ammarsawsan

Postdoctoral associate, Parasitology, Entomology, RNAi, love what I do, simple person eager to learn everyday and most importantly a mom of two!

[Host-Parasite Interactions @HPI_network]

Happy New Year, HPI friends!

2025 is bringing more parasitology, and we are starting off with a fantastic piece from a member of the @jocelynpoissant and @JohnGilleard labs! Check out his post here:

https://t.co/prfptplubl

[Jocelyn Poissant (mostly on 🦋) @jocelynpoissant]

Trent University invites applications for a tenure track position in the field of Avian Ecology. The deadline for receipt of applications is August 19, 2024.

https://t.co/P7ZD8s31mE

[Bento Lab 🧬 @theBentoLab]

For anyone learning or teaching bioinformatics, or if you’re interested in getting started, you may like to check out some of many (>404!) detailed tutorials for the Galaxy bioinformatics platform, from microbiome analysis to chloroplast assembly, at https://t.co/633iyCPH2U 👇

The Galaxy platform is a free, easy-to-join, easy-to-use bioinformatics workflow management system that enables scientists to share, analyse and visualise their own data, without needing powerful computers and programming expertise.

Galaxy was first started in 2005, and it has grown year-on-year into an amazingly useful resource for scientists worldwide, with a global community of developers and end-users. You can read about it here:

The Galaxy Community. (2022). The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible and collaborative biomedical analyses: 2022 update. Nucleic acids research, 50(W1).
https://t.co/mf3sUPa9LF

To get started, you could first go through a few tutorials to find out how the platform works at the following link:

https://t.co/3EimERhdk2

And you could take a look at some very cool tutorials, for example using Oxford @nanopore MinION data for:

⭐Analysing data to detect microbial pathogens such as Salmonella in food

https://t.co/gLuMqdhCWp

⭐Characterising the microbiome of beer

https://t.co/LKrxn5jJvB

⭐Diving into the bacterial biodiversity of soil

https://t.co/LPkNAuy7Ii

⭐Or assembling the chloroplast genomes of sweet potato and snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora) by combining Nanopore long read and Illumina short read data

https://t.co/HBGrmg8Mja

It also has tutorials for learning core skills in data science, such as using Python, bash, R, and SQL:

https://t.co/PHkZvcxTtp

Galaxy has a well-developed community, which you can find out more about here:

https://t.co/PgJvgdCQv6

And, if you have a particular application in mind, you might find a Galaxy pipeline that’s already been created as part of a published study. For example, if you’d like to find antimicrobial resistance genes in Salmonella, this article and workflow may be for you:

Lamas et al. (2023). Whole genome sequencing in the palm of your hand: how to implement a MinION Galaxy-based workflow in a food safety laboratory for rapid Salmonella spp. serotyping, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance gene identification. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14.
https://t.co/bs8LMrPNjY

Or if you’d like to find out how to produce a reference genome for a vertebrate as part of the Earth Genome project, this article explains how it can be:

Larivière et al. (2024). Scalable, accessible and reproducible reference genome assembly and evaluation in Galaxy. Nature Biotechnology, 1-4.
https://t.co/bfHvOuWATn

All amazing resources for people already in the bioinformatics field, but possibly even more useful for teaching the bioinformaticians of the future!

This of course only covers a few aspects of the Galaxy “ecosystem”, so if it seems like it could be useful, be sure to have a look around and see what else there is out there for you.

And, if you are using Galaxy for teaching, we’d love to hear about how you’re using it, especially if you have any tips or online/published resources to share!

Disclaimer: Bento Lab has no affiliation with Galaxy - we just love cool tools and platforms that enable science!

