Andrew Singer
@oxonandrew.bsky.social
Environmental Microbiologist, Pollution Scientist; 327.66 ppm CO2 #AMR #OneHealth #WBE #CSO
Previously: https://twitter.com/OxonAndrew
https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/andrew-singer
Previously: https://twitter.com/OxonAndrew
https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/andrew-singer
Such an important question. We are at an inflection point and understandably unsure how to proceed.
The reality is, TODAY,AI will do things better than many reviewers. TOMORROW it will review better than all reviewers. Do we ignore this reality, if not, how do we transition?
The reality is, TODAY,AI will do things better than many reviewers. TOMORROW it will review better than all reviewers. Do we ignore this reality, if not, how do we transition?
A reviewer just very clearly used AI to write a review. What do I do (as an author)?
February 16, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Such an important question. We are at an inflection point and understandably unsure how to proceed.
The reality is, TODAY,AI will do things better than many reviewers. TOMORROW it will review better than all reviewers. Do we ignore this reality, if not, how do we transition?
The reality is, TODAY,AI will do things better than many reviewers. TOMORROW it will review better than all reviewers. Do we ignore this reality, if not, how do we transition?
Reposted by Andrew Singer
Is wastewater surveillance the missing link in our response to #AMR?
On the fourth day of #WAAW, our Hub’s co-directors Davey Jones (Bangor University) & @oxonandrew.bsky.social (UKCEH) share their thoughts on this topic.
Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/waaw25-...
On the fourth day of #WAAW, our Hub’s co-directors Davey Jones (Bangor University) & @oxonandrew.bsky.social (UKCEH) share their thoughts on this topic.
Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/waaw25-...
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Is wastewater surveillance the missing link in our response to #AMR?
On the fourth day of #WAAW, our Hub’s co-directors Davey Jones (Bangor University) & @oxonandrew.bsky.social (UKCEH) share their thoughts on this topic.
Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/waaw25-...
On the fourth day of #WAAW, our Hub’s co-directors Davey Jones (Bangor University) & @oxonandrew.bsky.social (UKCEH) share their thoughts on this topic.
Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/waaw25-...
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We are proud to sponsor Panacea: a play co-written by our Hub’s Co-Director, @oxonandrew.bsky.social 👏
Catch the final showings in London and Liverpool to round off this year’s #WAAW!
Tickets: linktr.ee/panaceaplay
Catch the final showings in London and Liverpool to round off this year’s #WAAW!
Tickets: linktr.ee/panaceaplay
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Panacea is a tragedy play about a brilliant scientist who creates an infectious vaccine that could save humanity from a future pandemic.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We are proud to sponsor Panacea: a play co-written by our Hub’s Co-Director, @oxonandrew.bsky.social 👏
Catch the final showings in London and Liverpool to round off this year’s #WAAW!
Tickets: linktr.ee/panaceaplay
Catch the final showings in London and Liverpool to round off this year’s #WAAW!
Tickets: linktr.ee/panaceaplay
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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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On the last day of #WAAW 🔔 💊, some historians gave to me …
...a major review of the political-economic factors & concepts shaping #antimicrobial innovation since 1980 - and a call to diversify #antibiotic #R&D moving forward!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
For a summary, see the thread (1/9)
...a major review of the political-economic factors & concepts shaping #antimicrobial innovation since 1980 - and a call to diversify #antibiotic #R&D moving forward!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
For a summary, see the thread (1/9)
Historicising the “Empty Pipeline”: How Antibiotic Innovation Became a Market Failure (1980–2024) | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
Historicising the “Empty Pipeline”: How Antibiotic Innovation Became a Market Failure (1980–2024) - Volume 1
www.cambridge.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
On the last day of #WAAW 🔔 💊, some historians gave to me …
...a major review of the political-economic factors & concepts shaping #antimicrobial innovation since 1980 - and a call to diversify #antibiotic #R&D moving forward!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
For a summary, see the thread (1/9)
...a major review of the political-economic factors & concepts shaping #antimicrobial innovation since 1980 - and a call to diversify #antibiotic #R&D moving forward!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
For a summary, see the thread (1/9)
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From sewage to soil: More monitoring and evidence is needed to understand how environmental resistance is fueling antimicorbial restistance.
