@oxonandrew.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social travelled to the University of Lincoln meeting for a project meeting for their NERC Seedcorn project on modelling AMR in the environment 🦠🌊.
Check out a blogpost on the meeting here: graziellaiossa.weebly.com/news/worksho...
Such an important question. We are at an inflection point and understandably unsure how to proceed.
The reality is, TODAY,AI will do things better than many reviewers. TOMORROW it will review better than all reviewers. Do we ignore this reality, if not, how do we transition?
Is wastewater surveillance the missing link in our response to #AMR?
On the fourth day of #WAAW, our Hub’s co-directors Davey Jones (Bangor University) & @oxonandrew.bsky.social (UKCEH) share their thoughts on this topic.
Read more here: www.digitalamr.org/blog/waaw25-...
We are proud to sponsor Panacea: a play co-written by our Hub’s Co-Director, @oxonandrew.bsky.social 👏
Catch the final showings in London and Liverpool to round off this year’s #WAAW!
Tickets: linktr.ee/panaceaplay
Our recent paper on #stakeholder opinions on the delivery of environmental components of the UK's #AMR National Action Plan has been written up into a blog! 🦠🌊
Check out the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
And the blog below ⬇️
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social #WAAW
On the last day of #WAAW 🔔 💊, some historians gave to me …
...a major review of the political-economic factors & concepts shaping #antimicrobial innovation since 1980 - and a call to diversify #antibiotic #R&D moving forward!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
For a summary, see the thread (1/9)
From sewage to soil: More monitoring and evidence is needed to understand how environmental resistance is fueling antimicorbial restistance.
Read about stakeholders' perspectives of the UK National Action Plan.
👉 tinyurl.com/588csxnc
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @piru-lshtm.bsky.social
#WAAW2025 is nearly here & with it the annual surge of #AMR articles.
But do current #antimicrobial stewardship schemes adequately address our #planetarycrisis & protect the microbiota we all rely on? Read more in this review of microbial governance approaches:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25
At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR!
We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!
Get your tickets!
Panacea: a powerful new play co-written by our Deputy Director, Andrew Singer & writer Christina James is touring the UK 🎭
Panacea follows Gus, whose discovery of an infectious vaccine could save humanity from future pandemics.
Find out more: www.digitalamr.org/blog/panacea...
Shout out to University of Birmingham folk:
A science-themed play that I co-wrote is coming to you at the Midlands Art Centre on the 17th. A lab-night out? See you there! 🤞
linktr.ee/panaceaplay
@wvschaik.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @jkreft.bsky.social
First, a CENTA project investigating whether fungicide residues in compost are capable of increasing #AMR in environmental, opportunistic pathogens 🌱🧫
Details here ⬇️
centa.ac.uk/studentship/...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social #EnvironmentAgency
Our Planet. Decoded.
UKCEH makes sense of environmental complexity to power decisions that shape a better future.
We don’t just examine our planet, we decode it – working out how to build a better tomorrow.
🎞️ youtu.be/s9fBwN5-kxM
#UKCEH #EnvironmentalScience 🧪
"Too often #AMR is framed as an immense although conceptually simple challenge: delay resistance to current drugs and produce new drugs. But we need to go beyond this, we need to pull every lever at our disposal to minimise infection even before we turn to drugs."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social has been on a paper publishing streak recently!
As well as the above he has also published a paper on emerging contaminants in urban streams in Sub-Saharan Africa 🧪💊💧
check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
...AND a comment piece in @lancetmicrobe.bsky.social titled "Diagnostics at the frontline: using the Public Accounts Committee report to catalyse the UK's antimicrobial resistance diagnostic strategy" 🧫🦠💊
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@oxonandrew.bsky.social #AMR
And the sky was happy until it heard about the coastal storm that’s coming.
