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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Celebrating 40 years of Steve Busby’s exceptional research career today @imibirmingham.bsky.social

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

An enjoyable session and very well attended too!

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Oh shit Standford University has made … PhiX

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Terrific new feature presented by @theo.io on @pathoplexus.org called SeqSets for generating DOIs for sequence subsets used in publications, that can then be tracked for impact via CrossRef that will allow data generators to track impact! #IMMEMXiV

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Impressed that this box of Cheez-It’s have a 900 year shelf life.

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

We’ve also heard from 10X Genomics, Ultima Genomics and Single Genomics. Now the eagerly awaited talk about Roche SBX (Nanopore expandomer) sequencing from Bernd Timmerman. Showing we’ve come a long way from the early days of NGS. I still have fond memories of 454.

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Our second keynote was @minomatt.bsky.social describing recent work on intra-operative real time brain tumour classification using Nanopore whole genome sequencing incorporating methylation - huge potential for improving time to diagnosis and optimising treatment pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40392954/

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Fabulous kick off talk at #GenomeScience25 from @matthewcobb.bsky.social discussing just a few of Francis Crick’s great conceptual leaps (and some less stellar moments) in the understanding of molecular biology and evolution as outlined in his new biography: get it on the Xmas list amzn.eu/d/fIPxARk

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We also are working with George Githinji at the KWTRP KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya developing local bioinformatics solutions for rapid and reliable genome sequencing.

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We are continuing to build on our productive training collaboration with WACCBIP at the University of Ghana with Gordon Awandare who is running our West African hub-and-spoke training network:

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We have a widened project team from ARTIC1 including new co-investigators in Africa: @labgenpath.bsky.social (INRB, DRC - PI: Placide Mbala) who helping developing metagenomic surveillance approaches and use cases for detecting "Disease X"

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Time to sit back and hear from a legend of microbiology. @relenski.bsky.social #microbio25

Richard Lenski at a podium at Microbiology Society

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Having said that, my new Big Jet TV hat has lifted the spirits

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

After editing, this very short letter to New Scientist is even shorter now. But I think it gets the point across! @faecalmatters.bsky.social

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 18/07/2024

It's the final day of Genome Science 2024! It's been a really nice meeting and summer has also decided to finally arrive. Our first of the final two keynotes is Deb Williamson from UKHSA discussing linking pathogen genomics to diagnostics.

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

Next up is Shawn Levy (Element Bio) discussing the Aviti platform: intriguingly positioned sequencing platform that is very cost competitive: (image from @omicsomics.bsky.social) omicsomics.blogspot.com/2024/02/post...

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

Next up Richard Durbin from Cambridge talking about latest data from the Darwin Tree of Life project - reasonable to expect >1M species genomes (of total 1.8M named eukaryotes) in next 10 years:

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Excited to announce that after a long hiatus, the original Genome Science meeting is back for 2024! This year we are very excited to go to Bristol for the first time and we have a lovely line-up of great genomics talks and companies attending. bristol.genomescience.org.uk July 16-18 register now!

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/virus-...

Virus Genomics, Evolution and Bioinformatics 6-8 November 2024

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

Happy to be on organising committee for the rebranded Viral Genomics, Evolution and Bioinformatics meeting this November in Hinxton. Some great speakers already accepted! Please register, send abstracts, send to your networks! coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/virus-...

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Spotted on Clarity site today ... now it is clear! Clarity is trying to save the world by making it impossibly annoying to book any travel.

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Memoirs of what feels like another life! Can't have been to more than 4 conferences in past 3 years.

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