A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".

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Reefs and colons share no taxa, no host, no timescale, but they report stress the same way, which tells us where NOT to look for solutions.

A rare correlative microbiome study careful enough to think with, and an arrow or two I would redraw.

Some personal notes on what we are trying to achieve, and how we are planning to achieve that

Some personal notes on what we are trying to achieve, and how we are planning to achieve that

The pangenome is the total genetic repertoire of a group of organisms. It is a property of populations, maintained by evolutionary processes.

The HUMAN PROGRESS project aims to advance research in the natural sciences by drawing on methods, insights, and knowledge from across the humanities and social sciences. In doing so it also offers fr...

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The myth of open data, reproducibility, responsibility, and accountability in science, and your role in it

Nature Biotechnology - A long-read metagenome assembly method recovers circular and complete genomes better than existing tools.

Data reveal that changes in nutrient levels vary depending on depth and distance from shore—and that these changes are happening more quickly than scientists realized.

Nature Communications - Southern Ocean microbial communities are less well studied. Here, the authors generate a circumpolar-scale gene catalog from 218 metagenomics samples revealing broadscale...

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The study shows that nitrogenase enzymes have maintained stable isotope signatures over billions of years, revealing how ancient microbes shaped Earth’s nitrogen cycle and offering a new experimental ...

Long-read sequence assemblies from metagenomes contain frequent errors.

Long-read sequence assemblies from metagenomes contain frequent errors.

A paper on how microbiologists navigate the tension between reductionism and complexity in their everyday practices, and my 2 cents on it.

Biodiversity decline jeopardizes the foundation of natural ecosystems and human well-being, a concern that prompted major global agreements aiming to bend the curve towards a net positive biodiversity...

A workshop for the future

Scientific Data - A high-resolution diel survey of surface ocean metagenomes, metatranscriptomes, and transfer RNA transcripts

Scientific Data - A high-resolution diel survey of surface ocean metagenomes, metatranscriptomes, and transfer RNA transcripts

Environmental metagenomic explorations show that Mirusviricota lineages lack essential replication and transcription genes and contain spliceosomal introns, suggesting nuclear reproduction.

An anvi'o program. Predict contig circularity from paired-end read alignments in a given BAM file.

AbstractMotivation. Over the past years, substantial numbers of microbial species’ genomes have been deposited outside of conventional INSDC databases.Resu

A means for ECRs to get advice from a senior scientist outside of their support network

Abstract. Metagenomic sequencing enables the in-depth study of microbes and their functions in humans, animals, and the environment. While sequencing data