Zannah Salter
@zannahdu.bsky.social
Pathogen genomics, Ornithobacterium hominis, microbiome (and contamination of course!) at University of Cambridge
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Zannah Salter
@zannahdu.bsky.social
· Nov 25
In a new room, it's always nice to shout a bit about #Ornithobacterium hominis!
I'm working on this Gram neg nasopharyngeal species with colleagues in Australia, South Africa & Cambodia.
Isolates are very rare - if you spot it in your samples or metagenomes, reach out! I'd love to collaborate. 🦠🧬👀
I'm working on this Gram neg nasopharyngeal species with colleagues in Australia, South Africa & Cambodia.
Isolates are very rare - if you spot it in your samples or metagenomes, reach out! I'd love to collaborate. 🦠🧬👀
🚨Submissions open for the Cambridge Journal of Science and Policy (CJSP)! 🚨
CJSP invites submissions for Volume 7, Issue 1 under the theme "Infectious disease policy: research, surveillance, and resilience".
Manuscripts for the themed issue must be received by 6th March 2026.
CJSP invites submissions for Volume 7, Issue 1 under the theme "Infectious disease policy: research, surveillance, and resilience".
Manuscripts for the themed issue must be received by 6th March 2026.
February 15, 2026 at 10:39 PM
🚨Submissions open for the Cambridge Journal of Science and Policy (CJSP)! 🚨
CJSP invites submissions for Volume 7, Issue 1 under the theme "Infectious disease policy: research, surveillance, and resilience".
Manuscripts for the themed issue must be received by 6th March 2026.
CJSP invites submissions for Volume 7, Issue 1 under the theme "Infectious disease policy: research, surveillance, and resilience".
Manuscripts for the themed issue must be received by 6th March 2026.
Now that is an excellent idea
When my students do washes for immunostaining, they draw caterpillars on the white board and color in the body segments to keep track of how many washes they’ve done.
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Now that is an excellent idea
"Metascience Novelty Indicators" sounds super scammy? Does anyone know what it's all about? The paper of mine they cite qualifying me to contribute seems... pretty unlikely
February 7, 2026 at 7:51 PM
"Metascience Novelty Indicators" sounds super scammy? Does anyone know what it's all about? The paper of mine they cite qualifying me to contribute seems... pretty unlikely
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PhD projects in microbial engineering now up, including one with @whelanfj.bsky.social @willpjsmith.bsky.social and me! 🦠
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
February 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
PhD projects in microbial engineering now up, including one with @whelanfj.bsky.social @willpjsmith.bsky.social and me! 🦠
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3
AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review
If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 AM
'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3
I only just wrote to reviewers "so sorry the underlying taxonomy changed since submission" 🙈
omfg why do they have to rename things in bacterial taxonomy
February 1, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I only just wrote to reviewers "so sorry the underlying taxonomy changed since submission" 🙈
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BREAKING NEWS: UK loses its #measles elimination status
@benk-d.bsky.social highlights failure to reach 95% measles #vaccine coverage target in UK
+ need for secure funding for vaccine outreach efforts & joined-up #PublicHealth response
Read more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
@benk-d.bsky.social highlights failure to reach 95% measles #vaccine coverage target in UK
+ need for secure funding for vaccine outreach efforts & joined-up #PublicHealth response
Read more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
BREAKING NEWS: UK loses its #measles elimination status
@benk-d.bsky.social highlights failure to reach 95% measles #vaccine coverage target in UK
+ need for secure funding for vaccine outreach efforts & joined-up #PublicHealth response
Read more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
@benk-d.bsky.social highlights failure to reach 95% measles #vaccine coverage target in UK
+ need for secure funding for vaccine outreach efforts & joined-up #PublicHealth response
Read more: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
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If you’re in/around London next week & want to hear me speak about lots of fun early medieval isotopes + aDNA come along on Tuesday! ⚛️🧬☠️
*HNY!* A gentle reminder for our first seminar of 2026 next Tuesday 27 January at 18:15 in Room 209 @uclarchaeology.bsky.social. We will welcome @samleggs22.bsky.social (Edinburgh) for her talk on isotopes and aDNA in early medieval England. In person, free, open to all. We hope to see you there!
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
If you’re in/around London next week & want to hear me speak about lots of fun early medieval isotopes + aDNA come along on Tuesday! ⚛️🧬☠️
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The publishers of Frontiers are very proud of their fraud-detection software and have appointed themselves as "Guardians of Research Integrity". Also, they publish stuff like this.
January 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The publishers of Frontiers are very proud of their fraud-detection software and have appointed themselves as "Guardians of Research Integrity". Also, they publish stuff like this.
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Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Just published a paper on the complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir meme, the decade-old tumblr in-joke that continues to impact the public understanding of the ancient world. Paywalled but email me if you want a copy. 🏺
Paper accepted! 🥳🍻
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Paper accepted! 🥳🍻
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The coolest finding of my PhD is finally out! E. coli has a 7th RND pump that is present in phylogroups B2/D/E/F but absent in A/B1/C. As a result EefABC has been absent in all K-12 RND studies! Co-authored by the very talented Dr. Lizzy Darby. @jessicamablair.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
The Resistance-Nodulation-Division efflux pump EefABC is highly conserved within lineages of E. coli commonly associated with infection
Resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps confer multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria and are critical for many physiological functions including virulence and biofilm formation. The...
doi.org
January 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The coolest finding of my PhD is finally out! E. coli has a 7th RND pump that is present in phylogroups B2/D/E/F but absent in A/B1/C. As a result EefABC has been absent in all K-12 RND studies! Co-authored by the very talented Dr. Lizzy Darby. @jessicamablair.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
I have a question for people who do a lot of disk diffusion assays... have you ever seen enhanced haemolysis around azithromycin specifically? Does it damage RBCs so that bacterial haemolysis is more rapid, or is it maybe a stress response from the bacterium?
