Excited to say that we have a PhD project out on our age-sex research - looking at combinations of #AMR. With the fabulous @jodi-lindsay.bsky.social and Lanre Edun! Do get in touch for more information!
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/2026-27-proj...
Thanks Tracy! Iβll be joining RVC, more details to come!
Academic Lead for REF2021.Β Many thanks to everyone and wishing you all the best for the future!
After nearly 27 years, this is my last week at St Georgeβs Hospital Medical School/St Georgeβs, University of London/City St Georgeβs University of London.Β Iβve met and worked with many amazing colleagues, particularly during my time as Director of Cross Cutting Research Themes and ..
So great to see this 𦣠effort finally published!
Massive congratulations to Nichola Naylor (#AMR economist extraordinaire) and the rest of the team!
Do check out the amazing resources behind this estimates that can be used for other economic assessments for #AMR.
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Registration and abstract submission for Staphylococcus Great Britain and Ireland 2025 are open until 30 May 2025: shop.le.ac.uk/conferences-...
Iβm hiring! watch this space for a 2yr position on modelling and data analysis to determine how #AMR varies by age and sex @lshtm.bsky.social
Applications are open for the 2025 GRS/GRC on Staphylococcal Diseases! Make sure to get your abstracts submitted for the potential to present your work in beautiful Barcelona! www.grc.org/staphylococc...
I have a second PhD studentship opportunity available, this one to investigate barriers to AMR gene transfer in MRSA, with @aawitney.bsky.social and Alex McCarthy at Imperial - www.sgul.ac.uk/study/postgr...
We have a Research Assistant post available, for someone experienced in bacterial horizontal gene transfer or AMR plasmid mobility.
jobs.sgul.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Prof Gwen Knight and some members of her group outside LSHTM
Many, many thanks to colleagues, collaborators, students, friends and family for being with me on this awesome journey to Professor @lshtm.bsky.social!
It has involved lots of hard but fun work as well as the usual dose of luck. Onwards and upwards to trying to tackle more challenges in #AMR!
So well deserved Gwen!!
MRC funded PhD studentship available to work on MRSA antimicrobial resistance gene transfer, with me and the fab @gmknght.bsky.social - apply early at mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/projects/
A threadπ§΅ on application systems for postdoc jobs in the UK (applies to my university, but I've seen others and they're similar).
I have seen (too many times) good applicants who don't seem to understand how recruitment is done on our side - not their fault! it's a privilege! - so here's how
Congratulations to Jake Wildfire on passing his PhD viva! Thanks to @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social and Paul Fogg for examining. And @gmknght.bsky.social for co-supervising π
The strain on scientific publishing: we set out to characterise the remarkable growth of the scientific literature in the last few years, in spite of declining growth in total scientists. What is going on?
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#AcademicSky #PhDchat #ScientificPublishing #SciPub
These would be co-supervised with the brilliant @nrwaterlow.bsky.social (1,3) @catrinm.bsky.social (1) and @jodi-lindsay.bsky.social (2).
For (3) our new collabs. in Nagaski are not on Bluesky - find them on LinkedIn: Shinya Tsuzuki & Yusuke Asai at the National Center for GH& Medicine
Three potential PhD positions are now open for applications!
- MRCLID:
(1) integrated with my fship - AMR prevalence by age&sex
(2) long term collab. - AMR gene transfer
- Nagasaki: new collaboration comparing UK&Japan AMR rates
mrc-lid.lshtm.ac.uk/projects/
www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/resear...