Academic research and Muay Thai have more in common than you’d think. 🧵 #academicsky #muaythaisky #kickboxingsky

It was a great pleasure to chat to BBC radio Leicester about the work our group has been doing focused on respiratory virus research! #NIHR #AcademicSky #Infectionsky

What an incredible two days! A huge thank you to everyone who came along - your enthusiasm made this event truly special. We loved every moment of sharing science, sparking conversations, and creating memories together. Until next time! @dp440.bsky.social @leicestersresearch.bsky.social

We’ve been reflecting on all the feedback from day 1 of Breathe: Speak Out - and it’s meant a lot to us. Thank you to everyone who took part and shared their thoughts. Your responses are exactly why we’re here. We’re looking forward to welcoming more of you today for day 2! @dp440.bsky.social

📣 DAY 1 – We’re live! Breathe: Speak Out kicks off today at the King Power Stadium! Come explore how viruses spread in the home of LCFC. 🎟️ It’s FREE, fun, and open to all 📍 King Power Stadium, Leicester 🕙 We’re here till 3pm — don’t miss it! @leicestersresearch.bsky.social @dp440.bsky.social

What an incredible first day! Thank you to everyone who joined us! ✨ Missed it? Don’t worry, we’re back tomorrow! 🕙 10am-3pm 📍 King Power Stadium, Leicester 🎟️ Free entry – register here for day two: www.tickettailor.com/events/nihrl... @dp440.bsky.social @leicestersresearch.bsky.social

MUSICC will be at Breathe: Speak Out showcasing our beautiful vignette by @72kilos.bsky.social, along with some of our other engagement pieces. Thanks to @dp440.bsky.social from MUSICC partner @uniofleicester.bsky.social for making this happen! Register for a free ticket via the link below ⬇️

Less than a week to go, don’t forget to register for Breathe: Speak Out! Step inside the story of how viruses spread, hear real-life experiences, and get hands-on with science. 👉 Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/nihrl... @leicestersresearch.bsky.social @dp440.bsky.social

From an ethnic minority or culturally diverse background? Your voice matters in shaping the future of health research. Join us at BREATHE: SPEAK OUT — a free event at Leicester City FC’s King Power Stadium! 📆 Thursday July 31 and Friday August 1 🎟️ Book your free tickets here: tinyurl.com/tje9hs2r

🧵1/10 Migrants' voices are essential for inclusive health research, yet participation is often low. Our latest study explores what factors influence decision making around participation in research for migrants in Leicester, UK. #MigrantHealth #ResearchInclusion

It was a great honour to kick off the #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime earliar this week. I always get anxious before speaking. How do I deal with this? Turn up early and pace around the stage and go through slides. That way when I give my talk, it feels like others are entering my space. #Academicsky

🦟🍄 Can fungi STDs kill mosquitos A new study shows transgenic mosquito-killing fungi can spread during mating – turning mosquitoes into agents of their own destruction. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Malaria #VectorControl 🧪

Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳 With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

🧵6/6 To recap, 2025 is your year on Bluesky if you: ✔ Post weekly with purpose ✔ Share research as a story, not a headline ✔ Ask questions ✔ Show the messy side of science Tag a labmate. Bookmark this. We’re just getting started. #BlueskyScience #AcademicChatter #SciComm

🧪 The NIH has terminated 1,450 grants, totaling over $750 million. This unprecedented move, justified by the administration as curbing 'wasteful spending,' impacts critical research in areas like pandemic preparedness, dementia, and HIV prevention. #AcademicSky #MedSky

🚨 New study alert from UK-REACH, led by @profmanishpareek.bsky.social, Chris Martin and Ji Soo Choi We looked at how ethnicity and migration status impact NHS healthcare workers' placement within pay bands (Agenda for Change). Key findings👇 #HealthcareEquitysky #UKREACH #academicsky #ethnicitysky

🧠📉 The 'pivot penalty' in science A new study in @nature.com finds scientists get cited less after switching research fields – the bigger the shift, the steeper the drop. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/d415... #SciComm #AcademicSky 🧪

Tomorrow (29th May) I will be giving my inaugural lecture @lshtm.bsky.social Open to people who are in London & online for those who are not. Hugely grateful to a wonderful array of collaborators & colleagues around the world whose work really underpins the research I will be talking about.

How COVID-19 affected academic publishing: a 3-year study of 17 million research papers academic.oup.com/ije/article/... #medsky #IDsky @meganranney.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @scottgottliebmd.bsky.social @richard.medsky.social @luckytran.com @erictopol.bsky.social @epiellie.bsky.social

A genome-wide study by the Long COVID Host Genetics Initiative identifies an association between the FOXP4 locus and long COVID, implicating altered lung function in its pathophysiology, according to a paper in Nature Genetics. go.nature.com/3Fw1aku #medsky 🧬 🧪

Despite molecular diagnostics for TB, 40% of patients are still diagnosed clinically. We also found a 50% higher mortality in this group, suggesting overtreatment/missing conditions other than TB. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @imperialinfect.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

Children vaccinated early with the MMR before 8.5 months of age, instead of at 12 months of age, had a rapid decline in measles antibodies, with >70% losing protection by 6 years, even with a 2nd MMR dose at 14 months. buff.ly/tm6fqXe #medsky #IDsky

Pleased to present my PhD work supported by #NIHR at #ESCMIDGlobal2025, where I was awarded an #ESCMIDTravelGrant. Met some interesting delegates!

