Medical Research UK

medicalresearchuk.bsky.social

15 October 2026 16:44

🦠🔬 What a weekend we had at New Scientist Live! We had so many brilliant conversations about the growing threat of superbugs and why research has never been more important. Thank you to our researchers for helping bring this vital research to life, and to everyone who stopped by our stand. 💚

Sam Lipworth

samlipworth.bsky.social

30 September 2026 15:43

Great new work from @dotnagy.bsky.social who has developed EpiSENTRY which performs sample size calculations for public health WGS surviellance studies. She applies to data from the NEKSUS study to estimate how much sequencing is enough for GNBSI surviellance in England. @modmedmicro.bsky.social

Modernising Medical Microbiology

modmedmicro.bsky.social

23 September 2026 11:04

DPhil opportunity at the University of Oxford 🦠 We’re looking for a motivated DPhil student to join us to develop innovative metagenomic approaches for surveillance of healthcare-associated pathogens and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Find out more and apply here!

Modernising Medical Microbiology

modmedmicro.bsky.social

26 August 2026 15:14

A closer look at microplastics! Recently, we visited @ukceh.bsky.social to explore the analysis of #microplastics in sink trap aspirates collected from hospital environments. @afswinkels.bsky.social

Cat Baker

catcsb10.bsky.social

25 August 2026 16:19

Happy to share my first paper! We developed an optimised #ONT workflow for sequencing mycobacteria directly from positive MGIT cultures, achieving 98.3% agreement with Illumina for species identification, with reliable results often within 6 hours. #PathogenGenomics #TB @modmedmicro.bsky.social