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Anthony Wilson

@arboviral.bsky.social

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Microbiological risk & foodborne + vector-borne diseases. Dad and husband. Ex-academic. Values equality, diversity & inclusion. Terrible tapdancer, occasional viking. He/him. Views are my own.

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · Oct 23

Good morning Bluesky! I lead the microbiological risk assessment team at the UK's Food Standards Agency, a non-ministerial department (yes, despite the name) with responsibility for making sure food is safe in England, Wales and NI (Scotland is Food Standards Scotland, who we work closely with).

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 1d

Okay I loved this piece but didn't immediately check the artist's orher work and it's all amazing; go look!
bsky.app/profile/cait...

Caitlin Hackett Art @caitlinhackett.bsky.social · 1d

The infected pollinator

Painted in watercolor and acrylics

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Caitlin Hackett Art @caitlinhackett.bsky.social · 1d

The infected pollinator

Painted in watercolor and acrylics

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, I'm going to answer my own question:
bsky.app/profile/wrai...

Wraithe @wraithe.bsky.social · 2d

As @electrichead.bsky.social noted BlackSky has alternate PDS for non-Black folks. Here’s the official explainer:

Migrating to Blacksky PDS: Complete Guide | Blacksky Documentation

Complete guide to migrating your Bluesky account to Blacksky's infrastructure. Covers migration tools, step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting, and how to use Blacksky services without migrating.

docs.blacksky.community

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 4d

Okay I gather there is ✨️drama✨️ with the Bluesky people, and I see a lot of posts about Blacksky and Northsky. Can anyone point me to an explainer of what these are and if/how they're going to avoid similar issues?

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 5d

VACANCY - Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions

We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025

Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 7d

I'm scared to ask

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 9d

Hey this is exactly the cutting edge content* some of us are here for

*pun intended

Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 9d

To be fair science journalists are usually pretty good in my experience, but front-page stuff gets covered by different people. And while organisations like the Science Media Centre and Sense About Science do excellent work there's plenty more to do!

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Helen Lazear @lazearlab.bsky.social · 13d

Jesse Lazear died of yellow fever Sept. 25, 1900. Along with other research by the Yellow Fever Commission, his demonstration that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes provided the basis for efforts to control this devastating disease.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W...

Portrait of Jesse Lazear, photo of an Aedes aegypti mosquito, image of Jesse Lazear’s fever chart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_William_Lazear
CDC Public Health Image Library ID#9257
Fever chart for Jesse W. Lazear, September 19, 1900, Box-folder 3:47, Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection 1806-1995, Historical Collections, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia

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Daphne Jackson Trust @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social · 13d

NEW opportunity to return to a research career!

Applications are invited for a three-year Daphne Jackson Fellowship funded by @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social.

Word of mouth works wonders for us, do you know anyone who may be interested?
daphnejackson.org/fellowship/a...

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CampyUK2025 @campyuk2025.bsky.social · 13d

Ben Pascoe @benizao.bsky.social @sheppardlab.bsky.social shining a light on C. coli - although less common than C. jejuni, it has higher levels of AMR. His work in Peru highlights the importance of this pathogen in LMICs due constant exposure with backyard livestock and antibiotic use 🇵🇪 #CampyUK2025

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CampyUK2025 @campyuk2025.bsky.social · 14d

A warm welcome from the head of @biology.ox.ac.uk Prof Martin Maiden and a thank you to our sponsors @microbiologysociety.org, Don Whitley Scientific and @genewiz.bsky.social

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 14d

This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”

Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

www.nytimes.com

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 14d

Really fascinating talk - very excited to hear more about the anti-N-glycan vaccine approach but it sounds very promising!

CampyUK2025 @campyuk2025.bsky.social · Jun 13

Keynote spotlight: We're thrilled to welcome Professor Christine Szymanski (University of Georgia) to #CampyUK2025 in Oxford!

She’ll be sharing insights into the Campylobacter glycome and its role in persistence and disease.

📅 Sept 24–25
🔗 campyuk.web.ox.ac.uk/speakers#col...

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 14d

Wait what?!

Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 14d

Back in Oxford for #CampyUK this week! The schedule looks amazing - looking forward to some great talks.

View into Tom Quad from the passage to Peckwater Quad

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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 15d

Exciting to see this launch today! This research is an excellent example of using plant science to improve human health, and highlights the value of BBSRC’s long-term investment in plant and nutritional science🍅🔬

Ben Goldsborough MP @bengoldsborough.bsky.social · 15d

Game changer for human health and science: and it’s happening right here in South Norfolk. 🌱🔬 1/4
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Norwich trial uses tomatoes to test gene-edited food on humans

Seventy-six people with low vitamin D levels are being recruited to take part in the study.

www.bbc.co.uk

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 15d

The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.

Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!

Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 15d

Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds

open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...

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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · 15d

let me share a little story about a remarkable wasp that I encountered yesterday in our local deserts

I stumbled across her, and scrambled to get a few crappy photos .... but then realized that she had a burrow, perhaps a better photo op was possible ??

here she is at her burrow entrance.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 24d

Warmly recommend the Substack of @hcrichardson.bsky.social for following what is happening in US.

Each post is headed by just a date and provides a daily detailed - and not sensationalised - account and evaluation of the day's political events.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · 27d

(Psst, it's "nopales")

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · Sep 3

When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"

That's... usually not the case!

In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.

We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?

youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk

"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't

YouTube video by Farm to Taber

youtu.be

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh HELL yes

Screenshot of an announcement from SESAME WORKSHOP.
The Sesame Street library is coming to YouTube!
Beginning in January 2026, YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content, with hundreds of full episodes coming to the Sesame Street channels.
Join us as we help children
everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, one episode at a time.

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Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · Sep 4

(Although I had successfully forgotten the kimono detail)

Anthony Wilson @arboviral.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ohhh I do remember that