Our lab ♥️s cell modelling tourism! For many years we have hosted visitors for free, on-site training to teach them 3D-UHU, our human bladder urothelial model. Today, we have simultaneous visitors from the Netherlands, Uruguay & (closer to home) London’s Great Ormond St. Hospital! #UTISky 🇺🇾 🇳🇱 🇬🇧

🚨🦠🦟🧬👩‍🔬 We are looking for a Senior Editor to cover parental leave, starting ~Sept. This is your chance to come work for The Lancet Infectious Diseases! Awesome team, best speciality, lots of flexibility. Previous editorial experience not required; need to be ID nerd 🤓 Apply below or get in touch 👇

Honored to contribute to this peer-reviewed commentary in CMI Communications alongside an incredible panel of ID physicians and clinical trialists discussing some of the top infectious diseases papers of 2025. #idsky www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

#medsky #idsky #episky

Addled by Ambisome? Not sure about Nystatin Never heard of Natamycin? Worry not; Jame and Alyssa are here to clear it all up Details here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1... #idsky #microsky #infection #podcast

📣 Note to microbiologists & clinicians who need to isolate #Bordetella spp for antibiogram profiling: Klugherz et al. show that adding #vancomycin to #Regan-Lowe agar doubles the rate of isolation in culture #microsky #clinmicro #idsky #pertussis www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

Sign up now for our next ESGUTI webinar on June 24th! It’s gonna be AMAZING!!! 🥳🤩 #ESGUTI #IDSky #UTISky #ESCMID

🗞️ Person behind the name: Wolbachia are intracellular Gram-negative bacteria that can manipulate their arthropod hosts' reproduction. Discovered by Hertig and Burt Wollbach, Hertig formally named them after his colleague in 1936. #IDSky #clinmicro #microsky www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

🎙️ Just published Communicable E53: ESCMID Global Late Breakers, part 1 Hosted by our editors - Erin McCreary, PharmD, Josh Davis, Marc Bonten, Anne-Grete Märtson , Angela Huttner 🌟 Listen on #Communicable: https://share.transistor.fm/s/e2f3e270#Communicable #IDSky #clinmicro #ESCMIDGlobal2026

Doing some final editing on next #Communicable ep & found spot where @marcbonten.bsky.social tells us how the FAST RCT got a waiver of informed consent. Anne-Grete and I start dreaming here: our countries would not let us do this. Vanderbilt is a learning health system w/ ethics oversight.🤩 #IDSky

🎉 Milestone moment! MIC Podcast has officially hit 1,000 downloads 🎙️ Thanks to our listeners, speakers & contributors for supporting conversations that matter in infection. More great episodes to come 👉 www.britishinfection... #MICpodcast #InfectiousDiseases #BIApodcast

So good. Have spent years fighting this fight, with hand tied behind my back by lack of great evidence. This study is going to get quoted and cited in microbiology MDTs the world over +++ #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR

📣 New #Communicable drops Mon, 18 May! Our editors - Erin McCreary, PharmD, Josh Davis, Marc Bonten, Anne-Grete Märtson, Angela Huttner #Communicable- discuss some of the Late Breaker trials that caught their attention at #ESCMIDGlobal2026, and whether results will change their practice🎙️ #IDSky #clinmicro

On this day, in 1961, two articles appeared in Nature announcing the isolation of messenger RNA (mRNA) www.cell.com/current-biol...

📣 Migrants & refugees face a higher burden of #AMR but lower access to #healthcare & appropriate #antibiotic use, both difficult to quantify An international expert team has created AdMiRE, a WHO-aligned tool to assess & compare across #migrant populations #IDSky www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

💥🆕”Andes hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship-an ESCMID(EIS) rapid assessment” 👇Free Access bit.ly/3P1Tbkh @unmccom.bsky.social @unmc-id.bsky.social @cmijournal.bsky.social @cmicomms.bsky.social @jesusrbano.bsky.social #IDSky #MedSky #PCCSky #ICUSky #EMIMCC #Ansky #EMSky #AMSSky #MicroSky #ClinMicro

New joint series in @lancetgh.bsky.social and The Lancet Microbe #Schistosomiasis in women and adolescent girls www.thelancet.com/series-do/sc... #IDSky #ClinMicro #NTD #OpenAccess #OA

☀️Book your spot at the 24th ESCMID Summer School today! Take this chance to connect with professionals from around the world and build on relevant skills for one's career development. 📚 https://ow.ly/XaZ850YY5qW ⏰Register by Friday, 05 June! Registration includes room & board. #IDSky #clinmicro

June 2026 Issue is now online: www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/issue/S1198-... #IDSky #MicroSky

Highlights from ESCMID Global 2026? @gurujosh.bsky.social asked CLARITY faculty: @angelahuttner.bsky.social @erinmccreary.bsky.social @marcbonten.bsky.social @seanong.bsky.social @ashabowen.bsky.social and others (not on BlueSky). #IDSky clarityinitiative.org/escmid-2026-... Any that we missed?

Exploring the forest in Breckenridge, CO after a spring snowfall, I was so lucky to come across this American pine marten (Martes americana)—a small, agile member of the weasel family who lives in mature coniferous forests. Great personality! More photos below. #Nature #PineMarten #Animals

26 passengers left the MV Hondius 12 days ago amid the suspected #hantavirus outbreak. 7 reportedly returned to the US — to Arizona, California, Georgia, Texas, and Virginia. A reminder of how rapidly potential infectious disease exposures can cross borders www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...

