Daniel Padfield
@padpadpadpad.bsky.social
Microbial ecologist/carer. NERC IRF and MRF Emerging Leaders Fellow at the University of Exeter in Penryn. I like warming up bacteria, open & reproducible science, making focaccia, and exercise.
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If this sounds awful and bleak, its because Soph's suffering because of her severe ME is beyond awful and bleak. #pwME #severeME #MECFS
02/11/2025 Suffering that she cannot describe, and I cannot imagine
padpadpadpad.netlify.app/posts/caring....
02/11/2025 Suffering that she cannot describe, and I cannot imagine
padpadpadpad.netlify.app/posts/caring....
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A lot has happened since our first announcement of #ExE2026, an evolutionary ecology conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall from June 29 to July 3 2026.
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A lot has happened since our first announcement of #ExE2026, an evolutionary ecology conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in #Cornwall from June 29 to July 3 2026.
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
Have a look at our new website to see our confirmed plenary speakers, the mid-conference excursions, and more.
👉 evoxeco.uk 👈
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1) 🇩🇪 Some really good news! Germany plans to invest half a billion euros in research on diseases such as ME/CFS and Long Covid.
They are calling it "The National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases"
They are calling it "The National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases"
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
1) 🇩🇪 Some really good news! Germany plans to invest half a billion euros in research on diseases such as ME/CFS and Long Covid.
They are calling it "The National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases"
They are calling it "The National Decade Against Post-Infectious Diseases"
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The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA
@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social
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PhD opportunity with me at University of Edinburgh linked with Forest Research, funded by E5 DTP.
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.
Pic: one of our Scottish sites.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.
Pic: one of our Scottish sites.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
PhD opportunity with me at University of Edinburgh linked with Forest Research, funded by E5 DTP.
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.
Pic: one of our Scottish sites.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
On the microbial mechanisms of soil carbon cycling in tree-planted upland soils. Apply before 14th Dec. Please share with your network.
Pic: one of our Scottish sites.
e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
A glitch in the matrix? No! I have another PhD available on temperature and AMR, this time with @swbiodtp.bsky.social. Join a friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in Cornwall to do evolutionary ecology, experimental evolution, and combine phenotyping and sequencing. 🧪🦠 #microsky
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A glitch in the matrix? No! I have another PhD available on temperature and AMR, this time with @swbiodtp.bsky.social. Join a friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in Cornwall to do evolutionary ecology, experimental evolution, and combine phenotyping and sequencing. 🧪🦠 #microsky
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
@franwin.co.uk drove a massive rework of rTPC this year, making package maintenance much easier. rTPC now supports 49 different model formulations, vignettes are updated, & you can parallelise model fitting using new purrr & mirai, which is DOPE. #rstats 🧪
padpadpadpad.github.io/rTPC/article...
padpadpadpad.github.io/rTPC/article...
October 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
@franwin.co.uk drove a massive rework of rTPC this year, making package maintenance much easier. rTPC now supports 49 different model formulations, vignettes are updated, & you can parallelise model fitting using new purrr & mirai, which is DOPE. #rstats 🧪
padpadpadpad.github.io/rTPC/article...
padpadpadpad.github.io/rTPC/article...
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Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of Manchester
Find out about and apply for a Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowship.
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
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Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.
Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.
Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.
Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…
www.jic.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
September 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.
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what postdocs actually want:
- to not have their grants canceled
- reasonable chances at getting an academic position
- job security
- a thriving private sector so the entire research system can flourish <3
higher ed institutions in 2025:
- best i can do is an origami night
- to not have their grants canceled
- reasonable chances at getting an academic position
- job security
- a thriving private sector so the entire research system can flourish <3
higher ed institutions in 2025:
- best i can do is an origami night
September 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
what postdocs actually want:
- to not have their grants canceled
- reasonable chances at getting an academic position
- job security
- a thriving private sector so the entire research system can flourish <3
higher ed institutions in 2025:
- best i can do is an origami night
- to not have their grants canceled
- reasonable chances at getting an academic position
- job security
- a thriving private sector so the entire research system can flourish <3
higher ed institutions in 2025:
- best i can do is an origami night
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@raviranjan.bsky.social & I are teaching a free online workshop with on experimental design for environmental scientists on the 23rd.
We'll focus on using simulations to evaluate how well different experimental designs help achieve your goals.
Please sign up & share! forms.gle/MZTxeQs4UpMr...
We'll focus on using simulations to evaluate how well different experimental designs help achieve your goals.
Please sign up & share! forms.gle/MZTxeQs4UpMr...
September 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
@raviranjan.bsky.social & I are teaching a free online workshop with on experimental design for environmental scientists on the 23rd.
We'll focus on using simulations to evaluate how well different experimental designs help achieve your goals.
Please sign up & share! forms.gle/MZTxeQs4UpMr...
We'll focus on using simulations to evaluate how well different experimental designs help achieve your goals.
Please sign up & share! forms.gle/MZTxeQs4UpMr...
Today in the AI hellscape we are building for ourselves, people are easily creating "official looking" websites of popular bioinformatics software that are not at all linked to the developers.
minimap2.com is potentially a phishing site. Please don't use anything from that website.
github.com/lh3/minimap2...
github.com/lh3/minimap2...
