Attacks on healthcare workers and facilities have surged in the past five years. Our new data visualisations unpack this disturbing trend and its impact on global health www.bmj.com/content/391/...

BMA wishes all our UK supporters a powerful Black History Month! 🇬🇧 This year’s theme, “Standing Firm in Power and Pride” is everything 💥 Read our new #MGen article on how we’re helping Black microbiologists thrive through #BlackinMicro Week: doi.org/10.1099/mgen...#MGen#BlackinMicro

I really love teaching undergrads. They make me feel so valued and knowledgeable Helping out in a microscopy lab today and it’s ‘miss please help, I can’t see anything’ Sweet summer child, please switch the microscope on 🥹

Vaccines save lives Vaccines cause adults THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!!

People are getting killed trying to get food. 877 people have died and 5666 were injured in #Gaza trying to get food in recent weeks.

🧬 Vaccines prevent 🦠 — they’re a key tool against antimicrobial resistance. In this blog, @meganecarey.bsky.social highlights a new @wellcometrust.bsky.social report on how vaccines help stop the emergence and spread of drug resistance. Read more 👉 bit.ly/4jWkZji

‘Anyone can do this’: Sleuths publish a toolkit for post-publication review @averyorrall.bsky.social reports on an initiative from @reeserichardson.bsky.social and colleagues

$900,000 grant to Retraction Watch’s parent organization will fund forensic analysis of articles that affect human health, directed by @jamesheathers.bsky.social

Today, we celebrate the establishment of the #WestAfrica Genomics Centre of Excellence in partnership with @nanoporetech.com. The regional hub, a major milestone in scientific #research, will strengthen #Africa-led genomic sequencing, expand capacity and drive research across the continent.

This past weekend I was delighted to be one of @soapboxscibrighton.bsky.social speakers, talking about using DNA to track outbreaks in hospitals with members of the public at Brighton beach. Volunteer- Shelley Wang Image Credit- Stuart Robsinson/ Darren Baskill #sciencecommunication

This Saturday I’ll be at Brighton beach, talking all things Science as part of @soapboxscibrighton.bsky.social @brightonfringe.bsky.social Pop by and say hello- you may learn something new 🧬🕵🏽‍♀️

I enjoyed reading @nature.com’s article on the use of AI in scientific research - and then taking the questionnaire myself to really tease out my own thoughts on the issue. When is it okay to use AI in our research (if at all)? Is disclosing our usage enough?

#Gaza: In the early hours of March 18, Israeli forces attacked multiple areas in the Gaza Strip, after almost two-months of an already fragile ceasefire. According to the Ministry of Health, hundreds of people have been killed.

It’s nice to see how the country and the world showed up! I joined in with the Hoosiers since I was visiting IU. Great job organizers!! #standupforscience2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/s...

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