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Torsten Seemann

@torstenseemann.bsky.social
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Professor @ University of Melbourne, Australia Microbial bioinformatics, genomics, software, clinical and public health microbiology tseemann.github.io

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Dutchscientist (the real one) @dutchscientist.bsky.social · 17h
My bacterial genomics experience led me to try Shovill (Spades) from @torstenseemann.bsky.social and I found that with some checking of settings, Shovill did a great job with the Histoplasma SRA samples. Three assemblies were too large/contaminated, but that left me with 403 usable assemblies.
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Rob Edwards @linsalrob.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We're having fun developing post-cloud bioinformatics tools: reimagining some of the bioinformatics canon as local, browser-native applications so your data never has to leave your laptop. Here's the first set: edwards.flinders.edu.au/viz/ Let us know if you want other tools local to your laptop
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-viz
Welcome to the -viz suite of tools: classic bioinformatics tools, reimagined for the browser. agviz · bamviz · genbankviz · phispyviz Each of our tools is a classic bioinformatics tool, but reimagi…
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NCBI Hidden Markov Models (HMM) Release 20.0 18,950 prokaryotic protein HMMs maintained by @ncbi ncbiinsights.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2026/07/01/h... #microbiology #bioinforbioinformatics #genomics
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Now Available! NCBI Hidden Markov Models (HMM) Release 20.0 - NCBI Insights
Download release 20.0 of the NCBI protein profile Hidden Markov models (HMMs) used by the Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline (PGAP). You can search this collection against your favorite prokaryoti...
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"Genome sequence data underwent quality control using FastQC [13]" means "We ran FastQC on all our data, but we didn't really look at, or understand the reports, and we certainly didn't remove any samples from our study." #bioinformatiocsr #humour #reality
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Bérénice Batut @bebatut.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
For more information and to pre-register: training.galaxyproject.org/training-mat... @galaxyproject.bsky.social @galaxytraining.bsky.social
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Galaxy Beyond Basics: Mastering Workflows, Automation, and Scalability
Join us for an **intensive, week-long, in-person training** designed to elevate your Galaxy expertise to new heights. This workshop is tailored for **data scientists, advanced Galaxy users, and team l...
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Excited to discover that two of my software tools (Shovill & Snippy) were used to assemble the genome of the #Hantavirus Andes Chile-9717869 strain. #bioinforbioinformatics #genomics #microbiology www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT95...
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abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Very interesting read. www.asimov.press/p/bioinforma... (Thanks to @torstenseemann.bsky.social for sharing over on the #ABACBS slack)
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A Brief History of Bioinformatics Software
How computer scientists on the fringes of biology made sense of sequencing data.
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Dutchscientist (the real one) @dutchscientist.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... If you ever need lto be convinced by how bad the "Contributed by" track is at @pnas.org ... Only author: David Lipman, handling editor: David Lipman. Only integrity-free person not embarrassed by such a paper: David Lipman. Even uses "I did" in the abstract. Shameful.
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Genomic epidemiology of Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry production: Quantifying the contribution of primary breeders | PNAS
The US broiler production system processes over 9.3 billion chickens annually through a highly integrated pyramid structure where two primary breed...
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Wei Shen 沈 伟 @shenwei356.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Can't wait to release a 10-year-old birthday version for SeqKit! - 10 years - 2 papers, 3500 citations - 20 contributors - 40 subcommands - 880 commits - 500 issues - 685.5K Bioconda total downloads Thank you all, dear contributors and users! I'll keep maintaining it. github.com/shenwei356/s...
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Release SeqKit v2.13.0 (10-year-old birthday version) · shenwei356/seqkit
Changelog SeqKit is 10 years old! SeqKit v2.13.0 - 2026-02-28 seqkit: add support for reading and writing LZ4 compression format. new command: seqkit sample2: improved seqkit sample by @stahiga....
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Joining the All-The-Bacteria project provides an annualised return on investment of 8.9% bacterial genomes.
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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
@wytamma.bsky.social 's WASM tools have transformed my experience of teaching Python to first year undergraduate biologists this year. Since last year, I've been teaching ~400 undergrads how to code (functions, lists, dictionaries, loops) over (one hour intro lecture +) two 2-hour practicals. 1/n
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
It was only a matter of time Google Gemini added music to its image and video offerings... gemini.google.com/app
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A LaTeX package to add coffee strains to your documents😆 framagit.org/Pathe/coffee...
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Patrick / coffeestains · GitLab
This package provides an essential feature to LaTeX that has been missing for too long. It adds a coffee stain to your documents. A lot of time can...
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
framagit.org/Pathe/coffee...
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Patrick / coffeestains · GitLab
This package provides an essential feature to LaTeX that has been missing for too long. It adds a coffee stain to your documents. A lot of time can...
