I’d been sticking around for Mary Beard and the strep community, but if we’re friends and/or distant science admirers, follow me on the other place. Keen to talk streps and science and to gush about my new puppy. I’ll put a *+link in bio+*

RT @theserfstv: Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

RT @caoimhinof: Men are lucky to have technology to help us navigate the modern world. I now use this handy app to track my monthly Somme c…

RT @JoshOsowicki: This #StrepA paper was a LONG labour of love from a great team 😊 Equal first & senior author credits buried at the very e…

RT @Akiliense: Researchers lament possible loss of unique fungi biobank (repost)

RT @AsheeshKSi: Number of crypto bros in the English literature PhD thread attacking humanistic knowledge is ample proof of the philistinis…

RT @ABsteward: 🆕️⚡️⚡️ @CIDJournal Choosing Wisely: Effectiveness and Safety of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Close Contacts of Invasive Group A…

@ATinyGreenCell P.p.s. Full disclosure, I worked for NCTC for a couple of years, they’re publicly funded and part of our public health agency in the UK. Difficult to overstate the amount of work that ATCC is doing/has done with their genomic data - especially standardisation and traceability!

RT @mountbellyache: we're living in increasingly unfergalicious times

RT @bjork: Nature Manifesto, pt. 1 it is an emergency the apocalypse has already happened and how we will act now is essential in pioneeri…

RT @N_van_sorge: A new preprint from our lab: how conserved is the Group A Lancefield antigen in the Strep A population? Only 1.5% of strai…

RT @BergstenHelena: The intricate pathogenicity of Group A Streptococcus: A comprehensive update - out now in @Virulence12 by @victornizet…

RT @NikoMcCarty: TIL that E. coli K12 — the most widely used strain of bacterium for biological research — is named "K-12" because it was f…

RT @biorxiv_micrbio: Natural variation of the streptococcal Group A carbohydrate biosynthesis genes impacts host-pathogen interaction http…

@Grampospath I’d be tempted to go with the hiccups manuscript, given that this hitherto largely neglected malady is probably nearing global eradication, following the absolute shock of this mornings international news…

RT @SteveSchmidtSES: Fascism has come to America, and as predicted, it is wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.