Canada Research Chair in Human Microbiomics @DalhousieU, Director of the IMR (imr.bio), and creator of bioinformatic tools such as PICRUSt.
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Based in Canada
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Let me introduce Microbiome ANCHOR, a conference to bring together researchers implementing and developing novel methods for studying microbial communities. June 8-10, 2026 Save the date and join the mailing list, registrations opening in January. microbiome-anchor.ca
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My MSc student @benfish404 decided to dress up as me today for Halloween! I wasn't in the office today, so he took the opportunity to take over my office and have a photo shoot, lol
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Starting #csm2023 with my talented postdoc @RobynJWright and a project in collaboration with @SickKidsNews on oral microbiome and mental health in children.
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Dalhousie Genomics in Medicine Student Symposium is well under way! Great in person and virtual talks. #DalGiM
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Lots of M's in my life: Morgan, Microbiome, Mentor, Mid career, Meetings,... Miata (*cough* Midlife) :)
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My cat decided to listen in on my recorded lecture today. I don't think he was impressed. #onlineTeaching
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Me when submitting a CIHR grant and the massive page of consent checkboxes pops up after already hitting submit (like twice) and the timer is still counting down. #ResearchNet
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Massive milestone reached for the IMR as we have now processed over 100,000 microbiome samples from 27 countries! imr.bio/achieve.html
#16S #metagenomics
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Anyone know what the word "ferments" means in yogurt speak? I am guessing strains of bacteria, but they don't want to use the word "bacteria"?
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Good news! The IMR (imr.bio) has doubled its capacity with the purchase of a second Illumina MiSeq (like their names?). Wait times should stay a bit more consistent now. Currently processing ~4500 samples per month. #metagenomics #16S #microbiome #StarTrek
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Only 25 of the 79 studies had the data and metadata sufficiently available for meta-analysis!!
cell.com/cell-host-microbe/f…
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Updated the general stats from the Integrated Microbiome Resource (imr.bio). Looks like we may pass the 100k sample mark this year! #16S #sequencing #bioinformatics #metagenomics #microbiome
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Day off from teaching at big data course in Peurto Rico. Warm breeze, patio, and local IPA...tough life. ;)
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Well the fun is over. Trump poo image has been wiped. I feel like I need to use the term "unusual aspects" in my research from now on. :)
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Great talk by Dr. Meredith Ashby from @pacbio discussing long reads for detecting genomic variants at Dalhousie CGEM seminar series @DalMedSchool @GenomeAtlantic @dmrf1979
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Congrats to my MSc student Casey Jones @CaseyMAJones for defending his thesis today on pediatric IBD and gut viromes. Well done! @DalPharmacology #16S #microbiome
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The IMR receives DNA for sequencing in many forms. Sometimes in a simple envelope, sometimes on dry ice, but this the first time we ever received a whole liquid nitrogen dewar! cgeb-imr.ca #microbiome #genomics #overkill
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Celebratory lunch with the new Scientific Director for CIHR's Institute of Genetics. First director in Atlantic Canada! (BTW, that is my photobombing Dean!)
@CIHR_IRSC @CR_McMaster @DalPharmacology @DalMedDean #thisguyhiredme
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Didn't get quite as far as we hoped today, but results are still piling in. Small excerpt from number of significant features for a single study.
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My MSc student (soon to be PhD student) Jacob Nearing @JTNearing won best poster at #IHMC2018 Well done! @Dal_micro_immun @DalMedSchool @Dalnews @IWKHealthCentre
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My @DalPharmacology MSc student @CaseyMAJones presenting on the virome in pediatric IBD patients from @IWKHealthCentre at #CSV2018 #microbiome #metagenomics
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Too bad Illumina didn't have a loyalty card program :) Pretty much weekly delivery now for the IMR: cgeb-imr.ca
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@PatSchloss Read your obesity meta-analysis paper and couldn't understand where the AUCs came from in Fig. 4. #microbiome
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DalMUG journal club. One of the meetings I actually enjoy. Love hearing different perspectives from my students and colleagues. #microbiome
Promo video for research in my lab. Created by @RussSmithPro
youtube.com/watch?v=jZu1f40D… #microbiome #metagenomics #academics
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Come out this evening to hear about how genomics is being used to find new treatments of disease at the Halifax Central Library.
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Announcement of new Molly Appeal campaign to help fund a new flow cytometer and support microbiome bionformatics.
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Langille Lab Plays Bubble Soccer (and dominates the competition) :) youtu.be/Ja8Duxv-0-Q
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Lost most of my bar of soap, and had to shower with this tiny sliver (body and hair) at #GLBIOCCBC16
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One of my very first conferences from 10 years ago. So many great researchers were there. #phylogenomics
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Had fun over the weekend making graduate students wipeout: youtube.com/watch?v=IZvKn_0z…
@rob_beiko @otogishu @joshdneufeld Found it! Enjoy... youtube.com/watch?v=N8nk5EGb…
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After struggling with creating large heatmap, got a pretty one using pheatmap (as usual) in <10 lines of R.
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My old high school's spirit video (nice editing): youtu.be/kJe3p88G1ko
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2012 DA14 Asteroid close approach - Extended: youtu.be/URfr3Np6ELM
The assembly of an infant gut microbiome framed against healthy human ad...: youtu.be/Pb272zsixSQ
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@StephenKingSRHS Just watched and commented on youtube.com/watch?v=GZ8A9v9a… Thanks for sharing!
Nice bedtime story..thanks @jennifergardy : The A-Z of Epidemiology: germs from Anthrax to Zoonoses. youtu.be/P2C4U624Y6o
Shit Graduate Students Say: youtu.be/ovEghdXC4tE via @youtube
This left me speechless. Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut: youtu.be/7ezeYJUz-84
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Searching for email for possible collaborator, Dan Knights, and I find out he is also a speed cuber: youtube.com/watch?v=LW7I9SGn…
I Will Survive Grad School youtube.com/watch?v=z8eZtnKw… via @youtube
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