Kathryn Campbell

Training Coordinator at Edinburgh Genomics🔬🧬👩‍🔬 Badminton player and women’s sport advocate 🏸🏃‍♀️

[Kathryn Campbell @ThatKatC]

Such a great time at #FOG2026! An amazing setup with great talks, fun vendors and activities and even a talk from @stephenfry ! 🧬👩‍🔬🥼

Ps. Obsessed with this little cartoon me made at the @illumina stand 😂✨

#genomics #data #genetics #bio

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Showing off your first publication to your family

[sheba dengese @Queen_Finxa]

What a year

[Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome]

📢A super exciting new course covering both lab skills 👩‍🔬 AND bioinformatics 💻- you won't find a course like this anywhere else!

Learn full-length 16S sequencing with PacBio! 🧬

📅 April 8-9 (Lab), April 15-16 (Online Bioinformatics)
🔗 Register now: https://t.co/M0GJgAs5c8

[Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome]

Master Variant Analysis! Join our online course (17–20 March 2025) to learn germline & somatic variant calling with the GATK pipeline. Hands-on training with Edinburgh Genomics experts!

📅 17–20 March 2025 | 🖥️ Online |

🔗 Register now: https://t.co/pmgeyVpEXo

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

PhDs discussing their progress

[Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome]

🎓 We just wrapped up another successful R for Biologists!

Participants learned R basics, data manipulation, and creating publication-ready plots. 📊

Missed out? Register now for the next session: https://t.co/0Y34YceNUq

#RforBiologists #Bioinformatics

[Kathryn Campbell @ThatKatC]

Thrilled to have attended the #PairProgramming #EdinburghWinterSchool25! 🐤It was an honour to speak on #Bioinformatics #training for @edgenome. Huge thanks to amazing organisers @edinkasia @DrPawel @BrittNeuroPsych for a stellar event, and to @Felienne for an inspiring keynote!

[Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome]

🎉 Start 2025 with new skills!

Join our DNA Library Preparation for Short-Read Sequencing course.

📅 6th Feb 2025
📍 Edinburgh Genomics
🔬 Hands-on lab work, MiSeq demo, and more!
Limited spots—register now: https://t.co/toy0dkQHNq

#Genomics #DNASequencing #HappyNewYear2025 🎆

[Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4]

— Franz Kafka, 1912

[Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome]

2024 was an incredible year at Edinburgh Genomics! 🎉

Thank you for your support as we pushed boundaries in #sequencing, advanced #bioinformatics, and impactful #training courses.

🎥 Check out our ‘2024 #Wrapped’ video to celebrate with us!

Here’s to an even brighter 2025! 🚀

[Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome]

🚀 Kickstart your coding journey in 2025 with our introductory courses this January! 📅

✅ R for Biologists
✅ Intro to Python
✅ Linux for Genomics

📍 Perfect for biologists & genomic scientists—boost your research skills!

🔗 Sign up now: https://t.co/GT5eOsUm6k

[Reviewer 2 @GrumpyReviewer2]

#AcademicChatter #AcademicX

[Rowan Durrant @RowanGDurrant]

My first PhD chapter has been published in @PLOSPathogens! Is incubation period weirdness behind the lack of temporal signal in some rabies virus datasets? (probably not) https://t.co/UoDvFO1j5p

[Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome]

Last week, we hosted our amazing Long-Read Bioinformatics course, covering QC, mapping, de novo assembly, structural variation, and methylation. 🧬

We hope you loved it!

Missed out? Register for the next session here: https://t.co/Y5yp2VK49f

#Bioinformatics #Genomics #longread

[Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome]

We love this photo of our wonderful EdGe members, Ana and Helen, showing off our lab #Sustainability award from @EdSust! 💚

We're incredibly proud to work toward a #sustainable future and thrilled to see our team’s hard work recognised on this journey!
#SustainabilityInScience

[Edinburgh Genomics @edgenome]

Today we're talking about #Kinnex - unlocking the full potential of microbiome research with @PacBio #16S #HiFi #Sequencing 🌟

With PacBio Revio and Kinnex we offer groundbreaking 16S rRNA full gene sequencing, advancing microbiome research beyond traditional short-reads

[Bento Lab 🧬 @theBentoLab]

Did you know that microwaving to burst open cells can be a useful method of DNA extraction, especially for cheap, rapid, and high-throughput workflows?

It can be used as a step within the extraction process to improve cell lysis, and also as the main cell lysis process to produce a crude DNA extract for PCR.

An early example was published by Goodwin & Lee (1993), and was used on a wide range of taxa across different kingdoms of life:

⭐Goodwin & Lee (1993). Microwave miniprep of total genomic DNA from fungi, plants, protists and animals for PCR. Biotechniques, 15(3), 438-441.
https://t.co/TsI49uyNd1

Since then, researchers have regularly published variations or instances of this method for specific applications. Below are a few examples 👇

⭐DNA extraction from human samples (saliva, blood, semen) for forensics:

Taglia et al. (2022). Development of a microwave-based extraction for forensic biological samples. Forensic Science International: Synergy, 5, 100291.
https://t.co/i69tJlk1x2

⭐High throughput DNA extraction from barley seeds for genotyping, using microwaving in an alkaline buffer followed by neutralisation with a Tris-HCl buffer, allowing processing of thousands of seeds per day:

Von Post et al. (2003). A high-throughput DNA extraction method for barley seed. Euphytica, 130, 255-260.
https://t.co/MloxBWwM9E

⭐Microwaving dry fungal spores to pop them open prior to direct PCR:

Ferreira et al. (1996). PCR from fungal spores after microwave treatment. Fungal Genetics Reports, 43(1), 25-26.
https://t.co/8W1adScQ9y

⭐Microwaving ground mosquitos, in which it was found to produce comparable results to much more time-consuming extraction methods:

Firmansyah et al. (2023). Comparison of 3 DNA extraction methods for extracting DNA from an adult Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Insect Science, 23(5), 15.
https://t.co/lL1H6rmL65

Image shows a microwave oven, CC BY-SA Mk2010, https://t.co/E6bOV45B4F

Do you use microwaving as part of your DNA extractions? If you do, we'd love to hear about how it works for you!