Phil Ashton
@flashton.bsky.social
Genomic epidemiologist at the Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance at Oxford. How can microbial genomics improve health in high infectious disease settings?
Art galleries should provide good signal/free WiFi so that we can ask AI about the art work, rather than seemingly deliberately blocking it to stop people dicking about on their phones.
May 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Art galleries should provide good signal/free WiFi so that we can ask AI about the art work, rather than seemingly deliberately blocking it to stop people dicking about on their phones.
ChatGPT o3 is just mind blowing!
May 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
ChatGPT o3 is just mind blowing!
I'm sure that being a medieval peasant and growing all your own food must have been satisfying in its own way, but they'll never know the satisfaction of having a fully charged battery pack will they?
May 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm sure that being a medieval peasant and growing all your own food must have been satisfying in its own way, but they'll never know the satisfaction of having a fully charged battery pack will they?
Great post from Works in Progress mag on recent scientific findings:
"For over 50 years, the USDA has airdropped millions of sterilized male screwworm flies weekly along the Panama–Colombia border."
www.worksinprogress.news/p/reporter-g...
"For over 50 years, the USDA has airdropped millions of sterilized male screwworm flies weekly along the Panama–Colombia border."
www.worksinprogress.news/p/reporter-g...
What's new in biology
Return of the screwworm, new DNA vaccines, gene editing at scale, and more
www.worksinprogress.news
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Great post from Works in Progress mag on recent scientific findings:
"For over 50 years, the USDA has airdropped millions of sterilized male screwworm flies weekly along the Panama–Colombia border."
www.worksinprogress.news/p/reporter-g...
"For over 50 years, the USDA has airdropped millions of sterilized male screwworm flies weekly along the Panama–Colombia border."
www.worksinprogress.news/p/reporter-g...
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Speakers include @flashton.bsky.social @dralhubb.bsky.social @danybeste.bsky.social @jodywinter.bsky.social @dannagifford.bsky.social and more!
Plus, lots of time to interact with other researchers and industry people in the field (including dinner!).
Maybe see you there?
Plus, lots of time to interact with other researchers and industry people in the field (including dinner!).
Maybe see you there?
March 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Speakers include @flashton.bsky.social @dralhubb.bsky.social @danybeste.bsky.social @jodywinter.bsky.social @dannagifford.bsky.social and more!
Plus, lots of time to interact with other researchers and industry people in the field (including dinner!).
Maybe see you there?
Plus, lots of time to interact with other researchers and industry people in the field (including dinner!).
Maybe see you there?
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@friendlymicrobe.bsky.social and I invite you to the @bsacandjac.bsky.social antibiotic resistance and mechanisms conference Nov 27-28 in Birmingham! We have great talks on global AMR healthcare, mechanisms, vaccines/immunotherapy, antimicrobial interactions and outreach.
bsac.org.uk/antibiotic-r...
bsac.org.uk/antibiotic-r...
Antibiotic Resistance and Mechanisms (ARM) Workshop for Researchers 2025 - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
bsac.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
@friendlymicrobe.bsky.social and I invite you to the @bsacandjac.bsky.social antibiotic resistance and mechanisms conference Nov 27-28 in Birmingham! We have great talks on global AMR healthcare, mechanisms, vaccines/immunotherapy, antimicrobial interactions and outreach.
bsac.org.uk/antibiotic-r...
bsac.org.uk/antibiotic-r...
Chuffed to announce that I've started a new job with @daanensen.bsky.social at the @thecgps.bsky.social, supporting the uptake of genomics for AMR in global health!
March 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Chuffed to announce that I've started a new job with @daanensen.bsky.social at the @thecgps.bsky.social, supporting the uptake of genomics for AMR in global health!
Is it acceptable to respond to a reviewers comment by saying "yes, that's a lovely idea, but we already have 27 supplementary tables, so i'm not going to do it"?
March 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is it acceptable to respond to a reviewers comment by saying "yes, that's a lovely idea, but we already have 27 supplementary tables, so i'm not going to do it"?
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Hi Bluesky! We’re looking forward to engaging with the community and our users on here. Follow this account for updates on the Pathogenwatch platform (pathogen.watch), as well as our sister tools @microreact.bsky.social and @amrwatch.bsky.social developed by @thecgps.bsky.social
Pathogenwatch
A global platform for genomic surveillance.
pathogen.watch
February 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Hi Bluesky! We’re looking forward to engaging with the community and our users on here. Follow this account for updates on the Pathogenwatch platform (pathogen.watch), as well as our sister tools @microreact.bsky.social and @amrwatch.bsky.social developed by @thecgps.bsky.social
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Today in @worksinprogress.bsky.social, I reflect on Donald Shoup's legacy. Perhaps the most interesting question: how did the most unlikely professor kick off an international parking reform movement?
