Bioinformatician and microbiologist at Flinders University in Adelaide. @linsalrob on all your socials
While this is interesting, I disagree with the observation "sequence-based tasks such as sequence searching, which do not tend to use structure even if the sequences are of proteins" #foldseek and friends are going gangbusters!
PLOS BiologyStructural #bioinformatics aims to answer biological questions by considering biomolecular #structures at scale. This Perspective by @jgreener64.bsky.social argues that now that we have accurate predictions, we need to ask what we can learn from them. 🧪#AcademicSky plos.io/4bfgUoQ
#microsky #phagesky #phage The secret life of prophages journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
From hijackers to architects: the role of prophages in bacterial genome evolution | Journal of BacteriologyBacteriophages (phages) are one of the most important drivers of bacterial evolution,
regulating physiology, genetic diversity, population dynamics, and coevolution through
complex host-phage interact...journals.asm.org
Check out this fun collaboration on phages and Polyamines with the Marshall Lab! #microsky #phagesky 🧪🧫🧬🔬
Chris MarshallThis is our 2nd recently posted paper where we wanted to build off the fantastic 2023 PNAS paper by @prsecor.bsky.social group (www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...) 1/3
I've been using Sanger's Artemis to view #genomics since ... who knows (it was first published in 2000). It's still super useful, but getting harder to install. I vibe-coded a lightweight browser-only version that views #GenBank files: linsalrob.github.io/genbank_view... 🧬💻 #phagesky
genbank_viewerlinsalrob.github.io
The ARC's new grant scheme table, in case you don't want to read through the details (which are here: www.arc.gov.au/system/files...)
ARC TrackerThe ARC has released their new set of grant schemes ▶️ www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub... Before implementing them, they’re now going to “consult with the sector”. Hopefully genuinely, not just with a few disengaged DVCRs. In the meantime, there’ll be another round of Discovery Projects (DP28).
#VoM2026 has started! 🎉 We were delighted to hear welcoming remarks from ISVM President Lone Brøndsted as we begin a week of exciting science, collaboration, and new connections. Here's to a fantastic week of science and networking in Prague! #VoM2026 #ISVM #Microbiology #Virology
Excited to see our latest research featured in Canadian Poultry magazine! Our team is developing targeted #phage cocktail to help control #Salmonella in laying #hens to reduce bacterial colonization, #egg contamination & environmental shedding while preserving the natural gut #microbiota.
#microsky #phagesky #phage www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Eco-evolutionary dynamics of massive, parallel bacteriophage outbreaks in compost communitiesA single bacteriophage can dominate microbial communities yet only evolves when migration changes its ecological context.www.science.org