Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽
@superbugs.bsky.social
The microbial world in, on and around us • Health, disease, infection, hygiene, antibiotics, vaccines • Education, engagement, pop-up shops, escape rooms • Games, stories, info, activities, fun • English, Cymraeg, Gàidhlig, Gaeilge www.superbugs.online
Martha Ann Lillard has died, having spent more than 70 years living in an iron lung after contracting polio on her fifth birthday. She is believed to have been the last American polio survivor in an iron lung.
Patient living inside iron lung for 70 years dies after machine became too old
metro.co.uk
For all teachers looking for new content to spice up their science classes after the summer break. 👇🏼
Teacher's Corner — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
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For all teachers looking for new content to spice up their science classes after the summer break. 👇🏼
Teacher's Corner — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
superbugs.online
Martha Ann Lillard has died, having spent more than 70 years living in an iron lung after contracting polio on her fifth birthday. She is believed to have been the last American polio survivor in an iron lung.
Patient living inside iron lung for 70 years dies after machine became too old
metro.co.uk
Looking forward to attending the BIG Event 2026 in York this week @big-stem-network.bsky.social and co-chairing a session on pop-up shops with @acescicomm.bsky.social ! #STEM #SciComm #PublicEngagement Here's a summary of the pop-up shop we ran last summer:
Pop-Up Shop 2025 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
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So we have just received a small grant to develop an educational escape room, in partnership with Cardiff University, Swansea University, Public Health Wales and several secondary schools across South Wales. Watch this space!! 🦠🧫🔬🧩💷
Bugs Bunny Counting His Money
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So we have just received a small grant to develop an educational escape room, in partnership with Cardiff University, Swansea University, Public Health Wales and several secondary schools across South Wales. Watch this space!! 🦠🧫🔬🧩💷
Bugs Bunny Counting His Money
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If you're a science teacher at a secondary school in Wales and would like to help us create an educational escape room please drop us an email or DM us. It will just take 5 minutes of your time to complete a short survey.
Gary Graham: It's Like A Big Puzzle
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Here is a bit more background on our plans.
Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽@superbugs.bsky.social · 3mo agoAt the heart of Superbugs is the aim of improving public knowledge on the microbial world in, on and around us. Through various projects we have tried to achieve this using a variety of different strategies. In April 2026, the latest journey began: a Superbugs Escape Room! 🦠🧫🔬🧩🎲
Man Smiling and Pointing Down
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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽@superbugs.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you're a science teacher at a secondary school in Wales and would like to help us create an educational escape room please drop us an email or DM us. It will just take 5 minutes of your time to complete a short survey.
At the heart of Superbugs is the aim of improving public knowledge on the microbial world in, on and around us. Through various projects we have tried to achieve this using a variety of different strategies. In April 2026, the latest journey began: a Superbugs Escape Room! 🦠🧫🔬🧩🎲
Our first Escape Room — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
At the heart of Superbugs is the aim of improving public knowledge on the microbial world in, on and around us. Through various projects we have tried to achieve this using a variety of different str...
superbugs.online
Man Smiling and Pointing Down
ALT: Man Smiling and Pointing Down
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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽@superbugs.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf you're a science teacher at a secondary school in Wales and would like to help us create an educational escape room please drop us an email or DM us. It will just take 5 minutes of your time to complete a short survey.
If you're a science teacher at a secondary school in Wales and would like to help us create an educational escape room please drop us an email or DM us. It will just take 5 minutes of your time to complete a short survey.
Gary Graham: It's Like A Big Puzzle
ALT: Gary Graham: It's Like A Big Puzzle
static.klipy.com
Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions.
Catherine Frieman@cjfrieman.bsky.social · 2mo agoOne reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth
"Bridging Science and Society: Public Engagement as a Catalyst for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention" Editorial @immunolcellbiol.bsky.social written together with the amazing María Teresa Pérez Gracia.
<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library
Public engagement is vital to building trust and increasing awareness and understanding of infectious disease research and preparedness, but it needs to be backed by training, recognition and sustain...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
For everyone interested in learning more about deadly pandemics throughout history please visit our interactive and multilingual timeline. 👇🏻
Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽@superbugs.bsky.social · 2mo agoWith hantavirus, Ebola and meningitis making recent headlines, here's an interactive timeline to explore devastating infections throughout history and the scientific and medical advances to fight and prevent them. www.superbugs.online/timeline 🦠 🧫 🔬 💊 🏥
Just posted the latest addition to our growing list of recommended books for everyone interested in the microbial world in, on and around us. @ottoenglish.bsky.social's "Notorious", featuring an excellent account of the history of the Spanish flu and parallels with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽@superbugs.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe may need to add this to our virtual bookshelf because of the Spanish flu chapter alone. 👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/books
Looking for learning materials and interesting and fun content for your next science classes? Look no further! 🦠🧫🔬👨🏻🏫📖
Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
An educational resource to increase awareness of the microbial world in, on and around us - co-produced by scientists at the universities of Cardiff and Swansea together with primary and secondary sch...
superbugs.online
Have you tried out our science and health-inspired Wordle? The only one that can be played in English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. 🦠🧫🔬🧩🔠
Wordle — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Try to solve our Superbugs-themed 'Wordle' in as few attempts as possible. Each guess must be a valid 5-letter word. Hit the enter button to submit your guess! After each round, the colour of the ti...
superbugs.online
Just posted the latest addition to our growing list of recommended books for everyone interested in the microbial world in, on and around us. @ottoenglish.bsky.social's "Notorious", featuring an excellent account of the history of the Spanish flu and parallels with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽@superbugs.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe may need to add this to our virtual bookshelf because of the Spanish flu chapter alone. 👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/books
Climate crisis is accelerating antibiotic resistance across world, study says
Climate crisis is accelerating antibiotic resistance across world, study says
Experts say climate change linked to 10% rise in salmonella antibiotic resistance genes between 1940 and 2023
theguardian.com
Looking for learning materials and interesting and fun content for your next science classes? Look no further! 🦠🧫🔬👨🏻🏫📖
Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
An educational resource to increase awareness of the microbial world in, on and around us - co-produced by scientists at the universities of Cardiff and Swansea together with primary and secondary sch...
superbugs.online
Have you tried out our science and health-inspired Wordle? The only one that can be played in English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic. 🦠🧫🔬🧩🔠
Wordle — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Try to solve our Superbugs-themed 'Wordle' in as few attempts as possible. Each guess must be a valid 5-letter word. Hit the enter button to submit your guess! After each round, the colour of the ti...
superbugs.online
A microbial horror show — an overview of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in history. Dare to be scared, and be inspired by the stunning advances in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of life-threatening infections. Featuring cholera, measles and the plague, and many more.
Pop-Up 2025 - Horror Show — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
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