More podcast fun: discussing the #BiocidesBill & #microbiotoxicity with the fabulous @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social & Dr Sheena Fraser - we unpack regulation of consumer biocides (versus pharmaceutical antibiotics), & the unintended impact on our health & environment 🦠🧫

Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Delighted to join @doctoranastasia.bsky.social on Microbiome Medics podcast talking about my #BiocidesBill, including the way it uniquely tackles issues of microbiotoxicity, #antimicrobialresistance & smashed #planetaryboundary of #NovelEntities pocketcasts.com/podcast/micr...

Another insightful day of science, discussion and making new friends at #AIR2026 Day 2 Highlights: making sense of big data, spatial transcriptomics and in vitro modelling of respiratory infections @eventswcs.bsky.social @sangerinstitute.bsky.social

Consider this our post advertising the latest episode, ‘Biocide Bashing’, available now! Hold on to your Phallusocks ®️, this topic’s as scary as it gets! (That’ll make more sense after you listen) #IDsky #microsky #biocides #microbiotoxicity podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

131. Biocide Bashing

Podcast Episode · ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists · 09/02/2026 · 45m

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Dr Anastasia Theodosiou@doctoranastasia.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I joined the wonderful Baroness Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social & my favourite podcast buddies @idiots-pod.bsky.social to discuss #microbiotoxicity & #biocides - including how legislation can help protect our microbiomes. Check it out! 💙🦠🧫 idiotspodcasting.buzzsprout.com/1782416/epis...

⭐ NEW PUBLICATION ⭐ Microbiotoxicity: A call to arms for cross-sector protection of the human microbiome @dbogaert.bsky.social Read more ➡️ https://buff.ly/4jDv1GU

Excited that our article is out in @cmijournal.bsky.social this month: A roadmap to clinical translation of #microbiome research 🦠🧫 Check it out now: 10.1016/j.cmi.2026.01.021

Clinical Microbiology and Infection@cmijournal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

February 2026 Issue is now online: www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.org/issue/S1198-... #IDSky #MicroSky

Our new review in Clinical Microbiology & Infection lays out a roadmap for the clinical impact of microbiome research built on: 🔬 scientific credibility ⚖️ regulatory & funding readiness 🤝 stakeholder engagement www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Microbiome research in practice: priorities for clinical translation and impact

Rapid advances in microbiome science have sparked clinical and commercial enthusiasm for interventions, yet translation into practice risks outpacing …

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Had great fun writing this paper with some of my #microbiome research heroes! @gilbertjacka.bsky.social @bacterioskeptic.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @sarahlebeer.bsky.social @dbogaert.bsky.social @sligomicrobe.bsky.social & many more 😍🦠🧫

David Cleary@bacterioskeptic.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New paper out from @doctoranastasia.bsky.social with lots of other cool folks (+me) looking at the future requirements for translating microbiome research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fab study by Diane Gbesemete, @adamdale.bsky.social @jaylaver.bsky.social & the rest of the wonderful Southampton & Mali #HumanChallenge teams - a real privilege to have been involved 💙🦠🧫

Open Forum Infectious Diseases@ofidjournal.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Controlled human infection of healthy adults with lyophilized Neisseria lactamica induces asymptomatic, immunogenic nasopharyngeal carriage in the UK and Mali ✅ Just Accepted 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qeqnSJ

New paper out with colleagues at #MHRA, reviewing #microbiotoxicity. We call for more research, & consider whether #microbiome endpoints should be incorporated into drug development pipelines. Check out the Gov.uk press release for a quick recap! 💙🦠🧫 www.gov.uk/government/n...

How medicines affect gut bacteria could inform safer, more effective use

Understanding gut microbiome interactions with medicines could help explain differences in how people respond to treatment and build on existing medicine safety knowledge to support safer, more effect...

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I joined the wonderful Baroness Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social & my favourite podcast buddies @idiots-pod.bsky.social to discuss #microbiotoxicity & #biocides - including how legislation can help protect our microbiomes. Check it out! 💙🦠🧫 idiotspodcasting.buzzsprout.com/1782416/epis...

131. Biocide Bashing - ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists

BIOCIDES ARE COMING FOR YOU. Find out what they are, what the benefits and harms they have, and what we can do to control their use in consumer products. This was a fascinating, wide-ranging...

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Lovely to see our article in @scotsman.com on risk of #measles becoming endemic after worrying ⬇️ in childhood #vaccination rates 🦠💉👶👩‍🔬💙 @drtoniho.bsky.social & Chrissie Jones @uofgsii.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

How a small drop in vaccinations could see measles becoming endemic again – new study

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known, and it is far from harmless, hospitalising one in five infected children and killing up to three in every 1,000 children who catch it

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Check out our article in @theconversation.com on the potential impact of falling childhood vaccination rates! 👩‍🔬💉🆘😷 theconversation.com/how-a-small-... @unisouthampton.bsky.social @uofgsii.bsky.social

How a small vaccine drop could see measles becoming endemic again – new study

From near extinction to resurgence: how vaccine hesitancy revives deadly diseases.

