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Philip Fowler
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Associate Professor working on AMR at the University of Oxford. Interested in tuberculosis, genetics, diagnostics, cloud computing and protein structure
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oxfordbrc.bsky.social
Are you interested in infections, the micro-organisms that cause them and antimicrobial resistance? So are @bashthebug.net and they're looking for new members to join their patient & public group. More info: bashthebug.net/lay-represen... Deadline 27 Nov @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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New paper by @vbrunner.bsky.social looking at detecting rifampicin resistant subpopulations in M. tuberculosis infections using genetics and putting a lower limit on the proportion that arose due to secondary infections.

bit.ly/47rwf42

@modmedmicro.bsky.social
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New paper: What can subpopulations tell us about rifampicin resistance?
Last Thursday this work which we'd previously preprinted looking at looking at rifampicin-resistant subpopulations in clinical M. tuberculosis samples was published in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. If...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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dotnagy.bsky.social
Pleased to see this pre-printed, highlighting the completeness/accuracy of @nanoporetech.com long-read genome assembly for clinical Enterobacterales: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Thanks to colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @genewiz.bsky.social and @oxfordbrc.bsky.social!
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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samlipworth.bsky.social
Great new work from #DotNagy @modmedmicro.bsky.social - she tool 96 clinical isolates from the NEKSUS study and sequenced with both Illumina and Nanopore - question was, can we do away with hybrid sequencing for the rest of the study?
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Nanopore long-read only genome assembly of clinical Enterobacterales isolates is complete and accurate
Whole bacterial genome sequence reconstruction using Oxford Nanopore Technologies ('Nanopore') long-read only sequencing may offer a lower-cost, higher-throughput alternative for pathogen surveillance...
www.biorxiv.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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bashthebug.net
'Linking life expectancy to the bacteria in our gut: A final year undergraduate project'.

Akika investigated how the gut microbiome influences longevity, with fieldwork in Nagano, Japan—home to the country’s longest-living population.

Read the blog post here ➡️ bashthebug.net/2025/08/22/l...
August 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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modmedmicro.bsky.social
Bit over 24 hours left to apply for these two posts to help us develop pipelines to process pathogens..!

Senior Bioinformatic Engineer
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Senior Biostatistical Researcher
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Grade 8 or 7, depending on experience
closing date: noon Tues 8 July
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July 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Mind That Cyclist! Give Him Room
1950
Artist: Roland Davies
Poster illustration showing the back of a bicycle rider riding on the side of a street and running out of room as a truck driver drives so close to the curb as to make the bicyclist lose control.
July 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Job advert to come and work with me on tuberculosis closes tomorrow (Friday) at noon!

Part of #OxCOD4TB

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@ndm.ox.ac.uk @modmedmicro.bsky.social
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
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July 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Congratulations to the winners of the poster prizes, Elliott Rogers and Iva Grujic, yesterday at the 3rd #Dx4LMIC conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social !
July 3, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Andrew Singer gets day two underway at the #Dx4LMICs conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Lionel Tarassenko introducing Vivian Lee who is giving the after dinner speech at #Dx4LMICs conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Jospeth Matovu: HIV self testing among fishermen

@reubencollege.bsky.social #Dx4LMICs
July 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Arjuna Sen talking about equity in epilepsy at @reubencollege.bsky.social

#Dx4LMICs
July 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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@gariclifford.bsky.social talking about how extensive cell phone coverage was in China 20 years ago:

“If you can drive a truck up a road there will be a cell phone tower at the end of it”

#Dx4LMICs @reubencollege.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Joshua Kibera gets us underway at #DxLMICs at @reubencollege.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Any questions DM me
modmedmicro.bsky.social Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · Jul 1
Come and work with us!

Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI
Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF
both Grade 8 or 7, closing noon Tue 8 Jul

Computational Mycobacteriologist
Grade 7, closing noon Fri 4 Jul bit.ly/4ndKOhF

@medsci.ox.ac.uk
@oxfordbrc.bsky.social
@ndm.ox.ac.uk
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July 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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All ready for day one of the third #Dx4LMICs conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social !
July 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome
Introducing a new, unifying DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction and promises to shed new light on genome function — now available via API.
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June 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Philip Fowler
esmyco.bsky.social
And that's a wrap on #ESM2025! A huge thank you to our incredible community of scientists, speakers, and organizers who made this week unforgettable. The future of mycobacteriology is bright! See you all in 2026! 👋 #Tuberculosis #Science
June 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Reposted by Philip Fowler
modmedmicro.bsky.social
Three posts all closing next week!

Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI
Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF
both Grade 8 or 7, closing noon Wed 2 Jul

Computational Mycobacteriologist
Grade 7, closing noon Fri 4 Jul bit.ly/4ndKOhF

@medsci.ox.ac.uk
Job Details
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June 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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ehwoza.bsky.social
[TRAILER]🎥 “The Clinic That Crossed the River” is a film by young men from Xhora Mouth, Bulungula in the Eastern Cape. This film tells a story of the Bulungula community and their long, difficult journey to access healthcare.

Check link for more: youtube.com/watch?v=Igh7...
Healthcare in Rural South Africa | The Clinic that Crossed the River
YouTube video by Eh!woza
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Igh7wvS2yJE&t=2s…
June 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Come and work with me and use the 53,897 samples of M. tuberculosis we have collated to help tackle this important disease!

We are part of the OxCoD4TB consortium that is developing new therapeutics for tuberculosis.

Grade 7, funding until 28 Feb 2028, deadline noon Fri 4 July

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June 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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@vbrunner.bsky.social doing her pitch for her poster at #ESMyco!

@modmedmicro.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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The relaunch of crypticproject.info at #ESMyco by @philipwfowler.bsky.social

53,897 clinical tuberculosis samples with genetics and drug susceptibility testing data!
June 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM