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What do you say to your family when you don’t know if you’ll ever see them again? In February 2022, he told his wife and children the war had begun. Then he left as Russian forces advanced towards Kyiv, unsure what the coming hours would bring. This is President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Before politics, he built a successful career in Ukrainian television as a writer, producer and performer, even portraying a president on screen. In 2019, he was elected President of Ukraine. Three years later, Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Sitting down with him was surreal and an enormous responsibility. It was a rare chance to hear his account of the first hours of the war and the decisions that followed. We discussed things like: How he found out Russia had invaded. Why he refused an offer to evacuate Kyiv. The 64km Russian military convoy advancing towards the capital. How Russian forces tried to capture a key airport. His account of discovering hundreds of bodies after Russian occupation. What he believes it will take to end the war. But I also wanted to understand how he’d been coping. One of my first questions was simply, “How are you doing?” His answer was: “It’s hard.” He spoke about meeting parents whose children had been killed. Some, he explained, simply ask him for a hug. And as he spoke, there were tears in his eyes. Whatever your views on the war or the decisions made by those involved, this is a rare opportunity to hear his account of events that have changed millions of lives. Because behind every map, every headline and every political decision, there are real people. Out now on all platforms ❤️👊🏾 (President Zelenskyy was recorded in Ukrainian and dubbed in English.)

Every Phase Genomics Proximo™ or ProxiMeta™ Hi-C kit now comes with PGShield™, our buffer for room-temperature preservation that keeps samples Hi-C-ready for months. No cold chain. No culturing. Swipe through for more on the power of PGShield.

Tune in to a new on-demand deep dive from @Labroots and Phase Genomics CEO @ivanliachko on how Hi-C metagenomics connects fragmented DNA and reveals relationships among phages, plasmids, and other MGEs in the microbiome. You’ll find Ivan’s talk here: labroots.com/ms/webinar/link…

Best quotable of #ISME20 a la Phil Hugenholtz: Q: "Phil, do you have FOMO?" A: "No, I have the fear of being included" @ISME_microbes #microbiome

Look for Phase Genomics CEO @IvanLiachko at #ISME20 this week. He’ll join a special session exploring the translation of microbiome science into commercial applications. You’ll find the session, MS25: Microbiome-Based Products, in room 516 on 8/21 starting at 10:30am local time.

Almost a decade apart, luckily nothing has changed. @Kaylee__Mueller

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The biggest sustainability challenges are rooted in biology we’re still learning to understand. Hi-C helps build better genomes and unravel microbial communities that support healthier soils, stronger crops, and more resilient ecosystems. Happy 🌎 Day from Phase Genomics.

Long reads get you contigs. Proximo™ Hi-C Kits for Plants get you chromosomes you can put to work or meaningful trait / QTL mapping and functional analysis. Tell us about your research and take 20% off through May 1👇 info.phasegenomics.com/hi-c-…

Chatting with Jeff about their recent oat pangenome paper 🌱🧬. #plants #genome

New in the Journal of Water and Health: ProxiMeta™ Hi-C metagenomics improves antimicrobial resistance tracking in wastewater. Key findings: → 2,816 traits detected → 554 genes linked to hosts → 52.9% of genes were ARGs 🔗iwaponline.com/jwh/article/2…

32% off ProxiMeta™ Hi-C kits ends 3/15 (then save 16% through end of month). You’ll get: ✅ High-quality MAGs from complex samples ✅ More complete genomes than traditional binning ✅ Accurate host attribution for phages, plasmids, and AMR genes 👉info.phasegenomics.com/march…

March MAGness is here! Score special pricing on ProxiMeta™ Hi-C kits for metagenomics & microbiome studies in everything from complex soil samples, to gut microbiomes, to bioreactors: 🔬 32% off | March 2–15 🔬 16% off | March 16–31 Get started here 👇 info.phasegenomics.com/march…

FISH finds what it's looking for, and only what it's looking for. In a new study in @AjHematologyshows, Hi-C confirmed FISH findings, plus chromothripsis, CN-LOH & complex rearrangements that FISH probes can’t pinpoint. 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

New Nature Plants study using Proximo™ Hi-C shows how a hybrid eelgrass species inherited low-light tolerance genes from its deep-water parent that could change how we approach coastal restoration. More from Todd Michael, PhD & team at @salkinstitute 📄 nature.com/articles/s41477-0…

New Publication in @PLOSBiology : Optimized Hi-C analysis (Z-score filtering) boosts specificity & reveals virus-host interactions using Phase Genomics’ ProxiMeta™ Hi-C: 79 genus-level matches + 293 new linkages in well-studied, climate-critical soils. journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…

"A year and a half ago, we couldn't have resolved this hybrid genome." New tech (long reads + Hi-C) let researchers separate parental haplotypes in eelgrass revealing which genes drive low-light tolerance. Todd Michael (@genomeslab) breaks down how:

Thrilled to share our labor of love over the last 5 years! Leveraging long-read metagenomics we identified several previously unknown phage families that are highly prevalent in the human gut microbiome. Lead by @hanrong_chen [1/5] biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…

Tissue prep drives variability early in Hi-C workflows. A new STAR Protocol adds cryogenic tissue grinding before crosslinking, with safe pause points for optimized lab workflows. See how it improves reproducibility & library quality ⬇️ star-protocols.cell.com/prot…

Phase Genomics IRL: a few days together in Portland for real-time collab & creativity. Aligning on new products, pressure-testing ideas, a little fun behind the wheel. It’s how we build even better Hi-C tools for the researchers who rely on them. A few of our favorite moments👇