Read about stakeholders' perspectives of the UK National Action Plan.
👉 tinyurl.com/588csxnc
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @piru-lshtm.bsky.social
Read about stakeholders' perspectives of the UK National Action Plan.
👉 tinyurl.com/588csxnc
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @piru-lshtm.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
From sewage to soil: More monitoring and evidence is needed to understand how environmental resistance is fueling antimicorbial restistance.
Read about stakeholders' perspectives of the UK National Action Plan.
👉 tinyurl.com/588csxnc
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @piru-lshtm.bsky.social
Read about stakeholders' perspectives of the UK National Action Plan.
👉 tinyurl.com/588csxnc
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @piru-lshtm.bsky.social
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#WAAW2025 is nearly here & with it the annual surge of #AMR articles.
But do current #antimicrobial stewardship schemes adequately address our #planetarycrisis & protect the microbiota we all rely on? Read more in this review of microbial governance approaches:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
But do current #antimicrobial stewardship schemes adequately address our #planetarycrisis & protect the microbiota we all rely on? Read more in this review of microbial governance approaches:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Overwhelming Complexity? Entering a New Era of Microbial Governance | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core
Overwhelming Complexity? Entering a New Era of Microbial Governance - Volume 1
www.cambridge.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
#WAAW2025 is nearly here & with it the annual surge of #AMR articles.
But do current #antimicrobial stewardship schemes adequately address our #planetarycrisis & protect the microbiota we all rely on? Read more in this review of microbial governance approaches:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
But do current #antimicrobial stewardship schemes adequately address our #planetarycrisis & protect the microbiota we all rely on? Read more in this review of microbial governance approaches:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Andrew Singer
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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Get your tickets!
Panacea: a powerful new play co-written by our Deputy Director, Andrew Singer & writer Christina James is touring the UK 🎭
Panacea follows Gus, whose discovery of an infectious vaccine could save humanity from future pandemics.
Find out more: www.digitalamr.org/blog/panacea...
Panacea: a powerful new play co-written by our Deputy Director, Andrew Singer & writer Christina James is touring the UK 🎭
Panacea follows Gus, whose discovery of an infectious vaccine could save humanity from future pandemics.
Find out more: www.digitalamr.org/blog/panacea...
“Panacea”: Antimicrobial Resistance meets theatre through an exploration of ethics and discovery — Digital Health Hub for AMR
www.digitalamr.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Get your tickets!
Panacea: a powerful new play co-written by our Deputy Director, Andrew Singer & writer Christina James is touring the UK 🎭
Panacea follows Gus, whose discovery of an infectious vaccine could save humanity from future pandemics.
Find out more: www.digitalamr.org/blog/panacea...
Panacea: a powerful new play co-written by our Deputy Director, Andrew Singer & writer Christina James is touring the UK 🎭
Panacea follows Gus, whose discovery of an infectious vaccine could save humanity from future pandemics.
Find out more: www.digitalamr.org/blog/panacea...
Shout out to University of Birmingham folk:
A science-themed play that I co-wrote is coming to you at the Midlands Art Centre on the 17th. A lab-night out? See you there! 🤞
linktr.ee/panaceaplay
@wvschaik.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @jkreft.bsky.social
A science-themed play that I co-wrote is coming to you at the Midlands Art Centre on the 17th. A lab-night out? See you there! 🤞
linktr.ee/panaceaplay
@wvschaik.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @jkreft.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Shout out to University of Birmingham folk:
A science-themed play that I co-wrote is coming to you at the Midlands Art Centre on the 17th. A lab-night out? See you there! 🤞
linktr.ee/panaceaplay
@wvschaik.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @jkreft.bsky.social
A science-themed play that I co-wrote is coming to you at the Midlands Art Centre on the 17th. A lab-night out? See you there! 🤞
linktr.ee/panaceaplay
@wvschaik.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @jkreft.bsky.social
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First, a CENTA project investigating whether fungicide residues in compost are capable of increasing #AMR in environmental, opportunistic pathogens 🌱🧫
Details here ⬇️
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #EnvironmentAgency
Details here ⬇️
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #EnvironmentAgency
2026-UKCEH03 Are fungicide residues in compost increasing AMR in environmental, opportunistic fungi? – CENTA
centa.ac.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
First, a CENTA project investigating whether fungicide residues in compost are capable of increasing #AMR in environmental, opportunistic pathogens 🌱🧫
Details here ⬇️
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #EnvironmentAgency
Details here ⬇️
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #EnvironmentAgency
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Our Planet. Decoded.
