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I prefer it when Tory governments die like a damp squib. This seems more like a scene out of Downfall.

Out to see Hamlet at the Old Vic tonight. I’m so mid-term tired that I’ll probably be needing the gunshots, stabbings, vomiting and choking the producers have just emailed to warn me about in order to stay awake….

Hamlet at the Old Vic last night was excellent in parts. 420 years and still relevant. Long time since I’ve seen it but gone are the middle distance soliloquies. Fourth wall smashed by a beautifully understated Billy Howle and Polonius played for laughs by Jason Barnett. 4 stars.

Thirty five years ago not foreseeing today’s faint sense of relief that a right wing Tory Wykehamist Brexiter billionaire is about to be PM.

Important project helping to reduce AMR using cold plasma, with bacterial functional genomics work in my group. You’ll get a PhD from University of Bristol and from UWE Bristol. All fully funded and you only have to write one thesis. Apply here. bristol.ac.uk/study/postgrad…

You might also want to apply for this fully funded MRC PhD with Dowsey, Feil, Bayliss and me to be part of our programme of genomic/proteomic AMR prediction research. But you’ll have to be quick as the deadline is 2nd November. gw4biomed.ac.uk/doctoral-stude… gw4biomed.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Lead Bioinformatician role @ukhsa with a focus on AMR and HCAI- come join us! Colin S Brown Katie Hopkins Russell Hope @aliciad3 AliceLedda, PhD 💙 beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

You have until 5pm to apply for this fully funded MRC PhD aiming to suck more AMR data out of routine diagnostic MALDI spectra. Genomics, molecular bacteriology, data science, clinical diagnostics.

Advert for our fully funded BBSRC PhD project aiming to understand how cold plasma affects AMR bacteria. Happy to answer questions about the project/lab/supervision etc but you can follow the links in the advert for more general queries and to apply. findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

Back at the Bristol Old Vic for the last theatre trip of the year. Stand up from Jessica Fostekew and should still be OK for a 9am lecture on cloning tomorrow.

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Good to be back in Belfast to do a PhD viva and seminar. Congratulations to Katie Lawther. Great hospitality from Professor Sharon Huws and Linda Oyama

They’re off galavanting again. Reporting work on AMR in Argentinian Farms, Bristolian Bloodstream Infections, and the oldest provincial zoo in the world.

For World antibiotic awareness week I’d planned an UG practical about how gene expression is key to resistance phenotype. But I’ll be on strike because universities - where clever people work - can’t fathom how to pay their staff properly and provide decent pensions….

If Twitter goes down (unlikely): I’ve had a few laughs, admired a few people and showed off a bit, but mostly it’s been awful and I’ll use my spare time to regrout the shower.

Just force every small animal vet to marry a bacteriologist who studies AMR. Worked a treat in my household….

Solidarity to my UCU colleagues whether you are able to strike or not. And to those striking in other sectors. I’m striking against the devaluation of a profession, which can only damage the UK’s research infrastructure and ability to educate.

We are creating a number of new lectureships in our Faculty. One in infectious diseases, which includes AMR, pathogenesis, vaccinology, whatever takes your fancy…. Come and join us. bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…

For “Ordinary People” read “retired middle classes”. Tutting to the tune of Peters and Lee’s “Welcome Home”.