It's my great pleasure to organise the next Microbiology Society Knocking Out AMR event: Therapeutics and AMR in Manchester 25th of June. Come and join us together with leaders in the field: @colinbrown-id.bsky.social, Carmen Coxon and Peter Jackson. It promises to be a fantastic, engaging event!

Oh my ...is anyone surprised by this?

I've just signed "Protect Woodford Way Car Park" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/le...

"Last week, the U.S. signed bilateral agreements with Kenya, Rwanda, Liberia and Uganda...which would give the U.S. extensive access to national health data systems and pathogen samples while providing no corresponding commitments on equity, benefit-sharing, technology transfer, pricing or....

It’s not just vaccines. How RFK Jr. is reshaping public health messaging www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

I’m very proud to be involved in some of the fantastic work @gmknght.bsky.social is doing modelling #AMR by age and sex looking at the future burden of disease

One of the best Welsh bands around at the moment #CardinalBlack youtube.com/watch?v=sUQ5...

Come and work with me and @ariannebabina.bsky.social on #Streptomyces evolution and antibiotic production Origins of a tangled bank: Adaptation and evolution in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... please repost

If you're not sure how far the country still needs to go on fixing misogyny, this is one good indicator for you:

What are you doing next April? Do you fancy joining us in Belfast to discuss microbes (ok, #AMR) - we have two half day sessions under the Knocking Out AMR banner. Do send your abstracts, the closing date for submission is the 11th of November and join us for some fun filled discussions #Microbio26

Applications for Society Supported Conference Grants close on 01 October at 23.59 BST. Awards of up to £2,000 are available to members who wish to organise a conference in any field of microbiology. Check your eligibility and apply now: microb.io/SocietySuppo...

I provided some comments about the aid cuts in the UK that’s affecting the Fleming Fund today: microbiologysociety.org/news/society...

Children in London and northern England have the worst rates of dental decay and tooth extractions. Access to NHS #dentists is in short supply and this is having a big impact on some of the most vulnerable children. Read @stutibagri.bsky.social's analysis: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/is-...

🚨 NEW: Labour is lifting 100,000 children out of poverty by expanding access to free school meals. Alongside free breakfast clubs, cheaper uniform costs and government-funded childcare, Labour is putting money in parents’ pockets and giving children the best start in life.

We have had the perfect example this last weekend of why we urgently need to update how we regulate media. The Guardian headline: Government drops health push after ultra-processed food firm lobbying. Loads of Labour bashing results. Yet paragraph 8 tells it happened 2yrs ago under the Tories.

A UKRI Policy Fellowship is available with my employer, The Environment Agency. It is to look at applying social and behavioural science to increase natural hazard resilience in diverse communities. Might be of interest to the #EGU25 science-policy community. www.ukri.org/wp-content/u...

Miriam is just about to present her poster on the patient pathway for patients with UTIs in the community in Kampala, Uganda (the CAST-UTI study) - just here! #ESCMIDGlobal25

Left: Nigel Farage says medicine shortages after Brexit is, "Utter tosh.. It's complete and utter rubbish.. Project fear.. It should be utterly completely totally disregarded" Right: "Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years"

I know there's a lot happening but this week several grenades were thrown to decimate domestic HIV treatment and prevention research. I know more colleagues with canceled grants than not. Our patients will die or get worse care as a direct result. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

How is this okay?

Can confirm. USAID's DARTs are being fully dismantled. These are the legendary teams that fight famine, beat Ebola, rescue people after earthquakes. They represent the very best of America in the world. Elon Musk was once a builder. Now he just destroys. This shameful nihilism will kill people.

It was my absolute pleasure to give the Hunterian lecture to the Hunterian Society last night (www.hunteriansociety.org.uk). It was a real delight with some great questions at the end. Thank you so much for the lovely book too 🙂.

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Are you or someone you know: A recently dismissed federal scientist? Doing science-related work affected by the mass firings and defunding of science? “You Can’t Fire Science” is a project to illustrate and share those stories: bit.ly/faces_of_sci... A good follow up to #StandUpForScience!

When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies. Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE. Funny how that works, huh?

Sharing an important discussion, it looks as though there were very few MPs present for this one, I wonder why? youtube.com/watch?v=7aiA...

Among the many fights Trump/Musk are picking the most serious one is the one with reality. It's impossible to win this one 🧪🌎

Giving thanks for all amazing and inspiring women around the world on International Women’s Day We will never give up fighting for equality, for what is just and fair, and for each other 💪 #WomenOfTheWorldUnite #WomenInScience 🧪

Kids are dying of measles. Egg prices are skyrocketing. Bird flu is out of control. Planes are falling out of the sky. Inflation is rising. Tariffs are coming. Consumer confidence is collapsing. A recession is now likely. The stock market is dropping. Donald Trump is golfing.

"The Dawn of Nuclear Physics: The Role of Women" is an article of mine where I tried to provide a historical context to the fundamental role some female scientists have had in the early stages of nuclear physics and its history. ➡️ www.tutto-scienze.org/2013/04/lalb... #InternationalWomensDay ⚛️ 🧪

Facts and myths about measles @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social @hoferu.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

At the DC #standupforscience today. The question was “Why are you here?” She came up with this on her own! (I helped her with the spelling) So proud of her! #standupforscience2025 @standupforscience.bsky.social

Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933. I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

This is an ESSENTIAL listen about the corruption happening in the US at the moment. It is reversing the reduction of poverty, infectious diseases and #AMR and is extremely scary! youtube.com/watch?v=hyco...

Gender equality doesn’t just 'happen.' Women’s rights must be fought for and protected. Our responsibility is clear. To lead by example and create a world where opportunities are fair for all. Not just today, but every single day. #InternationalWomensDay

In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”…. 🧪 #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I’ve had my real criticisms and disappointments regarding Justin Trudeau as Canada’s Prime Minister, as well as my compliments. But he’s done far more for Canada in the last month and days than Pierre Poilievre has done in his entire political career (which is the only career Pierre’s had).

I can’t believe this needs to be said. TransGENIC mice are not TransGENDER mice

This is why @kityates.bsky.social post is so relevant today kityates.substack.com/p/science-is... and why my dystopian piece is perfectly plausible. christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-dystopia...

United Utilities dumped raw sewage for 6,327 hours last year in Lake Windermere, England’s largest lake. It has over 205 criminal convictions. Boosts profits, dividends, exec pay by sewage dumping. Allowed to hike prices by 32%. Nationalise. Prosecute directors. archive.ph/23xXb

Let this sink in.

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

General Charles Q. Brown Jr., Faithfully and Honorably served the Constitution and The People of the US for 41-years in the USAF. His last posting was as the 21st Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was unjustly fired by the dangerously unqualified SECDEF. I proudly stand with Gen. Brown.

Ladies and gentlemen, James Taylor...

President Macron, "The Ukrainian president was elected in free elections in Ukraine" "That's not the case with Vladimir Putin, who kills his opponents and has been manipulating his elections for a long time"

New Anti-Trump song trending on YouTube, help it along people 😉 youtu.be/-S89lZ7H-lc?...

Just in case people have forgotten, Trump has an abiding hatred of Zelensky for refusing to pursue Biden and his son, Hunter in an investigation Trump wanted opened in Ukraine, as he thought it would help Trump’s 2020 Presidential run. What you see now is spite