Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 1hAny recommendations for reviews or methods papers or criticisms on inference from microbiomes? Or good/bad studies? Outside my expertise, but have a student who is v interested. 200
Reposted by Zamin IqbalClément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 15hThis point regarding AI-produced proofs is of course not new, but is beautifully put here. www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-en... @quantamagazine.org 47512
Reposted by Zamin IqbalClaus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 18hImplementing oral exams at scale. The paper describes oral exams for hundreds of students, 5 min. each over zoom, administered by graduate TAs. My thoughts: It's doable but not easy. 5 min. is super short, yet it's tough for the TAs do to ~100 exams. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comImplementing Oral Exams at Scale: Experiences from Graduate Student InstructorsThis paper describes the implementation of oral exams, a more authentic and potentially more informative form of assessment than written exams, at a large scale (over 600 students), in the context ... 1104
Reposted by Zamin IqbalMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 14hThe part of your brain that determines how much bullshit you can tolerate at any given time should be called the fucks capacitor. 722954
Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 16hMore archaeal extra-chromosomal elements, following on from the Borg, we have klingons, ferengi, and romulans! They observe a lot of genetic exchange, but I am hoping no star trek sex puns. From Natasha Jablonski, Jillian Banfield and co. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...static.klipy.comStar Trek Vulkan Nerve PinchALT: Star Trek Vulkan Nerve Pinch 080
Reposted by Zamin IqbalAnahid (Ana) @anahidam.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Looking for a #postdoc outside the US, focusing on gut microbiome, AMR dynamics & phage-bacteria interactions. Bridging wet lab and computational approaches🦠👩💻. Hartmann Lab, Northwestern University, defending late 2026. Boosts appreciated 🙏🧫🧪 #microbiome #metagenomics #MicroSky 01825
Reposted by Zamin IqbalBen Vezina @bananabenana.bsky.social · 05/10/2026New #Klebiella pneumoniae #virulence factor just dropped. Interesting that this gene appears to be broadly distributed across Enterobacteriaceae (Fig 5). Likely inherented via common ancestor then I would guess. #KlebClub #MicroSky journals.plos.org/plospathogen...journals.plos.orgGM000287 is a conserved determinant of serum resistance and virulence in Klebsiella pneumoniaeAuthor summary Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) is a major human pathogen responsible for severe infections, including pneumonia and bloodstream infections. To establish infection, Kp must withstand multipl... 021
Reposted by Zamin IqbalMabi Behruznia @mabi-behruznia.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I’m excited to share my first metagenomics preprint 🧬 We used Nanopore metagenomics to compare swabs and sputum for community-acquired pneumonia. Sputum provided stronger pathogen-detection support than swabs, highlighting its potential as a non-invasive sample type for respiratory metagenomics. 273
Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Very relaxed fox in our garden today. I stood in the door and told it I had no food, and it just looked at me, then sat down 1140
Reposted by Zamin IqbalTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 181090328
Reposted by Zamin IqbalDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Things you learn in an elevator: In Switzerland, it is illegal to own a single guinea pig because these animals need social interaction. 1137658
Reposted by Zamin IqbalCharlotte Houldcroft @virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Does anyone know the current Biorxiv screening time? 501
Reposted by Zamin IqbalCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 03/10/2026I have absolutely wondered about this. Amazing. 311794321
Reposted by Zamin IqbalTim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: Partially unsealed court filings show that ICE has been putting photos of people observing their activities into a Palantir-built database as well as tracking and intimidating them. @regret.bsky.social and @dmehro.bsky.social have the details:wired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 39777526
Reposted by Zamin IqbalRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026History is complicated. Last year, I learnt my grandmother's story. She was smuggled out of Berlin in 1936 as an unaccompanied teenager, to British Palestine. There was nowhere else for her to go. Six years later, both her parents were killed by the Nazis www.newstatesman.com/world/europe...newstatesman.comBerlin’s dark past and meIn retracing my family’s steps in the city, I realised becoming German wasn’t as simple as it seemed. 18312
Reposted by Zamin IqbalRosamundi @rosamundi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I had no idea this was an option. 841282
Reposted by Zamin IqbalNature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 30/09/2026Out Now! A generalized lineage nomenclature for viral genomic epidemiology #MicroSkygo.nature.comA generalized lineage nomenclature for viral genomic epidemiologyNature Microbiology, Published online: 30 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02468-3This study extends the Pango lineage nomenclature system beyond SARS-CoV-2, introducing a dynamic framework for tracking and communicating viral diversity, demonstrated through its application to CHIKV. 01613
Reposted by Zamin IqbalIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex... 491094324
Reposted by Zamin IqbalIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity. 55818198
Reposted by Zamin Iqbalglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Golden Wednesday. That was quite an unexpected end to my morning walk. After going up Glastonbury Tor in torrential rain, I was on my way home and the sky cleared in seconds! 201346162
Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Am I going mad - I can't think of good/recent review articles on genotypic prediction of AMR 392
