Fabulous workshop with @cinarervanur.bsky.social @yincent.bsky.social and @drguddisingh.bsky.social on communication for change. A call to arms for paediatricians on how we translate research into action and a masterclass in communication with thought, meaning and heart #RCPCH26

“Don’t let curiosity go extinct” The @rcpch.bsky.social Trainee Research Network caught up with residents & med students @ the College stand with our favourite dinosaur and long standing supporter Prof Will Carroll! Find us tomorrow for our workshop on the publication journey 8am Hall 9 #RCPCH26

Maybe I should get up at 5am to get the early train more? The southwest looking glorious on the train to #rcpch26 #paedsky

On my way to #rcpch26 and can’t wait to see everyone. Who’s coming?

I can't wait to catch up with colleagues at the @rcpch.bsky.social conference this week. Don't miss our Trainee Research Network workshop with ADC editor-in-chief Dr Nick Brown guiding you through the publication journey (Tues 8am). Come and find us at the RCPCH stand (times on picture) #RCPCH26

Peony season 🩷❤️💜

Thanks to those who joined the @pentrain.bsky.social and @rcpch.bsky.social TREES webinar with Dr Dave Bartle. The on-demand version will go onto RCPCH Learn. Q&A covered juggling clinical/research, identifying projects/mentors & fighting for more paediatric research funding. Ideas on these welcome!

📢 Calling paediatric residents @rcpch.bsky.social TREES free webinar: 📍 TOMORROW 28/4 1pm 📍 Making your own opportunities in research wherever you are 📍 Dr David Bartle, Consultant Neonatal Paediatrician; LNU/SCU rep on the @bapmofficial.bsky.social Exec Committee www.rcpch.ac.uk/form/registe...

📢 Abstract submissions open until Friday 24th April @rcpch.bsky.social Trainee Research Network National Conference Paediatric residents are invited to submit their research for consideration: www.rcpch.ac.uk/form/trn-abs... Register for the conference here: www.rcpch.ac.uk/TRN-conference

Rare sighting of a column chart taking a dip at Hove Beach. #dataviz

📢 3 more days to submit your paediatric research as an abstract

Medical mycologists shine light on the under-appreciated threat of antifungal resistance. It's behind a paywall, so the TL;DR: 📍Fungal infections affect >6.5million people/year and resistance is rising quickly 📍Resistance makes treatments less effective and leads to increasing deaths 1/4

🆕 You might have seen news stories reporting 3 confirmed cases of meningitis (MenB) in Dorset. 💊 All have received treatment and are recovering well. Close contacts of the cases have already been offered antibiotics as a precaution. ℹ️ This strain is not linked to the recent outbreak in Kent

50 medical mycologists put their shoulder behind an action plan to mitigate the rising threat of antifungal drug resistance. Check out in Nature Medicine. @youngecmm.bsky.social @ecmmcandidaiv.bsky.social @ishamycology.bsky.social @bsmm-meeting.bsky.social @mrccmm.bsky.social

@robinmay9.bsky.social came to the @mrccmm.bsky.social, sharing his career path & how to guide policy as a scientist. @foodgov.bsky.social then @ukhsa.bsky.social CSO certainly gives you plenty of interesting anecdotes! From outbreaks to raw pet food - plenty of happy lunch chat for mycologists!

📢 Abstract submissions close a week today | RCPCH Trainee Research Network – National Conference Paediatric residents involved in research projects are invited to submit their work for consideration: www.rcpch.ac.uk/form/trn-abs... 📅 Submission deadline: 24 April 2026 Registration is open too!

Two months left to apply for our infectious disease clinical trial funding! ⏳ • Level: £1mn - £8mn per award. • Duration: 3 – 5 years • Deadline: 2 June 2026 Find out more and apply ⤵️ https://wellc.me/3PNBxR4

My @glaucomflecken.bsky.social paediatrician stash has arrived so today it is a very good day! #adultsareterrible socks are going straight on. Signed portrait immediately behind my computer for all Teams calls too much?

GW4-CAT HP was delighted to officially welcome our fourth cohort of fellows—Olivia, Leila, Sam, @paedsdr.bsky.social, and @sachalmoore.bsky.social —at their induction training day last week.

This weekend I've been at New Scientist Live 2025 at the Excel Centre in London with colleagues from @mrccmm.bsky.social at the @universityofexeter.bsky.social. It's been such a great opportunity to meet with people of all ages who love science and share with them our passion for Mycology

No parent should have to choose between going to work and being at their sick newborn baby’s side. This weekend, new rules came into force, giving parents of ill newborns up to 12 weeks of paid leave. A compassionate, long-overdue step.

