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Anne Wyllie

@annewyllie.bsky.social

Kiwi. Pneumococcologist. "Spit Queen".

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CDC Buildings Hit by Gunfire Agency may have been the target of shooter who blamed his illness on COVID shots

A gunman opened fire on the CDC campus in Atlanta this evening, and the shooter and a police officer are dead, according to authorities.

The shooter was ill, and blamed their vaccinations for COVID.

www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

09.08.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 133    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 11
The Beatles

The Beatles

I tried to do the meme but with the Beatles, and um, I must have access to GPT 3008 or something

09.08.2025 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Storage stability of non-encapsulated pneumococci in saliva is dependent on null-capsule clade, with strains carrying aliC and aliD showing a competitive disadvantage during culture enrichment Non-encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae (NESp) represent up to 19% of circulating pneumococci and exhibit high rates of genetic exchange and antimicrobial resistance. Saliva is increasingly used as ...

New paper alert! In depth characterisation of non-encapsulated pneumococci in saliva: stability, detection and recovery. Important findings for using saliva samples for carriage studies. @microbiologysociety.org @annewyllie.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

04.08.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Arcadia Science - Project Scientist A Bit About Us: We are Arcadia Science, an evolutionary biology company founded and led by scientists. Our mission is to turn natural innovations into real-world solutions by developing systematic, an...

We’re growing @arcadiascience.com & are on the lookout for talent to run new pilot projects contributing to our broader goals. Seeking computational + wet lab fluency to iterate independently on new projects. If you’re a creative scientist w/ ambitious ideas, apply!

jobs.lever.co/arcadiascien...

08.08.2025 01:49 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe NZ passport should have English at the top cause in an international context that’s what people understand”

Ok racist uncle what’s this then

25.07.2025 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4

This opportunity is still open but closing at the end of July!

25.07.2025 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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PhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of Birmingham PhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches

Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social.

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I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).

25.07.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor - Biology Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

🚨🚨🚨PUI TT Job Alert!!

My dept at TCNJ is hiring a tenure track cell and molecular biologist. Come join my supportive colleagues, helpful staff, & fabulous students!

We're surprisingly well resourced w/excellent equipment (confocal, SEM etc) and research w/students counts towards our teaching load!

17.07.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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E.P.A. Employees Are Invited to Adopt Soon-to-Be Homeless Lab Rats

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...

03.07.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was briefed on the intelligence last week.

Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.

22.06.2025 04:58 β€” πŸ‘ 14006    πŸ” 4280    πŸ’¬ 456    πŸ“Œ 198

@asm.org our booth at #ASMicrobe is empty because our comms team was fired. We oppose the damage to NIH-funded research and the people who do it. Please show your support by signing the #BethesdaDeclaration.
#Microbe #Microbe2025
www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

20.06.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Her talk was phenomenal!

20.06.2025 05:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Tweet from Robert F. Kennedy Jr: "With @SecNoem and @SenRandPaul inspecting the biological hazard labs at Fort Dietrick."

Tweet from Robert F. Kennedy Jr: "With @SecNoem and @SenRandPaul inspecting the biological hazard labs at Fort Dietrick."

"Grandma how did the 2025 pandemic start"

17.06.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 689    πŸ” 125    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 42

This is the fate of science and scientists in 2025 in the US. It will take multiple generations at best to recover…πŸ§ͺ

16.06.2025 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜We were ready for this’: meet the scientists suing the Trump administration to reinstate terminated grants Judge sets court date to hear the US government detail how termination directives were made.

πŸ§ͺ Scientists are suing the Trump administration over the termination of NIH grants for research on topics including LGBTQ+ health disparities, sexual assault, and vaccine hesitancy. A court hearing is set for June 16 to address the legality of these cancellations. #AcademicSky

06.06.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Outstanding op-ed from Carole LaBonne

Universities and the government: Which needs the other more?

College-based research labs are the workhorses of national progress and prosperity.

wapo.st/3ZR1vFm

1/n

06.06.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Microbiome mismatches from microbiota transplants lead to persistent off-target metabolic and immunomodulatory effects Fecal microbiota transplants (FMTs) may not always effectively restore small bowel microbiota due to regional differences in gut environments, potentially causing unintended effects on metabolism and ...

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The impact of the #microbiome in human health is so oversold...
But if the microbiome is so critical, then mismatching it should devastate #Host-microbe interactions.

It seems it does.
#MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky

06.06.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Postdoctoral positions in epidemic mathematical/statistical modelling - Research Job description We are recruiting postdocs to contribute to research projects in the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, at Institut Pasteur in Paris. The candidates will be expected t...

New postdoc positions with a number of exciting epidemic modelling projects opening in our Unit at @pasteur.fr in beautiful Paris. Deadline for applications: 26th June.
research.pasteur.fr/en/job/postd...

05.06.2025 05:22 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

We are still looking for a motivated student to join us in the wonderful world of mosquito microbiome genomies! Funding unfortunately only for UK students for this one. If interested, please send CV & letter of motivation (email in image below) #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky πŸ’»πŸ§¬ πŸ§ͺPlease share widely😊 1/2

05.06.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Our problem is not a lack of young people who want a career in science, our problem is a lack of careers in science

04.06.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

82 million fewer years of life thanks to the reckless policies of Jay Bhattacharya’s NIH - which translates to an estimated $8.2 trillion in life value 😒

30.05.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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You might be wondering why we haven't updated outbreak.info for months.

Well, the reason is that GISAID cut our access in January - as they did others. Without telling us.

After a ♾️ back and forth, that is now permanent.

More on that soon - and why GISAID should not be trusted with critical data.

28.05.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 10
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If you want to know why young people continually feel left behind, it's because they are, on so many fronts. This chart from today's G&M shows how cuts in the federal service fell in the last year. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

30.05.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Good this study was done but assumes damage wld get addressed. We know many ppl (esp kids) just live w/ bad teeth, normalize discomfort, & the stigma of bad tooth smiles. Plus how many ppl (kids & adults) are thrilled to see a dentist (& have dental ins.)? My pt: many impacts are hard to quantify. πŸ›Ÿ

30.05.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™‹β€β™€οΈ

30.05.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I appreciate the offers from other scientists to help Harvard (students, labs, etc) through this attack, but what would be most helpful is for you to use your position to contact your elected representatives and make it clear this fight isn't just Harvard, it will affect you, and their districts too

24.05.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 492    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 7