@peppermin5.bsky.social
PhD holder. Science communicator. Author. (and, duolingo 'galactic champion' 😹) #MRSA #AMR #ESBL #GenomeSurveillance #AcademicKindness
(Posts all mine)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/huiminneoh/
(Posts all mine)
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My first lead author paper is out with Ben Kerr and @alisonfeder.bsky.social! We found that making an antiviral too strong can sometimes make resistance easier to evolve. This has implications for how we design drugs, choose doses, and think about viral evolution in the face of treatment. (1/n)
Intracellular interactions shape antiviral resistance outcomes in poliovirus via eco-evolutionary feedback - Nature Ecology & Evolution
A model of intrahost poliovirus replication shows that, after several rounds of replication, pocapavir, a poliovirus capsid inhibitor, collapses viral density, preventing intracellular interactions th...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My first lead author paper is out with Ben Kerr and @alisonfeder.bsky.social! We found that making an antiviral too strong can sometimes make resistance easier to evolve. This has implications for how we design drugs, choose doses, and think about viral evolution in the face of treatment. (1/n)
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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🚨Job claxon 🚨
University College Cork is looking to appoint a lecturer in Medical Microbiology into a permanent, non-clinical post
A great opportunity in a microbiology powerhouse
For details go to my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru... and enter reference number 092153
University College Cork is looking to appoint a lecturer in Medical Microbiology into a permanent, non-clinical post
A great opportunity in a microbiology powerhouse
For details go to my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru... and enter reference number 092153
University College Cork Vacancies
my.corehr.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
🚨Job claxon 🚨
University College Cork is looking to appoint a lecturer in Medical Microbiology into a permanent, non-clinical post
A great opportunity in a microbiology powerhouse
For details go to my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru... and enter reference number 092153
University College Cork is looking to appoint a lecturer in Medical Microbiology into a permanent, non-clinical post
A great opportunity in a microbiology powerhouse
For details go to my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru... and enter reference number 092153
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🌫️ Air pollution, heat, climate-driven diseases — global philanthropies unite with $300M first step.
As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, the world will be watching to see whether political leaders match this philanthropic momentum with real financing & policy alignment.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, the world will be watching to see whether political leaders match this philanthropic momentum with real financing & policy alignment.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
Global Philanthropies Commit $300 Million At COP30 Towards Climate And Health Solutions - Health Policy Watch
This announcement was made at the high-level opening of the COP30 Health Day - where a new Bélem Health Action Plan was launched. The Action Plan aims to
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November 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🌫️ Air pollution, heat, climate-driven diseases — global philanthropies unite with $300M first step.
As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, the world will be watching to see whether political leaders match this philanthropic momentum with real financing & policy alignment.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, the world will be watching to see whether political leaders match this philanthropic momentum with real financing & policy alignment.
@wellcometrust.bsky.social
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
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“It’s like The Twilight Zone,” one CDC staffer says of the sudden shifts at the agency.
Scientists vanish, truth gets censored, and the new boss thinks expertise is optional. Tune in as “Data” and “Evidence” are written out of the script.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Scientists vanish, truth gets censored, and the new boss thinks expertise is optional. Tune in as “Data” and “Evidence” are written out of the script.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Working at the CDC Is a Living Hell
Gaslighting, surveillance, and layoffs under the RFK Jr. regime.
nymag.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
“It’s like The Twilight Zone,” one CDC staffer says of the sudden shifts at the agency.
Scientists vanish, truth gets censored, and the new boss thinks expertise is optional. Tune in as “Data” and “Evidence” are written out of the script.
nymag.com/intelligence...
Scientists vanish, truth gets censored, and the new boss thinks expertise is optional. Tune in as “Data” and “Evidence” are written out of the script.
nymag.com/intelligence...
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We're proud of our community and its impact over the last 80 years. Help us continue to amplify our members’ voices and advance the understanding of microbiology in tackling global challenges. Get involved with the Society - microb.io/Get-Involved
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We're proud of our community and its impact over the last 80 years. Help us continue to amplify our members’ voices and advance the understanding of microbiology in tackling global challenges. Get involved with the Society - microb.io/Get-Involved
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Inaugural Paul Farmer Lecture for Global Health Equity at @mcgillghp.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/a6JOnJ0...
www.youtube.com/live/a6JOnJ0...
