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We @GetGenome are delighted to support “Road to Jeju,” a new webinar series celebrating the lead-up to IS-MPMI 2026 in Korea 🇰🇷
Expect inspiring science and voices from across the plant-microbe community.
First up: Roger Innes on June 17.
Register here: https://t.co/vr3eu1JvHa

[IS-MPMI @ISMPMI]

Announcing our new free Webinar series sponsored by GetGenome: Road to Jeju. The series will feature 7 webinars with Legends and Rising Stars of IS-MPMI. Sign up to attend the first talk by Roger Innes on June 17. https://t.co/G70la2m7oV Rising Star info coming soon. repost!

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

Just published: When Memory Meets Science: Tunisian Durum Wheat Writes a New Chapter of the Future

Mabrouka Khedir @mabroukadwtv

https://t.co/mUIggxQ3Rg

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

I just published: Genomics, AI, and the Decade That Will Decide Our Food Future

Three things stand between us and a resilient food system: public-good genomics for the Global South, shared AI compute for plant science, and patient capital for traits. Funders— your move.

https://t.co/w3PZDQ5hMO

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@bornspectator42 @KamounLab Well @GetGenome is here to help 😉

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Inspiring description of this art / science project

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla: The Great Silence, 2014 https://t.co/wcK0GmQAZL

[Seth Howes @SethSHowes]

I just sequenced a human genome to 30× coverage entirely at home.

As far as I know, this is the first time this has been done.

I didn’t step foot in a lab once. Every step - from saliva collection, to running the sequencer - took place in a single room with a dining table + kitchenette.

Six weeks ago, I had never done wet lab biology before.

I used an Oxford Nanopore P2 Solo - the only commercially available sequencing device portable enough to do 30x human genome sequencing at home.

Biggest takeaway - I could build something that combined software, hardware, and molecular biology far faster than I thought was possible.

I can name >100 specific instances where AI helped me solve a technical problem that would previously have blocked me because I lacked access to a domain expert.

For example: how do I save my sequencing run when my DNA extraction yield is 4x lower than I need it to be, and I have this limited set of reagents to hand?

To make this work, I had to navigate multiple disciplines:

- writing software to monitor sequencing runs and orchestrate remote GPU infra for basecalling
- learning + executing 5 hour long molecular biology protocols
- building a hardware device to quantify DNA concentration

Apologies for the hyperbole, but I feel super lucky to be living in 2026.

A few weeks ago I decided to sequence a human genome to 30x at home.

Then I actually did it. And I did it really quickly.

[María Eugenia Segretin @EugeSegretin]

Amazing 🌟🌟🌟

[GetGenome @GetGenome]

GetGenome wiki

A living, open science database of bacterial, fungal and plant genomes sequenced through the GetGenome programme for global genomic equity.

https://t.co/k2P3jNwHFk

[Biogents @BiogentsAG]

#WestNileVirus in Germany is more dynamic than expected:
#Genomic data from 15k+ mosquitoes shows high local diversity & frequent spread between sites
👉 Rethink #Surveillance & risk mapping
https://t.co/0S1tc7RyrM
#PublicHealth #OneHealth #InfectiousDiseases

[Adam Steinbrenner @ADSteinbrenner]

We are excited to release the BAT! 🦇🚨

We've used this phylogenetic analysis pipeline in our lab for years, and grad Ben Sheppard now presents a Github release and preprint.

I run BAT analyses almost daily. It makes exploring gene families routine, customizable, and fun🧵

[Nick Talbot @talbotlabTSL]

Hugely productive symposium between @TheSainsburyLab and @ILRI hosted by Appolinaire @ADjikeng - we made great progress in identifying collaborative science that can make an impact in the Global South.

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

Thank you Appolinaire @ADjikeng DG @ILRI for hosting such an inspiring event

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

My slides from the ILRI-TSL Symposium:

Plant Immunity For All! Predicting, Editing, and Deploying Resistance for the Global South. Zenodo. https://t.co/RnfLnhECuU

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

“In Africa, almost all farmers have smartphones”

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

Euphorbia candelabrum or a close East African relative, Kapiti 🇰🇪 | Euphorbiacae

@TheSainsburyLab Group Leaders for scale

[The Sainsbury Laboratory @TheSainsburyLab]

Kicking off now: the ILRI–TSL Nairobi Symposium 🇰🇪

Great to bring together colleagues from @ILRI and @TheSainsburyLab to discuss plant health, genomics, and climate-resilient agriculture.

#PlantHealth #OpenScience

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

La souveraineté biologique: le nouveau front invisible de la souveraineté alimentaire https://t.co/DLGg4DSGpg #Leaders_Tunisie

[@kuhnbobio @KuhnboBio]

Here are the 11 phages the @IAFultonSchools second year biotech kids discovered this year.

[Panagiotis Sarris @PanosSarris]

In search of phage tail-like particles: nature’s versatile nanomachines.
https://t.co/HyVEYYzF2X