Presented my PhD work to @HKU faculty, supported by @nihr.bsky.social and Sino-British Travel Fellowship. What an amazing presentation venue! Thank you so much to Prof Cowling and group for hosting me for this month. Epic hiking too (see final photo)! #respiratoryviruses #IDSky #Academicsky

How much training do you need to do to run a 5K? 🏃 The NEJM Evidence team aims to find out in this Stats, STAT! animated video on linear regression. Watch the full video: youtu.be/qUfVrYKetfA  #MedSky #ScienceSky #Statistics

Day 1. withdrawal from the WHO. All personnel and contractors will be stopped. Withdraw from the pandemic treaty negotiations. Anyone cheering this has no idea of global health. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Academic writing is getting harder to read - the humanities most of all https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/12/18/academic-writing-is-getting-harder-to-read-the-humanities-most-of-all

A 38-year-old woman with a history of disordered eating was found to have ground-glass opacities on a chest CT. Cytologic examination of bronchoalveolar-lavage fluid showed lipid-laden macrophages and droplets of oil. Full case details: nej.md/428CqI5 #MedSky #PulmSky

Preventable infectious diseases will resurface in all age groups if immunization continues to fall #IDSky www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...

This report describes a novel tickborne orthonairovirus species identified in patients presenting with an acute febrile illness in China. Read the full report: nej.md/40byyn9 #MedSky #IDSky

#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth “Before the first #measles vax was introduced in the 1960s, the disease killed -2.6M people 🌎 each yr. The virus cripples immune defenses, leaving the body vulnerable to other pathogens.” Say it plainly: we will not go back to that. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/h...

To overcome vaccine hesistancy, we must do a better job of explaining the risks of illness vs vaccine side effects Really important & timely @plosglobalpublichealth.org commentary by Dr Peter Hotez journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

#MedSky #IDSky #PublicHealth NEW Analysis of 641K hospital admissions (10 hospitals in 3.5y) finds ending universal masking & #COVID19 testing was assoc w/ a 25% ⬆️ in hospital-onset resp viral infections (w/ longer stay & ⬆️ mortality) & resumption of universal masking w a 33% ⬇️. #WearAMask /1

The data don’t lie. Covid was (and still is) a tragic and deadly public health, social, and economic disaster. Here are 8 charts that illustrate the effects on mortality in the US, via free-gift link. ⬇️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

ICU work is as emotionally devastating as, it can be, rewarding. What an incredible gift to this patient. @3wishesprogram.bsky.social

We are now recruiting for a challenge study, involving giving the virus that causes COVID-19 to healthy volunteers, to better understand COVID-19. Participants will be reimbursed for their time and travel. For more information please use the following link: www.imperial.ac.uk/infectious-d...

www.donotpanic.news/p/the-arctic... “By the end of the trip, Isabel says the ship doctor estimated more than half of the roughly one hundred passengers had contracted covid.

Nearly five years after publication, and after 4,000 retractions, the paper that sparked the use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 has been retracted. The publisher cites a range of scientific and ethical concerns. I have some thoughts 1/n

The real luxuries in life.

When you spend a whole day formatting and submitting a paper including 30+ coauthors and a consortium and it’s rejected within 24 hours… #medsky #academicsky #sciencesky #muaythai #kickboxing

Winter is here - hold on to your seats, it could be a bumpy ride #getvaccinated Chris Whitty (has he made it here yet) posted in the other place: t.co/eo5MFz6Hvs

It's publication day for "Asymptomatic" via Johns Hopkins U Press. The book explores the paradox of asymptomatic transmission and rationale for proactive steps to confront future pandemics: bit.ly/asymptomatic...

Recent work on how COVID-19 pandemic interventions reshaped the global dispersal of seasonal influenza viruses Out in Science Magazine: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Non-academic post. In 2020 I had a nasty bout of #COVID. Decided to prioritise my health and take up kickboxing. In 2022 I had my first bout. Nowadays it is a key part of my life. I’m aiming for 50 bouts by 40 years old. Round 1 of bout number 1 is below. #Muaythai #kickboxing #combatsports

One of the most depressing aspects of this pandemic is the lack of learning. #medsky #academicsky #healthpolicy

Case reports are impactful. The first news about novel infectious diseases could appear from anywhere - from reports online, to ProMED or academic journals. We shouldn't dismiss them just because they are low on the hierarchy of evidence!

#H5N1 episode, although mentioned elephant the room remains intensive farming. Maximisation of profit at the cost of future pandemics, AMR,global warming (methane and deforestation) and cancers (associated with processed meat), and exploitation of animals, people and land. #IDsky

We wiped out a strain of Influenza B when we all masked and distanced in 2020! Masking works to reduce/eliminated exposure to respiratory viruses!

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect ethnic minority groups, and how do we mitigate disproportionate effects for the next pandemic? A short 🧵 (1/8)