Philip Bejon
@philipbejon.bsky.social
Director @modmedmicro.bsky.social; Previous Director @kemri_wellcome; Researcher on vaccines, malaria, viruses; Clinical Microbiologist, Infectious Disease, General Medicine
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Our team wore blue for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025💙
Research into how resistance emerges, spreads and can be prevented is vital. Our group works to understand these processes and develop better tools to detect, monitor and combat antimicrobial resistance.
#WAAW @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Research into how resistance emerges, spreads and can be prevented is vital. Our group works to understand these processes and develop better tools to detect, monitor and combat antimicrobial resistance.
#WAAW @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Our team wore blue for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025💙
Research into how resistance emerges, spreads and can be prevented is vital. Our group works to understand these processes and develop better tools to detect, monitor and combat antimicrobial resistance.
#WAAW @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Research into how resistance emerges, spreads and can be prevented is vital. Our group works to understand these processes and develop better tools to detect, monitor and combat antimicrobial resistance.
#WAAW @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
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Are you interested in infections, the micro-organisms that cause them and antimicrobial resistance? So are @bashthebug.net and they're looking for new members to join their patient & public group. More info: bashthebug.net/lay-represen... Deadline 27 Nov @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
Bash The Bug (@BashTheBug) / X
Bash The Bug (@BashTheBug) / X
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November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Are you interested in infections, the micro-organisms that cause them and antimicrobial resistance? So are @bashthebug.net and they're looking for new members to join their patient & public group. More info: bashthebug.net/lay-represen... Deadline 27 Nov @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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Our recent paper on rifampicin resistant subpopulations in M. tuberculosis (M. tb) has been published at JAC-antimicrobial resistance.
I am really happy to see this work published just hours before submitting my DPhil thesis! 🔗👇
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
I am really happy to see this work published just hours before submitting my DPhil thesis! 🔗👇
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
Subpopulations in clinical samples of M. tuberculosis can give rise to rifampicin resistance and shed light on how resistance is acquired
AbstractObjectives. WGS has become a key tool for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections, but discrepancies between genotypic and phenotypic drug
doi.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Our recent paper on rifampicin resistant subpopulations in M. tuberculosis (M. tb) has been published at JAC-antimicrobial resistance.
I am really happy to see this work published just hours before submitting my DPhil thesis! 🔗👇
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
I am really happy to see this work published just hours before submitting my DPhil thesis! 🔗👇
doi.org/10.1093/jaca...
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The @kemriwellcome.bsky.social Vaccine Workforce Development Programme, funded by the Gates Foundation, has partnered with BioGeneric Pharma in Cairo, Egypt, with support from the Egyptian Drug Authority to deliver a 12-week programme for apprentices selected from across Africa.
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The @kemriwellcome.bsky.social Vaccine Workforce Development Programme, funded by the Gates Foundation, has partnered with BioGeneric Pharma in Cairo, Egypt, with support from the Egyptian Drug Authority to deliver a 12-week programme for apprentices selected from across Africa.
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Now published in @natcomms.nature.com 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With Gillian Rodger, @nstoesser.bsky.social, @samlipworth.bsky.social, @stat-sarah.bsky.social, and many others!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With Gillian Rodger, @nstoesser.bsky.social, @samlipworth.bsky.social, @stat-sarah.bsky.social, and many others!
September 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Now published in @natcomms.nature.com 🎉
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With Gillian Rodger, @nstoesser.bsky.social, @samlipworth.bsky.social, @stat-sarah.bsky.social, and many others!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With Gillian Rodger, @nstoesser.bsky.social, @samlipworth.bsky.social, @stat-sarah.bsky.social, and many others!
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🧪 ♻️ Want to make lab and computational research more sustainable? Check out our Oxford Climate Society blog post:
oxfordclimatesociety.com/blog/from-pi...
Shout out to Green Team colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social for helping! #LEAFAward #GreenDiSC #GreenImpact #SustainableScience
oxfordclimatesociety.com/blog/from-pi...
Shout out to Green Team colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social for helping! #LEAFAward #GreenDiSC #GreenImpact #SustainableScience
September 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🧪 ♻️ Want to make lab and computational research more sustainable? Check out our Oxford Climate Society blog post:
oxfordclimatesociety.com/blog/from-pi...
Shout out to Green Team colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social for helping! #LEAFAward #GreenDiSC #GreenImpact #SustainableScience
oxfordclimatesociety.com/blog/from-pi...
Shout out to Green Team colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social for helping! #LEAFAward #GreenDiSC #GreenImpact #SustainableScience
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From Pipettes to Pipelines: Greening a Multidisciplinary Research Lab.
@dotnagy.bsky.social writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the #sustainability agenda.
