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September 2026 edition newsletter You can find all our monthly newsletters here getgenome.net/network To stay up-to-date join our Mailing List

Road to Jeju: Our open call closes on 2 November, and applications have already arrived from 18 countries across five continents! getgenome.net/callforproje...

We just published: Closing the gap: AI in Genomics training delivers real gains for researchers GetGenome and The Sainsbury Laboratory share what changed for the 61 researchers who took part — and what happens next. kamounlab.medium.com/closing-the-...

"Rhizobia are old friends of plant biology. They still have plenty to teach us. The next surprise may come from a cowpea nodule in the Sahara. I want the scientist who collected it to be the one who finds it." @getgenome.bsky.social

Now Live! @GetGenome AI in Genomics Training Wiki getgenome-wiki.net/training/

How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in Science predicts. Pseudoscience doesn’t. Twenty-nine years How to science, and how not to What’s a failed experiment? Death by statistics Ditch the bar graphs Get credit for all of it kamounlab.medium.com/how-do-we-re...

I just published: How do we recognize world-class science? Not by the journal it appeared in What I told early-career researchers about prediction, rigour, failure, priors — and the tyranny of bar graphs. kamounlab.medium.com/how-do-we-re...

#GGRoadToJeju2026 invites applications from the global research community to sequence the genomes of plant-associated microorganisms — including pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria, fungi and oomycetes. 📅 Apply by 2 November 2026 getgenome.net/callforproje...

Two seemingly unrelated sides of our lab collided today in the AWESOME new Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system poster: flowers 🌸 and phylogenomics 🧬 Need a new genome? Just pick up the phone and “dial-a-genome” 📞🧬 @getgenome.bsky.social www.tudelft.nl/en/hortus-bo...

Fold Spacer lets you fly through protein structures (Weekend project #2). It’s my first game: I originally set out to build a racer with structures as the tracks, but was a little too crazy. So it became this instead. You can upload your own structures. 🌐 martin-steinegger.github.io/Fold-Spacer/

We just published: Fold on Tight — 10 lessons on AI structure prediction Andy Posbe @adnroide.bsky.social turned our ten lessons on AI structure prediction into a thread. Here it is, one lesson at a time. kamounlab.medium.com/fold-on-tigh...

Day 1 “AI in Genomics workshop” 🇹🇳 🌍 With thanks to @Googleorg @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social

Talks for early career researchers A menu of short talks on how science actually works — skills, publishing, open science, statistics, and integrity. Most grew out of blog posts. They run short by design, because the discussion afterwards is the point. kamounlab.dreamhosters.com/KamounLab_EC...

We have been busy this July! The latest GetGenome newsletter is full of exciting highlights, and lots of amazing resources, available to everyone. You can access all the links and all our previous monthly newsletters here getgenome.net/network A huge thank you to everyone 🙏

Then our PostDoc Claire Hill is presenting her work on the miobiome of Salmonella Dubin. Thanks @getgenome.bsky.social

Community Spirit: Plasmids for All 🧬 A decade of plasmid-wrangling has become a movement: free plasmid sequencing through @getgenome.bsky.social thanks to @fclabs.bsky.social, and @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social's OpenFlower backed by @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social and @genewiz.bsky.social.

Super cool initiative by @getgenome.bsky.social ! 🧬 Lots of useful resources, including free plasmid sequencing for researchers in over 100 countries.

More community spirit and support from partners and sponsors--Microbial Genomics ECR SYMPSIOUM 2026 with @norwichmicro.bsky.social @novogene-europe.bsky.social More here about our other sponsored activities kamounlab.medium.com/community-sp...

Meet our first four Rising Stars of IS-MPMI! Join us on Wednesday 29 July, 3PM UTC to hear about the latest advances in plant-microbe interactions from the next generation of scientists. Free, online, and open to all! Register here: uchicago.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The Road to Jeju webinars are kindly supported by @getgenome.bsky.social, biotanon.com, and @bspp.bsky.social! We couldn't have done it without them 🙏

Just published: Community Spirit: Plasmids for All How a decade of plasmid-wrangling at @thesainsburylab.bsky.social grew into a movement — and the unexpected friends now helping us open the doors wider. medium.com/p/community-...

