that Gene Tyson, @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social and @luispedrocoelho.bsky.social have once again been named Highly Cited Researchers for 2025 by Clarivate! #HighlyCited2025

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Samuel Aroney @aroneys.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

“Bin Chicken” is now published in Nature Methods! It substantially improves genome recovery through rational coassembly 🧬🖥️. Applied to public 🌍 metagenomes, we recovered 24,000 novel species 🦠, including 6 new phyla. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @rhysnewell.bsky.social 🧵1/6

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Spoiled today by two fantastic talks! Second by Prof Greg Cook about inhibiting greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural soils.

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Excited to hear from Prof Lindsay Hall at our combined CMR and @ace-uq.bsky.social meeting! Bifidobacterium is really important for setting up our gut in early life.

Prof Lindsay Hall presenting about early human development

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Ben J Woodcroft @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

We used Great Oxidation Event as a planet-sized "fossil" to add ancient dates to the Bacterial tree of life. @theconversation.com and @science.org articles show oxygen was used by non-cyanos before that cataclysm, surprisingly. theconversation.com/1-trillion-s... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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1 trillion species, 3 billion years: how we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

A fantastic talk from CMR's Prof Phil Pope (@microbesrule.bsky.social) at today’s QUT School of Biomedical Sciences seminar series. Phil shared how his team uses meta-omic technologies to interrogate the complex microbial communities that are integral to animal health, nutrition and gut function.

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

New Postdoctoral Research Fellow opportunity at CMR! We are looking for a Gut Microbiome Specialist and Microbial Ecologist to join our team as we aim to unravel the complex mechanisms of methanogenesis in the cow rumen. Learn more and apply here: lnkd.in/gs83q68J

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QUT (Queensland University of Technology) hiring Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Gut Microbiome Specialist and Microbial Ecologist in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | LinkedIn

Posted 8:34:26 AM. $79,813 to $108,300Fixed-term, full-timePrincess Alexandria HospitalReference number: 25123Term:…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Don't miss the 2025 Science Festival Brisbane! CMR's Prof Gene Tyson will take part in a panel discussion at the session "Love Your Guts: Health and the Microbiome"—a fascinating exploration of how microbes in our gut shape our health. Find the full program below. worldsciencefestival.com.au

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World Science Festival Brisbane 2025

World Science Festival Brisbane (WSFB) celebrates its spectacular 10th anniversary in 2025 with the vision, Infinite Awe. There are over 200 ways to experience this epic 10 day festival, which brings ...

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Congrats to CMR's Camila Ayala Pintos on submitting her PhD thesis! It has been a pleasure to watch your hard work and dedication over the past few years, and we are so proud of everything you've accomplished. And, as always, thank you to Pam for an incredible cake 🎂🎉

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Congrats to CMR PhD student @iambrettb.bsky.social for taking home the best student speaker prize at this year's MGE Aus meeting 🥳 And another congrats to Ms Lara Carrington on securing the Australian Society for Microbiology Queensland Branch Mobile Genetic Elements Award. Excellent work both 👏👏

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cmrqut.bsky.social @cmrqut.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The Centre for Microbiome Research (CMR) is now engaging with our community on Bluesky! We look forward to using this platform to have meaningful conversations and build stronger connections with researchers and community members around the world. CMR: Asking questions no one has asked 🦠🔬

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