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Photo album: Superbugs Pop-up 2025 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Photos from the Pop-Up Science Shop in the St David’s Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff from 7th July to 3rd August 2025 A selection of photos taken during pre-booked school visits and on open day...
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Some numbers.
📆 28 days
🧑🏼🔬 54 volunteers
🎓 3 universities
🛝 8 activities
💰 6 treasures
🧟 11 horror show booths
🖼️ 52 picture frames
🦟 100 live mosquitoes
👪 4,955 visitors
🏫 11 school visits
🎯 900 sticker challenges
🔍 753 treasure hunts
🧫 1,254 body swabs
📝 258 feedback forms
📸 >500 photos
🤷🏼 0 regrets
📆 28 days
🧑🏼🔬 54 volunteers
🎓 3 universities
🛝 8 activities
💰 6 treasures
🧟 11 horror show booths
🖼️ 52 picture frames
🦟 100 live mosquitoes
👪 4,955 visitors
🏫 11 school visits
🎯 900 sticker challenges
🔍 753 treasure hunts
🧫 1,254 body swabs
📝 258 feedback forms
📸 >500 photos
🤷🏼 0 regrets
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Proud to be kicking off the new cycle of the Science in Health public lecture series 2025/2026.
"A Microbial Horror Show – Devastating outbreaks of disease that shaped how we fight infections"
Thursday 27th November, 7:00 pm UK time.
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"A Microbial Horror Show – Devastating outbreaks of disease that shaped how we fight infections"
Thursday 27th November, 7:00 pm UK time.
@cumedicengage.bsky.social @cusystemsimmu.bsky.social
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November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Proud to be kicking off the new cycle of the Science in Health public lecture series 2025/2026.
"A Microbial Horror Show – Devastating outbreaks of disease that shaped how we fight infections"
Thursday 27th November, 7:00 pm UK time.
@cumedicengage.bsky.social @cusystemsimmu.bsky.social
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"A Microbial Horror Show – Devastating outbreaks of disease that shaped how we fight infections"
Thursday 27th November, 7:00 pm UK time.
@cumedicengage.bsky.social @cusystemsimmu.bsky.social
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Looking forward to presenting an update of our public engagement work @superbugs.bsky.social at tomorrow's Global-Civic Conference on "Engaging with purpose: Global-Civic collaborations for Future Generations".
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November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Looking forward to presenting an update of our public engagement work @superbugs.bsky.social at tomorrow's Global-Civic Conference on "Engaging with purpose: Global-Civic collaborations for Future Generations".
@cumedicengage.bsky.social @cusystemsimmu.bsky.social
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Happy #Halloween!
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
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Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy #Halloween!
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/superblog/ha...
🎃👻💀🦴🧟🧛🏼🕷️👹
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/superblog/ha...
🎃👻💀🦴🧟🧛🏼🕷️👹
Happy #Halloween!
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/superblog/ha...
🎃👻💀🦴🧟🧛🏼🕷️👹
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/superblog/ha...
🎃👻💀🦴🧟🧛🏼🕷️👹
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy #Halloween!
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/superblog/ha...
🎃👻💀🦴🧟🧛🏼🕷️👹
Check out our collection of #spooky #agarart from across the internet.
👉🏼 www.superbugs.online/superblog/ha...
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How it started How it's going
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
How it started How it's going
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A reminder that measles is a highly contagious infection that can cause severe complications.
Measles cannot be cured.
But it can be prevented.
Measles cannot be cured.
But it can be prevented.
US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts
The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after outbreaks farther north
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A reminder that measles is a highly contagious infection that can cause severe complications.
Measles cannot be cured.
But it can be prevented.
Measles cannot be cured.
But it can be prevented.
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Includes our answers to a list of questions year 5 pupils had about science in general, what it's like to be a scientist, and how to become a scientist in the first place.
Ranging from "What's the deadliest microbe you come across?" to "Why is your research important, and why should people care?"
Ranging from "What's the deadliest microbe you come across?" to "Why is your research important, and why should people care?"
So this is what we did in Caerphilly a few days ago.
On the road again — Superbugs in Caerphilly — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
We recently held a fun workshop for the fantastic year 5 class of Mrs Jenkins and Mr Bowen at Hendredenny Park Primary in Caerphilly.
www.superbugs.online
October 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Includes our answers to a list of questions year 5 pupils had about science in general, what it's like to be a scientist, and how to become a scientist in the first place.
Ranging from "What's the deadliest microbe you come across?" to "Why is your research important, and why should people care?"
Ranging from "What's the deadliest microbe you come across?" to "Why is your research important, and why should people care?"
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So this is what we did in Caerphilly a few days ago.
On the road again — Superbugs in Caerphilly — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
We recently held a fun workshop for the fantastic year 5 class of Mrs Jenkins and Mr Bowen at Hendredenny Park Primary in Caerphilly.
www.superbugs.online
October 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
So this is what we did in Caerphilly a few days ago.
So this is what we did in Caerphilly a few days ago.
On the road again — Superbugs in Caerphilly — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
We recently held a fun workshop for the fantastic year 5 class of Mrs Jenkins and Mr Bowen at Hendredenny Park Primary in Caerphilly.
www.superbugs.online
October 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
So this is what we did in Caerphilly a few days ago.
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Looking for an illustrator for a potential book project.
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Looking for an illustrator for a potential book project.
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A reminder of how devastating many childhood infections can be and how easy it is to prevent them using safe and effective vaccines.
