a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product

Post-doc positions: "Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..." uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

A last thought before taking off into your various breaks - Microbial Genomics is looking for editors! Scientific publishing is frustrating and so much money going to commercial publishers... be part of the change by supporting society publishing 😊 great opportunity to join a lovely community.

One might think the Epstein files were due.

#MachineLearning methods are used to predict #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR from genomic data. @lbarquist.bsky.social &co show that sampling biases driven by population structure severely undermine the accuracy of AMR prediction models even with large datasets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4iZ0zXQ

In case anyone needed any more reasons NOT to engage with Frontiers 🤪

Symposium & workshop on inequalities in infectious disease dynamics at LSHTM in April 2026. We aim to will bring together leading researchers and practitioners to share ideas, discuss recent advances, and reflect on future directions. Details & application: iddconf.org/lshtm-sympos... Closing 21 Jan

Yearly reminder that the world will not end if that new manuscript or revision sits on your desk for a couple more weeks, or you are realistic about decision times. Editors & reviewers are people too, are getting swamped with work just about now, and will likely enjoy a well-deserved break soon 🧪

The European Commission (@ec.europa.eu) has just designated a new EU reference laboratory (EURL) for respiratory viruses. This marks a significant step in reinforcing the European Union’s capacity to respond to serious cross-border threats. Read more: www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

(1/7) Really pleased to have this published in @natcomms.nature.com We looked at all public genomes encoding blaIMP (carbapenem #AMR ) 🦠🧫🧬💊. We show 5 IMP variants achieved global endemicity while 2 are regionally endemic. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #MicroSky #microbiology #IDSky #EpiSky 🧪

Nature Reviews Genetics Focus issue: Eco-evolutionary genomics of microorganisms www.nature.com/collections/... 🧬🖥️🧪🦠 🧵 1/

My amazing joint grad student (with Ami Bhatt) Danica Schmidtke, gave me a ceramic phage she made as a gift. It makes me very happy indeed.

🎉 Save your seat! 📅 The TARGetAMR Annual Conference 2026 is happening on 14–15 May 2026 at The Studio, Birmingham ✨ Theme: Building the Future of AMR Genomics 🦠 Join experts & researchers tackling antimicrobial resistance 👉 Register now: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta...

Why so many co-circulating #Klebsiella pneumoniae clones? By studying >7000 isolates, @bananabenana.bsky.social @kelwyres.bsky.social &co identify structured, clone-specific #metabolic specialisation across the population that enables reciprocal cross-feeding @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4qdC2B2

Absolutely stoked to have this published in @plosbiology.org We looked at the metabolism of #Klebsiella pneumoniae 🦠🧫. We not only demonstrated lineage-specific #metabolism, but that lineages can cross-feed and support each other. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... #MicroSky #microbiology 🧬 🧪 💊

🎉 Big news for the future of #RStats. The project "Enabling the next generation of R contributors" has received £500k over 2 years. - mentoring expert contributors - modernising infrastructure - improving governance - strengthen communication and outreach www.software.ac.uk/rsmf-round-1...

Very interesting analysis from @bananabenana.bsky.social et al. on blaIMP dissemination from >4.5k genomes from strains of 93 species isolated over 20 years. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Congrats @efosternyarko.bsky.social and team for this great work building capacity for public health genomics to investigate cholera and other enteric bacteria, across Africa 👏 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...

📢Persistent antibiotic resistance of cholera-causing bacteria in Africa revealed from a multinational workshop for strengthening disease surveillance, hosted by PulseNet Africa and @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social. Read more here: microb.io/4aDdPze%F0%9... #MGEN #AntimicrobialResistance #Microbiology

Prospective characterisation of drug-resistant bloodstream infections in Africa and Asia (ACORN2): a surveillance network assessment - The Lancet Microbe www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Great work by a tremendous team of collaborators! @wellcometrust.bsky.social @acorn-amr.bsky.social @who.int

Immigrants make the world a more interesting place.

Huge preprint if you are interested in bacterial strain taxonomy! The why and how of cgMLST LIN codes: An extensively revised and expanded version doi.org/10.1101/2024... I will summarize it for you in this thread 👇

This article suggests the possibility of training AI on pre-existing proposals and their review reports, scores and related decisions. I.e. training them on a system which is known to preferentially award larger amounts of money to white men. What could possibly go wrong?

Today I am very proud to announce the release of the Antibiotic Resistance Microbiology Dataset - Mass General Brigham (ARMD-MGB; physionet.org/content/armd...) , as part of an NIH-funded collaboration led by Jonathan Chen at Stanford. (1/6)

🚨 Registration is now OPEN! 🎉Join us for the TARGetAMR Annual Conference 2026 on Thursday 14 & Friday 15 May at The Studio, Birmingham 🦠Connect, collaborate & tackle antimicrobial resistance ✨Secure your spot today! 👉 Register now: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta... #TARGetAMR26

How does the arms race between #bacterial defense systems and mobile genetic elements contribute to #microbiome community structure? Read below for an insightful exploration of this issue! It will not disappoint @plosbiology.org 🧪 #bacteria #immune #phage #ecology

Looking to develop your expertise in #Epidemiology & #MedicalStatistics? This course, held @mrcunitgambia.bsky.social provides knowledge & tools to assess health effects in populations, optimise disease surveillance & investigate outbreaks. Apply by 10 Dec 2025👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/course...

