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Penicillin was discovered in September 1928 but it wasn't until the 1940s that it became the wonder drug we know today. Discover the story of its development at the Dunn_School (now @DunnSchool.bsky.social) and of unsung hero Norman Heatley, whose genius for invention helped to shape modern medicine. ⬇️🔬

An expert virologist prepares lab grade virus preps (measles and VSV) & self treats her recurrent breast cancer. What happened next? Apart from an ethical minefield! The reviewers comments & rebuttals are also published and make for an interesting read... mdpi.com/2076-393X/12/9…

Babies in #Nigeria are being born with antibiotic resistant bacteria The World Health Organization (WHO) describes #AMR as one of the top global public health and development threats. Kirsty Sands, Edward Portal, @SpillerLab and Timothy R Walsh for The Conversation ✍️ theconversation.com/babies-in-nige…

The lights are on and this new little beauty (sharpie for scale) is ready to go! Fantastic to be one of the first to get our hands on the Oxford Nanopore MinIOM Mk1D, and excited to be part of its closed early access phase.

Sometimes a cup of tea, some skittles, a dog and a good book are all you need at the end of a really really long week. Thank you: Richard Osman SKITTLES Yorkshire Tea

Excited to receive the Mk1D, the latest in the MinION line from Oxford Nanopore - here it is with its ancestors!

🚨 New job opportunity! We're looking for a Laboratory Technician (maternity cover) to join the IOI. ⏳Deadline: Monday 7 October at midday. Find out more ⬇️ ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/careers

The silent killer that could wipe out 40,000,000 people in just 25 years trib.al/2Kf7XQi

Humbled to receive this today. Thanks Prof. Ian Turner 🎲🐉 David Smith Steve Rutherford and @sjones120 for your advocacy and mentorship. Colleagues past and present, couldn’t have achieved this without you all! Also Cardiff Learning and Teaching Academy for supporting and funding the application.

Ran my first half marathon today :) Winchester half

A new article, produced as part of Wounds that Won't Heal, BSAC's collaboration with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, explores drug-resistant typhoid in Pakistan, where drugs are failing and deaths are rising. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Application submitted. Dog walked. Gin and tonic ready. It's been a good Friday.

See our research development officer Dr Peter Henley on ITV Wales News at Six, discussing the reducing age of bowel cancer screenings in Wales. 🔗 buff.ly/4dFV5gx

Can flies be carries of antibiotic resistant genes? 🔬 IOI's DPhil student Shonnette Premchand-Branker is on a mission to investigate. Find out how in this article: ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/index.php/news… Oxford Biology

STRAVINSKY study offers people living with HIV an opportunity to take part. It involves a postal dried-blood spot test for COVID antibodies, online survey & a results text. It will help us learn about responses to COVID. Link for more info👇immunology.org/partnerships/s… #HIV

We left a bike with GPS trackers somewhere we assumed it would be safe... Right outside Scotland Yard. It was quickly stolen. Police didn't check CCTV, couldn't go to a "moving" GPS signal or one at an address Government has given up and police can't focus on rampant theft.

Last phage count of the year! Mery Xmas everyone!

President Carter's greatest legacy could well have come after his presidency. When he left office, he decided to eradicate a disease. In the 1980s, millions of people a year were infected with guinea worm - a horrible parasite. 1/x

Women battling recurrent UTIs told us they’ve tried everything to treat themselves, from surgery to self-administering meds via catheters For Tamara, it became so unbearable she started taking antibiotics every time she had sex – a common trigger thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-0…

🎊 We are pleased to announce Professor Timothy Walsh has joined ICARS as an Independent Chief Scientific Consultant. 🧫 Tim brings over three decades of groundbreaking research experience in AMR. His pioneering work has been instrumental in understanding the global spread of