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lukehillary.bsky.social
Viral ecology of "brown stuff" 🏞️💩😷. Interested in how viruses impact their hosts in soils, sludge and stool. Particularly fascinated in RNA viruses. Postdoc at UC Davis working on the impacts of wildfire on soil virus communities.
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The latest from the StatDivLab -- guidance for your #microbiome data analysis with a focus on the #statistics. Planning, deciding, modeling, justifying, communicating, visualizing... "Papers Need Friends" blog post coming shortly.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

🚨🚨🚨Updates are coming for the MIUViG standards/checklist 🚨🚨🚨 If you work with uncultivated virus genomes (i.e. from metaG, metaT, etc), have tried to submit these genomes to a database and found some issues/suggestions, or tried to use these data and have comments/thoughts, please share them !!

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

We're looking for suggestions on how to update and adapt the Minimum Information about an Uncultured Viral Genome (MIUVIG) reporting standard. What works? What needs updating? Check out the survey forms.gle/DPHvMFe8Gsdj... 🧵

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Out now, a comprehensive guide to metagenomics -- from sample collection to data analysis. This primer covers best practices, challenges, and applications in health, agriculture & environment. A roadmap for studying microbial communities 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

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We developed a microscopy-based technique🔬 to measure attachment of viruses #phages to host cells. 🦠 The paper was posted online today: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #phagesky #microsky

submitted 70 days ago • 3 comments

Had a great time with the team at #MMEG2024 and catching up with lab alumnus @lukehillary.bsky.social @marccamb.bsky.social @alejandra1909.bsky.social @sophie-e-powell.bsky.social @alexanderwoodley.bsky.social @g-thomas.bsky.social

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Out in NAR, AntiDefenseFinder & our "systematic" analysis of inhibitors of antiphage systems wt Bondy-Denomy lab led by @ftesson.bsky.social and E. Huiting. Not so "systematic" as very few known, fun stuff on MGE, antidefense islands and cool phages exaptations! academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

It's so nice being back at #MMEG2024 in Southampton finally presenting the results of our study in insect-bacteria interactions @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social @gathomas12.bsky.social

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

MMEG has always been a favourite conference of mine to go to since the first year of my PhD. Great to present some results from my current postdoc on viral community responses to wildfire this year #MMEG2024

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

White paper and perspective published on "Running a queer- and trans-inclusive faculty hiring process"!! Advice for job searches that are better for everyone: writing job adverts + agendas, improving interviews, supporting faculty. Graphics by Callie R. Chappell. sueishaqlab.org/2024/11/22/w...

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Here are some free/open-source sites for the preparation of scientific illustrations, including icon libraries: bioicons.com, scidraw.io, bioart.niaid.nih.gov, inkscape.org, biogdp.com, reactome.org/icon-lib

submitted 103 days ago • 59 comments

I made a quick Starter Pack for scientists working on virus discovery - please reply if you’d like me to add you to the pack (or remove you) or to recommend anyone! #scisky go.bsky.app/HK1wxRb

submitted 104 days ago • 27 comments

Starting the afternoon with the challenging world of soil RNA viruses (but made a bit less challenging by a little DMSO !) with Luke Hillary from the Emerson Lab #VEGA24

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

Have a look at our paper on a new group of pleomorphic viruses infecting marine hyperthermophilic #archaea of the class Archaeoglobi. The virus coexists in a stable relationship with its host. Congrats to Diana Baquero and Eduardo Bignon. @ISMEJ doi.org/10.1093/isme...

submitted 400 days ago • 2 comments

Hey folks! Not entirely sure how to use this app yet, but... I am working with the LTER network to increase field site accessibility and transparency to get more disabled folks in the field! What kinds of things would you want to know when choosing a field site or before going somewhere?

submitted 400 days ago • 2 comments