At the Wellcome Sanger Institute the interest in all things nucleic acid is taken very seriously - even the shadows and reflection of the buildings are double helix themed!

In Aug '21 during the fall of Kabul, music depts at UK schools, colleges & unis said they'd take these mostly female Afghan young musicians if our Govt could offer visas. The UK Govt did nothing. Portugal took them in. Now our HO won' t even let them come here to play. Despicable

Spending some nice days here at NICD where Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training is helping to deliver AMR Bionformatics training for 53 participants, ahead of our AMR & One Health Symposium. #AMR

Melioidosis kills 40% of cases, yet diagnosis remains a challenge. Many patients died before the arrival of a culture-confirmed diagnosis. With Pop Wongpalee and Tao Uttamapinant, we developed and validated a rapid test for melioidosis👇thelancet.com/journals/lanmi…

The end of an amazing course on AMR genomics NICD - with more than 50 inspirational participants from 20 countries across Africa. NICD Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training Alice Matimba Stan Kwenda Francesc Coll Narender Kumar Fahad Khokhar Beth Blane Isabela Malta Wellcome Sanger Parasites & Microbes Programme Wellcome Sanger Institute

Final workshop session at the #amrgenomics symposium with ⁦Isabela Malta⁩ ⁦Brenda Kwambana-Adams⁩ ⁦Stan Kwenda⁩ ⁦NICD⁩ ⁦Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training⁩

Fantastic work from everyone involved in the Wellcome Connecting Science Learning and Training & NICD collaborative antimicrobial resistance training course, from organisers and trainers to participants. Check out this blog for more about the event ⬇️ …erences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/news_item/unit…

The deadline for applications for this #postdoc position has been extended until the 15th of May. If you’re interested in #AMR and #microbialgenomics please get in touch! Info: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/193037

I am hiring ! As part of my European Research Council (ERC) Starter grant at APC Microbiome Ireland and Microbiology UCC at UCC Ireland I am looking for a Research Assistant microbiologist. Apply here ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancie… Reference 075811

Evaluating the impact of genomic epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on hospital infection prevention and control decisions - go.shr.lc/4dsy5m6

If you want a good example of how power works in Britain, just consider how many broadsheet front pages are devoted to the relatively trifling problems of private schools by comparison to the day-to-day and long term problems faced by the state sector (where the vast majority of

The biggest VIP lane winner of the pandemic was a company called Innova. Good Law Project has seen a cache of documents from US courts about its 🤯 affairs. 🧵

Taxi for six!

What a beautiful tribute to all those who fought and died for peace in Europe Children from all around the continent join the French Army Choir to sing "Ode to Joy" on Omaha Beach 👇

In the light of H5N1 and H5N2, now would be a good time for people to be asking countries what their updated pandemic flu plan is (i.e. with the benefit of everything we’ve learnt during COVID). Need to move beyond vague platitudes, and pin down actual tools and approaches…

How does the lung microbiome affect human health? 🫁 Group leader Josie Bryant shares with us her career journey & research aims to improve treatment for patients with chronic lung conditions, including cystic fibrosis. sangerinstitute.blog/2022/06/30/bre… #CFWeek #cysticfibrosis

Environmental impact of a conference: ⁦ESCMID⁩ by oa ⁦Teun Bousema⁩ in ⁦de Volkskrant⁩. Are all these meetings really needed? A challenge. Our department also has the train rule but reliability and cost of train traffic is challenging that. But important!

One of the reasons I've been quiet on Twitter for a few months is because I've been working on something big - something I'm really happy to share now! Pathoplexus.org A new, open-source database for pathogen sequence sharing. 👐🧬🌎 1/12

The Erasmus+ Scheme is a fantastic opportunity for young people to study, teach and volunteer abroad. It’s disappointing the new Labour Govt have ruled out re-joining. Munira Wilson 🇺🇦 and I have written to the Foreign and Education Secretaries urging them to re-consider.