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Chrats Melkonian

@cmelkonian.bsky.social

Inspired by Microbial Ecology and Evolution - Microbial Bioinformatics. Postdoc at Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics (UU) & Bioinformatics (WUR)

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Harnessing the phyllosphere microbiota of wild foxtail millet for designing beneficial cross-kingdom synthetic communities Abstract. Understanding the interplay between mechanisms in plant microbiome assembly and functioning of wild ancestors has led to the proposal of a novel

Harnessing the phyllosphere microbiota of wild foxtail millet for designing beneficial cross-kingdom synthetic communities

#ISMEComms by Xiaoyu Zai et al
with @cmelkonian.bsky.social @vivianecordovez.bsky.social @marnixmedema.bsky.social

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28.07.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
PhD position: Ecology and Genomics of Phyllosphere Yeasts The phyllosphere - the aerial parts of plants - harbors a rich and diverse microbial community, including bacteria, filamentous fungi, yeasts and viruses. This environment is both harsh and dynamic, e...

🚨 Open position
We are hiring a PhD student to investigate the ecology and genomics of phyllosphere yeasts combining lab experiments with computational approaches. Joins us at @niooknaw.bsky.social in collaboration with @micropresearch.bsky.social @cmelkonian.bsky.social @marnixmedema.bsky.social

22.05.2025 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen hiring PhD position: Ecology and Genomics of Phyllosphere Yeasts - NIOO-KNAW - Wageningen in Wageningen, Gelderland, Netherlands | LinkedIn Posted 3:49:05 PM. The phyllosphere - the aerial parts of plants - harbors a rich and diverse microbial community…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

Exciting PhD opportunity with @vivianecordovez.bsky.social : www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/ph...

21.05.2025 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to be hosting the Paired Omics Mining #community in #Wageningen this week with @marnixmedema.bsky.social! 😎 I hope you are all having safe travels here, and we just brought in some extra good care to make your stay an enjoyable one! πŸ˜ƒ

24.03.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SpeSpeNet: an interactive and user-friendly tool to create and explore microbial correlation networks Abstract. Correlation networks are commonly used to explore microbiome data. In these networks, nodes are taxa and edges represent correlations between the

πŸ“£ New, free webtool by the Snoek lab! Meet SpeSpeNet, an intuitive platform for automated network analysis of microbiomes to uncover complex interactions between microbes and their environments

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#microsky #mevosky

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It was a pleasure to speak at the Bioinformatics for Food Science Symposiumβ€”such an inspiring event! Great discussions and insights on the future of food science.
Thank the organizers @cmelkonian.bsky.social and @marnixmedema.bsky.social for this amazing event!

26.02.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justin J.J. van der Hooft on LinkedIn: #bioinformatics #food #sciences #mite #mibig #fermo Looking forward to a great #Bioinformatics in #Food #Sciences symposium today! 😎 Our team will also present on #MITE, #MIBiG, and #FERMO today with Mitja…

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#Bioinformatics #metabolomics #CompMetabolomics

24.02.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justin J.J. van der Hooft on LinkedIn: #bioinformatics #food #wageningen Looks indeed quite straightforward to me! 😎 Aschwin Schilperoort from dsm-firmenich presenting today during the #Bioinformatics for #Food Science symposium…

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With @mmzdouc.bsky.social

24.02.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Justin J.J. van der Hooft on LinkedIn: #bioinformatics #food Jos Boekhorst making a (significant?!) point during the #Bioinformatics and #Food Sciences symposium at Wageningen University & Research Wageningen Campus

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24.02.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Last Call for the Bioinformatics in Food Science Symposium – Feb 24th! 🚨

We are almost at full house, approaching 110 attendees. Fortunately online participation is unlimited!

Register here to receive the meeting link: lnkd.in/dfXTcrCa

#Bioinformatics #FoodScience #Networking #Science

18.02.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Symposium: Bioinformatics in Food Science Join us to explore how bioinformatics and data science, including AI technologies, are transforming the science behind our food, from microbes in food fermentation and sustainable agriculture to advan...

