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Alannah King
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Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Insitute, and part of the Global Pneumococcal Sequencing project! 🧬 🖥️
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Last week I was in Beijing, China for the 5th Asia Pneumococcal Symposium! 🇨🇳 So many amazing talks - I learnt a lot and also recieved valuable feedback on my recent work! 🖥️🧬 🧪

The next Asian Pneumococcal Symposium will be held in Chiba, Japan, in 2027 🇯🇵 I am already looking forward to it!
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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😛 #caturday
A fluffy, one-eyed tabby cat in loaf position is posing for the camera very elegantly. However, she is also sticking her tongue out, removing some of the elegance.
August 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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What do the BIOSCAN project and the Duxford Imperial War Museum have in common? They are both interested in things that fly! ✈️ 🐝

It was amazing to be at the Duxford Air Show with @engagewcs.bsky.social to discuss how the BIOSCAN project uses DNA barcoding to study flying insects in the UK 🧬
Wellcome Genome Campus volunteers standing proudly with their green gazebo at the Duxford Air Show. The gazebo has "Genomics is for everyone" written on it.
June 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Last week I co-chaired the 2025 Mechanisms of Membrane Transport Gordon Research Seminar! 🎤 🇨🇭

With cutting-edge science from early career researchers, thoughtful discussion, and insightful career conversations, I'm proud of the programme we put together 🧪 Thank you to all speakers and attendees! 🥳
June 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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(Hopefully) Coming soon to a journal near you: serotype 12F is global 🌍, expressed by diverse pneumococcal lineages 🧬🖥️, and often antimicrobial resistant 💊

I had a great time at #Europneumo 2025 presenting a poster on our recent work on the invasive pneumococcal serotype 12F. Watch this space! 🧪
A photo taken from behind of Alannah presenting a landscape academic poster on serotype 12F to an attendee of Europneumo 2025.
May 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Take time to sleep and rest this #caturday
A close-up photo of the face of a long-haired brown tabby cat sleeping. She has her paw over her face to minimise disturbance. She is sleeping on a grey fabric sofa.
May 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Parker is wishing you a happy Bank Holiday weekend with a BIG SCREAM 📣 🐈

(he'd also be grateful if you could please feed him, he's not eaten in at least an hour)

#caturday #cat
A one-eyed orange cat stands on a grey sofa, screaming at the person taking the photo who is not feeding him. A living room and kitchen can be seen in the background.
May 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Had an inspiring day yesterday visiting UCL to meet Prof. David Goldblatt and his team! I got the opportunity to present and discuss our progress on a recent collaboration, and learn about immunology 🧪

Thank you for the kind invitation to visit - Looking forward to sharing the full story soon! 🖥️🧬
Alannah standing next to a presentation slide about the Global Pneumococcal Sequencing project, mid-presentation. She is wearing light-wash denim dungarees with a grey shirt and brown belt.
April 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Just because Parker fits in the hand luggage, doesn't mean he can join us on holiday... 🏖️ 🐈

#caturday
A fluffy orange cat curled up asleep in a black duffle back. The bag is set on a cream carpet.
March 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Happy #caturday to those who celebrate!
A fluffy brown tabby cat curled up asleep on a lap, with her back feet up in the air so you can see allof the pads of her feet.
February 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Guest #caturday from Blinco! He's still a kitten (but growing quick!) and likes to sleep cuddling his tail
February 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Happy #caturday from Rosie and her cone! 🐾

Turns out her eye was not actually removed when she was a kitten, as we were told when we adopted her! It was very atrophied in the back of her eye socket.

One operation later, she's healing nicely and hopefully won't be bothered by the eye again 😄
A fluffy tabby cat in a blue cone stares up at the camera. The area around her right eye has been shaved, and a line of stitches can be seen keeping her wound and eye socket closed. She is furious.
January 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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#caturday from Parker
An orange long-haired cat with only one eye sits majestically on top of his scratching pole in a cream living room. He's sitting upright with his tail wrapped around his feet looking very cute
January 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Another week, another #caturday
A fluffy, one eyed brown tabby cat is sticking her head out of the top of her favourite play-tunnel. She looks apprehensive and gorgeous (as always)
January 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Do you have new & exciting results to share about transport proteins and channels? 🧪 🤩

Come & join experts & early-career researchers for cutting-edge discussions in lovely Switzerland! 🏔️

Apply now for the 2025 Mechanisms of Membrane Transport GRS! ⬇️
www.grc.org/mechanisms-o...

#STEMseminar
A beautiful summer view in Switzerland! In the foreground is a bubbling stream. Just behind the stream there are cosy brown chalets on lush grass, and further into the background you can see the gorgeous Alps.
January 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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"No no, take another one, I had my tongue out" 😝

#caturday #cats
Two cats are on a multi-level cat tree. The top cat is a fluffy, orange long-haired cat lying calmly, looking downward with a serene expression. The bottom cat is a long-haired dark brown tabby with her mouth wide open and tongue out.
December 14, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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Happy #caturday! Meet Parker (🍊) and Rosie (🤎), our two gorgeous one-eyed cats!

As I also have only one eye, adopting these two felt like destiny ✨
An orange fluffy cat (left) and a fluffy tabby cat (right), each with one eye, on a sofa looking gorgeous!
November 23, 2024 at 7:04 PM