Prof Cloutman-Green

Marking my 250th blog post: Taking some time to reflect on Girlymicro There’s a lot going on right now, and life is busy for everyone. Despite the challenges, this lack of time can mean that reflection and taking a moment to catch your breath can be even more b…

Today is a big day in the world of Girlymicro. It marks my 250th blog post.

I cannot express how much gratitude I feel to everyone who continues to read, support & cheer lead me along the way.

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Guest Blog by Kate Rennie: What am I growing in my kitchen… a gluten free sourdough journey through the eyes of an IPC nurse I am currently in the middle of secret project, which I hope to announce more about in late August/early September. I’m really excited about it but it’s taking a bunch of my time. I&#82…

This weeks guest blog is from the awesome Kate Rennie with an immunology introduction from Claire Walker

It continues this months mycology theme but talks about how baking and yeast work in non-standard baking processes, and why gluten free baking is so hard

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The Last of Us: Developing a Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit for Fungal Outbreaks at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The Last of Us: Developing a Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit for Fungal Outbreaks at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com

Last week to apply for TWO PhDs with me and amazing supervisors at University of Birmingham

The Last Of Us - www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Understanding pathogen diversity in maternal and neonatal populations - www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

I’m on holiday so can’t answer queries though

Guest Blog by Dr Claire Walker: Microbial Culture – An Immunologist’s Side Project Gone Wild I am currently in the middle of secret project, which I hope to announce more about in late August/early September. I’m really excited about it but it’s taking a bunch of my time. I&#82…

Continuing the Girlymicro blog theme for the month, today we're talking more things mycology. If you love bread as much as I love bread, you will be excited to read more about all things baking & how this sits alongside the worlds of microbiology/immunology.

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Candidozyma auris the New Kid on the Fungal Block: What is it and why should we care? Following on from the wonderful fungal post on fungal toxins (mycotoxins) last week from Dr Sam Watkin, I wanted to follow up with a post on the latest fungi of interest from a clinical perspective…

This weeks post is a little more technical than normal, but given new guidance, and the ever increasing importance of C. auris, I thought it was worth taking some time to cover what it is, why it's important and what we can do about it.

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Co-sign.

Guest Blog by Dr Sam Watkins: The wild world of mycotoxins, maybe not such a fun-gi I’m so excited by this weeks guest blog post. I’m a massive murder mystery fan, and from Agatha Christie onwards there have been multiple books where mushrooms and mushroom toxins (myco…

I'm excited by todays guest blog post from Samuel Watkin. As a die hard Christie fan & lover of all things murder mystery I'm so interested in how the topics of microbiology & toxicology meet through the world of mycotoxins. Luckily I have Sam to educate me

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a woman is waving her hand in the air with the words `` good luck and may the odds ever be in your favor !!! '' ALT: a woman is waving her hand in the air with the words `` good luck and may the odds ever be in your favor !!! ''

To new PIs: The game you set out to play doesn’t follow the same rules anymore.

Since this is all new, all advice is bad advice, but I would aim to (and am trying) diversify funding you apply to as much as you can.

We need to keep doing science.

For everyone.

Guest Blog from Anthony De Souza: What We Don’t Always Say – A Reflection on Microaggressions It’s a real privilege for me to share a guest blog today in continued celebration of Pride month and acknowledging the work that is left for us to do to address the ongoing impacts of discrim…

It's such a privilege for me to share a guest blog post this week from Anthony De Souza. Ant has undertaken work on tacking Health Inequalities through the Differential Attainment Toolkit. I'm so grateful to be able to share his insights.

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That really made me smile this morning. Definitely the pick me up I needed after yesterday

Girlymicro Scientist changing the world one swab at a time

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I'm getting very close to my 250th post & I was wondering if any of you would be prepared to do me a favour......

Would you mind writing a couple of lines or a paragraph about the blog?

I'd love to collate them & include them in what feels like a pretty milestone moment

The World Needs More Allies: How can we support each other better to feel comfortable to be ourselves? I often worry about writing posts like this one, not because I’m worried about how needed they are, but because I’m not an expert. As a scientist I usually post in areas that I feel I h…

I've been spending a lot of time thinking about the power of being an ally recently and how to do it better. I'm no expert in this, I just have a real wish to improve and learn. I thought, as it's Pride this month, I would try & capture some of that thinking

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The World Needs More Allies: How can we support each other better to feel comfortable to be ourselves? I often worry about writing posts like this one, not because I’m worried about how needed they are, but because I’m not an expert. As a scientist I usually post in areas that I feel I h…

I've been spending a lot of time thinking about the power of being an ally recently and how to do it better. I'm no expert in this, I just have a real wish to improve and learn. I thought, as it's Pride this month, I would try & capture some of that thinking

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Walking Laps for Mental Health: How choosing to step away from your desk may be a great way to safeguard your well-being I’ve been putting some work into trying to purposefully regain some work life balance, to re-find who I am outside of my work roles. It sounds easy but actually I’ve been so work focuss…

The world is pretty stressful right now. so heading into the weekend I thought it was timely to share a post about the benefits of getting up and taking a walk, either to centre ourselves or with the people we care about.

