Syma Khalid
@sykhalid.bsky.social
Prof of Computational Microbiology. Oxford Biochemistry & St Anne’s College. Bacterial Cell Envelopes. LFC fan 🌈
May have yelled a few expletives at the television tonight. Was justified I think. Cannot fathom what is happening with LFC. Really bizarre.
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
May have yelled a few expletives at the television tonight. Was justified I think. Cannot fathom what is happening with LFC. Really bizarre.
Football and cricket can get in the bin.
Henceforth, I shall focus my attention on tiddlywinks
Henceforth, I shall focus my attention on tiddlywinks
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Football and cricket can get in the bin.
Henceforth, I shall focus my attention on tiddlywinks
Henceforth, I shall focus my attention on tiddlywinks
Get Archer back on to nip out Starc
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Get Archer back on to nip out Starc
We are back, soon!
The secrets of bacterial cell envelopes' our free online seminar series is due to resume in January 2026 after a long break.
Hosted by Georgina Benn and Syma Khalid- supported by the Microbiology Society. More details soon.
@microbiologysociety.org
Please spread the word
The secrets of bacterial cell envelopes' our free online seminar series is due to resume in January 2026 after a long break.
Hosted by Georgina Benn and Syma Khalid- supported by the Microbiology Society. More details soon.
@microbiologysociety.org
Please spread the word
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
We are back, soon!
The secrets of bacterial cell envelopes' our free online seminar series is due to resume in January 2026 after a long break.
Hosted by Georgina Benn and Syma Khalid- supported by the Microbiology Society. More details soon.
@microbiologysociety.org
Please spread the word
The secrets of bacterial cell envelopes' our free online seminar series is due to resume in January 2026 after a long break.
Hosted by Georgina Benn and Syma Khalid- supported by the Microbiology Society. More details soon.
@microbiologysociety.org
Please spread the word
This was incredible. Think you know about how we interact with bacteria? Think again. Some really eye-opening stuff here- including how our gut bacteria can influence our personalities.
youtu.be/Q8Yew7XanNo
youtu.be/Q8Yew7XanNo
November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This was incredible. Think you know about how we interact with bacteria? Think again. Some really eye-opening stuff here- including how our gut bacteria can influence our personalities.
youtu.be/Q8Yew7XanNo
youtu.be/Q8Yew7XanNo
Congratulations Scotland! What a win. 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Congratulations Scotland! What a win. 🏴
Reposted by Syma Khalid
Great @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social podcast on the science of the microbiome with the brilliant @auraulo.bsky.social and @eveliinahanski.bsky.social. Can't recommend it enough. @sykhalid.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
🎙️ Just published a new episode of Science Of The Times: The Microbial Majority. Have a listen:
The Microbial Majority
Inside your stomach, on your skin, in your mouth, and up your nose are...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Great @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social podcast on the science of the microbiome with the brilliant @auraulo.bsky.social and @eveliinahanski.bsky.social. Can't recommend it enough. @sykhalid.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
The music in Thessaloniki airport, hotels, restaurants and bars really is a charming trip down memory lane. One exception is the version of ‘My Way’ we are currently being subjected to at the airport - it’s torturous.
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The music in Thessaloniki airport, hotels, restaurants and bars really is a charming trip down memory lane. One exception is the version of ‘My Way’ we are currently being subjected to at the airport - it’s torturous.
Great talk by @philbiggin.bsky.social on proton coupling in membrane proteins - at the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting in Thessaloniki.
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Great talk by @philbiggin.bsky.social on proton coupling in membrane proteins - at the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting in Thessaloniki.
The ancient and the contemporary - Thessaloniki.
Enjoying the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting on peripheral membrane proteins in this wonderful city
Enjoying the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting on peripheral membrane proteins in this wonderful city
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The ancient and the contemporary - Thessaloniki.
Enjoying the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting on peripheral membrane proteins in this wonderful city
Enjoying the @biophysicalsoc.bsky.social thematic meeting on peripheral membrane proteins in this wonderful city
I appear to be in Thessaloniki
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I appear to be in Thessaloniki
@mjafreeman.bsky.social can we invite him to Oxford to give a seminar?
On a flight, listening to an old episode of Desert Island Discs - Arsene Wenger. He’s quite a man, a good man - really impressive. Highly recommend.
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
@mjafreeman.bsky.social can we invite him to Oxford to give a seminar?
On a flight, listening to an old episode of Desert Island Discs - Arsene Wenger. He’s quite a man, a good man - really impressive. Highly recommend.
November 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
On a flight, listening to an old episode of Desert Island Discs - Arsene Wenger. He’s quite a man, a good man - really impressive. Highly recommend.
