Contamination Club
@contamclub.bsky.social
One of the greatest discoveries in microbiology came from contamination. Join the club and share yours here 🦠🧫 Merch ➡️ https://www.contam.club
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🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵
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‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2026 🗓️🚨‼️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2026 🗓️🚨‼️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2026 🗓️🚨‼️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2026 🗓️🚨‼️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Look out for an exciting announcement later…. 👀 #ContamCalendar
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Look out for an exciting announcement later…. 👀 #ContamCalendar
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In 2019, a mysterious contaminant lead to the start of Contamination Club, an online club dedicated to weird and wonderful intruders.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In 2019, a mysterious contaminant lead to the start of Contamination Club, an online club dedicated to weird and wonderful intruders.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
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I don’t know if it’s a worth entry into the @contamclub.bsky.social but two different things growing in our 1.5M NaCl…
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I don’t know if it’s a worth entry into the @contamclub.bsky.social but two different things growing in our 1.5M NaCl…
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What a lovely lawn of marshmallows....but not the Staphylococcus homonis that I was looking for 😮💨 @contamclub.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What a lovely lawn of marshmallows....but not the Staphylococcus homonis that I was looking for 😮💨 @contamclub.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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It’s always a good day when my interests overlap! @contamclub.bsky.social would love this.
Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart
October 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
It’s always a good day when my interests overlap! @contamclub.bsky.social would love this.
October 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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marcel duchamp goes @contamclub.bsky.social 😄
September 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
marcel duchamp goes @contamclub.bsky.social 😄
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only a microbiologist can be happy she left home in a rush three weeks ago and did not empty her tea mug @contamclub.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 11:43 AM
only a microbiologist can be happy she left home in a rush three weeks ago and did not empty her tea mug @contamclub.bsky.social
Happy Noodlococcus day to all those who celebrate! 🍜🧫🦠
We’re in 3 different continents now but all celebrating the 6th anniversary of the discovery of our noodle-y friend by eating some delicious noodles @prob91.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
We’re in 3 different continents now but all celebrating the 6th anniversary of the discovery of our noodle-y friend by eating some delicious noodles @prob91.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy Noodlococcus day to all those who celebrate! 🍜🧫🦠
We’re in 3 different continents now but all celebrating the 6th anniversary of the discovery of our noodle-y friend by eating some delicious noodles @prob91.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
We’re in 3 different continents now but all celebrating the 6th anniversary of the discovery of our noodle-y friend by eating some delicious noodles @prob91.bsky.social @biostan.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
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A great paper!
Do I win a prize for spotting Noodlococcus in Fig 1? @jpjhall.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
Do I win a prize for spotting Noodlococcus in Fig 1? @jpjhall.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
Delighted to have this review out with @jpjhall.bsky.social!
We discuss the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome, highlight studies providing evidence of transfer, and consider strategies to mitigate these risks 🪠🦠
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
We discuss the risk of transmission of antimicrobial resistance in the hospital sink drain microbiome, highlight studies providing evidence of transfer, and consider strategies to mitigate these risks 🪠🦠
doi.org/10.1038/s442...
The hospital sink drain microbiome as a melting pot for AMR transmission to nosocomial pathogens - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - The hospital sink drain microbiome as a melting pot for AMR transmission to nosocomial pathogens
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A great paper!
Do I win a prize for spotting Noodlococcus in Fig 1? @jpjhall.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
Do I win a prize for spotting Noodlococcus in Fig 1? @jpjhall.bsky.social @gemccallum.bsky.social
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Cool looking colonies...
@contamclub.bsky.social
@contamclub.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Cool looking colonies...
@contamclub.bsky.social
@contamclub.bsky.social
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Here is Rob Moran's account, a fantastic researcher in the field of plasmid genomics and evolution (and @contamclub.bsky.social), so a highly recommended follow.
As is @prob91.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Here is Rob Moran's account, a fantastic researcher in the field of plasmid genomics and evolution (and @contamclub.bsky.social), so a highly recommended follow.
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quando te venderem bolo com aqueles bombons em cima e disserem que é trufado, recusem. a verdadeira trufa é um fungo
July 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Great photo for July on the @contamclub.bsky.social calendar
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Great photo for July on the @contamclub.bsky.social calendar
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Day 2 of IMI Summer school 2025 kicks off with some funky images from @contamclub.bsky.social and Mathematical modelling of an infectious disease with Rowland Seymour 🦠🦠🤢🤢
July 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Day 2 of IMI Summer school 2025 kicks off with some funky images from @contamclub.bsky.social and Mathematical modelling of an infectious disease with Rowland Seymour 🦠🦠🤢🤢
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#DescribeThatMicrobe Summer labs are in full swing as are demo plates with handprints! #Microbiology #SciComm @contamclub.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#DescribeThatMicrobe Summer labs are in full swing as are demo plates with handprints! #Microbiology #SciComm @contamclub.bsky.social
🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵
June 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵
The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠
Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/15 🧵
Excited to share something with you all later this week… 🧫🦠🍜👀
May 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Excited to share something with you all later this week… 🧫🦠🍜👀
😱 have mites been crawling all over my plate? 😭
May 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
😱 have mites been crawling all over my plate? 😭
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May in the @contamclub.bsky.social calendar is extra special to me because it features a picture I took of this super cool contaminant!! 🦠
April 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
May in the @contamclub.bsky.social calendar is extra special to me because it features a picture I took of this super cool contaminant!! 🦠
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Streptomyces with cyclohex resistant Aspergillus and random other bacteria @contamclub.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Streptomyces with cyclohex resistant Aspergillus and random other bacteria @contamclub.bsky.social
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@contamclub.bsky.social cutest little sunny side up contamination surprise in the lab 🐣
March 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@contamclub.bsky.social cutest little sunny side up contamination surprise in the lab 🐣