
Bash The Bug
@bashthebug
Help us tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A team from @UniOfOxford @ModMedMicro lab are fighting AMR through public outreach.
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"increasing rates of drug-resistant infections expected to claim more than 39 million lived between now and 2050" - a sobering statistic from the GRAM project: ox.ac.uk/news/2024-09-1… #WAAW #AntimicrobialResistance Medical Sciences

A very insightful article in The Economist Economist recently by Lord Darzi on why antibiotic resistance could be deadlier than cancer and what we can do to fix it (proper diagnostics!): economist.com/by-invitation/… #WAAW



Happy #UKFungusDay! Not all just pretty mushrooms- fungi can also make useful antibiotics or cause disease. Why not test your fungal trivia: ukfungusday.co.uk/_files/ugd/ca3… Or enter the photo competition! UK Fungus Day British Mycological Society #fungi #mycology


I’m very pleased to be giving a talk at the IGEM Grand Jamboree 2024 (the world expo of synthetic biology) in Paris and doing a panel with Radu Ticiu, Alex May and Carlos Silveira jamboree.igem.org/2024/home Radu Ticiu 🧬 Alex May iGEM Headquarters


Look at what the ModMedMicro scientists cultured from socks from a bouncy castle! #BiologyWeek #LoveBiology #microbiology Can you guess what the big blue colony in the middle is? (Hint: grown on chromogenic agar)


Last Monday I ran a DIY microbiology workshop embedding textiles to capture traces of the bacteria with students visiting from Princeton University University. Today I was able to look at the results and peel off the textiles for pasteurisation tomorrow. These are some of my favourites


What are antimicrobials and how does antimicrobial resistance occur? Watch this short clip by World Health Organization (WHO) to understand who.canto.global/b/THDE7



📢Calling artists of all ages! Check out this 🦠🤛💊 art competition: bit.ly/4fC5JH4. Submit your masterpiece showing the battle between Microbes Vs Medicine to [email protected] with your name and age. 🏆Special prizes up for grabs! ModMedMicro #WAAW2024



An amazing day at the Mabel Pritchard school learning about germs and the power of hand washing! ModMedMicro scientists used Glo powder and UV torches to demo how proper hand washing gets rid of germs, and helps keep us healthy! #HandHygiene #ScienceOutreach Glo Germ NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre


Join us this half term Westgate Oxford to find out how scientists NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre are working to improve your health! 📅 29 May 2025 ⌚ 10:00am – 3:30pm 📍 Westgate Oxford, Leiden Square (OX1 1PE) 🔗 oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/brc-event/heal… ModMedMicro #FunScience


Come and find us at the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre showcase in the Westgate! ModMedMicro
