Lucy Evans 🧫🦠👩🏻🔬
@biolucy.bsky.social
Microbiology PhD student @ Uni of Birmingham, specialising in bacteriophage, AMR and the gut microbiome. Award winning disability campaigner 🏳️🌈 #ActuallyAutistic, #ADHD, she/her.
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Lucy Evans 🧫🦠👩🏻🔬
@biolucy.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hello bluesky gang, I've been here for years but never actually posted- I'm a PhD student in Microbiology at the University of Birmingham, mainly looking at bacteriophage and AMR, especially in the gut microbiome!
#PhDChat #MicroSky #PhD #BMSSky #AcademicChatter
#PhDChat #MicroSky #PhD #BMSSky #AcademicChatter
Just because I think sometimes it should be said- I've had one of the most interesting/exciting weeks in my PhD, and yet I still am feeling really rough.
Definitely struggling with the lack of daylight and the impact it has on my mood..
Definitely struggling with the lack of daylight and the impact it has on my mood..
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Just because I think sometimes it should be said- I've had one of the most interesting/exciting weeks in my PhD, and yet I still am feeling really rough.
Definitely struggling with the lack of daylight and the impact it has on my mood..
Definitely struggling with the lack of daylight and the impact it has on my mood..
Leaving work early to go bake my own birthday cupcakes is an iconic move
October 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Leaving work early to go bake my own birthday cupcakes is an iconic move
Come see me and chat about phage resistance (please)
Unfortunately, I am not going myself this year, but several of my group will be attending the excellent BSAC Antibiotic Resistance and Mechanisms Workshop (Nov 27-28th) in Birmingham.
I understand there is still a small number of places available at the conference.
bsac.org.uk/antibiotic-r...
I understand there is still a small number of places available at the conference.
bsac.org.uk/antibiotic-r...
Antibiotic Resistance and Mechanisms (ARM) Workshop for Researchers 2025 - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
bsac.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Come see me and chat about phage resistance (please)
Reposted by Lucy Evans 🧫🦠👩🏻🔬
Dan and Phil have been dating for 16 years and I have no one to talk to about it
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Dan and Phil have been dating for 16 years and I have no one to talk to about it
Honestly, for once I understand the stupidity of men on dating apps.
October 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Honestly, for once I understand the stupidity of men on dating apps.
20 min incubations plus office and lab being so far apart - in the past two weeks I've made a list of lab consumables with their product codes for ordering, and a list of all the enzymes we have kicking around…
October 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
20 min incubations plus office and lab being so far apart - in the past two weeks I've made a list of lab consumables with their product codes for ordering, and a list of all the enzymes we have kicking around…
The only benefits of the lab and office being on opposite sides of the bulding are that 1. I get my steps in when I do go from one to another and 2. I end up doing random lab chores when I have a 20 minute incubation or something rather than going back to the office…
October 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The only benefits of the lab and office being on opposite sides of the bulding are that 1. I get my steps in when I do go from one to another and 2. I end up doing random lab chores when I have a 20 minute incubation or something rather than going back to the office…
Reposted by Lucy Evans 🧫🦠👩🏻🔬
#phagesky #phage
Truly an occasion NOT TO BE MISSED!! Students, if you want a ground-breaking PhD project in top notch labs with inspiring and attentive PIs: THIS IS IT! I’d apply myself, if I were (decades) younger 😉
Truly an occasion NOT TO BE MISSED!! Students, if you want a ground-breaking PhD project in top notch labs with inspiring and attentive PIs: THIS IS IT! I’d apply myself, if I were (decades) younger 😉
🚨PhD Opportunity Alert🚨 Join me, @suzieh.bsky.social and @walllabuoglasgow.bsky.social to investigate how environment shapes anti-phage defences & prophage–prophage conflict in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
October 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reposted by Lucy Evans 🧫🦠👩🏻🔬
Well, this is cool 🧪
There are millions of openly available microbial genomes, but searching them can be slow.
Until now 🥁
Introducing LexicMap, a new alignment tool that lets scientists search these data in minutes, helping track antibiotic resistance, trace outbreaks, and more.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/r...
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Until now 🥁
Introducing LexicMap, a new alignment tool that lets scientists search these data in minutes, helping track antibiotic resistance, trace outbreaks, and more.
www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/r...
