Nicola Holden
@nicholden.bsky.social
Prof. of Food Safety at SRUC, interests in all things food micro.
Happily based in Scotland, UK.
Views my own.
https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/en/persons/nicola-holden
Happily based in Scotland, UK.
Views my own.
https://pure.sruc.ac.uk/en/persons/nicola-holden
Delighted that our #EcoSalPlus review, with Jeri Barak, on colonisation of plant hosts by E. coli and S. enterica is in an ASM SDG Spotlight Collection.
Our article sits under #SDG2, Zero Hunger, for #foodsafety.
journals.asm.org/asm-sdg-spot...
Gorgeous artwork by @eliza-coli.bsky.social
Our article sits under #SDG2, Zero Hunger, for #foodsafety.
journals.asm.org/asm-sdg-spot...
Gorgeous artwork by @eliza-coli.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Delighted that our #EcoSalPlus review, with Jeri Barak, on colonisation of plant hosts by E. coli and S. enterica is in an ASM SDG Spotlight Collection.
Our article sits under #SDG2, Zero Hunger, for #foodsafety.
journals.asm.org/asm-sdg-spot...
Gorgeous artwork by @eliza-coli.bsky.social
Our article sits under #SDG2, Zero Hunger, for #foodsafety.
journals.asm.org/asm-sdg-spot...
Gorgeous artwork by @eliza-coli.bsky.social
Really chuffed that our article on the sequencing side of the UK Crop Microbiome Biobank has just been published.
Thanks to Payton Yau and Sue Jones for the hard work. Great team effort with CABI, RRI, JIC, SRUC and Hutton.
Read the walk-thru for the #microbiome analysis here: rdcu.be/eBOBB
Thanks to Payton Yau and Sue Jones for the hard work. Great team effort with CABI, RRI, JIC, SRUC and Hutton.
Read the walk-thru for the #microbiome analysis here: rdcu.be/eBOBB
August 22, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Really chuffed that our article on the sequencing side of the UK Crop Microbiome Biobank has just been published.
Thanks to Payton Yau and Sue Jones for the hard work. Great team effort with CABI, RRI, JIC, SRUC and Hutton.
Read the walk-thru for the #microbiome analysis here: rdcu.be/eBOBB
Thanks to Payton Yau and Sue Jones for the hard work. Great team effort with CABI, RRI, JIC, SRUC and Hutton.
Read the walk-thru for the #microbiome analysis here: rdcu.be/eBOBB
Reposted by Nicola Holden
🌊Interested in becoming a Project Manager at the Centre of Expertise for Waters?
📍Aberdeen 🗓Apply by 26 Aug
🔗 tinyurl.com/CREWrole
Take a look at our most recent work connecting water policy and science below:
💧AI & Flood Forecasting ➡️ tinyurl.com/AIFlooding
💧AMR Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/ScotAMR
📍Aberdeen 🗓Apply by 26 Aug
🔗 tinyurl.com/CREWrole
Take a look at our most recent work connecting water policy and science below:
💧AI & Flood Forecasting ➡️ tinyurl.com/AIFlooding
💧AMR Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/ScotAMR
August 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🌊Interested in becoming a Project Manager at the Centre of Expertise for Waters?
📍Aberdeen 🗓Apply by 26 Aug
🔗 tinyurl.com/CREWrole
Take a look at our most recent work connecting water policy and science below:
💧AI & Flood Forecasting ➡️ tinyurl.com/AIFlooding
💧AMR Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/ScotAMR
📍Aberdeen 🗓Apply by 26 Aug
🔗 tinyurl.com/CREWrole
Take a look at our most recent work connecting water policy and science below:
💧AI & Flood Forecasting ➡️ tinyurl.com/AIFlooding
💧AMR Register ➡️ tinyurl.com/ScotAMR
Reposted by Nicola Holden
Thank you for attending day three of #Microbio25! Annual Conference would not be possible without the revenue generated by publishing. Learn more about #PublishingForTheCommunity on our website:
Publishing for the Community
We are not for profit – publish with us to benefit your community. As a Society publisher, we are not for profit and everything we offer our community happens thanks to the revenue generated by…
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April 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thank you for attending day three of #Microbio25! Annual Conference would not be possible without the revenue generated by publishing. Learn more about #PublishingForTheCommunity on our website:
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Thank you for attending day two of #Microbio25! Annual Conference would not be possible without the revenue generated by publishing. Learn more about #PublishingForTheCommunity on our website:
Publishing for the Community
We are not for profit – publish with us to benefit your community. As a Society publisher, we are not for profit and everything we offer our community happens thanks to the revenue generated by publishing.