Excited to share our methodology paper for the PATROL study We're looking at the incidence of #RSV and other resp. viruses in the community who don't present to hospital We're about 1/2 way through data collection so watch this space @thekidsau.bsky.social #idepi #IDSky #episky #medsky #newarticle

"R0 is not an intrinsic value characteristic of a given pathogen, but rather describes the transmissibility of that pathogen within the specific population and setting under study." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

✏️Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI) is looking for an editor in virology to join their editorial board. 💡Learn more about the qualifications and expectations of the role, and how to apply in the editorial note: https://ow.ly/YxlE50YUtve Clinical Microbiology and Infection

📣 New data from the ERADICATE #Saureus bacteremia trial: In patients with renal dysfunction, clinical success was similar with #ceftobiprole vs #daptomycin. Cefto showed no association w/ renal injury relative to dapto. @vancefowler.bsky.social #IDsky #clinmicro www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

Today is Day of Immunology, recognising immunologists and their impact on modern medicine. By deepening our understanding of how the immune system responds to disease, immunology helps inform advances such as vaccine development.

I can't believe they got this interview with the walrus

BSAC has reached 10,000 members worldwide 🎉 With more than half now based outside the UK, our community is truly global. Thank you to all our members. Not a member yet? Membership is free -- join the global movement working to protect the future of antimicrobials! @raseaton66.bsky.social

📣Never underestimate #TB. Your patient in a high-income country that you diagnosed with ulcerative colitis may have it instead. These authors describe a case of #GI #tuberculosis in our #Debunkingdogma series led by @dremilymcd.bsky.social #IDSky #GISky #clinmicro www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

📣 #Microsporidiosis has a prevalence of 7% in tested #immunosuppressed patients. Current treatment can be toxic & there is a global shortage. #Nitazoxanide was an effective alternative in this Dutch case series. #Enterocytozoon #diarrhea #GISky #IDSky #microsky www.cmi-comms.org/article/S295...

Missed our #EuropeanImmunizationWeek2026 online event? The full recording is now available: youtu.be/Z-5V9zcC2c0 #IDsky #EpiSky #UnitedInProtection #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

It’s been great to see #IDSky so active during #ESCMIDGlobal2026 Thanks so much to @escmid.bsky.social ambassadors to keep Bluesky community in mind! @absteward.bsky.social @idstewardship.bsky.social @drneilstone.bsky.social @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social Fantastic initiative, let’s keep it going!

📣The Guidelines Subcommittee has an open call to train young professionals in guidelines production. It's free of charge, but participants commit to support projects after completing the course. https://ow.ly/jzov50YOuQl ⏰Apply by 29 May! @luigiascudeller.bsky.social #IDSky #clinmicro

Found this on my run this morning back in #Geneva, and thought of the #MERINO trial and David Paterson's slides on #PETERPEN. So much to think about after #ESCMIDGlobal2026. And so much to watch with the cool replay option. (Good because I missed so many sessions IRL!) #IDSky #clinmicro

“Women today make up nearly a third of the global research workforce. But workforce representation does not automatically translate into senior or leadership positions” theconversation.com/women-in-sci...

New research article #Nirmatrelvir – #ritonavir versus usual care in at-risk adults with early #SARS-CoV-2 infection in the UK, 2022–23: virological and immunological results of an open-label randomised trial (PANORAMIC) www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #ClinMicro #ViroSky #OpenAccess #OA

For decades, the Programme has led malaria research, generating evidence, shaping policy, and driving progress. This upcoming #WorldMalariaDay, we reflect on impact, progress, and priorities ahead to move closer to a malaria-free future. As captured by leading malaria researcher Prof. Bob Snow:

Malawi, 2004. I came home from the hospital & drew a picture of siblings with #measles. It was striking; I hadn’t seen it in the UK. Now #vaccination rates are slipping, it’s back. It’s highly infectious & risks deadly complications both during acute infection & long term. #VaccinesWork. #IDSky 🧪

This is why I always correct text and capitalise the word Gram! 😅🧐 #IDSky

🆕💥🔴 Review article:Spinal epidural abscess I like the figure below—clear distinction between paraspinal & epidural abscess Including “zombie tests”(CRP/ESR) in diagnostic workup feels overstated—they don’t change decision-making once suspicion is raised #idsky www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

The ESCMID Global Abstract Book 2026 is now available on our webpage and free to download. Relive and review all the amazing accepted abstracts that were presented at the 36th edition of ESCMID Global in Munich, Germany. https://ow.ly/M4oQ50YOxro #ESCMIDGlobal2026 #IDSky #clinmicro

Full (lovely) story: these commentaries are peer-reviewed. First submission authored by Llor & Kjaer. A reviewer suggests they contact Prof Gram (granddaughter of HC Gram). They do. She contributes meaningfully & they feel it only right to make her last author. @gurujosh.bsky.social #IDSky #microsky

Gram-positive. Gram-negative. We teach it. We use it. We rarely question it. Yet many of us never realized these terms trace back to a physician—Hans Christian Gram. One of microbiology’s most enduring legacies—hiding in plain sight #idsky www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

▶️UTI in patients with stones and stents: rocks and hard LEITNERLorenz, Switzerland Excellent talk by urology surgeon 🚫JJ stents mimic UTI JJ stent # Infection Enterococci👀 #ESCMIDGlobal2026 #idsky #utisky

A pleasure to serve as a Social Media Ambassador for #ESCMIDGlobal2026 Thank you @ESCMID & the fantastic team behind the meeting So much knowledge,so many RCTs. Missed it? Check the hashtag ( ++X & Bsky) for highlights 👀 See you at the next ESCMID Global 2027 Stockholm, Sweden, April 9–13 #idsky

It's really important to amplify , the ID community is very shy, mostly lurking why ? #idsky

Yes! Apparently if we all repost instead of just “like” it would help a not. Not sure how widely this is known - I only found out recently!

David Paterson at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 Highlights important issue of generic versus brand name meropenem – previous work has suggested chemical differences, harder to dissolve and even higher mortality with generic preparations