January 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I have a question for people who do a lot of disk diffusion assays... have you ever seen enhanced haemolysis around azithromycin specifically? Does it damage RBCs so that bacterial haemolysis is more rapid, or is it maybe a stress response from the bacterium?
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The original paper explicitly highlights how much terrorism ‘declined’ in the UK after the COVID-19 pandemic. But the decline after 2020 is only that stark because all terrorism-related variables are imputed to 0, without disclosure, after the UK left the EU in 2020. 22/x
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
The original paper explicitly highlights how much terrorism ‘declined’ in the UK after the COVID-19 pandemic. But the decline after 2020 is only that stark because all terrorism-related variables are imputed to 0, without disclosure, after the UK left the EU in 2020. 22/x
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The ViTaL-D study team is looking for 76 people at least 18 years old, who live within 70 miles of Norwich and think they might be low in vitamin D to take part in the research study 🌞
➡️ buff.ly/JsknRSN
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/JsknRSN
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The ViTaL-D study team is looking for 76 people at least 18 years old, who live within 70 miles of Norwich and think they might be low in vitamin D to take part in the research study 🌞
➡️ buff.ly/JsknRSN
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
➡️ buff.ly/JsknRSN
@johninnescentre.bsky.social
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Okay my loves. I need your help here with a local thing! I’m currently putting together a series of talks relating to East Sussex.
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Okay my loves. I need your help here with a local thing! I’m currently putting together a series of talks relating to East Sussex.
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
If you could share with your fellow lovelies it would be incredible! @overslizzie.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social @lazaruscorporation.co.uk
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This is your last chance to apply for this #PhD position with @gemma-langridge.bsky.social & the @langridgelab.bsky.social
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health deals with this🤔this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
Apply NOW
Who doesn't love a toxic burden anyway?😅
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health deals with this🤔this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
Apply NOW
Who doesn't love a toxic burden anyway?😅
PhD Carrying a toxic burden: the continuing spread of “Shiga toxin stx2a”-harbouring phage in E. coli (LANGRIDGE_Q26MMB) 2026/27 | UEA
PhD Carrying a toxic burden: the continuing spread of “Shiga toxin stx2a”-harbouring phage in E. coli (LANGRIDGE_Q26MMB) 2026/27 | UEA
www.tinyurl.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This is your last chance to apply for this #PhD position with @gemma-langridge.bsky.social & the @langridgelab.bsky.social
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health deals with this🤔this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
Apply NOW
Who doesn't love a toxic burden anyway?😅
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health deals with this🤔this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
Apply NOW
Who doesn't love a toxic burden anyway?😅
Magog Down was perfect last night
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Magog Down was perfect last night
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It's finally out! Meriam Guellil expertly led this project from the first HHV6 detection to the final paper. We found both human herpesviruses 6A and 6B in ancient remains going back 2500 years.
January 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... It's finally out! Meriam Guellil expertly led this project from the first HHV6 detection to the final paper. We found both human herpesviruses 6A and 6B in ancient remains going back 2500 years.
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We will be offering a free crèche at Annual Conference 2026. All delegates are welcome to use, but children must be registered in advance on a first-come, first-served basis. Learn more about it and register your children: microb.io/48tq0w8
#Microbio26
#Microbio26
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We will be offering a free crèche at Annual Conference 2026. All delegates are welcome to use, but children must be registered in advance on a first-come, first-served basis. Learn more about it and register your children: microb.io/48tq0w8
#Microbio26
#Microbio26
My sister in law's MP! #SaveTheVetSchool substack.com/home/post/p-...
Closing Cambridge Veterinary School Weakens Britain’s Pandemic Defences
This is a short sighted decision if we are serious about understanding antimicrobial resistance, emerging zoonotic diseases, the health impacts of climate change or sustainable food production
substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My sister in law's MP! #SaveTheVetSchool substack.com/home/post/p-...
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“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
December 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“Love it or hate it it’s here to stay” is a crazy thing to keep saying about a technology. If people don’t like using something it doesn’t have to stay we’re not talking about bad weather here
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Delighted to express my support for the #SaveTheVetSchool campaign. It would be dreadful decision for @cam.ac.uk to abolish one of the best (if not the best) undergraduate Veterinary Medicine degrees in the world. savethevetschool.co.uk
Save the Vet School
A vital institution. A community in action. A future worth protecting. Stand with us to save the vet school.
savethevetschool.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Delighted to express my support for the #SaveTheVetSchool campaign. It would be dreadful decision for @cam.ac.uk to abolish one of the best (if not the best) undergraduate Veterinary Medicine degrees in the world. savethevetschool.co.uk
Official Statement:
Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, 12/12/2025
"The decision to recommend the closure of what the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks as the best undergraduate veterinary course in the world has come as a bolt from the blue."
[1]
#SaveTheVetSchool
Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, 12/12/2025
"The decision to recommend the closure of what the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks as the best undergraduate veterinary course in the world has come as a bolt from the blue."
[1]
#SaveTheVetSchool
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Official Statement:
Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, 12/12/2025
"The decision to recommend the closure of what the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks as the best undergraduate veterinary course in the world has come as a bolt from the blue."
[1]
#SaveTheVetSchool
Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, 12/12/2025
"The decision to recommend the closure of what the Times Higher Education Supplement ranks as the best undergraduate veterinary course in the world has come as a bolt from the blue."
[1]
#SaveTheVetSchool