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#PenicillinNobel80: a timeline of medical breakthroughs
80 years ago, Florey, Chain & Fleming received the Noble Prize for penicillin.
Watch our timeline to see how this discovery shaped modern medicine, and why antibiotic resistance still threatens its legacy.
#AMR #HistoryOfMedicine
80 years ago, Florey, Chain & Fleming received the Noble Prize for penicillin.
Watch our timeline to see how this discovery shaped modern medicine, and why antibiotic resistance still threatens its legacy.
#AMR #HistoryOfMedicine
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#PenicillinNobel80: a timeline of medical breakthroughs
80 years ago, Florey, Chain & Fleming received the Noble Prize for penicillin.
Watch our timeline to see how this discovery shaped modern medicine, and why antibiotic resistance still threatens its legacy.
#AMR #HistoryOfMedicine
80 years ago, Florey, Chain & Fleming received the Noble Prize for penicillin.
Watch our timeline to see how this discovery shaped modern medicine, and why antibiotic resistance still threatens its legacy.
#AMR #HistoryOfMedicine
🚨New job opportunity!
We're looking for a new Research Programme Manager for our Antimicrobial Drug Discovery and Development team to join us at the IOI
⏳Deadline to apply: Friday 5th January at midday
Find out more and apply here ➡️ www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/careers
We're looking for a new Research Programme Manager for our Antimicrobial Drug Discovery and Development team to join us at the IOI
⏳Deadline to apply: Friday 5th January at midday
Find out more and apply here ➡️ www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/careers
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨New job opportunity!
We're looking for a new Research Programme Manager for our Antimicrobial Drug Discovery and Development team to join us at the IOI
⏳Deadline to apply: Friday 5th January at midday
Find out more and apply here ➡️ www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/careers
We're looking for a new Research Programme Manager for our Antimicrobial Drug Discovery and Development team to join us at the IOI
⏳Deadline to apply: Friday 5th January at midday
Find out more and apply here ➡️ www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/careers
This #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek, IOI reflected on our progress to tackle AMR so far, and the challenges ahead.
Read a summary of how we marked World AMR Awareness Week here: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/ioi-mar...
#WAAW
Read a summary of how we marked World AMR Awareness Week here: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/ioi-mar...
#WAAW
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek, IOI reflected on our progress to tackle AMR so far, and the challenges ahead.
Read a summary of how we marked World AMR Awareness Week here: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/ioi-mar...
#WAAW
Read a summary of how we marked World AMR Awareness Week here: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/ioi-mar...
#WAAW
💙Throughout #WAAW, we’ve been sharing our top AMR stories of the year.
🏨In July, an IOI-led study in Nigeria - a country with one of the world's highest infant death rates - helped one hospital reduce newborn deaths by almost half.
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
🏨In July, an IOI-led study in Nigeria - a country with one of the world's highest infant death rates - helped one hospital reduce newborn deaths by almost half.
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
💙Throughout #WAAW, we’ve been sharing our top AMR stories of the year.
🏨In July, an IOI-led study in Nigeria - a country with one of the world's highest infant death rates - helped one hospital reduce newborn deaths by almost half.
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
🏨In July, an IOI-led study in Nigeria - a country with one of the world's highest infant death rates - helped one hospital reduce newborn deaths by almost half.
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
💙For #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek 2025, we’re revisiting our top #AMR stories from the year.
🔬A new screening technique is helping IOI scientists find compounds that stop antibiotic-destroying enzymes, which could speed up drug discovery.
👉Read more: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/new-scr...
#WAAW
🔬A new screening technique is helping IOI scientists find compounds that stop antibiotic-destroying enzymes, which could speed up drug discovery.
👉Read more: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/new-scr...
#WAAW
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
💙For #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek 2025, we’re revisiting our top #AMR stories from the year.
🔬A new screening technique is helping IOI scientists find compounds that stop antibiotic-destroying enzymes, which could speed up drug discovery.
👉Read more: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/new-scr...
#WAAW
🔬A new screening technique is helping IOI scientists find compounds that stop antibiotic-destroying enzymes, which could speed up drug discovery.
👉Read more: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/new-scr...
#WAAW
💙For #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek 2025, we’re revisiting our top AMR stories of the year.
