RIPL/IFS team @ifs-ripl.bsky.social UKHSA Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory/Imported Fever Service
Clare Barker @clarebarker.bsky.social Bacterial genome enthusiast 🦠🧬
Bioinformatician @UKHSA & NIHR HPRU in Gastrointestinal Infections
📍London/Wales
Pathogen Immunology - Porton @path-immuno-porton.bsky.social Pathogen Immunology Group at UKHSA Porton Down.
Host-pathogen interactions; Vaccines for AMR; Functional assays; Phenotypic strain variation; Biofilms; Complement; Pandemic assays; We like to de-risk vaccine pipelines. *Views not representative of UKHSA
Charlie Hind @hindcharlie.bsky.social Senior Scientist at UKHSA. Looking for novel antimicrobials against priority bacteria and fungi
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Charlotte_Hind
Ash Otter @asherichia.bsky.social Group Leader of the Emerging Pathogen Serology group at UKHSA ☣💉🦠 | PhD | Zoonoses, diagnostics & tech 🦇👨🔬💻 | Views my own 🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Ahmad Alomar @alomar95.bsky.social Microbiology PhD student at UOB | interested in understanding the evolutionary basis of antimicrobial resistance in enteric pathogens, alongside the philosophy and history of science.
Andrew Millard @milja001.bsky.social phage, genomes & random news items. All views my own
millardlab.org
Branko Rihtman @cyanoney.bsky.social Eukaryote growing prokaryotes so I can infect them with phages. 2024 BBSRC Fellow at the University of Warwick. Unapologetically leftist.
Samira EL KALAI 👩🔬🧬👩💻☮️❤️ @samsampxl.bsky.social 🇫🇷 PhD student @Ifremer @UnivMontpellier @IHPE_lab @ASIM_lab | #marinebiology #antiviral #InnateImmuneMemory #oyster #herpesvirus #OsHV-1 #MultiOmics #MolecularBiology #innateimmunity | Driven by curiosity, critical thinking & social equity | 🎾⚽️📚 & 🐈 lover
Camila Gazolla Volpiano, PhD @gazollavolpiano.bsky.social PhD, MSc Genetics & Mol Biology | Postdoc Bioinformatician @ Baker | Adjunct RA @ Monash | Honorary Fellow @ UniMelb | https://www.gazollavolpiano.com
Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious.
interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue
contributing correspondent at @science.org
co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social
2024 KSJ fellow at MIT
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Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social Driving microbiome insights. Original research and supporting collaborations.
https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/ocms
https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxmicrobiome
University of Oxford
@abacbs.bsky.social @abacbs.bsky.social The Australian Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Society Inc. Promoting the science and profession of bioinformatics
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Dr Edward Hill @edmhill.bsky.social Researcher in mathematical epidemiology & infectious disease modelling.
Affiliations: Civic Health Innovation Labs (CHIL) @livunichil.bsky.social, @thepandemicinst.bsky.social, @livuni-phps.bsky.social, @livuni-iph.bsky.social, @liverpooluni.bsky.social.
Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social Immunologist & science communicator based at UoM fascinated by our immune response to threats (pathogens, pollution) & microbiome & how this exposome affects health. Also quite likely to share random dog and nature pics 🧪👩🔬 #AcademicSky #SciCom
UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social Official feed of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) providing regular news updates on the work of the organisation.
Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research @mcmasteriidr.bsky.social World-leading science. Based at McMaster University.
Aisling Brady @aislingbrady.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Liverpool 👩🔬 you’ll probably find me talking about Salmonella and phages 🧫 or running 🏃♀️ or drinking coffee ☕️ or a beer 🍺 she/her 👩🏻🦰
pyani-plus @pyani-plus.bsky.social The online social media face of the pyani-plus bioinformatics tool.
Sebastian Funk @sbfnk.bsky.social Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics at @lshtm.bsky.social. Developing methods for making sense of outbreak data. Outside of work trying to make sense of the rest of the world.
Kasia M Parfitt @kasiamparfitt.bsky.social Senior Postdoc in the Oxford Vaccine Group (CoI-AI project) & Departmental Lecturer at the University of Oxford | Interests in microbial population biology & genomics | ECM Forum Co-Chair for Microbiology Society 🦠
Lindsay Broadbent @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social Lecturer/ group leader at The University of Surrey investigating respiratory viruses, lung disease and innate immune responses 🦠🔬
Mehrzad Mohsseni Pour @drmehrzadmp.bsky.social M.D. | Master by Research in Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham
Caro Kobras 🐍 @carokobras.bsky.social BBSRC Fellow | University of Birmingham | Junior Research Fellow at Linacre College, Oxford | Investigating antibiotic resistance & tolerance, and better ways to kill pathogens 🧫
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=L2mEVzEAAAAJ
Mark Mandel @markjmandel.bsky.social Bacterial geneticist focused on microbe-animal communication. Professor UW-Madison. Messages are my personal views.
