Kate Baker
@ksbakes.bsky.social
Prof @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social Connecting pathogen evolution with public health outcomes. #Shigella and #AMR enthusiast. Views own. http://gen.cam.ac.uk/baker-group also www.pdu.gen.cam.ac.uk also @pducambridge.bsky.social
Anyone else stuck in some sort of time warp today??? ⏳🕰️⏰⏱️⌚ I have so far received an APC invoice for a paper published in 2021 and a Research fish reporting request for a grant that ended in 2020
January 23, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Anyone else stuck in some sort of time warp today??? ⏳🕰️⏰⏱️⌚ I have so far received an APC invoice for a paper published in 2021 and a Research fish reporting request for a grant that ended in 2020
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The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications, aimed at non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more and apply by 11 March: #RSGrants https://royalsociety.org/grants/newton-international/
January 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications, aimed at non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more and apply by 11 March: #RSGrants https://royalsociety.org/grants/newton-international/
@pducambridge.bsky.social is looking for a new lab administrator (0.5 FTE) - come and join in pushing forward our research and impact in infectious disease! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Coordinator (Part Time, Fixed Term)
The Pathogen Dynamics Unit, located within the Department of Genetics in central Cambridge, is looking to recruit a part-time Research Coordinator to join our growing team of researchers carrying out
www.cam.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
@pducambridge.bsky.social is looking for a new lab administrator (0.5 FTE) - come and join in pushing forward our research and impact in infectious disease! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
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Dear #AMR #genomics and big data community: please be informed that the programme of the Wellcome AMR conference in Hinxton on March 23-26th is now online: coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/antimi... - please register before Feb 24th for onsite participation
Antimicrobial Resistance – Genomes, Big Data and Emerging Technologies — 20260323
Highlighting the importance of genomic data in the fight against AMR
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Dear #AMR #genomics and big data community: please be informed that the programme of the Wellcome AMR conference in Hinxton on March 23-26th is now online: coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/antimi... - please register before Feb 24th for onsite participation
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We are excited to announce that as of January 1st @yhgrad.bsky.social is the new Director of @ccdd-hsph.bsky.social, joining him is @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social, as Associate Director. Join us in congratulating Yonatan and Jeff in their new roles!
➡️ Learn about CCDD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URu...
➡️ Learn about CCDD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URu...
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
We are excited to announce that as of January 1st @yhgrad.bsky.social is the new Director of @ccdd-hsph.bsky.social, joining him is @jeff-imai-eaton.bsky.social, as Associate Director. Join us in congratulating Yonatan and Jeff in their new roles!
➡️ Learn about CCDD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URu...
➡️ Learn about CCDD: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9URu...
Just two more days to submit your abstracts to the @shigellameeting.bsky.social - can't wait to see everyone there! www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Home - EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Just two more days to submit your abstracts to the @shigellameeting.bsky.social - can't wait to see everyone there! www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
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🫁 AIR 2026 registration closing 19th Jan
Focused on respiratory infection, microbiomes and immunity, with amazing speakers.
Incl genomics, single-cell, spatial and systems approaches.
📍 Wellcome Genome Campus
📅 11–14 Feb
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...
Focused on respiratory infection, microbiomes and immunity, with amazing speakers.
Incl genomics, single-cell, spatial and systems approaches.
📍 Wellcome Genome Campus
📅 11–14 Feb
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...
AIR 2026: Genomic and Systems Approaches to Respiratory Infection, Microbiomes and Immunity — 20260211
Course exploring how genomics, microbiome profiling, and systems biology reshape our understanding of respiratory infections and immune dynamics.
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
🫁 AIR 2026 registration closing 19th Jan
Focused on respiratory infection, microbiomes and immunity, with amazing speakers.
Incl genomics, single-cell, spatial and systems approaches.
📍 Wellcome Genome Campus
📅 11–14 Feb
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...
Focused on respiratory infection, microbiomes and immunity, with amazing speakers.
Incl genomics, single-cell, spatial and systems approaches.
📍 Wellcome Genome Campus
📅 11–14 Feb
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...
Happy New Year Shigellophiles! There's only 105 days to go ... don't forget to get your abstract in!
Come and visit me in Paris! #Shigella2026 - travel bursaries deadline tomorrow. Submit your abstracts at www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Come and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Happy New Year Shigellophiles! There's only 105 days to go ... don't forget to get your abstract in!