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How to rapidly search the world’s microbial DNA
By making the world’s microbial DNA easier to explore, LexicMap helps researchers track outbreaks, study antibiotic resistance, and understand microbial diversity.
www.ebi.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Well, this is cool 🧪
Celebrating 1 full year of being a PhD student, what a crazy and fulfilling year. #PhDSky #AcademicSky
September 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Celebrating 1 full year of being a PhD student, what a crazy and fulfilling year. #PhDSky #AcademicSky
I feel like HR might have an issue with our new group member's boundaries... 🐶
September 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I feel like HR might have an issue with our new group member's boundaries... 🐶
Tfw I've had unusually long days at work so the one day I don't need to be in until 10-11 I wake up early to do crafts...
September 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Tfw I've had unusually long days at work so the one day I don't need to be in until 10-11 I wake up early to do crafts...
Honestly though, MMR or paracetamol didn't cause me to be autistic, having a dad who would hide from us in his office, eat the exact same breakfast every day that I could remember, and physically recoil at physical touch probably did.
September 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Honestly though, MMR or paracetamol didn't cause me to be autistic, having a dad who would hide from us in his office, eat the exact same breakfast every day that I could remember, and physically recoil at physical touch probably did.
They do realise that if you eliminate autism you eliminate most scientists, right?
Maybe that was the plan all along.. #actuallyautistic
Maybe that was the plan all along.. #actuallyautistic
September 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
They do realise that if you eliminate autism you eliminate most scientists, right?
Maybe that was the plan all along.. #actuallyautistic
Maybe that was the plan all along.. #actuallyautistic
Reposted by Lucy Evans 🧫🦠👩🏻🔬
I’m honestly so tired of the BS around autism and ‘cause’.
I’m yet to see a single case where their motive behind ‘finding the cause of autism’ wasn’t embedded in eugenics.
If somebody goes on about finding the cause of autism, always ask why they are seeking it.
I’m yet to see a single case where their motive behind ‘finding the cause of autism’ wasn’t embedded in eugenics.
If somebody goes on about finding the cause of autism, always ask why they are seeking it.
September 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I’m honestly so tired of the BS around autism and ‘cause’.
I’m yet to see a single case where their motive behind ‘finding the cause of autism’ wasn’t embedded in eugenics.
If somebody goes on about finding the cause of autism, always ask why they are seeking it.
I’m yet to see a single case where their motive behind ‘finding the cause of autism’ wasn’t embedded in eugenics.
If somebody goes on about finding the cause of autism, always ask why they are seeking it.
A Williams back on the podium, feels good #AzerbaijanGP
a drawing of a hamster wearing a hat and holding a william racing flag
ALT: a drawing of a hamster wearing a hat and holding a william racing flag
media.tenor.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A Williams back on the podium, feels good #AzerbaijanGP
Sometimes I have to remember disability is, ya know, disabling, and slowing down is a good thing lol
September 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Sometimes I have to remember disability is, ya know, disabling, and slowing down is a good thing lol
tfw my brother got engaged on friday, meanwhile I had my first properly good first date but am likely getting ghosted, and my closest friend I've made while I've lived in Birmingham moved over 150 miles away
an older man with a beard and mustache is smiling and says `` smile through the pain '' .
ALT: an older man with a beard and mustache is smiling and says `` smile through the pain '' .
media.tenor.com
August 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
tfw my brother got engaged on friday, meanwhile I had my first properly good first date but am likely getting ghosted, and my closest friend I've made while I've lived in Birmingham moved over 150 miles away
August 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by Lucy Evans 🧫🦠👩🏻🔬
ADHD drugs have wider life benefits, study suggests www.bbc.com/news/article...
ADHD drugs have wider life benefits, study suggests
A study has linked ADHD drugs to reduced substance misuse, suicide, transport accidents and criminality.
www.bbc.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
ADHD drugs have wider life benefits, study suggests www.bbc.com/news/article...
If your A level results are disappointing, don’t worry. I got a C and two Ds (in 2019) and here I am today, living my dream as a fully funded PhD student in Microbiology getting to work on one of the biggest global threats with an amazing team around me #ALevelResultsDay #MicroSky 🧪
August 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
If your A level results are disappointing, don’t worry. I got a C and two Ds (in 2019) and here I am today, living my dream as a fully funded PhD student in Microbiology getting to work on one of the biggest global threats with an amazing team around me #ALevelResultsDay #MicroSky 🧪
Incredible talk from @bkoskella.bsky.social, such fabulous phage work! Seeing how they've worked on things has helped me find great protocols for my work too- super grateful!
August 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Incredible talk from @bkoskella.bsky.social, such fabulous phage work! Seeing how they've worked on things has helped me find great protocols for my work too- super grateful!