Reposted by Zamin IqbalFreya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This will be a brilliant post with a super team #MicroSky 015
Reposted by Zamin IqbalGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026such a good eg of why political argument matters - polling previously showed over 60% support for keeping triple lock. Argue to unlock it *for something people also want* & numbers can change. (Obv can change back again if someone makes a good argument against, but either way, politics=argument) 1926164
Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Struggling to play half a bar of boogie woogie. Posting this so I can check back in a year 090
Reposted by Zamin IqbalPleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am hiring a postdoc! Are you interested to work on population genetics/ drug resistance/ data? Want to work in Montpellier, France? Fastq files don't scare you? PhD required, start date hopefully Nov 1! (end date Sep 30 2028) Please share! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/p...abetterscientist.wordpress.comPostdoc position on drug resistance evolution in Montpellier, FranceI have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and… 174101
Reposted by Zamin IqbalJonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 29/09/2026These are stunning 1032981690
Reposted by Zamin IqbalAnna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Painting at the Guggenheim aka my department meeting 513616
Reposted by Zamin IqbalMarwa @marwaalawi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you're looking for an AMR conference + an excuse to visit Ireland, I have good news for you! (Link below) Psst... registration costs only EUR50 #antimicrobialresistance www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...maynoothuniversity.ieMaynooth University Antimicrobial Resistance Conference 2026The event features international keynote speakers working at an interdisciplinary interface, contributing to a deeper understanding of how antimicrobial resistance mechanisms develop and spread, as 032
Reposted by Zamin IqbalrOpenSci @ropensci.org · 29/09/2026Coworking and Office Hours next week! Theme: Writing Tests & Testing in R Tuesday October 6th 09:00 Americas Pacific (16:00 UTC) Join Olivier Leroy and @yabellini.bsky.social - Coworking - Add some tests to your work or packages - Chat and discuss our theme! ropensci.org/events/cowor...ropensci.orgSocial Coworking and Office Hours - Writing Tests & Testing in RTry your hand at testing in R, come to socialize, or work on anything you need to get done! 023
Reposted by Zamin IqbalMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026'The Westminster government’s contribution to funding domestic undergraduates studying in England fell in real terms from £8.9 billion in 2012-13 to just £3.3bn in 2024-25, a drop of more than 60 per cent, an analysis has found.' 29694
Reposted by Zamin IqbalSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Times this morning. Me in December last year. It was pretty damn obvious this would happen to anyone who did the maths. samf.substack.com/p/the-oversh... 22696195
Reposted by Zamin Iqbalfroggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org · 28/09/2026Don't tell me - the industry based on the largest wholesale theft in history... stole stuff you gave to it? 042
Reposted by Zamin Iqbalc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'll save you the click-through: A lab at University of Copenhagen had been feeding draft manuscripts & data into "Claude Science" & then Anthropic announces a discovery that this lab made a year ago but hasn't published yet. It's plausible that Claude found the same signatures independently... 7268118
Reposted by Zamin IqbalCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWaycnyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work. 882123874
Reposted by Zamin IqbalDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life. 14195342206
Reposted by Zamin IqbalLisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I can’t get enough of my 88 year old dad‘s stunning photography. Here is one of his latest masterpieces from this past week. Enjoy! 2443537
Reposted by Zamin Iqbalglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A colourful end to the day here in Glastonbury. It was worth the walk I think. Now it is time for a glass of wine 🍷 421681199
Reposted by Zamin IqbalRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I feel you, Daniel L 434384681
Reposted by Zamin IqbalSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Guardian reports Rayner's continued defence of migrants care workers from in Cabinet. Seems to have won that argument for care workers with No 10 + Home Office Big unknown: will anyone protect 250k non-care workers (chefs, vets, architects) from being thrown out www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comAngela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conferenceHousing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rules 16365116
Reposted by Zamin IqbalPetra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026they are on ~vacation~ 🏝️ 224359
Reposted by Zamin IqbalBart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A remarkable Mexica gold serpent labret (lip jewelry), cast by the lost-wax method and fitted with a movable, bifurcated tongue. From Central Mexico, though its exact state of origin is unknown, 1325–1521 CE, it likely marked elite status and powerful speech. 632461
Reposted by Zamin IqbalJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation 2938478842
Reposted by Zamin IqbalRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.theintercept.comDoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam 6584021311824
Reposted by Zamin IqbalBex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 25/09/2026They should merge Manchester City and Manchester United. They could call the new club Manchester United 7898
Reposted by Zamin IqbalJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller. 20747521188
Reposted by Zamin IqbalRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/09/2026Voyager Instruments xkcd.com/3302/ 253078431