Contamination Club
@contamclub.bsky.social
One of the greatest discoveries in microbiology came from contamination. Join the club and share yours here 🦠🧫 Merch ➡️ https://www.contam.club
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‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2026 🗓️🚨‼️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Looking forward to seeing the ContamCalendars start arriving! Shipped the first orders this week 📅🧫🍄🦠
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Looking forward to seeing the ContamCalendars start arriving! Shipped the first orders this week 📅🧫🍄🦠
The ContamCalendars have arrived! Preparing to ship the first batch, can’t wait for you to get your hands on them! 📅🧫🦠
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The ContamCalendars have arrived! Preparing to ship the first batch, can’t wait for you to get your hands on them! 📅🧫🦠
The ContamCalendar 2026 will likely be the final calendar we make, so we wanted it to be a great one.
The new design folds out to be A3, perfect for displaying the beautiful microbes inside 😍
Also full of microbe-related days throughout the year 📆🦠🧫🍄
The new design folds out to be A3, perfect for displaying the beautiful microbes inside 😍
Also full of microbe-related days throughout the year 📆🦠🧫🍄
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The ContamCalendar 2026 will likely be the final calendar we make, so we wanted it to be a great one.
The new design folds out to be A3, perfect for displaying the beautiful microbes inside 😍
Also full of microbe-related days throughout the year 📆🦠🧫🍄
The new design folds out to be A3, perfect for displaying the beautiful microbes inside 😍
Also full of microbe-related days throughout the year 📆🦠🧫🍄
💥CONTAM CALENDAR GIVEAWAY💥
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Fascinating article attempting to unpick the true story of the contaminated plate that led to the discovery of penicillin. Highly recommend reading!
Every biologist knows the story of Fleming's chance discovery of penicillin. But is it true?
Here, with @asimovpress.bsky.social, I write about inconsistencies in the canonical story, and explore a few alternative theories about what really happened in that St. Mary's lab in the summer of 1928.
Here, with @asimovpress.bsky.social, I write about inconsistencies in the canonical story, and explore a few alternative theories about what really happened in that St. Mary's lab in the summer of 1928.
The Penicillin Myth
Competing theories seek to explain inconsistencies surrounding Alexander Fleming’s famed discovery.
press.asimov.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Fascinating article attempting to unpick the true story of the contaminated plate that led to the discovery of penicillin. Highly recommend reading!
💥CONTAM CALENDAR GIVEAWAY💥
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
💥CONTAM CALENDAR GIVEAWAY💥
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2026 🗓️🚨‼️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2026 🗓️🚨‼️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Look out for an exciting announcement later…. 👀 #ContamCalendar
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Look out for an exciting announcement later…. 👀 #ContamCalendar
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In 2019, a mysterious contaminant lead to the start of Contamination Club, an online club dedicated to weird and wonderful intruders.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In 2019, a mysterious contaminant lead to the start of Contamination Club, an online club dedicated to weird and wonderful intruders.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
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I don’t know if it’s a worth entry into the @contamclub.bsky.social but two different things growing in our 1.5M NaCl…
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I don’t know if it’s a worth entry into the @contamclub.bsky.social but two different things growing in our 1.5M NaCl…
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What a lovely lawn of marshmallows....but not the Staphylococcus homonis that I was looking for 😮💨 @contamclub.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What a lovely lawn of marshmallows....but not the Staphylococcus homonis that I was looking for 😮💨 @contamclub.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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It’s always a good day when my interests overlap! @contamclub.bsky.social would love this.
Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart
October 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
It’s always a good day when my interests overlap! @contamclub.bsky.social would love this.
October 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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marcel duchamp goes @contamclub.bsky.social 😄
September 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
marcel duchamp goes @contamclub.bsky.social 😄
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only a microbiologist can be happy she left home in a rush three weeks ago and did not empty her tea mug @contamclub.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
only a microbiologist can be happy she left home in a rush three weeks ago and did not empty her tea mug @contamclub.bsky.social
Happy Noodlococcus day to all those who celebrate! 🍜🧫🦠
We’re in 3 different continents now but all celebrating the 6th anniversary of the discovery of our noodle-y friend by eating some delicious noodles @prob91.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
We’re in 3 different continents now but all celebrating the 6th anniversary of the discovery of our noodle-y friend by eating some delicious noodles @prob91.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy Noodlococcus day to all those who celebrate! 🍜🧫🦠
We’re in 3 different continents now but all celebrating the 6th anniversary of the discovery of our noodle-y friend by eating some delicious noodles @prob91.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
We’re in 3 different continents now but all celebrating the 6th anniversary of the discovery of our noodle-y friend by eating some delicious noodles @prob91.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
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A great paper!
Do I win a prize for spotting Noodlococcus in Fig 1? @jpjhall.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
Do I win a prize for spotting Noodlococcus in Fig 1? @jpjhall.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
Delighted to have this review out with @jpjhall.bsky.social!
We discuss the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome, highlight studies providing evidence of transfer, and consider strategies to mitigate these risks 🪠🦠
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
We discuss the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome, highlight studies providing evidence of transfer, and consider strategies to mitigate these risks 🪠🦠
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
The hospital sink drain microbiome as a melting pot for AMR transmission to nosocomial pathogens - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - The hospital sink drain microbiome as a melting pot for AMR transmission to nosocomial pathogens
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A great paper!
Do I win a prize for spotting Noodlococcus in Fig 1? @jpjhall.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
Do I win a prize for spotting Noodlococcus in Fig 1? @jpjhall.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
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Cool looking colonies...
@contamclub.bsky.social
@contamclub.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Cool looking colonies...
@contamclub.bsky.social
@contamclub.bsky.social
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Here is Rob Moran's account, a fantastic researcher in the field of plasmid genomics and evolution (and @contamclub.bsky.social), so a highly recommended follow.
As is @prob91.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Here is Rob Moran's account, a fantastic researcher in the field of plasmid genomics and evolution (and @contamclub.bsky.social), so a highly recommended follow.
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quando te venderem bolo com aqueles bombons em cima e disserem que é trufado, recusem. a verdadeira trufa é um fungo
July 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Great photo for July on the @contamclub.bsky.social calendar
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Great photo for July on the @contamclub.bsky.social calendar
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Day 2 of IMI Summer school 2025 kicks off with some funky images from @contamclub.bsky.social and Mathematical modelling of an infectious disease with Rowland Seymour 🦠🦠🤢🤢
July 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Day 2 of IMI Summer school 2025 kicks off with some funky images from @contamclub.bsky.social and Mathematical modelling of an infectious disease with Rowland Seymour 🦠🦠🤢🤢
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#DescribeThatMicrobe Summer labs are in full swing as are demo plates with handprints! #Microbiology #SciComm @contamclub.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#DescribeThatMicrobe Summer labs are in full swing as are demo plates with handprints! #Microbiology #SciComm @contamclub.bsky.social
🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵
June 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