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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 13d

Next time we set up a public horror show about the most devastating infectious diseases in history, instead of using mannequins dressed up as plague doctor and Typhoid Mary, we're just going to illustrate it with photos of RFK Jr and Andrew Wakefield.

Pop-Up 2025 - Horror Show — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

www.superbugs.online

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 13d

A reminder of how devastating many childhood infections can be and how easy it is to prevent them using safe and effective vaccines.

#VaccinesSaveLives

Pop-Up 2025 - Polio and measles — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

www.superbugs.online

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 15d

A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed.

Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.

#VaccinesSaveLives

Timeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

Of superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them.

www.superbugs.online

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Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · 19d

Just to plug again our recent review of an under-researched but highly exciting area of immunology.

👉🏼 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#gdTcells #TFHcells

Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · May 23

The perfect end to a great #gammadeltatoronto conference: our latest review has just been published in Advances in Immunology!

"Modulation of humoral immunity by γδ T cells: A potential adjuvant strategy for vaccination"

👉🏼 authors.elsevier.com/a/1l8ltErwXf...

#gdTcells @forum-gd.bsky.social

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Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · 15d

"Microbe-responsive human γδ T cells: The peculiar case of Staphylococcus aureus"

To Armin and Martin. 🕯️

#gdTcells

<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library

Human Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells display a unique responsiveness towards microbial organisms producing the metabolite HMB-PP. However, Staphylococcus aureus does not possess HMB-PP but can induce activation, cy...

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Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · 15d

"Microbe-responsive human γδ T cells: The peculiar case of Staphylococcus aureus"

To Armin and Martin. 🕯️

#gdTcells

<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library

Human Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells display a unique responsiveness towards microbial organisms producing the metabolite HMB-PP. However, Staphylococcus aureus does not possess HMB-PP but can induce activation, cy...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Neil McCarthy @neilemccarthy.bsky.social · 16d

📚 NEW #gdT-cell PAPER from our team @QMUL.bsky.social! 🥳 'Bacterial suppression of intestinal fungi via activation of human gut γδ T-cells' out now on @biorxiv-immuno
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here's my first attempt at a 'Bluetorial'... 🧵 1/10 #gastrosky #IBDsky

Bacterial suppression of intestinal fungi via activation of human gut γδ T-cells

Gut symbionts condition mucosal immunity to resist infection by enteropathogens, but the specific microbes and mechanisms involved differ significantly between host species. In higher primates, bacter...

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 15d

This will directly cause a drop in vaccine uptake and an increase in preventable hospitalisations, long-term complications and deaths.

This is reckless.

And these are the people that pretend to be "pro life"?

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Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · 19d

Just to plug again our recent review of an under-researched but highly exciting area of immunology.

👉🏼 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#gdTcells #TFHcells

Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · May 23

The perfect end to a great #gammadeltatoronto conference: our latest review has just been published in Advances in Immunology!

"Modulation of humoral immunity by γδ T cells: A potential adjuvant strategy for vaccination"

👉🏼 authors.elsevier.com/a/1l8ltErwXf...

#gdTcells @forum-gd.bsky.social

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · Dec 29

"And the best thing about the polio vaccine is that it even protects people who don't believe in it."

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Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · Jun 5

Enabling vaccine uptake: strategies for the public health sector.

Now available online in the British Journal of Hospital Medicine.

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@cusystemsimmu.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Enabling Vaccine Uptake: Strategies for the Public Health Sector | British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Safe and effective vaccines have been instrumental in controlling and mitigating some of the most contagious and devastating diseases throughout history, ranging from smallpox, polio and diphtheria to...

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 23d

Way to go. 👏🏼

"We're no longer posting on this account. It remains active for monitoring purposes."

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 23d

I don't think it's appropriate any longer for anyone, personally or as an organisation, to continue to have a presence on a social media platform whose owner openly calls for the dissolution of the UK parliament and urges people to "fight back or you die" because "violence is coming".

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 26d

In case you are wondering how you can enrich your science classes by using our educational resources - for primary and secondary schools alike.

In English, Welsh, Irish and Gaelic.

#ScienceIsFun

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Teacher's Corner — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

www.superbugs.online

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 28d

This is awesome.

@ellecordova.bsky.social

For our scientists

YouTube video by Elle Cordova

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · Sep 4

A reminder of what biomedical research and education in the UK looks like.

#WeAreInternational

Picture taken in Cardiff two weeks after the EU referendum in 2016.

Project to celebrate the contribution of international scientists to research in UK, March 2017.

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Aug 10

For those who were not able to visit us in person.

For those who did visit us and want to re-live their experience.

And for those who might be thinking about running a similar event.

The content of our pop-up shop is now fully online.

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Pop-Up Shop 2025 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

www.superbugs.online

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Aug 5

Some numbers.

📆 28 days
🧑🏼‍🔬 54 volunteers
🎓 3 universities
🛝 8 activities
💰 6 treasures
🧟 11 horror show booths
🖼️ 52 picture frames
🦟 100 live mosquitoes
👪 4,955 visitors
🏫 11 school visits
🎯 900 sticker challenges
🔍 753 treasure hunts
🧫 1,254 body swabs
📝 258 feedback forms
📸 >500 photos
🤷🏼 0 regrets

Photo album: Superbugs Pop-up 2025 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

Photos from the Pop-Up Science Shop in the St David’s Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff from 7th July to 3rd August 2025 A selection of photos taken during pre-booked school visits and on open day...

www.superbugs.online

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Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · Aug 8

Meanwhile in scientific news - our latest paper.

NKG2A-mediated immune modulation of natural killer cells by Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract. Natural killer (NK) cells are specialized lymphocytes that help protect against viruses and cancer. However, in the context of bacterial infectio

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Aug 11

We can confidently declare that we have won this hands down.

Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · Jul 4

Looking forward to the epic battle between the Oasis and Superbugs pop-up shops next week, directly facing each other in the St David's Centre.

Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Jul 4

Meanwhile the queue outside our pop-up shop, and this three days before we even open! 😲

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our Horror Show is now online, providing an overview of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in human history.

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Pop-Up 2025 - Horror Show — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

www.superbugs.online

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Eberl Lab 👨🏻‍🔬👩🏽‍💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social · Aug 8

Meanwhile in scientific news - our latest paper.

NKG2A-mediated immune modulation of natural killer cells by Staphylococcus aureus

Abstract. Natural killer (NK) cells are specialized lymphocytes that help protect against viruses and cancer. However, in the context of bacterial infectio

academic.oup.com

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Aug 3

And that's a wrap. We have closed now, after 4 weeks of Superbugs fun for schools, families and everyone interested in the microbial world in, on and around us.

Thank you to everyone visiting us and supporting us!

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Aug 3

We would have not been able to deliver such an ambitious pop-up shop over the past 4 weeks without an army of 54 enthusiastic and tireless volunteers from across Cardiff Uni, Cardiff Met and Swansea Uni, and beyond!

THANK YOU !!

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Jul 31

Come and find us in the St David's Centre in Cardiff!

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