We only rate dogs. This is clearly a Christmas tree. Yes there is another Christmas tree behind it, that's called having friends. Please only send dogs. Thank you… 14/10

Linzer Cookies, in all their festive beauty and buttery tenderness, are #RecipeOfTheDay! I wouldn’t want to attempt them in the Southern Hemisphere (sorry over there) but in our cold, Northern Hemisphere kitchens, the soft, rich dough is helpfully biddable www.nigella.com/recipes/linz...

“My attending wants to talk to you”

Opt-opt #HIV & #Hepatitis Emergency Department testing identifies an older cohort , more woman, more Black African, & more socially deprived people than classic testing routes Most importantly 80% of people diagnosed had NO other contact with services where testing occurs #HIVSky #IDSky

Never give up hope that, one day, you will pull a book from a bookshelf and that secret door will finally open for you.

#paedsky #pedsky #idsky #medsky off the back of infection control tearing down most of the NICU Christmas decorations & suggesting we keep our Elf On The Shelf suffocated in a plastic bag (sounds fun for the visiting siblings) hit me with your infection control-friendly Xmas day accessories to wear

This was waiting for me outside my hospital accommodation pre-night shift. Irresistible to my inner paediatrician #stormdarragh 🍁 #teamnightshift

Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no

#londonsky locals. What’s your favourite cinema? I’ve got some spare hours in the city coming up and want to watch Wicked somewhere nice anywhere north/central or south (I’ll be travelling between Bloomsbury and South London) so pretty flexible.

Bravo to Paul Bollyky @pbollyky.bsky.social at Stanford for his lab's paper showing that complementary groups of phage can be mixed to provide broad and effective antimicrobial therapy against Pseudomonas and Staph infections. Brilliant work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Christmas tree update It’s too big. Around 8 foot in fact 😂 It’s getting a hair cut

A very warm welcome to @bashhuk.bsky.social and @hivta.bsky.social who've joined BlueSky. Collaboration 🤝 Education

Red-ALERT CDT #PhDPosition to work on bacterial dormancy in the environment with me at University of Exeter. Suitable for National & International candidates with Microbiology backgrounds Deadline: 7th January 2025 More details 👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Please repost. #microsky

The tree I ordered might be a little bit on the large side. Can’t wait to not help my husband get it into the living room 😅

Every year, >200K newborns die from sepsis. Our team used machine learning to develop a set of genes that can predict neonatal sepsis risk using at birth blood samples. www.thelancet.com/journals/ebi...

Call me an old traditionalist, but it just isn’t Christmas until you can buy Churros in a German market in Birmingham.

We are recruiting an associate or full Professor of Infection and/or Immunity to the school biological sciences in Cambridge. Full details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49381/ #immunology #virology

☀️ 96 solar panels are now powering Kaffin Madaki paediatric hospital in #Nigeria. These solar panels cover the energy demands for the entire hospital, replacing generators that used around 200 litres of fuel per day. #ClimateSolutions

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

📣 Last chance! Calling all early-career investigator working on #paediatric &/or adolescent #HIV! 🗓️ Today at 18:00 CET is the deadline to apply to our CIPHER Growing the Leaders of Tomorrow Fellowship Programme! ✅ Apply now: www.iasociety.org/fellowships/...

We're excited to share our fungal artworks, commissioned for the Hidden World of Killer Fungi exhibit! These captivating visuals bring ground-breaking research to life. Now available online shorturl.at/N090i Thanks to @darrenthomson.bsky.social #MedicalMycology #Fungi #MycoSky #FungalFriday

Fantastic update on the UK Emergency Department Opt-out Blood Borne Virus Testing Program 46 EDs now live! 7.3M ED attendances 3.9M Blood Tests 2.6M HIV tests New Diagnoses #HIV 961 #HepatitisB 4104 #HepatitisC 1545 Amazing work by all involved 🫡👏🙌🏽 #WorldAIDSDay

Our hybdid meeting on indirects effects of CMV infection is ONLY 1 WEEK AWAY Not too late to snap up FREE TICKETS Sessions on paediatrics, immunocompromised host, CMV-TB and critical illness/immunosenescence Keynote from STANLEY PLOTKIN! royalsociety.org/science-even... #IDsky #virology #episky

Huge NEWS coming out of number 10 tonight #WorldAIDSday The UK Government is committing £27M to extend the Emergency Department #HIV opt out testing program. This will definitely Save Lives & help to end HIV transmission by 2030 @bhiva.bsky.social @thtorguk.bsky.social @savinglives.bsky.social

I’m on the 5.50am train to London for a great day of paeds ID updates and connecting with colleagues at the British Paediatric Allergy Immunology and Infection Group @bpaiig.bsky.social Can’t wait, also send coffee

What do bacteriophage and James Bond have in common? Answer: LYSINS TO KILL

Today I'm delighted to share #mucormycosis #bioimaging work from Doctors Alyssa Hudson and Dora Corzo León (aka @forestcita.bsky.social), published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases and funded by Noah's Pink Balloon Leukaemia Fund https://bit.ly/4eG3lyz