Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social Dundee UCU is supporting staff and saying no to job cuts at the University of Dundee. Our campaign to #SaveDundeeUni https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/ducu/
CineCalendar @cinecalendar.bsky.social When you absolutely, positively got to know every "On This Day" in movie history, accept no substitutes.
10+ years & 50,000 followers on Twitter, making a new home for ourselves here. (formerly Dates in Movies)
Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social Writer, comedian, podcaster, stone-clearer, snookerist, ventriloquist
Xena Dyball @xenadyball.bsky.social NRPDTP PhD student with Evelien Adriaenssens @ QIB 🦠 Previously at UKHSA & Warwick Uni 👩🔬
School of Life Sciences Research Staff Association @slsrsa.bsky.social This is the official account for the Research Staff Association within the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee. Hosted by SLSRSA volunteers. 
@brightclubsta.bsky.social @brightclubsta.bsky.social 
MadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social Neuro and Developmental biologist. PostDoc at day. Supervillain at night. He/him #BlackLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights
@mads100tist@mastodon.social
World Microbiome Day @worldmicrobiomeday.bsky.social June 27th is a day to celebrate all things Microbiome.
Abigail Roberts @abigailroberts.bsky.social PDRA in the Hobbs, Bullough, and Fagan labs at the University of Sheffield investigating bacterial spores with AFM | PhD Biochemistry and Biophysics (Richter lab at University of Leeds) | she/her
ORCID - 0000-0001-6580-7049
Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social Could you take the flight free challenge? Visit our website for information, inspiration and to make your #FlightFree2026 pledge: www.flightfree.co.uk
Binning Singletons @binningsingletons.com Get more out of large conferences with our Mentoring and Networking program.
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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.00643-19
Charlotte Cornbill @c-cornbill.bsky.social PhD student in the evolution of antimicrobial resistance
Comedy Podcast Devotees @comedypodcastdev.bsky.social For the love of comedy podcasts. With the occasional live comedy review
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Lee Draws Stuff @leedrawsstuff.bsky.social 
@matthieublandenet.bsky.social @matthieublandenet.bsky.social Microbiologist PDRA, investigating the role of rodA glycosyltransferase in the cell wall synthesis of bacillus subtilis. CBCB, Newcastle University
Harry @hrryflwr.bsky.social PhD student at Newcastle University
Emily Hunt @emily.space Postdoc @univie.ac.at working on star clusters & machine learning
Passionate about a better future for science communication via @astrosky.eco
🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ (she/her), Ⓥ
Website: https://emily.space
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Claudia Hemsley @chemsley.bsky.social Molecular Biologist | Microbiologist with an interest in gene-regulation and pathogenesis. Currently in Dundee 🏴 Favourite bugs are #Pseudomonas #Coxiella #Burkholderia #UPEC
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Megan Bergkessel @slowgoing.bsky.social Microbiologist at the University of Dundee studying bacterial life "in the slow lane", under stressful conditions that limit growth. 
APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social A world leading research centre
Host Institutions University College Cork & Teagasc
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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social VP Research & Innovation, University College Cork @ucc.ie @uccresearch.bsky.social |PI @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social |Prof Dept. Anatomy & Neuroscience |MRIA @ria.ie|
Stress, Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis, Brain-Body Interactions, Research Policy
@nisbetalice.bsky.social @nisbetalice.bsky.social 4th Year PhD Student 👩🔬 MMB DTP 🧬 Langridge lab 🦆 Interested in all things Typhoidal Salmonella 🦠
Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social We’re the museum looking deeper into the Earth’s past to shape a new future where both people and planet thrive.
Protecting the planet, it’s in our nature. 🌍
Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social Professor at UArizona interested in genome rummaging, microbial evolution, and occasional tales about having backyard farm animals.
“I’m something of a scientist myself”
Baltrus(at)Arizona.edu
Lindsay Broadbent @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social Lecturer/ group leader at The University of Surrey investigating respiratory viruses, lung disease and innate immune responses 🦠🔬
Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social https://bioinformatics.cvr.ac.uk/people/joseph-hughes/
Bioinformatics, phylogenetics, open science, bikes and cycling, ranting.
Views my own.
