@paulhoskisson.bsky.social happy birthday, fellow birthday matey!🎂🍻
Dr Geertje van Keulen
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Swimming🏊♀️ sewciophilic🧵microbial 🧫biochemist🧪🧬/biomaterials ⚒️ scientist; (bio)chemistry, materials and ecobiology of actinos/natural products; microbiology/chemistry in hot tubs; Biofilm Alliance; Advisory Council member Microbiology Society; She/her
Which colour combo(s) is/are your favs?! The fabric has some texture. Please add nrs in rank from best to worse #sewing #fabrics #colourchoices
Anyone on my TL interested in taking over tickets for the Metallica gig in the Principality stadium in Cardiff on Sun June 28th? A fried has tickets but can no longer go, looking to sell on.
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Microbial Biotechnology (MBT)@microbiotech.bsky.social · 6mo ago#MicroSky: Microbial consortia outperform single strains, but testing combinations is a bottleneck. They show that the BSocial tool predicts “social consortia” and efficiently selects stable, high-performing plant growth–promoting communities. Advancing biofertilizer design! doi.org/10.1111/1751...
@joeeweaver.bsky.social heya, what is the best email address to reconnect with you? Have an old Newcastle address that bounced earlier
For those interested in metrics-based quality assessment of scienctific publication, good read here👇. And yes, I am fully aware of DORA and CoARA deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The dangers of using bibliometrics with polluted data
This week I attended a Webinar organised by Clarivate on the topic of “ Eugene Garfield Centenary Celebration: Past, Present and Future ...
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Yay for actinos and #natprod! See you in Belfast?! 🧫🧪🧬🦠
Microbiology Society@microbiologysociety.org · 9mo agoWork with actinomycetes or mycobacteria? Dedicated symposia shine the spotlight on these remarkable bacteria at #Microbio26 in Belfast. Explore the full variety of sessions and submit your work today. Abstract submissions close on 11 November: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
📣Had a great day at the #STAconference25 today, lots of interesting 🏊♀️pool plant engagement relevant for our 🧫Biofilm Alliance network! 😜And got to meet the keynote olympic🏊🏻♀️🥇🥇🥉🥉speaker too👇👇👇
Soooo, this is happening tomorrow! www.linkedin.com/posts/biofil...
#biofilms #risks #health #management #prevention #standards #regulatoryguidance #staconference25 | Biofilm Alliance
📣Biofilm Alliance at STA (Swimming Teachers Association) Conference 2025 We are pleased to share that Biofilm Alliance 's Water💧🏊♀️ Lead Geertje van Keulen from Swansea University / Prifysgol Aberta...
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Hey #streptomyces #natprod fans: 1. What is your favourite agar for growing really thick and dense aerial mycelial lawns? 2. How many spores would you inoculate on one 🧫 for thick and dense lawns? #microsky 🧪🧬🔬
A colleague received proofs of an accepted manuscript, and the "proofing process" clearly involved running the text through ChatGPT. Their voice has been erased, and errors introduced. This is from a supposedly reputable publisher. Anyone else been put through this particular form of hell? #MicroSky
Wow😲🤩 🧪🧫 🧬🔬⚗️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Direct single-molecule detection and super-resolution imaging with a low-cost portable smartphone-based microscope - Nature Communications
Loretan and colleagues present a low-cost smartphone-based microscope capable of detecting single-molecule fluorescence. This approach opens doors to personalised and widely distributed applications in diagnostics, biosensing, and science education.
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Glorious start of the day in Amsterdam! Looking forward to meeting the scientists in EU COST Action 🧫🦠#Biofilm Regulatory Toolbox today and start discussions on how to progress #standards #methods aiming to ultimately develop #regulatory guidance
Robert F Kennedy Jr. famously advocates drinking raw milk and promotes its benefits. But how safe is unpasteurised milk? Nicola Holden and Gil Domingue, who sit on AMI’s Food Security Scientific Advisory Group, take a deep dive into the science. www.the-microbiologist.com/opinion/safe...
Safety and nutritional claims for raw milk
Robert F Kennedy Jr. famously advocates drinking raw milk and promotes its benefits. But how safe is unpasteurised milk? Nicola Holden and Gil Domingue, who sit on Applied Microbiology International's Food Security Scientific Advisory Group, take a deep dive into the science.
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Predatory conference check Q: Is the Global Food & Agri Summit 2026 in the Netherlands a predatory conference or is it legit? #science #conference #predatory?
Professional Request:if you work with/research or experience #biofilms in your work/company/client environments, can you please complete our Biofilm Alliance survey? The survey will close soon, so last chance to submit your experiences and influence the next steps! forms.office.com/e/7rYEETJT74 🧪🧫🦠
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A new bench at JIC in memory of Helen Kieser. She moved to Norwich with David Hopwood in the 1960s and was instrumental in establishing the Streptomyces group and Molecular Microbiology @johninnescentre.bsky.social. Hard to overstate her importance to the #streptomyces field and community.
@tadhgocroinin.bsky.social you must be chuffed! Started counting off the names yet?!🤣 bsky.app/profile/meto...
Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · 11mo agoLatest storm names announced❗ Here are the #StormNames for 2025/26, announced with Met Eireann and KNMI, the Dutch National Weather Service. Has your name made the list?
“Writing an essay is hard because it forces you to use your brain in ways you haven't before…Your job is not to turn in completed assignments; it's to learn how to think. Turning in completed assignments can help you learn how to think, but only if you're the one who completed them.”
Thiago Krause@thiagokrause.bsky.social · 12mo agoAs always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview. cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
In ‘other news’ today 🤪: ‘Danish zoo asks for unwanted pets to feed its predators’
@paulhoskisson.bsky.social happy birthday fellow emergencer! 🥳
Interesting read on Streptomyces #natprod rapamycin's potential role as treatment for long Covid and ME 🧫🦠🧪💊🛌
Miles W. Griffis@mileswgriffis.bsky.social · last yr.NEW: A cancer drug with a fascinating history is being explored in a phase III clinical trial for Long COVID & an observational trial for ME. Past research suggests it could target a biological pathway seen in people with ME. @frogsandstars.bsky.social reports! thesicktimes.org/2025/07/29/c...
I'm recruiting! I'm looking for a motivated postdoctoral scientist to join my new team at SCELSE in Singapore. The role will explore various aspects of how #eDNA is produced and utilised in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. #Microsky #phagesky #Science ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/...
Research Fellow (eDNA in Biofilms)
The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) is a unique interdisciplinary Research Centre of Excellence (RCE), funded by National Research Foundation, Ministry of Educati...
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En route to London for the first ever meeting of the new style Advisory Council of @microbiologysociety.org 🧫🦠. It is gonna be scorching🥵🥵🥵☀️☀️☀️. On days like this you really get to appreciate the cool building I work in!