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Genetic variation among microbial strains of the same species can profoundly influence their phenotypes, ecological functions, and impacts on human health. Traditionally, the relative abundance of a s...

A new one-click data transfer feature now connects the Bioplatforms Data Portal directly to Galaxy Australia. Powered by BioCommons Access, this integration lets researchers instantly send large datasets straight to the analysis platform without having to switch.

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Modern computational biology depends heavily on open-source software tools, analysis pipelines, and containerized workflows developed and shared by the research community. While there is extensive gui...

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has become a powerful approach for large-scale biodiversity assessment, yet taxonomic assignment remains one of its most critical error-prone steps. Current bioi...

Title: Understanding plasmid-mediated dissemination of antimicrobial resistance Abstract The rapid rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a...

Abstract. Recent advances in large-scale sequence mining have expanded our knowledge of RNA virus diversity. Most genome mining approaches for detecting RN

Whole genome sequencing of pathogens is costly to implement, and partial sequencing sacrifices information. Here, the authors present Phylo-Plex, a method for identifying information-rich genomic regi...

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

The minister for agriculture, Julie Collins, confirms case of H5N1 bird flu in Western Australia, with another suspected The deadly H5N1 bird flu strain has arrived on the Australian mainland with test results confirming a bird found on the Western Australian coast was positive for the disease. Agriculture minister Julie Collins confirmed a brown skua found unwell last Sunday at Cape Le Grand national park in southern WA died from H5N1. Continue reading...

Life science research increasingly involves the generation of massive datasets that need to be shared, archived, or moved to high-performance computing envir...

A practical workshop to set you up with the foundational knowledge required to run and customise nf-core workflows in a reproducible manner. More information Apply

The growing resistance of Enterobacterales to last-resort antibiotics such as carbapenems puts a significant burden on healthcare systems, also due to plasmids driving a rapid spread of carbapenem res...

In this Software Deep Dive episode, we talk with Dr. Bede Constantinides (University of Birmingham) about Deacon, a tool for removing host DNA reads from metagenomic datasets. We discuss why host read

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BioCommons Access launches in late March 2026 to provide a single sign-on for multiple analysis and data services across our ecosystem. This new system will streamline your research workflow by…

The world is demonstrably vulnerable to biological threats. COVID-19 was a disaster, but future pandemics could be far worse. To protect society from future catastrophe, we need reliable early warning...

BackgroundRobust identification of pathogens is essential for managing patients with symptomatic infection, yet conventional diagnostic methods focus on a su...

Sequencing-based surveillance can enable rapid and sensitive detection of environmental pathogens. The Oslofjord inlet is relatively narrow and is exposed to substantial human activity, including occa...

Retractions correct the scientific record, but they have stigma attached to them. Some in the research community want that to change.