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Nick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social Director of Global Justice Now. Author of Pharmanomics. Opinions my own. #FreePalestine
Heidi Flori MD, FAAP @drheidiflori.bsky.social Peds Critical Care physician @ Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. She/her/hers, All posts are my own!- G Honigbiene @gensborough.eurosky.social
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Jake Scott, MD @jakescottmd.bsky.social Infection diseases doctor | Stanford Clinical Associate Professor
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social Author and Professor of Maths and Public Engagement.
Books -
Math(s) of Life and Death
How to Expect the Unexpected
You Don't Know What You're missing
https://tinyurl.com/37rx2yuv
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social Fighting for health equality. Medical Doctor and Researcher. Host of The Debrief podcast. My substack is here: https://dangoyal.substack.com?r=1lppfd&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
Finlay Maguire @finlaym.bsky.social Ast Prof CS+Epi at Dalhousie/Pathogenomics Bioinformatics Lead at Shared Hospital Lab (Sunnybrook): infectious disease genomic epidemiology (AMR/SC2/Zoonoses) & socially-focused collab data science (he/him)
Hilary Snaith @hilarysnaith.bsky.social Edinburgh resident, research developer for infectious diseases, curious explorer, yarn-lover!
Tim Regan @timreganlab.bsky.social Researching invertebrate aquaculture 🌿🐚🦪🦐 immunology, IMTA and host-microbiome 🦠 interactions at the Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
Keith Matthews @keithrmatthews.bsky.social Professor of Parasite Biology at the University of Edinburgh. #Trypanosomes, #parasites, #infections, #UniversityofEdinburgh
https://biology.ed.ac.uk/the-matthews-lab
Amy B Pedersen @amypedersen.bsky.social Professor of Disease Ecology, interested in wild immunology and parasitology, supporting women in science, academic mum. University of Edinburgh.
Robin Allshire 🇮🇪 🇪🇺✊🏿 ⬆️ Zak’s favourite nucleosome: K9me @allshire-lab.bsky.social Professor, University of Edinburgh.
Science: epigenetics, variegation, heterochromatin, heteroresistance, resistance, bet hedging, fungal biology & pathogens. Pets: Airedale Terriers. Duolingo: 🇫🇷 level 61. Opinions here are my own
Matt Parker @bioinfomatt.bsky.social Director, Clinical Bioinformatics Software at Oxford Nanopore in the EPI2ME team. Interested in regulated application of Nanopore sequencing. Also bikes, beers, trains, and the American Office.
Tom Connor @tomrconnor.bsky.social Public health genomics and big computers working in Wales. Parent of two small children. Gamer, foodie, geek. Also likes cats. Views my own.
Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social Head of the School of Infection, Inflammation & Immunology @ Uni Birmingham. Proud Scot. Oversaw a few Covid PCR tests
Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social Writer, journalist. Science, health. Pandemics, animals. Birder, photographer. Many words, some awards. AN IMMENSE WORLD, I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. Married to Liz Neeley, parent to Typo. he/him
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Gytis Dudas @evogytis.bsky.social PI @ Vilnius University Life Sciences Center 🦠🧬🌳🌍🐾📈.
Enthusiast of orthomyxos (& other (-)ssRNA viruses), RNA virus discovery, evolution & ecology, genomic epidemiology, data-vis, matplotlib.
EMBO installation grantee.
evogytis.github.io
Andrew Rambaut (🐏🎀) @arambaut.bsky.social Virus evolution | genomic epidemiology| virus origins | phylogenetics | BEAST | ARTIC Network
University of Edinburgh
http://beast.community
http://artic.network
Dr Emma Hodcroft @firefoxx66.bsky.social Die Virenjägerin! 🏹🧬!
Using programming & phylogenetics, I study & track viruses. Co-developer of Nextstrain, based at Swiss TPH & Uni Basel.
Founder of CoVariants.org, co-founder of @pathoplexus.org
I like 🐈 & 🛫
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Amanda Warr @amandatron89.bsky.social BBSRC Discovery Fellow #bioinformatics, #Genomics & #Metagenomics I like long reads, 3D printing, swimming in cold places and cats.
