In today's random life events- got the new train from Kings Heath because I am a nerd, got interviewed and ended up on ITV news.. they made me take my sunglasses off so I was struggling to keep my eyes open😬

2 for £14 cocktails at the top of the Cube with a lovely old friend feels very good.

Bono on the podium for Kimi’s first win and Lewis’s first podium in red, we love to see it #chineseGP

I am going to be insufferable if this continues I am sorry.

Happy International Women's Day, I woke up at 4am to watch 20 men drive around in circles.

Wishing Labour and Reform the day they deserve today. Huge congratulations to the Green’s Hannah Spencer.

I have won the PI birthday gift award this year by (as far as I know) being the only entrant. Happy birthday @wvschaik.bsky.social 😎

Every Monday my name becomes Lücy 😎

Excellent line-up for microbiology/microbiome speakers in Birmingham this week. Yesterday we hosted @cibiocm.bsky.social, presenting his stunning work on the human microbiome, and today's @imibirmingham.bsky.social Harry Smith lecture by Nicole Dubilier

It's not ICE out. It's dismantle ICE. It's abolish ICE. Don't just get them out of MN and make them someone else's problem. No city or state should be next. Make them non-existent.

Had a great few days at #VOMUK26! Thank you to the organisers for the opportunity to share my research and chat to so many fabulous people🧪🦠🧫

Presenting my work in fabulous Newcastle for #VOMUK26! Come chat to me about my poster (or your opinions on The Traitors/Formula 1/crafting). #microsky #phagesky 🧪

Me moving near my brother does have its perks for him on occasion.

So someone sent me a whole ass death threat yesterday. Why? Because I banned them from a discord server a year ago that I'm not in anymore (it's associated with my old university) and so can't let them appeal their ban. Why are people like this.

average monday morning- my PI showed up to the office and dropped off raw dog food on my colleague’s desk

10 years ago tonight I decided I didn't want to be alive anymore, so I'm going to sit in the exact same room 10 years later and remember how much I fucking love being alive.

Merry Christmas from the friends that made the most important element of Christmas happen- bread sauce.

Woo go Birmingham #strictly

cutting my fringe 20 minutes before a date is exceedingly Lucy coded

Come work with me and do fun micro innit Unironically our group is a vibe and Willem is a goated PI 10/10 would recommend applying

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You know a restaurant is nice when it doesn't feel like you're in Birmingham anymore.

RIP me being able to mildly annoy @wvschaik.bsky.social with Dutch Eurovision memes

I sent a teams message to my supervisor at 4:15 and it only actually sent at 9pm what in the Birmingham 5G shittery is this

Being a guide was such a formative experience, how hideous of them to show the bigotry they have. c.org/5ZYYqQBf4D

Wrapped up a great few days at the 2025 @bsacandjac.bsky.social ARM Workshop! 🎉 Huge thanks to @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social and @conmeehan.bsky.social for organising a fantastic event. Loved hearing about the latest in AMR, from novel fundamentals to therapeutics. Already excited for next year! 💊

Using the flexibility of a PhD in my favour for once- lab meeting moved to the afternoon, so a Friday morning manicure it is!

Bastille- making me cry since 2013 😎

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Just because I think sometimes it should be said- I've had one of the most interesting/exciting weeks in my PhD, and yet I still am feeling really rough. Definitely struggling with the lack of daylight and the impact it has on my mood..

Badass Brummie doing a Birmingham dance (featuring the canal) we love to see it #strictly

Leaving work early to go bake my own birthday cupcakes is an iconic move

Come see me and chat about phage resistance (please)

Dan and Phil have been dating for 16 years and I have no one to talk to about it

Honestly, for once I understand the stupidity of men on dating apps.

20 min incubations plus office and lab being so far apart - in the past two weeks I've made a list of lab consumables with their product codes for ordering, and a list of all the enzymes we have kicking around…

The only benefits of the lab and office being on opposite sides of the bulding are that 1. I get my steps in when I do go from one to another and 2. I end up doing random lab chores when I have a 20 minute incubation or something rather than going back to the office…

#phagesky #phage Truly an occasion NOT TO BE MISSED!! Students, if you want a ground-breaking PhD project in top notch labs with inspiring and attentive PIs: THIS IS IT! I’d apply myself, if I were (decades) younger 😉

Well, this is cool 🧪

Celebrating 1 full year of being a PhD student, what a crazy and fulfilling year. #PhDSky #AcademicSky

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 🧪

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