Duncan MacCannell
@drm.bsky.social
Molecular #epidemiology & #publichealth. Pathogen #genomics, #microbiology, #emerginginfections, #AMR, (bio)tech and #opendata.
Personal account. Opinions/dad jokes are my own.
https://duncan.bio
🦅 Low productivity public sector employee.
🔬🦠🧬🖥️💉🌻🍩🐸🥪
Personal account. Opinions/dad jokes are my own.
https://duncan.bio
🦅 Low productivity public sector employee.
🔬🦠🧬🖥️💉🌻🍩🐸🥪
About 10 years ago, I was pretty serious about a position at space biosciences. Got a cool sticker out of it, I guess.
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 AM
About 10 years ago, I was pretty serious about a position at space biosciences. Got a cool sticker out of it, I guess.
Still kicking with furious energy.
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Still kicking with furious energy.
The energy I’m going into 2026 with.
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The energy I’m going into 2026 with.
This is how we ride.
December 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This is how we ride.
Good night, sweet prince.
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Good night, sweet prince.
The Pledge to the American People was a foundation for Walter Dowdle’s Mountin lecture in 1990, and it used to be as prominent on our website as this 20ft mural in the lobby of one of our buildings.
I used to walk past these words every day, proud that we could rise together with these principles.
I used to walk past these words every day, proud that we could rise together with these principles.
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Pledge to the American People was a foundation for Walter Dowdle’s Mountin lecture in 1990, and it used to be as prominent on our website as this 20ft mural in the lobby of one of our buildings.
I used to walk past these words every day, proud that we could rise together with these principles.
I used to walk past these words every day, proud that we could rise together with these principles.
Today’s visit to the MFA.
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Today’s visit to the MFA.
Post your last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
(A friendly horse at the Park Police stables on the National Mall).
(A friendly horse at the Park Police stables on the National Mall).
August 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Post your last photo of DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
(A friendly horse at the Park Police stables on the National Mall).
(A friendly horse at the Park Police stables on the National Mall).
I miss Olde Tymers.
August 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I miss Olde Tymers.
✨ Looking to add something special to your decor?
This is your last chance to order FREE Scientific Superhero posters for your home, office, university, or lab from CDC-INFO on Demand.
The last day to order is August 15, 2025 before they shut things down.
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This is your last chance to order FREE Scientific Superhero posters for your home, office, university, or lab from CDC-INFO on Demand.
The last day to order is August 15, 2025 before they shut things down.
www.cdc.gov/advanced-mol...
August 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
✨ Looking to add something special to your decor?
This is your last chance to order FREE Scientific Superhero posters for your home, office, university, or lab from CDC-INFO on Demand.
The last day to order is August 15, 2025 before they shut things down.
www.cdc.gov/advanced-mol...
This is your last chance to order FREE Scientific Superhero posters for your home, office, university, or lab from CDC-INFO on Demand.
The last day to order is August 15, 2025 before they shut things down.
www.cdc.gov/advanced-mol...
How your email finds me.
July 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How your email finds me.
Technology is the best: my sunglasses snapped in half while I was sitting at the beach yesterday afternoon. I learned two things: that metal-looking hinges are often just spray painted cheap plastic, and that I could print a stronger replacement part in the time it took me to reapply sunscreen.
June 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Technology is the best: my sunglasses snapped in half while I was sitting at the beach yesterday afternoon. I learned two things: that metal-looking hinges are often just spray painted cheap plastic, and that I could print a stronger replacement part in the time it took me to reapply sunscreen.
The May 2025 supplemental issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases journal is now live: “Advances in Pathogen Genomics for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Control, and Prevention.”
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/articles...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/articles...
May 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The May 2025 supplemental issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases journal is now live: “Advances in Pathogen Genomics for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Control, and Prevention.”
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/articles...
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/articles...
From last year. C-3PO looks like someone told him a surprising fact.
May 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
From last year. C-3PO looks like someone told him a surprising fact.
I normally never ask celebrities for a selfie.
May the fourth be with you. Always.
May the fourth be with you. Always.
May 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I normally never ask celebrities for a selfie.
May the fourth be with you. Always.
May the fourth be with you. Always.
The average American has three friends.
May 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The average American has three friends.
How did you two meet?
April 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How did you two meet?