Joseph Hughes

Bioinformatics, phylogenetics, open science, coding, bikes and cycling, ranting. I no longer post here - find me @bljog.bsky.social

[MRC-Uni of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research @CVRinfo]

📢 After 14 years of successful leadership, Prof Massimo Palmarini has stepped down as CVR Director.

Prof Emma Thomson, a leading expert in emerging infectious diseases, will act as Interim Director, continuing the CVR’s vital work in virus research.

🔗 https://t.co/dt2PeRG2SG

[CVR Bioinformatics @CVRbioinfo]

As a @WOAH Collaborating Centre, we’re excited to announce our 8th annual Viral #Bioinformatics & #Genomics training course, starting 16 June 2025! 🧬@CVRinfo.
📅 Register by 30 April:
👉 https://t.co/PzRLMyNwQe
📲 Or scan the QR code to join.

[Microbiology Society @MicrobioSoc]

“It is really hard for infectious diseases to effectively stop being specialists and move over into a new species. So, when that happens, it is striking and concerning”— Microbiology Society member, Ed Hutchinson, in the Guardian yesterday https://t.co/C6OfmVGgMq

[Joseph Hughes @blJOg]

https://t.co/6TqSJzDUtE Great and fun podcast on intelligence!

[Joseph Hughes @blJOg]

Applications are now open:
https://t.co/XYHpu8UqhQ

[Joseph Hughes @blJOg]

Our @NorthWestBio1 PhD project applying natural language processing to virology literature is now open for applications: https://t.co/RzbLuoqUc9
Get in touch with if you are interested and want to find out more.

[Joseph Hughes @blJOg]

Preparing for Pandemics: How to Communicate? https://t.co/oNDnAMTFyc

[Infectious Diseases @InfectiousDz]

Countries neighboring Rwanda still need to know which are the 7 of the 30 districts in Rwanda that report Marburg. Although cases centered in Kigali among ICU staff, it still matters whether any cases reported near DRC, Burundi, Tanzania, or Uganda https://t.co/6Exjp8y8U0

[Ajay Labade @ajaylabade31]

Unveiling Expansion in situ genome sequencing: a revolutionary leap in spatial genomics! ExIGS enables simultaneous nanoscale mapping of gDNA and proteins in single cells.
It's been an incredible journey co-leading this work with @z_chiang , @CarolineComenho , @JD_Buenrostro

[Joseph Hughes @blJOg]

Wouldn't it be nice to have a beautiful street art on Sinclair drive to inspire the kids walking to @BattlefieldPS and the toddlers in @SinclairNursery

[Kieran Lamb @Kieran12Lamb]

Our new preprint showing how protein language models (PLMs) can help us understand viral proteins is now available! We used ESM-2 to investigate what PLMs know about the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from a single sequence to evolutionary trajectories.
https://t.co/YvNR4sf9jC

[CVR Bioinformatics @CVRbioinfo]

Welcome speech from @CVRinfo director Prof. Palmarini for our 7th Annual Viral Bioinformatics course. We enjoyed BBQ🍖🔥

[CVR Bioinformatics @CVRbioinfo]

Our viral #Bioinformatics course has come to an end! 🎉@CVRinfo This year we had 17 participants from Europe/Asia/Africa/Americas🌍.Thank you all! Also thanks to all instructors on the courses : @blJOg @SrikeerthanaK @DerekCVR @RichardJOrton @vbsreenu @QuanGuCVR @robertson_lab

[Jake Lever @jakelever0]

Last couple days to apply for our Research Assistant/Associate role working on NLP for cancer mutations. Come work with us @GlasgowCS! https://t.co/Wv9GMfD0F7

[Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training @eventsWCS]

Discover how to apply #bioinformatics to answer biologically relevant viral questions!

Join the global #virology community in-person to exchange knowledge & present your research at #VGE24

📅 Dates: 6-8 November

📎 Find out more & join the mailing list: https://t.co/YhopuQL8RB

[James Hutton Institute @JamesHuttonInst]

Today we celebrate the first #InternationalDayOfPotato!

Recognising the importance of the crop in addressing environmental threats to #agrifood systems 🥔🌟

Our research has produced #potatoes more resilient to drought, disease and climate change.

More: https://t.co/3szy6hj4Ra

[SCMI @SCMICryoEM]

A little under 1 week left to apply for these posts, so if working in a busy and growing #cryoem facility sounds like your thing, get in touch! The portal closes on 4th June, 23:45 UK time

[CVR Bioinformatics @CVRbioinfo]

Come work with us 🦠🛜💻👇

[Connor G. G. Bamford, Ph.D @cggbamford]

Identification of a potential genotype 9 of HCV (but need more sequences!). This one from patient in Guyana https://t.co/FxLvaOSrI3

[Robert Gifford @Paleovirologist]

Vertebrate genomes contain millions of DNA sequences derived from ancient viruses.
In work published today in Genome Biology, we provide a panoramic overview of these endogenous viral elements.
https://t.co/Etn8yvf7TC
#Evolution #Virology #Genomics