Zannah Salter
@zannahdu.bsky.social
Pathogen genomics, Ornithobacterium hominis, microbiome (and contamination of course!) at University of Cambridge
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Zannah Salter
@zannahdu.bsky.social
· Nov 25
In a new room, it's always nice to shout a bit about #Ornithobacterium hominis!
I'm working on this Gram neg nasopharyngeal species with colleagues in Australia, South Africa & Cambodia.
Isolates are very rare - if you spot it in your samples or metagenomes, reach out! I'd love to collaborate. 🦠🧬👀
I'm working on this Gram neg nasopharyngeal species with colleagues in Australia, South Africa & Cambodia.
Isolates are very rare - if you spot it in your samples or metagenomes, reach out! I'd love to collaborate. 🦠🧬👀
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The publishers of Frontiers are very proud of their fraud-detection software and have appointed themselves as "Guardians of Research Integrity". Also, they publish stuff like this.
January 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The publishers of Frontiers are very proud of their fraud-detection software and have appointed themselves as "Guardians of Research Integrity". Also, they publish stuff like this.
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Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺
Paper accepted! 🥳🍻
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Paper accepted! 🥳🍻
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The coolest finding of my PhD is finally out! E. coli has a 7th RND pump that is present in phylogroups B2/D/E/F but absent in A/B1/C. As a result EefABC has been absent in all K-12 RND studies! Co-authored by the very talented Dr. Lizzy Darby. @jessicamablair.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
The Resistance-Nodulation-Division efflux pump EefABC is highly conserved within lineages of E. coli commonly associated with infection
Resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps confer multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria and are critical for many physiological functions including virulence and biofilm formation. The...
doi.org
January 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The coolest finding of my PhD is finally out! E. coli has a 7th RND pump that is present in phylogroups B2/D/E/F but absent in A/B1/C. As a result EefABC has been absent in all K-12 RND studies! Co-authored by the very talented Dr. Lizzy Darby. @jessicamablair.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
I have a question for people who do a lot of disk diffusion assays... have you ever seen enhanced haemolysis around azithromycin specifically? Does it damage RBCs so that bacterial haemolysis is more rapid, or is it maybe a stress response from the bacterium?
January 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I have a question for people who do a lot of disk diffusion assays... have you ever seen enhanced haemolysis around azithromycin specifically? Does it damage RBCs so that bacterial haemolysis is more rapid, or is it maybe a stress response from the bacterium?
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The original paper explicitly highlights how much terrorism ‘declined’ in the UK after the COVID-19 pandemic. But the decline after 2020 is only that stark because all terrorism-related variables are imputed to 0, without disclosure, after the UK left the EU in 2020. 22/x
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The original paper explicitly highlights how much terrorism ‘declined’ in the UK after the COVID-19 pandemic. But the decline after 2020 is only that stark because all terrorism-related variables are imputed to 0, without disclosure, after the UK left the EU in 2020. 22/x
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The ViTaL-D study team is looking for 76 people at least 18 years old, who live within 70 miles of Norwich and think they might be low in vitamin D to take part in the research study 🌞
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@johninnescentre.bsky.social
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@johninnescentre.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The ViTaL-D study team is looking for 76 people at least 18 years old, who live within 70 miles of Norwich and think they might be low in vitamin D to take part in the research study 🌞
➡️ buff.ly/JsknRSN
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/JsknRSN
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
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Okay my loves. I need your help here with a local thing! I’m currently putting together a series of talks relating to East Sussex.
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Okay my loves. I need your help here with a local thing! I’m currently putting together a series of talks relating to East Sussex.
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
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This is your last chance to apply for this #PhD position with @gemma-langridge.bsky.social & the @langridgelab.bsky.social
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health deals with this🤔this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
Apply NOW
Who doesn't love a toxic burden anyway?😅
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health deals with this🤔this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
Apply NOW
Who doesn't love a toxic burden anyway?😅
PhD Carrying a toxic burden: the continuing spread of “Shiga toxin stx2a”-harbouring phage in E. coli (LANGRIDGE_Q26MMB) 2026/27 | UEA
PhD Carrying a toxic burden: the continuing spread of “Shiga toxin stx2a”-harbouring phage in E. coli (LANGRIDGE_Q26MMB) 2026/27 | UEA
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January 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This is your last chance to apply for this #PhD position with @gemma-langridge.bsky.social & the @langridgelab.bsky.social
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health deals with this🤔this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
Apply NOW
Who doesn't love a toxic burden anyway?😅
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health deals with this🤔this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
Apply NOW
Who doesn't love a toxic burden anyway?😅
Magog Down was perfect last night
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Magog Down was perfect last night
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It's finally out! Meriam Guellil expertly led this project from the first HHV6 detection to the final paper. We found both human herpesviruses 6A and 6B in ancient remains going back 2500 years.
January 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It's finally out! Meriam Guellil expertly led this project from the first HHV6 detection to the final paper. We found both human herpesviruses 6A and 6B in ancient remains going back 2500 years.
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We will be offering a free crèche at Annual Conference 2026. All delegates are welcome to use, but children must be registered in advance on a first-come, first-served basis. Learn more about it and register your children: microb.io/48tq0w8
#Microbio26
#Microbio26
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We will be offering a free crèche at Annual Conference 2026. All delegates are welcome to use, but children must be registered in advance on a first-come, first-served basis. Learn more about it and register your children: microb.io/48tq0w8
#Microbio26
#Microbio26
My sister in law's MP! #SaveTheVetSchool substack.com/home/post/p-...