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April 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thank you for attending day two of #Microbio25! Annual Conference would not be possible without the revenue generated by publishing. Learn more about #PublishingForTheCommunity on our website:
Arrived at last for #Microbio25
Looking forward to our session tomorrow Beyond the Lab, come join us in Hall 3B from 1015
Looking forward to our session tomorrow Beyond the Lab, come join us in Hall 3B from 1015
April 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Arrived at last for #Microbio25
Looking forward to our session tomorrow Beyond the Lab, come join us in Hall 3B from 1015
Looking forward to our session tomorrow Beyond the Lab, come join us in Hall 3B from 1015
Reposted by Nicola Holden
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April 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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#foodsafety news from the #WHO: 7th June 2025 is World Food Safety Day. This year's theme is 'Science in Action' (nope, can't escape the irony).
Some great resources on the website to use www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
Some great resources on the website to use www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
World Food Safety Day 2025
Science is at the heart of food safety. It helps us understand what makes food unsafe and guides us on how to prevent foodborne diseases. The theme of World Food Safety Day on 7 June 2025 draws attent...
www.who.int
March 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
#foodsafety news from the #WHO: 7th June 2025 is World Food Safety Day. This year's theme is 'Science in Action' (nope, can't escape the irony).
Some great resources on the website to use www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
Some great resources on the website to use www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
If you would like to join us on our crop #microbiome journey there are still have a few days to apply for a PhD project.
We are in Aberdeen, Scotland - a great place for wildlife, history, the outdoors, and bioinformatics of course! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
We are in Aberdeen, Scotland - a great place for wildlife, history, the outdoors, and bioinformatics of course! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EastBio - Putting the Context into Microbial Communities: Integration of Contextual Metadata for Crop Microbiomes at SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio - Putting the Context into Microbial Communities: Integration of Contextual Metadata for Crop Microbiomes at SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you would like to join us on our crop #microbiome journey there are still have a few days to apply for a PhD project.
We are in Aberdeen, Scotland - a great place for wildlife, history, the outdoors, and bioinformatics of course! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
We are in Aberdeen, Scotland - a great place for wildlife, history, the outdoors, and bioinformatics of course! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This looks like it will be a fun event - celebrating slow fermentation and real bread. Time to roll up the sleeves and get the sourdough cultures warmed up
scotlandthebread.org/event/scotti...
#foodstudies #foodsystems #urbanfood #urbanagriculture #foodconsumption
scotlandthebread.org/event/scotti...
#foodstudies #foodsystems #urbanfood #urbanagriculture #foodconsumption
Scottish Festival of Real Bread 2025 - Scotland The Bread
Date: Saturday February 15th, 2025 Location: Bowhouse, Fife The Scottish Festival of Real Bread is back, and it’s the perfect way to kick off Real Bread Week 2025 (15 to [...]
scotlandthebread.org
January 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This looks like it will be a fun event - celebrating slow fermentation and real bread. Time to roll up the sleeves and get the sourdough cultures warmed up
scotlandthebread.org/event/scotti...
#foodstudies #foodsystems #urbanfood #urbanagriculture #foodconsumption
scotlandthebread.org/event/scotti...
#foodstudies #foodsystems #urbanfood #urbanagriculture #foodconsumption
If you are looking for a home for your climate change associated #microbiome work, AMI's Sustainable Microbiology has a themed call out at the moment academic.oup.com/sumbio/pages...
