The Tattooed Professor
@schwessinger
Professor at the Australian National University. Biosecurity, fungal and plant genomics, evolution, and biochemistry. Dad. Swimming, reading, nature.
Finishing #ICOM2026 with some orchids and their hidden fungi at the lovely Cairns botanical garden. Thanks to the organisers for an exciting conference and for inviting us to contribute our expertise on fungal genomics via talks and a one day workshop
Preparing another Nanopore/Genome assembly workshop for tomorrow to round off #ICOM2026 in style. Drew me back to @protocolsio.bsky.social. We started over 10 years ago with long-reads, with 10+ workshops and lots of smiles. Memory lane made me smile. 1/2
Second up this morning Patricia Silva-Flores on the big stage #icom2026
Celeste Linde on the big stage at #icom2026 talking about orchid mycorrhizal fungi. Pure joy.
Today a long talk on how to use graphs to dissect nuclear haplotype resolved genomes of fungi @ritatam.bsky.social #icom2026
Benefits of conferences in Cairns... lovely outdoor pool for a swim before breakfast #icom2026
@ritatam.bsky.social showing off the latest pan-graph genome methods applied to heterokaryotic fungi #ICOM2026 @mycorrhizaims.bsky.social #proudsupervisor
As tragic as shark attacks are femicides by men are FAR more common in Australia and get MUCH less attention.... sad Australian reality with heavily distorted media attention.
YD index unlocked. 83 = 83 as in the number of blood-plasma donations equalling your year of birth.
Celebrated my 80sversery. Blood life matters. Paying into the karma pool so others can enjoy life more.
So we age together... first day of high school. Exciting times ahead.
Happy proud #75 donation to me. Good habit to have picked up during COVID and to have kept ever since. Come join us..... better than h-index for sure.
Happy 2026. Sharing the first bright rays of the year for better times.
Still one of the best techno dance music live acts. Good to see Underworld live in Sydney after approximately 18 years waiting.
Made it to 18 in 2025. Giving the golden liquid for life.
Come join in and save someone's else life. It really doesn't take that much.
69 and counting. Edging ever so closer to 75 by end of the year. Even some new socks and finished sleeve on the way.
Dreams, aspirations, and oblivion are a good combination at times.
Science outreach at Floriade ... Plant Pathogen could eat all your flowers and Floriade no more. Learn more about plant pathogens @ouranu.bsky.social
Living the long delay dream with the only available food at the hotel for dinner.
While ANU is pickering this Chinese university spent $30 million in just one year to build a state of the art cryo-EM facility. ANU 'leadership' must understand that ANU's capital is its reputation and its excellent staff, both of those are put through the wringer right now. What will be left?
Perfect slogan for a complex week on many levels here at @ouranu.bsky.social