It's devastating knowing that children are being exposed to lifetime and life-threatening illness once again that could have been avoided with a vaccine. We can't stop reaching out to the parents of these kids with compassion and out-stretched hands. Every child vaccinated matters!

On the road again! Off to Caerphilly tomorrow to have some fun and tell school children about infection, health and hygiene.

Next time we set up a public horror show about the most devastating infectious diseases in history, instead of using mannequins dressed up as plague doctor and Typhoid Mary, we're just going to illustrate it with photos of RFK Jr and Andrew Wakefield.

A reminder of how devastating many childhood infections can be and how easy it is to prevent them using safe and effective vaccines. #VaccinesSaveLives

A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed. Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them. #VaccinesSaveLives

Just to plug again our recent review of an under-researched but highly exciting area of immunology. 👉🏼 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #gdTcells #TFHcells

"Microbe-responsive human γδ T cells: The peculiar case of Staphylococcus aureus" To Armin and Martin. 🕯️ #gdTcells

📚 NEW #gdT-cell PAPER from our team @QMUL.bsky.social! 🥳 'Bacterial suppression of intestinal fungi via activation of human gut γδ T-cells' out now on @biorxiv-immuno www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here's my first attempt at a 'Bluetorial'... 🧵 1/10 #gastrosky #IBDsky

This will directly cause a drop in vaccine uptake and an increase in preventable hospitalisations, long-term complications and deaths. This is reckless. And these are the people that pretend to be "pro life"?

Just to plug again our recent review of an under-researched but highly exciting area of immunology. 👉🏼 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #gdTcells #TFHcells

"And the best thing about the polio vaccine is that it even protects people who don't believe in it."

Enabling vaccine uptake: strategies for the public health sector. Now available online in the British Journal of Hospital Medicine. 🦠🤒💉 @cusystemsimmu.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Way to go. 👏🏼 "We're no longer posting on this account. It remains active for monitoring purposes."

I don't think it's appropriate any longer for anyone, personally or as an organisation, to continue to have a presence on a social media platform whose owner openly calls for the dissolution of the UK parliament and urges people to "fight back or you die" because "violence is coming".

In case you are wondering how you can enrich your science classes by using our educational resources - for primary and secondary schools alike. In English, Welsh, Irish and Gaelic. #ScienceIsFun 🦠🧫🔬🧑🏼‍🔬

This is awesome. @ellecordova.bsky.social

A reminder of what biomedical research and education in the UK looks like. #WeAreInternational

For those who were not able to visit us in person. For those who did visit us and want to re-live their experience. And for those who might be thinking about running a similar event. The content of our pop-up shop is now fully online. 🦠🧫🔬

Some numbers. 📆 28 days 🧑🏼‍🔬 54 volunteers 🎓 3 universities 🛝 8 activities 💰 6 treasures 🧟 11 horror show booths 🖼️ 52 picture frames 🦟 100 live mosquitoes 👪 4,955 visitors 🏫 11 school visits 🎯 900 sticker challenges 🔍 753 treasure hunts 🧫 1,254 body swabs 📝 258 feedback forms 📸 >500 photos 🤷🏼 0 regrets

Meanwhile in scientific news - our latest paper.

We can confidently declare that we have won this hands down.

Our Horror Show is now online, providing an overview of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in human history. 🦠🧫🔬🏥🧟

Meanwhile in scientific news - our latest paper.

And that's a wrap. We have closed now, after 4 weeks of Superbugs fun for schools, families and everyone interested in the microbial world in, on and around us. Thank you to everyone visiting us and supporting us!

We would have not been able to deliver such an ambitious pop-up shop over the past 4 weeks without an army of 54 enthusiastic and tireless volunteers from across Cardiff Uni, Cardiff Met and Swansea Uni, and beyond! THANK YOU !!

Come and find us in the St David's Centre in Cardiff!

