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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Are you a UK-based researcher working within the #NERC remit? Do you need to expand your #bioinformatics skills for your research? Check our new courses & register your interest neof.org.uk/training/ Courses are online and...FREE! Intro to command line bfx: 6/10, register by 21/9, & many more...

NEOF Training tutors guide attendees of a face to face bioinformatics training course.

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

NEOF opens to new enquiries for projects supporting PhD students from 1st July for one month. Send an enquiry: neof.org.uk/contact/ CONSULT: from 1st to 30th July 2026 SUBMIT BY: 28th August 2026 DECISIONS: early November 2026

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We are pleased to release the next ONLINE bioinformatics courses for UK based researchers working within the NERC remit; these are held online over 2 days and...they are FREE! Register on neof.org.uk/training/ Advanced R Community: 8&10 Sep 2026 (Register by Monday 24/8) and many more...

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Are you a researcher within NERC remit? Do you want to unlock the Power of eDNA? ➡️ attend NEOF's next In-Person Wet Lab & Bioinformatics Training (Sheffield, 13-17/7/26). Register before 1/6! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Attendees of a previous face to face workshop led by NEOF, in the lab for the wetlab aspect.

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Are you looking to integrate the latest genomics & metabolomics into your project? NEOF is offering up to £15k in funding + expert bfx support for pilot & development projects within the NERC remit. Don’t miss out: submit your project overview today neof.org.uk/contact/ Enquiries close 22/1/26!

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Revolutionise your biodiversity surveys with eDNA! 🧬 Our in-person training (Sept 8-12, 2025) covers wet lab techniques (DNA extraction to Illumina library prep) & bioinformatics (raw data to taxonomy & diversity analysis). Choose one or both! Register by July 21st: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Kind feedback from Sarena Banu Hull researcher @eeiathull.bsky.social using mRNA-seq in NEOF-VF to study how climate change affects social amoeba (Dictyostelium discoideum). "Had a great training experience at the well-equipped, supportive, and friendly Sheffield NERC Environmental Omics Facility!"

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Do giraffes struggle with food shortages in the dry season or do their long necks give them an advantage? @uom-ees.bsky.social PhD student @jgranweiler.bsky.social @susanneshultz.bsky.social joins #NEOF to sequence #giraffe faecal samples & uncover how seasonality impacts diet🦒🌿

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

@uniofcam.bsky.social Zoology PhD candidate @sofiadartnell.bsky.social is SNP_typing at NEOF-VF to estimate the number of Bombus terrestris colonies invaded by cuckoo bumblebees (B. vestalis) across varying landscapes. These cuckoos are obligate parasites & may indicate healthy bumblebee habitats

Postgraduate Researcher Sofia Dartnell in the field collecting bumblebees

a bumblebee on a lavender flower in blossom

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Lucy Winder from @uniexecec.bsky.social is visiting the NEOF Visitor Facility to learn how to SNP genotype. She will use this to assess relatedness between individuals in the recently described species of Silk Wasp Spilomena socialis in order to determine whether Spilomena is eusocial.

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

#NEOF supported @CamZoology PhD researcher @dan_cossey is using metabarcoding to detect potential bacterial pathogens and so investigate mass mortality events of #endangered freshwater mussels.

PhD researcher Dan Cossey sampling in the field

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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

NEOF provide ONLINE bioinformatics courses for UK based researchers working within the NERC remit; these are held online over 2 days and ... they are FREE! Visit neof.org.uk/training/ for more info and to register. Next one is Python for bfx: 14th & 16th January 25 - Register by Monday 16/12 noon

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