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Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz

@vhjarquind.bsky.social
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Postdoc at Forslund lab-MDC Berlin | Microbiome Network Berlin-Brandenburg | JPIAMR-SEARCHER | #parasites 🪱 | #Microbiome 🔬| #AMR 🧬 | wild rodents 🐭 | 🇲🇽

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Sofia Kirke Forslund-Startceva @inanna-nalytica.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Happy to see this out, thanks to extensive development, benchmarking and perseverance step after step by @mrollivander.bsky.social ! We've used versions of this tech for several years and now can offer it more easily to others along with concrete data on the advantages offered.
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Bioinformatics Advances @bioinfoadv.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🔬 Latest research in Bioinformatics Advances: "metadeconfoundR: Covariate analysis of high-dimensional cross-sectional omics data"  See it here: doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbag242 Authors include: @mrollivander.bsky.social, @vhjarquind.bsky.social, @inanna-nalytica.bsky.social
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Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz @vhjarquind.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🚨Published After a long wait, our work was published at NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes this week 🍾 All my recognition to the great work done by Robert! I am very proud of him and grateful to work with him. Check the final version of the manuscript here: rdcu.be/fAT4I
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Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz @vhjarquind.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Great multidisciplinary collaboration with @ecodynizw.bsky.social. Our work highlights the impact of farming practices 🐷 in the resistome from wild mice 🐭 Read more about this story in the joint press release between @IZW and @mdc-berlin.bsky.social and our publication ⬇️ #AMR #Wildlife
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Ecological Dynamics Dept. | IZW Berlin @ecodynizw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
📝"New study on farm mice shows that antibiotic resistance is also an environmental problem, not just a medical one". 👉Read here our latest IZW@leibniz-gemeinschaft.de Press release: t1p.de/s59j5 ...by Gicquel et al, published @natcomms.nature.com #AntibioticResistance #MusMusculus #HealthChallenge
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New study on farm mice shows that antibiotic resistance is also an environmental problem, not just a medical one - Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Antibiotic resistance in humans and farm animals poses a major health challenge. A new study published in the journal ‘Nature Communications’ reveals that this problem does not stop at hospital doors ...
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Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
❗Achtung: geänderte Frist ❗ 📣 Wir suchen Unterstützung! Du hast Erfahrung als Laborassistent_in für Biologie und Chemie? Dann komm zu uns ans Helmholtz-Institut für One Health (HIOH) in Greifswald! Wir suchen eine technische Assistenz (m/w/d). Weitere Infos unter: www.helmholtz-hioh.de/de/jobs/
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Hier finden Sie unsere aktuellen Stellenangebote und gewinnen einen Eindruck über das Arbeiten am HIOH oder das Leben in Greifswald.
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Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) @helmholtz-hioh.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Das Meer ist unser Spiegel – auch bei Antibiotikaresistenzen! Zum Europäischen Tag der Meere lenken wir den Blick unter die Oberfläche. Die Forschung @schauflerlab.org zeigt: #AMR sind kein isoliertes Problem im Menschen. Sie kommen in Tieren, Boden und Gewässern vor. AMR betrifft das gesamte System
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Erika Martínez @eri-bemr.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I had the opportunity to present today my work at #SETACMaastricht My research shows how herbicides can affect not only individual organisms but also microbial interactions, with implications for aquatic ecosystem functioning. Thanks to the organisers and everyone who attended!
Woman scientist presenting her work at SETAC Europe 2026
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Erika Martínez @eri-bemr.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
So excited to be presenting at @setac.bsky.social Europe 36th Annual Meeting! I’ll talk about how metolachlor affects a cyanobacterium–chytrid system, & what this reveals about how environmental stressors reshape microbial interactions in aquatic ecosystems Hope to see u there! #SETACMaastricht
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Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz @vhjarquind.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🚨New preprint out ‼️ Wondering which tool to use for ARG annotation? … 👀 Well, our work shows how different tools lead to different biological conclusions with large disagreements between them! Great collaboration with Juan Inda-Díaz and @bigdatabiology.bsky.social as part of SEARCHER Details👇
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This is an incredibly relevant preprint. Your favourite pipeline and/or AMR gene database cannot be considered authoritative, but neither can others.