#GreenLab #SustainableScience
@dotnagy.bsky.social writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the #sustainability agenda.
#GreenLab #SustainableScience
From Pipettes to Pipelines — Oxford Climate Society
Dorottya Nagy writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) Unit research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the sustainability agenda.
oxfordclimatesociety.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
From Pipettes to Pipelines: Greening a Multidisciplinary Research Lab.
@dotnagy.bsky.social writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the #sustainability agenda.
#GreenLab #SustainableScience
@dotnagy.bsky.social writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the #sustainability agenda.
#GreenLab #SustainableScience
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From Pipettes to Pipelines: Greening a Multidisciplinary Research Lab.
@dotnagy.bsky.social writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the #sustainability agenda.
#GreenLab #SustainableScience
@dotnagy.bsky.social writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the #sustainability agenda.
#GreenLab #SustainableScience
From Pipettes to Pipelines — Oxford Climate Society
Dorottya Nagy writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) Unit research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the sustainability agenda.
oxfordclimatesociety.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
From Pipettes to Pipelines: Greening a Multidisciplinary Research Lab.
@dotnagy.bsky.social writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the #sustainability agenda.
#GreenLab #SustainableScience
@dotnagy.bsky.social writes about the experiences from the Modernising Medical Microbiology (MMM) research group on engaging wet lab, computer lab, and office teams on the #sustainability agenda.
#GreenLab #SustainableScience
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Pleased to see this pre-printed, highlighting the completeness/accuracy of @nanoporetech.com long-read genome assembly for clinical Enterobacterales: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks to colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @genewiz.bsky.social and @oxfordbrc.bsky.social!
Thanks to colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @genewiz.bsky.social and @oxfordbrc.bsky.social!
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Pleased to see this pre-printed, highlighting the completeness/accuracy of @nanoporetech.com long-read genome assembly for clinical Enterobacterales: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks to colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @genewiz.bsky.social and @oxfordbrc.bsky.social!
Thanks to colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @genewiz.bsky.social and @oxfordbrc.bsky.social!
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🩸 Every year, 400,000 children are born with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) — most in Africa.
🇰🇪 In Kenya, 1 in 100 babies (~4,000 annually) is born with SCD.
💡Research is improving survival, with more reaching adulthood. #SickleCellAwarenessMonth
📚 Read more here : shorturl.at/86mTt
🇰🇪 In Kenya, 1 in 100 babies (~4,000 annually) is born with SCD.
💡Research is improving survival, with more reaching adulthood. #SickleCellAwarenessMonth
📚 Read more here : shorturl.at/86mTt
September 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🩸 Every year, 400,000 children are born with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) — most in Africa.
🇰🇪 In Kenya, 1 in 100 babies (~4,000 annually) is born with SCD.
💡Research is improving survival, with more reaching adulthood. #SickleCellAwarenessMonth
📚 Read more here : shorturl.at/86mTt
🇰🇪 In Kenya, 1 in 100 babies (~4,000 annually) is born with SCD.
💡Research is improving survival, with more reaching adulthood. #SickleCellAwarenessMonth
📚 Read more here : shorturl.at/86mTt
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Shout out to @lou-downs.bsky.social & Dorcas Okanda for a prize at #COLDA. Their #HBV work in #Kenya expands insights in a neglected space, using #virus #genomics to influence healthcare.
#MedSky #NoHep
@crick.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
@kemriwellcome.bsky.social
🧪🇰🇪🌍
#MedSky #NoHep
@crick.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
@kemriwellcome.bsky.social
🧪🇰🇪🌍
September 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Shout out to @lou-downs.bsky.social & Dorcas Okanda for a prize at #COLDA. Their #HBV work in #Kenya expands insights in a neglected space, using #virus #genomics to influence healthcare.
#MedSky #NoHep
@crick.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
@kemriwellcome.bsky.social
🧪🇰🇪🌍
#MedSky #NoHep
@crick.ac.uk @ndm.ox.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
@kemriwellcome.bsky.social
🧪🇰🇪🌍
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Job opportunity for microbial genomicists interested in E. coli and Klebsiella infections and AMR 👀⬇️ - do get in touch if you might be interested! Closing date 7th Oct.
Come and work with Nicole Stoesser and I in Oxford with the fantastic team @modmedmicro.bsky.social - great opportunity for a postdoc in microbial genomics to do some creative research with great datasets as part of our HPRU.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
my.corehr.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Job opportunity for microbial genomicists interested in E. coli and Klebsiella infections and AMR 👀⬇️ - do get in touch if you might be interested! Closing date 7th Oct.
