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Pauline Scanlan @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks @microscrum.bsky.social ....seminar series is a great initiative for @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social, well done for organising!

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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 13d

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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Pauline Scanlan @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations Siobhán!Super news and so well deserved....we will have to toast your success in November!

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 18d

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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Julie Le Bris @julielebris.bsky.social · Sep 5

Delighted to share our recently published work!
Ever wondered how Klebsiella (and others) deals with capsule production’s costs ?
The paper: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Phenotypic heterogeneity of capsule production across opportunistic pathogens | mBio

The polysaccharidic capsule is present in ~50% of species across the bacterial phylogeny, including all ESKAPE microorganisms, the six most significant multidrug-resistant (MDR) nosocomial pathogens. It is also an important virulence factor and a major ...

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Research Ireland @researchireland.ie · Sep 2

Dr @lewysj.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social discusses his research on advancements in microscopy, and how his @royalsociety.org - Research Ireland University Research Fellowship award has supported this work. For more info visit: www.researchireland.ie/funding/royal-society-university/

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Aug 27

The 2024 rankings of bacterial threats

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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social · Aug 26

Vaccines do not cause autism.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 25

Monbiot’s Law of Leaving the House:

T = 2(A² + 3C²)

Where T is time taken to get out the door in minutes, A is adults and C is children.

TLDR: if you’re herding more than five children, you'll never get out.

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butterflygirl24 @butterflygirl24.bsky.social · Aug 25

Truth Art! #arresttrump #art

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · Aug 25

Good ideas come from having lots of experience. And experience comes from having lots of bad ideas.

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Erik Postma @erikpostma.bsky.social · Aug 22

With #eseb2025 coming to a close, it is time to start making plans for 2026. Interested in the interface of evolution 🧬 and ecology 🌳? Come to our #ExE conference hosted by @uniexecec.bsky.social in beautiful #Cornwall. Leave your email address at tinyurl.com/EvolxEcol to join our mailing list!

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Aug 23

Getting out of this moment won't happen all at once. There is real damage to projects and institutions already. Experts have been threatened. Expertise has been squandered. Rebuilding will happen step by step.

But the longer we wait to speak up the longer the darkness will remain.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Aug 23

For others, they might choose to write an OpEd

sciencehomecoming.com

or take place in a @standupforscience.bsky.social action:

www.standupforscience.net

or call their representative and ask them to support free inquiry & the base of our innovation-driven economy.

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

www.standupforscience.net

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · Aug 23

Our #SCIMaP team, a group of interdisciplinary scientists and coders, have built a county, house district, and state level analysis tool that assesses the local, economic impacts of NIH funding. I don't recall you having reached out to learn more. Who exactly is trapped here?

scienceimpacts.org

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Pauline Scanlan @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great to cochair a session on bacteria-phage interactions with @frimanscience.bsky.social at #eseb2025 @eseb2025.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social
Thanks again to our excellent speakers @fredoleroux.bsky.social @olayarendueles.bsky.social @clara-inrae.bsky.social for their inspiring talks!

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Meaghan Castledine @mcastd.bsky.social · Aug 5

Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · Jul 29

mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are very, very safe, as studies from multiple countries show.

Internet stories are not really a good answer to these large, careful studies.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Safety of JN.1-Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines

This cohort study investigates the association between booster vaccinations containing the JN.1 lineage and 29 serious adverse events in Denmark.

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Tami Lieberman @contaminatedsci.bsky.social · Jul 23

How likely are SNP-based phenotypic reversions during human infection/coloniziation?

Our latest paper on the rare CF pathogen B. dolosa -- a great collaboration with folks I've worked with since my PhD and led by Alex Poret -- adds to the evidence that reversions are likely in large populations.

De novo mutations mediate phenotypic switching in an opportunistic human lung pathogen - Nature Communications

Bacteria evolving within humans employ strategies to overcome trade-offs. Here, the authors report that the cystic fibrosis-associated pathogen Burkholderia dolosa alternates phenotypes in vivo by acc...

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · Jul 19

#BookSky

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Alvaro Sanchez @asanchezlab.bsky.social · Jul 16

How may theoretical ecology & evolutionary theory push microbiology forward?
At Environmental Microbiology, I am commissioning a series of Perspectives exploring that question. Excited to share them in the 🧵 below
The series is open, so do get in touch if you'd like to propose a new contribution!

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · Jun 30

One week left to submit your abstract to @microbiologysociety.org meeting on “Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics” at Liverpool 26-27 November

Lots of spaces for ECR talks and posters!
microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

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Pauline Scanlan @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social · Jul 17

Delighted to give a "state-of-the-art" lecture on #bacteria-phage interactions in the #gutmicrobiome at #ASV2025 #Montreal @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social @uccresearch.bsky.social @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social

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Pauline Scanlan @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social · Jul 6

thank you @royalsociety.org for a great #summerexhibition and #summersoiree

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 24

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

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