UKCEH makes sense of environmental complexity to power decisions that shape a better future.
We don’t just examine our planet, we decode it – working out how to build a better tomorrow.
🎞️ youtu.be/s9fBwN5-kxM
#UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪
UKCEH makes sense of environmental complexity to power decisions that shape a better future.
We don’t just examine our planet, we decode it – working out how to build a better tomorrow.
🎞️ youtu.be/s9fBwN5-kxM
#UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪
Introducing UKCEH. Our Planet. Decoded.
YouTube video by UKCEH
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Our Planet. Decoded.
UKCEH makes sense of environmental complexity to power decisions that shape a better future.
We don’t just examine our planet, we decode it – working out how to build a better tomorrow.
🎞️ youtu.be/s9fBwN5-kxM
#UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪
UKCEH makes sense of environmental complexity to power decisions that shape a better future.
We don’t just examine our planet, we decode it – working out how to build a better tomorrow.
🎞️ youtu.be/s9fBwN5-kxM
#UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪
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"Too often #AMR is framed as an immense although conceptually simple challenge: delay resistance to current drugs and produce new drugs. But we need to go beyond this, we need to pull every lever at our disposal to minimise infection even before we turn to drugs."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
AMR is more complicated than a lack of drugs
Later this month (Nov 18–24) is World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), the annual reminder
of this long smouldering crisis in modern health care. This is the first year with
the new name as it was formerly ...
www.thelancet.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Too often #AMR is framed as an immense although conceptually simple challenge: delay resistance to current drugs and produce new drugs. But we need to go beyond this, we need to pull every lever at our disposal to minimise infection even before we turn to drugs."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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@oxonandrew.bsky.social has been on a paper publishing streak recently!
As well as the above he has also published a paper on emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa 🧪💊💧
check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
As well as the above he has also published a paper on emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa 🧪💊💧
check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effect-based and (non-)target chemical analyses reveal concerning levels of emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa
Water contamination by micropollutants is a global issue, yet there is limited information from low-income regions. To address this, we evaluated surf…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:50 AM
@oxonandrew.bsky.social has been on a paper publishing streak recently!
As well as the above he has also published a paper on emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa 🧪💊💧
check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
As well as the above he has also published a paper on emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa 🧪💊💧
check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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...AND a comment piece in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social titled "Diagnostics at the frontline: using the Public Accounts Committee report to catalyse the UK's antimicrobial resistance diagnostic strategy" 🧫🦠💊
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social #AMR
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social #AMR
Diagnostics at the frontline: using the Public Accounts Committee report to catalyse the UK’s antimicrobial resistance diagnostics strategy
www.sciencedirect.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
...AND a comment piece in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social titled "Diagnostics at the frontline: using the Public Accounts Committee report to catalyse the UK's antimicrobial resistance diagnostic strategy" 🧫🦠💊
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social #AMR
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social #AMR
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And the sky was happy until it heard about the coastal storm that’s coming.
October 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
And the sky was happy until it heard about the coastal storm that’s coming.
