Anthony Wilson
@arboviral.bsky.social
Microbiological risk & foodborne + vector-borne diseases. Dad and husband. Ex-academic. Values equality, diversity & inclusion. Terrible tapdancer, occasional viking. He/him. Views are my own.
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Anthony Wilson
@arboviral.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Good morning Bluesky! I lead the microbiological risk assessment team at the UK's Food Standards Agency, a non-ministerial department (yes, despite the name) with responsibility for making sure food is safe in England, Wales and NI (Scotland is Food Standards Scotland, who we work closely with).
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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This is a Nomad Bee appreciation post! 🐝
They are “nomads” because they do not build their own homes, instead laying eggs in the nests of other bees where their larvae develop as kleptoparasites
There are up to 39 species of nomad bee in the UK; here are two! Nomada flavopicta & Nomada fucata
They are “nomads” because they do not build their own homes, instead laying eggs in the nests of other bees where their larvae develop as kleptoparasites
There are up to 39 species of nomad bee in the UK; here are two! Nomada flavopicta & Nomada fucata
September 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is a Nomad Bee appreciation post! 🐝
They are “nomads” because they do not build their own homes, instead laying eggs in the nests of other bees where their larvae develop as kleptoparasites
There are up to 39 species of nomad bee in the UK; here are two! Nomada flavopicta & Nomada fucata
They are “nomads” because they do not build their own homes, instead laying eggs in the nests of other bees where their larvae develop as kleptoparasites
There are up to 39 species of nomad bee in the UK; here are two! Nomada flavopicta & Nomada fucata
The face I pulled reading those does not seem to have an emoji equivalent...
Anyway, huge congratulations Dr Turner and do follow for some fascinating eco and ento content!
Anyway, huge congratulations Dr Turner and do follow for some fascinating eco and ento content!
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The face I pulled reading those does not seem to have an emoji equivalent...
Anyway, huge congratulations Dr Turner and do follow for some fascinating eco and ento content!
Anyway, huge congratulations Dr Turner and do follow for some fascinating eco and ento content!
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Postdoc (Columbia, USA)
Mathematical epidemiologist supporting several projects on eco-epidemiology of infectious disease
at University of South Carolina
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2403
Mathematical epidemiologist supporting several projects on eco-epidemiology of infectious disease
at University of South Carolina
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2403
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Postdoc (Columbia, USA)
Mathematical epidemiologist supporting several projects on eco-epidemiology of infectious disease
at University of South Carolina
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2403
Mathematical epidemiologist supporting several projects on eco-epidemiology of infectious disease
at University of South Carolina
More details: http://iddjobs.org/jobs/2403
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We will be recruiting graduate researchers to start Fall 2026 in the Dallas lab at U South Carolina. We are a mix of population, community, and disease ecologists. Parasite macroecology!!!
Feel free to reach out to chat and see our webpage for more info on our science (taddallas.github.io).
Feel free to reach out to chat and see our webpage for more info on our science (taddallas.github.io).
August 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We will be recruiting graduate researchers to start Fall 2026 in the Dallas lab at U South Carolina. We are a mix of population, community, and disease ecologists. Parasite macroecology!!!
Feel free to reach out to chat and see our webpage for more info on our science (taddallas.github.io).
Feel free to reach out to chat and see our webpage for more info on our science (taddallas.github.io).
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Reposting this just in case anyone who is interested missed it. We’ll be reviewing applications on Nov 1st, so there is still time to apply for this position this week! Great position for people who want to do both research and teach at a high level with undergraduates!
Interested in a tenure track position teaching and doing research with undergrads at a PUI? We are looking for a broadly-defined microbiologist who can teach Med Micro and Immunology. Apply at universityofscrantonjobs.com/postings/8308. Pls share widely to feeds (& on twitter if you still tweet)! 🦠
October 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Reposting this just in case anyone who is interested missed it. We’ll be reviewing applications on Nov 1st, so there is still time to apply for this position this week! Great position for people who want to do both research and teach at a high level with undergraduates!
Superb thread!
How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities?
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
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@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation.
🧵(1/n)
@science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
www.science.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Superb thread!
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POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
Fredston Lab: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Santa Cruz is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucsc.edu
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
POSTDOC JOB AD: I'm hiring a Bayesian ecologist to build a (IMO, extremely fun) model of humpback whale spatiotemporal dynamics in California
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
2-year position starting fall 2026. in-person in Santa Cruz; collab w with Mevin Hooten's lab at UT Austin.
ask me Qs or apply: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF02003
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Wikipedia is the best single thing the Internet has ever given us and it's not even close
Two Wikipedia contributors averted a potential tragedy at a conference for the site’s editors on Friday in Manhattan when they jumped in to take down a man with a gun.
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
After the man walked onto the stage at the “Wiki World’s Fair” event and threatened to kill himself, witnesses said, two members of the audience jumped in to stop him.
nyti.ms
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Wikipedia is the best single thing the Internet has ever given us and it's not even close
In Peterborough today for the Food Safety Research Network STEC workshop - exciting stuff!
October 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In Peterborough today for the Food Safety Research Network STEC workshop - exciting stuff!