🚨#PhD studentship opportunity! Plasmids provide bacteria with antimicrobial resistance, but do they have more fundamental effects on behaviour? 🧫🦠💫🧟‍♂️ Apply for a 4y funded MRC DiMeN position with me and Jamie Wheeler @livuni-ives.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Seriously we need to hear from @natureportfolio.nature.com @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social on this.

Wow. What on earth is going on @natureportfolio.nature.com? Imagine being an author who had a paper rejected by this journal, only to see this AI slop published… Unless of course nothing is ever rejected by Sci Reports, which it seems must be the case 🤦🏻‍♀️

"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se

Our study of neonatal sepsis in a NICU in Botswana underscores the value of integrating colonization surveillance, environmental investigation, and genomics to uncover hidden reservoirs and strengthen infection prevention and control (IPC) practices in resource-limited settings.

We have an amazing opportunity for Early-Career Researchers to join our Board of Directors! We're looking for someone with experience in leading #OpenScience projects to support and lead eLife in our mission to change research communication. 🔗 buff.ly/SZgtgVv

If you're about to push these last manuscripts before wrapping up 2025, remider that our MGen Eukaryotic collection @microbiologysociety.org is open & growing; #Protists #Parasites #Fungi; friend or foe; all welcome 😊 #MicroSky #IDSky #Protistsonsky 🧬💻 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/micr...

Join us on 26 Nov 2025 for the NeoNET AFRICA & KlebNET-GSP seminar on Klebsiella genomics and neonatal sepsis. Our Co-Director @katholt.bsky.social will speak on serotype prevalence & vaccine coverage ⏰ 15:00–16:00 SAST 🔗 bit.ly/klebs_seminar

Hot off the press! Our latest paper led by @fernpizza.bsky.social, understanding how plasmids evolve inside cells. These small, self-replicating DNA circles live inside bacteria and carry antibiotic resistance genes, but also compete with one another to replicate. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

💉 Our annual lecture will be given by Prof Caroline Trotter, who will explore work estimating the #PublicHealth impact of vaccination of Gavi & discuss its implications for #vaccine policy 🗓️ Thursday 27 November, 17:30 GMT 📍 LSHTM | Online Details ⬇️ www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Our sister journal has joined the Bluesky party! Give them a follow if you are interested in clinical research and the open science space

We are thrilled to now be on BlueSky! We prioritize studies addressing critical health challenges—from major diseases to health equity—that bridge scientific rigor with real-world impact, connecting researchers, clinicians, and policymakers to advance global health 🧬🧪 #OpenScience #MedSky

Don't forget to register for the #1st ever @shigellameeting.bsky.social at Pasteur next year! Apr 20 - 24 www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home

KlebPhaCol: a community-driven resource for Klebsiella research identified a novel phage family https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf1122

Another PhD!! Are you, or someone you know, looking for a PhD, starting in Oct 2026? Do you like phages, genomes & public health impact?🦠🧬🧩 Wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social? Please apply or share by 6 Jan🗓️ #PhDposition #academicsky

#AMR #Klebsiella cause >100,000 neonatal deaths globally each year. Our new preprint shows more than half of #Klebsiella pneumoniae neonatal sepsis cases in African and South Asian are nosocomial, acquired through transmission in neonatal units. #WAAW doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Happy to share our new AMR resource which has phenotypic AMR (usually MIC data) collected from publications and databases. This is paired with assemblies and annotations We're excited for users who might train new models, find phenotype/genotype mismatches, or any other use

Every test result tells a story - of a life supported, a treatment informed, a community protected. Behind those stories lies an invisible network - the supply chain - connecting suppliers, ministries, laboratories, health programs, and the people they serve 🌐 #WorldAMRWeek2025 #AMR

Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week starts today. Our research themes show how we tackle AMR from every angle, from biological and clinical sciences to modelling, social science, and more. Learn more: 👉 bit.ly/4i5Uf0v

The @klebnet.bsky.social team are pleased to share slides from our “Klebsiella pneumoniae Genomic Epidemiology & Antimicrobial Resistance” lecture series! Topics include Kleb diversity, lineages, AMR, hypervirulence, how to use Kaptive & Kleborate for typing, and more! klebnet.org/2025/11/18/k...

The Chronic and Recurrent #UTI Priority Setting Partnership supported by James Lind Alliance (funders AMR Action UK, Bladder Health UK & The Urology Foundation) needs your help! Please take our survey to help prioritise research questions for this horrible malady www.surveymonkey.com/r/UTI2 #UTISky

Hey Labour Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety? We're still over here 👋