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The prophet of parking
A eulogy for the great Donald Shoup
substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Today in @worksinprogress.bsky.social, I reflect on Donald Shoup's legacy. Perhaps the most interesting question: how did the most unlikely professor kick off an international parking reform movement?
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
I'm very interested in the idea to think about microbiome/metagenome datasets in terms of ecological guilds presented in this paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Is there any ontology, or other organised database, of microbial ecological guilds, with example species?
Is there any ontology, or other organised database, of microbial ecological guilds, with example species?
Microbiome science needs more microbiologists - Nature Microbiology
Microbiome science is a multi-disciplinary field, but classical microbiologists are needed to ensure advances are grounded in our understanding of basic microbiological concepts.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I'm very interested in the idea to think about microbiome/metagenome datasets in terms of ecological guilds presented in this paper www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Is there any ontology, or other organised database, of microbial ecological guilds, with example species?
Is there any ontology, or other organised database, of microbial ecological guilds, with example species?
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I've been maintaining a job board at www.genomicepi.com/jobs for a couple of years. I started this with several goals in mind
Genomic Epi Jobs
www.genomicepi.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I've been maintaining a job board at www.genomicepi.com/jobs for a couple of years. I started this with several goals in mind
What kind of psycopath has Sunday as the first day of the week on their calendar?
February 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
What kind of psycopath has Sunday as the first day of the week on their calendar?
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Registration for #IMMEM14 is now open! Don't forget it is limited to 350 participants so secure your spot. @escmid.bsky.social @esgem.bsky.social escmid.org/congress-eve...
Registration & Information
Learn more about the congress and events hosted by ESCMID in the fields of Clinical Microbiology (CM) and Infectious Disease (ID).
escmid.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Registration for #IMMEM14 is now open! Don't forget it is limited to 350 participants so secure your spot. @escmid.bsky.social @esgem.bsky.social escmid.org/congress-eve...
It would be nice if Google Scholar gave citation metrics excluding self-citations.
January 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It would be nice if Google Scholar gave citation metrics excluding self-citations.
I'm seeing this box on biorxiv pre-prints. Anyone know how to post a community review?
January 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I'm seeing this box on biorxiv pre-prints. Anyone know how to post a community review?
Strong petting zoo vibes from National Institute of Communicable Diseases in Joburg!
January 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Strong petting zoo vibes from National Institute of Communicable Diseases in Joburg!
If your journal sets my postal address field as required information as part of reviewer sign up, you'd better be prepped for some expletive laden address info!
January 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
If your journal sets my postal address field as required information as part of reviewer sign up, you'd better be prepped for some expletive laden address info!
Gah, can anyone help me find the paper that showed the association between various professions and different mental health conditions that was circulating a while back? Google and chatgpt failing.
January 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Gah, can anyone help me find the paper that showed the association between various professions and different mental health conditions that was circulating a while back? Google and chatgpt failing.
The substack subscription process is such a pain in the ass.
January 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The substack subscription process is such a pain in the ass.
This Steve Albini quote on goals vs process inspired me to create the goal-process ouroboros.
January 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
This Steve Albini quote on goals vs process inspired me to create the goal-process ouroboros.
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We developed a simple, inexpensive, colorimetric assay based on detection of S. Typhi-specific phages, which are more abundant and easily detectable. Our latest preprint describes this assay & application in 4 countries. Happy to share reagents & make this accessible. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We developed a simple, inexpensive, colorimetric assay based on detection of S. Typhi-specific phages, which are more abundant and easily detectable. Our latest preprint describes this assay & application in 4 countries. Happy to share reagents & make this accessible. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Some days you wake up and the sun is shining and the birds are singing.
Other days, you wake up and there’s no power, no water, and a decomposing rat in the garage.
Other days, you wake up and there’s no power, no water, and a decomposing rat in the garage.
January 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Some days you wake up and the sun is shining and the birds are singing.
Other days, you wake up and there’s no power, no water, and a decomposing rat in the garage.
Other days, you wake up and there’s no power, no water, and a decomposing rat in the garage.
Need a website that shows me outfits menswear guy has assessed and lets me guess his opinion and then compares my judgement with his.
January 6, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Need a website that shows me outfits menswear guy has assessed and lets me guess his opinion and then compares my judgement with his.
Is there anything better in the world than a 3000 word exploration of how terrible Man U are? www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Systems evangelist Amorim meets Slot’s simpler pragmatism at Anfield | Barney Ronay
Manchester United’s new manager is increasingly looking like an odd hire, especially when compared to the successful succession at their arch rivals
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Is there anything better in the world than a 3000 word exploration of how terrible Man U are? www.theguardian.com/football/202...