Mick Watson
Professor of bioinformatics @ Edinburgh. (Meta)genomics, bioinformatics, some politics. Tweets are my own.
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Salmonella hog roast 'ruined our wedding day'
Fifty-eight guests fell ill after eating the contaminated meat at Vicki and Phil Kemp's reception.
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Wedding caterers fined for salmonella-infected hog roast
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Nurses 'most likely cause' of Strep A outbreak
The bacterium has infected at least 33 people in Essex, claiming 15 lives.
Cambridge don readmitted after sexual harassment
Ex-students say they are "staggered" the languages professor has been readmitted to Trinity Hall.
A functional regulatory variant of MYH3 influences muscle fiber-type composition and intramuscular fat content in pigs
Author summary Local native livestock breeds, such as pigs and cattle, are important reservoirs of genetic variation, because they have adapted to local conditions and have not been as strongly selected as commercial livestock breeds. Therefore, the...
Beef Facts: Sustainability | Enteric Methane Emissions
Enteric methane emissions from beef cattle have decreased by 34% in the U.S. over the last three decades. Click to learn more.
Recovery of gene haplotypes from a metagenome
Elucidation of population-level diversity of microbiomes is a significant step towards a complete understanding of the evolutionary, ecological and functional importance of microbial communities. Characterizing this diversity requires the recovery...
Qatar so unbearably hot it has started air-conditioning the outdoors
Giant coolers in public areas accelerating climate crisis further by using electricity from fossil fuels
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Qatar so unbearably hot it has started air-conditioning the outdoors
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‘Crude populism’ decried by… *checks notes*… Nicola Sturgeon
As party conference speeches go, Nicola Sturgeon’s had all the force and originality of an afternoon telly repeat. And not a good series, either. We’re talking Doctors here. Highlights: Brexit? Sti…
CBI admits error in £196bn price tag for Labour plans | Rail industry | The Guardian
Party demands apology from lobby group for using ‘fabricated false information’ on nationalisation
SNP spent more on Shetland byelection than EU referendum
THE SNP spent more on their attempt to win the Shetland byelection than they did on the EU referendum, it has emerged.
Researchers find just two plague strains wiped out 30%-60% of Europe
Scientists analyzed tooth samples taken from skeletal remains of medieval victims.
Viewpoint: Legal crusade against Bayer's Roundup herbicide threatens fish and wildlife
You’ve seen the ads flooding television and social media: “Have you been exposed to weed killer Roundup? If you have cancer, you may be eligible for
Three-words 'map' used in rescue
How three words - "weekend", "foggy" and "earphones" - rescued a mother and child after a car crash.
Family 'waiting for end of time' found in basement
A man with six children spent nine years in a secret room at a Dutch farm, reports say.
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Who can say they don't dream of this occasionally?
Dutch family 'waiting for end of time' discovered in basement
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SNP raffle car at conference despite climate emergency
THE SNP has been accused of lacking all credibility after raffling a car at its party conference despite Nicola Sturgeon declaring a climate…
Multiple Introductions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 2–Beijing Into Africa Over Centuries
The Lineage 2–Beijing (L2–Beijing) sub-lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has received much attention due to its high virulence, fast disease progression, and association with antibiotic resistance. Despite several reports of the recent emergence...
Notice of Retraction
To the Editor On behalf of our coauthors, we write to report a programming error and other errors that affected the results in our article, “Effect of a Program
Progress studies as a civic duty
As I learn about the story of human progress, I have come to think that an entire subject is missing from basic education.