#VaccinesSaveLives
#VaccinesSaveLives
Pop-Up 2025 - Polio and measles — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
www.superbugs.online
September 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
A reminder of how devastating many childhood infections can be and how easy it is to prevent them using safe and effective vaccines.
#VaccinesSaveLives
#VaccinesSaveLives
Looking for an illustrator for a potential book project.
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Looking for an illustrator for a potential book project.
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Meanwhile the World Health Organisation warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide.
#AMR @who.int
#AMR @who.int
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) r...
www.who.int
October 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Meanwhile the World Health Organisation warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide.
#AMR @who.int
#AMR @who.int
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) r...
www.who.int
October 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Some numbers.
📆 28 days
🧑🏼🔬 54 volunteers
🎓 3 universities
🛝 8 activities
💰 6 treasures
🧟 11 horror show booths
🖼️ 52 picture frames
🦟 100 live mosquitoes
👪 4,955 visitors
🏫 11 school visits
🎯 900 sticker challenges
🔍 753 treasure hunts
🧫 1,254 body swabs
📝 258 feedback forms
📸 >500 photos
🤷🏼 0 regrets
📆 28 days
🧑🏼🔬 54 volunteers
🎓 3 universities
🛝 8 activities
💰 6 treasures
🧟 11 horror show booths
🖼️ 52 picture frames
🦟 100 live mosquitoes
👪 4,955 visitors
🏫 11 school visits
🎯 900 sticker challenges
🔍 753 treasure hunts
🧫 1,254 body swabs
📝 258 feedback forms
📸 >500 photos
🤷🏼 0 regrets
Photo album: Superbugs Pop-up 2025 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Photos from the Pop-Up Science Shop in the St David’s Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff from 7th July to 3rd August 2025 A selection of photos taken during pre-booked school visits and on open day...
www.superbugs.online
August 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Some numbers.
📆 28 days
🧑🏼🔬 54 volunteers
🎓 3 universities
🛝 8 activities
💰 6 treasures
🧟 11 horror show booths
🖼️ 52 picture frames
🦟 100 live mosquitoes
👪 4,955 visitors
🏫 11 school visits
🎯 900 sticker challenges
🔍 753 treasure hunts
🧫 1,254 body swabs
📝 258 feedback forms
📸 >500 photos
🤷🏼 0 regrets
📆 28 days
🧑🏼🔬 54 volunteers
🎓 3 universities
🛝 8 activities
💰 6 treasures
🧟 11 horror show booths
🖼️ 52 picture frames
🦟 100 live mosquitoes
👪 4,955 visitors
🏫 11 school visits
🎯 900 sticker challenges
🔍 753 treasure hunts
🧫 1,254 body swabs
📝 258 feedback forms
📸 >500 photos
🤷🏼 0 regrets
Reposted by Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽
On the road again! Off to Caerphilly tomorrow to have some fun and tell school children about infection, health and hygiene.
October 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On the road again! Off to Caerphilly tomorrow to have some fun and tell school children about infection, health and hygiene.
On the road again! Off to Caerphilly tomorrow to have some fun and tell school children about infection, health and hygiene.
October 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
On the road again! Off to Caerphilly tomorrow to have some fun and tell school children about infection, health and hygiene.
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It's devastating knowing that children are being exposed to lifetime and life-threatening illness once again that could have been avoided with a vaccine.
We can't stop reaching out to the parents of these kids with compassion and out-stretched hands. Every child vaccinated matters!
We can't stop reaching out to the parents of these kids with compassion and out-stretched hands. Every child vaccinated matters!
October 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It's devastating knowing that children are being exposed to lifetime and life-threatening illness once again that could have been avoided with a vaccine.
We can't stop reaching out to the parents of these kids with compassion and out-stretched hands. Every child vaccinated matters!
We can't stop reaching out to the parents of these kids with compassion and out-stretched hands. Every child vaccinated matters!
Tomorrow.
A reminder that it's only 7 more days until the new Taylor Swift album comes out.
Here's something to keep all Swifties entertained while they're waiting.
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Here's something to keep all Swifties entertained while they're waiting.
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The Cultured Plates Department 🧫 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Forget about Christmas . Forget about Easter . Here it the ultimate agar art!
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October 2, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Tomorrow.
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Can’t be said too often: Vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical interventions ever developed 👇
A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed.
Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.
#VaccinesSaveLives
Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.
#VaccinesSaveLives
Timeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Of superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them.
www.superbugs.online
September 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Can’t be said too often: Vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical interventions ever developed 👇
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A great timeline about infectious diseases, plagues, and research.
A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed.
Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.
#VaccinesSaveLives
Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.
#VaccinesSaveLives
Timeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Of superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them.
www.superbugs.online
September 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A great timeline about infectious diseases, plagues, and research.
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A reminder that it's only 7 more days until the new Taylor Swift album comes out.
Here's something to keep all Swifties entertained while they're waiting.
🦠🧫🔬👯🎹🎸💿🎉
Here's something to keep all Swifties entertained while they're waiting.
🦠🧫🔬👯🎹🎸💿🎉
The Cultured Plates Department 🧫 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Forget about Christmas . Forget about Easter . Here it the ultimate agar art!
www.superbugs.online
September 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A reminder that it's only 7 more days until the new Taylor Swift album comes out.
Here's something to keep all Swifties entertained while they're waiting.
🦠🧫🔬👯🎹🎸💿🎉
Here's something to keep all Swifties entertained while they're waiting.
🦠🧫🔬👯🎹🎸💿🎉