Michael Chew
@michaelwkchew.bsky.social
Keen on all things scientific, especially infection and immunology. Trained as parasitologist. Astronomy hobbyist. Cricket. Research Manager @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Posting personal views.
Will climate change lead to more fungal infections? This year, Wellcome @wellcometrust.bsky.social is investing over £50 million in fungal research across our Discovery Research, Climate and Health and Infectious Disease.
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Will climate change lead to more fungal infections? | News | Wellcome
Fungi can keep us healthy or cause disease. As climate change drives fungi to adapt, learn how we can harness the benefits and tackle the threats.
wellcome.org
March 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Will climate change lead to more fungal infections? This year, Wellcome @wellcometrust.bsky.social is investing over £50 million in fungal research across our Discovery Research, Climate and Health and Infectious Disease.
wellcome.org/news/will-cl...
wellcome.org/news/will-cl...
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We’re supporting researchers to generate data on novel drug targets related to early intervention in anxiety, depression and/or psychosis.
💰 Level: up to £700,000 per project
🗓 Deadline: 15 April
Find out more about the funding call and apply ⤵️
wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
💰 Level: up to £700,000 per project
🗓 Deadline: 15 April
Find out more about the funding call and apply ⤵️
wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
Mental Health Award: Advancing target validation - Funding | Wellcome
This call will provide funding for validation activities for novel targets with a clear therapeutic concept and strong biological rationale related to early intervention in anxiety, depression and/or ...
wellcome.org
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We’re supporting researchers to generate data on novel drug targets related to early intervention in anxiety, depression and/or psychosis.
💰 Level: up to £700,000 per project
🗓 Deadline: 15 April
Find out more about the funding call and apply ⤵️
wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
💰 Level: up to £700,000 per project
🗓 Deadline: 15 April
Find out more about the funding call and apply ⤵️
wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
Congratulations Fitsum Tadesse @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early Career Award holder for this terrific recognition. www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Fitsum Tadesse receives prestigious Greenwood Africa Award | LSHTM
Fitsum Tadesse receives prestigious Greenwood Africa Award | LSHTM
www.lshtm.ac.uk
February 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Congratulations Fitsum Tadesse @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early Career Award holder for this terrific recognition. www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Antifungal resistance is an important part of antimicrobial resistance.
But there are many fungal pathogens we don’t know anything about. Could bioimaging be part of the solution?
Learn more from Dr Elizabeth Ballou @exeter.ac.uk in 'Behind the Research' ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-bi...
But there are many fungal pathogens we don’t know anything about. Could bioimaging be part of the solution?
Learn more from Dr Elizabeth Ballou @exeter.ac.uk in 'Behind the Research' ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-bi...
Can bioimaging build capacity in fungi research?
This month's guest expert is Dr Elizabeth Ballou, Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of Exeter. Fungi are beautiful and very charismatic.
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December 13, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Antifungal resistance is an important part of antimicrobial resistance.
But there are many fungal pathogens we don’t know anything about. Could bioimaging be part of the solution?
Learn more from Dr Elizabeth Ballou @exeter.ac.uk in 'Behind the Research' ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-bi...
But there are many fungal pathogens we don’t know anything about. Could bioimaging be part of the solution?
Learn more from Dr Elizabeth Ballou @exeter.ac.uk in 'Behind the Research' ⤵️
www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-bi...
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Wild-type Salmonella Typhimurium uses PgtE protease to evade C3-mediated serum killing:
Suggests that after escape from a macrophage, PgtE promotes systemic spread of the pathogen…
Elegant work from @manuelar.bsky.social’s team at UCSD…
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Suggests that after escape from a macrophage, PgtE promotes systemic spread of the pathogen…
Elegant work from @manuelar.bsky.social’s team at UCSD…
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
PgtE protease enables virulent Salmonella to evade C3-mediated serum and neutrophil killing
Non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars, such as Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (STm), are a leading cause of inflammatory diarrhea in otherwise healthy individuals. Among children, the elderly, an...
www.biorxiv.org
November 23, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Wild-type Salmonella Typhimurium uses PgtE protease to evade C3-mediated serum killing:
Suggests that after escape from a macrophage, PgtE promotes systemic spread of the pathogen…
Elegant work from @manuelar.bsky.social’s team at UCSD…
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Suggests that after escape from a macrophage, PgtE promotes systemic spread of the pathogen…
Elegant work from @manuelar.bsky.social’s team at UCSD…
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Many infectious diseases are so rare today that it is easy to forget how very common they were before the introduction of vaccines.
