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Prof Jenny Rohn

@jennyrohn.bsky.social

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Cellular microbiologist, #UTI host/pathogen interactions, lab head at University College London, novelist, broadcaster, writer, pundit, Editor of LabLit.com, all things geek-chic. Find out more at jennyrohn.com

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23h

Georgia O'Keeffe, Lake George Reflection, 1921 #WomensArt

Painting of a hilly landscape reflected in still water in colours of purple green and blue

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 11h

#UKFungi (just discovered this hashtag)

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 12h

Autumnal fungi in disco colours

A bright red mushroom amidst chestnuts and fallen leaves

A creamy purple mushroom amidst chestnuts and fallen leaves

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 12h

The “orphan” sock. We have a whole drawer of them, waiting to be reunited

Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com · 20h

When pairing socks (if you do such a thing) - what do you call the other sock? In my house I look for the "brother" of the one in my hand.

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 12h

Ah. Wow. We found it growing in an ancient woodland on the Kent/East Sussex border

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 12h

Autumnal fungi in disco colours

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 12h

Check out this bad boy - a Pale Tussock moth caterpillar (Calliteara pudibunda) - living its best life. That gorgeous on-trend burgundy tail tuft!

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 13h

Oh, very well played, sir. We can forgive the mild mis-speciesing

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 13h

As far as the eye could see…

Close-up of chestnuts on the forest floor, some in prickly cases

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 13h

It was very hard to stop collecting them

A cloth bag of chestnuts on the forest floor

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 14h

I love this time of year. Roasting gathered chestnuts 🌰 on the campfire in the woods this afternoon

Chestnuts on a cast-iron ladle over hot coals

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 22h

People often dismiss cell biology as just “looking at stuff”, which makes seminal discoveries like this even sweeter. Congrats @drannecarpenter.bsky.social and team

Anne Carpenter @drannecarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵

mitochondria from bipolar patients are closer to the nucleus in these images; control patients' are spread out further

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

Photo of a vertical driftwood sculpture inlaid with rainbow coloured stained glass, the sculpture is sited on a wet looking shoreline by the sea under a sky with silver clouds and pale blue light

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 2d

MDx Impact Grants from @nature.com for clinical projects using high-multiplex PCR assays that detect resistance genes. #UTISky #IDSky www.nature.com/immersive/md...

Nature Awards MDx Impact Grants

Funds and tech to innovate syndromic PCR for a healthier world

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 3d

96% waning gibbous moon technically, but still super in my book

Nearly full moon and lit clouds in a dark sky

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 4d

Like the opposite of that classic Levi’s advert in the laundrette

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 4d

Did you remember to scrape bits of God out of the filter?

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 4d

argh, obviously that should be class-action.

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 4d

Presumably authors in this country could make their own class-actually suit against Anthropic? (I had loads of articles in the original pirated database, but these of course weren't included either)

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 5d

It's worse when they are parents you know from the school gate. I have a whole series contacts called things like "Sarah, Freddie's Mum"

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UK Cellular Microbiology @ukcellmicro.bsky.social · 5d

SAVE THE DATE!

The 2026 UK CellularMicrobiologyNetwork meeting will be held 22nd - 23rd of June at @wwiem-qub.bsky.social in Belfast.

Researchers from the UK and beyond are invited to share exciting work on the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions.

Follow us to stay tuned! www.ukcellmicro.org

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 6d

Made me laugh as phrased — did the marigold escape from your group meeting? (Next time serve better biscuits!) 😂

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 6d

Just a mallow (Malva sylvestris), but brightening up otherwise sparse meadows today #WildflowerHour @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 6d

Am interested in non-EFLW HF alternatives. One of my contacts was talking about some sort of wheel antenna. Another mentioned a rooftop Sandpiper multiband that was proving “disappointing”

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 6d

I have yet to erect my HF antennae - i.e. sling it into a tree. There are too many positional variables to decide. Keep putting it off. My 991A is getting lonely.

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 6d

What time??