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Susheel Bhanu Busi

@susheelbusi.bsky.social
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Listening to blossoms falling and watching rocks grow - Group Head, Molecular Ecology @UK_CEH - Jack of all trades, Master of none!

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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#CLEARNeagh is our exciting project about pollution coming into the UK & Ireland's largest freshwater lake - #Lough #Neagh Find out more below 👇
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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Looking forward to presenting our #CLEARNeagh project in the UK Freshwater Quality Research Programme webinar. We’ll explore #eDNA and #AMR monitoring across the catchment which may identify drivers of degradation and support long-term recovery. #freshwater #river #riverpollution #LoughNeagh 🌍💧
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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social group in full strength at this year's #MMEG2025 at University of Birmingham
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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Super excited to see this amazing paper out. Brilliantly led by @amycthorpe.bsky.social in the #MolecularEcology group at @ukceh.bsky.social A huge collaborative effort with the #EnvironmentAgency revealing microbial 🦠 diversity, function, and environmental drivers across England's rivers!
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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I am privileged to be working with an amazing set of #AMR researchers. See below for new studentships starting in the group 👇
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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25 At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR! We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
In October, @brionyjones.bsky.social presented at the European Commission's Joint Research Council in Ispra for a AI4SoilHealth meeting earlier in the month. The presentation title was 'Global F.A.I.R.ness of co-located microbial and soil health data in public genomic repositories.' 🌱🦠🧬
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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
@laurens-colours.bsky.social was recently invited to present at a @britishecologicalsociety.org & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social event on art & science 🎨 Lauren's full talk on scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling can be found here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGdA...
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Scientific storytelling through merging logic and feeling with Dr Lauren Cook
YouTube video by British Ecological Society
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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
@lindsaynewbold.bsky.social also gave a talk recently on the National Honey Monitoring Scheme (NHMS) at the AgZero+ all staff meeting! 🍯 Find out more via the links below ⬇️ NHMS: honey-monitoring.ac.uk AgZero+: agzeroplus.org.uk
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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
📢 Check out below our latest work on national-scale river biofilms led by the brilliant @amycthorpe.bsky.social
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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
@oxonandrew.bsky.social has been on a paper publishing streak recently! As well as the above he has also published a paper on emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa 🧪💊💧 check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Effect-based and (non-)target chemical analyses reveal concerning levels of emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa
Water contamination by micropollutants is a global issue, yet there is limited information from low-income regions. To address this, we evaluated surf…
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
PhD opportunity to work in my lab at UEA, together with @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont “Linking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soils” www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Linking antimicrobial resistance, climate warming, and carbon use efficiency in Arctic soils (HERNANDEZ-GARCIA_UEA_ARIES26) at University of East Anglia, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🚨 New #OpenAccess paper in #Environmental #DNA! 🚨 Led by #TimGoodall @ukceh.bsky.social with @danread.bsky.social we tested whether #soil #eDNA metabarcoding can capture plant #biodiversity & vegetation cover across the UK 🌱 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
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Deciphering Landscape‐Scale Plant Cover and Biodiversity From Soil eDNA
Biodiversity surveys are essential but challenging to conduct at scale, prompting this study to evaluate soil-extracted eDNA as a proxy for traditional field-based surveys for describing plant commun...
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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Have you ever looked at some differentially occurring gene clusters in a microbial #pangenome and thought to yourself "I wonder if they contribute to any metabolic modules"? With the most recent changes, the answer is a few clicks away in #anvio 😇
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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🧪 NEW: Emily Williams reflects on a recent visit to the Falkland Islands as part of a project working with UK Overseas Territories to tackle invasive non-native species — a major threat to island #biodiversity and livelihoods🌿 Read more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... #INNS #blog
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Protecting the unique biodiversity of the Falklands
Emily Williams, an ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, discusses a project to tackle invasive non-native species on the Falkland Islands, which included a recent visit to share knowled...
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🆕 Vacancy! If you want to work with sequencing data derived from cultivated and natural soil microbiomes to understand the role of prokaryotes in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, check our vacancy 🦠 @bioinf.bsky.social‬ 💷 £36,720 to £42,000 p/a 🗓️ Apply by 08 July 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/BSB0Qfh
Social card for vacancy which reads "Research Scientist. Develop pipelines for metagenomic and amplicon sequencing data to understand the role of prokaryotes in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Salary: £36,720 to £42,000. Contract length: 9 months. Apply by 8 July 2025".