My chart presents an overview of the change in the US.
My chart presents an overview of the change in the US.
November 21, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Many infectious diseases are so rare today that it is easy to forget how very common they were before the introduction of vaccines.
My chart presents an overview of the change in the US.
My chart presents an overview of the change in the US.
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Great review by @pinholab.bsky.social and Simon Foster on the current knowledge regarding growth, elongation and division of Staphylococcus aureus www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
November 21, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Great review by @pinholab.bsky.social and Simon Foster on the current knowledge regarding growth, elongation and division of Staphylococcus aureus www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Very excited about this project! Interested potential applicants are very welcome to contact me informally for more information before applying
PhD studentship available with @jodywinter.bsky.social.
One Health drivers of antibiotic resistant bacterial infections in rural Ugandan communities www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...
One Health drivers of antibiotic resistant bacterial infections in rural Ugandan communities www.ntu.ac.uk/study-and-co...
One Health drivers of antibiotic resistant bacterial infections in rural Ugandan communities
Find out more about this PhD opportunity on the spread of resistant bacteria in rural communities in Uganda.
www.ntu.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Very excited about this project! Interested potential applicants are very welcome to contact me informally for more information before applying
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PhD studentship available.
The project is VERY interdisciplinary, combing social science, biophysics and microbiology to understand inequalities of UTIs treatment and replicate them in vitro to help choose the correct antibiotic.
Pls share, home students only #AMR #MicroSky
tinyurl.com/45d8h54u
The project is VERY interdisciplinary, combing social science, biophysics and microbiology to understand inequalities of UTIs treatment and replicate them in vitro to help choose the correct antibiotic.
Pls share, home students only #AMR #MicroSky
tinyurl.com/45d8h54u
Health inequalities which impact the treatment of urinary tract infections
Find out about this studentship opportunity on Health inequalities which impact the treatment of urinary tract infections.
tinyurl.com
November 19, 2024 at 2:05 PM
PhD studentship available.
The project is VERY interdisciplinary, combing social science, biophysics and microbiology to understand inequalities of UTIs treatment and replicate them in vitro to help choose the correct antibiotic.
Pls share, home students only #AMR #MicroSky
tinyurl.com/45d8h54u
The project is VERY interdisciplinary, combing social science, biophysics and microbiology to understand inequalities of UTIs treatment and replicate them in vitro to help choose the correct antibiotic.
Pls share, home students only #AMR #MicroSky
tinyurl.com/45d8h54u
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To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the University of Birmingham, we are recruiting 100 Anniversary Fellows and 25 Anniversary Chairs fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk
If you are interested to join our community of researchers in infection, inflammation and immunology, please DM me!
If you are interested to join our community of researchers in infection, inflammation and immunology, please DM me!
125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs | University of Birmingham
This is 125 years of NobelPrize-winning research.This is your opportunity to become one of our 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs.
fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk
November 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the University of Birmingham, we are recruiting 100 Anniversary Fellows and 25 Anniversary Chairs fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk
If you are interested to join our community of researchers in infection, inflammation and immunology, please DM me!
If you are interested to join our community of researchers in infection, inflammation and immunology, please DM me!
