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Alan McNally
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Head of the School of Infection, Inflammation & Immunology @ Uni Birmingham. Proud Scot. Oversaw a few Covid PCR tests

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Alan McNally is a professor of microbial genomics at the University of Birmingham, UK. He works on the evolutionary genomics and antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens.

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Marjon de Vos @lizscurious.bsky.social ยท 3h
SimUrine: a novel, fully defined artificial urinary medium for enhanced microbiological research of urinary bacteria

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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Xiaowei Jiang @johnjxw.bsky.social ยท 4h
Healthcare setting driven evolution:

doi.org/10.64898/202...
Healthcare Infrastructure Shapes Evolutionary Trade-offs and Geographic Dissemination of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens pose an existential threat to modern medicine, yet the evolutionary forces driving their adaptation in healthcare systems remain largely unexplored. We revealed that ...
doi.org

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gmeric.bsky.social
Guillaume Mรฉric @gmeric.bsky.social ยท 21h
Interesting review on microbiome & cancer risk + treatment response. Addressing multiple topics in there, with also an interesting part on microbiome disruption being linked to โ†“ drug efficacy across multiple cancer therapies (chemo/immuno) + tumour types
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social ยท 2d
โ€œUruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewablesโ€”at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhereโ€”if governments have the courage to change the rules.โ€
Uruguayโ€™s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewablesโ€”at half the cost of fossil fuels. Hereโ€™s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social ยท 2d
The vast majority of daytime TV is dreck. Reinstate the test card between 9am and 3.30pm when kids get back from school. Bored in the day? Try reading a fucking book.

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nvansorge.bsky.social @nvansorge.bsky.social ยท 2d
๐Ÿ“ฃ What is the impact of expanded antibiotic prophylaxis during an iGAS surge? Read it in our new publication: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
By expanding antibiotic prophylaxis to household contacts of all iGAS patients, secondary household infections were reduced by 83%.
Secondary Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection After Prophylaxis Policy Change
This cohort study estimates the risk of invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) before and after the implementation of a policy in the Netherlands that expanded antibiotic prophylaxis to household conta...
jamanetwork.com

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James McInerney @jomcinerney.bsky.social ยท 3d
Anybody involved in leadership at any level in universities should read this article. Twice. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How Manchester Utd became a textbook example of a toxic workplace
The ongoing turmoil at Old Trafford shows how a toxic work environment can quietly destroy performance from the inside out
www.rte.ie

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NewsThump @newsthump.com ยท 3d
NEWS! Greggs to introduce micro-sausage roll for customers on weight-loss jabs newsthump.com/2026/01/09/g...
Greggs to introduce micro-sausage roll for customers on weight-loss jabs
Greggs has announced plans to roll out a new โ€œmicro-sausage rollโ€ aimed specifically at customers on weight-loss injections who would still like to remember what joy felt like, without committing tโ€ฆ
newsthump.com

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 3d
Aye. WFH today

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 3d
Experienced once in Surrey when I was in the vet labs. Itโ€™s very dramatic.

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social ยท 3d
Financial and political pressures are forcing universities to siphon themselves off into various groupings. Can such bodies help secure a fair deal for the sector? #highered #EduSky https://ow.ly/4yVV50XTwI1

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 3d
Bit of a snow drift happening against the house

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Jack Ferguson @jackf7.bsky.social ยท 3d
Laying thick and fast on the east side of Brum now too. Street already well covered.

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 3d
Can confirm storm Gorettj was not hype. One inch of snow in about an hour here in Shropshire. And hours of snow still to come.

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org ยท 3d
sharing a useful collaboration between me and Claude to pick the best heatmap colorscheme
color scheme comparison for heatmaps

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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social ยท 3d
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz351bs
Please can someone help me? I can't seem to think of another purpose for multi-purpose compost, other than for growing plants in. Leo Stitch e-mail

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Jeffrey Barrett @jeffbarrett.eu ยท 4d
Kindergarten drop off traffic in Finland.

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Balderdash @balderdash.bsky.social ยท 4d
Chelsea with their 8th red card of the season and three players booked for protesting. Such a bunch of petulant, over privileged twats. And now the fans unhappy that theyโ€™re losing again are chanting for the return of Roman Abramovich!
Benny Hill in a beige suit a la Richie Benaud.

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 4d
He is isnโ€™t he

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 4d
And he will take a GT stage to say goodbye

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 4d
One more season and done

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ASM @asm.org ยท 4d
How does E. coli age? According to this #mBio study, the the decisive factor driving growth decline in E. coli is not the presence of protein aggregates, but the fraction of the intracellular space they occupy. Learn more: asm.social/2KZ
Fluorescence increases over time in mother cells due to aggregates.

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 4d
Go out at the top is a great strategy

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vscooper.micropopbio.org
Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org ยท 4d
Great call by an absolute warrior. Mic drop.
www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
Grand Tour champion Simon Yates announces shock early retirement at 33
End of career for Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espaรฑa winner comes days before start of 2026 season
www.cyclingnews.com

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halllab.bsky.social
Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social ยท 4d
Happy New Year โ€“ new role! ๐ŸŽ‰

Weโ€™re looking for a PostDoc to join us in @halllab.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social.

Full-time, fixed-term to March 2028. Note tight closing date: 11 Jan 2026. CV + cover letter (submit via portal).

Further details ๐Ÿ‘‡

edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes - 106849 - Grade 7
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities as part of an Investigator project funded by Wellcome, focusing on understanding microbial and diet...
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com

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The Onion @theonion.com ยท 5d
Apple Photos Reminds Man He Was Nude In Capitol Building 5 Years Ago
Apple Photos Reminds Man He Was Nude In Capitol Building 5 Years Ago

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 5d
I will try that again

Might give Channel 4 a miss for a few weeks

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social ยท 5d
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European Society of Intensive Care Medicine @esicm.bsky.social ยท 5d
๐Ÿค With ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ in several clinical areas such as prevention, diagnosis and management & more, ESICM and the ESCMID ( @escmid.bsky.social ) are ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ and look forward to working together for a healthier tomorrow.

#ESICM #IntensiveCare #Partnership #ESICMESCMID