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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We have a new 3-year postdoc position in our group at the @hifmb.de to study plasmids and plasmids systems of the marine environment to survey their utility in microbial responses to environmental change. Please see the official job ad here, and spread the word: jobs.awi.de/Vacancies/20...
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PostDoc in ecology and evolution of plasmids in polar waters at HIFMB (f/d/m)
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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Rain or shine ☔️🌞, our #NERC-funded #MICROCYCLE teams are sampling Thames & Avon, uncovering how microbes influence the fate of organic matter🧫💧. @amycthorpe.bsky.social & #TimGoodall in #MolecularEcology in action at @ukceh.bsky.social 🧪 🔗 tinyurl.com/46469ztn #FreshwaterQuality #RiverHealth
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🎂👏 Congratulations to the Natural Environment Research Council on 60 years of enabling world-leading environmental science and the launch of an ambitious new 10-year vision. We look forward to working with NERC to make a meaningful difference. 🔗 NERC Forward Look: www.ukri.org/publications... 🧪
Dr Stuart Wainwright and quote "It's great to see the launch of NERC's Forward Look, with themes that closely align with our own. This highlights both the global challenges we face and the essential role of environmental science in addressing them. Our shared priorities reflect a common belief in the power of world-class science to drive positive change-and we look forward to working closely together to make a meaningful difference
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The Aquatic Ecosystems Group at UKCEH are hosting this great community engagement event a Loch Leven, Scotland. A chance to talk to our scientists about what the Loch means to you: eu1.hubs.ly/H0knhrs0 @ukceh.bsky.social #UKCEH_AquaEco 🧪💦
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Select tickets – Loch Leven Matters – Kinross
Loch Leven Matters - Free water quality science events 11-13 June 2025! When high levels of nutrients from runoff or wastewater...
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Hi all, have you seen that the Aquatic Ecology & Microbial Ecology Groups of the BES are holding a science conference at the Zoological Society of London in September? Registration/abstract submission still open... @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social @bes-microbialgroup.bsky.social #BESAG2025 (1/5) 🧪🌊
A banner for our conference, which is on the 15th-16th September 2025 at ZSL London
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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
@clairecarvell.bsky.social showing how collaborative work between @ukceh.bsky.social & @sangerinstitute.bsky.social leveraged the #BIOSCAN pipeline to uncover 135+ insect families sampled as part of the #UK @pomscheme.bsky.social Presented at @ukdnawg.bsky.social conference at the #RoyalSociety
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Steve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This weekend, Ellie Mackay from the UKCEH Aquatic Ecosystems Group will be talking to the community about the ecology of Windermere (by canoe safari!). A great public engagement event! www.windermeresciencefestival.org/portfolio/ca... #UKCEH_AquaEco @ukceh.bsky.social @ellie-mackay.bsky.social
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Canoe Safari - Windermere Science Festival
Did you know that it takes around 260 days or 8.5 months for water to travel through Windermere? Take a canoe trip with freshwater ecologist Dr Ellie Mackay and learn...
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Are you an undergraduate student interested in a PhD? Apply now to gain experience in a NERC-funded Research Experience Placement this summer – UKCEH scientists are leading some of the projects! E4 placements: e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/further-nerc... GW4+ placements: www.nercgw4plus.ac.uk/undrgrad-pla...
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Research Experience Placements 2025 — NERC GW4+
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
📢 We're excited to announce the #ROBINHydro dataset & paper are published! 🌏 This makes available for wider use data for 2,386 global gauging stations with natural or near-natural catchments— a major step forward in accessible, global-scale streamflow data. 🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
Image of gauging station by a river and text:

ROBIN is a remarkable initiative, creating an open, harmonized foundation for global climate research. It supports scientific collaboration and boosts the visibility and use of regional datasets in international scientific efforts." Dr Camila Alvarez GarretonGauging station at TroutbeckROBIN logo
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
🌡️ A new study by UKCEH & @universityofleeds.bsky.social reveals how wet soils can amplify heatwaves in vulnerable regions See our news: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... Read the full study: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... @johnmarsham.bsky.social @agu.org #heatwaves #HeatStress
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Study reveals how wet soils can amplify heatwaves in vulnerable regions
A UKCEH-led study investigates how humid heat extremes are influenced by soil moisture, particularly from recent rainfall, in regions vulnerable to heatwaves. It highlights the potential for high-reso...
