Joey Shepherd
@microshep.bsky.social
Microbiologist and general enthusiast. Hobbies include sitting down, staying warm, and hitting people with medieval weapons.
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We're now offering FREE fungal DNA extraction for our short read sequencing service 🥳 To celebrate we've got a fungi theme going on at #Microbio25 today!
#MicroSky
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#MicroSky
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April 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We're now offering FREE fungal DNA extraction for our short read sequencing service 🥳 To celebrate we've got a fungi theme going on at #Microbio25 today!
#MicroSky
microbesng.com/request-quote/
#MicroSky
microbesng.com/request-quote/
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Oh look, a new antibiotic for treating drug-resistant bacteria thanks to funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation.
A headline Alexander Fleming would have been proud of!
@nature.com #AMR #IDSky #ClinMicro
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com #AMR #IDSky #ClinMicro
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
New antibiotic that kills drug-resistant bacteria discovered in technician’s garden
The molecule targets bacteria in a way that other drugs don’t.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Oh look, a new antibiotic for treating drug-resistant bacteria thanks to funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation.
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Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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March 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
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Why are headlines always like "WW3 might be good for markets, actually" or "Should we eradicate trans people?" when they could all be like this
March 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Why are headlines always like "WW3 might be good for markets, actually" or "Should we eradicate trans people?" when they could all be like this
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This such bullshit. wapo.st/3Dw7WG0
NIH to terminate or limit grants related to vaccine hesitancy and uptake
The order covers more than 40 awards to researchers around the country seeking to understand why vaccine acceptance has declined.
wapo.st
March 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This such bullshit. wapo.st/3Dw7WG0
The Exiles Sheffield #iwd2025 open women's event went brilliantly today. So cool to see people new to #hema just having a ball ❤️⚔️!! #sheffield #longsword #fiore #fightlikeagirl @highstorrsschool.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Exiles Sheffield #iwd2025 open women's event went brilliantly today. So cool to see people new to #hema just having a ball ❤️⚔️!! #sheffield #longsword #fiore #fightlikeagirl @highstorrsschool.bsky.social
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
Plugging again as we have a venue, High Storrs School in #sheffield.
For international women's day, join us The Exiles on March 8th for a free day of swords, daggers, and unarmed historical martial arts! See FAQ in image...all identifying as F, 18+, welcome!! #fightlikeagirl #hema #longsword #iwd
For international women's day, join us The Exiles on March 8th for a free day of swords, daggers, and unarmed historical martial arts! See FAQ in image...all identifying as F, 18+, welcome!! #fightlikeagirl #hema #longsword #iwd
February 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Plugging again as we have a venue, High Storrs School in #sheffield.
For international women's day, join us The Exiles on March 8th for a free day of swords, daggers, and unarmed historical martial arts! See FAQ in image...all identifying as F, 18+, welcome!! #fightlikeagirl #hema #longsword #iwd
For international women's day, join us The Exiles on March 8th for a free day of swords, daggers, and unarmed historical martial arts! See FAQ in image...all identifying as F, 18+, welcome!! #fightlikeagirl #hema #longsword #iwd
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Trump regime bans CDC scientists from publishing work that mentions trans or non-binary people. When fascists can't burn books anymore so easily because everything's electronic and international, they just ban people from writing them.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
insidemedicine.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Trump regime bans CDC scientists from publishing work that mentions trans or non-binary people. When fascists can't burn books anymore so easily because everything's electronic and international, they just ban people from writing them.
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
I mean, HECK.
It's all gone. They've taken down all the CDC datasets from data.cdc.gov
Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors.
"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."
Data that's critical for public health & research. Data paid for by citizens. That the government now censors.
"Do not fear those who tell the truth. Fear those who try to hide it. They are willing to sacrifice other things."
February 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I mean, HECK.
Amazing!! The very beautiful (and huge) mural by @peachzz.bsky.social in our very own #sheffield came 4th IN THE WORLD in a street art competition. I voted 😁. Congratulations Peachzz!! streetartcities.com/awards/undef...
January 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Amazing!! The very beautiful (and huge) mural by @peachzz.bsky.social in our very own #sheffield came 4th IN THE WORLD in a street art competition. I voted 😁. Congratulations Peachzz!! streetartcities.com/awards/undef...
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WEF emphasized the lack of new antimicrobial development, with only 32 in clinical trials compared to 1800 for cancer. The risk of returning to a pre-antibiotic era was stressed, and Professor Dame Sally Davies called for funding to address the issue. #AMR
www.mondaq.com/uk/food-and-...
www.mondaq.com/uk/food-and-...