Vicki Orr @vickiorr.bsky.social Postdoc with Jamie Hall at University of Liverpool, focussing on mobile genetic elements and gene spread in microbial communities! 🦠🧫🧬💻
Antonia Ho @drtoniho.bsky.social Professor of Infectious Diseases @UofGlasgow @CVRinfo & Honorary Consultant. Interests #epidemiology #respiratoryviruses #ARI #GlobalHealth 🦠🧬. Also 🐶! Views are my own. #IDSky #EpiSky #DogSky
European Space Agency @esa.int Elevating the future of Europe through space.
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Promega UK @promegauk.bsky.social We're the UK Promega life sciences team, sharing technical tips, our event info, science news, articles and blog posts.
Avilien Dard @avdar66.bsky.social #MSCA #Postdoc, Van Breusegem Lab #VIB -UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology #plantscience #redox
https://linktr.ee/Avilien.dard
Rebecca Drummond 🍄 @therad-lab.bsky.social Professor of fungal immunology at University of Birmingham. Lister Institute Fellow. Feminist.
www.theradlab.co.uk
MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social Microbial Evolution Research at The University of Manchester
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/merman/
Raymond Kiu @raymondkiu.bsky.social Research Fellow with Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social at the Institute of Microbiology & Infection @imibirmingham.bsky.social & Quadram Institute | Gut microbiome | Metagenomics | Microbial genomics | AMR 🧬🦠🇬🇧
🔗 https://linktr.ee/raymondkiu
Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social Public health (meta)genomics & bioinformatics, Prof @unibirmingham.bsky.social, Director @imibirmingham.bsky.social & @climb.ac.uk
Helen McNeil @helenmcneil.bsky.social Microbiology makes me happy
Torsten Seemann @torstenseemann.bsky.social Professor @ University of Melbourne, Australia
Microbial bioinformatics, genomics, software, clinical and public health microbiology
https://tseemann.github.io
Daphne Jackson Trust @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social We support people returning to research after a career break.
Pat Schloss @patschloss.bsky.social Papa to 9 microbes, mackerel snapper, shepherd, master of sucking. I want to help you learn the skills you'll need to succeed in science. 
Jo Rhodes @drjorhodes.com Yoga bunny. Cake guru. Scientist by day. Assistant Professor at @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Interested in fungal ‘omics and One Health, evolutionary biology and popgen, epidemiology and promoting women in STEM
🏳️🌈
Microbes.Info @microbesinfo.bsky.social Relaying microbiology news, articles and comments relevant to aspects on bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microbes / microorganisms. Microbes are 💪
MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social Microbial sequencing made simple.
Whole Genome Sequencing + Metagenomics: http://microbesng.com
PlasmidSeq: http://plasmidsng.com 😊
Izzie Potterill @izziepotterill.bsky.social MIBTP Microbiology PhD student 
Magdalena Kurteu @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social PhD student studying eco-evolutionary dynamics of hot spring microbial communities 🧫🧬🌋
She/Her 🏳️🌈
Claas Kirchhelle @handle.invalid Historian of bugs & drugs: interested in #microbes #antibiotics #vaccines #phages; author of: Pyrrhic Progress (2020), Bearing Witness (2021), Typhoid (2022), Fear & Fever (2024) - Associate Professor INSERM (CERMES3, Paris): https://www.bugsdrugs.org/
Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin @wiko-berlin.bsky.social Institute for Advanced Study | Impressum: http://wiko-berlin.de/impressum/ | Datenschutz: http://wiko-berlin.de/datenschutz
Matthew J Shepherd @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social Bicentenary Fellow @manchester.ac.uk within @mermanchester.bsky.social - Understanding opportunistic pathogen evolution - AMR, pathogenesis, niche transitions 🧫🧬 Former Fellow @wiko-berlin.bsky.social
IFLScience @iflscience.com The lighter side of science 🚀🧪🔭🧬 For more: https://sked.link/iflscience
@hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social 
Antimicrobial Resistance, Omics & Microbiota (AROM) @ NTU @arom-ntu.bsky.social Based at Nottingham Trent University's Clifton Campus in the UK.
Microbiology. Phage and plasmid biology. Microbiome. Host–microbe interactions. Pathogen evolution. Genomic epidemiology. Antimicrobial resistance.
https://www.arom-ntu.net/
David Cleary @bacterioskeptic.bsky.social Scientist (pathogen genomics). Husband, dad, music miserablist and egg chasing.
Science, Art and Writing Trust @sawtrust.bsky.social Bringing science into everyday lives and developing new ways of stimulating creativity, exploration and learning.