Sounds great that a journal wants to train peer reviewers. But it looks like this is an option for those of us who already do the reviewing for free to add the task of inviting trainees that we select, and supervise their peer review, again for free.
Increasing the breadth of researchers trained as peer reviewers is crucial to upholding quality in academic publishing. Last year, the Science journals began a pilot in which invited peer reviewers could add trainees as co-reviewers, with more than 2200 scientists participating. #PeerReviewWeek
September 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sounds great that a journal wants to train peer reviewers. But it looks like this is an option for those of us who already do the reviewing for free to add the task of inviting trainees that we select, and supervise their peer review, again for free.
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We are excited for the Oxford Tropical Network Meeting #OTN2025! A space for collaboration, innovation, and advancing global health.
📌 Theme : Networking for science discovery and impact
🗓️ Dates : Sept 16th – 18th, 2025
@ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk
📌 Theme : Networking for science discovery and impact
🗓️ Dates : Sept 16th – 18th, 2025
@ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We are excited for the Oxford Tropical Network Meeting #OTN2025! A space for collaboration, innovation, and advancing global health.
📌 Theme : Networking for science discovery and impact
🗓️ Dates : Sept 16th – 18th, 2025
@ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk
📌 Theme : Networking for science discovery and impact
🗓️ Dates : Sept 16th – 18th, 2025
@ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk @tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk
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Join us as Head of Data Engineering & Informatics and help shape the future of infectious disease research.
Apply today 🔗 www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs
Deadline Sep 17 at noon
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Apply today 🔗 www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs
Deadline Sep 17 at noon
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Join us as Head of Data Engineering & Informatics and help shape the future of infectious disease research.
Apply today 🔗 www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs
Deadline Sep 17 at noon
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
Apply today 🔗 www.iddo.org/about-us/jobs
Deadline Sep 17 at noon
@tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
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📢 New research from Oxford AMR/HCAI HPRU:
We applied an EHR-wide association study to uncover risk factors for E. coli bloodstream infections over 6 years
🧠 Frailty-related factors (renal/UTI, cancer, GI) drive risk
🛠️ Highlights need for multifaceted prevention strategies
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
We applied an EHR-wide association study to uncover risk factors for E. coli bloodstream infections over 6 years
🧠 Frailty-related factors (renal/UTI, cancer, GI) drive risk
🛠️ Highlights need for multifaceted prevention strategies
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
Redirecting
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📢 New research from Oxford AMR/HCAI HPRU:
We applied an EHR-wide association study to uncover risk factors for E. coli bloodstream infections over 6 years
🧠 Frailty-related factors (renal/UTI, cancer, GI) drive risk
🛠️ Highlights need for multifaceted prevention strategies
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
We applied an EHR-wide association study to uncover risk factors for E. coli bloodstream infections over 6 years
🧠 Frailty-related factors (renal/UTI, cancer, GI) drive risk
🛠️ Highlights need for multifaceted prevention strategies
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
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New analysis from Kevin Chau @modmedmicro.bsky.social for the SinkBug Consortium (a collaboration with teams across 29 UK hospitals, NITCAR, UKHSA): Pathogen and AMR gene burden in 287 hospital sink-trap metagenomes and factors associated with high burdens.
The hospital Sink-ome: Pathogen and antimicrobial resistance gene burden in sink-traps across 29 UK hospitals and associations with sink characteristics https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.25.25332191v1
July 26, 2025 at 9:47 AM
New analysis from Kevin Chau @modmedmicro.bsky.social for the SinkBug Consortium (a collaboration with teams across 29 UK hospitals, NITCAR, UKHSA): Pathogen and AMR gene burden in 287 hospital sink-trap metagenomes and factors associated with high burdens.
I don't find a lot in the Spectator that I like to read, but found this thought provoking and moving: www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-wo...
I work in the NHS: the government cannot accept doctors’ pay demands
Junior doctor careers have been turned from a competition into a lottery with too few tickets
www.spectator.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I don't find a lot in the Spectator that I like to read, but found this thought provoking and moving: www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-wo...
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A new study by KEMRI Wellcome, @isglobal.org and the Manhiça Health Research Centre has highlighted that alongside bed nets, ivermectin reduced #malaria infection by 26% in children. Their findings show that it's a valuable tool for tackling the spread of malaria 🦟💊
Read more 👉 buff.ly/0OU6UhJ
Read more 👉 buff.ly/0OU6UhJ
July 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
A new study by KEMRI Wellcome, @isglobal.org and the Manhiça Health Research Centre has highlighted that alongside bed nets, ivermectin reduced #malaria infection by 26% in children. Their findings show that it's a valuable tool for tackling the spread of malaria 🦟💊
Read more 👉 buff.ly/0OU6UhJ
Read more 👉 buff.ly/0OU6UhJ
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Job advert to come and work with me on tuberculosis closes tomorrow (Friday) at noon!
