hello, i am amulya baral.

i am a researcher doing a phd in antimicrobial resistance (how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics) using metagenomics (analyzing DNA from things like water, soil, poop to see what bacteria are living there and what resistance genes they carry). i'm 28 and live in Norway.

▸ how to pronounce the name

it is pronounced "Uh-MOOL-yah buh-RAAL" where "Uh" is like the 'u' in "umbrella," "MOOL" (stressed) rhymes with "pool," "yah" sounds like "yeah," "buh" is like the 'bu' in "butter," and "RAAL" (stressed) has a slightly rolled 'r'.

for work, i

am doing a phd looking at how much antibiotics cattle use and what it may be doing to the AMR genes; rave the microbiome in general

do academic things like writing academic papers and review academic papers other academics have written

made panres2 AMR gene database ontology browser

made and maintain nomoreamr.org, a knowledge base for AMR and AMU surveillance systems in the nordics

made swiftomics.com, a no-code bioinformatics platform that runs 100% locally on your own computer (work in progress)

for life, i

run marathons once or twice a year, train for it year-round

spend a lot of money on coffee (i believe a coffee producer should get the same fame/compensation for their labor as a french wine maker)

hike and camp, mostly in Norway and Nepal

▸ wear the same clothing every day

well, not the exact same pair, but i have 8 of the same t-shirt, 3 of the same sweater, and 2 of the same pants and that's pretty much 90% of the clothing i own. the term is 'onebag minimalist'. it's amazing! i've travelled for weeks at an end with just a "free personal item" bag wihout sacrificing on comfort. heavily inspired by jeremy maluf's indefinite backpack travel

if you want to talk about metagenomics, AMR, or anything, please text me on signal @amulya.01

or instead, if have great audio equipment and would much rather listen to well-engineered music,