17th Annual McGill Global Health Night & Inaugural Paul Farmer Lecture for Global Health Equity
YouTube video by McGill University
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November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Inaugural Paul Farmer Lecture for Global Health Equity at @mcgillghp.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/a6JOnJ0...
www.youtube.com/live/a6JOnJ0...
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I've never clicked "watch now" so quickly
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I've never clicked "watch now" so quickly
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🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
Please share widely
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Please share widely
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ALERT: Baby Formula
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
13 cases of infant botulism reported from Aug through Nov 2025 coming in 10 states thus far. Please see web content for specifics on lot numbers and more.
Special shoutout to our friends and colleagues at CDC and FDA who got this out quickly all while not being paid.
Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula, November 2025
Details on an outbreak of infant botulism linked to infant formula, November 2025.
www.cdc.gov
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
🚨🚨 INFANT FORMULA RECALL 🚨🚨
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Please share widely
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What an inspiring couple!!
Drs. Lalitha Regi and Regi George announced as the 2025 co-recipients of the Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca @mcgillghp.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca
www.mcgill.ca/spgh/article...
Drs. Lalitha Regi and Regi George announced as the 2025 co-recipients of the Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca @mcgillghp.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca
www.mcgill.ca/spgh/article...
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What an inspiring couple!!
Drs. Lalitha Regi and Regi George announced as the 2025 co-recipients of the Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca @mcgillghp.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca
www.mcgill.ca/spgh/article...
Drs. Lalitha Regi and Regi George announced as the 2025 co-recipients of the Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity @mcgill.ca @mcgillghp.bsky.social @healthsciences.mcgill.ca
www.mcgill.ca/spgh/article...
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Who gets to be called a "global health professional" and why?
Check out this blog post @plosglobalpublichealth.org!
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/11/07/y...
Check out this blog post @plosglobalpublichealth.org!
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/11/07/y...
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Who gets to be called a "global health professional" and why?
Check out this blog post @plosglobalpublichealth.org!
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/11/07/y...
Check out this blog post @plosglobalpublichealth.org!
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/11/07/y...
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Many thanks to the Houston Public Library for this exciting new role, I’m thrilled to join some amazing colleagues!
houstonlibraryfoundation.org/blog/houston...
houstonlibraryfoundation.org/blog/houston...
Houston Public Library to Install Five Inaugural Fellows - Houston Public Library Foundation
The Houston Public Library will honor five outstanding individuals as part of the inaugural Honorary Fellows program. The program honors exceptional individuals whose work, leadership, and contributi...
houstonlibraryfoundation.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Many thanks to the Houston Public Library for this exciting new role, I’m thrilled to join some amazing colleagues!
houstonlibraryfoundation.org/blog/houston...
houstonlibraryfoundation.org/blog/houston...
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So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Immunopeptidomics can inform the design of mRNA vaccines for the delivery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis MHC class II antigens
MHC class II immunopeptidomics in human phagocytes infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis enables vaccine immunogen design and optimization.
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
So pleased to see the mRNA platform being used to develop new vaccines against tuberculosis!!!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The call 📞 is coming from inside the house 🏠 The only data chaos at CDC is coming from RFKJr.
Because if you fire the folks responsible for national survey data... that's bound to cause some data chaos 🌪
Here are the 954 HHS souls wrongfully fired on 10/10: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...
Because if you fire the folks responsible for national survey data... that's bound to cause some data chaos 🌪
Here are the 954 HHS souls wrongfully fired on 10/10: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...
Declaration Department of Health and Human Services – #103, Att. #1 in American Federation of Government Employees, AFL CIO v. United States Office of Management and Budget (N.D. Cal., 3:25-cv-08302) ...
NOTICE by Paul Atkins, Scott Bessent, Frank Bisignano, Pam Bondi, Shana M. Broussard, Lonnie G Bunch, III, Doug Burgum, CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, Brendan Carr, Mary Anne Carter, Lori Chavez-...
www.courtlistener.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The call 📞 is coming from inside the house 🏠 The only data chaos at CDC is coming from RFKJr.
