Prof Jenny Rohn
@jennyrohn.bsky.social
Cellular microbiologist, #UTI host/pathogen interactions, lab head at University College London, novelist, broadcaster, writer, pundit, sci comm, musician, gardener, Editor of LabLit.com, all things geek-chic. M7HZT on ham radio. More at jennyrohn.com
Pinned
Effect of human urinary microenvironment and fluid flow on antibiotic and phage therapy efficacy against uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Urinary tract infections (UTI) remain a major global health burden, with high recurrence despite antibiotic treatment. The escalating prevalence of antimicrobial resistance further compromises therape...
www.biorxiv.org
Very pleased to plug our latest preprint, lead author @microberamon.bsky.social - fantastic collaboration with labs of Dario Carugo (Oxford) and Martha Clokie (Leicester) https:// - and others #UTISKy #UTI #IDSky #MicroSky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.12.688052v1 more below👇🧵
“Almost”?
Lightweight.
Lightweight.
Roland Barthes on his ‘almost obsessive relation to writing instruments’ and choosing fountain pens over ballpoints:
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“Almost”?
Lightweight.
Lightweight.
My office this morning
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
My office this morning
There is not a single wildflower left in my garden, but the Viburnum x bodnantense is finally unfurling its winter blooms, which are scented like cinnamon and honey #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There is not a single wildflower left in my garden, but the Viburnum x bodnantense is finally unfurling its winter blooms, which are scented like cinnamon and honey #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social
Great haul this morning 🐓
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Great haul this morning 🐓
Here’s the gorgeous 3-layer red velvet birthday cake @rpgrant.bsky.social made for me - a bit of slippage in the basal layer giving it added charm. The secret ingredient turned out to be buttermilk. ♥️
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Here’s the gorgeous 3-layer red velvet birthday cake @rpgrant.bsky.social made for me - a bit of slippage in the basal layer giving it added charm. The secret ingredient turned out to be buttermilk. ♥️
Grateful my Dutch is good enough to understand this.
Also reminds me of my own mother, and how much I didn’t tell her before she passed away.
Also reminds me of my own mother, and how much I didn’t tell her before she passed away.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Grateful my Dutch is good enough to understand this.
Also reminds me of my own mother, and how much I didn’t tell her before she passed away.
Also reminds me of my own mother, and how much I didn’t tell her before she passed away.
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Exciting post-doc opportunity in the group of Chris Quince (Earlham/Quadram) on novel ‘omics methods for the study of the human microbiome
jobs.quadram.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
jobs.quadram.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
Quadram Institute
jobs.quadram.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Exciting post-doc opportunity in the group of Chris Quince (Earlham/Quadram) on novel ‘omics methods for the study of the human microbiome
jobs.quadram.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
jobs.quadram.ac.uk/Details.asp?...
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Come and do a PhD in my research group. Fully Funded! The topic is electronic waste and the repair economy. Details and how to apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...
Reducing E-waste by using artificial intelligence to develop repair diagnostic tools
A fully funded 4-year UCL EPSRC Landscape Award PhD studentship in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Come and do a PhD in my research group. Fully Funded! The topic is electronic waste and the repair economy. Details and how to apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/engineering/...
Sound advice for everyone but especially scientists
What’s the most significant advice you received from a teacher?
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Sound advice for everyone but especially scientists
Birthday drinks at the Jeremy Bentham! My lab and my geeky science book club, plus assorted lovely academic colleagues!
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Birthday drinks at the Jeremy Bentham! My lab and my geeky science book club, plus assorted lovely academic colleagues!
Morning, General
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Morning, General
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In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
This is such stellar advice. We can’t all be Jane Austin…
Write like no one will read it.
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is such stellar advice. We can’t all be Jane Austin…
Latest in the Unerased Whiteboards of UCL series…finally something that my medical students could explain to me! Apparently this represents the dorsal column–medial lemniscus pathway
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Latest in the Unerased Whiteboards of UCL series…finally something that my medical students could explain to me! Apparently this represents the dorsal column–medial lemniscus pathway
Shall I skeet about sleet?
Rain is at that ambivalent point when it’s carefully considering the pros and cons of taking on a more solid form….and right now out the train window just as I type this, it’s turned into snow!
Entire carriage is entranced.
Rain is at that ambivalent point when it’s carefully considering the pros and cons of taking on a more solid form….and right now out the train window just as I type this, it’s turned into snow!
Entire carriage is entranced.
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Shall I skeet about sleet?
Rain is at that ambivalent point when it’s carefully considering the pros and cons of taking on a more solid form….and right now out the train window just as I type this, it’s turned into snow!
Entire carriage is entranced.
Rain is at that ambivalent point when it’s carefully considering the pros and cons of taking on a more solid form….and right now out the train window just as I type this, it’s turned into snow!
Entire carriage is entranced.
TFW you realise that your own university department is nowhere near as interesting as some…
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
TFW you realise that your own university department is nowhere near as interesting as some…
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A vaccine-mismatched flu A(H3N2) variant (subclade K) drifted away from prior variants in the Southern Hemisphere (2025) and will likely dominate in the Northern Hemisphere 2025–26. Vaccines may still help, but planning for a worsened flu season and close monitoring is needed
Emergence of seasonal influenza A(H3N2) variants with immune escape potential warrants enhanced molecular and epidemiological surveillance for the 2025–2026 season | Journal of the Association of Medi...
Background: All of the major antigenic changes in influenza A(H3N2) viruses since 1968 have involved mutations at just nine amino acid positions, called cluster transition sites, surrounding the recep...
utppublishing.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A vaccine-mismatched flu A(H3N2) variant (subclade K) drifted away from prior variants in the Southern Hemisphere (2025) and will likely dominate in the Northern Hemisphere 2025–26. Vaccines may still help, but planning for a worsened flu season and close monitoring is needed
My go-to “true” metric of academic success would involve coffee and biscuit consumption somehow
Science has become obsessed with publishing numbers. With this new satirical proposal, have we reached peak metric?
go.nature.com/3JUWNSs
go.nature.com/3JUWNSs
Introducing the j-metric: a true measure of what matters in academia
Science has become obsessed with publishing numbers. With this new satirical proposal, have we reached peak metric?
go.nature.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My go-to “true” metric of academic success would involve coffee and biscuit consumption somehow
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PhD studentship opportunity! Join us at St Andrews to study the factors controlling plasmid transmission in the gut. Competition-funded as part of the EASTBIO DTP, co-supervised with Dr Jaclyn Pearson. Please share & pass on to anyone interested! 🦠🧫 Deadline 15th December👇
www.findaphd.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
PhD studentship opportunity! Join us at St Andrews to study the factors controlling plasmid transmission in the gut. Competition-funded as part of the EASTBIO DTP, co-supervised with Dr Jaclyn Pearson. Please share & pass on to anyone interested! 🦠🧫 Deadline 15th December👇
Campus cyclamen
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Campus cyclamen