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Luis Pedro Coelho @luispedrocoelho.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
More details to follow later, but this has been in the works for almost 6 years, so it is great to finally see it in preprint form: "The elusive resistome: a global comparison reveals large discrepancies among detection pipelines" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Mizrahi Lab @mizrahilab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We often use dimensional reduction to simplify data, but what if geography is the point? In our @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social paper, we explore 3D spatial organization, covering latest methods, findings, and the big questions this frontier opens up. (1/3) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Micro-scale spatial metagenomics opens a new era in microbiome ecology
Understanding microbial communities requires moving beyond 2D representations toward a holistic view that couples 3D spatial organization with ecologi…
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Stephan P. Rosshart @srosshart.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Reposts appreciated! What if standard lab mice miss the real microbial game? Honored to be featured on the May cover @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social: „The microbial companion.“ Our paper “Game of Microbes: A Wildling’s Guide” is out now: dlvr.it/TRl1Zs Thread below with more @cellpress.bsky.social
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Felix M Key @keyfm.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Can we reconstruct ancient pathogen genomes from animal remains? Can paleopathology help prioritize promising specimens? Our new paper demonstrates this by screening more than 300 specimens from across Eurasia over the past 6,000 years. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Probing the zooarchaeological record across time and space for ancient pathogen DNA - Nature Communications
Authors investigate ancient DNA from animal remains and identify multiple signatures of ancient zoonotic pathogens. They find ancient pathogen genomics from archaeological animal remains may inform zo...
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Thomas Clavel @tclavel.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Strain diversity influences microbiome functions, and can be assessed with metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs). But many MAGs are inaccurate! Benchmarking of shotgun sequencing by ⭐ @treichelnicole.bsky.social ⭐ with @nfdi4microbiota.bsky.social , in @natmicrobiol.nature.com 👉 rdcu.be/feAWc
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Benchmarking of shotgun sequencing depth reveals the potential and limitations of shallow metagenomics and strain-level analysis
Nature Microbiology - A comparison of sequencing of complex mock communities performed at multiple depths and analysed using different methods establishes minimum standards that can ensure the...
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Mizrahi Lab @mizrahilab.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Endemic within Endemic🦎 We are happy to share our latest publication in @isme-microbes.bsky.social! This time, we explored the Galápagos marine iguana with a simple question: If these iconic animals are endemic, are their microbes endemic too? The answer is yes! (1/8) doi.org/10.1093/isme...
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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🔊 Looking for a Research Assistant in Bacterial Evolution to join my lab 🦠 🥼Main duties: Research (AMR + microbiome) + lab assistance. ⏲️ Post duration: 30 months 🗓️ Closing date for applications: 20th April 2026 💰 Salary: ~£35k Details and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2a3v66y7 Please share!
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Nature @nature.com · 30/03/2026
Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s Read the full story: go.nature.com/4v4rxmQ
IMPACT OF PARENTHOOD ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT. Line graph shows how the probability of holding a research position changes from four years before to seven years after having children.
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Uli Klümper @ulikluemper.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
🌊🦠Our latest work on water treatment now available as a @biorxivpreprint 🌊🦠 “Reusable immobilised quaternary ammonium particles reduce microbial and resistome burdens without promoting #AMR selection during wastewater post-treatment” 🔗 biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/5
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Nichole Broderick, PhD @nabroderick.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Excited to announce our new journal from @isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Host Microbe is live and now accepting submissions. Look forward to receiving your papers! #Microsky 🧫 🦠
Image of the cover of the 1st volume of ISME Host Microbe a new official journal of the International Society for Microbial Ecology. Cover images shows a plant stomata with bacteria around and entering.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 20/03/2026
A study in Nature Health identifies EastDiet, a new diet rooted in traditional Chinese food elements associated with better adherence, favourable gut microbial profiles, lower rates of central obesity and reduced incidence of major cardiovascular events. go.nature.com/4rSj3wk 🍎📃 🧪
This is figure 2, which shows the association between the EastDiet and health outcomes.
