Jack Ferguson
@jackf7.bsky.social
Dad. Virologist. Assistant Professor.
Yorkshireman lost in the midlands.
Random thoughts on science, sports & gundogs.
Will do science for grant funding.
Views my own.
Yorkshireman lost in the midlands.
Random thoughts on science, sports & gundogs.
Will do science for grant funding.
Views my own.
January 17, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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Love microbes & omics? 🦠🧬
We’re hiring a Postdoc in Public Health Genomics at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Work on cutting-edge research with wonderful people! @wvschaik.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @scalene.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social
📅 Closes 4th Feb
We’re hiring a Postdoc in Public Health Genomics at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Work on cutting-edge research with wonderful people! @wvschaik.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @scalene.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social
📅 Closes 4th Feb
Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes - 105518 - Grade 7
The post holder will work within the newly established NIHR Health Protection Unit for Public Health Genomics, a partnership between the University of Birmingham and the UK Health Security Agency. You...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Love microbes & omics? 🦠🧬
We’re hiring a Postdoc in Public Health Genomics at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Work on cutting-edge research with wonderful people! @wvschaik.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @scalene.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social
📅 Closes 4th Feb
We’re hiring a Postdoc in Public Health Genomics at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Work on cutting-edge research with wonderful people! @wvschaik.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @scalene.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social
📅 Closes 4th Feb
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Do you know who else was gifted a Nobel Prize medal?
Joseph Goebbels.
Seriously.
thecritic.co.uk/issues/march...
Joseph Goebbels.
Seriously.
thecritic.co.uk/issues/march...
January 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Do you know who else was gifted a Nobel Prize medal?
Joseph Goebbels.
Seriously.
thecritic.co.uk/issues/march...
Joseph Goebbels.
Seriously.
thecritic.co.uk/issues/march...
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Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.
Assistant Professor - Virology
Assistant Professor - Virology
jobs.utoronto.ca
January 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Job alert! Assistant professor position in the Department of Molecular Genetics (University of Toronto). Amazing department and city. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... Please share.
I have a crawling 6 month old.
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I have a crawling 6 month old.
So it begins.
a black cat is walking in the snow with the words winter storm warning above it
ALT: a black cat is walking in the snow with the words winter storm warning above it
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
So it begins.
Jury duty letter through the door. Absolutely impeccable timing.
a man in a suit and tie is holding his head in his hands
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his head in his hands
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Jury duty letter through the door. Absolutely impeccable timing.
Did my best torvil and dean impression on the walk to the station.
January 7, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Did my best torvil and dean impression on the walk to the station.
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'Despite all their difficulties, [UK] universities remain an enormous and irreplaceable national asset. As well as educating millions of people, they generate about £24bn in export earnings, which is about 1% of GDP'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial
Editorial: Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edge
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 AM
'Despite all their difficulties, [UK] universities remain an enormous and irreplaceable national asset. As well as educating millions of people, they generate about £24bn in export earnings, which is about 1% of GDP'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨Last chance to apply for two PhD projects in my lab, applying structural biology and single molecule biophysics to investigate gene expression in RNA viruses: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
www.findaphd.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
🚨Last chance to apply for two PhD projects in my lab, applying structural biology and single molecule biophysics to investigate gene expression in RNA viruses: www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
Nancy sacked. Should’ve been gone after the plastic board came out pitch side.
January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Nancy sacked. Should’ve been gone after the plastic board came out pitch side.
Day one survived.
Not long til Christmas.
Not long til Christmas.
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Day one survived.
Not long til Christmas.
Not long til Christmas.
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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Also very cool: a study from 2024 found that in Scottish women fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine in 2008, *no* cases of cervical cancer have been found. Not a single one. 100% success rate.
Co-author: "It is [now] possible to make cervical cancer a rare disease.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Co-author: "It is [now] possible to make cervical cancer a rare disease.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Also very cool: a study from 2024 found that in Scottish women fully vaccinated with the HPV vaccine in 2008, *no* cases of cervical cancer have been found. Not a single one. 100% success rate.
Co-author: "It is [now] possible to make cervical cancer a rare disease.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Co-author: "It is [now] possible to make cervical cancer a rare disease.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trains, allegedly running on time, in this weather?
I’ll believe it when it tips in.
I’ll believe it when it tips in.
January 5, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Trains, allegedly running on time, in this weather?
I’ll believe it when it tips in.
I’ll believe it when it tips in.
Back in office tomorrow. Commuting in sub zero temperatures with the general public. Sound.
a man in a suit and tie is holding a bouquet of flowers and asking another man if he is joking .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a bouquet of flowers and asking another man if he is joking .
media.tenor.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Back in office tomorrow. Commuting in sub zero temperatures with the general public. Sound.
Hell of way to win back to back.
Been some 19 days of arrows.
Been some 19 days of arrows.
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Hell of way to win back to back.
Been some 19 days of arrows.
Been some 19 days of arrows.
Wild NYE setting up the sole item that will get me through January and beyond.
Coffee wanker posts pending.
Coffee wanker posts pending.
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Wild NYE setting up the sole item that will get me through January and beyond.
Coffee wanker posts pending.
Coffee wanker posts pending.
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A Christmas gift that requires a translator.
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A Christmas gift that requires a translator.
December 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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