Amphibians are active this time of year, in local ponds woodlands and watercourses. 🐸 Let us know your favourite fully-genome sequenced amphibian via the poll below. 🧬 ⤵️

📅 Join Janet Hemingway on 10 June for the 2nd talk in our #InsectHour series. Explore the science behind mosquito-borne diseases &the efforts tackling one of the world’s most significant public health challenges. 🌍 Free online talk 🎓 Open to all 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/event/insect-…

What a pleasure to meet, write about and photograph the Dream Team that is Project Psyche. 🦋 If you haven't met Charlotte, one of the Project Psyche co-leads, then have a read of my write-up after interviewing her. Hopefully you'll be equally inspired!🦋

Applications for Society Event Grant funding to support eligible members wishing to attend Microbes in Microbiomes 2026 are now open. Apply now before the deadline 15 December 2025 at 23:59 GMT. 🔗Link here: microb.io/AC26Grant #Microbio26 #Microbiology #MiM26

Are you or someone you know an undergrad looking for a genomics internship? 🖥️ Have you heard of the Sanger Prize? 🏆 sanger.ac.uk/about/study/the… Here is the list of eligible countries to apply from: wellcome.org/grant-funding/g… Please re-share so we can amplify this opportunity!🧬

Una Perspectiva Latinoamericana sobre la Investigación del Microbioma Humano. Acabamos de publicar en Nature Communications un artículo sobre el estado de la investigación sobre el microbioma en América Latina y el Caribe (LAC). Es una colaboración con mi colega y amigo Alejandro Reyes de @Uniandes y con colaboradores del @sangerinstitute y de @RutgersU. Este artículo parte de una idea simple: nuestra región tiene una diversidad biológica, cultural y alimentaria enorme, pero sigue prácticamente ausente de los grandes estudios globales del microbioma. Esa ausencia es injusta y limita lo que el mundo puede aprender sobre el funcionamiento del componente microbiano de los seres humanos. LAC es un entorno ideal para estudiar preguntas que no pueden responderse en otras regiones. Las comunidades indígenas y rurales conservan microbiotas ricas y diversas, mientras que las ciudades experimentan cambios rápidos asociados a dietas procesadas y estilos de vida urbanizados. Esto permite observar cómo se pierde la diversidad microbiana y cómo cambian funciones clave en cuestión de años. También destacamos que en la región conviven enfermedades infecciosas, problemas nutricionales y un aumento de las afecciones metabólicas, un escenario que afecta al microbioma de formas que aún no entendemos del todo. Hablamos también de los retos: infraestructura limitada, altos costos de secuenciación, marcos éticos complejos y poca estandarización metodológica. Muchos equipos todavía dependen de colaboraciones en el exterior para procesar y analizar datos. Pero estas limitaciones pueden superarse si trabajamos de manera coordinada. Por eso presentamos el CONSORCIO LATINBIOTA, una iniciativa que busca conectar a investigadoras e investigadores de toda la región para desarrollar protocolos comunes, compartir capacidades, promover la soberanía de los datos y construir proyectos que realmente respondan a nuestras realidades locales. Latinbiota quiere promover el intercambio, fortalecer la formación en bioinformática y microbiología y crear espacios donde la ciencia del microbioma en LAC pueda crecer con liderazgo propio. La diversidad microbiana de América Latina está cambiando rápidamente, y si no la estudiamos y la preservamos ahora, podríamos perder un recurso único para comprender la salud humana. Queremos que cualquier estudiante o investigador de la región tenga acceso a herramientas modernas, a redes colaborativas y a oportunidades de participar en proyectos de alto impacto. Si te interesa trabajar en estos temas, Latinbiota está abierto a nuevas colaboraciones. Puedes contactar al equipo a través de los correos de los autores correspondientes. Es un buen momento para sumarse: hay mucho por hacer y muchas preguntas que solo podemos responder desde América Latina. nature.com/articles/s41467-0… @CayetanoHeredia @upchfaci @IMTAVH_UPCH

I am so looking forward to scooping up a friends spare ticket and attending the @cammusicfest this Saturday to enjoy Shostakovich String Quartet No. 4 & 9. What a treat to hear the quartet Quatour Danel play live. 🎶 You can find them on Spotify ⤵️🎶 open.spotify.com/search/Quat…

I had so much fun interviewing, photographing, and writing about Beatriz. As the current Sanger Prize holder at the @sangerinstitute, Beatriz has come to the UK from Brazil for three months to study genomics. I found hers to be an inspirational story. ⤵️ sangerinstitute.blog/2025/11…

When a favourite bacterium hits the headlines! Have a read about all things Pseudomonas and nosocomial infection. @WorldSepsisDay @cftrust #InformationIsPower

I was lucky enough to get an invite to the second performance of The Makropulos Case at the @rbo_org in London. Not only is the experience of being in the building magical - but the original music by Janáček was melodic and than I could have hoped for. 🎶 rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-event…

🐞 Two weeks to go! Enter the #InsectWeek Photography Competition and celebrate the beauty & diversity of insects through your lens 📷✨ 🗓️ Deadline: 31 October 🔽 🔗 insectweek.org/2025-photogra… T&Cs apply. #InsectPhotography #NaturePhotography #PhotographyCompetition #Entomology

I always love reccomendations from @cortina_borja - his music shares are the only reason I log in to x these days! Filling my @SpotifyUK work soundtracks with oboey goodness this Wednesday.

We’re recruiting a Senior Programme Officer to lead a transformative Leadership Development Programme that will strengthen Africa’s capacity for pandemic preparedness and response. Application Details: bit.ly/3Jp0MGx

Imagine we could turn back time⏪⌛️to explore the world of bacterial pathogens before humans discovered and industrialised antibiotics We did that to study the history of #AMR spread @ScienceMagazine doi.org/10.1126/science.adr1… If you like time travel & biology, this 🧵is for you👇

When good things happen to good people...Many congratulations for a HUGE paper in @ScienceMagazine for @cazares_adr , @wfigueroac3 and all the authors. Fantastic to see this plasmid study live - learn more about the studies via the link below ⤵️ 🧬

I'm over the moon to see our study on the historical spread of #AMR out in First Release at @ScienceMagazine 🔗doi.org/10.1126/science.adr1… We looked back at 100 years of plasmid evolution and mapped the origin of the global vehicles of antimicrobial resistance. Main takeaways ⤵️

Come work in beautiful Hinxton on the @wellcomegenome Campus - PhD programmes' are now open to apply for! ⤵️ @emblebi

One of my favorite things about #SciComm is regularly learning new words through my work. Today's new-to-me word: mesohyl - it's the jelly-like substance filled with microbes and all sorts that surrounds a sponge's tissue! 🧽 sangerinstitute.blog/2025/07…

Join us in October for #Biodiversity25 to explore how integrating reference genomes into #BiodiversityResearch can advance #eukaryotic genome studies🌱 Expert speakers will showcase the application of genomics tools🧬 ⏰ Register by 29 September: bit.ly/4k0Jug4

Does a Ladybird's lunch drive genomic evolution? 🐞 Ladybird genomes produced by the Darwin Tree of Life project were used in a recent paper by Huang et al. The authors, including @erga_biodiv colleagues, share their findings in @BioMedCentral Biology⤵️ link.springer.com/article/10…