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Prof Paula Salgado

@pssalgado.bsky.social

Structural Microbiologist studies molecular details of C. difficile at Newcastle University, UK. (she/her) Interested in science, politics, theatre, and so much more. Views my own. https://salgadolab.org/

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Got "About Time" by @alomshaha.bsky.social and Rebecca Struthers for my inquisitive and time-curious little man, who turns 8 (!!!) today. Can't wait for us to discover it together!

And to brag about knowing Alom before he was super famous ๐Ÿ˜

05.12.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It was a pleasure to be an examiner of the latest @henrikstrahl.bsky.social PhD graduate Laura Dobby. Great work and a very nice discussion in her viva. Congratulations Dr Dobby! @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social

03.12.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Thanks to @kshbeckham.bsky.social for organising and hosting!

02.12.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fantastic to welcome @matthiaswilmanns.bsky.social from @embl.org Hamburg giving a @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar on his work in Type VII secretion

02.12.2025 12:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Making of โœจ PRO GOOD ANTI BAD - One-day Art blast in Porto ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น โœจ
Saturday, 6 December, donโ€™t miss this exhibition by cartoonists Zez Vaz, Vรญtor Ferreira and Mariana Vaz at Rua Sรฃo Brรกs 56. Bring all your friends!

26.11.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Naturally occurring CodY variants alter ligand binding, DNA target affinity, and virulence in Clostridioides difficile Clostridioides difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen that has been classified as an โ€œurgent threatโ€ by the CDC. Antibiotic use is the primary risk factor for the development of C. difficile -a...

Naturally occurring CodY variants alter ligand binding, DNA target affinity, and virulence in Clostridioides difficile www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

25.11.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒŸ WeINSPIREBio is hosting its first event!

On Dec 4, weโ€™re running a webinar:

Structures of Success: Career Journeys of Women in Structural Biology

If you work in SB, drug discovery, or just like hearing career stories from brilliant people, join us! And please share ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

lnkd.in/ewjD5WPt

#cryoEM

24.11.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cartoon explaining why antibiotic treatment is a risk factor for CDI.

Cartoon explaining why antibiotic treatment is a risk factor for CDI.

November is #CdiffAwarenessMonth. Amazing work by @lizahaart.bsky.social turned my idea into a cartoon to help explain why antibiotics are a risk factor for #CDI. More to come! The English version is supported by the #ESGCD (@escmid.bsky.social). Let me know if you think these cartoons are useful!

24.11.2025 13:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

22.11.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday! Lovely cake!

22.11.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Protein gel is sad ๐Ÿงช

20.11.2025 09:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A new gateway to global antimicrobial resistance data New online portal connects bacterial genomes with experimental resistance data to support antimicrobial resistance research.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health threat, making infections harder to treat and complicating routine medical care.

EMBL-EBIโ€™s new AMR portal brings together laboratory resistance data and bacterial genomes in one open platform.

#WAAW2025 #ActOnAMR

www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/t...
๐Ÿงฌ๐Ÿ’ป

18.11.2025 09:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Many congratulations Dr Turner. Be proud, earn it, you deserve it.

Ignore the trolls.

18.11.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you looking for female speakers in CryoEM for seminars and conferences? Are you a woman in CryoEM and not yet on the โ€šwoman in CryoEMโ€˜ list? Find your speakers and add/update name and affiliation! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

18.11.2025 10:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 40    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great work, beautiful structures and really interesting new insights into #Cdiff toxin inhibition. Congratulations to all! #microsky

18.11.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Antimicrobial resistance: a concise update Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious threat to global public health, with approximately 5ย million deaths associated with bacterial AMR in 2019. Tackling AMR requires a multifaceted and cohesive...

Reflection as we begin #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek #WAAW

๐Ÿ”ด #AMR is a growing global emergency

๐Ÿ”ด Solutions must go beyond prescribing #diagnostics #access #prevention

๐Ÿ”ด No one is safe until everyone is safe, solutions must reach all

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#episky #microsky @msf.ca

18.11.2025 06:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) 2025 European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) is a European health initiative coordinated by ECDC.

#WAAW is here.
This yearโ€™s theme is โ€œFrom Resistance to Resilienceโ€, spotlights how healthcare workers tackle tough, #AMR infections.
Join the free online event on 18 Nov and help keep antibiotics working. #KeepAntibioticsWorking
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...

18.11.2025 08:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chris is a brilliant structural biologist and mentor. Would highly recommend applying!

15.11.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great to see S-layers get the attention they deserve! Very cool video, @tbharat-lab.bsky.social congrats to all

14.11.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very cool structures, congrats to all! #microsky

Link seemed broken though so here's a working one:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

13.11.2025 13:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A pleasure to have @mfwhite2.bsky.social for our first #BiosciencesInstitute seminar this year and hearing all about #bacterial #phage defences

12.11.2025 13:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update The fungal diagnostic landscape is evolving; whereas previously, traditional culture-based methods dominated, most invasive fungal disease is now diagnosed with non-culture-based tests, including dire...

New Review

British Society for Medical Mycology best practice recommendations for the diagnosis of serious fungal diseases: 2025 update

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

11.11.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent work from @allostericstate.bsky.social and Douglas Ferreira from @wyattyue.bsky.social lab at @newcastleuni.bsky.social! Congratulations to all!

11.11.2025 14:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks very cool! Look forward to reading the preprint!

08.11.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Poster prize to ๐Ÿ† Olivia Gittins from Durham University

07.11.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Poster prizes to Amy Wiseman

07.11.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Poster prize to ๐Ÿ† Matthew Grobbelaar from Durham University

07.11.2025 17:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A prize winning talk ๐Ÿ† congrats

07.11.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A prize winning talk ๐Ÿ† congrats

07.11.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A prize winning talk ๐Ÿ† congrats

07.11.2025 17:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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