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Antonia Ho@drtoniho.bsky.social · last yr.

@doctoranastasia.bsky.social, Chrissie Jones & I wrote an @uk.theconversation.com article on this @jama.com modelling paper which demonstrated that a further small ⬇️ in childhood vaccination rates could lead to #measles becoming endemic again. 👶🦠💉📈 @cvrinfo.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social

Listen to author Anastasia Theodosiou discuss this fascinating work with us. www.thelancet.com/doi/story/10...

This is a cool study: a human perinatal infection challenge model! Inoculate near-term pregnant women with commensal Neisseria lactamica to see if 1) colonises mothers & 2) transmits to infants Answer is 1) yes mostly, & 2) no #IDSky @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Controlled human infection model of Neisseria lactamica in late pregnancy investigating mother-to-infant transmission in the UK: a single-arm pilot trial

As the world’s first perinatal CHIM, this trial demonstrates that this model in pregnancy is feasible, and that N lactamica Y92–1009 can safely and efficiently colonise pregnant individuals. Lack of s...

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🔥🔥 Not an April Fool: my paper is on the *front cover* of @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social! 🤯🤯 New issue live today 🎉 Just look at that gorgeous diplococcus 😍🧫🦠👩‍🔬 Endless thanks to Chrissie Jones, Rob Read, @dbogaert.bsky.social @adamdale.bsky.social @jaylaver.bsky.social @bacterioskeptic.bsky.social

The Lancet Microbe@lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our April issue is now online: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Our journal is #OpenAccess, so you are free to explore all of our content. But these hashtags offer a flavour: #SARS-CoV-2 #COVID-19 #chikungunya #Neisseria #CHIM #mpox #BSI #Ecoli #Klebsiella #Mycoplasma #IDSky #ClinMicro #OA

Amazing opportunity for anyone looking for a funded PhD project, and the chance to work with my fabulous colleagues at University of Southampton @adamdale.bsky.social & @jaylaver.bsky.social 💙

Adam Dale@adamdale.bsky.social · 2y ago

🔥 PhD opportunity 🔥 Interested in a Moderna-funded PhD focused on deconvoluting the immunological mechanisms that protect against whooping cough to inform novel vaccine design with me, @afvallejo.bsky.social & @jaylaver.bsky.social? If so, apply before 18.06.25! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Fantasitic to see achievements of the brilliant Tash Theodosiou (not on here I think) from @unisouthampton.bsky.social finally in print! With @adamdale.bsky.social @dbogaert.bsky.social Prof. Rob Read, Prof. Chrissie Jones et al. Was a pleasure to be involved! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Controlled human infection model of Neisseria lactamica in late pregnancy investigating mother-to-infant transmission in the UK: a single-arm pilot trial

The infant respiratory microbiome is derived largely from the mother and is associated with downstream health and disease. Manipulating maternal respi…

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RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the US. The maternal RSV vaccine can prevent severe RSV disease in infants from birth up to 6 months. Protect your patients and their babies by making a strong vaccination recommendation this RSV season: https://buff.ly/3CwdX4W

Landmark Bill explicitly aims to protect #microbiome from #microbiotoxicity associated with overuse of antimicrobials 💙🦠

Martin Bagot@martinbagot.bsky.social · 2y ago

Popular soaps, shampoos and dental products revealed which could harm your immune system as @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social prepares to change the law to ban ‘biocides’ www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...

Wondering about #microbiotoxicity? Check out our explainer in @theconversation.com today, & read all about @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social #BiocidesBill in @houseoflords.parliament.uk 🦠💊🧫💙 theconversation.com/antibacteria...

Antibacterials are everywhere: for the sake of our microbiome, we need to control their use

A new bill looking to control antibacterials in everyday products was recently debated in the House of Lords.

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Delighted to (modestly) contribute to this letter in @biainfection.bsky.social journal on #Microbiotoxicity. My private members' #Biocides bill in #HouseofLords tomorrow addresses a significant consumer cause. Our #microbiome is crucial to #PublicHealth www.journalofinfection.com/article/S016...

Microbiotoxicity: a call to arms for cross-sector protection of the human microbiome

Carpenter et al.’s recent study adds to the growing body of evidence showing that antibiotic use can be harmful to the human microbiome.1 We recently introduced the term “microbiotoxicity” to describe...

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Check out our new Editorial on #Microbiotoxicity! A call to arms to protect human & environmental #microbiome against #antimicrobials, including food additives & biocodes🦠💊🧫 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...