Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM)
@julia-hankins.bsky.social
Associate Director of Clinical Microbiology at University of Kansas 🔬👩🔬
🦠Let's Go Micro!🧫
I like to post Clinical Micro Questions and about fun organisms!
🦠Let's Go Micro!🧫
I like to post Clinical Micro Questions and about fun organisms!
May 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The colors on these Aspergillus were just so beautiful. The green one is Aspergillus flavus, and the tan one is Aspergillus terreus.
The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.
Fungus is so amazing ❤️
#IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.
Fungus is so amazing ❤️
#IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
April 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The colors on these Aspergillus were just so beautiful. The green one is Aspergillus flavus, and the tan one is Aspergillus terreus.
The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.
Fungus is so amazing ❤️
#IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
The exudate on the A. terreus literally made it ✨️sparkle✨️.
Fungus is so amazing ❤️
#IDsky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
These Proteus swarmed to look like flowers 🌻 perfect to ring in springtime.
#IDSky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
#IDSky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
March 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
These Proteus swarmed to look like flowers 🌻 perfect to ring in springtime.
#IDSky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
#IDSky #MicroSky #ClinMicro
March 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Saw some beauties this week! A red Serratia, a golden Chryseobacterium, a wavin' Proteus!
#ClinMicro #MicroSky #IDSky
#ClinMicro #MicroSky #IDSky
February 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Saw some beauties this week! A red Serratia, a golden Chryseobacterium, a wavin' Proteus!
#ClinMicro #MicroSky #IDSky
#ClinMicro #MicroSky #IDSky
January 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"This progress we've had is not inevitable, it is the result of sustained, ongoing, open-ended funding and collaboration."
"Continued progress for human health is not natural. It will result or fail to result from human choices."
youtu.be/ZfBkw0j-QIs?...
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"Continued progress for human health is not natural. It will result or fail to result from human choices."
youtu.be/ZfBkw0j-QIs?...
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This Is Not Normal
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
youtu.be
January 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"This progress we've had is not inevitable, it is the result of sustained, ongoing, open-ended funding and collaboration."
"Continued progress for human health is not natural. It will result or fail to result from human choices."
youtu.be/ZfBkw0j-QIs?...
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"Continued progress for human health is not natural. It will result or fail to result from human choices."
youtu.be/ZfBkw0j-QIs?...
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Reposted by Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM)
ICYMI: On the classic game The Oregon Trail, pioneers faced constant threats—including disease. Many of those illnesses are still with us today. Learn about their impact and how they spread in our latest blog! https://buff.ly/3ClR0BA #infectiousdiseases #medsky
January 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
ICYMI: On the classic game The Oregon Trail, pioneers faced constant threats—including disease. Many of those illnesses are still with us today. Learn about their impact and how they spread in our latest blog! https://buff.ly/3ClR0BA #infectiousdiseases #medsky
Reposted by Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM)
Companions in antimicrobial resistance: examining transmission of common antimicrobial-resistant organisms between people and their dogs, cats, and horses
#IDSky #VetSky #AMRSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#IDSky #VetSky #AMRSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
a dachshund is standing next to a red mixer with a paris poster behind it
Alt: a dachshund gets a back scratch from a red KitchenAid stand mixer
media.tenor.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Companions in antimicrobial resistance: examining transmission of common antimicrobial-resistant organisms between people and their dogs, cats, and horses
#IDSky #VetSky #AMRSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#IDSky #VetSky #AMRSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Bacillus spores mixed in with Nocardia. Cultured from a contaminated skin wound.
#MicroSky #IDSky #ClinMicro
#MicroSky #IDSky #ClinMicro
January 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Bacillus spores mixed in with Nocardia. Cultured from a contaminated skin wound.
#MicroSky #IDSky #ClinMicro
#MicroSky #IDSky #ClinMicro
January 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Norovirus is on the rise, perfect time for this super cool study showing 2'FL can reduce norovirus replication in human intestinal organoids! Finally, is there a potential treatment for norovirus on the horizon?
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#MicroSky #ClinMicro #IDSky #MedSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#MicroSky #ClinMicro #IDSky #MedSky
January 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Norovirus is on the rise, perfect time for this super cool study showing 2'FL can reduce norovirus replication in human intestinal organoids! Finally, is there a potential treatment for norovirus on the horizon?
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#MicroSky #ClinMicro #IDSky #MedSky
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
#MicroSky #ClinMicro #IDSky #MedSky
All of these colonies are the same genus! They are all Pseudomonas! Pseudomonas can appear mucoid, dry/wrinkly, metallic, or regular depending on the isolate. There are even 2 oxidase negative species! Do you know which ones they are?