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PhD studentship alert!! Two projects available with me fully funded by BBSRC
This one is a collaboration with Dr Michelle Buckner
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
And this one a collaboration with @overtonlab.bsky.social warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
Both will be lots of fun! Come & join us 😃
This one is a collaboration with Dr Michelle Buckner
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
And this one a collaboration with @overtonlab.bsky.social warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
Both will be lots of fun! Come & join us 😃
Professor Jessica Blair
Professor Jessica Blair
warwick.ac.uk
November 15, 2024 at 2:57 PM
PhD studentship alert!! Two projects available with me fully funded by BBSRC
This one is a collaboration with Dr Michelle Buckner
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
And this one a collaboration with @overtonlab.bsky.social warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
Both will be lots of fun! Come & join us 😃
This one is a collaboration with Dr Michelle Buckner
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
And this one a collaboration with @overtonlab.bsky.social warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
Both will be lots of fun! Come & join us 😃
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Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
Pandemic linked to 16% rise in babies born with heart defects
The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16 per cent after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and pub...
www.news-medical.net
November 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
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New Salmonella Persister cells Review is just out❗️
Rachel Giorgio & Sophie Helaine overview the physiology & clinical implications of antibiotic-recalcitrant Salmonella during infection
- highlighting important knowledge gaps that need to be addressed…
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rachel Giorgio & Sophie Helaine overview the physiology & clinical implications of antibiotic-recalcitrant Salmonella during infection
- highlighting important knowledge gaps that need to be addressed…
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Antibiotic-recalcitrant Salmonella during infection - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Giorgio and Helaine provide an overview of the physiology of antibiotic-recalcitrant Salmonella enterica during infection, discuss recent insights into the clinical implications of ant...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:35 PM
New Salmonella Persister cells Review is just out❗️
Rachel Giorgio & Sophie Helaine overview the physiology & clinical implications of antibiotic-recalcitrant Salmonella during infection
- highlighting important knowledge gaps that need to be addressed…
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Rachel Giorgio & Sophie Helaine overview the physiology & clinical implications of antibiotic-recalcitrant Salmonella during infection
- highlighting important knowledge gaps that need to be addressed…
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Great news! In partnership with the University of Manchester, we have been awarded a major new Doctoral Landscape Award from the BBSRC to fund #PhD training in the #biosciences. 🌱🔬
Read more about the new NorthWest Doctoral Programme in Biosciences (NWD) ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/11/20/u...
Read more about the new NorthWest Doctoral Programme in Biosciences (NWD) ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/11/20/u...
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Great news! In partnership with the University of Manchester, we have been awarded a major new Doctoral Landscape Award from the BBSRC to fund #PhD training in the #biosciences. 🌱🔬
Read more about the new NorthWest Doctoral Programme in Biosciences (NWD) ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/11/20/u...
Read more about the new NorthWest Doctoral Programme in Biosciences (NWD) ▶️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/11/20/u...
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Human Cell Atlas draft published today
- census of human cells & how they change as we grow & age.
Promises to transform understanding of health & disease…
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
The Human Cell Atlas: towards a first draft atlas
In a collection of research articles and related content, the Human Cell Atlas consortium presents tools, data and ideas towards the generation of their first draft atlas of cells in the human body.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Human Cell Atlas draft published today
- census of human cells & how they change as we grow & age.
Promises to transform understanding of health & disease…
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Calling all Mycobacteriologists! Please support this meeting if you can it is sorely needed and it would be a terrible shame to lose it
Believe it or not, GRC has told me we need more registered applicants or this meeting might not survive! Please don't let that happen if you can afford to attend 🙏
If you're interested in learning about the latest of fundamental mycobacteriology, sign up for #GRCMyco2025! Acceptances will start in September, check out the full program and please RT!
November 20, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Calling all Mycobacteriologists! Please support this meeting if you can it is sorely needed and it would be a terrible shame to lose it
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One of the awful truths about #AMR is how cruelly it robs the lives of patients who are otherwise recovering from other diseases such as cancer. For #WAAW2024 - The impact of AMR on people living with cancer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZHI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZHI...
The race against drug-resistant infections – The impact of AMR on people living with cancer
YouTube video by Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
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November 20, 2024 at 7:54 PM
One of the awful truths about #AMR is how cruelly it robs the lives of patients who are otherwise recovering from other diseases such as cancer. For #WAAW2024 - The impact of AMR on people living with cancer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZHI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZHI...