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The Open Visualization Academy (OVA) IS LIVE! openvisualizationacademy.org Thread follows #dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization

New round of PhD studentships in microbial engineering, including one with me on engineering non-canonical DNA mismatch repair into E. coli 🦠🧬 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We're Hiring! We're looking for a postdoc with bioinformatics/modelling skills to join us in an exciting microbiome ecology project in Manchester (deadline 1st March) www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Storming research seminar from Alexiane Decout for @warwicklifesci.bsky.social @warwickmed.bsky.social women's health group: the Lactobacillus crispatus S-layer & vaginal/reproductive health. Immune modulation www.nature.com/articles/s41... & HSV protection europepmc.org/article/ppr/... #MicroSky

I can vouch for @dralhubb.bsky.social being a great person to collaborate with!

Useful @sciencecampaign.bsky.social @drrathbone.bsky.social blog making sense of what we know about @ukri.org funding after today’s Select Committee hearing www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

Come and join our editorial team

Excited to share our preprint that describes the mechanism of action of an historical infection remedy called Bald’s Eyesalve. In this preprint, we show that Bald’s Eyesalve has multifaceted mechanism of action against both S. aureus and A. baumannii (1/n).

Remember the medieval remedy we reconstructed years ago? We've now dissected the various ways it attacks and kills bacteria! Preprinted & submitted, led by @tosinorababa.bsky.social & Jess Furner-Pardoe w/ many collaborators #MicroSky #Ancientbiotics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I know what they're getting at with the "could put jobs at risk" but can we focus on the immediate impact? Each suspended round at MRC and BBSRC means about 80 fewer postdoc jobs and the retrospective cuts at MRC add another 30 or so

Currently, we’re all in the dark (and this is UKRI wide). Uni research development officers and board members initially found out via the researchprofessional article and any info has been word-of-mouth. @whippletom.bsky.social @peaseroland.bsky.social is this on your radar?

A pleasure to be involved with @schluk.bsky.social’s PhD research - he’s explored the interactions between longitudinal isolates of three key pathogens from children with #CysticFibrosis #MicroSky @phoebesilva.bsky.social

Less than one week to apply to this 2.5 yr PDRA! If you're passionate about biophysics #AFM #Microscopy applied to bacteria and #antimicrobial research this will be a great opportunity in the beautiful city of Sheffield. 😀 jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

What's the best way now to advertise PhD projects to potential students? Twitter used to be great but not now for obvious reasons and BlueSky seems too curated to have that research to prospective students #MicroSky

Why should microbiologists be interested in historical infection remedies, and how can we best investigate them for antimicrobial discovery? Thoroughly enjoyed co-writing this Microbiology Primer with @tosinorababa.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #MicroSky #Ancientbiotics

By end of Feb @bsky.app will be the 2nd largest social media source for research sharing in our database - Google+ managed 945,000 mentions of research during its life - Facebook pages (not people's profiles) have shared papers 6.6m times - Reddit = 600k Bluesky is currently at 6m and climbing

Thanks to Dr. Cassandra Quave for hosting me on her Foodie Pharmacology podcast! We discussed the molecules responsible for the properties of medicinal plants - and how my lab studies the chemistry that plants use to make them. Check it out! t.co/nEdpoyN8QD

“The new rule may someday be that there are no strict anaerobes; it's just a matter of how sensitive our methods are in detecting low oxygen concentrations.” #MicroSky

I just spent a very enjoyable hour talking to the awesome ethnobotanist Cassandra Quave for her podcast, Foodie Pharmacology - if you’re not already subscribed, check it out for fascinating food science, botany and microbiology content foodiepharmacology.com #MicroSky #SciComm

This is a very cool study! P. melanogenica was assumed to be a strict anaerobe because it doesn’t tolerate atmospheric O2 levels - but no-one had looked at how it responded to concentrations >0 but <21, until now. #MicroSky

#MicroSky!

Super PhD opportunity!

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

What does the latest UK Public Attitude to Science survey say? blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/britains-sci...

Love microbes & omics? 🦠🧬 We’re hiring a Postdoc in Public Health Genomics at @unibirmingham.bsky.social Work on cutting-edge research with wonderful people! @wvschaik.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @scalene.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social 📅 Closes 4th Feb

I have a question for people who do a lot of disk diffusion assays... have you ever seen enhanced haemolysis around azithromycin specifically? Does it damage RBCs so that bacterial haemolysis is more rapid, or is it maybe a stress response from the bacterium?

Last night’s Witness History featured a pretty amazing character with a gift for storytelling. ANZAC soldier Rupert Westmacott talks about his experience in WWI at Gallipoli: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance". It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder". The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.

It's important to understand the intentionality of Grok becoming a revenge porn + CSAM generation machine. Devs would have had to *intentionally* train it on millions of not billions of porn images.

This is a super clear article that explains a lot about the choices made re chickenpox vaccination - via @pennysarchet.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

🔊 Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial Evolution. Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠 3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share! hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

You're watching an Eden's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) in the Gulf of Thailand "trap-feeding" or "tread-water feeding." It was filmed by NatGeo videographer Bertie Gregory in 2021. Let's talk about what it's doing, how humans are involved & along the way, identify the origins of a Norse legend.

US State Department says it will deny visas to 5 leaders in EU efforts to counter digital hate speech & disinformation, including ex EU commissioner Thierry Breton, accusing them of seeking to censor "American viewpoints.” www.france24.com/en/technolog...

Absolutely agree. @mattwestern.bsky.social is government use of X on your radar?

#immunosky #microsky folks: please could someone point me to literature that explains the UK‘s decision to finally roll out a chickenpox vax (impact of chickenpox/shingles/both?) and the pros/cons of this vaccine vs Shingrix? Am interested & it would be good to read up on for future teaching. Ta!

New year, new PhD? 🧑‍🎓 If you’re fed up of leftovers, and out of ideas for festive fun, here’s a quick reminder to apply to these posts! 🧫 🧬 #PhD #Microbiology #Genomics

I’m especially looking forward to this session! #MicroSky

A four-year postdoc focusing on "plant growth-promoting bacteriophages" available in my group. Skills in metaviromics and metagenomics essential. Application deadline: 2.2.2026. For more info, see the link.

This. There are good uses for Ai. The potential to improve serious weather forecasting, to optimise farming (actually good for the environment), a tool to support those with hearing or visual impairment, many things. But it’s been SOLD as money-saving (quietly: get rid of people) and that’s the lie.

You've just opened up a Star Trek-themed restaurant. What are you calling it? Mine’s a tapas bar called Saucer Section

This looks like a brilliant opportunity! #MicroSky

”Mice remain useful for systemic interactions & whole-body physiology, but human iPSCs, organoids, & engineered tissues … capture patient-specific genetics & disease phenotypes in ways that mice simply cannot.” Interesting longish read on drug screening www.drugdiscoverynews.com/can-we-stop-...

The Sentinel programme has trained over 3,000 health professionals from 53 African countries in genomics, so they can track and respond to infectious disease outbreaks #MicroSky www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

This thread is quite a shocker.

🚨 Postdoctoral Opportunity for Female Scientists🚨 The University of Vienna is awarding at least 20 fully funded 4 year postdoctoral positions to outstanding female scientists Interested? Get in touch via direct message careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e... #MicroSky 🧪 #PostDoc @univie.ac.at

Some fabulous opportunities here! #MicroSky