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
I’m happy to share our recent review published in The ISME Journal! Here, we explore the role of CO and H₂ oxidisers in oligotrophic environments. This work was a collaboration with Philippe Constant, Gary King, and @hendrikschaefer.bsky.social. Hope you enjoy it! academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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Metabolism of CO and H2 by pioneer bacteria in volcanic soils and the phyllosphere
Abstract. Trace gas degradation is a widespread metabolic adaptation in microbial communities, driving chemosynthesis and providing auxiliary energy that e
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
🧪 How do you embed #FAIRdata principles into research workflows? Our data stewardship team share how they've customised @fair-wizard.com to improve data management & collaboration—and support the wider NERC research community. 🔗 www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... #EnvironmentalScience #OpenScience
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Implementing FAIR Wizard at UKCEH
Our implementation of FAIR Wizard showcases the value of innovative tools in transforming research data management. By simplifying the creation of high-quality data management plans and promoting unde...
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Chris Rinke @chrisrinke.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
GTDB Release 10-RS226 (16th April 2025) has been published gtdb.ecogenomic.org
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GTDB - Genome Taxonomy Database
The Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) is an initiative to establish a standardised microbial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny.
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
A new @britishecologicalsociety.org report assesses the evidence around #RegenerativeAgriculture approaches 🌱🌾 Co-authors include UKCEH ecologists Prof Bridget Emmett (current President of BES) and Dr Lisa Norton, & contribution from greenhouse gas flux scientist Dr Jenny Rhymes #soil #farming 🧪⤵️
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
We're very proud of our international relations coordinator María Estelí Jarquín on her recent appointment to the Governing Board of the @sciencecouncil.bsky.social 👏🏼 Congratulations to María who will be a strong voice for young scientists across the globe 🌎 🔗 council.science/news/isc-gov...
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Eight distinguished individuals join the ISC Governing Board - International Science Council
The ISC Governing Board has been reconstituted and re-energized at a critical moment for science and society globally.
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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
If you are interested in a postdoc opportunity in Europe, I'd suggest you to consider the EU Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship: ec.europa.eu/info/funding... If you are into marine microbial ecology and evolution, I'd love to support your application (see more at merenlab.org). E-MAIL ME NOW! :)
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EU Funding & Tenders Portal
The Funding and Tenders Portal is the single entry point (the Single Electronic Data Interchange Area) for applicants, contractors and experts in funding programmes and procurements managed by the Eur...
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Holly Tipper @hollytipper.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Catch me and Isobel Stanton discussing #AMR in the environment and wastewater, and what this means for human health 🦠💊🥼 Podcast link below 🔽
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🎧 Resistance Rising: 1.14 million - new podcast episode coming soon! Alice & Sue are a sewage treatment works to explore the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) 🦠 🔔 Subscribe on your favourite podcast app! www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @hollytipper.bsky.social 🧪
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Susheel Bhanu Busi @susheelbusi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Protecting glaciers 🏔️❄️means protecting the future by - securing ecosystems 🌏 - strengthening resilience🔄 We safeguard biodiversity, water resources, and communities (including microbial 🦠) for generations to come. 🌍🏔️❄️ Check out the #𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺
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River Ecosystems Laboratory @EPFL @riverepfl.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Right in time for the UN International Glacier Day: nice contribution on the latest findings from the Vanishing Glaciers Project by @layeb.bsky.social & @riverepfl.bsky.social in theconversation.com/fonte-des-gl...
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Fonte des glaciers : une diversité biologique invisible menacée
Avec la disparition progressive des glaciers sous l’effet du changement climatique, c’est bien plus que de l’eau qui disparaît. Rivières et ruisseaux alimentés par l’eau de fonte nourrissent une diver...
