Tim Barnett
@tbarnett.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of Western Australia and lab head at Telethon Kids Institute. We study Strep A-host interactions and AMR. Views are my own.
https://barnettlab.com/
https://barnettlab.com/
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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I'm delighted to share our opinion on #papermills published in Nature. Science is flooded with papers from paper mills.Certain steps can be taken, but this is a challenge that neither universities nor journals are ready to face.Some use paper mills to their advantage.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Stamp out paper mills’ — science sleuths on how to fight fake research
A group of scientists who are experts at spotting fraudulent research outline five essential steps to combat industrialized scientific misconduct.
www.nature.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I'm delighted to share our opinion on #papermills published in Nature. Science is flooded with papers from paper mills.Certain steps can be taken, but this is a challenge that neither universities nor journals are ready to face.Some use paper mills to their advantage.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I'm recruiting! I'm looking for a motivated postdoctoral scientist to join my new team at SCELSE in Singapore. The role will explore various aspects of how #eDNA is produced and utilised in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
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#Microsky #phagesky #Science
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Research Fellow (eDNA in Biofilms)
The Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) is a unique interdisciplinary Research Centre of Excellence (RCE), funded by National Research Foundation, Ministry of Educati...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:49 AM
I'm recruiting! I'm looking for a motivated postdoctoral scientist to join my new team at SCELSE in Singapore. The role will explore various aspects of how #eDNA is produced and utilised in #Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.
#Microsky #phagesky #Science
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#Microsky #phagesky #Science
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Thank you to the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation for funding me for the next 5 years!
New Stan Perron Charitable Foundation grants to accelerate WA child health research
Funding from the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation will support world class researchers at The Kids Research Institute Australia to improve the health and wellbeing of WA children facing serious…
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December 19, 2024 at 2:58 PM
Thank you to the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation for funding me for the next 5 years!
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Can colleagues amplify this appeal to journals and journal editors to open accounts on Bluesky, please? @MicrobioSoc @TrendsMicrobiol @CellCellPress @JBacteriology @jbiolchem @Nature @ScienceMagazine @PNASNews @MolMicroEditors @NAR_Open @NatureMicrobiol @NatureComms @ASMicrobiology 🙏
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November 10, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Can colleagues amplify this appeal to journals and journal editors to open accounts on Bluesky, please? @MicrobioSoc @TrendsMicrobiol @CellCellPress @JBacteriology @jbiolchem @Nature @ScienceMagazine @PNASNews @MolMicroEditors @NAR_Open @NatureMicrobiol @NatureComms @ASMicrobiology 🙏
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Endorse this outstanding essay by @hormiga.bsky.social written in 2016, republished here:
TLDR:
1. Keep up our research.
2. Teach critical thinking.
3. Advocate publicly for evidence-based decision making.
4. Build diverse and inclusive academic communities
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TLDR:
1. Keep up our research.
2. Teach critical thinking.
3. Advocate publicly for evidence-based decision making.
4. Build diverse and inclusive academic communities
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
Being a Scholar in Trumpian times
Some thoughts about doing the right thing as an academic in an autocracy
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November 6, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Endorse this outstanding essay by @hormiga.bsky.social written in 2016, republished here:
TLDR:
1. Keep up our research.
2. Teach critical thinking.
3. Advocate publicly for evidence-based decision making.
4. Build diverse and inclusive academic communities
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
TLDR:
1. Keep up our research.
2. Teach critical thinking.
3. Advocate publicly for evidence-based decision making.
4. Build diverse and inclusive academic communities
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
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With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
November 9, 2024 at 2:26 PM
With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
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Dear scientist,
You will NEVER know enough to do a perfect piece of work.
Everything you do can only be as good as the knowledge you currently have.
That means 1) keep learning, 2) keep an open mind, 3) don't be ashamed when you discover you did something wrong. Welcome it; that's growth!
You will NEVER know enough to do a perfect piece of work.
Everything you do can only be as good as the knowledge you currently have.
That means 1) keep learning, 2) keep an open mind, 3) don't be ashamed when you discover you did something wrong. Welcome it; that's growth!
October 30, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Dear scientist,
You will NEVER know enough to do a perfect piece of work.
Everything you do can only be as good as the knowledge you currently have.
That means 1) keep learning, 2) keep an open mind, 3) don't be ashamed when you discover you did something wrong. Welcome it; that's growth!