πŸ“’ Abstract Submission Extended Until January 12th.

Don't miss your chance to present at the upcoming Symposium on Bioinformatics in Food Science!

☯️ We encourage abstracts from female speakers. Submit here: forms.gle/nA6b5zx9qv5K...

~80 in-person attendees registered, few spots still available!

06.01.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Diverse phage communities are maintained stably on a clonal bacterial host Bacteriophages are the most abundant and phylogenetically diverse biological entities on Earth, yet the ecological mechanisms that sustain this extraordinary diversity remain unclear. In this study, w...

Nora finished her paper with a sentence I like a lot "Our results show that even under extremely restrictive, competitive conditions, the simplest biological entities on Earth can still find paths to coexistence." There is a curious dichotomy in her experiments... 1/3
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Some help fixing it would be most welcome.

15.12.2024 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

A new #StarterPack with scientist specialized in microbial bioinformatics - #MicroBioInf.
Please comment if you would like to be added: go.bsky.app/5h7VaGm

Looking forward to the discussions!

15.12.2024 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello, could you please add me, thanks!

15.12.2024 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration Abstract. Specialized or secondary metabolites are small molecules of biological origin, often showing potent biological activities with applications in ag

Are you working on natural products? We’ve just released version 4.0 of the MIBiG data standard and repository! It now includes 3059 biosynthetic gene clusters, thanks to the combined efforts of 288 expert contributors. A thread: (1/8) academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

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PhD student - Machine learning in bio- and cheminformatics

Here's a first:
I'm hiring a PhD student.
If you have (or know someone who has) a strong background and interest in computational (bio)chemistry or computer science (especially 3D computer vision), let's work together 😊

www.wur.nl/nl/vacature/...

02.12.2024 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“’ Symposium: Bioinformatics in Food Science. Registrations are now open! Please repost to spread the word.
πŸ“… The symposium is free of charge and will take place at February 24, 2025, at Omnia Auditorium, Wageningen Campus.
πŸ’» Exciting speakers lined up - visit the link for details! lnkd.in/dkzfurdY

28.11.2024 11:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Improving genome-scale metabolic models of incomplete genomes with deep learning Microbial genomics; Biocomputational method; Computational bioinformatics; Genomic analysis.

Exciting news! πŸŽ‰ My article is out in iScience presenting DNNGIOR, a deep learning tool advancing gap-filling in metabolic models. Huge thanks to co-authors @cmelkonian.bsky.social, @hariszaf.bsky.social, Daniel Garza, Andreas Haas and @bedutilh.bsky.social. Read at shorturl.at/REOm8

26.11.2024 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Integrating taxonomic signals from MAGs and contigs improves read annotation and taxonomic profiling of metagenomes - Nature Communications Metagenomic taxonomic profiling usually relies either on reads or assembled contigs/MAGs. Here, authors present RAT, a tool that integrates taxonomic signals from reads, contigs, and MAGs into one pro...

The RAT is out!Β πŸ€ Our newΒ Read Annotation Tool integrates taxonomic signals from MAGs, contigs, and reads from #metagenomics 🧬 into one microbial community profile with great sensitivity and precision. Read the article at www.nature.com/articles/s41.... 🧡 (1/5)

13.05.2024 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Taxonomic resolution of different 16S rRNA variable regions varies strongly across plant-associated bacteria

#ISMEComms by Katarina Hrovat, Bas Dutilh, @marnixmedema.bsky.social and @cmelkonian.bsky.social

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09.03.2024 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Standardization of metagenomics is (not) required!
Join the symposium on 2 February in Utrecht: www.knvm.org/activities/6... with @cmelkonian.bsky.social @annecmg.bsky.social @aldertzomer.bsky.social and many more

16.01.2024 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My first post is a Christmas present to all the cheese lovers and microbiome enthusiast! The key message is that the cheese flavour is not the result of individual microbes alone but of the community. Fantastic teamwork and collaboration between industry and academia. πŸŽ„πŸŽπŸ§€ rdcu.be/ducw0

21.12.2023 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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