@hollytipper.bsky.social
Senior Molecular Microbiologist UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology | Antimicrobial resistance, pathogens and microbial communities in natural environments and wastewater treatment systems #AMR (she/her) https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/holly-tipper
@tessacrosbie.bsky.social‘s work helps identify the pathways through which pathogens, antibiotic-resistant microbes, and chemical contaminants enter freshwater systems 🦠🌊🧫. She’s honoured to learn from and work alongside an incredible group of female scientists here at UKCEH.
11.02.2026 12:35 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
@rosawagstaff.bsky.social is a second year PhD student studying environmental science, specifically looking at microbial response 🦠 to algae-derived dissolved organic carbon in freshwater lakes, using #eDNA 🧬. Rosa is based at UKCEH and Lancaster University.
11.02.2026 11:55 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
@laurens-colours.bsky.social is a molecular ecologist researching biodiversity monitoring with #eDNA 🧬, from detecting invasive & endangered species to whole communities. She also works on community science and integrating eDNA into policy & is an award-winning science communicator & artist 👩🎨
11.02.2026 10:53 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
"I’m Holly, and as a senior molecular microbiologist, I’m proud of my journey - from an early fascination with microbes 🦠 to a career studying how resistance moves through the environment and water systems 🧫🌊, bridging science, policy & industry to protect public health" - @hollytipper.bsky.social
11.02.2026 10:21 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
"As a #WomanInSTEM researching #AMR, I explore 🍄 antifungal resistance in soil & compost, and 💊multidrug resistance in wastewater. My work focuses on understanding how resistance spreads in the environment to help protect public health & shape sustainable solutions. 🌍🔬" - @rachelapayne.bsky.social
11.02.2026 09:58 — 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
"I’m a PhD student at UKCEH and the University of Bath using microbial source tracking to study how antimicrobial resistance 🧫 and pathogens 🦠 spread in rivers 🌊. My research aims to pinpoint pollution sources and help protect environmental and public health" - @rosieelliott.bsky.social
11.02.2026 09:26 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
"As a #WomanInSTEM it’s been my privilege to explore microbial responses to environmental change in diverse environments, such as:⛰️mountain ecosystems,🍯honey,🦐groundwater stygofauna,🪱earthworms from Chernobyl,🦠wild animal microbiomes & 🌊ocean acidified communities" - @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social
11.02.2026 08:59 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Happy #WomenInSTEM day! 👩🔬
The Molecular Ecology group at @ukceh.bsky.social comprises of many fantastic women👩🔬 conducting research on all things #molecular #ecology, #AMR, #microbes 🧬🦠🧫
Stay tuned as we introduce you to some them over the course of today ⬇️
Really excited that the Molecular Ecology group is going to be leading this project! ⬇️🌊
Stay tuned as we introduce our researchers working on this, and for updates on sampling and lab work!
🚨 New Job Alert 🚨
We're currently recruiting a Lab Manager to manage the @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford labs! 🔬🧪👨🔬👩🔬
They will be responsible for all labs but will be part of Molecular Ecology group 😊
Details on how to apply ⬇️
ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca...
@lindsaynewbold.bsky.social
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
What was missing from the #UK #AMR National Action Plan?
✍️🎯 Better evidence & clear objectives to help understand & combat the role of environmental factors in driving #AMR in the #UK.
👉 bit.ly/4pkL5Qc
@lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social @istanton.bsky.social
#WAAW2025
We process our monitoring samples in a variety of ways, which include #phenotypic testing for #AMR, as well as using #molecular methods such as #qPCR and #sequencing to look for specific antimicrobial resistance genes 🦠🧬👩🔬🧫
#WAAW
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!
@hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social went to visit the Unilever labs yesterday to meet up with their PhD student Olivia Mescall and her other supervisors @profjrsnape.bsky.social & Katie Endersby!
As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪
Isobel Stanton presenting the title slide of a presentation
Holly Tipper presenting a slide showing how wastewater is an interface between human activities and the environment
Holly and Isobel at Oxford's Natural History Museum in front of one of the dinosaur fossils
Photo of a dinosaur fossil
Last month, @hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social attended the Microbiome Innovation and One Health Conference in Oxford 🦠🧫
They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖
@hollytipper.bsky.social is a Senior Molecular Microbiologist working on environmental #AMR. Holly is interested in how resistance spreads through water systems & the environment and what that means for public health. She works at the intersection of science, policy & industry💧🧫🌍
08.10.2025 15:01 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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
Welcome back to our "meet the researcher" series! Previously we introduced you to our PhD students.
Next up - our staff! 👩🔬👨🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬
Really excited to start working with Olivia ⬇️🦠
@profjrsnape.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social
Looking forward to our new PhD student, James, joining us soon!! ⬇️🦠
18.09.2025 15:59 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Welcome to our new PhD student Rosie!! ⬇️🦠
18.09.2025 15:03 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩🔬👨🔬
Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠
Follow our group's new page to see what we're up to! ⬇️🦠🥼
10.09.2025 09:12 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0It was brilliant to work with you, Rebecca, and the LSHTM team! Check out our new article below! ⬇️ 🧬🧫
03.09.2025 10:39 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
@istanton.bsky.social it was SO great working with you and Holly on this article, out TODAY in Global Health Action! Well done 👏 ✔️ 👍 👌 😀 🙌 👏
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Six people standing - UKCEH Associate Science Directors and Director of Science
📣 We're proud to announce our new science framework, marking a major milestone in our evolution.
Five cutting-edge science areas, each led by newly appointed Associate Science Directors and Group Heads, will shape the future of environmental research. 🌍
See more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
🌍 It's UN World Environment Day—this year’s theme focuses on why we need to #BeatPlasticPollution
🎧 Hear UKCEH expert @richardkcross.bsky.social explain more about the surprising sources of #microplastics in this episode of our Counting the Earth #podcast
🔗 audioboom.com/posts/861329... 🧪
Catch me and Isobel Stanton discussing #AMR in the environment and wastewater, and what this means for human health 🦠💊🥼
Podcast link below 🔽
🎧 Resistance Rising: 1.14 million - new podcast episode coming soon!
Alice & Sue are a sewage treatment works to explore the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) 🦠
🔔 Subscribe on your favourite podcast app! www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @hollytipper.bsky.social 🧪
