Anne Wyllie
@annewyllie.bsky.social
Kiwi. Pneumococcologist. "Spit Queen".
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A gunman opened fire on the CDC campus in Atlanta this evening, and the shooter and a police officer are dead, according to authorities.
The shooter was ill, and blamed their vaccinations for COVID.
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
The shooter was ill, and blamed their vaccinations for COVID.
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
CDC Buildings Hit by Gunfire
Agency may have been the target of shooter who blamed his illness on COVID shots
www.medpagetoday.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:49 AM
A gunman opened fire on the CDC campus in Atlanta this evening, and the shooter and a police officer are dead, according to authorities.
The shooter was ill, and blamed their vaccinations for COVID.
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
The shooter was ill, and blamed their vaccinations for COVID.
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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I tried to do the meme but with the Beatles, and um, I must have access to GPT 3008 or something
August 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I tried to do the meme but with the Beatles, and um, I must have access to GPT 3008 or something
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New paper alert! In depth characterisation of non-encapsulated pneumococci in saliva: stability, detection and recovery. Important findings for using saliva samples for carriage studies. @microbiologysociety.org @annewyllie.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Storage stability of non-encapsulated pneumococci in saliva is dependent on null-capsule clade, with strains carrying aliC and aliD showing a competitive disadvantage during culture enrichment
Non-encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae (NESp) represent up to 19% of circulating pneumococci and exhibit high rates of genetic exchange and antimicrobial resistance. Saliva is increasingly used as ...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
August 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New paper alert! In depth characterisation of non-encapsulated pneumococci in saliva: stability, detection and recovery. Important findings for using saliva samples for carriage studies. @microbiologysociety.org @annewyllie.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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We’re growing @arcadiascience.com & are on the lookout for talent to run new pilot projects contributing to our broader goals. Seeking computational + wet lab fluency to iterate independently on new projects. If you’re a creative scientist w/ ambitious ideas, apply!
jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien...
jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien...
Arcadia Science - Project Scientist
A Bit About Us: We are Arcadia Science, an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic, an...
jobs.lever.co
August 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We’re growing @arcadiascience.com & are on the lookout for talent to run new pilot projects contributing to our broader goals. Seeking computational + wet lab fluency to iterate independently on new projects. If you’re a creative scientist w/ ambitious ideas, apply!
jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien...
jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien...
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“The NZ passport should have English at the top cause in an international context that’s what people understand”
Ok racist uncle what’s this then
Ok racist uncle what’s this then
July 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“The NZ passport should have English at the top cause in an international context that’s what people understand”
Ok racist uncle what’s this then
Ok racist uncle what’s this then
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This opportunity is still open but closing at the end of July!
**NEW Doctoral Training Programme just launched!!** This exciting programme on Microbial Genomics for Health Protection is joint between @imibirmingham.bsky.social and UKHSA @ukhsa.bsky.social. 9 brilliant projects available!!
An exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social, has just launched, funded by @nihr.bsky.social there are 9 PhD projects available (UK students only) www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
July 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This opportunity is still open but closing at the end of July!
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Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
preview-uob.cloud.contensis.com/research/cen...
I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).
preview-uob.cloud.contensis.com/research/cen...
I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).
PhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of Birmingham
PhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches
preview-uob.cloud.contensis.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.
preview-uob.cloud.contensis.com/research/cen...
I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).
preview-uob.cloud.contensis.com/research/cen...
I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).
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🚨🚨🚨PUI TT Job Alert!!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
Assistant Professor - Biology
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
tcnj.taleo.net
July 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
🚨🚨🚨PUI TT Job Alert!!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!
We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!
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Is taking a vacation worth the risk? Are you sure you don’t want to do the right thing and die at work?
July 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Is taking a vacation worth the risk? Are you sure you don’t want to do the right thing and die at work?
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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
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@asm.org our booth at #ASMicrobe is empty because our comms team was fired. We oppose the damage to NIH-funded research and the people who do it. Please show your support by signing the #BethesdaDeclaration.
#Microbe #Microbe2025
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
#Microbe #Microbe2025
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
June 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@asm.org our booth at #ASMicrobe is empty because our comms team was fired. We oppose the damage to NIH-funded research and the people who do it. Please show your support by signing the #BethesdaDeclaration.
#Microbe #Microbe2025
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
#Microbe #Microbe2025
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...
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"Grandma how did the 2025 pandemic start"
June 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Grandma how did the 2025 pandemic start"
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This is the fate of science and scientists in 2025 in the US. It will take multiple generations at best to recover…🧪
Last February, I led a proposal submission that encompassed six months, hundreds of hours, four institutions, a massive team, and and 256 pages. NSF just informed us that the entire Biology Integration Institute program was archived and our proposal would not even be reviewed.
