Holly Tipper
@hollytipper.bsky.social
Senior Molecular Microbiologist UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | Antimicrobial resistance, pathogens and microbial communities in natural environments and wastewater treatment systems #AMR (she/her) https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/holly-tipper
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Our recent paper on #stakeholder opinions on the delivery of environmental components of the UK's #AMR National Action Plan has been written up into a blog! 🦠🌊
Check out the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And the blog below ⬇️
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social #WAAW
Check out the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And the blog below ⬇️
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social #WAAW
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our recent paper on #stakeholder opinions on the delivery of environmental components of the UK's #AMR National Action Plan has been written up into a blog! 🦠🌊
Check out the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And the blog below ⬇️
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social #WAAW
Check out the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And the blog below ⬇️
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social #WAAW
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What was missing from the #UK #AMR National Action Plan?
✍️🎯 Better evidence & clear objectives to help understand & combat the role of environmental factors in driving #AMR in the #UK.
👉 bit.ly/4pkL5Qc
@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social @istanton.bsky.social
#WAAW2025
✍️🎯 Better evidence & clear objectives to help understand & combat the role of environmental factors in driving #AMR in the #UK.
👉 bit.ly/4pkL5Qc
@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social @istanton.bsky.social
#WAAW2025
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
What was missing from the #UK #AMR National Action Plan?
✍️🎯 Better evidence & clear objectives to help understand & combat the role of environmental factors in driving #AMR in the #UK.
👉 bit.ly/4pkL5Qc
@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social @istanton.bsky.social
#WAAW2025
✍️🎯 Better evidence & clear objectives to help understand & combat the role of environmental factors in driving #AMR in the #UK.
👉 bit.ly/4pkL5Qc
@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social @istanton.bsky.social
#WAAW2025
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We process our monitoring samples in a variety of ways, which include #phenotypic testing for #AMR, as well as using #molecular methods such as #qPCR and #sequencing to look for specific antimicrobial resistance genes 🦠🧬👩🔬🧫
#WAAW
#WAAW
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We process our monitoring samples in a variety of ways, which include #phenotypic testing for #AMR, as well as using #molecular methods such as #qPCR and #sequencing to look for specific antimicrobial resistance genes 🦠🧬👩🔬🧫
#WAAW
#WAAW
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Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
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@hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social went to visit the Unilever labs yesterday to meet up with their PhD student Olivia Mescall and her other supervisors @profjrsnape.bsky.social & Katie Endersby!
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
@hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social went to visit the Unilever labs yesterday to meet up with their PhD student Olivia Mescall and her other supervisors @profjrsnape.bsky.social & Katie Endersby!
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
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Last month, @hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social attended the Microbiome Innovation and One Health Conference in Oxford 🦠🧫
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last month, @hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social attended the Microbiome Innovation and One Health Conference in Oxford 🦠🧫
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
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@hollytipper.bsky.social is a Senior Molecular Microbiologist working on environmental #AMR. Holly is interested in how resistance spreads through water systems & the environment and what that means for public health. She works at the intersection of science, policy & industry💧🧫🌍
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
@hollytipper.bsky.social is a Senior Molecular Microbiologist working on environmental #AMR. Holly is interested in how resistance spreads through water systems & the environment and what that means for public health. She works at the intersection of science, policy & industry💧🧫🌍
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The work on evaluating the UK's #AMR National Action Plan was recently published which focused on stakeholder opinions on the implementation of the 2019-2024 plan 🦠
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The work on evaluating the UK's #AMR National Action Plan was recently published which focused on stakeholder opinions on the implementation of the 2019-2024 plan 🦠
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
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Welcome back to our "meet the researcher" series! Previously we introduced you to our PhD students.
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩🔬👨🔬
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Welcome back to our "meet the researcher" series! Previously we introduced you to our PhD students.
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
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Olivia Mescall is starting at the University of York soon with UKCEH, Unilever, Scymaris & Oxford Nanopore Technology.
Olivia's PhD title is: "Does chemical exposure in urban systems drive microbial community structure and function to mitigate pollution risks?"🏙️🦠
Olivia's supervisors are...
Olivia's PhD title is: "Does chemical exposure in urban systems drive microbial community structure and function to mitigate pollution risks?"🏙️🦠
Olivia's supervisors are...
September 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Looking forward to our new PhD student, James, joining us soon!! ⬇️🦠
@j-ev.bsky.social is starting his PhD at UKCEH Wallingford next week with University of Oxford & JNCC!
James' project will investigate the effects of multiple stressors on microbes & ecosystem health in wetlands🦠💊
His supervisors are Holly Tipper, Susheel Bhanu Busi, Michelle Jackson & Jason Weeks
James' project will investigate the effects of multiple stressors on microbes & ecosystem health in wetlands🦠💊
His supervisors are Holly Tipper, Susheel Bhanu Busi, Michelle Jackson & Jason Weeks
September 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Looking forward to our new PhD student, James, joining us soon!! ⬇️🦠
Welcome to our new PhD student Rosie!! ⬇️🦠
@rosieelliott.bsky.social started her PhD today at UKCEH Wallingford with University of Bath & Wessex Water!