Eddie Holmes @eddieholmes.bsky.social Virus spotter. You're twistin' my melon man.
Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social Public health (meta)genomics & bioinformatics, Prof @unibirmingham.bsky.social, Director @imibirmingham.bsky.social & @climb.ac.uk
Charlotte Houldcroft @virologyhouldcroft.bsky.social Virology with a side-order of human evolution.
Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social Infectious diseases & genomics. Immunologist in (voluntary) exile. Minimal sarcasm. Fierce HOA (Hater of Acronyms). Personal account - opinions expressed are my own and not those of my employer.
ARTIC network @artic.network Putting genomic surveillance at the heart of outbreak response. Funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Gates Foundation.
Simon Harris @simonrharris.bsky.social Senior Program Officer in the Genomic Epidemiology and Modelling team at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Pathogen genomics and bioinformatics.
Marion Koopmans @marionkoopmans.bsky.social Virologist, into emerging viral infections, one health, climate and health. Head viroscience department ErasmusMC, Rotterdam NL. Backup for the ex-bird platform. ORCHID 0000-0002-5204-2312; https://pure.eur.nl/en/persons/marion-koopmans . - M Meera Chand @meerac.bsky.social Infectious diseases, microbiology, virology, public health and particularly emerging infections & genomics @UKHSA
Sam Wilkinson @biowilko.bsky.social Bioinformatician, CLIMB-TRE dev, CLIMB-COVID admin. Likes food, movies, music, and writing code.
He/Him.
Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social Consultant Clinical Scientist and honorary professor in virology mostly for a public health body in a country north of England. Has cats and an overgrown garden. Vaccines work and Brexit still sucks.
Ross Fitzgerald @jrossfitz.bsky.social Microbiologist, Bacterial evolution, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh
Robertson Lab @davidlrobertson.bsky.social Viruses, evolution, computational biology & other stuff, David L Robertson @robertson_lab (in the other place) based at @cvrinfo.bsky.social, the University of Glasgow.
Verity Hill @viralverity.bsky.social Wellcome ECA Fellow at the Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow
Phylodynamics for public health
https://viralverity.github.io
She/her
Moritz Kraemer @mugkraemer.bsky.social Scientist & Prof @UOxford
https://kraemerlab.com/
https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/pandemic-genomics
https://www.psi.ox.ac.uk/
Nathan Grubaugh @nathangrubaugh.bsky.social Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. Studies 🦟🦠 🧬transmission, evolution, and emergence. PI of http://dengue-lineages.org. Will sequence for 🍺.
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Nídia S. Trovão, PhD @nidiatrovao.bsky.social Lead of GEEP at NIH/FIC | Phylodynamics | Bayesian inference | Viral evolution | Disease ecology | Views are my own
Joseph Hughes @bljog.bsky.social https://bioinformatics.cvr.ac.uk/people/joseph-hughes/
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David Quammen @quammen.bsky.social Author and journalist. The Song of the Dodo, Spillover, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin, The Tangled Tree, Breathless, and other books. Most recently, The Heartbeat of the Wild. Bunch of magazine work since 1981.
Rachel Colquhoun @rmcolq.bsky.social Bioinformatics for metagenomics and viral sequence data
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Alice C. Hughes @achughes.bsky.social Conservation scientist with a special focus on bat ecology, ecophysiology and evolution
Emma Thomson @emcat1.bsky.social I am clinical professor of infectious diseases at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research and professor of emerging viruses at LSHTM. I study emerging viruses in Uganda and the UK.
David Aanensen @daanensen.bsky.social genomics, public health, the web, epidemiology and all the bits in between.
Ewan Harrison @ewanharrison.bsky.social Microbiologist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and University of Cambridge.
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
Jon Cohen @cohenjon.bsky.social Staff writer at Science, specializing in infectious diseases and immunology. Vaccine history geek. Hate outbreaks, love covering them. Serious surf addiction, occasional contributor to the incomparable Surfer's Journal.