Closing Cambridge Veterinary School Weakens Britain’s Pandemic Defences
This is a short sighted decision if we are serious about understanding antimicrobial resistance, emerging zoonotic diseases, the health impacts of climate change or sustainable food production
substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My sister in law's MP! #SaveTheVetSchool substack.com/home/post/p-...
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“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
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Delighted to express my support for the #SaveTheVetSchool campaign. It would be dreadful decision for @cam.ac.uk to abolish one of the best (if not the best) undergraduate Veterinary Medicine degrees in the world. savethevetschool.co.uk
Save the Vet School
A vital institution. A community in action. A future worth protecting. Stand with us to save the vet school.
savethevetschool.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Delighted to express my support for the #SaveTheVetSchool campaign. It would be dreadful decision for @cam.ac.uk to abolish one of the best (if not the best) undergraduate Veterinary Medicine degrees in the world. savethevetschool.co.uk
Official Statement:
Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, 12/12/2025
"The decision to recommend the closure of what the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks as the best undergraduate veterinary course in the world has come as a bolt from the blue."
[1]
#SaveTheVetSchool
Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, 12/12/2025
"The decision to recommend the closure of what the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks as the best undergraduate veterinary course in the world has come as a bolt from the blue."
[1]
#SaveTheVetSchool
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Official Statement:
Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, 12/12/2025
"The decision to recommend the closure of what the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks as the best undergraduate veterinary course in the world has come as a bolt from the blue."
[1]
#SaveTheVetSchool
Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, 12/12/2025
"The decision to recommend the closure of what the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks as the best undergraduate veterinary course in the world has come as a bolt from the blue."
[1]
#SaveTheVetSchool
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{Mariah Carey voice}:
🎶All I want for Christmas...
...Is yooooooooooooouuuuuuuu...
...r review of this manuscript submission even though I know you are burnt out and ready for break 🎶
🎶All I want for Christmas...
...Is yooooooooooooouuuuuuuu...
...r review of this manuscript submission even though I know you are burnt out and ready for break 🎶
Hey, I just met you...
And this is crazy...
Do me a favor???
Review this paper?
And this is crazy...
Do me a favor???
Review this paper?
I just stopped by to deliver this freshly baked strawberry-rhubarb pie. I’ll be long gone before you discover the review invitation I baked into it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
{Mariah Carey voice}:
🎶All I want for Christmas...
...Is yooooooooooooouuuuuuuu...
...r review of this manuscript submission even though I know you are burnt out and ready for break 🎶
🎶All I want for Christmas...
...Is yooooooooooooouuuuuuuu...
...r review of this manuscript submission even though I know you are burnt out and ready for break 🎶
Today I learned that bluesky has a "rude" moderation filter set to hide content with coarse language by default 😂
Settings > Moderation > Advanced
I look forward to seeing more of your colourful posts now!
Settings > Moderation > Advanced
I look forward to seeing more of your colourful posts now!
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Today I learned that bluesky has a "rude" moderation filter set to hide content with coarse language by default 😂
Settings > Moderation > Advanced
I look forward to seeing more of your colourful posts now!
Settings > Moderation > Advanced
I look forward to seeing more of your colourful posts now!
I took part in a study like this, and let me tell you I was not prepared for how difficult it would be to concentrate on one thing when I'm capable of listening to 2 conversations at once and I'm NOSY
How does attention shape #AuditoryProcessing? This study shows that #attention enhances sound encoding only at the cortical level, not in #auditory periphery or #brainstem, so humans’ ability to focus on a single voice in noise relies on cortical mechanisms @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4pY5L1f
October 7, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I took part in a study like this, and let me tell you I was not prepared for how difficult it would be to concentrate on one thing when I'm capable of listening to 2 conversations at once and I'm NOSY
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After being with the journal since its very inception, the time has come for me to step back from Microbial Genomics. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a leadership role in one of the leading journals for microbial genomics research
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
<i>Microbial Genomics </i> Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Call for Expressions of interest
microbiologysociety.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
After being with the journal since its very inception, the time has come for me to step back from Microbial Genomics. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a leadership role in one of the leading journals for microbial genomics research
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
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Published today!
'The Kocurious case of Noodlococcus: genomic insights into Kocuria rhizophila from characterisation of a laboratory contaminant'
A labour of love in the group, led by @gemccallum.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @prob91.bsky.social
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
'The Kocurious case of Noodlococcus: genomic insights into Kocuria rhizophila from characterisation of a laboratory contaminant'
A labour of love in the group, led by @gemccallum.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @prob91.bsky.social
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
The Kocurious case of Noodlococcus: genomic insights into Kocuria rhizophila from characterisation of a laboratory contaminant
The laboratory contaminant strain Noodlococcus was named for its coccoid cells and unusual colony morphology, which resembled a pile of noodles. Along with laboratory characterisation and electron mic...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Published today!
'The Kocurious case of Noodlococcus: genomic insights into Kocuria rhizophila from characterisation of a laboratory contaminant'
A labour of love in the group, led by @gemccallum.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @prob91.bsky.social
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
'The Kocurious case of Noodlococcus: genomic insights into Kocuria rhizophila from characterisation of a laboratory contaminant'
A labour of love in the group, led by @gemccallum.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @prob91.bsky.social
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Quality trolling that
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Quality trolling that
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Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols.
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