June 2026 newsletter highlighting a few of @getgenome.bsky.social recent activities and opportunities. Remember, you can find this and our previous newsletters here getgenome.net/network

I just published No mokusatsu in our genomics—Why we reannotated hundreds of plant genomes with Helixer and why you should care. #biology #bioinformatics #genomics kamounlab.medium.com/no-mokusatsu...

Road to Jeju is supported by @getgenome.bsky.social, Tanon & @bspp.bsky.social We're excited to announce TWO awards for Rising Stars speakers: 🏆 GetGenome Rising Star Award — plenary talk at the 2027 Jeju Congress + support to attend 🏆 Tanon Excellence Award — support to attend Jeju Congress

RBG Kew has now digitised all 7.4 million of its specimens, including those collected by Charles Darwin, and made them freely available online. Next up: genome sequencing? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📽️ "Medicine can save your life one day. Plants save your life every day." 🌱 @kamounlab.bsky.social shares his personal journey, his passion for science and his vision for the future in an inspiring talk at TEDx Pasha Street, now freely available online 🌾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiqt...

Brazil as a global player in fungal conservation: A rapid shift from neglect to action doi.org/10.1016/j.pe...

World map of antimicrobial resistance @DTUtweet www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

I would love that scientific research reflects what we should look for as society, working towards equitable collaborations. Looking forward for equitable research WITH the Global South 💜 beyond studying their amazing biodiversity.

🧬 Diatoms are an extraordinarily diverse group of photosynthetic organisms, with tens of thousands of described species. Yet technical challenges still limit large-scale diatom genome production. EBP projects and biodiversity genomics R&D teams are working to solve them. 🌊🔬 #Diatoms #Biodiversity

We @getgenome.bsky.social are delighted to support “Road to Jeju,” a new webinar series celebrating the lead-up to IS-MPMI 2026 in Korea 🇰🇷 Expect inspiring science and voices from across the plant-microbe community. First up: Roger Innes on June 17. Register here: lnkd.in/gw4pKp4K

Here is the latest @GetGenome activities and opportunities. Remember, you can find our previous newsletters here getgenome.net/network

I just published: Postcard from Kenya: Big animals, toxic plants, and the small print of the savanna A few days at Kapiti, where the savanna’s most memorable lessons hide between a fresh pile of cheetah droppings, an invasive thorn, and a butterfly’s clever disguise. medium.com/p/postcard-f...

Empowering science and scientists! 🧬💪 Thank you @getgenome.bsky.social !

GetGenome wiki A living, open science database of bacterial, fungal and plant genomes sequenced through the GetGenome programme for global genomic equity. getgenome-wiki.net/campaigns/

“In Africa, almost all farmers have smartphones”

Euphorbia candelabrum or a close East African relative, Kapiti 🇰🇪 | Euphorbiacae @thesainsburylab.bsky.social Group Leaders for scale

Kicking off now: the ILRI–TSL Nairobi Symposium 🇰🇪 Great to bring together colleagues from @ILRI and @TheSainsburyLab to discuss plant health, genomics, and climate-resilient agriculture. #ILRITSL #PlantHealth #OpenScience

La souveraineté biologique: le nouveau front invisible de la souveraineté alimentaire www.leaders.com.tn/article/3799... #Leaders_Tunisie

GetGenome April 2026 Newsletter: #DurumGPT and more. getgenome.net/network

Unlocking genomic heritage with @GetGenome 🎉

#GGFungi2026 Call for Projects is now closed. Thank you for your interest: 76 Applications from 18 countries!

A quick reminder that the #GGFungi2026 Call For Projects closes on 21st April — just a few days away!  If you’re considering applying, now is the time: getgenome.net/callforproje...

Méditerranée : la culture des céréales par un groupe de femmes tunisiennes youtu.be/751Ak6fyUJo?...

I just published Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition) Great science deserves to be read—not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing scientific papers. medium.com/p/dont-peris...