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Willie Neiswanger @willieneis.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Excited to release METAGENE-1, a 7B parameter metagenomic foundation model, built to aid in pathogen detection & pandemic monitoring. Pretrained on 1.5 trillion base pairs of DNA/RNA sequenced from wastewater. A collab w/ USC, PrimeIntellect, & the Nucleic Acid Observatory. metagene.ai
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Metagenomic Foundation Model
Metagenomic Foundation Model for Pandemic Monitoring
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EMBL Events @events.embl.org · 02/03/2026
Registration is now open for the new EMBL Conference #EMBLGutMicrobeFunction! Submit your abstract by 15 September: s.embl.org/gmd26-01-bl 🧬 Join us to explore how we can harness the vast functional diversity of microbes that shape ecosystems across our planet. 🗓️ 8 – 10 December 2026
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Jack A Gilbert @gilbertjacka.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
🌎Can science help safeguard Earth’s wildlife? From habitat loss to climate change, species worldwide are under threat. At #SXSW2026, experts explore how biobanking & digital tools give wildlife a lifeline. 🗓 Mar 17 | 4 PM 📍 JW Marriott, Room 201-202 schedule.sxsw.com/events/PP116...
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Browse events, build your schedule, and get personalized recommendations for the 2026 SXSW Conference & Festivals from March 12–18, 2026 in Austin, TX.
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Luis Pedro Coelho @luispedrocoelho.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I will be speaking at BrisJAMS next week!
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Erika Martínez @eri-bemr.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We must create safe, supportive environments where women and girls can thrive, and develop strategies to dismantle the structural barriers that hinder gender equality in science. Real change goes beyond inspiration, it requires a transformation 🧵2/2 #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience
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Erika Martínez @eri-bemr.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, it’s important to acknowledge how far we have progressed. But we should also recognize that empowerment alone is not enough. 🧵1/2
The poster represent two women scientists. It’s a poster from the UNESCO for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science
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Elin Videvall @elinvidevall.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Excited to announce that I am organizing a symposium on "Microbiomes in Conservation" at #ISME20 in Auckland, New Zealand together with Madeleine van Oppen. Consider submitting an abstract; it will be a fab conference! Deadline Feb 15! isme-microbes.org/isme20-sessi... @isme-microbes.bsky.social
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Invisible allies: the role of microbes in biodiversity conservation – ISME
Convened by Madeleine van Oppen, Australia, and Elin Videvall, Sweden
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Bork Group at EMBL Heidelberg @borklab.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Just published: "Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats" by @podlesny.bsky.social @chanyeong-kim.bsky.social and @jonas-bio.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... See the quoted post below for a thread on the preprint!
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Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats
A planetary-scale analysis of over 85,000 metagenomes establishes a framework for exploring the structure and drivers of global microbial habitats, revealing that generalist species bridge ecological ...
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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A long time ago in a galaxy far away, there was a SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Our paper, led by @martibartfast.bsky.social a) correcting errors in 4.5 million genomes & their phylogeny b) improving representation of the Global South in public data www.nature.com/articles/s41... (thread 1/n)
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Addressing pandemic-wide systematic errors in the SARS-CoV-2 phylogeny - Nature Methods
This Resource paper presents a global SARS-CoV-2 phylogenetic tree of 4,471,579 high-quality genomes consistently constructed by Viridian, an efficient amplicon-aware assembler.
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Daniela Robles-Espinoza @daniela-oaks.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Escuchamos a Renata Sandoval, estudiante de la @lcgej.bsky.social en el lab de @lumoralesr.bsky.social, quien nos contó sobre la dinámica de las frecuencias alelicas en los metagenomas de la fermentación de agave 🇲🇽🌱 #DiasAcademicos2026 @liigh-unam.bsky.social
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Soapbox Science Berlin @berlin-soapbox.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
📣 Call for Speakers! Are you a woman or non-binary scientist ready to share your research with the public? Then, apply to be a speaker at Soapbox Science Berlin 🧪🌍🔭💻🦊🧠 📍 Holzmarkt | 🗓 June 28 ⏰ Applications close Feb 23 👉 Apply now! docs.google.com/document/d/1... #WomeninSTEM #scicomm #wisskomm
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EMBL @embl.org · 22/01/2026
EMBL is deeply saddened by the passing of our Interim Director General Peer Bork, a pioneering scientist who left an indelible imprint on life science research in Europe and beyond. We extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. www.embl.org/news/people-...
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Nature @nature.com · 22/01/2026
"I think the current publication system is a runaway train that is headed for disaster. Without adequate scrutiny, the overall quality of research seems to be degrading." go.nature.com/4b8r0Zq
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I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too
If we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett.