♻️Researchers found that microplastic pollution speeds up the spread of AMR - linking two of today’s most pressing global crises.
👉Read more: ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/micropl...
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
♻️Researchers found that microplastic pollution speeds up the spread of AMR - linking two of today’s most pressing global crises.
👉Read more: ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/micropl...
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
💙For #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek 2025, we’re revisiting our top AMR stories of the year.
♻️Researchers found that microplastic pollution speeds up the spread of AMR - linking two of today’s most pressing global crises.
👉Read more: ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/micropl...
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
♻️Researchers found that microplastic pollution speeds up the spread of AMR - linking two of today’s most pressing global crises.
👉Read more: ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/micropl...
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
Earlier this week, we celebrated 80 years of penicillin antibiotics, with @FlemingCentre and @GSK, bringing together scientists, policymakers, investors & creatives to tackle AMR.
Read more about the event:
www.ineosoxford.ox.a...
Read more about the event:
www.ineosoxford.ox.a...
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Earlier this week, we celebrated 80 years of penicillin antibiotics, with @FlemingCentre and @GSK, bringing together scientists, policymakers, investors & creatives to tackle AMR.
Read more about the event:
www.ineosoxford.ox.a...
Read more about the event:
www.ineosoxford.ox.a...
💙For #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek 2025, we’re revisiting our top AMR stories from the year.
IOI researchers found antibiotic resistant Campylobacter, the #!1 bacterial cause of food poisoning, in both poultry and urban bird species.
Read more in the links below👇
#WAAW#KeepAntibioticsWorking
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IOI researchers found antibiotic resistant Campylobacter, the #!1 bacterial cause of food poisoning, in both poultry and urban bird species.
Read more in the links below👇
#WAAW#KeepAntibioticsWorking
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November 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
💙For #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek 2025, we’re revisiting our top AMR stories from the year.
IOI researchers found antibiotic resistant Campylobacter, the #!1 bacterial cause of food poisoning, in both poultry and urban bird species.
Read more in the links below👇
#WAAW#KeepAntibioticsWorking
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IOI researchers found antibiotic resistant Campylobacter, the #!1 bacterial cause of food poisoning, in both poultry and urban bird species.
Read more in the links below👇
#WAAW#KeepAntibioticsWorking
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💙It’s #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek!
80 years ago, penicillin changed modern medicine - but how does it work? And how do bacteria resist?
👉Read more to learn how the IOI protects our life-saving antibiotics: ineosoxford.shorthandstories.com/80-years-of-...
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
80 years ago, penicillin changed modern medicine - but how does it work? And how do bacteria resist?
👉Read more to learn how the IOI protects our life-saving antibiotics: ineosoxford.shorthandstories.com/80-years-of-...
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
💙It’s #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek!
80 years ago, penicillin changed modern medicine - but how does it work? And how do bacteria resist?
👉Read more to learn how the IOI protects our life-saving antibiotics: ineosoxford.shorthandstories.com/80-years-of-...
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
80 years ago, penicillin changed modern medicine - but how does it work? And how do bacteria resist?
👉Read more to learn how the IOI protects our life-saving antibiotics: ineosoxford.shorthandstories.com/80-years-of-...
#WAAW #KeepAntibioticsWorking
November 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Just 7 days until World AMR Awareness Week 2025!
Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing some of our most impactful AMR stories.
💙Join us by going #BlueforAMR!
#KeepAntibioticsWorking
Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing some of our most impactful AMR stories.
💙Join us by going #BlueforAMR!
#KeepAntibioticsWorking
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Just 7 days until World AMR Awareness Week 2025!
Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing some of our most impactful AMR stories.
💙Join us by going #BlueforAMR!
#KeepAntibioticsWorking
Throughout the week, we’ll be sharing some of our most impactful AMR stories.
💙Join us by going #BlueforAMR!
#KeepAntibioticsWorking
🪰Research shows flies can carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and that low - & middle- income countries face the heaviest #AMR burden.
🧫At the IOI, research assistant Teresa Iannetelli samples flies from around the world, studying how insects spread resistance genes - and how we can stop them.
🧫At the IOI, research assistant Teresa Iannetelli samples flies from around the world, studying how insects spread resistance genes - and how we can stop them.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🪰Research shows flies can carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and that low - & middle- income countries face the heaviest #AMR burden.
