Charlotte L Oxley
@lotox.bsky.social
#TeamPlasmid | IS26 Mischief & Mayhem Curator 🧬🧫 🦠 Powered by #AuDHD | Weaponised Zero Self-Regulation & Hyperfocus 💊🌌🧠 #Mother of | Overachiever, Maximum Chaos & Yapper💡🤡🗣️
Your children are not your children. They come through you but not from you, and though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth. #achievementunlocked #cyclebroken #WomenInSTEM
*glares at the sun* As I’m on the stay inside list, I am not physically present at #MGEWorkshop but I am available on here and via email to answer any questions from the presentation @mcvickermicro.bsky.social gave on my behalf today. #PhD #Heatwave #IS26 #transposon #ecoli #EAEC
One ancestor with diverging lineages in a state of emergency. #4thUKMGEWorkshop #MicroSky #PhDLife #2ndYearPhD #MolMicro #Plasmids #IS26 @mcvickermicro.bsky.social @mgeworkshop.bsky.social
Super excited for my second year of #MGEWorkshop #MGE #Plasmids #InsertionSequences #GenomicChaos
MGE Workshop @mgeworkshop.bsky.social · 6mo agoThree weeks left to register for MGE-UK-4 & one week to submit a presentation title for consideration! We are putting together an exciting programme covering a broad array of MGE topics, and we would love to see many of you there in June and to hear about your latest research! www.ukmgeworkshop.org
The pQBR mercury resistance plasmids: a model set of sympatric environmental mobile genetic elements https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.27.714766v1
My friends kid has a habit of asking me random #sciencequestions Today’s was “What do you know about Unified Field Theory?” and when I reminded him that scientist doesn’t mean all science, he gave me such a withering look I don’t think I’ll ever recover.
a woman in a hijab says shame in front of a crowd of people
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My cab driver turned his podcast over to radio once I’d settled in, but I requested he change it back; I enjoy passively learning things anyway, but when they’re discussing microorganisms and melting glaciers, I definitely want to hear that over a cacophony of random music on my way to work
Being a second year #PhD with an eldest daughter going to offer holder open days at opposite ends of the country, trying to guide but not be overbearing and having random revision questions tossed at me sure is a wild ride #UniOfLiverpool #UniofSouthampton
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MGE Workshop @mgeworkshop.bsky.social · 7mo agoIt is a pleasure to announce the 4th UK MGE workshop will be in York on 23rd-24th June 2026! Registration is free and we are actively looking for contributors. Interested? If so, please register via the website and select the talk option www.ukmgeworkshop.org We look forward to seeing you in York!
When I became a #mother, my Grandmother told me that “The nights feel endless, but the days are short“ and I didn’t appreciate what she meant until today, at the Uni of Southampton #OpenDay. It’s almost the end of #coparenting our eldest; I think it’s safe to say I #brokethecycle
Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols. Thread 1/n
Heading back to Southampton in a few weeks, only this time, it’s with my eldest daughter for the Open Day - looking forward to seeing the campus from a different perspective to the #MGEworkshop !
Back on my Elvanse mood #ADHD #ADHDinWomen #WomeninSTEM and my #PhD won’t know what’s hit it
There are approx 30 seconds per day during which I am brilliant; they are not consecutive and I have no control over them, but here I am, heading towards the end of my first year of #PhD because of [taps sign] #ADHD #garyjohnbishop #STEM #MolMicro
My childminder is on holiday for 2 weeks, so I’m (trying) to WFH… But damn, I’m starting to regret my jokes about Schrodingers PCR at the start of my PhD.
Starting the long journey home from #mgeworkshop - really interesting work happening in labs across the country, told in various formats by a great bunch. Thank you again to @fnobrega.bsky.social 🥳 It’s been awesome!
The 3rd UK MGE Workshop is nearly upon us! 🧬 For those travelling to Southampton today, join us for a drink at Dancing Man Brewery (SO14 2AR) from 5pm. Registration for the workshop opens at 9am on Monday 16th. We look forward to meeting you all then! #MGE #MGEWorkshop #Southampton
Almost ready for #MGEworkshop - my first time presenting, not just at an event but 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 as I'm barely 9 months into my #PhD But I'm reminding myself of the words of my favourite fictional scientist #WalterBishop #Fringe #ADHD #WomeninSTEM #MolMicro
Last year I was white-knuckling my way through final exams after losing my step-father and trying to co-ordinate the small crowd who attended my graduation. Today, I'm working on my first presentation for #MGEworkshop2025 #PhD #nontraditionalstudents
🚨🧬 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 23rd MAY 🧬🚨 🧑💻 Get that abstract in - we'd love to hear about your amazing work in genome science this summer 🌞 www.genomescience.org.uk
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Newcastle University
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One of the best book series I’ve ever read, and now a Skasgard is playing the lead in the TV show #marthawells #womeninscifi
MurderBotBot@murderbotbot.bsky.social · last yr.So they made us smarter. The anxiety and depression were side effects.
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
🧬 Thrilled to announce that I'll be speaking at the 3rd Annual MGE Workshop. If molecular mayhem is your jam, join me and explore "From Stability to Chaos: The Role of MGEs in an Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Outbreak” #MGEWorkshop2025 #MGE #UKScience #PhDLife #MolMicro #FirstYearPhD
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