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🃏🔀 Let me shuffle that deck of cards for you! printf "%s\n" {2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,Q,K,A}{♠,♥,♦,♣} | shuf | xargs -n 9 K♣ 5♣ 6♠ 4♠ 3♦ J♦ 7♦ 8♣ 9♠ 2♠ 9♥ J♥ 9♣ 10♠ J♣ Q♥ 7♠ Q♠ 6♥ A♠ 8♠ 10♥ K♥ 10♦ 4♣ A♣ A♥ 5♦ 5♥ 6♣ J♠ Q♣ A♦ 3♣ 4♥ 3♠ 4♦ 3♥ K♠ 7♥ 6♦ 8♦ 7♣ K♦ 8♥ 9♦ 2♥ 5♠ 10♣ Q♦ 2♦ 2♣
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Melbourne Bioinformatics @melbioinf.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
"Intro to R for Biologists" – Learn to visualise biological data with R! Led by Jessica Chung (Melbourne Bioinformatics), this free in-person workshop on 24 February at 21 Bedford St, North Melbourne covers loading data, creating plots with ggplot, and working with RNA-seq data using tidyverse.
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Intro to R for Biologists
Ever wanted to visualise your own data? You can with R!
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
🗜️⚡ If you use gzip/gunzip a lot in your pipelines, switch to the faster"libdeflate" versions instead! They use modern CPU capabilities to achieve a 2-3x speedup. libdeflate is in conda, and "libdeflate-gzip" and "libdeflate-gunzip" are drop-in replacements. #unix github.com/ebiggers/lib...
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GitHub - ebiggers/libdeflate: Heavily optimized library for DEFLATE/zlib/gzip compression and decompression
Heavily optimized library for DEFLATE/zlib/gzip compression and decompression - ebiggers/libdeflate
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
💾 snp-dists 1.2.0 Major upgrade to this distance matrix tool - huge performance gains from multithreading (-j), max distance short circuiting (-x) and lower triangle output (-L). #bioinformatiocs #microbiology #genomics github.com/tseemann/snp...
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Release Go the distance even faster · tseemann/snp-dists
Speed major fix to CPU parallelisation - far better scaling -x maxdiff option to short-circuit distant pairs -L option to only calculate the lower triangle of the matrix (2x faster) Features -t ...
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
💾 any2fasta 0.8.1 is released! The FASTA format is now 40 years old (Pearson & Lipman) and any2fasta makes it easy for your scripts and pipelines that accept FASTA to also accept other formats, even if compressed! eg. .gbk.gz #bioinformatiocs #microbiology #genomcs github.com/tseemann/any...
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Release Next time I'll try to be FASTA · tseemann/any2fasta
New features Option -k is keep processing even when some inputs fail option -g to include GBK version suffix option s to strip desc from>id desc in ID lines Support for PDB protein structure forma...
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Happy Bioinformatics Xmas! The annual celebration of the unknown amino acid. #bioinformatiocs #humour
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
💾 mlst 2.25.0 has been released! Fixed a bug that missed alleles in increasingly larger schemes like senterica (thanks @microbiologikat.bsky.social) and updated the databases. #bioinformatiocs #microbiology #genomics github.com/tseemann/mls...
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Releases · tseemann/mlst
:id: Scan contig files against PubMLST typing schemes - tseemann/mlst
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
💾 Prokka 1.15.6 is released! This is the last major release of Prokka. But don't be sad, because @oschwengers.bsky.social already has an excellent replacement called Bakta you can migrate to. #bioinformatics #microbiology #genomics github.com/tseemann/pro...
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Release Heading into the sunset · tseemann/prokka
The future This is probably the last release of Prokka. I won't be making any code changes except bug fixes. I will update the databases occasionally. I strongly recommend you use Bakta by @oschwen...
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
💾 Shovill 1.4.1 has been released! The best way to de novo assemble microbial genomes from Illumina FASTQ. Major fixes to the SKESA module, plasmid mode for the Spades module, and more error checking. #bioinformatiocs #genomics #microbiology github.com/tseemann/sho...
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Releases · tseemann/shovill
⚡♠️ Assemble bacterial isolate genomes from Illumina paired-end reads - tseemann/shovill
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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Great to visit Melbourne & speak at the Doherty Institute yesterday, hosted by the newly crowned King Professor @torstenseemann.bsky.social . So many great microbial genomics folk out here; today at Monash, seeing @yekwah.bsky.social @kelwyres.bsky.social and co. So much great science+great students
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
💾 ABRicate 1.2.0 has been released! This 'oversight' lasted 6 years, but with help from @finlaym.bsky.social we got CI working and updated all the databases. #bioconda #conda #bioinformatics #microbiology #genomics github.com/tseemann/abr...
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Releases · tseemann/abricate
:mag_right: :pill: Mass screening of contigs for antimicrobial and virulence genes - tseemann/abricate
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
This poster design was the hard work of @wytamma.bsky.social who is implementing Snippy-NG. You should follow him now - an amazing ECR who produces a lot of very cool stuff.
