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befriendabacterium.bsky.social
Researcher interested in evidence synthesis and other evidence-based things, most often to do with microbes. Currently working on projects about recreational exposure to polluted open waters and infection. Associate Research Fellow at University of Exeter
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I think I'll take the support from the astronauts thanks

New research from @befriendabacterium.bsky.social and colleagues, published in Nature Communications, offers new insights into how bacterial communities operate. The study could help to unlock an "array of ecosystem services..." www.ecehh.org/news/frozen-...

Oh hell yeah the best microbiology thread in the history of social media is on here (and it’s by the guy who made the Xbox)

Canada: We’re retaliating. EU: We’re retaliating UK: WE’RE MAKING A LIST

A long journey but hope you complex microbial community/microbiome folks will enjoy www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

We bloody dun it baht www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #TAFFTIDY #TAFTACLUS

add this to the list of unhinged restaurant likert scales the spicy scale - goes from 1 to 15 - has a medium of 3 - has no options between 10 and 15 - is also a multi-select item

Great to take part in the Taff Tidy/Taf Taclus today! Lot of junk cleared from our dirty ole riverside which is looking a lot better now. Stay tuned to see if we beat the world record attempt for largest river clean but who cares really (ok maybe a bit) #TAFFTIDY #TAFTACLUS

github desktop is my dirty secret

If you haven't already, check out the blog posts at www.sortee.org/blog/ Some really interesting papers, discussions, and updates from the society!