Magdalena Kurteu @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social PhD student studying eco-evolutionary dynamics of hot spring microbial communities 🧫🧬🌋
She/Her 🏳️🌈
John Clark-Corrigall @johncorrigall.bsky.social Molecular Microbiology Research Technician in the MB Lab, MMB, University of Dundee. Formerly BBSRC NLD DTP PhD student Khan Lab, MHD, University of Newcastle. Fledgling molecular microbiologist.
From Newcastle-Gateshead, for the world.
Dr. Sumona Chaudhury @drsumona.bsky.social London Infectious Diseases Dr MRCP(UK)
@Harvard.edu MPH MSc PhD
- infectious diseases, epidemiology, global health
@WHO.int initiative on trust & pandemic preparedness
- what it means to be on the right side of history
- in an unequal world
Cystic Fibrosis Trust @cysticfibrosis.org.uk We're dedicated to uniting for a life unlimited for those living with cystic fibrosis. Our social & Helpline teams monitor our accounts between 9-5 weekdays.
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Wellcome Trust @wellcometrust.bsky.social Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
Asthma + Lung UK @asthmaandlung.org.uk We fight for everyone’s right to breath. From Research, campaigning, advice + support. For queries about your lung condition please call our helpline.
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Karl Staples @karlstaples.bsky.social All round science nerd with a particular interest in the lungs.
Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social Relaying microbiology news, articles and comments relevant to aspects on bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microbes / microorganisms. Microbes are 💪
Gc Rox @gcrox.bsky.social Hank Seifert is a Professor at Northwestern Medical School in Chicago. I'm interested in everything, particularly bacteria, but our group studies the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilus—antigenic variation and functions.
Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
Ewan Harrison @ewanharrison.bsky.social Microbiologist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and University of Cambridge.
Vivensa Foundation @vivensa.bsky.social We fund the remarkable science and radical social change needed to help everyone to age well. vivensafoundation.org.uk
Jacques Izard @jacquesizard.bsky.social Oral and gastrointestinal #microbiome #metabolome studies. Topics include relationship to diet and wellness ( #IBD / #cancer / #ostomy/ #ShortBowel syndrome) views are my own.
Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social Making sense of our political hell every Tues and Fri. From Podmasters UK.
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3rd Edition: Global Microbiome Congress & Exhibition 2027 @microbiomecongress.bsky.social Sciinov Group welcomes you to the Global Microbiome Congress & Exhibition 2027, taking place on May 11–12, 2027, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social Epidemiologist/mathematician. Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Author of The Rules of Contagion and The Perfect Bet. Views own.
New book Proof: The Uncertain Science of Certainty available now: proof.kucharski.io
Ed Feil @edfeil.bsky.social Bacterial genomes and whatnot. University of Bath.
Stephen Taylor @s-taylor.bsky.social Scientific Lead - Pathogen Immunology at UKHSA Porton.
Microbial Immunology, Correlates of Protection, Functional serology, Vaccines for AMR, Mucosal Immunity, Strain Variation, Biofilms, Complement
*opinions my own and not representative of UKHSA
Allan Lab @allan-lab.bsky.social Microbiology lab based at De Montfort University. Research is focussed on biofilms, host-pathogen interactions, mechanistic studies, and development of treatments.
Website: https://www.allanlab.net
Christopher McDevitt @camcdevitt.bsky.social Scientist | Group Leader @mcdevittlab.bsky.social | Teaching & Research | Interested in Bacterial Infectious Diseases and Metals in Biology | Opinions are my own | He/Him
Prof_GD_Foster @profgdfoster.bsky.social Retired Prof in Molecular Plant Pathology: Emeritus in Everyway: enjoys life voraciously: enjoys beer: enjoys family & 2 dogs even more than beer(!) L'pool FC through thick & thin
Marjon de Vos @lizscurious.bsky.social Cares about tiny things in a larger context
Assoc. prof @uniGroningen
Microbiology, ecology, evolution
#AMR, #UTI
microbecoevo.com
Human Frontier Science Program @hfspo.bsky.social HFSP promotes and supports international, cutting-edge, and interdisciplinary research focused on the life sciences. This page shows the latest news from HFSP and other items of interest to the scientific community.
