Andrew Page

Thanks for the shout out on your blog post. @kevinlibuit.bsky.social

Bad bioinformatics software names revisited — ACGT

A rare new ACGT blog post from me inspired by a recent podcast episode by @andrewjpage.bsky.social and Kevin Libuit:

www.acgt.me/blog/2025/7/...

#bioinformatics

Thank you and congratulations to the organisers at @eventswcs.bsky.social for a successful Applied Bioinformatics & Public Health Microbiology conference 👏 Among other invited thought-leaders, our CTO, @andrewjpage.bsky.social, shared some of his expertise in the field of Microbial Bioinformatics.

We have arrived for the Edinburgh Endometrial Cancer Meeting where we'll be discussing Endometrial Cancer from varied viewpoints, including how our own improved diagnosics aid development of clear, actionable ways forward.
#EndometrialCancer #NHS #Diagnostics #WomensHealth
#CancerResearch

Day 2 of the 10th Applied Bioinformatics and Public Health Microbiology conference sees our CTO, Prof. @andrewjpage.bsky.social invited to speak on the the emergence of the Microbial Bioinformatics field at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridge.
bit.ly/4kyD5so
@eventswcs.bsky.social

Ambitious project to develop low-cost genome sequencing for pathogens known and unknown - University of Birmingham Project will build on research that helped diagnostic labs to adopt sequencing capacity for COVID-19 and permit characterisation of future infectious threats

Absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of ARTIC2 - a £5.5M 5 year project funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social to build on the ARTIC approach of low-cost, globally accessible genome sequencing for surveillance of outbreaks, epidemics and endemic diseases: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/am...

YouTube video by The Bioinformatics Lab Pathogen Genomics in Healthcare with Alex Sundermann

@sundermannaj.bsky.social's work highlights the undeniable impacts of pathogen genomics in healthcare. But pathogen genomics in healthcare remains the exception, not the norm.

We spent an hour exploring the challenges and potential solutions to more broad adoption.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDLo...

We are very pleased to welcome our new CTO, @andrewjpage.bsky.social, to the team.

Having held a number of senior positions, authored >150 scientific publications and led development of widely used tools, Prof. Page brings a wealth of experience to the role and we look forward to working together!

Its a glorious day for my 43rd birthday 🎂. Now one week into my new job at @originsciences.bsky.social as their new Chief Technology Officer and loving every minute so far.

Huge disparity in genomic data: We support all efforts to increase the genomic surveillance of pathogens on a global scale as dynamics differ locally: what happens in one place does not translate to another and high-risk clones can emerge anywhere […]

[Original post on mstdn.science]

A #protip for job hunters: if you are going to use ChatGPT to write your CV, please read the output and replace the bit where it says '[Add your headline or summary]' with some text.

I get to do real science today looking at a mystery bug that appears to be a novel species! These are the best of times.

New HPAI genotype found in Nevada dairy cows APHIS confirms first detection of D1.1 genotype in dairy cattle through NMTS testing.

Genotype D1.1 of H5N1 confirmed in Nevada cattle, which is the one circulating in birds and not B3.13, causing the wider cattle epizootic in the U.S.

In other words, this is a second observed jump from birds into cows.

Keep rolling the dice, shall we?

www.feedstuffs.com/agribusiness...

Wait until you hear what day Cambridge University has as their first day of the week.

YouTube video by The Bioinformatics Lab The Kalamari Databse

Huge shout out to @lskatz.bsky.social et al on the recent Micro Resource Announcement for Kalamari!

@andrewjpage.bsky.social and I highlight Kalamari's utility in pathogen genomics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDzY...

Paper here: journals.asm.org/doi/epub/10....
& Github: github.com/lskatz/Kalam...

It has been brought to my attention that my article has been censored to exclude certain terms:

asm.org/Articles/202...

web.archive.org/web/20250114...

#MicroSky

A poster presentation with a view last week at the @fogenomics.bsky.social in London! Had a great time speaking about my work on SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology in Norfolk 🧬

Image with text that reads: It's happening now: All of the American Public Health Labs (APHL) Global Health team has been furloughed. This is everyone outside of the US, including deployed staff and locally employed staff. These are people working on infectious diseases (and more) all over the world. Designing tests. Improving diagnostics. Improving lab procedures. This is a huge team, doing critical work.

Image with text that reads: It's happening now: Critical disease-related publications like MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) are frozen, with no release this week. This report is a lifeblood of health events in the USA. it has been published weekly without pause since 1960. It is essential for keeping all US (and global) researchers updated on outbreaks and investigations. This week alone there were reportedly to be 3 publications on the bird flu. The publication is also a likely venue for further information about the ongoing Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas. (Source: Reuters)

Good luck with it, I did it a few years ago and enjoyed asking my British born friends the questions 😂

It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from data.cdc.gov

Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors.

"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."

Kalamari: a representative set of genomes of public health concern | Microbiology Resource Announcements Public health laboratories sequence microbial pathogens daily for many applications, including genomic epidemiology (1), species identification (2), and metagenomic analysis (3). Relevant databases ex...

🚨 New research alert! One of our team members @andrewjpage.bsky.social is an author on this recent American Society for Microbiology Resource Announcements paper.

You can find it here: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

#Microbiology #OpenScience

It’s now live! I’m so excited about this post – I’m recruiting to the new role of Head of Student Library Experience at @lselibrary.bsky.social. Interested? jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

IT/Cloud Security Operations Manager Job Opening: IT/Cloud Security Operations Manager at Theiagen Genomics in Remote-US.

At @theiagen.bsky.social we are hiring a fully remote IT/Cloud security operations manager, based in the US. You'll get to work with me in public health and microbial bioinformatics which I find is very personally rewarding!
theiagen.pinpointhq.com/en/postings/...

Kalamari: a representative set of genomes of public health concern | Microbiology Resource Announcements Public health laboratories sequence microbial pathogens daily for many applications, including genomic epidemiology (1), species identification (2), and metagenomic analysis (3). Relevant databases ex...

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨
Say hello to Kalamari 🦑—your new go-to resource for genomic epidemiology & pathogen surveillance. 🌍

✅ Representative genomes
✅ Common contaminants
✅ Custom taxonomy
✅ Open-source tools for easy data access

Read it here: journals.asm.org/eprint/JUUNS...

Had a lovely sunrise run with @kevinlibuit.bsky.social in Berkeley, stunning campus

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138 Decoding Tetracycline Resistance in MRSA In this episode of the Micro Binfie Podcast, host Andrew Page takes listeners to the heart of the microbial genomics hackathon in Bethesda, Maryland, for an engaging conversation with special guest Me

I talked to @meganphillips.bsky.social from Emory on the Micro Binfie podcast about her work on MRSA. The most interesting part of the conversation was on digging into really old research papers, seems to have been a totally different style of debate back then
soundcloud.com/microbinfie/...

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Ep. 46: The Job Hunt Experience pt. 01 Summary In this episode, Kevin Libuit and Andrew Page discuss their personal experiences with job hunting in the bioinformatics field, emphasizing the importance of professional networks and genuine

I co-host The Bioinformatics Lab podcast with @kevinlibuit.bsky.social and the other day we had a great chat about our job hunting experiences, the importance of professional networks and making genuine connections. Its on all the podcasting apps & youtube soundcloud.com/the_bioinfor...