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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Apr 19

Academia is cool because if you're doing it right, every paper you published in the last 3 years feels inadequate now that you understand the topic better, but it'll take 3 years to get out the version where you get it more right, and you get to do that until one day you die! Isn't that cool

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Antimicrobial resistance #AMR @antimicrobial.bsky.social · Apr 17

UK’s BBSRC has awarded £9M to support 19 early-career researchers tackling major challenges in health, agriculture, and technology. Projects include innovative approaches to #AMR, gut microbiome therapies, crop resilience, and nature-inspired engineering solutions.
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£9 million investment fuels groundbreaking bioscience research | Innovate UK

From unlocking the secrets of animal movement to tackling antimicrobial resistance, UK’s brightest bioscience minds are pushing the boundaries of innovation.

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Arianne Babina @ariannebabina.bsky.social · Apr 4

🚨WE’RE HIRING!🚨 A Research Technician (2y) to join our team & work on exciting projects in bacterial evolution & gene regulation. Come join our growing, supportive Bacteriology Dept @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #MicroBio25 #microsky @microbiologysociety.org Apply by 30th April: tinyurl.com/2z9z9kse

Photo of University of Glasgow attendees at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference, with a blank outline of a person labeled "You!" indicating where you could join.

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Apr 1

New paper from the group - here we show that aurodox prevents shiga toxin mediated damage in a murine model. Interesting changes to the microbiota too. Amazing work by @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social and the group.

Paper here- rdcu.be/efW0K

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Gemma C. Atkinson @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social · Mar 19

Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project.

Read more and apply here:
lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
#phage #bioinformatics

Postdoctoral research fellow with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of bacteriophage-host interactions

Description of the Workplace In the Atkinson lab we are interested in making discoveries about protein function and structure, with a focus on bacterial immune system components that protect against b

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · Jan 24

‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel

In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.
#AcademicSky

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel

In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Jan 2

“a well-organized, financed, politically motivated, and steadily globalizing campaign of disinformation & attacks against science that makes it difficult to mount an effective global response to the climate & pandemic threats”

@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez

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A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer

Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Dec 31

Here’s Newhaven harbour, on a less windy/rainy night !

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Dec 21

More time to think is the key parameter every researcher seems to crave for.

Rosa Ritunnano @rritunnano.bsky.social · Dec 20

Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research.

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · Dec 21

This is a catastrophe. While Finland has downgraded the MDPI and Frontiers journals to level 0 (meaning these publications are not recognized for research evaluation purposes), Germany has signed an agreement to promote publications in MDPI journals.

Graham Kendall @grahamkendall.bsky.social · Dec 21

Over 100 German Universities Partner with #MDPI in New National Agreement

Over 100 German Universities Partner with MDPI in New National Agreement

More than 100 German universities and research institutions have entered into a national agreement with MDPI. The publication agreement negotiated...

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Dec 19

This is just “wow”! Blown away by this paper. 🤯

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Dec 19

Researchers engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to express an enzyme derived from sea sponges, which polymerizes bioglass from silica, allowing the bacteria to self-assemble lenses that focus light into narrow, intense beams. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Maximum intensity projections for silicate in-expressing cells scattering light captured by a custom-built microscope capable of illuminating the bacteria at incident angles ranging from −90˚ to 90˚.

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Dec 18

This was the simple and, IMHO, brilliant, solution. Mandated immediate open access, no need for the ridiculous surcharges imposed by the "elite" journals! Thank you NIH!

Prachee Avasthi @pracheeac.bsky.social · Dec 18

• Author accepted manuscripts (peer reviewed articles) must be made available in Pubmed Central WITHOUT EMBARGO upon the official date of publication.
• Policy effective date is Dec 31, 2025 (no end date).

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Robert Arkowitz @robertarkowitz.bsky.social · Dec 17

www.the-scientist.com/the-silent-p...

The Silent Pandemic of Antifungal Resistance

As the world grapples with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, another insidious threat looms large: drug-resistant fungi.

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Roli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · Dec 16

IT'S OFFICIAL! From today, @plos.org and its journals are no longer posting on Twitter/X. If you want to carry on hearing about great science in our journal, follow @plosbiology.org on Bluesky here: bsky.app/profile/plos...

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Keira Cozens @pinkpetri.bsky.social · Dec 5

Hi everyone! For my new followers, I'm a Bioinformatics PhD student (UK) who also runs a science art shop where I make stickers and jewellery!

My most recent creation is festive microbial cards ❄️
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Four Xmas cards titled "I'm dreaming of an igm Christmas", "the Phage in-festive cycle", "the snowman microbiome" and "the festive fungus"

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Pablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · Dec 1

Last week I showed to MSc students this iconic movie of a #leukocyte chasing a #bacteria, just wait...

Version taken from a 16 mm video made by David Elliot Rogers @VanderbiltU in the 1950s !

(as @mag2art.bsky.social says "the Citizen Kane of #Microscopy)
#CellMigration @focalplane.bsky.social

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Dec 7

Much appreciated! This works great 👍

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Dec 7

Damn, didn’t even notice there weren’t any bookmarks ! 🔖. Hopefully they will tweak it over time.

Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Dec 7

thanks Al. I’m still figuring out the platform, like you can’t edit posts (nightmare for typos) and posts don’t seem to be much traction. Oh well.

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Dec 7

Almost to 50 likes! 😊

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Dec 3

Well done Mark!

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · Dec 3

There is no brain microbiome 🧪

Excellent letter by @mjpallen.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @faecalmatters.bsky.social

Mark Pallen @mjpallen.bsky.social · Dec 3

Letter sent in to the Editor of the Guardian on brain microbiome nonsense.

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Nov 29

New paper from the group. Very proud to share our recent work for the first time here on Bluesky- give me 50 likes and it’s a permanent move!🤣.

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Cartoon showing how aurodox can inhibit multiple gram negative pathogens. Image by Iris Floria

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Nov 29

Absolutely fantastic news.

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · Nov 26

Congratulations! Images are amazing- live cell imaging is so much more challenging than most peeps imagine.

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