Marc Veldhoen @marcveld.bsky.social Professor of Immunology 🇳🇱 🇬🇧
Lisbon, 🇵🇹
#Immunology
Time for Science, not silence
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=7vG1jLIAAAAJ&hl=en
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1478-9562
threads.net/@marc_veld
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Alannah King @dralannah.bsky.social Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Insitute, and part of the Global Pneumococcal Sequencing project! 🧬 🖥️
私はアラナです、一、二年間日本語を辺境しています。よろしくお願いします!
Gemma Murray @gemmamurray.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist interested in bacterial pathogens and genomes. Research Group Leader at UCL. Member of UCL Genetics Institute and UCL Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research.
Lucy Weinert @lucyweinert.bsky.social Evolutionary genomics of bacteria
Harry Hung @harryhung.bsky.social A Hong Konger in 🇬🇧. A Senior Bioinformatician at Wellcome Sanger Institute.
Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Project @globalpneumoseq.bsky.social GPS, the Global Pneumococcal Sequencing project funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is sequencing ~50,000 pneumococci to monitor global vaccine implementation and impact.
https://www.pneumogen.net/gps/
Prof. Ruth Ley FRS @microbiome.bsky.social Director of Department of Microbiome Science at MPI Biology Tübingen Germany. Also known as Leylab.com.
University of Birmingham @unibirmingham.bsky.social Official account for the University of Birmingham.
Changing how the world works.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
Ed Cunningham-Oakes @edcoakes.bsky.social 📍 Liverpool
👨🏾💻 Bioinformatics and EDI
💭 Microbiome and Genomic Diagnostics
🏋🏾♂️ Powerlifter
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BactiVac Network @bactivac.bsky.social We are a global voice for bacterial vaccines - uniting scientists, industry and policy-makers. Join us: http://bit.ly/ApplyBactiVac
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social Founder & CEO of @standupforscience.net
Standupforscience.net substack.com/@sciencefightclub
PhD in Clinical Psychology
"Colette is brass knuckles...w/ spikes tipped in poison"
“Delusional broad”
"Lady Switchblade"
“Ditsy socialist liberal”
Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social Biorisk analyst
Kerry Hilligan @kerryhilligan.bsky.social Immunologist with an interest in respiratory infectious disease 👩🔬🔬 🫁
Team Leader @ Malaghan Inst 🇳🇿 🥝
Sher lab alum @ NIH 🇺🇸
Proud dog & cat mum🐱🐶🐶
Views are my own
she/her
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eRLabRcAAAAJ&hl=en
Zhaoxiang Lu @lucasbham.bsky.social Hi I'm a PhD student in University of Birmingham, and you can call me Lucas 😉.
Murder Of A Famous Bastard @murderbastard.bsky.social A weekly murder mystery podcast, written and narrated by Mark Watson and featuring many guest stars. TV star Stevie Chase was murdered on his 60th birthday. Can we help?
Join the investigation: https://discord.gg/2eD3ZJ5UGN
Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr 👩🔬 The Institut Pasteur is a leading global biomedical research institute.
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Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social Bioinformatics Scientist / Next Generation Sequencing, Single Cell and Spatial Biology, Next Generation Proteomics, Liquid Biopsy, SynBio, AI/ML in biotech // http://albertvilella.substack.com
Javad Sadeghi @microbial-ecology.bsky.social 🌎 Postdoctoral Researcher | Microbial Manipulation Lab, University of Toronto
🌿 Microbial ecology & evolution | Host–microbe interactions | Climate adaptation
🌐 https://javadsadeghi.wixsite.com/javadsadeghi
Digital Health Hub for Antimicrobial Resistance @dhh-amr.bsky.social Funded by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
London Centre of Nanotechnology, UCL
www.digitalamr.org
Strep GBI, March 30-31 in Durham @strepgbi.bsky.social The Strep GBI meeting will bring together ECRs and experts to highlight cutting-edge research focused on crucial aspects of Streptococcal biology. https://strepgbi.wixsite.com/strep-gbi- E @emanksa19.bsky.social @emanksa19.bsky.social
Juliet Elvy @juliet-elvy.bsky.social Clinical Microbiologist | Dunedin | Aotearoa New Zealand | Awanui Labs | New Zealand Institute of Public Health and Forensic Science | AMR | Diagnostic Stewardship | Quality | Leadership and Clinical Governance
Mum of 3 | Hiking | Gardening | Running
Mel Lawson @melissalawson.bsky.social Microbiologist and Immunologist | University of Manchester| post doc in Whelan lab | mom | she/her
The Carpentries @carpentries.carpentries.org The Carpentries: Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry and Library Carpentry. An open global community teaching the skills and perspectives to turn data into knowledge
froggleston @froggleston.carpentries.org Director of Technology @thecarpentries, @froggleston@mstdn.science, open source advocate, heavy metal lover, he/him/they, @docfrogs coffee, @antididact guitarist, noob
Andreas Sjödin @druvus.bsky.social Microbial genomics and forensics, Metagenomics, Francisella, Long-read seq, AI
Dr. Amy Lee @minisciencegirl.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ SFU MBB | Systems Biology of Host-Pathogen | Vaccinology | Neonatal Sepsis | Pathogen Genomics | Loves data, food & art.
