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Head of the School of Infection, Inflammation & Immunology @ Uni Birmingham. Proud Scot. Oversaw a few Covid PCR tests

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Excited to share our latest work! πŸ“

We measured the fitness effect of 136 AMR genes and found that many are neutral or even beneficial without selection. 🀯🧬

Oxygen availability can flip their fitness and our stochastic model indicates that oxygen fluctuations help maintain them.

Learn more πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

10.03.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Picked a good week to travel to and through Scotland by train.

09.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A view through a neo-gothic porch to a waterfall in a forest

A view through a neo-gothic porch to a waterfall in a forest

Beach with cliffs, has a white house on it. On the right rocks shaped in interesting ways

Beach with cliffs, has a white house on it. On the right rocks shaped in interesting ways

A very excited red and tan kelpie on a lawn

A very excited red and tan kelpie on a lawn

Great weekend in Wales

08.03.2026 21:45 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You throw the kitchen sink at getting Rob Edwards

07.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There isn’t a spark. They don’t have a flair player that operates on the fly. Feel very over coached.

07.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

England will probably be responsible for France winning the six nations.

07.03.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Minoncello or Finn are player of the tournament.

07.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The flip side of that. Italy are a proper rugby team. Watched them throw away what would have been a deserved win against SAF in the autumn. They are no longer the laughing stock.

07.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I say this with nothing but a glow in my heart

England are an absolute shambles

Taxi for Borthwick.

07.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

That Italian national anthem was proper goosebumps

07.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got silly at end but that was one of the finest Scotland performances I can recall.

07.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Bonkers game of rugby!

07.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This lot hammered England 3 weeks ago

07.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

O. M. F. G.

07.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That aged well

Ya dancer!!!!!!!!!

07.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the hope that kills you….

07.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did mine this morning

06.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am counting this as a reason to go full nuclear mate

05.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you!
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05.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Igor Tudor’s been in charge for 20 days.

05.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Amid a storm of overwhelming news today. The UK Covid enquiry ended.

05.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Over on twitter. This is mesmerising. What do you do with this?

05.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Ahahahahahaha

05.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s uncanny

05.03.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 393 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 1

I dont tend to read them..............

mentioned in a good or bad way?

05.03.2026 09:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep getting emails for an invited talk to ICID2026 in Madrid. Is this a real genuine meeting?

The fact I am asking suggests the answer to me, but its hard to tell these days...............

05.03.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Virulence is a context-dependent strategy, not a fixed trait"🦠🧫

πŸ“’Check out our latest Micro Briefing highlighting the exciting commentary from Dr Damien F. Meyer at Cirad & INRAE_France, published in Microbial Outlooks.

Read the full paper hereπŸ”— https://doi.org/10.1099/mout.0.00001

05.03.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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An increase in the number of German university graduates at risk of poverty is more a reflection of a stalling economy that is affecting workers at all levels rather than a sign that degrees are losing their value, economists say #EduSky
https://ow.ly/2bQt50Yp6CT

05.03.2026 07:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am sure Emily will weep that this person would no longer be 17 millionth in the queue online for tickets.

04.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0