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#MicroSky #ClinMicro #IDsky
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#MicroSky #ClinMicro #IDsky
January 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
All of these colonies are the same genus! They are all Pseudomonas! Pseudomonas can appear mucoid, dry/wrinkly, metallic, or regular depending on the isolate. There are even 2 oxidase negative species! Do you know which ones they are?
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#MicroSky #ClinMicro #IDsky
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#MicroSky #ClinMicro #IDsky
Happy Friday! Here are some funny-face neutrophils to start off the weekend 😊 🧪
January 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Happy Friday! Here are some funny-face neutrophils to start off the weekend 😊 🧪
Saw this colorful guy pop up on a B. cepacia selective agar (BCSA) plate from a CF patient. The way it changed the color of the agar was so cool!
What fungi do you think it is?
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
What fungi do you think it is?
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
December 21, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Saw this colorful guy pop up on a B. cepacia selective agar (BCSA) plate from a CF patient. The way it changed the color of the agar was so cool!
What fungi do you think it is?
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
What fungi do you think it is?
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
Reposted by Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM)
On this day in 1981, a landmark paper in NEJM described four patients with evidence of immunodeficiency associated with PJP pneumonia, disseminated CMV, and Kaposi sarcoma. The disease would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. Revisit the paper: nej.md/41iekKD
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky
December 10, 2024 at 2:28 PM
On this day in 1981, a landmark paper in NEJM described four patients with evidence of immunodeficiency associated with PJP pneumonia, disseminated CMV, and Kaposi sarcoma. The disease would come to be known as HIV/AIDS. Revisit the paper: nej.md/41iekKD
#MedSky #IDSky
#MedSky #IDSky
December 9, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Excited for the next ASM journal club on molecular detection of lower respiratory tract infections next Tuesday! Looks like a great lineup of panelists and presenters! asm.org/webinars/vir...
#Microsky #ClinMicro
#Microsky #ClinMicro
Clinical Microbiology Virtual Journal Club
Join ASM in discussing current journal articles in clinical microbiology. Free for ASM members.
asm.org
December 5, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Excited for the next ASM journal club on molecular detection of lower respiratory tract infections next Tuesday! Looks like a great lineup of panelists and presenters! asm.org/webinars/vir...
#Microsky #ClinMicro
#Microsky #ClinMicro
This impressive guy grew out of a sputum! He looks and sounds menacing, turning the agar black and named Streptomyces badius. But he's likely harmless in this patient. A lit review showed it also protects strawberry plants and their bees from pathogens! 🍓🐝
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
December 4, 2024 at 11:12 PM
This impressive guy grew out of a sputum! He looks and sounds menacing, turning the agar black and named Streptomyces badius. But he's likely harmless in this patient. A lit review showed it also protects strawberry plants and their bees from pathogens! 🍓🐝
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
Another outbreak - this time salmonella in SunFed cucumbers! If you have any please throw it away!
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Cucumbers
Information about multistate <em>Salmonella</em> outbreaks linked cucumbers.
www.cdc.gov
November 30, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Another outbreak - this time salmonella in SunFed cucumbers! If you have any please throw it away!
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
www.cdc.gov/salmonella/o...
Reposted by Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM)
Bipolaris mourns
spicifera is transformed
Curvularia
with Lars Westblade #WCM #SAPathology #UniAdelaide
spicifera is transformed
Curvularia
with Lars Westblade #WCM #SAPathology #UniAdelaide
November 21, 2024 at 2:20 AM
Bipolaris mourns
spicifera is transformed
Curvularia
with Lars Westblade #WCM #SAPathology #UniAdelaide
spicifera is transformed
Curvularia
with Lars Westblade #WCM #SAPathology #UniAdelaide
November 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
🥕Shiga-toxin producing E coli outbreak in carrots! I had these in my fridge 😨. If you have them please throw them away!
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbre...
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbre...
E. coli Outbreak Linked to Organic Carrots
Page describes an outbreak of E. coli linked to organic carrots.
www.cdc.gov
November 18, 2024 at 11:49 AM
🥕Shiga-toxin producing E coli outbreak in carrots! I had these in my fridge 😨. If you have them please throw them away!
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbre...
#MicroSky #ClinMicro
www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbre...
Reposted by Julia Hankins, PhD, D(ABMM)
Revisiting diagnostics: Immune markers to diagnose invasive pulmonary #aspergillosis
@simonfeys.bsky.social et al
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119... (paywall) #IDSky #TxID
@simonfeys.bsky.social et al
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119... (paywall) #IDSky #TxID
DEFINE_ME
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Revisiting diagnostics: Immune markers to diagnose invasive pulmonary #aspergillosis
@simonfeys.bsky.social et al
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119... (paywall) #IDSky #TxID
@simonfeys.bsky.social et al
www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S119... (paywall) #IDSky #TxID