Registered charity 1113386
sawtrust.org
Stuart Goldsmith @stuartgoldsmith.bsky.social 🌍 Climate Comedian
🎤 The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
👉 www.stuartgoldsmith.com
Enas Newire @enasnewire.bsky.social Molecular Microbiologist - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), Horizontal Gene Transfer and CRISPR-Cas systems.
Eberl Lab 👨🏻🔬👩🏽💻🔬🧫 @eberllab.bsky.social Research group of Prof Matthias Eberl at Cardiff University • Unconventional T cells • Immune fingerprints in acute infections • Public involvement and engagement • @superbugs.bsky.social
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/eberlm
Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social Professor of Translational Immunology • Infection & Immunity • Public Involvement and Engagement • Scientist and migrant • Superbugs
Tatta Bio @tattabio.bsky.social Building genomic intelligence
Metagenomic datasets, genomic language models, SeqHub
Our research: https://tatta.bio
Analyze your sequences on https://seqhub.org
Lucy Evans 🧫🦠👩🏻🔬 @biolucy.bsky.social Microbiology PhD student @ Uni of Birmingham, specialising in bacteriophage, AMR and the gut microbiome. Award winning disability campaigner 🏳️🌈 #ActuallyAutistic, #ADHD, she/her.
biolucy.co.uk
Jim'll Paint It @sirpaintalot.bsky.social People ask me to draw pictures on Microsoft Paint and sometimes I do
Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social World's first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynae anatomy.
Website: https://www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/
Other social links: https://beacons.ai/v_museum
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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social The microbial world in, on and around us • Health, disease, infection, hygiene, antibiotics, vaccines • Education, engagement, pop-up shops, escape rooms • Games, stories, info, activities, fun • English, Cymraeg, Gàidhlig, Gaeilge
www.superbugs.online
Leo Debaene @ldbne.bsky.social 
Will Ratcliff @wcratcliff.bsky.social Evolutionary biologist (Multicellularity & social evolution). Prof. at Georgia Tech & Director of the QBioS PhD program.
https://ratclifflab.biosci.gatech.edu/
Im (Veerapattra Apitidakul) @veerapattras.bsky.social MRC DiMeN PhD student in Stewart Lab @Newcastle University
Pierre Novellie @pierrenovellie.bsky.social Stand up, co-host of BudPod w/ Glenn Moore, BUTTON BOYS w/ Glenn and Sarah Keyworth, read my comedian’s guide to autism book, listen to my Radio 4 show
James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social Writing a book about horizontal gene transfer and non treelike evolution. Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Biology. Pangenomes. https://profmcinerney.substack.com/ 🇮🇪 https://mol-evol.github.io/
New Scientist @newscientist.com The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters.
@fillouxlab.bsky.social @fillouxlab.bsky.social 
Daniela Barillà @danielabarilla.bsky.social Microbial geneticist interested in large and small DNA 🧬 rings in bacteria and archaea.
Living in Brontë country and based at the University of Old York.
https://barillalabyork.weebly.com/
Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC) @sciencecentres.bsky.social Working together with the UK's science centres and museums to make science accessible, inclusive and valued as part of our everyday lives.
Website: https://www.sciencecentres.org.uk/
Ben Slater @benslaterneuro.bsky.social Research Associate @ Newcastle University
Studying memory in nonhuman primates 🐒
Context, episodic & spatial memory 📍
hippocampus–prefrontal cortex 🧠
fMRI | TUS | Ephys
Women Make Science Fiction @womenmakesf.bsky.social A project about women (incl. transwomen) directed science fiction media by: Dr Amy C. Chambers https://bsky.app/profile/amycchambers.bsky.social
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/womenmakesciencefiction/
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/womenmakesf
Amy C. Chambers 🧬🎬🍿 @amycchambers.bsky.social #WomenInSTEM #SciEnt #SciComm #WomenMakeSF #WomenMakeSFPod
Women Make Science Fiction Project:
https://bsky.app/profile/womenmakesf.bsky.social
she/her/Dr | https://linktr.ee/amycchambers
Ainsley Beaton @ainsley-beaton.bsky.social PDRA at the University of Glasgow 🧫🧬
Also interested in rugby, books and cycling
James McDonald @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social Prof. of microbial ecology at the University of Birmingham.
