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Alan McNally
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Head of the School of Infection, Inflammation & Immunology @ Uni Birmingham. Proud Scot. Oversaw a few Covid PCR tests

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Alan McNally is a professor of microbial genomics at the University of Birmingham, UK. He works on the evolutionary genomics and antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens.

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Biology 75%
Medicine 8%
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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 10h
onwards and upwards Bex

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Genetics Society UK @gensocuk.bsky.social · 13h
Congratulations to @zaminiqbal.bsky.social from @milnerevolution.bsky.social on being awarded the 2026 Mary Lyon Medal!

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 13h
Meet the new cohort of exceptional researchers who have been awarded more than £83 million worth of early career fellowships by the Royal Society, working on research spanning the sciences: #RSGrants: https://bit.ly/49jMkKx
Exceptional researchers awarded early career fellowships worth more than £83 million | Royal Society
A new cohort of exceptional researchers at have been awarded funding through the Royal Society’s early career schemes, the University Research Fellowship (URF), Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) and Ne...
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 17h
137 years ago today 🎂 Institut Pasteur opened in Paris (Nov 14, 1888 🏛️)

Funded by 100K+ donors after the rabies vaccine success, it launched a scientific legacy:
🔬 10 Nobel Prizes
🌍 32 Pasteur Network Institutes
💉 Countless lives saved

From rabies to COVID-19, the mission continues.
november 14, 1888 : inauguration of the Institut Pasteur ©Institut Pasteur

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 1d
In decades to come, we will look back at 2025 - following the most devastating pandemic in a century - as the year we turned back hard-earned progress on combating infectious diseases.

That means the comeback of preventable diseases. And the emergence of new ones.

www.science.org/content/arti...
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic
A retreat from investments in drugs and vaccines leaves U.S. less prepared for the next viral scourge, experts warn
www.science.org

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Sar Crespi @boron110.bsky.social · 1d
Solar panels do us no good at night--but what if we could use the cold night sky as a heat sink to generate power? Learn more on this week's @science.org podcast w/ Jeremy Munday.

www.science.org/content/podc...

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Tanmay Bharat @tbharat-lab.bsky.social · 1d
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers

Review article published in @natrevmicro.nature.com with @bupbuse.bsky.social, Andriko von Kügelgen and @vikramalva.bsky.social.

S-layers are everywhere!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Assembly, architecture and functional roles of microbial surface layers - Nature Reviews Microbiology
Surface layers (S-layers) are ubiquitous protein assemblies that coat prokaryotic cells, with their functional roles increasingly coming into focus. In this Review, Isbilir and colleagues discuss rece...
www.nature.com

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1d
The most dangerous people in the world are broke, lonely young men & we are creating millions of them.

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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 1d
I just got an email from a former mentee telling me that one dinner conversation changed how he writes papers♥️

I told him: “just write the paper, get it out—the next one will be better, and the next even better.”

Perfectionism is a trap (and a way to procrastinate...:))
comic of a happy person with a shitty 1st draft

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🧬Jacob L Steenwyk @jlsteenwyk.bsky.social · 1d
Just gonna put this here for now
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
bsky.app/profile/jlst...

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1d
How long are we going to let Banks pretend that they can't do anything on weekends. It's all been digital for years, just send the chuffing standing order payment.

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 1d
Read our new #ESPAUR report , which reveals the scale of the challenge of antibiotic resistance (AMR).

The UK is working toward ambitious targets in the National Action Plan 2024 to 29.

www.gov.uk/government/p...
Graphic showing tablets and this text, 'Our latest ESPAUR report shows nearly 400 antibiotic-resistant infections occur every week in England.' Graphic shows E. coli in a petri dish and this text, 'E. coli is driving most resistant bloodstream infections, responsible for the majority of cases over the past 5 years.' Graphic shows a tablet bottle carrying this text, 'Health Inequalities Widening People in deprived areas are 50% more likely to get antibiotic-resistant infections. Resistant infections in deprived communities rose 7% in 2024 – the gap has widened from 29.4% in 2019.' Graphic shows a pharmacy label and the text, 'Prescribing Trends: Progress and Innovation Overall antibiotic use is 2% lower than 2019, with prescribing in general practice and dentistry below 2019 levels. Pharmacy First now accounts for 2% of antibiotic prescriptions.'

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Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 1d
The Jumbo Christmas issue (Viz 351) is in the shops today, with a FREE 2026 calendar in the middle. Sorry no refunds. shop.viz.co.uk/viz351bs
A hugely yule-ful Viz Star Letter from the Christmas issue, reading as follows: "If anyone has any elderly neighbours who are spending Christmas all alone, could they let me know as I've got a load of people coming over and I could do with borrowing some extra chairs. And any spare Tupperware wouldn't go amiss, as we always end up with a ridiculous amount of leftovers. Steve Simmons, Burgess Hill"

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 1d
Don’t they just

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
If you live in a world where you believe Hitler can be explained by a few SNPs and some not fit for purpose odds ratio scores you don’t desert be part of the scientific endeavour

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
Oh god there is no way you can report this study in a positive light. It should never have been approved. It’s an abomination of an idea.
gcbias.bsky.social Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 2d
We don't want people to think you can see evil in the genome, but we'll call our Channel 4 documentary "Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a dictator".

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 2d
Next week's Gogglebox is going to be insane

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Nick Loman @pathogenomenick.bsky.social · 2d
Pure sensationalism - I cannot see any scientific justification for this ‘study’

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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 2d
We don't want people to think you can see evil in the genome, but we'll call our Channel 4 documentary "Hitler's DNA: Blueprint of a dictator".

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
Genomics, and its value and utility, is about to be set back a generation

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 2d
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
How did you catch wind of it

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
Oh no

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
👏

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
It’s a day of amazing doff my cap papers

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Mat Beale @typemat12.bsky.social · 2d
#microsky Pleased to share this work led by Cat Wilson as part of her PhD, tracking Salmonella transmission in low intensity agricultural settings in Malawi. TL;DR - lots of transmission between humans, animals and environment within households. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Circulation of Salmonella spp. between humans, animals and the environment in animal-owning households in Malawi - Nature Communications
In this work, Wilson et al., examined sharing of Salmonella between humans, animals and the environment using household samples from Malawi. They revealed an interconnected web of Salmonella circulati...
www.nature.com

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
Beautiful

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Louise H. Moncla @lhmoncla.bsky.social · 2d
Our lab's paper describing the North American H5N1 epizootic is out now in Nature! So thrilled to have this out, and congratulations to @lambod50.bsky.social for all the fantastic work on this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Ecology and spread of the North American H5N1 epizootic - Nature
The panzootic of highly pathogenic H5N1 since 2021 was driven by around nine introductions into the Atlantic and Pacific flyways, followed by rapid dissemination through wild migratory birds, primaril...
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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 2d
Brilliant day having a project meeting with @sheppardlab.bsky.social and @lillycummins.bsky.social today on our BBSRC project. I still love my research even if I get less time on it now.