Aris Katzourakis @ariskatzourakis.bsky.social Viruses, Evolution, Education, Trade Unions, things like that. Prof at Uni of Oxford, NEC member for UCU. Posts mine, reposts not.
Bloom lab @jbloomlab.bsky.social Lab studying molecular evolution of proteins and viruses. Affiliated with Fred Hutch & HHMI.
Opinions are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
https://jbloomlab.org/
Josh Quick @scalene.bsky.social UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Birmingham
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social I cover infectious diseases for STAT (www.statnews.com). 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. She/her. I write about H5N1 (in all species), Covid, polio, flu, Ebola, RSV, mpox, STIs. Send me news tips on Signal: HBranswell.01
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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Hannah Pye @hannahvpye.bsky.social Postdoc @ Quadram Institute Bioscience | Exploring bacteriophage solutions to combat AMR in surface waters 🌊🦠 (she/her) All opinions are my own.
Áine O'Toole @aineotoole.bsky.social Virus evolution, bioinformatics & phylogenetics. Researcher at University of Edinburgh.
Petter Brodin @petterbrodin.bsky.social Pediatrician &
Professor of Pediatric Immunology
Human Systems Immunology
MRC LMS, Imperial College London
& Karolinska Institutet
Thushan de Silva @thushan-desilva.bsky.social Physician Scientist | Professor of Infectious Diseases University of Sheffield | Principal Investigator MRC Unit The Gambia | Respiratory Viruses | Strep A | Vaccines and Immunity
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/people/clinical-medicine/thushan-de-silva
Ryan Thwaites @ryanthwaites.bsky.social Lecturer in Respiratory Immunology at Imperial College London, studying mucosal anti-viral immunity
Stuart Gillespie @stuartgillespie.bsky.social Nutrition, food justice, health, cycling | writer, freelance
FOOD FIGHT https://canongate.co.uk/books/5139-food-fight-from-plunder-and-profit-to-people-and-planet/
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Sloan Lab @richardsloanlab.bsky.social Richard Sloan Lab. Viruses and Innate Immunity. Edinburgh University and ZJE Institute, China.
https://www.ed.ac.uk/infection-medicine/our-staff/principal-investigators/dr-richard-sloan
Elly Gaunt @gauntlab.bsky.social Virology lab at Roslin Institute, UK. Particular fondness for influenza and rotaviruses. Also here for bad puns, peated whisky and ultramarathon chat.
Duncan Sproul @sproullab.bsky.social Group leader at MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh. Interdisciplinary research on disease #epigenetics. Part-time solo dad. Occasional music and climbing.
https://institute-genetics-cancer.ed.ac.uk/research/research-groups-a-z/sproul-group
Rod Mitchell @rodtmitchell.bsky.social Research lead for male fertility preservation in children with cancer. Professor & Paediatric Endocrinologist. Family 🧑🧑🧒🧒 & ⚽️ (usually in that order🤣)
Edinburgh Infectious Diseases @uoe-eid.bsky.social The network based at the University of Edinburgh for infectious disease researchers.
https://edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/
Till Bachmann @bachmanntill.bsky.social Professor of Molecular Diagnostics and Infection at University of Edinburgh | AMR Strategy Lead Edinburgh Infections Diseases | Coordinator DOSA Project | Co-Lead Translational Medicine | working with great teams
Alex Peden @alexpeden.bsky.social Head of Research Cultures | University of Edinburgh
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social Epidemiologist + Statistician | Clinical Research Facility - University College Cork | UCC School of Public Health | #ClinicalTrials #Epidemiology #Statistics #RStats
Posts not for everyone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Rob Young @r0bah0lic.bsky.social Functional, population and evolutionary genomics @EdinburghUni (@BMTOeduni and @EdinUniUsher) and @zje_institute.
Alice C Thornton @acthornton.bsky.social Human. ID Doc . Wife . Mom including a rescued kitty named Mingo and sassy Yorkie named Scarlet . HIV advocate .
Andrew Fenton @fentonaw.bsky.social Population Health & Inequalities with NHS SCW. Tweet on health & inequalities, cat pics, Port Meadow views. Runner & occasional triathlete.