Decoding the tree microbiome 🌳🌲. He/him
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Alasdair Hubbard @dralhubb.bsky.social Assistant Professor - research group works on the evolution of AMR and understanding cryptic mechanisms of resistance. All views my own. T1D
Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com Science communicator, video maker, author, podcast creator. PhD in theoretical atmospheric physics. Born at 354 ppm.
Ambassador for @coolearthaction
https://linktr.ee/simonoxfphys
Zach Maw @zmaw.bsky.social Wandering marine natural product chemist!
Always at home in the dirt, underwater, or hanging off a cliff!
DrPrernaVohra @drprernavohra.bsky.social Lecturer in Microbiology, Uni of Edinburgh. Gut bacteria. Vaccines. Illustrator. Cyclist. Feminist. She/her.
Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social Established 1834. World-leading researchers & clinicians teaching the doctors, dentists & medical scientists of tomorrow.
#WeAreNCL #WeAreFMS
Taylor Wellfare Reid @taylorwr.bsky.social PhD Student at Newcastle University
The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @bsacandjac.bsky.social ‘At the forefront of the global fight against antimicrobial resistance'
Phil Ashton @flashton.bsky.social Genomic epidemiologist at the Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance at Oxford. How can microbial genomics improve health in high infectious disease settings?
Katie Millar @katiemillar.bsky.social PhD Researcher of the Medfly microbiota at UEA.
• Researching host-microbe symbioses in Tephritid flies.
• Also a big fan of statistics, modelling and programming #RStats.
• Other interests are teaching in HE, science outreach and engagement.
BIG - STEM Communicators Network, UK @big-stem-network.bsky.social The skills-sharing network for individuals involved in the communication of #STEM subjects #SciComm #PublicEngagement
www.big.uk.com
The Little Event - January
The BIG Event - July
Skills Days - Throughout the year
Home of the Best Demo competition
Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social Dad, Teacher, Artist, Gardener and Scientist.
Change is the only permanent thing in the world. This moment will pass. It has to.
Ps.
All I post is my personal opinion
Jonathan Mitchell @jonathan-mitchell.bsky.social Final year PhD student at Newcastle University studying biosynthesis of the bacterial cell wall. Biochemistry and Microbiology Masters graduate (The University of Sheffield)
Stephen Garrett @stephenrgarrett.bsky.social EMBO Postdoctiral Fellow in the Whitney lab at McMaster University, working on interbacterial warfare and phage defense
Gab Astorga @gabastorga.bsky.social 📍Norwich, UK
Studying E. coli diversity and phylogenomics within a One Health perspective
4th year bioinformatics PhD student
LGBTQ+ & EDI advocate
I like science communications, reading and nerdy things
https://linktr.ee/gabastorga
Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com Full Professor of Critical AI Literacy | Slow AI
When to use AI and when to leave it the hell alone.
https://theslowai.substack.com/
Gilbert White @gilbertwhite.bsky.social Journal entries from 1768-1793 of the pioneering C18th English naturalist, posted on the day of the year they were written. Currently posting 1777.
Built by @adriantoll.bsky.social
See gilbertwhite.org for more info.
Also see @johnclare.bsky.social
Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social Science Fiction & Fantasy Magazine Edited by Michael Damian Thomas. 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026 Hugo & 2024 Locus Award Winner. uncannymagazine.com
Sheppard Lab @sheppardlab.bsky.social Working to understand ecology, epidemiology and evolution of pathogenic bacteria at University of Oxford.
Account operated by group members.
Muzz Haniffa @mhaniffa.bsky.social Clinician scientist, passionate about #immunology, #genomics, #single-cell and #spatial omics, #development #organoid #dermatology. Mother, food enthusiast and film buff
Joshua Newson @joshnewson.bsky.social Senior postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich. Microbiology, bacterial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, antibiotic persistence, pathogen transmission. Aussie 🇦🇺 expat in Switzerland 🇨🇭. Formerly University of Melbourne.
Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social Postdoc at @cruk-si.bsky.social. PhD University of Birmingham. Studying the gut microbiome, cancer, and bacterial cancer therapy. Co-founder @ContamClub.bsky.social. All views are my own!
Personal website: https://rosssmcinnes.github.io/
Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social Microbiology, microbiome, antimicrobial resistance. Sometimes UK politics. Head of Research of the School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, University of Birmingham. Also Co-Director of @target-amr.bsky.social.
Freya Allen @freyaallen.bsky.social Postdoc at the University of Birmingham | Evolution and AMR