It’s that magical time of year 🥳 when we delete all work apps from our phones 🙌 Happy holidays everyone, and catch you in 2026! Oh, and don’t forget to register for the @shigellameeting.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It’s that magical time of year 🥳 when we delete all work apps from our phones 🙌 Happy holidays everyone, and catch you in 2026! Oh, and don’t forget to register for the @shigellameeting.bsky.social
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📣 UKHSA survey on gonorrhoea testing practices in England
UKHSA is inviting sexual health services & diagnostic labs to take part in a national survey on current gonorrhoea testing practices across England.
⏱️ 15 minutes
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Jan 2026
🔗 Take part here: surveys.ukhsa.gov.uk/s/sg01bo
UKHSA is inviting sexual health services & diagnostic labs to take part in a national survey on current gonorrhoea testing practices across England.
⏱️ 15 minutes
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Jan 2026
🔗 Take part here: surveys.ukhsa.gov.uk/s/sg01bo
Starting survey...
surveys.ukhsa.gov.uk
December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
📣 UKHSA survey on gonorrhoea testing practices in England
UKHSA is inviting sexual health services & diagnostic labs to take part in a national survey on current gonorrhoea testing practices across England.
⏱️ 15 minutes
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Jan 2026
🔗 Take part here: surveys.ukhsa.gov.uk/s/sg01bo
UKHSA is inviting sexual health services & diagnostic labs to take part in a national survey on current gonorrhoea testing practices across England.
⏱️ 15 minutes
🗓️ Deadline: 14 Jan 2026
🔗 Take part here: surveys.ukhsa.gov.uk/s/sg01bo
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The final piece of my PhD work is now published in Science Translational Medicine! We present a new framework to jointly infer epidemiological and antigenic parameters from multi-pathogen population serological studies🦠
www.science.org/stoken/autho...
www.science.org/stoken/autho...
December 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The final piece of my PhD work is now published in Science Translational Medicine! We present a new framework to jointly infer epidemiological and antigenic parameters from multi-pathogen population serological studies🦠
www.science.org/stoken/autho...
www.science.org/stoken/autho...
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We are recruiting for a number of PhDs in the HPRU in Public Health Genomics, based at @unibirmingham.bsky.social, in collaboration with UKHSA. 🦠🧬
Apply below to work on cutting-edge science and public health priorities! (NB deadline of 9th January / UK only due to funding restrictions)
(1/7)
Apply below to work on cutting-edge science and public health priorities! (NB deadline of 9th January / UK only due to funding restrictions)
(1/7)
December 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We are recruiting for a number of PhDs in the HPRU in Public Health Genomics, based at @unibirmingham.bsky.social, in collaboration with UKHSA. 🦠🧬
Apply below to work on cutting-edge science and public health priorities! (NB deadline of 9th January / UK only due to funding restrictions)
(1/7)
Apply below to work on cutting-edge science and public health priorities! (NB deadline of 9th January / UK only due to funding restrictions)
(1/7)
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Come and visit me in Paris! #Shigella2026 - travel bursaries deadline tomorrow. Submit your abstracts at www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Come and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Come and visit me in Paris! #Shigella2026 - travel bursaries deadline tomorrow. Submit your abstracts at www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
Travel bursary deadline closing tomorrow - get your abstracts in December 16!
Come and join us in Paris 2026 to talk all about Shigella!
December 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Travel bursary deadline closing tomorrow - get your abstracts in December 16!
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Work on respiratory immunology or microbes? Interested in big data, omics or the latest in vitro models?... Treat your lab to a christmas present of AIR 2026 registration!
Feb 11th-13th, registration closing soon:
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...
Feb 11th-13th, registration closing soon:
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...
December 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Work on respiratory immunology or microbes? Interested in big data, omics or the latest in vitro models?... Treat your lab to a christmas present of AIR 2026 registration!
Feb 11th-13th, registration closing soon:
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...
Feb 11th-13th, registration closing soon:
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/air-20...
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Attending ESCMID global and want to go to #Shigella2026 afterward? There are several direct flights a day from Munich to Paris www.skyscanner.net or why not reduce your carbon footprint and take in the European countryside by train www.raileurope.com/en? Most options <£100 See you there!
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Attending ESCMID global and want to go to #Shigella2026 afterward? There are several direct flights a day from Munich to Paris www.skyscanner.net or why not reduce your carbon footprint and take in the European countryside by train www.raileurope.com/en? Most options <£100 See you there!
Get the dates in your calendars guys: June 27 - July 2 2027 for the GRC in Microbial Population Biology 🧬 🧫 🌴
It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027!
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
December 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Get the dates in your calendars guys: June 27 - July 2 2027 for the GRC in Microbial Population Biology 🧬 🧫 🌴
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It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027!
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
It’s officially happening folks! The Microbial Population Biology Gordon Research Conference is back in Andover, New Hampshire starting June 27th of 2027!