January 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
WEF emphasized the lack of new antimicrobial development, with only 32 in clinical trials compared to 1800 for cancer. The risk of returning to a pre-antibiotic era was stressed, and Professor Dame Sally Davies called for funding to address the issue. #AMR
www.mondaq.com/uk/food-and-...
www.mondaq.com/uk/food-and-...
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🚨Tickets now on sale for the ECR social @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference #Microbio25 🚨
First time at Annual Conference? Come along to our Early Career Networking Social on Monday 31 March at 19:30-22:00; to meet others in the field and build your network. Secure your tickets here: https://microb.io/Microbio25 #Microbio25
January 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🚨Tickets now on sale for the ECR social @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference #Microbio25 🚨
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Withdrawing US funding from the World Health Organization is a potential disaster for public health worldwide, due to the impact it will have on the important work the WHO does. Preventing the CDC from even *talking* with WHO personnel is a step much farther toward undermining global health & safety
CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
apnews.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Withdrawing US funding from the World Health Organization is a potential disaster for public health worldwide, due to the impact it will have on the important work the WHO does. Preventing the CDC from even *talking* with WHO personnel is a step much farther toward undermining global health & safety
In the #sheffield area March 8th? Identify as a woman? Fancy joining us on #iwd 2025 to have a go at some #swords, #daggers, and other fun #medieval fight techniques? You DO? WATCH THIS SPACE 😁 #HEMA #internationalwomensday #fightlikeagirl
January 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In the #sheffield area March 8th? Identify as a woman? Fancy joining us on #iwd 2025 to have a go at some #swords, #daggers, and other fun #medieval fight techniques? You DO? WATCH THIS SPACE 😁 #HEMA #internationalwomensday #fightlikeagirl
Devastating for so many scientists in the US - I'm so sorry for all the ECR/PGR especially having travel to meetings and conferences pulled, and scientists who had job offers rescinded (and the people who had to do it).
We suspected this was coming - researchers in Europe rely heavily on NHI's services and databases (PubMed, Genbank,...). This article states high impact on American scientists, but clearly this could thwart science all over the globe
#science
#research
#academia
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#science
#research
#academia
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
www.science.org
January 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Devastating for so many scientists in the US - I'm so sorry for all the ECR/PGR especially having travel to meetings and conferences pulled, and scientists who had job offers rescinded (and the people who had to do it).
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
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They don't tell you this when you begin, but 57% of your PhD is making sure all the panels in your figure line up
January 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
They don't tell you this when you begin, but 57% of your PhD is making sure all the panels in your figure line up
Yeeeeaahhh!! Congratulations on your PhD graduation Dr Hollie @oihollie.bsky.social 🎉👏🏻👑!! Very well deserved 😊 @sheffielduni.bsky.social @fohsheffield.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Yeeeeaahhh!! Congratulations on your PhD graduation Dr Hollie @oihollie.bsky.social 🎉👏🏻👑!! Very well deserved 😊 @sheffielduni.bsky.social @fohsheffield.bsky.social
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Join us on 27 January 2025 at 13:00 BST for the next webinar of the AMR in Focus series: "What's new in therapeutics." The webinar is free, and all are welcome to attend. Register now - https://microb.io/AMR-in-Focus #KnockingOutAMR
January 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join us on 27 January 2025 at 13:00 BST for the next webinar of the AMR in Focus series: "What's new in therapeutics." The webinar is free, and all are welcome to attend. Register now - https://microb.io/AMR-in-Focus #KnockingOutAMR
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🤮 it's not like we needed help spotting the awful people 😞
“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.”
Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating.
www.ft.com/content/cf87...
Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating.
www.ft.com/content/cf87...
Is corporate America going Maga?
Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms
www.ft.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🤮 it's not like we needed help spotting the awful people 😞
Yay this too!! Welcome AMI!
Welcome to bsky, Applied Microbiology International! @amiposts.bsky.social #MicroSky
January 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Yay this too!! Welcome AMI!
I had a squizz and there doesn't seem to be much about the #rare #neurological disorder #RettSyndrome on here yet so I'll introduce this little guy. Unfortunately it's widely believed that males don't survive Rett past birrh/infancy (Ed and his pals disagree) so they are not tested. #boyswithrett
January 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I had a squizz and there doesn't seem to be much about the #rare #neurological disorder #RettSyndrome on here yet so I'll introduce this little guy. Unfortunately it's widely believed that males don't survive Rett past birrh/infancy (Ed and his pals disagree) so they are not tested. #boyswithrett
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My concern about leaving Meta is how will that one person from my school that I never spoke to back then and have no interest in speaking to now, say Happy Birthday to me with some abhorrent GIF that makes me feel uneasy before trying to add me to a xenophobic group?
January 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
January 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users?
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT
More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...