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!

Therapeutics and Antimicrobial Resistance

microbiologysociety.org

Oh my ...is anyone surprised by this?

Foxglove Legal@foxglovelegal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

2023: "NHS England told openDemocracy it would alter or remove identifiable personal information before it was passed to Palantir" 2026: "NHS England has allowed staff from the US tech firm access to patient data before it has been pseudonymised" www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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....

African and Global Civil Society Call on African Heads of State and Government to Demand Fair Terms in U.S. Health Agreements - Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA)

ranafrica.org

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

Gwen Knight@gmknght.bsky.social · 10mo ago

How will population shifts affect the future burden of #AMR? 👶👩‍🦳 🧫 We use a new modelling framework to explore future projections of #AMR by age and by sex, as well as interventions for control, building on our earlier findings that AMR isn’t uniform across demographics. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

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:

Felicity Hannah@felicityhannah.bsky.social · 11mo ago

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

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

Microbiology Society@microbiologysociety.org · 12mo ago

Join us for Annual Conference 2026! Abstract submission and registration are open for the UK’s largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Held in Belfast, UK, this year’s Conference also features two-day attendance tickets.

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...

Society-Supported Conference Grants

Awards of up to £2,000 are available to members who wish to organise a conference (in person or virtual) in any field of microbiology, either independently or in partnership with another Society.

microb.io

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.

Petition: Review traditional and social media regulation

Review media regulation, including social media, to consider the introduction of stricter regulations to ensure truthful reporting, accountability and integrity across all platforms, including newspap...

petition.parliament.uk

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...

What It Really Means to ‘Give Infectious Disease a Break’

The Trump administration isn’t just dismantling protections against illnesses. It’s inviting them right in.

theatlantic.com

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.

Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last yr.

NEWS: I'm told about 160 personal service contractors were just terminated at USAID. All DC based but people who go abroad on assignments usually shepherding aid deliveries abroad.

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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JoAnn Trejo@joann-trejo.bsky.social · last yr.

You got 5 min to really understand the real costs of scientific research - check out this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzNc...

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...

MP shares harrowing misogynistic abuse she's received in powerful Commons speech

YouTube video by PoliticsJOE

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

Inside Climate News@insideclimatenews.org · 2y ago

The words “climate change” are now forbidden at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Although members of the sea-going force confront the impacts of warming daily, Academy officials say they made the curriculum changes to comply with Trump administration policy.

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 ⚛️ 🧪