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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
An excellent letter by Dennis Hazelett: www.nature.com/articles/s41... And below is my attempt to motivate people in my group and others elsewhere to read it. Putting it here as well in case it may work on you, too :p
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BES Aquatic Ecology Group @bes-aquaticgroup.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
📢 Delighted to annouce our fifth and final keynote speaker for #BESAG2025! 📢 Dr Joe Taylor, UKCEH "Biodiversity and importance of microbial eukaryotes in lakes" 🌏 Where: ZSL London ⏰ When: 15/16th September 2025 Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/besag2025-... #aquatic #ecology #diversity
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A. Murat Eren (Meren) @merenbey.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
If you have been using #anvio to analyze your microbial pangenomes, we have a new program for you to calculate rarefaction curves or Heaps' Law fit for your gene clusters: anvio.org/help/main/pr... Sorry it took this long :/ But at least t will run on any existing anvi'o pangenome :)
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This will be a really exciting webinar, don't miss it if you are working in the AMR genomics field
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 02/01/2025
OUT NOW: Mapping the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome by Gregoire Michoud, Tom Battin & co www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mapping the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome - Nature Microbiology
Thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes from the Vanishing Glaciers project showcase the interactions between prokaryotes, algae, fungi and viruses in glacier-fed stream environments.
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River Ecosystems Laboratory @EPFL @riverepfl.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
@riverepfl.bsky.social is seeking postdocs performing research on mountain stream biogeochemistry. Please, see advertisement below.
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River Ecosystems Laboratory @EPFL @riverepfl.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Predicting the future of glacier-fed streams and their microbiome by @riverepfl.bsky.social, @layeb.bsky.social, @susheelbusi.bsky.social and friends in www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Well, well done dear Massimo!!!
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Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome - Nature Communications
Little is known about how climate change impacts glacier-fed streams (GFSs) microbiomes. Here, using a modelling framework based on global GFS metagenomic, climatic and environmental data the authors ...
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Rob Edwards @linsalrob.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I have a series of blogs about the SRA that may help: edwards.flinders.edu.au/lab-blog/sra/ Mostly, I use SRA in the Google Cloud (or AWS) to search long lists and get SRR IDs and then fast(er)q-dump to download them edwards.flinders.edu.au/search-sra-m... edwards.flinders.edu.au/fastq-dump/
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SRA
We have a series of posts on how to access data in the NCBI Sequence Read Archive that we have assembled over time. These will hopefully guide you on a journey of discovery through that data!
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
'The UK launches mSCAPE, a world-first metagenomics initiative by UKHSA to enhance health security through rapid pathogen detection and surveillance.'
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Luis Pedro Coelho @luispedrocoelho.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
#reading "Gut microbiota strain richness is species specific and affects engraftment" by Chen-Liaw et al. As usual, quoted text is from manuscript [slight edits], unquoted is mine These are idiosyncratic personal notes, not a comprehensive review! www.nature.com/articles/s41586…
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Gut microbiota strain richness is species specific and affects engraftment - Nature
Strain richness of gut microbiota ecosystems is a key characteristic underpinning engraftment in faecal microbiota transplantation, and could improve the design of defined live biotherapeutic…
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Marcela Hernández @matehg.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Thrilled to share another piece of work from our team, with fantastic collaboration from @drbradbrad.bsky.social! In this study, we explore how competition and facilitation among microbes can regulate the spread of AMR over time in the Arctic.
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Prevalence and dynamics of antimicrobial resistance in pioneer and developing Arctic soils - BMC Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in soil is an ancient phenomenon with widespread spatial presence in terrestrial ecosystems. However, the natural processes shaping the temporal dissemination of AMR in ...
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Samuel Aroney @aroneys.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Excited to introduce the preprint for CoverM: the Swiss Army knife of coverage calculators for metagenomics! 🧬🖥️ DOI: doi.org/10.48550/arX... @benjwoodcroft.bsky.social @viralinstruction.bsky.social @apcamargo.bsky.social
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨😷🧪 NEW: A growing body of evidence shows that pandemics, biodiversity loss, and climate change are part of a broader polycrisis - but there are no simple solutions. A sweeping overview of "Pathogens and planetary change" for the first issue of @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social, out now 🔓 rdcu.be/d6lHl
Top panels: graphs showing increases in spillover events, extinction rates, and temperature anomalies over the last few centuries. Bottom panel: a map of 10 pandemics since the year 1900. Four were linked to agriculture, two to wildlife use, and one to climate change.
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