[Shanting Chen, PhD @Shanting6]

I am actively recruiting for PhD students this cycle. My research focuses on the intersection of stress, race/ethnicity, cultural contexts, parenting, and social inequality. Would greatly appreciate any retweets or distribution of the flyer!#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Dr. Verónica Espinoza @Verukita1]

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👉Read my Medium Story here: https://t.co/KTd0I7tslq
#science #opensource #phd #bioinformatics #neuroscience #Statistics #Datavisualization #Biology #DataScience #AcademicChatter #research #Pharmacology #psychology

[Andrew Lokenauth @FluentInFinance]

Master time management:

[John Gilleard @JohnGilleard]

Still time to apply for this tenure
Track faculty position in #microbiome research of livestock ! Great location at our foothills campus with both Faculties of Vet Med & Medicine & the International microbiome Centre with amazing core facilities & academic environment. See👇

[John Gilleard @JohnGilleard]

we have been progressing #nemabiome resources and our new paper is out : a set of new nematode rRNA cistron databases and a primer assessment tool to enable more flexible and comprehensive #metabarcoding Great work by @Eleonore_Charr & team! 1/4. see https://t.co/oF6Dmt9Fsj

[Jennifer Polk, PhD (she, her) @FromPhDtoLife]

Let's recommend PhDs working beyond academia for postdocs to follow. By connecting with people who use their PhDs in unconventional ways, postdocs can broaden their perspectives. Feel free to suggest yourself and others.

[WDA - Wildlife Disease Association @WildlifeDisease]

The Cornell K. Lisa Yang Center for Wildlife Health
@WildlifeCornell is offering a Wildlife Pathology Fellowship. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and must be received by May 31, 2024. For all the details and to apply visit https://t.co/Yh8MD6lndj

[Rubens do Monte @rubensdomonte]

The next #ICOPA will be held in Montréal. Congrats @OlivierMcGill for the hard work on it

[Host-Parasite Interactions @HPI_network]

Friendly reminder that ICOPA XVI will be held in Montreal in August 2026! The International Congress of Parasitology is a wonderful way to learn about parasitology research going on around the world

[British Association for Veterinary Parasitology @BAVet_Parasitol]

🦟🪰Entomology Summer Course🪰🦟

‘Hands on’ Course on Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Significance: A global perspective, from theory to practice

4th Edition: 8-12 July, 2024

https://t.co/2imjK3TaKk

[Pelham @Resist_05]

When Israel bombed the first hospital in Gaza the world would not believe it.

Israel said it was a misfired Hamas rocket and the mainstream media went into protection mode.

Israel has now destroyed all 36 hospitals in Gaza… and not a single word of condemnation from the mainstream media or western governments…🇮🇱🇵🇸

[ammarsawsan @ammarsawsan]

@JohnGilleard 🥶🥶

[Russ Morphew @RussMorphew]

PLEASE SHARE 👇 DEADLINE APPROACHING 22 JANUARY 2024 (10.00 GMT) 🍂#TeamFluke

[Abdalhadi Alijla عبد الهادي العجلة @alijla2021]

I'm currently at work. I was watching videos released yesterday by the Israeli army. The place is familiar to me; it is my home. It's where I grew up. It's the same street where I took my first steps, where my father would take me to the market, where I ran barefoot and played. It's where I would wait for my father to return home, and the route I took back from school, university, and work. Seeing it destroyed right before my eyes in these videos is devastating. What could their intention be? Do they think this will foster peace or make me yield to the cruelty of the occupation?

[ammarsawsan @ammarsawsan]

@JohnGilleard @ucalgaryvetmed @HPI_network @j_soghigian Congratulations @j_soghigian! Very well deserved.

[Jocelyn Poissant (mostly on 🦋) @jocelynpoissant]

Are you an Alberta horse owner? Is so, please consider contributing to our @ucalgaryvetmed study on parasite management practices in the province. The survey takes ~15-20 minutes to complete, and can be accessed here: https://t.co/aRBuxlK5Nb

[ammarsawsan @ammarsawsan]

@JohnGilleard @Abhinaya_Venkat @ucalgaryvetmed @UCalgary Congratulations Aby!