Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Insitute, and part of the Global Pneumococcal Sequencing project! 🧬 🖥️ 私はアラナです、一、二年間日本語を辺境しています。よろしくお願いします！https://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3mhkw4vwm222hCaturdays are for sleeping, preferably in the sun ☀️ #caturday #cats21 Mar 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhkw4vwm222hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3mgouthnk3c2yCompleted my first half marathon! 🏆 The big question is... Will it also be my last half marathon, given how fun it ended up being? 👀10 Mar 2026 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgouthnk3c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3mdfvrjielc2fOur Genomewatch on genomics to monitor emerging zoonotic threats is in the first Nature Reviews Microbiology of 2026! 🖥️🧬🦠 It's so exciting to see it in print, surrounded by so many other interesting papers! Find our article: rdcu.be/e0TS1 Read the full issue: https://www.nature.com/nrmicro/volumes/24/issues/127 Jan 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdfvrjielc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3m4avvs6of22eSeroBA(v2.0) and the SeroBAnk are published! 🧬🖥️ SeroBA(v2.0) can identify 102/107 pneumococcal serotypes, and the SeroBAnk is a guide to their cps loci, capsular structure, and antisera 🧪 Many collaborations were needed to make this detailed resource! ➡️ https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.00148328 Oct 2025 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4avvs6of22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3m4aoar7ga227Last week I was in Beijing, China for the 5th Asia Pneumococcal Symposium! 🇨🇳 So many amazing talks - I learnt a lot and also recieved valuable feedback on my recent work! 🖥️🧬 🧪 The next Asian Pneumococcal Symposium will be held in Chiba, Japan, in 2027 🇯🇵 I am already looking forward to it!28 Oct 2025 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4aoar7ga227https://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3m25fq3xvbc2jRead #8 to learn about how the GPS project is working to support global research into how vaccines impact AMR 💊 🧪 Leading the GPS placement scheme, supporting and meeting talented global pneumococcal researchers, has been incredible. I have learnt so much from them! Papers coming soon... 🖥️🧬 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Oct 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25fq3xvbc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3lziokpnat22zIt's likely the next pandemic will come from wildlife. But how can we prepare for the next spillover event, if we don't understand the diversity of viruses out there? 🦔🦠 Check out our Genomewatch article, where we discuss using meta-genomics to study viral diversity in wild mammals 🖥️🧬 rdcu.be/eHIBl https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rdcu.be_eHyUg&d=DwMFAg&c=D7ByGjS34AllFgecYw0iC6Zq7qlm8uclZFI0SqQnqBo&r=_11vWnRAJHhl6XjI4KS697MpDmFfqBkcVH_St56FC7o&m=PxFK0y6vS6QOhGlPO8aPn0Eys1f_o4hG0zRVGvpD1isEBBgPIpcrDV1Gf3pjd-mv&s=sTcE9K2_Q9GOUzCOGFHNq8o7OetB3LrGVPgvW6ffFRw&e=23 Sep 2025 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lziokpnat22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3lvfnnk7iyk2b😛 #caturday02 Aug 2025 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvfnnk7iyk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3lse25btg5k2vWhat do the BIOSCAN project and the Duxford Imperial War Museum have in common? They are both interested in things that fly! ✈️ 🐝 It was amazing to be at the Duxford Air Show with @engagewcs.bsky.social to discuss how the BIOSCAN project uses DNA barcoding to study flying insects in the UK 🧬24 Jun 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lse25btg5k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3lraycofgrc26We sequenced pneumococcal isolates from children with pneumococcal disease in Suzhou, China, 2014-2023 🖥️🧬 94% expressed serotypes in PCV13, which is not part of China’s National Immunisation Programme 💉 96% were multidrug-resistant 💊 🧪 Paper here 📄 https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099/mgen.0.00139810 Jun 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lraycofgrc26https://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3lqrcxyllu22iLast week I co-chaired the 2025 Mechanisms of Membrane Transport Gordon Research Seminar! 🎤 🇨🇭 With cutting-edge science from early career researchers, thoughtful discussion, and insightful career conversations, I'm proud of the programme we put together 🧪 Thank you to all speakers and attendees! 🥳04 Jun 2025 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrcxyllu22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3lq5hkmtwa22n(Hopefully) Coming soon to a journal near you: serotype 12F is global 🌍, expressed by diverse pneumococcal lineages 🧬🖥️, and often antimicrobial resistant 💊 I had a great time at #Europneumo 2025 presenting a poster on our recent work on the invasive pneumococcal serotype 12F. Watch this space! 🧪27 May 2025 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq5hkmtwa22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3losh345tpc2kTake time to sleep and rest this #caturday10 May 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3losh345tpc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3loarq54dls2vParker is wishing you a happy Bank Holiday weekend with a BIG SCREAM 📣 🐈 (he'd also be grateful if you could please feed him, he's not eaten in at least an hour) #caturday #cat03 May 2025 07:07 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3loarq54dls2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dralannah.bsky.social/post/3lnxczqxkjs2tStruggling to keeping track of >100 pneumococcal serotypes? 🧪 Meet SeroBA(v2.0), an updated tool that can accurately type almost all serotypes from WGS data, plus the SeroBAnk, a pocket guide to the serotypes! 🧬🖥️ Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.16.648953v1 SeroBAnk: www.pneumogen.net/gps/#/serobank29 Apr 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:phtr4zwl3suctaemazyzwwbc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnxczqxkjs2t