Launching... The online version of the Superbugs Horror Show that you can currently explore in the St David's Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff until 3rd August. Free entry, no booking required. 🧫🦠💀🧟‍♀️🪦

Superbugs pop up science shop in Cardiff attracts thousands of visitors @eberlmat.bsky.social @drjontyrrell-micro.bsky.social 🦠🧫🔬🚸

Meanwhile the news. To learn more about antibiotic-resistant superbugs visit our educational website or come to our pop-up shop in Cardiff.

For this month's article exchange with @immunolcellbiol.bsky.social we're highlighting 'Highlights of 2024: γδ T cells and bad blood' by @eberlmat.bsky.social Read here: doi.org/10.1111/imcb...

And this why we do what we are doing. Best feedback ever. ♥️

Our latest award is now an official display item in our pop-up shop. @ibmscience.bsky.social

When you think you are throwing colourful rings at a giant wooden bacterium but in reality you are learning how plasmids carrying antibiotic resistance genes are transferred between bacteria.

Visit our little shop of horror. Displaying some of the most devastating infectious diseases in history, and explaining how advances in science and in medicine succeeded in controlling most of them. 👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/pop-up-2025

Superbugs - Discover the microbial world in, on and around us! St David's Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff 7th July - 3rd August 2025. Free event. No booking required. 👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/pop-up-2025

And here are the microbes that people in South Wales carry on their hands, in their noses and ears, in their belly buttons and armpits, and on the screen of their mobile phones... More than 300 swabs taken already, and this is only the beginning! www.superbugs.online/pop-up-2025/body-swabs 🦠🧫🔬

And this is why we are running a month-long pop-up shop in the heart of one of the UK's busiest shopping centres. There's a lack of public knowledge of infections and vaccines, but plenty of misinformation and disinformation. Diseases like measles are preventable. Vaccines save lives.

What can I say, my paper has just been cited. "Eberl summarizes the role of γδ T cells in tissues during sepsis while referring to 58 Taylor Swift song titles—how many can you find?" But I can only find 54 songs myself now. 🤦🏼‍♂️

What can I say, my paper has just been cited. "Eberl summarizes the role of γδ T cells in tissues during sepsis while referring to 58 Taylor Swift song titles—how many can you find?" But I can only find 54 songs myself now. 🤦🏼‍♂️

And here are some photos from last week's awards ceremony at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences. 👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/photo-album-pop-up-2025 #winning

Thank you to everyone from St Martin's School for visiting our pop-up shop in Cardiff today!

Update. #IBMSAwards25 #IBMSWinner @ibmscience.bsky.social @drjontyrrell-micro.bsky.social @eberllab.bsky.social 🥳🎉🍾

Looking forward to the epic battle between the Oasis and Superbugs pop-up shops next week, directly facing each other in the St David's Centre.

🔍 Now in Bioinformatics Advances: “Prediction of the infecting organism in peritoneal dialysis patients with acute peritonitis using interpretable Tsetlin Machines”  Explore the full study: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbaf140  Authors include: @eberllab.bsky.social, @rishadshafik.bsky.social

Wait until you see our own pop-up shop that is going to open directly opposite the Oasis merch store on 7th July. 👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/pop-up-2025 @visitcardiff.bsky.social

Superbugs takeover at St David’s Cardiff with free interactive pop-up! 👇🏼

"Prediction of the infecting organism in peritoneal dialysis patients with acute peritonitis using interpretable Tsetlin Machines" Now available @bioinfoadv.bsky.social. An amazing collaboration between @cusystemsimmu.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @leedsbeckett.bsky.social! 🤒🔬🧑🏼‍💻📊

Ready to welcome you. "Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us." Pop-up Science Shop St David's Dewi Sant Cardiff 7 July - 3 August 👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/pop-up-2025

"Prediction of the infecting organism in peritoneal dialysis patients with acute peritonitis using interpretable Tsetlin Machines" Now available @bioinfoadv.bsky.social. An amazing collaboration between @cusystemsimmu.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social and @leedsbeckett.bsky.social! 🤒🔬🧑🏼‍💻📊

Meanwhile. 👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/pop-up-2025