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@istanton.bsky.social is an Environmental Molecular Microbiologist with a particular interest in dissemination, selection & transmission of both bacterial and fungal #AMR. Isobel has undertaken numerous pieces of work for policy, including an evaluation of the UK’s AMR National Action Plan 🦠🍄🧬
07.10.2025 12:58 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
The work on evaluating the UK's #AMR National Action Plan was recently published which focused on stakeholder opinions on the implementation of the 2019-2024 plan 🦠
Check it out below ⬇️
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social
Andrew's latest paper was published today, titled: "Environmental hazards from pollution of antibiotics and resistance-driving chemicals in an urban river network from Malawi" 💊🌊
Check it out here ⬇️
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Through the application of cutting-edge molecular techniques, @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social specialises in the investigation of microbial & environmental DNA changes in response to ecological & chemical perturbations, in environments ranging from mountain soils, ground water, air & even honey 🧬🍯🌱💧
06.10.2025 12:14 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
@laurens-colours.bsky.social is a Molecular Ecologist & award-winning artist. Her research focuses on #eDNA for #biodiversity monitoring, including invasive/endangered species, community science & integration into policy. She also creates art & animations to communicate ecology & conservation 🧬🎨👩🎨
06.10.2025 08:30 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
@amycthorpe.bsky.social is a Molecular Ecologist & uses molecular techniques to study how microbes respond to environmental change. Amy is currently investigating the impact of nutrients & organic matter on microbes in lakes & rivers & is using ancient DNA to reconstruct past microbial communities🧬🦠
03.10.2025 15:45 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Alex Lewis is joining UKCEH this month as a Molecular Microbiology Research Assistant. Alex will be working on a range of UKCEH’s #AMR projects. Previously, Alex was undertaking a Master’s at @lshtm.bsky.social where her research was investigating resistant E. coli from pig farms in Vietnam 🦠🐷🚜
03.10.2025 10:16 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
@tessacrosbie.bsky.social is a Molecular Biology Research Assistant at UKCEH Wallingford. Tessa explores how wastewater and biosolids treatment processes impact microbial communities within receiving environments, with a particular focus on the development and spread of #AMR 🦠💩🌊
03.10.2025 08:34 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Manasa Suresh is a Molecular Ecology Research Assistant, working on the National Honey Monitoring Scheme (NHMS), BIOSCAN, Edge (enterococci in freshwater), & UKWIR FIO persistence in rivers. Manasa uses eDNA and field data to study biodiversity, plant–pollinator networks, & microbial ecology 🐝🍯🦠
02.10.2025 13:49 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
First up, @rachelapayne.bsky.social who is a Molecular Microbiology Research Assistant. Rachel investigates environmental AMR, focusing on antifungal resistance in air & soils, & antibacterial resistance in rivers. She uses a combination of lab, field & desk-based studies to carry out her research🧫🦠
02.10.2025 10:45 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
🚨 New #OpenAccess paper in #Environmental #DNA! 🚨
Led by #TimGoodall @ukceh.bsky.social with @danread.bsky.social we tested whether #soil #eDNA metabarcoding can capture plant #biodiversity & vegetation cover across the UK 🌱
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/edn3...
Map of sewage sludge storage sites in England. Red dots mark stores located inside Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) - areas where soils are so saturated with nitrates they cannot absorb additional nitrate from fertiliser, including sewage sludge. Stores are normally located close to where they're used, which indicates sludge is being applied in NVZs. When nitrate is added to saturated soils, it washes off during rain into rivers. When rivers contain too much nitrate or phosphate, this can feed algae, either in the river, or once the water flows out to sea - increasing risk of algal blooms. When the algae grow too much, too fast, they block out light and air in the water causing aquatic creatures like fish to weaken or die. This, in turn, deprives birds & animals that feed on fish or insects from the water, to go hungry. Some algae can be toxic to humans and animals.
Map of sewage sludge stores in England. Red dots are stores located in Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) - where the soil contains so much nitrate it cannot absorb any more. Sewage sludge is high in nitrate. When it's added to saturated soils, rain can wash the excess nitrate into rivers. 1/2
08.07.2025 12:04 — 👍 44 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 3
You Can Swim in the Seine!
“…the three sites were safe to swim in around 80 to 93 percent of the time based on European standards”
It is possible…keeping the dream alive in the UK
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/w...