🧫At the IOI, research assistant Teresa Iannetelli samples flies from around the world, studying how insects spread resistance genes - and how we can stop them.
🧫At the IOI, research assistant Teresa Iannetelli samples flies from around the world, studying how insects spread resistance genes - and how we can stop them.
It's #OneHealth day!
🌍A One Health approach to tackling global crises helps us understand how humans fit together alongside wildlife and the environment.
🪰At the IOI, our research has found #AMR is no different - plastic waste can increase it's spread, and birds/flies can carry AMR genes.
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🌍A One Health approach to tackling global crises helps us understand how humans fit together alongside wildlife and the environment.
🪰At the IOI, our research has found #AMR is no different - plastic waste can increase it's spread, and birds/flies can carry AMR genes.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It's #OneHealth day!
🌍A One Health approach to tackling global crises helps us understand how humans fit together alongside wildlife and the environment.
🪰At the IOI, our research has found #AMR is no different - plastic waste can increase it's spread, and birds/flies can carry AMR genes.
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🌍A One Health approach to tackling global crises helps us understand how humans fit together alongside wildlife and the environment.
🪰At the IOI, our research has found #AMR is no different - plastic waste can increase it's spread, and birds/flies can carry AMR genes.
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A review led by researchers from the IOI and Oxford’s Big Data Institute explains how scientists can better exploit machine learning and statistical inference to make discoveries about infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
Read more about the work: ow.ly/uqOB50XbGvx
Read more about the work: ow.ly/uqOB50XbGvx
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A review led by researchers from the IOI and Oxford’s Big Data Institute explains how scientists can better exploit machine learning and statistical inference to make discoveries about infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
Read more about the work: ow.ly/uqOB50XbGvx
Read more about the work: ow.ly/uqOB50XbGvx
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Fast, affordable diagnostic tests could limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR).
They identify bacteria & their resistance levels, so patients get the right antibiotic.
Oxford DPhil student Natasha Salant uses mathematical models to see how these may affect AMR in the UK and Malawi.
They identify bacteria & their resistance levels, so patients get the right antibiotic.
Oxford DPhil student Natasha Salant uses mathematical models to see how these may affect AMR in the UK and Malawi.
October 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Fast, affordable diagnostic tests could limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR).
They identify bacteria & their resistance levels, so patients get the right antibiotic.
Oxford DPhil student Natasha Salant uses mathematical models to see how these may affect AMR in the UK and Malawi.
They identify bacteria & their resistance levels, so patients get the right antibiotic.
Oxford DPhil student Natasha Salant uses mathematical models to see how these may affect AMR in the UK and Malawi.
🩺October 20th is Clean Hospitals Day - a celebration of hygiene in healthcare & the hospital staff who make it happen.
Bacteria can survive for months on hospital surfaces, and if these bacteria have antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, they pose a serious threat to patients and staff.
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Bacteria can survive for months on hospital surfaces, and if these bacteria have antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, they pose a serious threat to patients and staff.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🩺October 20th is Clean Hospitals Day - a celebration of hygiene in healthcare & the hospital staff who make it happen.
Bacteria can survive for months on hospital surfaces, and if these bacteria have antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, they pose a serious threat to patients and staff.
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Bacteria can survive for months on hospital surfaces, and if these bacteria have antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes, they pose a serious threat to patients and staff.
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A review led by researchers from the IOI and Oxford’s Big Data Institute explains how scientists can better exploit machine learning and statistical inference to make discoveries about infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
Read more about the work: www.ineosoxford.ox.a...
Read more about the work: www.ineosoxford.ox.a...
October 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A review led by researchers from the IOI and Oxford’s Big Data Institute explains how scientists can better exploit machine learning and statistical inference to make discoveries about infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance.
Read more about the work: www.ineosoxford.ox.a...
Read more about the work: www.ineosoxford.ox.a...
DPhil students Amrita Pondit & Saifur Rahman have collected >2,800 bacterial isolates to add to Bangladesh’s national AMR Surveillance dataset.
Low- and middle- income countries bear the heaviest #AMR burden, and this data will help clinicians choose the right antibiotics for patients.
Low- and middle- income countries bear the heaviest #AMR burden, and this data will help clinicians choose the right antibiotics for patients.
