David Cleary

Another rugby legend. Terrible news!

Some cheerful news on a Friday afternoon www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Inhibitory effect of capsule on natural transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae | mBio The capsule is a major virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn), providing a physical shield and exhibiting extensive diversity across at least 100 serotypes. Although natural transformation...

Been thinking about genetic adaptability versus selective pressures recently ... this is a really nice paper. Inhibitory effect of capsule on natural transformation of Streptococcus pneumoniae | mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... #microsky

You were there?!? Seriously jealous.

New protocol paper outlining a very important piece of work by PhD student Sani Musa with @jessicamablair.bsky.social bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/9...

How is Blackadder not further up the list?!

The auld alliance has faltered. Looks like I’m an England fan next Saturday #RWC2025

This is getting tense. Fair play to France I didn’t expect it to be this close #RWC2025

Wonder which French team turn up tomorrow. Either way my money is on the Roses for the win 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #wrwc2025

On reflection I see your point

JOHN DAWES EAT YOUR HEART OUT

I’ve only dreamt of pulling off a dummy like the Canadian scrum-half just managed 🤯 #wrwc2025

Anyone else playing last try wins? #wrwc2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

That very much depends on your perspective 😭

You first youngster

I’m a wreck already. The excitement is getting the better of me and I’m in danger of paying my subs and digging my boots out for another season.

Absolutely gutting

C’mon Ireland 🇮🇪 time to dig in #wrwc25

46?! Awful. Absolutely loved watching this fella box.

Changes in carriage and serotype diversity of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other respiratory pathobionts in the UK between pre-PCV13 (2006-10), early-PCV13 (2010-12) and late-PCV13 (2012-23) periods -... The ongoing burden of mortality and morbidity associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae infections requires that monitoring of carriage epidemiology continues. Here, we present data from the annual, cr...

New paper out in Pneumonia. More data from the carriage study in Southampton, UK looking at pneumococci in pre-PCV13 era versus early- and late-PCV13 periods. pneumonia.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... (I also snuck in some bits on other bacteria ... just for a bit of variety)

KASIE HUNT: Over the summer you said, “There’s no vaccine that’s safe and effective”. Do you still believe that?

RFK JR: “I never said that.”

KASIE HUNT: “Play the clip.”

RFK JR (clip): “There’s no vaccine that is safe and effective.” (March 2024)

ht: @cwebbonline.com

Today is one of those days where I have (what I think) are two great ideas and then subsequently find papers in which the questions have already been answered 🙄

That's humanism! Humanists make sense of the world through logic, reason, and evidence, and always seek to treat those around us with warmth, understanding, and respect.

Love this from Humanists UK! #Thatshumanism is the perfect introduction to the humanist approach to life, featuring four animations narrated by Stephen Fry, and brand new posters all about humanism for schools. Have a look for yourself! humanists.uk/thatshumanism/

Nicely done @theguardian.com 👏

Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities

Useful information - particularly a reminder about the limitations of using alpha diversity metrics rdcu.be/eAyIs

How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world Vaccines saved 154 million lives. But as fear of disease fades, so does protection – raising the chilling prospect of a return to the pre-vaccine era.

How RFK Jr is systematically undermining vaccines around the world
theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...

Final highlight for this opportunity, open to UK home students. Deadline is 31st July.

Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes in the preterm infant gut Staphylococcus haemolyticus is an important cause of sepsis in preterm infants, with gut colonization being recognized as a risk factor for infection. To better understand the diversity of S. haemo...

I am delighted that our manuscript 'Staphylococcus haemolyticus is a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes in the preterm infant gut' is now published.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Big thank you to all co-authors, particularly @lisalamberte.bsky.social and @halllab.bsky.social