Christophe Fraser's Group @christophraser.bsky.social Posts from the research group of Christophe Fraser, Professor and Head of Data, Epidemiology and Analytics at the Pandemic Science Institute, University of Oxford. Infectious disease epidemiology & evolution: HIV, COVID, outbreaks, AMR.
Zannah Salter @zannahdu.bsky.social Pathogen genomics, Ornithobacterium hominis, microbiome (and contamination of course!) at University of Cambridge
Kylie Belchamber @kylie.belchamber.com Lecturer in Reproductive Immunology at the University of Manchester @mfh-research.bsky.social - macrophage fan :)
Charlie @charliejones17.bsky.social
AnniZLab: [🦠, 🧬 , ✨] @annizlab.bsky.social A microbiologist 🦠& bioinformatician 🧬 uncovering diverse microbial mechanisms via AI ✨. A rising assistant professor @NTU Singapore. With data in the cloud, the sky is the limit! Check out our lab website :) https://genomiverse.net/
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Pronounced /nisri:n/ with an s not a z and a long ee ☺️
Professor of Public Health MBE
Southampton
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Still curious
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💚 🧿 🌻- A apreston243.bsky.social @apreston243.bsky.social Editor in Chief of Microbiology, the flagship journal of the Microbiology Society
Kayla King, Ph.D. @kayla-king.bsky.social Prof & Canada Excellence Research Chair | UBC Zoology, M&I | Evolution, ecology, host-pathogen, biodiversity | #firstgen | she/her/hers
Daan Speth @daanspeth.bsky.social Computational microbiologist. Senior scientist at @cemess.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at.
Microbial ecology, mostly of nitrogen cycle microbes, and data driven physiology.
Maintainer of the GlobDB genome database https://globdb.org
Freya Allen @freyaallen.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Birmingham | Evolution and AMR
Catriona Thompson @catriona1392.bsky.social Microbiologist fascinated by mobile genetic elements in plant-microbe interaction.
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David Baddiel @realbaddiel.bsky.social On here too
Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social The real stories behind the most misunderstood and abused ideas in politics. A podcast with Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt.
http://patreon.com/originstorypod
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Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili.bsky.social Jim Al-Khalili CBE FRS. Academic, author, broadcaster. Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics @UniofSurrey,
https://jimal-khalili.com
https://www.youtube.com/@UnbaffledScience
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Kyriaki Michailidou @kmichailidou.bsky.social Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Biostatistics at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (https://www.cing.ac.cy/en/about-us/biostatistics)
Michael Payne @mjohnpayne.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow at University of Sydney.
Microbial genomics, Bioinformatics and Python!
Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social Senior editor at New Scientist
Daphne Jackson Trust @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social We support people returning to research after a career break.
Sarah Cobey @cobey.bsky.social Professor at U. Chicago. Computational epidemiology, evolution, influenza, SARS-CoV-2, vaccines, and B cells. Infectious disease dynamics across scales.
Sonja Lehtinen @sonjalehtinen.bsky.social Bacterial ecology, evolution and epidemiology | Mathematical and statistical modelling | Genomics | AMR. Assistant professor at the University of Lausanne. https://wp.unil.ch/evolutionaryepidemiology
Justine Rudkin @scousemicrobe.bsky.social Principal Investigator at University of Glasgow.
Bacterial Virulence & Host-Pathogen Interaction.
Nasal Microbiome, Mucin, Staphylococcus aureus.
Editor at Access Microbiology.
Tania Dottorini @dottorinireslab.bsky.social Professor of AI, King's College London
@roblaragione.bsky.social @roblaragione.bsky.social Professor of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, and Academic Lead for Strategic Partnerships, University of Surrey. Trustee for Humanimal Trust & Houghton Trust.