Sustainable Microbiology Calls for Papers
Sustainable Microbiology is a broad-scope, fully open access journal aiming to demonstrate the current and future role of microbes in improving global economic,
academic.oup.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
If you are looking for a home for your climate change associated #microbiome work, AMI's Sustainable Microbiology has a themed call out at the moment academic.oup.com/sumbio/pages...
@microbiologysociety.org great to see you here, looking forward to the #microbiology stories
January 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@microbiologysociety.org great to see you here, looking forward to the #microbiology stories
Citizen science reveals composition of Jupiter's clouds - ammonium hydrosulfide mixed with smog: phys.org/news/2025-01... 🧪
Citizen science reveals that Jupiter's colorful clouds are not made of ammonia ice
Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter's clouds. Instead of being formed of ammonia ice—the ...
phys.org
January 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Reposted by Nicola Holden
🚨 Exciting opportunity! @thepandemicinst.bsky.social is forming a Public Steering Group to ensure community voices shape our work in pandemic preparedness.
Want to help make a difference? Learn more & apply here: www.thepandemicinstitute.org/news/join-ou...
#PandemicPreparedness #PublicEngagement
Want to help make a difference? Learn more & apply here: www.thepandemicinstitute.org/news/join-ou...
#PandemicPreparedness #PublicEngagement
January 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🚨 Exciting opportunity! @thepandemicinst.bsky.social is forming a Public Steering Group to ensure community voices shape our work in pandemic preparedness.
Want to help make a difference? Learn more & apply here: www.thepandemicinstitute.org/news/join-ou...
#PandemicPreparedness #PublicEngagement
Want to help make a difference? Learn more & apply here: www.thepandemicinstitute.org/news/join-ou...
#PandemicPreparedness #PublicEngagement
Reposted by Nicola Holden
Here's the link to the WHO Global burden of foodborne diseases report http://www.who.int/foodsafety/areas_work/foodborne-diseases/ferg/en/
Estimating the burden of foodborne diseases
Around the world unsafe food is known to cause more than ...
www.who.int
December 31, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Here's the link to the WHO Global burden of foodborne diseases report http://www.who.int/foodsafety/areas_work/foodborne-diseases/ferg/en/
Reposted by Nicola Holden
Produce is the cause of almost half of all foodborne illnesses, followed by dairy and eggs at 20 percent, meat and poultry at 22 percent, and fish and shellfish at just 6 percent.
See bottom of page for good food safety tips to use this coming new year.
www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/12/brea...
See bottom of page for good food safety tips to use this coming new year.
www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/12/brea...
Breakthrough in ag water will be benefit to raw produce food safety
Calling it a “a landmark achievement . . . to improve food safety,” an FDA webpage is hailing the agency’s approval of a antimicrobial
www.foodsafetynews.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Produce is the cause of almost half of all foodborne illnesses, followed by dairy and eggs at 20 percent, meat and poultry at 22 percent, and fish and shellfish at just 6 percent.
See bottom of page for good food safety tips to use this coming new year.
www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/12/brea...
See bottom of page for good food safety tips to use this coming new year.
www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/12/brea...
One for @aythyafuligula.bsky.social :)
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
One for @aythyafuligula.bsky.social :)
#foodsystems post
For the budding photographers out there, there is still time to submit to the 'Food for Thought' competition from @scafarc.bsky.social - you have til 9th Jan! www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
For the budding photographers out there, there is still time to submit to the 'Food for Thought' competition from @scafarc.bsky.social - you have til 9th Jan! www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
Food for Thought: Capturing the Big Picture | 16th October 2024
People of all ages across Scotland are invited to explore different perspectives around food using art and photography.
www.gla.ac.uk
December 13, 2024 at 12:04 PM
#foodsystems post
For the budding photographers out there, there is still time to submit to the 'Food for Thought' competition from @scafarc.bsky.social - you have til 9th Jan! www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
For the budding photographers out there, there is still time to submit to the 'Food for Thought' competition from @scafarc.bsky.social - you have til 9th Jan! www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
#foodsafety
Always good to have the reminders about safely enjoying smoked fish at this time of year www.foodstandards.gov.scot/consumers/fo...
