(she/her). postdoc @ Uni of Exeter in Cornwall 🌊 mainly stress out bacteria and track AMR. big fan of the sea and sunsets 🌞
Cornwall, UK
Joined March 2017
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I passed my viva yesterday and had a fun time doing it! Thanks to @OxonAndrew and Mick for great discussions in the viva. And many thanks to my supervisors @AimeeKMurray @WillHGaze, Lihong, @KasprzykHordern, @EpicFeil_ + @ProfJRSnape for their help + support throughout 🦠
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🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨
Want to be part of the research effort tackling the global problem of #AMR?
Interested in tracking #pathogens and AMR in aquatic systems using MST & omics methods?
Then come and do a #PhD with us! See below for the details⬇️ 🦠🧫🧬
@UK_CEH @UniofBath
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Thinking about doing a postdoc? Wondering what we do all day?? @chris_zie @sofiavanmoorsel and I tracked over 19 months (!) of work & compared it to our junior postdoc data from 6 yrs ago - check out our article! #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter #phdchat elisagranato.com/days-in-the…
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Scotland has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.
statnews.com/2024/01/25/hpv-…
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something about books getting smaller to save the planet while endless AI swallows glaciers whole to "summarize" emails
Publishers try skinnier books to save money and emissions | @BBCNews buff.ly/4guNP9K
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🆕 Antimicrobial resistance poses an important global health challenge in the 21st century.
A new in-depth global analysis suggests more than 39 million deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections could occur between now & 2050.
Explore the data: buff.ly/3zlVE0U #AMR
ALT Figure showing global attributable and associated AMR burden in the reference scenario, 2022–2050. Copyright: 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC By 4.0
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Horizontal gene transfer can reshape bacterial warfare biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_micrbio
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Very pleased to have this out- this paper includes the efforts of many UG and PG students over the past few years! As well as @ilyas_alav @Parisa_PK and S Gibbons! Well done everyone! @IMIBirmingham @unibirm_CMH microbiologyresearch.org/con…
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Dr Boxall's research reveals meds & toxic compounds are more likely to be released in wastewater, in areas with low population, because water companies are only required to treat water once in these areas rather than twice in large towns.
setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
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Climate change and antimicrobial resistance are two major global health crises.
But did you know that the two challenges are connected?
Find out more ⤵️
wellcome.org/news/climate-ch…
‘It seems a highly questionable practice to knowingly profit by selling feedstuffs banned for use in Europe to developing countries that lack these regulations – particularly when these countries already suffer from some of the highest rates globally of antimicrobial resistance’
'By 2050, more people will die from antimicrobial resistance than both cancer and diabetes combined.'
Researchers from @IneosOxford have found that babies in Nigeria are being born with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Learn more ⬇️
theconversation.com/babies-i…
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If you don’t have 25+ tabs containing journal articles that you’re “going to read soon” open at all times, are you even a scientist?
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In the past week, only three people have signed up, and we still have over 200 kits ready to send to those who rarely swim in rivers or the sea (once a month or less).
Help us reach more people—please share this and spread the word! 🌊📢
Thrilled to share that we've been featured by @BBCNews @SkyNews @itvnews @Independent @heraldscotland @EveningStandard @YahooNews @the_ecologist @MirageNewsCom @DevonLiveNews @PressReaderApp @GuardianSeries @torbayweekly
We're close to hitting our target for swimmers, but we still need more non-swimmers! 🏊♀️🚫
Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested!
Poo-Sticks sign-up form: bit.ly/poo-sticks
More info (Poo-Sticks study): ecehh.org/news/poo-sticks-ri…
National Health Snapshot (online questionnaire):
bit.ly/freshwater-swim-surve…
More info (National Health Snapshot): ecehh.org/news/health-freshw…
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BBC News: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyx5…
Sky News: news.sky.com/.../calling-all…...
ITV News: itv.com/.../scientists-study…...
The Independent:
independent.co.uk/.../univer…...
The Herald: heraldscotland.com/.../24439…
The Standard: standard.co.uk/.../universit…...
The Ecologist: theecologist.org/.../calling…...
The Mirage: miragenews.com/wild-swimmers…
Devon Live: devonlive.com/.../devon-swim…...
Mid-Devon Advertiser: middevonadvertiser.co.uk/...…...
Pressreader: pressreader.com/.../20240710…
Guardian Series: guardian-series.co.uk/.../24…
Torbay Weekly: torbayweekly.co.uk/.../torba…...
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One competitor is willing to go to extreme lengths to compete in the triathlon at #Paris2024, even if he's faced with the pollution issues in the River Seine ⚠️
#Olympics #BBCOlympics
ALT Team USA triathlete Seth Rider speaks about taking part in the triathlon in the River Siene, stating, "We know that there's going to be some E. coli exposure, so I just try to increase my E. coli threshold by exposing myself to a bit of E. coli in your day-to-day life. Just little things throughout your day, like, not washing your hands after you go to the bathroom and stuff like this."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is not how to build up resistance to E. Coli but it is a good way to spread it and other diseases.
Ignore this chap. Wash your hands.
who.int/news-room/fact…
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Super excited that the final version of our paper on mutation rate plasticity and oxidative stress is out now at PLoS biology! This paper shows how mutation rates are a highly dynamic trait shaped by genotype, community composition and abiotic factors. 1/8 journals.plos.org/plosbiolog…
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In 2019, nearly 90% of all deaths caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria were in low- and middle-income countries.
The highest death rates were in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
To make matters worse – many more people could be affected than we realise. [2/3]
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Does choosing one antibiotic impact how resistance to another evolves? Short answer is yes!
Was great contributing to this work led by @dralhubb, @blackpassiflora and Beth James along with @Mabi_Behruznia and others (not on twitter).
nature.com/articles/s44259-0…
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Swimmers and surfers asked to help pollution study bbc.in/4cQqfBH
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Today in @ScienceMagazine, we report how a bacteria has evolved into a major human pathogen over the last 200 years. Read on, this is going to be an adventurous ride 1/n! science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Published today in @EvolLetters 🎉🎉
Antibiotic resistance alters the ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to invade bacteria from the respiratory microbiome academic.oup.com/evlett/arti…
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