Catherine Moore
@smallredone.bsky.social
Consultant Clinical Scientist and honorary professor in virology mostly for a public health body in a country west of England. Has cats and an overgrown garden. Vaccines work and Brexit still sucks.
This week I’ll mostly be at @eswinfluenza.bsky.social
#ESWI2025 representing Public Health Wales and @escvirology.bsky.social
#ESWI2025 representing Public Health Wales and @escvirology.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This week I’ll mostly be at @eswinfluenza.bsky.social
#ESWI2025 representing Public Health Wales and @escvirology.bsky.social
#ESWI2025 representing Public Health Wales and @escvirology.bsky.social
I felt sorry for this old bear when I was doomscrolling charity shops online, so I clicked buy now. I appear to have reunited old friends. (The tiger was already mine) #WinniethePooh #TiggerToo
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I felt sorry for this old bear when I was doomscrolling charity shops online, so I clicked buy now. I appear to have reunited old friends. (The tiger was already mine) #WinniethePooh #TiggerToo
My fluffy bestie King Arthur just died. I’m in work, so didn’t get to say goodbye 😔 He was loved, and we will miss him #KingArthurCat #GoodbyeArthur
October 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My fluffy bestie King Arthur just died. I’m in work, so didn’t get to say goodbye 😔 He was loved, and we will miss him #KingArthurCat #GoodbyeArthur
My adorable and super friendly King Arthur has been diagnosed with lymphoma of the gut. No blockage, but it’s a large mass. Now the dilemma of whether we try chemo which will mean regular trips to Bristol from Cardiff. #SadTimes
September 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
My adorable and super friendly King Arthur has been diagnosed with lymphoma of the gut. No blockage, but it’s a large mass. Now the dilemma of whether we try chemo which will mean regular trips to Bristol from Cardiff. #SadTimes
I’m in Thessaloniki airport, I think this sparrow has Avian keratin disorder?? Very long curved beak.
September 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I’m in Thessaloniki airport, I think this sparrow has Avian keratin disorder?? Very long curved beak.
Because I’m a terrible photographer, here’s just a few pictures of my lab team talking about their posters. One more of Anastasia to add. @escvirology.bsky.social #ESCV2025
September 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Because I’m a terrible photographer, here’s just a few pictures of my lab team talking about their posters. One more of Anastasia to add. @escvirology.bsky.social #ESCV2025
Another great @escvirology.bsky.social meeting underway in Thessaloniki. If you’re there, please do come and ask Ester anything about the society.
September 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Another great @escvirology.bsky.social meeting underway in Thessaloniki. If you’re there, please do come and ask Ester anything about the society.
Bess on her throne #ElizabethTudorCat #CatsofBlueSky
July 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Bess on her throne #ElizabethTudorCat #CatsofBlueSky
Most evenings I take a walk in my garden in the dark, so I can find #hedgehogs. Here’s one from this evening.
July 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Most evenings I take a walk in my garden in the dark, so I can find #hedgehogs. Here’s one from this evening.
We had a living roof (sedum) installed when we had our extension built during the pandemic. (Yes it was difficult with supplies, timing etc) This year, it’s finally looking exactly as I imagined, flowering and full of pollinators. #HelpingNature
July 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We had a living roof (sedum) installed when we had our extension built during the pandemic. (Yes it was difficult with supplies, timing etc) This year, it’s finally looking exactly as I imagined, flowering and full of pollinators. #HelpingNature
Sunday vibes with #HenryPlantagenetCat #CatsofBluesky
May 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Sunday vibes with #HenryPlantagenetCat #CatsofBluesky
I’ve got a ‘working from home’ helper today. He’s looking forward to appearing on Teams and helping with a grant review. As a chronic carrier of calicivirus he’s an expert in virology. #KingArthurCat
May 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I’ve got a ‘working from home’ helper today. He’s looking forward to appearing on Teams and helping with a grant review. As a chronic carrier of calicivirus he’s an expert in virology. #KingArthurCat
King Arthur is turning white in his old age. All of his undercoat is white, and so is his under carriage! 😂 #SeniorCatsofBlueSky
May 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM
King Arthur is turning white in his old age. All of his undercoat is white, and so is his under carriage! 😂 #SeniorCatsofBlueSky
Interesting cat bed chosen by Bess
May 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Interesting cat bed chosen by Bess
Henry would rather he was dressed like Luke Skywalker today, instead he’s still being made to wear his ruff. #MaytheFourth
May 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Henry would rather he was dressed like Luke Skywalker today, instead he’s still being made to wear his ruff. #MaytheFourth
On this May 4th the Garth Cuckoo made its presence known. @bto-gbw.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 8:32 AM
On this May 4th the Garth Cuckoo made its presence known. @bto-gbw.bsky.social
Two cushions for the perfect King Arthur bed. He plans to watch a film later. He’s hoping for the Cat from Outer Space, but will make do with Alien. #CatsofBlueSky
April 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Two cushions for the perfect King Arthur bed. He plans to watch a film later. He’s hoping for the Cat from Outer Space, but will make do with Alien. #CatsofBlueSky
Stop taking my photograph and get me some food human serf. #ElizabethTudorCat #CatsofBlueSky
April 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Stop taking my photograph and get me some food human serf. #ElizabethTudorCat #CatsofBlueSky
I had 17K followers on Twitter and made many lifelong connections. Today I reached 1K on #BlueSky which feels reasonable for someone who posts mostly about her cats, and virology that mostly involves humans.
April 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I had 17K followers on Twitter and made many lifelong connections. Today I reached 1K on #BlueSky which feels reasonable for someone who posts mostly about her cats, and virology that mostly involves humans.
Also took a photo of the poster on Mycoplasma surveillance in Wales. Presented by Panoraia Kalapotharakou. A pathogen we’ve been monitoring through our sentinel scheme routinely since 2014, this is the first significant epidemic since then.
April 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Also took a photo of the poster on Mycoplasma surveillance in Wales. Presented by Panoraia Kalapotharakou. A pathogen we’ve been monitoring through our sentinel scheme routinely since 2014, this is the first significant epidemic since then.
With #escmidglobal starting next week. I’m sorting out the jobs in the garden before my head is filled with science. Unfortunately, Henry pictured in the potting shed has a head full of pus, so will be visiting the vet later (Bess getting her own back by kicking him repeatedly in the head)
March 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
With #escmidglobal starting next week. I’m sorting out the jobs in the garden before my head is filled with science. Unfortunately, Henry pictured in the potting shed has a head full of pus, so will be visiting the vet later (Bess getting her own back by kicking him repeatedly in the head)
King Arthur was 14 this week, his monthly checkup at the vets revealed all his blood markers are back to normal (his ALT when he was ill was >1000!!) here he is pictured with Stu earlier today.
March 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
King Arthur was 14 this week, his monthly checkup at the vets revealed all his blood markers are back to normal (his ALT when he was ill was >1000!!) here he is pictured with Stu earlier today.
Excited to see my first little owl ever at the RSPB Newport wetlands. I took a picture as proof. I’ve also added a picture of a curlew #TerriblePhotosofBirds
March 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Excited to see my first little owl ever at the RSPB Newport wetlands. I took a picture as proof. I’ve also added a picture of a curlew #TerriblePhotosofBirds
#ElizabethTudorCat ever the optimist #CatchingSquirrels
March 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
#ElizabethTudorCat ever the optimist #CatchingSquirrels