Charlie

PhD Student in the Howden Lab at the Doherty Institute

[Claire Gorrie @ClaireGorrie]

Huge congratulations to @c_higgs_ for completing his PhD oration today! Brilliant summary of some excellent work. It's been a pleasure to supervise you over the years. Next up: thesis submission 👏

[Birat Nepal Medical Trust @BiratNepal]

Welcoming our trainers from @UniMelb for the Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics workshop @ecohealthnut @sarahlbaines1 @c_higgs_ @KristyHoran14. We look forward to a great learning experience. 👀✍️👩‍💻

[Norelle Sherry @norelle_sherry]

Very excited to announce that our recent paper has been published in Nature Comms! - a 🧵https://t.co/f6CzpcNYgS
An ISO-certified genomics workflow for identification and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
@BenjaminHowden @torstenseemann @KristyHoran14 @TheDohertyInst

[ASM @AUSSOCMIC]

@BioMinnie @MonashCCS Day 1: #12DaysMicroXmas features graduate #PhD researcher @c_higgs_ from @TheDohertyInst @UniMelb. Exceptional research on the #Genomics & transmission dynamics of #VancomycinResistant Enterococcus faecium in #healthcare settings. https://t.co/bkOt7Rf0Cw

[MicroSeq2026 @Microseq_ASM]

Our final talk in this #MicroSeq2022 session is from @c_higgs_ on invasive pneumococcal disease in Victoria. #AMR in Strep pneumo is a huge concern - large scale comparative genomics reveals most isolates still susceptible to beta-lactams, but some are multi-drug resistant

[MicroSeq2026 @Microseq_ASM]

After a nice break in GatherTown, we are on to the next session of #MicroSeq2022! We have three speakers coming up: @rubaiyea, @JackieMahar and @c_higgs_ with a very exciting mix of topics, chaired by @ashporter_1 and @CuriousMolecule

[Claire Gorrie @ClaireGorrie]

Glad you enjoyed the talk! Always keen to present and excited for everything genomics has to offer in the future

[Claire Gorrie @ClaireGorrie]

Great to see this huge amount of work led by @norelle_sherry out this week https://t.co/lf7xTT7HpG
@kwongjc @c_higgs_ @robyn_s_lee @torstenseemann @BenjaminHowden @TheDohertyInst

[Charlie @c_higgs_]

@chngin_the_wrld @ClaireGorrie @norelle_sherry @NatureComms @BenjaminHowden Thanks for the shoutout Steffanie :)

[Charlie @c_higgs_]

Check out the behind behind the scenes story here.
https://t.co/IERm0qJIE9

[Charlie @c_higgs_]

Very happy to have my first paper published as part of my PhD, "Optimising genomic approaches for identifying VRE transmission in healthcare settings". Thanks to all involved for their help along the way.

https://t.co/r3lWsZOVIX

[Charlie @c_higgs_]

Had such a great time competing in the Emory Global Health Case competition thanks to my amazing teammates. Here is the finished product...

[COMBINE @combine_au]

We are hosting a COMBINE coffee catch-up in Melbourne! FREE COFFEE for the first 20 people but guaranteed great chats for all 😊

When: 10:30am on Friday the 20th of March
Where: Prince Alfred Rooftop & Bar (Grattan St, Carlton)

https://t.co/qtLKeByzhd

[Charlie @c_higgs_]

@KelWyres @DrKatHolt For pairwise comparisons I used spades de novo reference assemblies and snippy to call variants. Also a newer k-mer based tool that is looking very promising called SKA (on github and bioRxiv).

[Charlie @c_higgs_]

@KelWyres Thanks for the interest everyone. Still got a bit to do before the pre print stage but will be sure to share it when I do.