I feel like HR might have an issue with our new group member's boundaries... 🐶

Tfw I've had unusually long days at work so the one day I don't need to be in until 10-11 I wake up early to do crafts...

Honestly though, MMR or paracetamol didn't cause me to be autistic, having a dad who would hide from us in his office, eat the exact same breakfast every day that I could remember, and physically recoil at physical touch probably did.

They do realise that if you eliminate autism you eliminate most scientists, right? Maybe that was the plan all along.. #actuallyautistic

I’m honestly so tired of the BS around autism and ‘cause’. I’m yet to see a single case where their motive behind ‘finding the cause of autism’ wasn’t embedded in eugenics. If somebody goes on about finding the cause of autism, always ask why they are seeking it.

A Williams back on the podium, feels good #AzerbaijanGP

Sometimes I have to remember disability is, ya know, disabling, and slowing down is a good thing lol

tfw my brother got engaged on friday, meanwhile I had my first properly good first date but am likely getting ghosted, and my closest friend I've made while I've lived in Birmingham moved over 150 miles away

Did I buy yet more cheap bubble wands today so our lab can do this? Yes. #AcademicSky #MicroSky 🧪

ADHD drugs have wider life benefits, study suggests www.bbc.com/news/article...

If your A level results are disappointing, don’t worry. I got a C and two Ds (in 2019) and here I am today, living my dream as a fully funded PhD student in Microbiology getting to work on one of the biggest global threats with an amazing team around me #ALevelResultsDay #MicroSky 🧪

Stressful week thanks to silly landlord things, so made another little Enterococcus friend #microsky 🧪

Incredible talk from @bkoskella.bsky.social, such fabulous phage work! Seeing how they've worked on things has helped me find great protocols for my work too- super grateful!

Love having to postpone experiments because my landlord insists on yet another follow up inspection to make sure my flat is clean and I need to save my energy to tidy🥲

Finally got to gift the hand-knitted sweater vest to new papa Ahmad! A huge labour of love for his new bundle of joy- the cables took much longer than anticipated, but definitely worth it. Credit to resident Van Schaik photographer @lucasbham.bsky.social for the photo of course!

Honestly the biggest thing that's helped me explain my research to non-scientists has been explaining it to people I talk to on dating apps.. getting it down to something manageable I think?

Tfw half the Lionesses are Arsenal legends

Being an Arsenal and England fan on the women's side- Champions League and Euro's winners On the men's side- 😬

Went for a little walk after work, had to go respect such a legend.

I know I say it a lot about myself, but England is *full* of badass girlies clearly ✨

I am in pain.

Come do fun micro with us innit

Nice to see a woman on an F1 podium for once... 🇮🇹

I'm on an Italian double decker train, why can't these be a thing at home 🥲

I've had the most fabulous few days at #FEMS2025! Made so many lovely friends, expanded my networks and learned so much from everyone. Hope to see you all in Ljubljana in 2027! #microsky

We love seeing fab papers coming from the group, congrats gang 🎉

Any other #FEMS2025 gang headed to Trienialle later? Haven't found anyone else with tickets!

Time for what will surely be one of the best sessions of the Congress.. not that I'm biased of course #FEMS2025 #MicroSky #PhageSky

Living the dreams I've had for over a decade never gets old #FEMS2025

Officially an *international* badass academic girlie 😎 #FEMS2025

Starting the first day of #FEMS2025 in the best way possible- pistachio tiramisu and a wildberry iced matcha✨

Despite the universe conspiring against me, I finally escaped Birmingham.

What a stress free start to my trip, first time flying alone so left plenty of time to get to International.... the flight is delayed so I was fine but did have a very very bad meltdown on the train 😎

The joy seeing England beat the Netherlands 4-0 vs the pain knowing I'm on leave for 10 days and can't wind up my Dutch PI about it 🥲

I struggle a *lot* with so many things, being autistic and all, but feeling confident in my science helps me so much in every aspect of my life.

Anyone else heading to #FEMS2025 solo? I'm a British first-year PhD student in bacteriophage/AMR/microbiomes, it's my first international conference (and first solo international trip!). Headed to Milan on Friday night so happy to connect ahead of time too! #microsky @femsmicro.org

P3 - YEESSSSS!!! 🤩 NICO HULKENBERG SCORES HIS FIRST F1 PODIUM IN HIS 239TH RACE 👏👏👏 #F1 #BritishGP

me being the biggest nico hulkenberg stan around rn #britishgp #f1

Kinda mad that meeting a Nobel prize winner has just become another day in the PhD- fab talk from Andrew Fire today, who discovered RNAi! 🧪

Having my first annual review, the first cross-uni project meeting since October, and my first therapy session for a month all on the hottest day of the year while being pretty heat intolerant has been interesting to say the least… to add insult to injury the lab has no aircon 😎

Even better, won a prize for my flash talk talking about phages and AMR! Great symposium by the LES PGRs at @unibirmingham.bsky.social #microsky 🧪

Fab talk from the lovely Ben Shepherd about communication and sharing our research! Honoured to have given a presentation on the same program about my research 🧪

Happy #WorldMicrobiomeDay! 🦠 If you are a starter in this field, as I was until recently, here are some highly recommended articles from @natmicrobiol.nature.com that may help you understand, plan, and even improve your microbiome studies - A starter pack you might say! 😊🧵 #MicrobiomeSky #MicroSky

I've gone home to my mum's house (she lives in the middle of fucking nowhere) and someone nearby is raving at half past midnight... Don't hear this in central Brum but hearing it in rural Oxfordshire??

Mastering the very tiny suitable for public Hot To Go dance on the train to work while resisting the urge to start fully dancing...

Iconic bestie winning topping off a great week 🔥

I go on about work-life balance far too much for my Saturday night dinner to accidentally look like enterococci #microsky

Me feeling guilty for using a piece of lab equipment this afternoon because someone else wanted it when I literally made a sign on said equipment this morning, posted on teams saying I'd be using it, and mentioned it to them in person, but they're just too cool to listen or read messages 😎