You will NEVER know enough to do a perfect piece of work.
Everything you do can only be as good as the knowledge you currently have.
That means 1) keep learning, 2) keep an open mind, 3) don't be ashamed when you discover you did something wrong. Welcome it; that's growth!
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It’s not about getting “the scoop”, it’s about getting it right | Origin of COVID-19: My emails with former NYTimes reporter Donald McNeil.
medium.com/p/7447e59d79...
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It’s not about getting “the scoop”, it’s about getting it right | Origin of COVID-19: My emails…
In a recent book, former New York Times reporter Donald McNeil falsely accuses several subject matter experts, myself included, of having…
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April 12, 2024 at 12:27 AM
It’s not about getting “the scoop”, it’s about getting it right | Origin of COVID-19: My emails with former NYTimes reporter Donald McNeil.
medium.com/p/7447e59d79...
medium.com/p/7447e59d79...
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You can now read what I have been up to in Victor Nizet's lab UCSD during my sabbatical. Very grateful for this great experience, my colleagues at DMF for taking over my duties at UNIL and @snsf-ch.bsky.social for making this scientific exchange possible! #MicroSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 23, 2024 at 10:44 AM
You can now read what I have been up to in Victor Nizet's lab UCSD during my sabbatical. Very grateful for this great experience, my colleagues at DMF for taking over my duties at UNIL and @snsf-ch.bsky.social for making this scientific exchange possible! #MicroSky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Come and join our Infection and Immunity section at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine, as Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Virology. Lot of opportunities for great research, and teaching on our BVMSci RCVS-accredited veterinary degree.
Come and join our Infection and Immunity section at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine, as Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Virology. Lot of opportunities for great research, and teaching on our BVMSci RCVS-accredited veterinary degree.
Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Virology
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January 9, 2024 at 4:32 PM
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Come and join our Infection and Immunity section at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine, as Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Virology. Lot of opportunities for great research, and teaching on our BVMSci RCVS-accredited veterinary degree.
Come and join our Infection and Immunity section at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine, as Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Virology. Lot of opportunities for great research, and teaching on our BVMSci RCVS-accredited veterinary degree.
Please come join us! Postdoc job opportunity working on Group A Strep infections and Rheumatic fever. Closes 19th January 2024. #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky
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Research Officer – Strep A Pathogenesis and Diagnostics
Post a job in 3min, or find thousands of job offers like this one at jobRxiv!
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January 13, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Please come join us! Postdoc job opportunity working on Group A Strep infections and Rheumatic fever. Closes 19th January 2024. #ScienceJobs #AcademicSky
jobrxiv.org/job/telethon...
jobrxiv.org/job/telethon...
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If you’re going to be gathering with people over the holidays, you can potentially save your loved ones a lot of pain and grief by doing a rapid test first and staying away if you test positive or feel at all unwell. Missing out is no fun but being the cause of someone else’s illness would be worse!
December 19, 2023 at 2:15 AM
If you’re going to be gathering with people over the holidays, you can potentially save your loved ones a lot of pain and grief by doing a rapid test first and staying away if you test positive or feel at all unwell. Missing out is no fun but being the cause of someone else’s illness would be worse!
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Cool new paper from Ian Paulsen and co - Systematic analyses identify modes of action of ten clinically relevant biocides and antibiotic antagonism in Acinetobacter baumannii www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 11, 2023 at 9:14 AM
Cool new paper from Ian Paulsen and co - Systematic analyses identify modes of action of ten clinically relevant biocides and antibiotic antagonism in Acinetobacter baumannii www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Is there any good information on which covid vaccine to get? I’ve only had mRNA vaccines so far, never had covid as I know, and 8 months since my last vaccine. Options are bivalent mRNA or novavax. Any suggestions where to look? Thanks! 🦠🧪
October 1, 2023 at 4:21 AM
Is there any good information on which covid vaccine to get? I’ve only had mRNA vaccines so far, never had covid as I know, and 8 months since my last vaccine. Options are bivalent mRNA or novavax. Any suggestions where to look? Thanks! 🦠🧪
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Many people take "non-traditional" career paths in academia.
My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for
PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for
PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Supporting nonlinear careers to diversify science
Those who follow non-linear career trajectories often face disadvantages in academia. This Perspective looks at why individuals might choose non-linear careers and how these benefit diversity in scien...
journals.plos.org
September 14, 2023 at 7:29 PM
Many people take "non-traditional" career paths in academia.