October 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
DPhil students Amrita Pondit & Saifur Rahman have collected >2,800 bacterial isolates to add to Bangladesh’s national AMR Surveillance dataset.
Low- and middle- income countries bear the heaviest #AMR burden, and this data will help clinicians choose the right antibiotics for patients.
Low- and middle- income countries bear the heaviest #AMR burden, and this data will help clinicians choose the right antibiotics for patients.
Last week experts, from across the UK and beyond gathered in Oxford for a two-day meeting dedicated to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and campylobacter- the most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea.
Read about the discussions here: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/campylo...
@sheppardlab.bsky.social
Read about the discussions here: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/campylo...
@sheppardlab.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Last week experts, from across the UK and beyond gathered in Oxford for a two-day meeting dedicated to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and campylobacter- the most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea.
Read about the discussions here: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/campylo...
@sheppardlab.bsky.social
Read about the discussions here: www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/news/campylo...
@sheppardlab.bsky.social
𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗠𝗥 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗮
#AMR has claimed 3,000 lives a year in Cambodia, awareness remains low. Community engagement raise AMR awareness has reached over half a million people
Find out more ow.ly/sPIg50X6Vts
#AMR has claimed 3,000 lives a year in Cambodia, awareness remains low. Community engagement raise AMR awareness has reached over half a million people
Find out more ow.ly/sPIg50X6Vts
October 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗠𝗥 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗮
#AMR has claimed 3,000 lives a year in Cambodia, awareness remains low. Community engagement raise AMR awareness has reached over half a million people
Find out more ow.ly/sPIg50X6Vts
#AMR has claimed 3,000 lives a year in Cambodia, awareness remains low. Community engagement raise AMR awareness has reached over half a million people
Find out more ow.ly/sPIg50X6Vts
Low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) face the highest burden of AMR, but our data mostly comes from high-income countries.
DPhil students Saifur Rahman and Amrita Pondit are helping to change this.
They collected bacterial samples in Bangladesh, to help strengthen AMR research in the area.
DPhil students Saifur Rahman and Amrita Pondit are helping to change this.
They collected bacterial samples in Bangladesh, to help strengthen AMR research in the area.
October 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) face the highest burden of AMR, but our data mostly comes from high-income countries.
DPhil students Saifur Rahman and Amrita Pondit are helping to change this.
They collected bacterial samples in Bangladesh, to help strengthen AMR research in the area.
DPhil students Saifur Rahman and Amrita Pondit are helping to change this.
They collected bacterial samples in Bangladesh, to help strengthen AMR research in the area.
Researchers studying antimicrobial use in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have found many ill children are given antibiotics unnecessarily.
The CHAIN Network is researching the treatment of vulnerable children in these settings.
The CHAIN Network is researching the treatment of vulnerable children in these settings.
September 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Researchers studying antimicrobial use in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have found many ill children are given antibiotics unnecessarily.
The CHAIN Network is researching the treatment of vulnerable children in these settings.
The CHAIN Network is researching the treatment of vulnerable children in these settings.
Researchers studying antimicrobial use in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have found many ill children are given antibiotics unnecessarily.
The CHAIN Network is researching the treatment of vulnerable children in these settings.
The CHAIN Network is researching the treatment of vulnerable children in these settings.
September 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Researchers studying antimicrobial use in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have found many ill children are given antibiotics unnecessarily.
The CHAIN Network is researching the treatment of vulnerable children in these settings.
The CHAIN Network is researching the treatment of vulnerable children in these settings.
Global estimates say that 45 million children under five are severely malnourished.
The IOI and MSF recently examined children being treated at a hospital site in Niger.
They found the children carried high levels of drug resistant bacteria, which could lead to life-threatening infections.
The IOI and MSF recently examined children being treated at a hospital site in Niger.
They found the children carried high levels of drug resistant bacteria, which could lead to life-threatening infections.
September 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Global estimates say that 45 million children under five are severely malnourished.
The IOI and MSF recently examined children being treated at a hospital site in Niger.
They found the children carried high levels of drug resistant bacteria, which could lead to life-threatening infections.
The IOI and MSF recently examined children being treated at a hospital site in Niger.
They found the children carried high levels of drug resistant bacteria, which could lead to life-threatening infections.