Because if you fire the folks responsible for national survey data... that's bound to cause some data chaos 🌪
Here are the 954 HHS souls wrongfully fired on 10/10: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...
Because if you fire the folks responsible for national survey data... that's bound to cause some data chaos 🌪
Here are the 954 HHS souls wrongfully fired on 10/10: www.courtlistener.com/docket/71502...
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Independent of what PAHO ends up deciding, we don’t deserve elimination status given the state of things. Still, progress is rarely monotonic. Measles can be eliminated if we decide it’s worth eliminating.
PAHO meets this week to decide if we’ve lost measles elimination status. I warned in this interview that we’re marching toward that threshold—and getting this close signals widening vaccination gaps and eroding public health capacity.
🔗 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
#Vaccines #Measles
🔗 www.scientificamerican.com/article/meas...
#Vaccines #Measles
North America May Soon No Longer Be Officially Measles-Free, Experts Say
A meeting of the Pan American Health Organization this week will address the resurgence of measles in the Americas
www.scientificamerican.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Independent of what PAHO ends up deciding, we don’t deserve elimination status given the state of things. Still, progress is rarely monotonic. Measles can be eliminated if we decide it’s worth eliminating.
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Last year, we funded our Champions to conduct activities during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Dr Yinka Somorin discusses his outreach work last November. We are proud to be funding activities again! Watch this space to see the outreach we are supporting to help tackle AMR.
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Last year, we funded our Champions to conduct activities during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Dr Yinka Somorin discusses his outreach work last November. We are proud to be funding activities again! Watch this space to see the outreach we are supporting to help tackle AMR.
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Salk’s response when asked why he didn’t patent the polio vaccine was to respond, “can you patent the sun?”
(NB you cannot patent the sun but you can patent anything the sun shines on which is how tech ruined innovation)
(NB you cannot patent the sun but you can patent anything the sun shines on which is how tech ruined innovation)
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Salk’s response when asked why he didn’t patent the polio vaccine was to respond, “can you patent the sun?”
(NB you cannot patent the sun but you can patent anything the sun shines on which is how tech ruined innovation)
(NB you cannot patent the sun but you can patent anything the sun shines on which is how tech ruined innovation)
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Humanity has missed the 1.5 C climate target
Our politicians, oligarchs and fossil fuel lobbyists are still denying, debating and both-siding
Our politicians, oligarchs and fossil fuel lobbyists are still denying, debating and both-siding
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Humanity has missed the 1.5 C climate target
Our politicians, oligarchs and fossil fuel lobbyists are still denying, debating and both-siding
Our politicians, oligarchs and fossil fuel lobbyists are still denying, debating and both-siding
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Ray: Just a note to say STC is officially back up and running!! You can view our new home via smallthingsconsidered.blog
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Ray: Just a note to say STC is officially back up and running!! You can view our new home via smallthingsconsidered.blog
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Our @narjournal.bsky.social manuscript is out! It explores the growth of the GTDB (gtdb.ecogenomic.org) since its inception, as well as updates to the website, methodology, policies, and major taxonomic and nomenclatural changes over the past three years.
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
GTDB release 10: a complete and systematic taxonomy for 715 230 bacterial and 17 245 archaeal genomes
Abstract. The Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB; https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org) provides a phylogenetically consistent and rank normalized genome-based taxonomy
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October 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Our @narjournal.bsky.social manuscript is out! It explores the growth of the GTDB (gtdb.ecogenomic.org) since its inception, as well as updates to the website, methodology, policies, and major taxonomic and nomenclatural changes over the past three years.
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...
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#Throwback 🧪
COMMENT | Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics
KS Lee, X Su & T Huan
COMMENT | Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics
KS Lee, X Su & T Huan
Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics - Nature Metabolism
Pathway analysis, originally developed for gene expression data, has been adapted for metabolomics. However, owing to the unique characteristics and constraints of metabolites compared with genes, pathway analysis in metabolomics often yields misleading or nonsensical results.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#Throwback 🧪
COMMENT | Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics
KS Lee, X Su & T Huan
COMMENT | Metabolites are not genes — avoiding the misuse of pathway analysis in metabolomics
KS Lee, X Su & T Huan
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Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Shoutout to whoever was like the news sucks, let’s spice it up by doing a jewel heist at the Louvre