Prof Jenny Rohn
@jennyrohn.bsky.social
Cellular microbiologist, #UTI host/pathogen interactions, lab head at University College London, novelist, broadcaster, writer, pundit, sci comm, musician, gardener, Editor of LabLit.com, all things geek-chic. M7HZT on ham radio. More at jennyrohn.com
Peak Bluesky
My most controversial starter pack yet... a collection of people who pronounce scone as scone and not scone
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Peak Bluesky
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The boy (13) is doing gothic literature in English and has to write a gothic story. This has several promising elements - burning abbey, nuns, senseless murder - "but," he says, "I keep worrying it's turning into a comedy." So begins the most important lesson of the gothic.
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The boy (13) is doing gothic literature in English and has to write a gothic story. This has several promising elements - burning abbey, nuns, senseless murder - "but," he says, "I keep worrying it's turning into a comedy." So begins the most important lesson of the gothic.
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Like a time capsule: a #Roman tile marked with #finger lines, hobnail #shoe prints, #dog's paw prints, and a #stamp of the LEG(io) XIIII G(emina). Tiles with imprints are very common, since tiles were laid out to dry in the open air ahead of firing, where...🧵1/2
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
#TilesOnTuesday 🏺
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
OMG, this actively hurts
You and the text you need to trim in order to meet the word limit
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
OMG, this actively hurts
For #WildflowerHour this week, one I’m pretty sure about (left, Sphagneticola trilobata, Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye), and one I’d appreciate help on (right) - some sort of willowherb / Epilobium? Both from estuary Kent. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
For #WildflowerHour this week, one I’m pretty sure about (left, Sphagneticola trilobata, Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye), and one I’d appreciate help on (right) - some sort of willowherb / Epilobium? Both from estuary Kent. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
From the department of the bleeding obvious for the last decade…
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
From the department of the bleeding obvious for the last decade…
Crispy duck pancake night, recipe by @nigelslater.bsky.social ♥️
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Crispy duck pancake night, recipe by @nigelslater.bsky.social ♥️
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Amusing that the two minutes of Remembrance Sunday silence in my hometown was about the loudest it was all morning – this is because of the gun salute at 11 am which, as it does every year, set off multiple car alarms, babies crying, a massive explosion of birds into flight and many dogs barking.
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Amusing that the two minutes of Remembrance Sunday silence in my hometown was about the loudest it was all morning – this is because of the gun salute at 11 am which, as it does every year, set off multiple car alarms, babies crying, a massive explosion of birds into flight and many dogs barking.
Proofing my second lab manuscript of the day. Question for #UTISky - feeling lazy and not wanting to change descriptions of complicated and uncomplicated UTI based on recent, unhelpfully divergent definitions in Europe and the USA…. Naughty? cc @anniejoseph.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Proofing my second lab manuscript of the day. Question for #UTISky - feeling lazy and not wanting to change descriptions of complicated and uncomplicated UTI based on recent, unhelpfully divergent definitions in Europe and the USA…. Naughty? cc @anniejoseph.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social
Our “chilli jungle” in the big greenhouse is still going strong, with plenty of ripening fruit and flowers
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Our “chilli jungle” in the big greenhouse is still going strong, with plenty of ripening fruit and flowers
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A Tale of Two Acorns
Two acorns grew in their cups at the end of the same twig.
In time both ripened to a deep greenish brown. One, facing the Earth, fell to the moist ground and began the next stage of its life.
The other, facing the Sun, was held captive by its own weight and shrivelled.
Two acorns grew in their cups at the end of the same twig.
In time both ripened to a deep greenish brown. One, facing the Earth, fell to the moist ground and began the next stage of its life.
The other, facing the Sun, was held captive by its own weight and shrivelled.
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A Tale of Two Acorns
Two acorns grew in their cups at the end of the same twig.
In time both ripened to a deep greenish brown. One, facing the Earth, fell to the moist ground and began the next stage of its life.
The other, facing the Sun, was held captive by its own weight and shrivelled.
Two acorns grew in their cups at the end of the same twig.
In time both ripened to a deep greenish brown. One, facing the Earth, fell to the moist ground and began the next stage of its life.
The other, facing the Sun, was held captive by its own weight and shrivelled.
My Watson memory: wine & cheese party on his lawn at Cold Spring Harbor during the Retrovirus meeting, early ‘90s. He zeroed in solely on groups of young women (eventually the one I was standing in), saying inappropriate things about our summer attire. No filter whatsoever. Deeply uncomfortable.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
My Watson memory: wine & cheese party on his lawn at Cold Spring Harbor during the Retrovirus meeting, early ‘90s. He zeroed in solely on groups of young women (eventually the one I was standing in), saying inappropriate things about our summer attire. No filter whatsoever. Deeply uncomfortable.
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Sometimes the story takes you somewhere so beautiful and terrifying that you ask yourself - do I want really want to go there and what will the readers think. So in about two years - don't say I didn't warn you 😝
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Sometimes the story takes you somewhere so beautiful and terrifying that you ask yourself - do I want really want to go there and what will the readers think. So in about two years - don't say I didn't warn you 😝
Another beautiful morning.
Our apricot tree keeps giving beauty long after the fruit has passed
Our apricot tree keeps giving beauty long after the fruit has passed
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Another beautiful morning.
Our apricot tree keeps giving beauty long after the fruit has passed
Our apricot tree keeps giving beauty long after the fruit has passed
Autumn raindrops
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Autumn raindrops
It was such a beautiful afternoon in the garden today
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It was such a beautiful afternoon in the garden today
Our girls enjoying being fed the last of the garden grapes
November 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our girls enjoying being fed the last of the garden grapes
Toms still coming!
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Toms still coming!
Due to intense academic stress, I’m about a week and a half late forcing my Christmas paper-white narcissus bulbs this year. Banishing these guys to the dark garage and hoping for the best – otherwise they will be New Year’s blooms!
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Due to intense academic stress, I’m about a week and a half late forcing my Christmas paper-white narcissus bulbs this year. Banishing these guys to the dark garage and hoping for the best – otherwise they will be New Year’s blooms!
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What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure. A really informative article, perfect for a weekend coffee read. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure. A really informative article, perfect for a weekend coffee read. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Said "case series" out loud and woke up Siri
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Said "case series" out loud and woke up Siri
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The rise of ‘nightmare bacteria’: antimicrobial resistance in five charts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The rise of ‘nightmare bacteria’: antimicrobial resistance in five charts
Data reveal how the global challenge to reduce deaths and infections from drug-resistant bacteria is not going according to plan.
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The rise of ‘nightmare bacteria’: antimicrobial resistance in five charts www.nature.com/articles/d41...