Part of #OxCOD4TB
bit.ly/4ndKOhF
@ndm.ox.ac.uk @modmedmicro.bsky.social
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Part of #OxCOD4TB
bit.ly/4ndKOhF
@ndm.ox.ac.uk @modmedmicro.bsky.social
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Job Details
bit.ly
July 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Job advert to come and work with me on tuberculosis closes tomorrow (Friday) at noon!
Part of #OxCOD4TB
bit.ly/4ndKOhF
@ndm.ox.ac.uk @modmedmicro.bsky.social
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Part of #OxCOD4TB
bit.ly/4ndKOhF
@ndm.ox.ac.uk @modmedmicro.bsky.social
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
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Come and work with us!
Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI
Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF
both Grade 8 or 7, closing noon Tue 8 Jul
Computational Mycobacteriologist
Grade 7, closing noon Fri 4 Jul bit.ly/4ndKOhF
@medsci.ox.ac.uk
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI
Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF
both Grade 8 or 7, closing noon Tue 8 Jul
Computational Mycobacteriologist
Grade 7, closing noon Fri 4 Jul bit.ly/4ndKOhF
@medsci.ox.ac.uk
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Job Details
bit.ly
July 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Come and work with us!
Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI
Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF
both Grade 8 or 7, closing noon Tue 8 Jul
Computational Mycobacteriologist
Grade 7, closing noon Fri 4 Jul bit.ly/4ndKOhF
@medsci.ox.ac.uk
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI
Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF
both Grade 8 or 7, closing noon Tue 8 Jul
Computational Mycobacteriologist
Grade 7, closing noon Fri 4 Jul bit.ly/4ndKOhF
@medsci.ox.ac.uk
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
@ndm.ox.ac.uk
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Nice data. To me the coolest, tho also most alarming, is slope of antibiotic resistance declining over time - gradient is shallow!
So that means if UTIs recur frequently, you can see how you burn through antibiotic options quickly!
#UTISky #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR
academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...
So that means if UTIs recur frequently, you can see how you burn through antibiotic options quickly!
#UTISky #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR
academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...
June 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Nice data. To me the coolest, tho also most alarming, is slope of antibiotic resistance declining over time - gradient is shallow!
So that means if UTIs recur frequently, you can see how you burn through antibiotic options quickly!
#UTISky #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR
academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...
So that means if UTIs recur frequently, you can see how you burn through antibiotic options quickly!
#UTISky #IDSky #ClinMicro #AMR
academic.oup.com/jac/advance-...
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Come and work with me and use the 53,897 samples of M. tuberculosis we have collated to help tackle this important disease!
We are part of the OxCoD4TB consortium that is developing new therapeutics for tuberculosis.
Grade 7, funding until 28 Feb 2028, deadline noon Fri 4 July
bit.ly/4ndKOhF
We are part of the OxCoD4TB consortium that is developing new therapeutics for tuberculosis.
Grade 7, funding until 28 Feb 2028, deadline noon Fri 4 July
bit.ly/4ndKOhF
Job Details
bit.ly
June 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Come and work with me and use the 53,897 samples of M. tuberculosis we have collated to help tackle this important disease!
We are part of the OxCoD4TB consortium that is developing new therapeutics for tuberculosis.
Grade 7, funding until 28 Feb 2028, deadline noon Fri 4 July
bit.ly/4ndKOhF
We are part of the OxCoD4TB consortium that is developing new therapeutics for tuberculosis.
Grade 7, funding until 28 Feb 2028, deadline noon Fri 4 July
bit.ly/4ndKOhF
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Come & work with me @benvyle.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social & @thelovetankcic.bsky.social Research Assistant with funded PhD within multidisciplinary project on Syphilis & STI control in the UK. Working with us to understand stakeholder & community perspectives on novel STI control strategies
Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Assistant
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
June 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Come & work with me @benvyle.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social & @thelovetankcic.bsky.social Research Assistant with funded PhD within multidisciplinary project on Syphilis & STI control in the UK. Working with us to understand stakeholder & community perspectives on novel STI control strategies
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The relaunch of crypticproject.info at #ESMyco by @philipwfowler.bsky.social
53,897 clinical tuberculosis samples with genetics and drug susceptibility testing data!
53,897 clinical tuberculosis samples with genetics and drug susceptibility testing data!
June 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The relaunch of crypticproject.info at #ESMyco by @philipwfowler.bsky.social
53,897 clinical tuberculosis samples with genetics and drug susceptibility testing data!
53,897 clinical tuberculosis samples with genetics and drug susceptibility testing data!