Always good to have the reminders about safely enjoying smoked fish at this time of year www.foodstandards.gov.scot/consumers/fo...
Listeria monocytogenes | Food Standards Scotland | Food Standards ScotlandArrow_DropdownArrow_leftArrow_RightIcon_AlchoholIcon_Alchohol_RoundalIcon_AppleIcon_Apple_RoundalIcon_BacteriaIcon_Bacteria_Ro...
Information from Food Standards Scotland about listeria and how you can prevent getting it.
www.foodstandards.gov.scot
December 11, 2024 at 2:09 PM
#foodsafety
Always good to have the reminders about safely enjoying smoked fish at this time of year www.foodstandards.gov.scot/consumers/fo...
Always good to have the reminders about safely enjoying smoked fish at this time of year www.foodstandards.gov.scot/consumers/fo...
#foodsafety Any thoughts on the relationship between the gastroenteritis disease symptoms and virulence factors (eae, cdt) in this outbreak of E. albertii. CDT is a genotoxin, so is it all just down to intimin - sounds a bit like an EPEC... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
An outbreak associated with Escherichia albertii in a junior high school, China | Epidemiology & Infection | Cambridge Core
An outbreak associated with Escherichia albertii in a junior high school, China - Volume 152
www.cambridge.org
December 9, 2024 at 10:14 AM
#foodsafety Any thoughts on the relationship between the gastroenteritis disease symptoms and virulence factors (eae, cdt) in this outbreak of E. albertii. CDT is a genotoxin, so is it all just down to intimin - sounds a bit like an EPEC... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Interested in what drives crop #microbiomes? We've got a PhD position open to work it out using modelling and bioinformatics. Check out www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
EastBio - Putting the Context into Microbial Communities: Integration of Contextual Metadata for Crop Microbiomes at SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio - Putting the Context into Microbial Communities: Integration of Contextual Metadata for Crop Microbiomes at SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Interested in what drives crop #microbiomes? We've got a PhD position open to work it out using modelling and bioinformatics. Check out www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🧪 great to see the developments at Enterobase - a fantastic resource for the #microbiology community and all associated. Congrats to all for the hard work doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
EnteroBase in 2025: exploring the genomic epidemiology of bacterial pathogens
Abstract. This paper presents an update on the content, accessibility and analytical tools of the EnteroBase platform for web-based pathogen genome analysi
doi.org
December 6, 2024 at 10:50 AM
🧪 great to see the developments at Enterobase - a fantastic resource for the #microbiology community and all associated. Congrats to all for the hard work doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
Reposted by Nicola Holden
Mark your calendar: the 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium will be held at Hotel Antequera, in Antequera, Spain, 3-7 Nov 2025
- organized by @microsos.bsky.social, @vcarryon.bsky.social, @gstringlis.bsky.social, and colleagues
6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
#MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology
- organized by @microsos.bsky.social, @vcarryon.bsky.social, @gstringlis.bsky.social, and colleagues
6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
#MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology
December 5, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Mark your calendar: the 6th Plant Microbiome Symposium will be held at Hotel Antequera, in Antequera, Spain, 3-7 Nov 2025
- organized by @microsos.bsky.social, @vcarryon.bsky.social, @gstringlis.bsky.social, and colleagues
6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
#MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology
- organized by @microsos.bsky.social, @vcarryon.bsky.social, @gstringlis.bsky.social, and colleagues
6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
#MicrobiomeEcology at #LeidenBiology
Reposted by Nicola Holden
Missouri E. coli outbreak now linked to illnesses in 6 states; leafy greens suspected www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/12/miss...
Missouri E. coli outbreak now linked to illnesses in 6 states; leafy greens suspected
Genetic testing has shown that an E. coli outbreak thought to be limited to St. Louis, MO, is spread across six other states. Health officials suspect
www.foodsafetynews.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:47 AM
Missouri E. coli outbreak now linked to illnesses in 6 states; leafy greens suspected www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/12/miss...