I am excited to share a pre print for one of the main outputs from my current postdoc, that I have been working on for a couple of years. This LIN code system for N. meningitidis adds a layer of stability for high resolution typing of the meningococcal population.
BIGSdb v1.52.1 has been released. This adds 2 new plugins for LIN code visualisation - LINtree (@giphy-ip.bsky.social) and LINvis. See github.com/kjolley/BIGS... for release notes. BIGSdb powers all the databases at @pubmlst.org and BIGSdb Pasteur.
In Iquitos, Peru this week 🇵🇪 working on enteric pathogen genomics and surveillance in the Amazon.
Science powered by collaboration, rain, food… and Inca kola!
Neisseria gonorrhoeae carries an unusually large number of restriction–modification systems (up to 16!), many of which are phase-variable. How does this affect plasmid transmission in gonococci? doi.org/10.64898/202...
Huge preprint if you are interested in bacterial strain taxonomy! The why and how of cgMLST LIN codes: An extensively revised and expanded version doi.org/10.1101/2024... I will summarize it for you in this thread 👇
Day 30: Everything #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Wham! - Everything She Wants
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Day 28: Step #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Madness - One Step Beyond
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Day 27: Cover #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Bjork - Cover Me
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Day 26: Minute #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Boy Kill Boy - Six Minutes
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BIGSdb v1.15.6 has been released. This contains 2 new plugins - GeneScanner and a wrapper for PlasmidFinder. Also added support for third party analysis fields for various plugins and performance improvements.
Release notes at github.com/kjolley/BIGS...
Day 24: Fever #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Level 42 - Fashion Fever
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Day 23: Train #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Flash and The Pan - Waiting for a Train
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Day 21: Alive #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Empire of the Sun: Alive
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Day 20: Something #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Depeche Mode - Something To Do
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Day 19: Kid #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Gorillaz - Kids with Guns
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Day 17: Horse #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Siouxie and the Banshees - Swimming Horses
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Day 16: Smile #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It
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Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Editors - In This Light and on This Evening
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Day 14: Careful #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Pink Floyd - Careful with that axe, Eugene
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Day 13: Summer #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
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Day 12: Fire #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Big Country - Fields of Fire
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Day 10: Anything #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do
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Day 9: Orange #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Suggs - Oranges and Lemons again
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Day 8: Rest #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Antony Szmierek - Restless Leg Syndrome
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Day 7: Country #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Blur - Country House
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Day 6: Mine #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
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Day 5: Maybe #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Stereophonics - Maybe Tomorrow
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Day 4: Run #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Arcade Fire - Keep the car running
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Day 2: River #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Guillemots - Walk the River
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