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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Sep 5

Just a guess but your Dads northern isn’t he……

Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Aug 25

Nothing.
Sadly.
It is already playing out in local government - with ineptitude evident. We just have to hope that MSM highlights how unfit they are to govern, but fb is a good barometer for mood - looking at my timelines the reform vote is pulling equally from L/T.

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Jul 26

She spoke truth to power 🥰

Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Jun 30

A quick wet prep will tell you, you don’t even need to Gram.

Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Jun 30

Tbh that shade of pink is perfect for Rhodotorula sp., nothing else is quite that pink and small. Milkshake pink

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Jun 30

www.adelaide.edu.au/mycology/fun...

Rhodotorula

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Jun 30

I’d vote yeast!

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Jun 29

This is the real reason for Brexit. We are, as a nation, a hot sweaty un-chic mess in the summer - and frankly for years we have been letting the whole continent down.

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Jun 20

Who will do these tests?
Massive numbers of specialised biomedical scientists being made redundant.

Risk.
That’s the risk to the healthcare of all.

WGS of newborns when we can’t even lift children out of poverty.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 20

All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years

Newborns will have whole genome sequencing to enable personalised healthcare that predicts and prevents illness Every baby in England is to have a DNA screening to avoid fatal diseases and receive personalised healthcare as part of the government’s £650m investment in DNA technology, it has been reported. Within a decade, every newborn will undergo whole genome sequencing, which assesses the risk of hundreds of diseases and is expected to form part of the government’s 10-year plan for the health service. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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TARGetAMR @target-amr.bsky.social · Jun 6

📝 Registration now open! 📝
👀 Realising the potential of genomics to address AMR through precision public health in Wales
🎤 Professor Thomas Connor
📅 Wed 18th June @ 12
👉 Sign up: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ta...

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Patrick Lillie @pjlillie.bsky.social · May 19

How do you balance public health risk with individual rights? Here’s how we tried to do it in a complex XDR-TB case, great collaborative effort!

academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/a...

A decision-making model for public health authorities in circumstances of potentially high public risk

academic.oup.com

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · May 16

Circular one, not the rectangle.

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · May 12

jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Associate Professor in Epidemiology – UK-PHRST

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

jobs.lshtm.ac.uk

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · May 10

thebiomedicalscientist.net/2025/05/02/m...

#biomedical
#lab #manager

Have you ever thought about island life? St Helena needs a lab manager 🥼🏝️

Would suit someone with biomedical or food safety lab background - sense of adventure is a MUST!

Please share and spread the word.

My lab: one of the most remote labs on earth

A guided tour of St Helena’s clinical and public health laboratories

thebiomedicalscientist.net

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Julie Johnston @queermsfrizzle.bsky.social · May 11

Please support my students kickstarter to finish an educational wastewater video game we started building!

I taught an interdisciplinary capstone class video game where programmers, artists, sound designers, and education students could work together!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/que...

What the Floc: Educational Wastewater Video Game

Educational video game where players operate a wastewater treatment plant to protect the city and environment from pollution!

www.kickstarter.com

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · May 10

thebiomedicalscientist.net/2025/05/02/m...

#biomedical
#lab #manager

Have you ever thought about island life? St Helena needs a lab manager 🥼🏝️

Would suit someone with biomedical or food safety lab background - sense of adventure is a MUST!

Please share and spread the word.

My lab: one of the most remote labs on earth

A guided tour of St Helena’s clinical and public health laboratories

thebiomedicalscientist.net

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The Lancet Microbe @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social · May 8

Only through the enthusiastic engagement of the microbiology and infectious diseases communities have we managed to become greater than the sum of our parts. We look forward to the years ahead! 😊

Thank you to all our authors, reviewers, partners, and readers for contributing to the first 5 years of The Lancet Microbe.

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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · May 9

Have you had a baby hospitalized for RSV? I want to hear about it! Message me here or through accounts in my bio. Please boost!

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · May 9

emdrassociation.org.uk

Trauma counselling really helps - talking about the pressure points in a safe space might be needed post enquiry.

Thank you for speaking, and helping the world see that the people behind the lab testing also suffered x

Home - EMDR UK Association

EMDR UK Association: Realising the potential of people through EMDR therap

emdrassociation.org.uk

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IBMS @ibmscience.bsky.social · May 2

📄 'Lost in the Bloodstream' brings together insights from NHS professionals to identify key challenges and opportunities in blood culture testing.

The new report outlines practical recommendations to reduce contamination, improve accuracy and support patient care.

🔗 www.ibms.org/resources/ne...

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Matt Parker @bioinfomatt.bsky.social · May 3

The @nanoporetech.com #EPI2ME team is hiring!

If you want to build workflows to analyse @nanoporetech.com sequencing data for end to end applications then this job is for you!

ejnh.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Bioinformatics Software Developer

We are looking for talented Bioinformatics Software Engineer to work within the Customer Analysis Workflows group who will be responsible for developing coherent bioinformatic software tools for end u...

ejnh.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · May 5

Not for me 😘🥰
He is one of my faves

a man is smiling with red petals falling on his head

ALT: a man is smiling with red petals falling on his head

media.tenor.com

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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · Apr 30

Come on down, anyone eligible for a post-doc do consider applying for this exciting project with @jennyrohn.bsky.social, @scottishwormboy.bsky.social & me!

Got a touch of #UTISky #IDSky #ImmunoSky & 🧪 about it! 😉

Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · Apr 30

*JOB ADVERT LIVE!* Come be my next MRC-funded postdoc in London, studying uropathogenic E. coli virulence/host response in our lovely human urothelial microtissue model! Great collaboration with @gpollara.bsky.social & @scottishwormboy.bsky.social #UTISky #UTI Join us! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Steven Tong @steventong.bsky.social · Apr 29

Please apply if your interested in running a new adaptive platform trial for invasive Streptococcal infections. Will work closely with the #SNAP_trial team.

@thedohertyinst.bsky.social

Applications close May 20 2025.

jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/92003...

Details : Project Manager : The University of Melbourne

Careers at The University of Melbourne

jobs.unimelb.edu.au

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Phillipa Burns @phillipaburns.bsky.social · Apr 30

Really keen to see your genomic data - have you got partners set up to help blast through all the sequencing?

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