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Margaret McCartney @mgtmccartney.bsky.social evidence
whopaysthisdoctor.org
Beira's Place
James McDonald @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social Prof. of microbial ecology at the University of Birmingham.
Decoding the tree microbiome 🌳🌲. He/him
Rowland Kao @rowlandkao.bsky.social University of Edinburgh, Roslin Institute & School of Physics
& Astronomy. Interested in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Modelling; Complex Networks;
All views expressed here are my own.
Guy Harling @harlingg.bsky.social Epidemiologist @uclglobalhealth.bsky.social & @ahri-news.bsky.social. Focus on data collection, social networks & health (HIV, mental health, caregiving, vaccines). Mostly in southern Africa.
Donald J. Davidson @djdavidson.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Host Defence & Inflammation Biology.
Artist, Writer, Father.
Reading, walking, politics, FRPG, watching football, enjoying good food and a tasty beer...
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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com Palliative care doctor 👩🏻⚕ Author 📚 Winner: 2025 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 🫀 Founder: Hospice Ukraine 🇺🇦 Rep: Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander 📝
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Meaghan Kall @kallmemeg.bsky.social Epidemiologist, public health trainee, mom, wife. Formerly @UKHSA. Disability advocate. Born 🇺🇸 Migrated 🇬🇧. 🏳️🌈 Personal account.
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
Susan Hopkins @smhopkins.bsky.social CEO, UKHSA
Infectious diseases clinician and epidemiologist
Hon Consultant Infectious Diseases, Royal Free London
Hon Prof Infectious Diseases & Health Security, UCL
Prof Danny Altmann @daltmann.bsky.social Professor of Immunology, Imperial College London. Editor of OUP Oxford Open Immunology. Co-author - Penguin Long Covid Handbook. Discusses: Covid-19, Long Covid, T cells, immunogenetics and HLA, respiratory infection, science policy, arboviruses, C19th lit
Charlotte Summers @charlottesummers.bsky.social Faculty Dean & Prof of Medicine @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Critical care doctor.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Susan Michie @susanmichie.bsky.social #BehaviouralScience, Professor of Health Psychology, University College London. Director of Centre for Behaviour Change https://www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/centre-behaviour-change (also on BlueSky). Research on health, environment & AI potential.
Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social DEI hire. Prof of Primary Care, Uni of Oxford. Researching digital health/ inequities, covid prevention (masks/ air quality). Wild swimmer. Mum to Rob (marine bio) & Al (doc). She/her. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=QDCqsJwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Debby Bogaert @dbogaert.bsky.social Paediatric Infectious Diseases, physician scientist, respiratory and child health, early life, microbiome-host, Edinburgh (UK)/Utrecht (NL) she/her
Christian Drosten @cdrosten.bsky.social Head of Virology at Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Ashish K Jha @ashishkjha.bsky.social Physician, Researcher, Advocate for the notion that an ounce of evidence is worth a pound of opinion.
I rarely post here. Follow me on that hell site Twitter @ashishkjha
My views are solely my own (who else would want them??)
Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni. Certified Level 3 Personal Trainer. Views own.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social The Lancet Infectious Diseases is the leading clinical infectious diseases journal for peer-reviewed research and review, comment, and news.
🌐 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/home
Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social physician-scientist, author, editor
https://www.scripps.edu/faculty/topol/
Ground Truths https://erictopol.substack.com
SUPER AGERS https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Super-Agers/Eric-Topol/9781668067666
Anu Goenka @anugoenka.bsky.social Paediatrician | Immunology | Vaccines | Infectious Diseases
Angela Lucas-Herald @angelalucas-herald.bsky.social Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Glasgow
All view my own
Research interests:
Paediatric endocrinology
Differences of sex development
Early vascular ageing
Oxidative stress
@carol-porteous.bsky.social @carol-porteous.bsky.social
Livvy Swann @livvyswann.bsky.social Using data to put child health at the heart of housing policy
Paediatric Infectious Disease and Data Science
Wellcome Early Career Fellow
https://tinyurl.com/3k8kywff
https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/olivia-swann