{"id":4836,"date":"2025-05-07T10:45:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T09:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/?page_id=4836"},"modified":"2026-01-06T17:03:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T17:03:55","slug":"news-archive-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/news-archive-2\/","title":{"rendered":"News Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4836\" class=\"elementor elementor-4836\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82dfe83 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"82dfe83\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/mlgsamyflo5v.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:883\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Original-on-Transparent.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1446\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66d6905 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66d6905\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbbb337\" data-id=\"dbbb337\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f126da elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f126da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News Archive<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1603925 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1603925\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96307bc\" data-id=\"96307bc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e54072b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e54072b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-opt-id=357490888  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mlgsamyflo5v.i.optimole.com\/w:400\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0E_zlQcQ_400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6018\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlgsamyflo5v.i.optimole.com\/w:400\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0E_zlQcQ_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mlgsamyflo5v.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0E_zlQcQ_400x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlgsamyflo5v.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0E_zlQcQ_400x400.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-147ac13\" data-id=\"147ac13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e427d1d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e427d1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-size: 2.13333rem\">VoM-UK announces the keynote speaker and abstract and registration dates for 2026<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cac451 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cac451\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: #f5f5f5;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">Professor Jos\u00e9 Penad\u00e9s from Imperial College London will be presenting at VoM-UK as the keynote speaker this year. Registration and abstract submission for the conference is now open.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; background-color: #f5f5f5;\">The deadline for abstract submission for oral presentations for VoM-UK 2026 will close on Friday, December 12th, 2025, while registration for the event will close on on Friday, January 9th, 2026. For more details on how to register and conference fees please check out the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0170b9; transition-property: all;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.northumbria.ac.uk\/about-us\/news-events\/events\/2026\/01\/viruses-of-microbes-2026\/\">conference webpage here<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c88ee8 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c88ee8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2976998\" data-id=\"2976998\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263f300 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"263f300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-size: 2.13333rem\">Virus of Microbes UK 2026<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf8f838 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf8f838\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">The dates for the two day conference Virus of Microbes UK (VoM-UK) 2026 have been announced. It will be taking place on the 22nd and 23rd of January 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Hosted by the Microbiome Exploration Peak of Research Excellence, the fourth annual VoM-UK conference will be held at the end of January next year. As offered at previous conferences, a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">practical phage genomics workshop will be held the day prior. More details on registration, fees, and abstract submission will soon be available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc1d142\" data-id=\"fc1d142\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a866805 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a866805\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-opt-id=357490888  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mlgsamyflo5v.i.optimole.com\/w:400\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0E_zlQcQ_400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-6018\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlgsamyflo5v.i.optimole.com\/w:400\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0E_zlQcQ_400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mlgsamyflo5v.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0E_zlQcQ_400x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlgsamyflo5v.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/0E_zlQcQ_400x400.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51aedc7 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51aedc7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea14f67\" data-id=\"ea14f67\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d32148d elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d32148d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MicrosoftTeams-video.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" controls=\"\" muted=\"muted\" playsinline=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08f7a06\" data-id=\"08f7a06\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0285af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0285af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"font-size: 2.13333rem\">The Illumina MiSeq i100 Plus arrives at NU-OMICS<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff19cca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ff19cca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;\">The arrival of Illumina&#8217;s latest sequencing platform marks the decommissioning of NU-OMICS first MiSeq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Today NU-OMICS bids farewell to its first MiSeq, the first platform that the facility acquired in 2012 when it was established, to make room for Illumina&#8217;s latest sequencing platform. The MiSeq i100 Plus produces a greater output of data in less time while simplifying the sequencing process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36de1f9 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36de1f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7eb97d9\" data-id=\"7eb97d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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researchers university-wide the capability to quickly process large datasets and NU-OMICS plans to use that computing power to drive their genomics analysis and research.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read more about Higgs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northumbria.ac.uk\/about-us\/news-events\/news\/supercomputer-investment-will-power-world-leading-research-and-innovation\/\">Northumbria University&#8217;s website<\/a> and check out how <a href=\"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/nu-omics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lenovo_NorthumbriaUni_241112.pdf\">NU-OMICS&#8217;s work on COVID-19<\/a> highlights the benefits of the new Higgs HPC facility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2985937\" data-id=\"2985937\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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