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Professor Mark Osborn @MicrobialLife
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Professor Mark Osborn@MicrobialLife
18 Dec 2022
Migration... I'm now somewhere else. Same handle as here and I'm sure you can work out where I've gone to. Enjoyed all of the fabulous interactions with so many across this place and hope to meet you again in landscapes new pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pn…

Male mastodon landscape use changed with maturation (late Pleistocene, North America) | PNAS

Under harsh Pleistocene climates, migration and other forms of seasonally patterned landscape use were likely critical for reproductive success of ...

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Thought-provoking and entertaining talk at the @RMIT Leaning and Teaching festival from @jackthwang on how to produce engaging and effective online #science videos for #university students
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Very excited to talk today at the @RMIT Learning & Teaching Festival. I'm talking about the fabulous work undertaken by academics in #Science and learning designers in the #STEM College to develop our new Year 1 #ScienceReimagined courses to set our #students up for success
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Don't normally share my Wordle, but reaching a streak of 200 today is a nice little milestone! Wordle 442 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Fascinating new research in @nature on the divergent pathways and mechanisms in the #evolution of animals and #fungi rdcu.be/cUqV6
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Who is in your gut #microbiome? ...well it depends on which at-home testing kit you use... Insightful piece by @LupoLabs in @TC_Africa for those considering exploring their gut #microbes. theconversation.com/which-mi…

Which microbes live in your gut? A microbiologist tries at-home test kits to see what they reveal...

The types of microbes residing in your gut can affect your mental and physical health. Home microbiome tests promise to help consumers improve the composition of their gut microbes.

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How much virus does a person with #COVID19 exhale? nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Reimagining the conceptual model of #biofilm formation. A recent new #review in @NatureRevMicro #microbiology nature.com/articles/s41579-0…

The biofilm life cycle: expanding the conceptual model of biofilm formation

Nature Reviews Microbiology - In this Review, Bjarnsholt and colleagues propose a revised conceptual model of the biofilm life cycle that encompasses the three major steps of biofilm formation...

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The long wait for #LongCovid treatments: an update on progress on this key #publichealth challenge in @Nature #COVID19 nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Long-COVID treatments: why the world is still waiting

Nature - After a slow start, researchers are beginning to test ways to combat the lasting symptoms of the disease.

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Fantastic to be back teaching 1st year #microbiology practicals this week @RMIT after not being able to run these live labs in 2020-21 due to very necessary #COVID19 lockdowns.
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27 Jul 2022
How humans adapted to digest lactose — after thousands of years of milk drinking go.nature.com/3zaUP6Y

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So important in #science for diverse ideas & views to be voiced. James Lovelock epitomised this with his willingness to challenge orthodoxy & most notably his #Gaia hypothesis. This obituary in @guardian highlights his varied & important contributions. theguardian.com/environment/…

James Lovelock obituary

Scientist, environmentalist, inventor and exponent of the Gaia theory of the Earth as a self-regulating system

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New #bioinformatics tool (COJAC) for early detection and genomic surveillance in #wastewater of #COVID19 SARS-CoV-2 #variants (including of low frequency and potentially emerging variants). Paper in @NatureMicrobiol nature.com/articles/s41564-0…

Early detection and surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 genomic variants in wastewater using COJAC

Nature Microbiology - The bioinformatics method COJAC enables improved population-level surveillance of the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater.

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Concerning new research in @NatureComms demonstrating the utilisation of plastic-associated leachates such as #plasticizers as a carbon source supporting growth of #freshwater #bacteria #plasticpollution nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Thoroughly enjoyed this fabulous biography of #RosalindFranklin. Whilst historical focus is often on the injustice of missing a Nobel & her tragic early death, this balanced bio presents her outstanding science, her positive collaborations & a life lived to the full #WomenInSTEM
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Nearly one in two Australians (46%) estimated to have been infected with #COVID19 by mid June, following a massive increase due to #Omicron and its variants. Estimates based on blood survey analysis. Full story in @GuardianAus on: theguardian.com/world/2022/j…

Almost 50% of Australians had been infected with Covid as of mid-June, blood survey shows

Evidence of past infection was detected in 46.2% of samples, compared with 17% in February

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Interesting approach to reduce sequence contamination during sample preparation in #metagenomics #microbiome analysis using SIFT-seq nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

A metagenomic DNA sequencing assay that is robust against environmental DNA contamination

Nature Communications - The accuracy of metagenomic DNA sequencing is limited by environmental DNA contamination. Here, the authors develop and test SIFT-seq, a metagenomic DNA sequencing assay...

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#Microbes to the rescue! Harnessing the #microbiome to prevent global #biodiverity loss: nature.com/articles/s41564-0…

Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

Nature Microbiology - Careful and responsible microbiome management is a critical strategy to counter biodiversity loss, but practical and regulatory hurdles must be addressed to maximize its utility.

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18 Jul 2022
The State of Environment Report assesses the health of Australia’s environment from the tropics to the poles. The report's three chief authors, @DrEmmaLJohnston (@Sydney_Uni), Ian Cresswell Terri Janke (@UNSW), provide an overview of its findings. bit.ly/3yW9Cm6

This is Australia’s most important report on the environment’s deteriorating health. We present its...

Three chief authors of the State of the Environment Report provide its key findings. While it’s a sobering read, there are a few bright spots.

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At first sight these are beautiful images of the artistry of Bowerbirds, but look more closely and you'll see the display is of our #plasticpollution
Edmond H Wollmann@EdmondHWollmann
15 Jul 2022
The #Bowerbird is an #Artist, creating elaborate structures to attract potential mates and placing a variety of bright objects they collect in and around a bower, spending many hours arranging the collection. #birds
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