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NAKO Gesundheitsstudie (German National Cohort) @nako.de · 22/01/2026
Scientists showed that depression was more common among current and former smokers than among never-smokers over the course of their lifetime. In addition, a dose-response relationship was observed. 👉 nako.de/en/press-rel...
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NAKO study confirms link between smoking and depression – German National Cohort (NAKO)
A research group led by the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim has confirmed for the first time within the German National Cohort (NAKO) an association between cigarette consumption...
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Segata Lab @cibiocm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🥁 NEW Our study on infant gut microbiome and #straintransmission is now published in @nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s415... 1/10
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Baby-to-baby strain transmission shapes the developing gut microbiome - Nature
A metagenomic survey of babies attending the first year of nursery detected extensive baby-to-baby microbial strain transmission, pointing to social interactions in infancy as crucial drivers of infan...
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Francesco Asnicar @fasnicar.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I'm very happy to share our latest manuscript published today in @nature.com !! ➡️ doi.org/10.1038/s415... We analyzed data from over 34,000 participants in the US and UK, revealing strong associations between specific gut bacteria and markers of cardiometabolic health and dietary habits.
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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
1️⃣2️⃣ top institutions. One goal: advance early disease interception in Berlin. The Einstein Center for Early Disease Interception brings new technologies together to detect disease long before symptoms occur. We sat down with two of its speakers. Full interview: 👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/news/news/ne... 👈
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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🔊 Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial Evolution. Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠 3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share! hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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TARGetAMR @target-amr.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🌍Jan's Monthly Webinar! 🦠Communicating about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – reflecting on challenges, solutions, and social justice concerns 📅19 Jan @ 12pm - Online 🎙 Prof Marina Joubert + ECR presentation from Dorottya Nagy, @UniofOxford & @UKHSA 🔗 www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/co...
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arsweeny.bsky.social @arsweeny.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Pre-holiday preprint! We experimentally manipulated resource availability in a wild rodent population and found pervasive effects on host biology and diverse effects across the parasite community in a naturally co-infected host. Check it out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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TARGetAMR @target-amr.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🎯 What a year for TARGetAMR! In 2025 we: ✅ Welcomed 474 new members ✅ Connected 241 organisations across 56 countries ✅ Hosted 10 webinars reaching 719 people 🌍 Building the UK’s national AMR genomics network! 🚀 Ready for an even bigger 2026? Join us! 👉 www.targetamr.org.uk/community/
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Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz @vhjarquind.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
📌 New preprint Super trilled to share the work of our PhD student Rob Bücking. He did a massive work collecting a large longitudinal globally representative dataset of infant microbiomes to develop a microbiome age index 🌍🍼👶🏻🦠 (1/4)
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arsweeny.bsky.social @arsweeny.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Interested in how life history may shape the gut microbiome of a wild mammal? Keen on getting to work with an iconic long-term study system in Scotland? Check out this PhD opportunity with me, Josephine Pemberton and @gfalbery.bsky.social Reach out to chat more! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Soapbox Science Berlin @berlin-soapbox.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Are you in Berlin this chilly Sunday and looking for something inspiring to do? Join us at Holzmarkt 25 at 15:30 for our event! 6 amazing speakers will share insights on interesting topics in a relaxed atmosphere. Come, meet the scientists, and be part of a great afternoon. See you there! ✨
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Soapbox Science Berlin @berlin-soapbox.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
See you this Sunday for our event “Diverse minds, shared future!” 🌈✨ 📅 November 9, 2025 🕞 15:30–17:30 📍 FORUM, Holzmarkt 25
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Soapbox Science Berlin @berlin-soapbox.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Stay tuned for more inspiring speakers from: “Diverse minds, shared future.” 🌈✨ 📅 November 9, 2025 🕞 15:30–17:30 📍 FORUM, Holzmarkt 25
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Soapbox Science Berlin @berlin-soapbox.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Stay tuned for more inspiring speakers from“Diverse minds, shared future” coming soon! 🌈✨ 📅 November 9, 2025 🕞 15:30–17:30 📍 FORUM, Holzmarkt 25
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Sebastian Schmidt @tsbschm.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Great to see this finally published! Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples now out in @narjournal.bsky.social academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples
Abstract. Metagenomic sequencing enables the in-depth study of microbes and their functions in humans, animals, and the environment. While sequencing data
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