My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for
PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
My Leading Edge colleagues and I did! We wrote for
PLOS Biology about how non-linear careers are increasingly common, but funding agencies and search committees penalize these paths. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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I didn't know there were so many microbiologists here! 🦠 It's fantastic that we can start building a community on this platform. I've stopped notifying every new person because there's too many of you.. but if you've filled in the sign-in form then you've been added (and I'll continue adding people)
September 7, 2023 at 3:25 PM
I didn't know there were so many microbiologists here! 🦠 It's fantastic that we can start building a community on this platform. I've stopped notifying every new person because there's too many of you.. but if you've filled in the sign-in form then you've been added (and I'll continue adding people)
Thanks!
Microbiologists, as requested we have a feed: MicroSky! Use this form to sign up: forms.gle/kiPC8vDKGDZV... and then tag posts with #MicroSky (case insensitive) or 🧫 or 🦠 and enjoy! Thanks to @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social for getting this going
September 7, 2023 at 7:08 AM
Thanks!
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Whoa. Redux of a paper from 12 years ago with the opposite effect: sweeps and persistence not brief perturbation 🧪🧬
A short course of antibiotics selects for persistent resistance in the human gut https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.04.556257v1
A short course of antibiotics selects for persistent resistance in the human gut https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.04.556257v1
Understanding the relationship between antibiotic use and the evolution of antimicrobial resistance
www.biorxiv.org
September 7, 2023 at 2:23 AM
Whoa. Redux of a paper from 12 years ago with the opposite effect: sweeps and persistence not brief perturbation 🧪🧬
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A reminder we have two completely open search prof posts going the IMI at Birmingham
Microbial Genomics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DBJ457/c...
Infection Biology: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DBJ427/c...
Microbial Genomics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DBJ457/c...
Infection Biology: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DBJ427/c...
September 5, 2023 at 9:57 AM
A reminder we have two completely open search prof posts going the IMI at Birmingham
Microbial Genomics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DBJ457/c...
Infection Biology: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DBJ427/c...
Microbial Genomics: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DBJ457/c...
Infection Biology: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DBJ427/c...
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Even if you know the story and the cast of characters, and especially if you don’t, this is a great story 🧪🧬https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/11/the-transformative-alarming-power-of-gene-editing
The Transformative, Alarming Power of Gene Editing
A rogue scientist showed that CRISPR gives humans the ability to transform ourselves. But should we?
www.newyorker.com
September 3, 2023 at 11:59 PM
Even if you know the story and the cast of characters, and especially if you don’t, this is a great story 🧪🧬https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/11/the-transformative-alarming-power-of-gene-editing
Hello BlueSky! Look forward to being part of the new science community over here. About me:
- Group leader at Telethon Kids Institute (Perth, Australia). We study Group A Strep pathogenesis (Strep throat, rheumatic fever, AMR)
- Postdoc at Emory and Uni Queensland
- Love cycling, running, coffee
- Group leader at Telethon Kids Institute (Perth, Australia). We study Group A Strep pathogenesis (Strep throat, rheumatic fever, AMR)
- Postdoc at Emory and Uni Queensland
- Love cycling, running, coffee
August 30, 2023 at 12:58 PM
Hello BlueSky! Look forward to being part of the new science community over here. About me:
- Group leader at Telethon Kids Institute (Perth, Australia). We study Group A Strep pathogenesis (Strep throat, rheumatic fever, AMR)
- Postdoc at Emory and Uni Queensland
- Love cycling, running, coffee
- Group leader at Telethon Kids Institute (Perth, Australia). We study Group A Strep pathogenesis (Strep throat, rheumatic fever, AMR)
- Postdoc at Emory and Uni Queensland
- Love cycling, running, coffee
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We are hiring!!! Assistant Professor in Emerging Zoonoses - based in the departments of Integrative Biology & Public Health
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04076
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04076
August 29, 2023 at 11:32 PM
We are hiring!!! Assistant Professor in Emerging Zoonoses - based in the departments of Integrative Biology & Public Health
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04076
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04076
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🚨Psst: we are hiring in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in Pitt’s School of Medicine. Microbiologists wanted! 🧪🧬🦠
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August 29, 2023 at 11:24 PM
🚨Psst: we are hiring in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in Pitt’s School of Medicine. Microbiologists wanted! 🧪🧬🦠
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