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
See you there!!
@wcratcliff.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social @surtlab.bsky.social
#microsky #mevosky
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Dr Somenath Bakshi is 1 of 8 @cam.ac.uk researchers who will receive a share of the @erc.europa.eu's €728m Consolidator Grant awards this year
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
He will map how bacterial physiology controls the infection dynamics of phage – a #virus that infects & kills #bacteria 🦠
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
He will map how bacterial physiology controls the infection dynamics of phage – a #virus that infects & kills #bacteria 🦠
Cambridge researcher awarded ERC funding to explore virus-bacteria interactions to combat antibiotic resistance
Dr Bakshi will map how bacterial physiology, including cellular resources, energy and stress, controls the infection dynamics of phage – a virus that infects and kills bacteria. To achieve this, he wi...
www.eng.cam.ac.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Dr Somenath Bakshi is 1 of 8 @cam.ac.uk researchers who will receive a share of the @erc.europa.eu's €728m Consolidator Grant awards this year
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
He will map how bacterial physiology controls the infection dynamics of phage – a #virus that infects & kills #bacteria 🦠
www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid...
He will map how bacterial physiology controls the infection dynamics of phage – a #virus that infects & kills #bacteria 🦠
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📢 Thrilled to see that our work on chikungunya virus (CHIKV) epidemiology in Brazil is out in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social 🧵
New Research
The epidemiology of chikungunya virus in Brazil and the potential impact of vaccines: a mathematical modelling study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The epidemiology of chikungunya virus in Brazil and the potential impact of vaccines: a mathematical modelling study
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The epidemiology of chikungunya virus in Brazil and the potential impact of vaccines: a mathematical modelling study
Despite widespread circulation, most of Brazil remains susceptible to infection. CHIKV
vaccination has the potential to substantially reduce disease burden.
www.thelancet.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
📢 Thrilled to see that our work on chikungunya virus (CHIKV) epidemiology in Brazil is out in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social 🧵
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One week remains to submit #early #abstracts and apply for #travel grants for the #Shigella meeting!
#MicroSky #IDSky 🦠🧫🔬
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social @christinafaher1.bsky.social
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...
#MicroSky #IDSky 🦠🧫🔬
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social @christinafaher1.bsky.social
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...
Call for abstracts - EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
One week remains to submit #early #abstracts and apply for #travel grants for the #Shigella meeting!
#MicroSky #IDSky 🦠🧫🔬
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social @christinafaher1.bsky.social
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...
#MicroSky #IDSky 🦠🧫🔬
@ksbakes.bsky.social @sergemostowylab.bsky.social @marteynlab.bsky.social @christinafaher1.bsky.social
www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/call-for-abs...
Treat yourself this Christmas to a registration for the #Shigella2026 meeting in Paris!
🦠 EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Treat yourself this Christmas to a registration for the #Shigella2026 meeting in Paris!
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🦠 EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🦠 EMBO Workshop Shigella: from biology to prevention
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
📅 April 20-24, 2026
📍 Institut Pasteur, Paris
Register now ➡️ www.shigella2026.conferences-pasteur.org/home
@embo.org @shigellameeting.bsky.social
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MetaPointFinder:
A new approach for detecting mutation-driven antimicrobial resistance directly from metagenomic reads.
Fills a major gap in current resistome profiling by capturing chromosomal AMR mutations that metagenome tools miss.
github.com/aldertzomer/...
A new approach for detecting mutation-driven antimicrobial resistance directly from metagenomic reads.
Fills a major gap in current resistome profiling by capturing chromosomal AMR mutations that metagenome tools miss.
github.com/aldertzomer/...
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
MetaPointFinder:
A new approach for detecting mutation-driven antimicrobial resistance directly from metagenomic reads.
Fills a major gap in current resistome profiling by capturing chromosomal AMR mutations that metagenome tools miss.
github.com/aldertzomer/...
A new approach for detecting mutation-driven antimicrobial resistance directly from metagenomic reads.
Fills a major gap in current resistome profiling by capturing chromosomal AMR mutations that metagenome tools miss.
github.com/aldertzomer/...
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Opening of a Group Leader position in AI in genomics at Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr , Paris research.pasteur.fr/en/call/mid-...
Mid-career Group Leader position in AI in genomics at Institut Pasteur, Paris - Research
Institut Pasteur and the CNRS are launching a call for a mid-career group leader position in AI in genomics. We are looking for an experienced researcher (typically with > 8 years of research experien...
research.pasteur.fr
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Opening of a Group Leader position in AI in genomics at Institut Pasteur @pasteur.fr , Paris research.pasteur.fr/en/call/mid-...