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Following our AI-driven molecular de-extinction research in Nature Biomedical Engineering, we've explored its patentability and bioethical implications. Our thoughts are now published in Nature Biotechnology! Nature Portfolio

New paper out x.com/NatureBiotech/…! Scalable reference-free genomic inference that is faster + more memory-efficient than STAR’s read alignment alone. Work led by Marek Kokot and Roozbeh Dehghannasiri, with Sebastian Deorowicz and Salzman Lab. Try it out at github.com/refresh-bio/SP…

Jaeger: an accurate and fast deep-learning tool to detect bacteriophage sequences - Jaeger is a new deep-learning tool that excels in detecting bacteriophage genome fragments with high accuracy, achieving sensitivity (0.87) and precision (0.92) in benchmarks against

Scientists at UAM Poznań turned to poop to learn about how bacteria-killing viruses found in the human gut have changed over time, including one from 5,300 year old Ötzi the Iceman! Learn more in our new adapted article: sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how-m… Piotr Andrzej Zielezinski

🦠 How much do viruses change? In a study by ScienceJournal4Kids, Prof. @BEDutilh & team explore viral mutations and their impact on ecosystems & health. Read more: lnkd.in/ddzRRJ_t 🎓 Includes educational materials! 🤝 Piotr Andrzej Zielezinski

Published in 2009, bwa-aln is one of the oldest short-read aligners. It remains a popular choice for aligning ancient DNA reads. The following blog post explains the algorithmic reasons. lh3.github.io/2024/09/28/why…

Super cool tool for fast and accurate detection of phage sequences by Yasas Wijesekara

Until now, the gut microbiome hasn't been used to make clinical diagnoses. That may change. A new report on its utility for non-invasively diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease. nature.com/articles/s4159… Nature Medicine Siew Ng

Spacedust: de novo discovery of conserved gene clusters. Combining sensitive Foldseek structure search and conserved neighborhood detection to discover functionally-associated gene clusters in prokaryotic & viral genomes. 🚀github.com/soedinglab/spa… 📄biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/6🧵

This year’s chemistry laureates Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have developed an AI model, AlphaFold2, to solve a 50-year-old problem: predicting proteins’ complex structures. Check out two examples of protein structures determined using AlphaFold2. First up, a bacterial enzyme

OUT NOW in nature: An ancient ecospecies of Helicobacter pylori By Elise Tourrette, Yoshio Yamaoka, Kaisa Thorell, Daniel Falush & colleagues. Kaisa Thorell @elise_evol @campy_bara daniel falush nature.com/articles/s4158…

Save the date for the 2025 symposium on the immune system of bacteria: April 8-10 in Paris, France Registration opens in two weeks. A fantastic lineup of speakers!

Exciting time for phage discovery!

Discover the ancient #bacteriophage lineage, Candidatus Heliusvirales, prevalent in human gut microbiomes for over 300,000 years, now linked to westernized lifestyles and diseases like diabetes. #Microbiome #Virome #GutHealth 📄 doi.org/10.1038/s41467… EVBC👤: @BEDutilh

David is an extremely talented scientist who led the generation and validation of the transposons as a rotation student! MGEs made humans, humans made AI, AI made more MGEs -- a very selfish gene!

Search your favorite protein sequences with Gaia🌎! We are excited to release a context-aware protein search tool, extending search and discovery capabilities beyond sequence and structure, to include *genomic context* gaia.tatta.bio 1/🧵

🚨New feature alert! Gaia Agent🤖 predicts functions of previously unannotated proteins. Check it out at gaia.tatta.bio

OUT NOW - Ecological dynamics of Enterobacteriaceae in the human gut microbiome across global populations nature.com/articles/s4156…

Our study Cell finds healthy Canadians that consume a non-industrialized-type #diet can modulate their #microbiome, boost beneficial metabolites and improve their health. In just 3 weeks: LDL cholesterol ↓17% fasting glucose ↓6% CRP ↓ 14% cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

🚀 FAMSA2 is here! ✅ Aligns 3M proteins in 5 min (only 18 GB RAM) ✅ Outperforms Muscle5 in accuracy ✅ Scales where others don't 📄 Preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 💻 GitHub: github.com/refresh-bio/FA… 🔁 RT if you're tired of slow alignments!