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 🧪

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?