Reposted by Andrew Singer
@istanton.bsky.social is an Environmental Molecular Microbiologist with a particular interest in dissemination, selection & transmission of both bacterial and fungal #AMR. Isobel has undertaken numerous pieces of work for policy, including an evaluation of the UK’s AMR National Action Plan 🦠🍄🧬
October 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
@istanton.bsky.social is an Environmental Molecular Microbiologist with a particular interest in dissemination, selection & transmission of both bacterial and fungal #AMR. Isobel has undertaken numerous pieces of work for policy, including an evaluation of the UK’s AMR National Action Plan 🦠🍄🧬
Reposted by Andrew Singer
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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Andrew's latest paper was published today, titled: "Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in an urban river network from Malawi" 💊🌊
Check it out here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Check it out here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Andrew's latest paper was published today, titled: "Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in an urban river network from Malawi" 💊🌊
Check it out here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Check it out here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reposted by Andrew Singer
Through the application of cutting-edge molecular techniques, @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social specialises in the investigation of microbial & environmental DNA changes in response to ecological & chemical perturbations, in environments ranging from mountain soils, ground water, air & even honey 🧬🍯🌱💧
October 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Through the application of cutting-edge molecular techniques, @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social specialises in the investigation of microbial & environmental DNA changes in response to ecological & chemical perturbations, in environments ranging from mountain soils, ground water, air & even honey 🧬🍯🌱💧
Reposted by Andrew Singer
@laurens-colours.bsky.social is a Molecular Ecologist & award-winning artist. Her research focuses on #eDNA for #biodiversity monitoring, including invasive/endangered species, community science & integration into policy. She also creates art & animations to communicate ecology & conservation 🧬🎨👩🎨
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
@laurens-colours.bsky.social is a Molecular Ecologist & award-winning artist. Her research focuses on #eDNA for #biodiversity monitoring, including invasive/endangered species, community science & integration into policy. She also creates art & animations to communicate ecology & conservation 🧬🎨👩🎨
Reposted by Andrew Singer
@amycthorpe.bsky.social is a Molecular Ecologist & uses molecular techniques to study how microbes respond to environmental change. Amy is currently investigating the impact of nutrients & organic matter on microbes in lakes & rivers & is using ancient DNA to reconstruct past microbial communities🧬🦠
October 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@amycthorpe.bsky.social is a Molecular Ecologist & uses molecular techniques to study how microbes respond to environmental change. Amy is currently investigating the impact of nutrients & organic matter on microbes in lakes & rivers & is using ancient DNA to reconstruct past microbial communities🧬🦠
Reposted by Andrew Singer
Alex Lewis is joining UKCEH this month as a Molecular Microbiology Research Assistant. Alex will be working on a range of UKCEH’s #AMR projects. Previously, Alex was undertaking a Master’s at @lshtm.bsky.social where her research was investigating resistant E. coli from pig farms in Vietnam 🦠🐷🚜
October 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Alex Lewis is joining UKCEH this month as a Molecular Microbiology Research Assistant. Alex will be working on a range of UKCEH’s #AMR projects. Previously, Alex was undertaking a Master’s at @lshtm.bsky.social where her research was investigating resistant E. coli from pig farms in Vietnam 🦠🐷🚜
Reposted by Andrew Singer
@tessacrosbie.bsky.social is a Molecular Biology Research Assistant at UKCEH Wallingford. Tessa explores how wastewater and biosolids treatment processes impact microbial communities within receiving environments, with a particular focus on the development and spread of #AMR 🦠💩🌊
October 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
@tessacrosbie.bsky.social is a Molecular Biology Research Assistant at UKCEH Wallingford. Tessa explores how wastewater and biosolids treatment processes impact microbial communities within receiving environments, with a particular focus on the development and spread of #AMR 🦠💩🌊
Reposted by Andrew Singer
Manasa Suresh is a Molecular Ecology Research Assistant, working on the National Honey Monitoring Scheme (NHMS), BIOSCAN, Edge (enterococci in freshwater), & UKWIR FIO persistence in rivers. Manasa uses eDNA and field data to study biodiversity, plant–pollinator networks, & microbial ecology 🐝🍯🦠
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Manasa Suresh is a Molecular Ecology Research Assistant, working on the National Honey Monitoring Scheme (NHMS), BIOSCAN, Edge (enterococci in freshwater), & UKWIR FIO persistence in rivers. Manasa uses eDNA and field data to study biodiversity, plant–pollinator networks, & microbial ecology 🐝🍯🦠