Dr Holly Bratcher

BIGSdb v1.38.1 has been released. This expands the use of front-end dashboards to summarize individual projects within an isolate database. These are fully customizable by end users and can be specific for individual projects.

Applications are open for our Genomics and clinical microbiology 2023 (15-20 January) laboratory course. Hands-on laboratory and bioinformatics training; develop your ability to process and interpret molecular data. @connectingsci …erences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/genomics…

.@BactiVac is delighted to organise the 1st @MicrobioSoc Focused Meeting of 2023 - Vaccines as tools to combat antimicrobial resistance. The meeting will be held 27-28 Feb 2023 in Birmingham #UK. More information - bit.ly/Vaccines4AMR20… #Vaccines4AMR #BactiVacEvents

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Congratulations to Holly for leading the Maiden sustainability work - recognised by a Bronze Leaf award sustainability.admin.ox.ac.uk/leaf

Yes, I can take one more project #AcademicTwitter #DataScience #Bioinformatics twitter.com/buitengebieden…

Wow! We have more than 100 volunteers and 1745 gene classifications already. People are amazing!

Coming soon! Our new community curation #GenomeDetectives project, in association with @PubMLST where citizen scientists can characterise variations in bacterial genomes, and help fight infectious disease! #citizenscience #zooniverse @OxfordBiology @MaidenLab

Opinion: “By discriminating against candidates that do not match the archetypal incumbent, they try to maintain the boundaries and identities of the entity they represent.” High-performing interdisciplinary scientists are being penalised, finds study bit.ly/3QTaAY8

Don't forget to sign up for a fun and genomics filled evening, as we launch citizen science community curation project "Genome Detectives". Free, hybrid event 13 July. @the_zooniverse @pubmlst #CitizenScience eventbrite.co.uk/e/genome-detec…

Join us for the launch of "Genome Detectives", bacterial genome community curation. #genomedetectives #Zooniverse #CitizenScience @PubMLST @the_zooniverse @wellcometrust 13th July 2022, Oxford University Museum of Natural History eventbrite.co.uk/e/genome-detec…

Two weeks to go until the launch of our new Genome Detectives citizen-science project for bacterial genome curation! Join online or in-person: eventbrite.co.uk/e/genome-detec… #genomedetectives #citizenscience @the_zooniverse @MaidenLab @PubMLST @OxfordBiology @wellcometrust Please RT

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And full time academics are also working many more hours they are contracted to do. Drivers include increasing student numbers, without added resource, and a need to maintain research activity despite a massive teaching load so as not to be perceived as a second class citizen.

This is absolutely true in terms of full and part time staff and students. Universities so often try to cut costs without realising the time, cost and expertise good teaching costs.

Read the latest in Neisseria genomics from @MaidenLab (link.springer.com/protocol/10.10…) Genome Sequencing and Interrogation of Genome Databases: A Guide to Neisseria meningitidis Genomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1969. @OxZooDept

JUST IN: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released an interim report based on multiple whistleblowers who say the Trump administration is rushing to transfer sensitive U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia in violation of federal law.

Feeling a mix of anger and sadness right now. My friend Ron Skeans was the BBC cameraman attacked at the Trump rally in El Passo, TX. Ron has always produced good, balanced edits of the events he films.