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Jovana Maksimovic @jovmaksimovic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
It's not just because @torstenseemann.bsky.social is a bioinformatics legend but this may be my favourite #abacbs2025 poster because I'm a #trek tragic 🖖
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MicroSeq2026 @microseqasm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🚨Abstract submission & registration for #MicroSeq2025 is OPEN! 🚨Get in quick! The first 50 registrations are FREE for PhD students and ECRs who are current ASM members, thanks to @aussocmic.bsky.social. Head to our website to register now 👇 www.microseqconference.com/registration...
Registration and abstract submission for MicroSeq2025 is open. Abstract submission closes August 8, 2025. Participants can register at microseqconference.com. MicroSeq2025 is an online meeting being held on September 3rd and 4th, focused on research being conducted on sequencing data generated from microbiological samples (bacteria, fungi, and viruses). MicroSeq2025 is supported by The Australian Society for Microbiology, the Australasian Virology Society, and Microbial Genomics.
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Google Slides has a new "Stock images" option when you "Insert Image" - you get these two options for the search term #bioinfortmics ...
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Austin Richardson @agdr.org · 24/05/2025
🚀 Pushed some updates to taxonomy.onecodex.com - Example queries to help you get started - Summary section for easier interpretation - Perf. improvements
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Taxonomy Time Machine
Explore and compare the history of the NCBI Taxonomy Database. Instantly browse, search, and reconstruct taxonomic lineages at any point in time. Open source, web-based, and API-accessible.
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
You might be wondering why we haven't updated outbreak.info for months. Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us. After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent. More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.
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ak-bioinformatics.bsky.social @ak-bioinformatics.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
On more than one occasion I've thought of a cool idea for a bioinformatics program only to realize @torstenseemann.bsky.social already wrote it a decade ago.
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The 1973 edition of Google Maps. #nostalgia #Melbourne
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🚀🧬 MY former colleague @micamer.bsky.social who I worked with in the early years of my career has released a BLAST service (GUI + API options) which replicates the NCBI services but with faster response times.
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
The 10-millionth job run on Galaxy Australia turned out to be my Abricate tool, which itself has been run nearly 500K times. 🤯 If only I had a dollar for every run! 😜
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
While browsing for a new place to rent I came across this bathroom tile design. Makes me want a pixel-art shower one day. Or a valid QR code?
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🦘✂️ Thanks to @cziscience.bsky.social , @wytamma.bsky.social and I are writing the next version of the Snippy bacterial variant calling pipeline. We want your input on what features s it will have. Please fill out this (longish) survey to help make Snippy great again! forms.gle/YJP6WQjsk8KK...
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Snippy: Microbial Variant Calling Community Survey
Help us drive the next wave of innovation in Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) discovery and genome analysis by sharing your valuable experiences and insights. This in-depth survey aims at understa...
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Kelsey Florek @k-florek.net · 28/02/2025
Big thanks to @torstenseemann.bsky.social for hosting me at the Centre for Pathogen Genomics. It was lovely to meet everyone and see the awesome binfo work happening in Asia-Pacific! #Austrakka #Bioinformatics #PublicHealth
Dr. Torsten Seemann and Dr. Kelsey Florek standing in front of a seated audience next to a presentation slide displaying the title "Building Resilient Public Health Genomic Systems with Data Lakes and Automation".
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Want to help build capacity public health pathogen bioinformatics in the Asia Pacific region? 🦘 Based in Melbourne Australia with me ✈️ Travel to and work internationally 🧠 Lead strategy, training & infrastructure Applications close soon! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/9...
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Details : Bioinformatician, International Training & Research : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Don't know who to follow for the best in microbial bioinformatics? This is the Starter Pack you need! bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Really hoping there isn't a Y2.25K bug we missed.
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
When blue screens were what made kids dream.
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Love this poster on the Mandelbrot Set
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Michael Hall @mbhall88.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🌟 Excited to share my latest preprint with @lachlanjmc.bsky.social on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social: "Genome size estimation from long read overlaps”! 🚀 Check it out here: doi.org/10.1101/2024... And find the code here: github.com/mbhall88/lrge 🧵👇
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Martin Hunt @martibartfast.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I just made a first release of TNA - new tool to compare 2 bacterial genomes. Is shamelessly inspired by ACT, but should be simpler to use. Drag-n-drop two genomes: it runs BLAST for you and then you can visualize. For Mac, Windows 11, Linux tna.readthedocs.io
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TNA documentation — TNA 0.0.1 documentation
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I nominate this for #bioinformatiocs tool name of the year. I love it when Aussie home grown software have some "Australiana" in them! 🇦🇺 github.com/AroneyS/binc...
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GitHub - AroneyS/binchicken: Bin Chicken - recovery of low abundance and taxonomically targeted metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) through strategic coassembly
Bin Chicken - recovery of low abundance and taxonomically targeted metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) through strategic coassembly - AroneyS/binchicken
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Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
Today I discovered that there is a street near my house named "Nullarbor Pl". I could take my laptop down there and run "nullabor.pl" at Nullarbor Pl. #coincidence
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