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dralirobb.bsky.social
Medical Microbiologist in Newcastle, Head of School and Associate Dean in the North East. Interests in Education, CF and Built Environment. She/her.
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E coli are red S aureus are blue Hans Christian Gram Stained them for you

Awaiting for ORAL RCT results! trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #OralIsTheNewIV #AMSsky #IDSky

Two of my PhD students are now here on bsky! @tosinorababa.bsky.social is working on ancientbiotics, and @phoebesilva.bsky.social is working on CF lung infection. Follow them for #MicroSky content 🙂

Microbiome ecology approaches reveal bacterial interactions underpin worse lung function in #CysticFibrosis #CF Lung infections are not caused by 1 pathogen in isolation but instead by interplay of complex lung microbiota of many different microbes interacting with each other & the lung environment

As the great migration from Twitter to Bluesky begins, I have created the "Clinical Microbiology" starter pack to help you find your colleagues. Please let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/VTpSjBL

Amazing too see @bsacandjac.bsky.social here! Have the journals come too?

Please share with your Biomedical & Clinical Science friends on 🦋 - let’s build our network up again❤️

Interesting talk on C. auris by @andy-borman.bsky.social. Additional clades emerging, much more to understand about resistance mechanisms, and the importance of careful individualised infection control 🍄 #fishis24 @hisinfection.bsky.social @biainfection.bsky.social

Discussion underway in the lunchtime leadership workshop - open to all new consultants at #FISHIS24 #careerdevelopment

The very excellent Prof Margreet Vos talking hospital design in Rotterdam #FISHIS2024

Cementing the professional legitimacy of 🦋 We now have the journals on #MedSky & #IDSky @jamacurrent.bsky.social @bmj.com @cmicomms.bsky.social (first one?) @eurosurveillance.bsky.social @cidjournal.bsky.social @ofidjournal.bsky.social @thejhi.bsky.social @jclinical-invest.bsky.social

A full house for the joint @biainfection.bsky.social and @hisinfection.bsky.social session on sustainability at #FISHIS24 Check out the pic with a link to join the sustainability group where resources will be added to those who couldn't make it in the room

Sarah Walpole introducing the IPC sustainability session - Co-production the way forward #FISHIS24 Ideas below 👇🏾

Manning the fort but hoping to see lots of #IDSky #MicroSky at #FISHIS24 this week @hisinfection.bsky.social @biainfection.bsky.social

Y’all are going to need some infectious diseases experts #IDSky Starter Packs IDSky 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq IDSky 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT IDSky 3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o IDSky 4 go.bsky.app/D1zxj4E IDSky 5 go.bsky.app/NgGSPeF IDSky 6 go.bsky.app/22VBL8z #MedSky

OMG we’re on Pack 6 😅

Delighted to announce that we are collaborating with IPC Partners for an IPC Journal Club. 💧It's in the water? Addressing risks from healthcare water systems💧 With papers from @thejhi.bsky.social Register here: ow.ly/hMPx50U6UMS

An important week for our trans friends and family 🏳️‍⚧️

I made my first starter pack! Medical educators, assemble!

The #CFMicro starter pack is taking shape - please share and let me know if you would like to be added! #CF #CysticFibrosis #IDSky #MicroSky #IPSky go.bsky.app/VYizbMW

Our latest paper now published in Journal of #cysticfibrosis Impact of extended Kaftrio therapy on the gut #microbiome in #cf Great work from Ryan Marsh (not yet in this place) sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Today we launch the new/refreshed School for Change Agents. It's a 5 module virtual programme, free & open to all. >100,000 people have been through it over the last decade. If you work for the NHS or NHS partner, you can get a free upgrade for CPD cert. horizonsnhs.com/school/ #S4CA NHS Horizons .

#biomedical #BMS please give the #IBMS a follow

We all wondered - will the journals come? Well, big welcome to the Journal of Hospital Infection! @thejhi.bsky.social #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky

What a breath of fresh air! We're excited to join the BlueSky community! #IDsky #Medsky #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #Pharmsky

for our new #IDsky #Medsky friends, @sidpharm.bsky.social creates an ID & stewardship podcast called Breakpoints. here’s one of my favorite episodes featuring the amazingly smart and kind Robert Bonomo and Ryan Shields teaching us all things enzymatic resistance podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...

Diagnostic Performance of Serum & BAL Galactomannan Testing in Lung Transplant Recipients "Serum GM is not a valuable test in the diagnosis of IA in our LTx recipients, is costly, & does not remove the need for bronchoscopy & BAL GM." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #TxID #IDSky

Welcome MedTwitter / IDTwitter expats! How to make 🦋 work for you: 🧵 - No algorithm. For better/worse. You need to follow lots of accounts, re-skeet often - Starter packs to find your people - Block liberally! its the BlueSky way - Subscribe to block lists - Hashtags / feeds

I’ve created a list of #CFMicro users with a professional interest in infections in people with #CF #CysticFibrosis - please share and join, if would be great to grow a community here! #IDSky #MicroSky

Love this idea! So many meetings Not enough time for patients or the team If working across multiple organisations, how do you align that? We need a national quiet week

Hello IDSky! Looks like we got here just in time... We are a UK based professional organisation supporting all those who identify as infection professionals. Our membership reflects the MDT nature of Team ID. Some posts to follow about what we do....

Who is still using metronidazole q8h for most indications? There’s definitely an opportunity for less frequent dosing most of the time! I’ve attached my proposal from last year - feel free to take a look, and hopefully it can save you some trouble and doses for you too! 1drv.ms/w/s!AurvlEJP...

IDSky continues to grow rapidly We are now >300 users, which means we are on a third Starter Pack IDSky Starter Pack 1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq IDSky Starter Pack 2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT ID Starter Pack 3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o Check back on the most recent one often as it is updated frequently

Can colleagues amplify this appeal to journals and journal editors to open accounts on Bluesky, please? @MicrobioSoc @TrendsMicrobiol @CellCellPress @JBacteriology @jbiolchem @Nature @ScienceMagazine @PNASNews @MolMicroEditors @NAR_Open @NatureMicrobiol @NatureComms @ASMicrobiology 🙏 🦠🧪🧫🧬

Still figuring all this out…! Love #IDSky #MicroSky Unable to find much #CFMicro although plenty of #AMR #NTM… Anyone out there fancy joining a #CFMicro starter pack? Like this and I’ll add you 🦋 @phillipaburns.bsky.social @microlabdoc.bsky.social

Oh I feel as we’re on a new platform I should announce: I’m a podcast! Infectious Disease: Insight Of Two Specialists (ID:IOTS) is the UK’s Prémièrẽ infectious disease podcast! We’ve been going for about 3 years now, and are aimed at educating early years ID/Micro trainees in the UK, but 1/x

I made an #AMR starter pack - I know I'm missing people so feel free to nominate yourself! #IDSky #MicroSky go.bsky.app/KkZfvrh

⛔️Press release⛔️ Phase 2b Study of Oral Omadacycline M. abscessus Pulmonary Disease ➡️ 1st placebo RCT M.abscessus ➡️ Sx-based endpoints = 👍 ➡️ Microbiologic endpoints = higher conversion (-) culture, no R ➡️ 12w, omadacycline safe & well-tolerated #IDsky www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

A new 🧵 function!

Further data confirming macrolides as the cornerstone of MAC treatment. So much great work coming from this group and had the pleasure of seeing JJ present at a recent NTM symposium in Brisbane (get along to this too next November if you're in Oz). academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

Hello BlueSky 🦋 I’m a medical microbiologist and educator Great to join #IDSky #IPSky Also here for #MedEdSky #CFSky #PathSky