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Guest Blog Dr Claire Walker: The Quest for Answers – Exome Sequencing and the Hunt for New Genetic Diseases Dr Claire Walker has been a paid up member of the Dream Team since 2013, token immunologist and occasional defector from the Immunology Mafia. Registered Clinical Scientist in Immunology with …

This week we have a brilliant guest blog from Claire Walker finishing off the blog series on how DNA and DNA sequencing can be used to impact decision making, both personal and clinical.

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Guest Blog Dr Claire Walker: The Quest for Answers – Exome Sequencing and the Hunt for New Genetic Diseases Dr Claire Walker has been a paid up member of the Dream Team since 2013, token immunologist and occasional defector from the Immunology Mafia. Registered Clinical Scientist in Immunology with …

This week we have a brilliant guest blog from Claire Walker finishing off the blog series on how DNA and DNA sequencing can be used to impact decision making, both personal and clinical.

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Finding the Positives: Ten reasons why I am still grateful, even for the bad days I got a cab this yesterday, and I said good morning and asked how the driver was doing, as I always do when I grab a cab. They looked at me and said ‘you are a happy person, so many of my rid…

There's a lot of challenge right now, no matter which professional grp you sit in. I thought it might be timely to write something 2 remind myself & others that even in challenging times there are ways in which we can find the positive #nostormlastsforever

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The people of #Gaza are hungry, exhausted, and facing a growing health crisis. Displacement has stripped them of safety and dignity.

Humanitarian aid must reach them — NOW.

Watch and share.

Finding the Positives: Ten reasons why I am still grateful, even for the bad days I got a cab this yesterday, and I said good morning and asked how the driver was doing, as I always do when I grab a cab. They looked at me and said ‘you are a happy person, so many of my rid…

There's a lot of challenge right now, no matter which professional grp you sit in. I thought it might be timely to write something 2 remind myself & others that even in challenging times there are ways in which we can find the positive #nostormlastsforever

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Kicking off the Healthcare Science for Change, Innovation, Influence and Inclusion

Great looking agenda supported by the #AcademyofHealthcareScience

Practicing My ‘It’s Lovely to be Considered Face’: Why we should celebrate all the moments, not just the successes Today, I’m at the Advancing Healthcare Awards, as I’ve been shortlisted for an award from the Academy of Healthcare Science. It’s so lovely to be considered, especially as this no…

I'm lucky enough to be off to the #ahawards 2day. I wanted to take this moment to say why I'm celebrating. For me, it's not about the possibility of winning, it's about the opportunity to share in the joy and celebrating my brilliant workforce.

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World DNA Day 2025 Blog Post Compilation: How do we look for DNA and how might changing it change lives? Friday the 25th April, was World DNA Day. I’ve had a series of blogs that I’ve been playing around with for a while linked to what DNA is, how we look for and investigate it and how we are explorin…

I've had the best time over the last month putting together a blog series on DNA and how knowing more about it holds such opportunities for us all. To help find them, I've put the whole series together in a single post.

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It's official: the #PandemicAccord is officially adopted by the World Health Assembly!

My warmest congratulations to @who.int Member States for their commitment to keeping their people and the world safer.

What a moment in global health history. Together!

Prof Dame Jenny Harries, UKHSA Chief Executive said, 'It is gratifying to see the Pandemic Agreement adopted. It is clear that international co-operation and collaboration must be at the very heart of our pandemic preparedness strategy if it is to be effective, and this agreement is a welcome step towards making the world a safer place from pandemic threats.'

Member States of the World Health Organization (@who.int) today formally adopted the world's first Pandemic Agreement.

#PandemicAccord

And so the #eurovision party commences with #DrWho and #stgermain cocktails

There’s been some “advice” coming from some quarters for scientists not to focus on DEI-related funding cuts.

I wholly reject this concept.

Cutting programs designed to reduce science and healthcare disparities is as detrimental to science as anything else, both morally and functionally.

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Saturday morning tea and documentaries. Today it's the King's Tea from @mariagefrere.bsky.social and the history of horror movies from @blumhouse.com on @amazonprime.bsky.social

#livingmybestlife

World DNA Day Book Review: Talking DNA editing in Upgrade by Blake Crouch This month I’ve been honouring of World DNA day 2025 by publishing a number of posts linked to what DNA is, how we look for it, and what it means to send it away. Today I’m talking abou…

In part 4 of the DNA blog series I've got another book review - this time Upgrade by Blake Crouch. This book is all about DNA editing and how it has the power to change the world. The big question is, will it change for good or ill?

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World DNA Day Book Review: Talking DNA editing in Upgrade by Blake Crouch This month I’ve been honouring of World DNA day 2025 by publishing a number of posts linked to what DNA is, how we look for it, and what it means to send it away. Today I’m talking abou…

In part 4 of the DNA blog series I've got another book review - this time Upgrade by Blake Crouch. This book is all about DNA editing and how it has the power to change the world. The big question is, will it change for good or ill?

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So lovely to catch up. Apologies, my tagging skills failed me