Phishing site : minimap2.com · Issue #1316 · lh3/minimap2
Not sure how to label this one, but I have come across a website minimap2.com which appears to be AI generated but is serving it's own copy of the Github repository. If you search the address or em...
github.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today in the AI hellscape we are building for ourselves, people are easily creating "official looking" websites of popular bioinformatics software that are not at all linked to the developers.
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Time for my annual repost of this banger by Australian artist Denis Lushch.
Ever-more relevant with each new horrible year.
Ever-more relevant with each new horrible year.
January 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Time for my annual repost of this banger by Australian artist Denis Lushch.
Ever-more relevant with each new horrible year.
Ever-more relevant with each new horrible year.
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This is a great cartoon of the illogical narratives I hear refuting climate warming. As I have said many times, it's not "either/or" when it comes to natural variability and human contributions, it's "both/and." Grass grows naturally and it grows differently when you fertilize the lawn....
September 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is a great cartoon of the illogical narratives I hear refuting climate warming. As I have said many times, it's not "either/or" when it comes to natural variability and human contributions, it's "both/and." Grass grows naturally and it grows differently when you fertilize the lawn....
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Wildlife science is a big one for this too. Paying for work experience and working for free or for a small weekly stipend is distressingly common. Many entry level paid jobs are barely living wage
this "passion tax" appears all over the place & should be talked about more. you see it in book stores and game stores all the time
excitement for particular work is constantly weaponized to depress wages & pit workers against each other
excitement for particular work is constantly weaponized to depress wages & pit workers against each other
August 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Wildlife science is a big one for this too. Paying for work experience and working for free or for a small weekly stipend is distressingly common. Many entry level paid jobs are barely living wage
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With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!
August 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!
Think I might regret asking this, but do we have a handle on whether the wider environment actively selects for AMR that moves into livestock and humans, or whether it mainly acts as a sink for resistance that arises in those areas with higher selection pressures? Papers looking at this appreciated!
August 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Think I might regret asking this, but do we have a handle on whether the wider environment actively selects for AMR that moves into livestock and humans, or whether it mainly acts as a sink for resistance that arises in those areas with higher selection pressures? Papers looking at this appreciated!
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On this Severe ME Awareness Day, I present to you my newest exhibition: “In the Absence of Light”. 1/3
www.aquietstorm.me/in-the-absen...
#MECFS #SevereME #SevereMEday #pwME #Photography
www.aquietstorm.me/in-the-absen...
#MECFS #SevereME #SevereMEday #pwME #Photography
August 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
On this Severe ME Awareness Day, I present to you my newest exhibition: “In the Absence of Light”. 1/3
www.aquietstorm.me/in-the-absen...
#MECFS #SevereME #SevereMEday #pwME #Photography
www.aquietstorm.me/in-the-absen...
#MECFS #SevereME #SevereMEday #pwME #Photography
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Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Job title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
August 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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(1/2) Key genetic differences found in people with ME/CFS > Swipe to find out more.
These findings reflect the lived experience of thousands of #pwME.
Thanks to all our participants & supporters who made this possible!
Read a summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk
These findings reflect the lived experience of thousands of #pwME.
Thanks to all our participants & supporters who made this possible!
Read a summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk
August 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
(1/2) Key genetic differences found in people with ME/CFS > Swipe to find out more.
These findings reflect the lived experience of thousands of #pwME.
Thanks to all our participants & supporters who made this possible!
Read a summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk
These findings reflect the lived experience of thousands of #pwME.
Thanks to all our participants & supporters who made this possible!
Read a summary of our results: shorturl.at/pgsjk
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It’s really important for EDI that ECRs and PIs can have open, empathetic discussions about feedback and behaviour, without intimidation.
Respect from lab members comes from being able to challenge negative behaviour, and being listened to without discussions becoming a competition.
Respect from lab members comes from being able to challenge negative behaviour, and being listened to without discussions becoming a competition.
From bench to big boss: mitigating the widening gap between PI and lab
Laboratory dynamics can change as the age and experience of the principal investigator increase. But there are ways to combat this.
Read our piece in Nature, with @sprekeler.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Laboratory dynamics can change as the age and experience of the principal investigator increase. But there are ways to combat this.
Read our piece in Nature, with @sprekeler.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
August 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It’s really important for EDI that ECRs and PIs can have open, empathetic discussions about feedback and behaviour, without intimidation.
Respect from lab members comes from being able to challenge negative behaviour, and being listened to without discussions becoming a competition.
Respect from lab members comes from being able to challenge negative behaviour, and being listened to without discussions becoming a competition.
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There's this trope that you have to be so into your PhD topic that you live and breathe it and can't possibly stop thinking about it, so here's your regular reminder that passion is good, but burnout isn't. It's okay and recommended to take breaks, enjoy the weekend, and treat a PhD like a job.
August 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
There's this trope that you have to be so into your PhD topic that you live and breathe it and can't possibly stop thinking about it, so here's your regular reminder that passion is good, but burnout isn't. It's okay and recommended to take breaks, enjoy the weekend, and treat a PhD like a job.
I have irrationally strong hatred of papers that have Results and Discussion before the Methods. It promotes us not reading what people actually did. Without this the Results are basically meaningless! I would ban the practice. If you want to ignore the Methods, at least scroll past them.
July 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I have irrationally strong hatred of papers that have Results and Discussion before the Methods. It promotes us not reading what people actually did. Without this the Results are basically meaningless! I would ban the practice. If you want to ignore the Methods, at least scroll past them.