Jana Batovska

Research scientist interested in mosquitoes, arboviruses, biosecurity, infectious disease, nanopore seq and bioinformatics. Views are my own.

[MicroSeq2026 @Microseq_ASM]

🌟Save the date!🌟MicroSeq is back September 2-3, 2026! Stay tuned for more details on registration and abstract submission coming soon here and at https://t.co/3QYYSLoDUh

[MicroSeq2026 @Microseq_ASM]

Your #MicroSeq2025 committee - @mozztacular, @Asad_Prodhan, @RoyalFizzbin, @mozammel47 , @wytamma, Rebecca Roach, and @RhysHParry - are all here and ready to go! 🫡

Please feel free to reach out to any of us w/ questions or concerns at any time ♥️

[MicroSeq2026 @Microseq_ASM]

Only ONE more week to #MicroSeq2025! 🤩

The conference booklet (incl. schedule) will be released on Monday, September 1. Registration is open until 11:59pm September 2, so there's still plenty of time to join the fun! Don't miss out!

Register below 👇
https://t.co/uBalBz4hlG

[MicroSeq2026 @Microseq_ASM]

✨#MicroSeq2025 Plenary Highlight!✨
Dr Peter Mee is a senior research scientist in the Veterinary Virology group at Agriculture Victoria Research, focused on diagnostics that strengthen agricultural biosecurity & enhance pathogen detection.
Register👇
https://t.co/uBalBz4hlG

[Christopher Ang @AngTopher]

Supervisor, DECRA fellow and lab mum Jess Harrison presenting on host-restriction of the insect-specific alphavirus Yada Yada virus!! @JodyPeters20 #MCAA2025

[Christopher Ang @AngTopher]

An All‐in‐One Metabarcoding Approach to Mosquito and Arbovirus Xenosurveillance - Johnson - Molecular Ecology Resources - Wiley Online Library

Might also be the first detection of Quang Binh virus outside of Asia! https://t.co/dfP2PcGKAt

[MicroSeq2026 @Microseq_ASM]

🚨Abstract submission & registration for #MicroSeq2025 is OPEN! 🚨Get in quick! The first 50 registrations are FREE for PhD students and ECRs who are current ASM members, thanks to @AUSSOCMIC.

Head to our website to register now 👇
https://t.co/b07JPgrXly

[Carla Júlia Vieira @carlajulia15]

Check out our new paper investigating the co-circulation of several arboviruses in 🦟from southeast Australia using qRT-PCR and whole genome sequencing. We present significant insights on arbovirus diversity and their geographic distribution in Australia.

https://t.co/HMOp1ZPTK6

[Wildlife Health Australia @healthywildlife]

Congratulations Michelle Wille, member of the National Avian Influenza Wild Bird (NAIWB) Surveillance Program Steering Group, for being awarded a 2024 Environmental Biosecurity Award 🏆
@DAFFgov
#AusBioAwards #biosecurity #science

[Michelle Wille @DuckSwabber]

We are delighted to share with you that 11th International Symposium on Avian Influenza will be 24-25 June 2025 in St. John’s, Canada. We are looking forward to getting everyone together in one room to share their experiences and the latest science. https://t.co/5xF1INjkeO

[Stacey Lynch-Allen @stace_lynch]

Always a delight to work with @jodyPeters20 , Mikaela G. Bell and her network at @SCMB_EMCR . A great collaborative output for applying high-throughput sequencing to publicly funded arbovirus surveillance programs @mozztacular https://t.co/by0pbfPZGC

[Jana Batovska @mozztacular]

@JodyPeters20 @mikaelagbell Congratulations @mikaelagbell - such impressive work!! So chuffed to see YYV being used for great things 😊 can't wait to see what's next!

[Jody Peters (Hobson-Peters) @JodyPeters20]

Excited to share the first paper from the PhD of @mikaelagbell . Mikaela meticulously re-created the Australian insect-specific alphavirus, Yada Yada virus – one of only 5 insect-specific alphaviruses discovered to date.

https://t.co/T6sODZpC4h

[Angela Donald @Angelafdonald]

Out today, the recipe for pathogen genomics implementation in Australia. 📜
1 tbsp of strong existing collaborations, 2 tbsp governance agreements, 1 tbsp computational infrastructure, and 10 tbsp of belief in the cause.

See below for instructions!
https://t.co/8ayB3atvb9

[VEuPathDB @veupathdb]

Welcome back! VEuPathDB resources are back online today! We will continue to provide bioinformatics services under a new organizational structure. Read more here: https://t.co/YNX4KBuIxV

[Simon Roux @simroux_virus]

If you work with metagenomes (or metatranscriptomes), would like to explore what viruses/phages are in your datasets, but don't know where to start, we have (an) MVP for you now \o/
Really happy to see this one published, and also welcoming feedback/suggestion of improvement!

[Jana Batovska @mozztacular]

@stace_lynch @PeterMeeSci @ndbrohier @OUPAcademic

[Jana Batovska @mozztacular]

Do you metagenomically seq samples collected in Australia? Then this paper is for you! https://t.co/UJxc4oQQ2o

The Australian Biosecurity Genomic Database can be used to screen for viruses on @DAFFgov's list of notifiable animal diseases - give it a try: https://t.co/sJ6Rkaca8m

[Thibault Clérice (ponteineptique on Ciel Bleu ) @PonteIneptique]

Python 3.10 is out, every damn programmer is in love with the new structural pattern matching.
But for anyone teaching python out there, the new error messages are what's up. (Before/After)