Rosie's PhD is on microbial source tracking for AMR & pathogens in aquatic ecosystems 🦠🧫
Rosie is supervised by Holly Tipper, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Susheel Bhanu Busi & Megan Robertson
Rosie's PhD is on microbial source tracking for AMR & pathogens in aquatic ecosystems 🦠🧫
Rosie is supervised by Holly Tipper, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Susheel Bhanu Busi & Megan Robertson
September 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Welcome to our new PhD student Rosie!! ⬇️🦠
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Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩🔬👨🔬
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
September 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩🔬👨🔬
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Follow our group's new page to see what we're up to! ⬇️🦠🥼
Welcome to the new UKCEH Molecular Ecology group Bluesky page!
We are a research team, primarily based in Wallingford, working on all things #molecular 🧬, #microbes 🧫, #eDNA 🌊 & #AMR 🦠!
Stay tuned as we introduce our researchers & to find out more about our work🧬🧪
We are a research team, primarily based in Wallingford, working on all things #molecular 🧬, #microbes 🧫, #eDNA 🌊 & #AMR 🦠!
Stay tuned as we introduce our researchers & to find out more about our work🧬🧪
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Follow our group's new page to see what we're up to! ⬇️🦠🥼
It was brilliant to work with you, Rebecca, and the LSHTM team! Check out our new article below! ⬇️ 🧬🧫
@istanton.bsky.social it was SO great working with you and Holly on this article, out TODAY in Global Health Action! Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍 👌 😀 🙌 👏
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Stakeholder views on the implementation of the UK’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (2019–2024) in relation to AMR in the environment
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment is an important component of One Health AMR research and is increasingly incorporated into AMR National Action Plans (NAPs), including the UK’s AMR...
www.tandfonline.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It was brilliant to work with you, Rebecca, and the LSHTM team! Check out our new article below! ⬇️ 🧬🧫
Reposted by Holly Tipper
@istanton.bsky.social it was SO great working with you and Holly on this article, out TODAY in Global Health Action! Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍 👌 😀 🙌 👏
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Stakeholder views on the implementation of the UK’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (2019–2024) in relation to AMR in the environment
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment is an important component of One Health AMR research and is increasingly incorporated into AMR National Action Plans (NAPs), including the UK’s AMR...
www.tandfonline.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
@istanton.bsky.social it was SO great working with you and Holly on this article, out TODAY in Global Health Action! Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍 👌 😀 🙌 👏
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📣 We're proud to announce our new science framework, marking a major milestone in our evolution.
Five cutting-edge science areas, each led by newly appointed Associate Science Directors and Group Heads, will shape the future of environmental research. 🌍
See more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
Five cutting-edge science areas, each led by newly appointed Associate Science Directors and Group Heads, will shape the future of environmental research. 🌍
See more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
May 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📣 We're proud to announce our new science framework, marking a major milestone in our evolution.
Five cutting-edge science areas, each led by newly appointed Associate Science Directors and Group Heads, will shape the future of environmental research. 🌍
See more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
Five cutting-edge science areas, each led by newly appointed Associate Science Directors and Group Heads, will shape the future of environmental research. 🌍
See more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
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🌍 It's UN World Environment Day—this year’s theme focuses on why we need to #BeatPlasticPollution
🎧 Hear UKCEH expert @richardkcross.bsky.social explain more about the surprising sources of #microplastics in this episode of our Counting the Earth #podcast
🔗 audioboom.com/posts/861329... 🧪
🎧 Hear UKCEH expert @richardkcross.bsky.social explain more about the surprising sources of #microplastics in this episode of our Counting the Earth #podcast
🔗 audioboom.com/posts/861329... 🧪
June 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌍 It's UN World Environment Day—this year’s theme focuses on why we need to #BeatPlasticPollution
🎧 Hear UKCEH expert @richardkcross.bsky.social explain more about the surprising sources of #microplastics in this episode of our Counting the Earth #podcast
🔗 audioboom.com/posts/861329... 🧪
🎧 Hear UKCEH expert @richardkcross.bsky.social explain more about the surprising sources of #microplastics in this episode of our Counting the Earth #podcast
🔗 audioboom.com/posts/861329... 🧪
Catch me and Isobel Stanton discussing #AMR in the environment and wastewater, and what this means for human health 🦠💊🥼
Podcast link below 🔽
Podcast link below 🔽
March 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Catch me and Isobel Stanton discussing #AMR in the environment and wastewater, and what this means for human health 🦠💊🥼
Podcast link below 🔽
Podcast link below 🔽
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🎧 Resistance Rising: 1.14 million - new podcast episode coming soon!