Reposted by Syma Khalid
The Wellcome Trust has awarded a prestigious Discovery Award to Professor Matt Higgins to support his research on “Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria”. 👏👏👏 Read the full story: ⬇️
Wellcome Discovery Award secured for ground-breaking malaria research
The Wellcome Trust gives Discovery Award to Professor Matt Higgins to support his "Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria" research
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November 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Wellcome Trust has awarded a prestigious Discovery Award to Professor Matt Higgins to support his research on “Molecular mechanisms of erythrocyte invasion in malaria”. 👏👏👏 Read the full story: ⬇️
Reposted by Syma Khalid
53 minutes in and Liverpool have had more shots on target than any other side against Real Madrid this season (7)
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
53 minutes in and Liverpool have had more shots on target than any other side against Real Madrid this season (7)
Reposted by Syma Khalid
Real Madrid wear Connor Bradley PJ’s
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Real Madrid wear Connor Bradley PJ’s
Two papers accepted and Liverpool beat Real Madrid - am I dreaming? This week is delivering
November 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Two papers accepted and Liverpool beat Real Madrid - am I dreaming? This week is delivering
Welcome to Anfield
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Welcome to Anfield
In a pub in Jericho, Oxford, watching football - the amount of mansplaining is mind boggling. Running commentary by chaps who are clearly football tactics geniuses and are wasted in academia. FFS
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
In a pub in Jericho, Oxford, watching football - the amount of mansplaining is mind boggling. Running commentary by chaps who are clearly football tactics geniuses and are wasted in academia. FFS
Reposted by Syma Khalid
A trip away has kept me away from socials, but @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social continues. Latest episode is out! Quantum computing. What is it? How does it work? Will you have quantum laptop soon? All the answers you could ever want
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPTy... @sykhalid.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPTy... @sykhalid.bsky.social
Science Of The Times Ep 29_Entangled Futures: The Science and Promise of Quantum Computing
YouTube video by Science Of The Times Podcast
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A trip away has kept me away from socials, but @scienceofthetimes.bsky.social continues. Latest episode is out! Quantum computing. What is it? How does it work? Will you have quantum laptop soon? All the answers you could ever want
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPTy... @sykhalid.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPTy... @sykhalid.bsky.social
Really interesting interview. @timcoulson.bsky.social and I were also fortunate to chat with David Baker on our podcast which you can catch here: Science Of The Times EP7 Pt2 - Interview with 2024 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry David Baker
youtu.be/jShxgJ3XrWA
youtu.be/jShxgJ3XrWA
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Really interesting interview. @timcoulson.bsky.social and I were also fortunate to chat with David Baker on our podcast which you can catch here: Science Of The Times EP7 Pt2 - Interview with 2024 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry David Baker
youtu.be/jShxgJ3XrWA
youtu.be/jShxgJ3XrWA
Thrilled with this find at @oxfamgb.bsky.social bookshop on St Giles, Oxford. The complete scripts.
November 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thrilled with this find at @oxfamgb.bsky.social bookshop on St Giles, Oxford. The complete scripts.
My sister has come up some cracking #vintage #knitwear designs recently as part of her sustainable knitwear initiative. This is my fav- love the mirrors.
Check out on Etsy: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Grac...
Check out on Etsy: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Grac...
November 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My sister has come up some cracking #vintage #knitwear designs recently as part of her sustainable knitwear initiative. This is my fav- love the mirrors.
Check out on Etsy: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Grac...
Check out on Etsy: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Grac...
Quantum computers - what are they and how will they change things?
Have a listen/watch here: @timcoulson.bsky.social and I chat with Ian Walmsley, newly appointed director of the Oxford Quantum Institute: The Science and Promise of Quantum Computing
youtu.be/sPTyvBKJruU
Have a listen/watch here: @timcoulson.bsky.social and I chat with Ian Walmsley, newly appointed director of the Oxford Quantum Institute: The Science and Promise of Quantum Computing
youtu.be/sPTyvBKJruU
Science Of The Times Ep 29_Entangled Futures: The Science and Promise of Quantum Computing
YouTube video by Science Of The Times Podcast
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Quantum computers - what are they and how will they change things?
Have a listen/watch here: @timcoulson.bsky.social and I chat with Ian Walmsley, newly appointed director of the Oxford Quantum Institute: The Science and Promise of Quantum Computing
youtu.be/sPTyvBKJruU
Have a listen/watch here: @timcoulson.bsky.social and I chat with Ian Walmsley, newly appointed director of the Oxford Quantum Institute: The Science and Promise of Quantum Computing
youtu.be/sPTyvBKJruU