With a form email.
With a form email.
June 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is the fate of science and scientists in 2025 in the US. It will take multiple generations at best to recover…🧪
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🧪 Scientists are suing the Trump administration over the termination of NIH grants for research on topics including LGBTQ+ health disparities, sexual assault, and vaccine hesitancy. A court hearing is set for June 16 to address the legality of these cancellations. #AcademicSky
‘We were ready for this’: meet the scientists suing the Trump administration to reinstate terminated grants
Judge sets court date to hear the US government detail how termination directives were made.
www.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🧪 Scientists are suing the Trump administration over the termination of NIH grants for research on topics including LGBTQ+ health disparities, sexual assault, and vaccine hesitancy. A court hearing is set for June 16 to address the legality of these cancellations. #AcademicSky
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Outstanding op-ed from Carole LaBonne
Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?
College-based research labs are the workhorses of national progress and prosperity.
wapo.st/3ZR1vFm
1/n
Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?
College-based research labs are the workhorses of national progress and prosperity.
wapo.st/3ZR1vFm
1/n
wapo.st
June 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Outstanding op-ed from Carole LaBonne
Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?
College-based research labs are the workhorses of national progress and prosperity.
wapo.st/3ZR1vFm
1/n
Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?
College-based research labs are the workhorses of national progress and prosperity.
wapo.st/3ZR1vFm
1/n
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🧫🦠🔬🧪🌍
The impact of the #microbiome in human health is so oversold...
But if the microbiome is so critical, then mismatching it should devastate #Host-microbe interactions.
It seems it does.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
The impact of the #microbiome in human health is so oversold...
But if the microbiome is so critical, then mismatching it should devastate #Host-microbe interactions.
It seems it does.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
Microbiome mismatches from microbiota transplants lead to persistent off-target metabolic and immunomodulatory effects
Fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) may not always effectively restore small bowel
microbiota due to regional differences in gut environments, potentially causing unintended
effects on metabolism and ...
www.cell.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
🧫🦠🔬🧪🌍
The impact of the #microbiome in human health is so oversold...
But if the microbiome is so critical, then mismatching it should devastate #Host-microbe interactions.
It seems it does.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
The impact of the #microbiome in human health is so oversold...
But if the microbiome is so critical, then mismatching it should devastate #Host-microbe interactions.
It seems it does.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky
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New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June.
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
Postdoctoral positions in epidemic mathematical/statistical modelling - Research
Job description We are recruiting postdocs to contribute to research projects in the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, at Institut Pasteur in Paris. The candidates will be expected t...
research.pasteur.fr
June 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June.
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...
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We are still looking for a motivated student to join us in the wonderful world of mosquito microbiome genomies! Funding unfortunately only for UK students for this one. If interested, please send CV & letter of motivation (email in image below) #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬 🧪Please share widely😊 1/2
#PhD alert, here @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the very friendly, diverse, artsy & welcoming city of Glasgow 🏴
Disentangling the functional modules of #mosquito #microbiomes - what puzzle pieces build our #holobionts?
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪
More here 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
Disentangling the functional modules of #mosquito #microbiomes - what puzzle pieces build our #holobionts?
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪
More here 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
June 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We are still looking for a motivated student to join us in the wonderful world of mosquito microbiome genomies! Funding unfortunately only for UK students for this one. If interested, please send CV & letter of motivation (email in image below) #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬 🧪Please share widely😊 1/2
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Our problem is not a lack of young people who want a career in science, our problem is a lack of careers in science
June 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Our problem is not a lack of young people who want a career in science, our problem is a lack of careers in science
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82 million fewer years of life thanks to the reckless policies of Jay Bhattacharya’s NIH - which translates to an estimated $8.2 trillion in life value 😢
Jay Bhattacharya is a health economist who dislikes virology because he thinks it’s reckless & dangerous to study pathogens or develop vaccines.
I’m a virologist who dislikes this take on health economics because I think it’s reckless & dangerous to take $8.2 trillion in life value from Americans.
I’m a virologist who dislikes this take on health economics because I think it’s reckless & dangerous to take $8.2 trillion in life value from Americans.
May 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
82 million fewer years of life thanks to the reckless policies of Jay Bhattacharya’s NIH - which translates to an estimated $8.2 trillion in life value 😢
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You might be wondering why we haven't updated outbreak.info for months.
Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.
After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.
More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.
Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.
After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.
More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.
May 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
You might be wondering why we haven't updated outbreak.info for months.
Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.
After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.
More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.
Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.
After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.
More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.