Alice & Sue are a sewage treatment works to explore the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) 🦠
🔔 Subscribe on your favourite podcast app! www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @hollytipper.bsky.social 🧪
Alice & Sue are a sewage treatment works to explore the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) 🦠
🔔 Subscribe on your favourite podcast app! www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @hollytipper.bsky.social 🧪
March 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🎧 Resistance Rising: 1.14 million - new podcast episode coming soon!
Alice & Sue are a sewage treatment works to explore the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) 🦠
🔔 Subscribe on your favourite podcast app! www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @hollytipper.bsky.social 🧪
Alice & Sue are a sewage treatment works to explore the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) 🦠
🔔 Subscribe on your favourite podcast app! www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @hollytipper.bsky.social 🧪
Thanks Uli!
We're welcoming submissions to the npj Antimicrobials & Resistance Collection on Water Testing: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water.
We looking for impactful research on AMR & antimicrobials in natural aquatic & engineered water environments 🦠
Submission deadline: 20th Sept 2025
We're welcoming submissions to the npj Antimicrobials & Resistance Collection on Water Testing: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water.
We looking for impactful research on AMR & antimicrobials in natural aquatic & engineered water environments 🦠
Submission deadline: 20th Sept 2025
January 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thanks Uli!
We're welcoming submissions to the npj Antimicrobials & Resistance Collection on Water Testing: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water.
We looking for impactful research on AMR & antimicrobials in natural aquatic & engineered water environments 🦠
Submission deadline: 20th Sept 2025
We're welcoming submissions to the npj Antimicrobials & Resistance Collection on Water Testing: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water.
We looking for impactful research on AMR & antimicrobials in natural aquatic & engineered water environments 🦠
Submission deadline: 20th Sept 2025
🚨Currently hiring!🚨
Looking for a new challenge?
We are hiring a Molecular Biology Technician and a Molecular Ecologist, based at our @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford site.
Follow the links to find out more! 🦠🧬
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Looking for a new challenge?
We are hiring a Molecular Biology Technician and a Molecular Ecologist, based at our @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford site.
Follow the links to find out more! 🦠🧬
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
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Molecular Biology Technician
Salary - £30,684 to £32,563 Fully site based. 18-Month Fixed Term Contract and Full-Time (37 hours per week) Closing date for applications, Fri, 3 Jan 2024. We reserve the right to close this advert e...
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December 17, 2024 at 3:56 PM
🚨Currently hiring!🚨
Looking for a new challenge?
We are hiring a Molecular Biology Technician and a Molecular Ecologist, based at our @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford site.
Follow the links to find out more! 🦠🧬
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
Looking for a new challenge?
We are hiring a Molecular Biology Technician and a Molecular Ecologist, based at our @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford site.
Follow the links to find out more! 🦠🧬
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...
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Very happy to be leading on the evolutionary biology within the NIHR funded Opt-AMR project we have just started. Will be looking for a postdoctoral scientist in approximately 2 years time...
www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...
New strategies to combat overuse of antibiotics that increase antimicrobial resistance
Opt-AMR (Optimising Antibiotic Usage to Mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance) is a new programme led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.AMR to antibiotics is an urgent and growing global health
www.lstmed.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Very happy to be leading on the evolutionary biology within the NIHR funded Opt-AMR project we have just started. Will be looking for a postdoctoral scientist in approximately 2 years time...
www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...
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3/ in addition to understanding more about how we could undertake an environmental AMR surveillance we also looked at what concentrations of antimicrobials the development of resistance can drive. See here 👉 www.gov.uk/government/p...
Determining selective concentrations for antibiotics and antifungals in natural environments
This project determined the concentrations of specified antimicrobials at which selection for resistance may occur.
www.gov.uk
October 25, 2024 at 8:07 PM
3/ in addition to understanding more about how we could undertake an environmental AMR surveillance we also looked at what concentrations of antimicrobials the development of resistance can drive. See here 👉 www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reposted by Holly Tipper
6/ Antibiotics 💊 and antifungals are not the only substance that can lead to # resistance. A range of disinfectants 🧪 is currently used in the 🇬🇧 and here we reviewed available information on their potential role in the development of antimicrobial resistance 👉 www.gov.uk/government/p...
Potential impact of disinfectants on antimicrobial resistance development
Identifies the range of disinfectants currently used in the UK and reviewed available information on their potential role in the development of antimicrobial resistance.
www.gov.uk
October 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
6/ Antibiotics 💊 and antifungals are not the only substance that can lead to # resistance. A range of disinfectants 🧪 is currently used in the 🇬🇧 and here we reviewed available information on their potential role in the development of antimicrobial resistance 👉 www.gov.uk/government/p...