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I have a question for any ambidextrous people who may be on this fine site!
do you do everything with whatever eg hand that's most convenient at that point in time, or do you have things you do with your right hand/on your right side and things you do with the other?
thanking you
do you do everything with whatever eg hand that's most convenient at that point in time, or do you have things you do with your right hand/on your right side and things you do with the other?
thanking you
October 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I have a question for any ambidextrous people who may be on this fine site!
do you do everything with whatever eg hand that's most convenient at that point in time, or do you have things you do with your right hand/on your right side and things you do with the other?
thanking you
do you do everything with whatever eg hand that's most convenient at that point in time, or do you have things you do with your right hand/on your right side and things you do with the other?
thanking you
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after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports
Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.
www.consumerreports.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
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🆕 Blog! Dr Emad Shehata and Yasmin Briddon, our model colon experts, explain the importance of the Colon Model Facility facility for finding out more about the fascinating world of our gut microbiota ⚗️
How our Colon Model Facility helps us study gut microbiota - Quadram Institute
Model colon experts, explain the importance of the facility for finding out more about the fascinating world of our gut microbiota
buff.ly
October 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
🆕 Blog! Dr Emad Shehata and Yasmin Briddon, our model colon experts, explain the importance of the Colon Model Facility facility for finding out more about the fascinating world of our gut microbiota ⚗️
Okay I loved this piece but didn't immediately check the artist's orher work and it's all amazing; go look!
bsky.app/profile/cait...
bsky.app/profile/cait...
The infected pollinator
Painted in watercolor and acrylics
Painted in watercolor and acrylics
October 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Okay I loved this piece but didn't immediately check the artist's orher work and it's all amazing; go look!
bsky.app/profile/cait...
bsky.app/profile/cait...
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The infected pollinator
Painted in watercolor and acrylics
Painted in watercolor and acrylics
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The infected pollinator
Painted in watercolor and acrylics
Painted in watercolor and acrylics
Okay I gather there is ✨️drama✨️ with the Bluesky people, and I see a lot of posts about Blacksky and Northsky. Can anyone point me to an explainer of what these are and if/how they're going to avoid similar issues?
October 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Okay I gather there is ✨️drama✨️ with the Bluesky people, and I see a lot of posts about Blacksky and Northsky. Can anyone point me to an explainer of what these are and if/how they're going to avoid similar issues?
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VACANCY - Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions
We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025
Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows
We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025
Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows
October 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
VACANCY - Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions
We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025
Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows
We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025
Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows
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Jesse Lazear died of yellow fever Sept. 25, 1900. Along with other research by the Yellow Fever Commission, his demonstration that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes provided the basis for efforts to control this devastating disease.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W...
September 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Jesse Lazear died of yellow fever Sept. 25, 1900. Along with other research by the Yellow Fever Commission, his demonstration that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes provided the basis for efforts to control this devastating disease.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_W...
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NEW opportunity to return to a research career!
Applications are invited for a three-year Daphne Jackson Fellowship funded by @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social.
Word of mouth works wonders for us, do you know anyone who may be interested?
daphnejackson.org/fellowship/a...
Applications are invited for a three-year Daphne Jackson Fellowship funded by @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social.
Word of mouth works wonders for us, do you know anyone who may be interested?
daphnejackson.org/fellowship/a...
September 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
NEW opportunity to return to a research career!
Applications are invited for a three-year Daphne Jackson Fellowship funded by @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social.
Word of mouth works wonders for us, do you know anyone who may be interested?
daphnejackson.org/fellowship/a...
Applications are invited for a three-year Daphne Jackson Fellowship funded by @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social.
Word of mouth works wonders for us, do you know anyone who may be interested?
daphnejackson.org/fellowship/a...
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Ben Pascoe @benizao.bsky.social @sheppardlab.bsky.social shining a light on C. coli - although less common than C. jejuni, it has higher levels of AMR. His work in Peru highlights the importance of this pathogen in LMICs due constant exposure with backyard livestock and antibiotic use 🇵🇪 #CampyUK2025
September 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Ben Pascoe @benizao.bsky.social @sheppardlab.bsky.social shining a light on C. coli - although less common than C. jejuni, it has higher levels of AMR. His work in Peru highlights the importance of this pathogen in LMICs due constant exposure with backyard livestock and antibiotic use 🇵🇪 #CampyUK2025
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A warm welcome from the head of @biology.ox.ac.uk Prof Martin Maiden and a thank you to our sponsors @microbiologysociety.org, Don Whitley Scientific and @genewiz.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A warm welcome from the head of @biology.ox.ac.uk Prof Martin Maiden and a thank you to our sponsors @microbiologysociety.org, Don Whitley Scientific and @genewiz.bsky.social
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This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”
Really fascinating talk - very excited to hear more about the anti-N-glycan vaccine approach but it sounds very promising!
Keynote spotlight: We're thrilled to welcome Professor Christine Szymanski (University of Georgia) to #CampyUK2025 in Oxford!
She’ll be sharing insights into the Campylobacter glycome and its role in persistence and disease.
📅 Sept 24–25
🔗 campyuk.web.ox.ac.uk/speakers#col...
She’ll be sharing insights into the Campylobacter glycome and its role in persistence and disease.
📅 Sept 24–25
🔗 campyuk.web.ox.ac.uk/speakers#col...
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Really fascinating talk - very excited to hear more about the anti-N-glycan vaccine approach but it sounds very promising!
