Sarah Alexander
@sarah1alexander.bsky.social
Mum, Scientist, STI microbiologist, European and Slow runner. All views are my own!
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Lizzie Dale, the STASHH BSIG Representative, has given an insightful run-down of BSIG's new competencies assessment tool for microscopy in a newly published blog. 🔬
Read Lizzie's full blog via our LinkedIn page: bit.ly/47wsf2t to find out more about the new tool and how to access it.
Read Lizzie's full blog via our LinkedIn page: bit.ly/47wsf2t to find out more about the new tool and how to access it.
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Lizzie Dale, the STASHH BSIG Representative, has given an insightful run-down of BSIG's new competencies assessment tool for microscopy in a newly published blog. 🔬
Read Lizzie's full blog via our LinkedIn page: bit.ly/47wsf2t to find out more about the new tool and how to access it.
Read Lizzie's full blog via our LinkedIn page: bit.ly/47wsf2t to find out more about the new tool and how to access it.
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And now for something completely different: #EntSoc25 Entomologists! Please contribute to the iNaturalist collection of pubic lice! It's mostly from the EU at the moment. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/395978-...
Crab Louse (Pthirus pubis)
The crab louse or pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood. The crab louse usually is found in the person's pubic hair. Althoug...
www.inaturalist.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And now for something completely different: #EntSoc25 Entomologists! Please contribute to the iNaturalist collection of pubic lice! It's mostly from the EU at the moment. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/395978-...
Surely every case of congenital syphilis could be prevented with tests and treatment but important message never the less....
🧵 Here’s something most parents don’t know: Nearly 9 out of 10 cases of congenital syphilis in the US could have been prevented with timely testing and treatment. 1/7
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Surely every case of congenital syphilis could be prevented with tests and treatment but important message never the less....
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Podcast with me and @turiking.bsky.social for the @milnerevolution.bsky.social series, on plasmid evolution over the last 100 years, talking about our ( @cazares-adr.bsky.social , Nick Thomson, @sarah1alexander.bsky.social & co) recent paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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youtu.be/Mzr3TD4ijs0?...
How the Vectors of Antibiotic Resistance Have Evolved - Professor Zamin Iqbal
YouTube video by Milner Centre for Evolution
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October 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Podcast with me and @turiking.bsky.social for the @milnerevolution.bsky.social series, on plasmid evolution over the last 100 years, talking about our ( @cazares-adr.bsky.social , Nick Thomson, @sarah1alexander.bsky.social & co) recent paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
youtu.be/Mzr3TD4ijs0?...
youtu.be/Mzr3TD4ijs0?...
100% of Penile cancer is preventable!
October 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
100% of Penile cancer is preventable!
Next up - interesctionality and inequalities. IUSTI2025
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Next up - interesctionality and inequalities. IUSTI2025
Fabulous presentation by Dr. Janet Wilson at IUSTI2025. We should treat BV as a neglected condition
October 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Fabulous presentation by Dr. Janet Wilson at IUSTI2025. We should treat BV as a neglected condition
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Good night, friends.
Tonight was deeply painful.
We at CDC do this work because we care.
It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.
Tonight was deeply painful.
We at CDC do this work because we care.
It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Good night, friends.
Tonight was deeply painful.
We at CDC do this work because we care.
It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.
Tonight was deeply painful.
We at CDC do this work because we care.
It’s long hours, often feeling overworked and not enough pay, but we do it because we want to make the world a better place.
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BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
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Great to be in Athens for the 38th Annual IUSTI Europe Congress (International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infection).
I’m presenting our work on Awareness, Attitudes and early Use of DoxyPEP in Ireland!
I’m presenting our work on Awareness, Attitudes and early Use of DoxyPEP in Ireland!
October 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Great to be in Athens for the 38th Annual IUSTI Europe Congress (International Union Against Sexually Transmitted Infection).
I’m presenting our work on Awareness, Attitudes and early Use of DoxyPEP in Ireland!
I’m presenting our work on Awareness, Attitudes and early Use of DoxyPEP in Ireland!
Regulatory barriers prevent good quality tests getting to market! The system needs to be reformed #IUSTI2025
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Regulatory barriers prevent good quality tests getting to market! The system needs to be reformed #IUSTI2025
We need to reduce the incidence of GC why we have drugs that work: in MGEN we need to reduce testing, and preserve the drugs that we have. IUSTI25 - amazing presentation by David Lewis
October 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
We need to reduce the incidence of GC why we have drugs that work: in MGEN we need to reduce testing, and preserve the drugs that we have. IUSTI25 - amazing presentation by David Lewis
We need regulatory reform for tests! IUSTI25
October 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
We need regulatory reform for tests! IUSTI25
Tests are getting smaller, better, faster
October 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Tests are getting smaller, better, faster
Not every bug causes an infection! We don’t need hyper sensitive tests
October 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Not every bug causes an infection! We don’t need hyper sensitive tests
