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WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common infections in people worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) r...

Meanwhile the World Health Organisation warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide.

#AMR @who.int

It's devastating knowing that children are being exposed to lifetime and life-threatening illness once again that could have been avoided with a vaccine.
We can't stop reaching out to the parents of these kids with compassion and out-stretched hands. Every child vaccinated matters!

On the road again! Off to Caerphilly tomorrow to have some fun and tell school children about infection, health and hygiene.

Pop-Up 2025 - Horror Show — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

Next time we set up a public horror show about the most devastating infectious diseases in history, instead of using mannequins dressed up as plague doctor and Typhoid Mary, we're just going to illustrate it with photos of RFK Jr and Andrew Wakefield.

Pop-Up 2025 - Polio and measles — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

A reminder of how devastating many childhood infections can be and how easy it is to prevent them using safe and effective vaccines.

#VaccinesSaveLives

Timeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us Of superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them.

A reminder that vaccines are among the safest and most effective medical treatments ever developed.

Here's an interactive timeline to explore the history of devastating infections and the scientific and medical advances to fight them.

#VaccinesSaveLives

Just to plug again our recent review of an under-researched but highly exciting area of immunology.

👉🏼 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#gdTcells #TFHcells

<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library Human Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells display a unique responsiveness towards microbial organisms producing the metabolite HMB-PP. However, Staphylococcus aureus does not possess HMB-PP but can induce activation, cy...

"Microbe-responsive human γδ T cells: The peculiar case of Staphylococcus aureus"

To Armin and Martin. 🕯️

#gdTcells

<em>Immunology & Cell Biology</em> | ASI Journal | Wiley Online Library Human Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells display a unique responsiveness towards microbial organisms producing the metabolite HMB-PP. However, Staphylococcus aureus does not possess HMB-PP but can induce activation, cy...

"Microbe-responsive human γδ T cells: The peculiar case of Staphylococcus aureus"

To Armin and Martin. 🕯️

#gdTcells

Bacterial suppression of intestinal fungi via activation of human gut γδ T-cells Gut symbionts condition mucosal immunity to resist infection by enteropathogens, but the specific microbes and mechanisms involved differ significantly between host species. In higher primates, bacter...

📚 NEW #gdT-cell PAPER from our team @QMUL.bsky.social! 🥳 'Bacterial suppression of intestinal fungi via activation of human gut γδ T-cells' out now on @biorxiv-immuno
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Here's my first attempt at a 'Bluetorial'... 🧵 1/10 #gastrosky #IBDsky

This will directly cause a drop in vaccine uptake and an increase in preventable hospitalisations, long-term complications and deaths.

This is reckless.

And these are the people that pretend to be "pro life"?

Just to plug again our recent review of an under-researched but highly exciting area of immunology.

👉🏼 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#gdTcells #TFHcells

"And the best thing about the polio vaccine is that it even protects people who don't believe in it."

Enabling Vaccine Uptake: Strategies for the Public Health Sector | British Journal of Hospital Medicine Safe and effective vaccines have been instrumental in controlling and mitigating some of the most contagious and devastating diseases throughout history, ranging from smallpox, polio and diphtheria to...

Enabling vaccine uptake: strategies for the public health sector.

Now available online in the British Journal of Hospital Medicine.

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@cusystemsimmu.bsky.social @lydiabeckeriii.bsky.social

Way to go. 👏🏼

"We're no longer posting on this account. It remains active for monitoring purposes."

I don't think it's appropriate any longer for anyone, personally or as an organisation, to continue to have a presence on a social media platform whose owner openly calls for the dissolution of the UK parliament and urges people to "fight back or you die" because "violence is coming".

Teacher's Corner — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

In case you are wondering how you can enrich your science classes by using our educational resources - for primary and secondary schools alike.

In English, Welsh, Irish and Gaelic.

#ScienceIsFun

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YouTube video by Elle Cordova For our scientists

This is awesome.

@ellecordova.bsky.social

Picture taken in Cardiff two weeks after the EU referendum in 2016.

Project to celebrate the contribution of international scientists to research in UK, March 2017.

A reminder of what biomedical research and education in the UK looks like.

#WeAreInternational

Pop-Up Shop 2025 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

For those who were not able to visit us in person.

For those who did visit us and want to re-live their experience.

And for those who might be thinking about running a similar event.

The content of our pop-up shop is now fully online.

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Photo album: Superbugs Pop-up 2025 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us Photos from the Pop-Up Science Shop in the St David’s Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff from 7th July to 3rd August 2025 A selection of photos taken during pre-booked school visits and on open day...

Some numbers.

📆 28 days
🧑🏼‍🔬 54 volunteers
🎓 3 universities
🛝 8 activities
💰 6 treasures
🧟 11 horror show booths
🖼️ 52 picture frames
🦟 100 live mosquitoes
👪 4,955 visitors
🏫 11 school visits
🎯 900 sticker challenges
🔍 753 treasure hunts
🧫 1,254 body swabs
📝 258 feedback forms
📸 >500 photos
🤷🏼 0 regrets

NKG2A-mediated immune modulation of natural killer cells by Staphylococcus aureus Abstract. Natural killer (NK) cells are specialized lymphocytes that help protect against viruses and cancer. However, in the context of bacterial infectio

Meanwhile in scientific news - our latest paper.

We can confidently declare that we have won this hands down.

Pop-Up 2025 - Horror Show — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

Our Horror Show is now online, providing an overview of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in human history.

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NKG2A-mediated immune modulation of natural killer cells by Staphylococcus aureus Abstract. Natural killer (NK) cells are specialized lymphocytes that help protect against viruses and cancer. However, in the context of bacterial infectio

Meanwhile in scientific news - our latest paper.

And that's a wrap. We have closed now, after 4 weeks of Superbugs fun for schools, families and everyone interested in the microbial world in, on and around us.

Thank you to everyone visiting us and supporting us!

We would have not been able to deliver such an ambitious pop-up shop over the past 4 weeks without an army of 54 enthusiastic and tireless volunteers from across Cardiff Uni, Cardiff Met and Swansea Uni, and beyond!

THANK YOU !!

Come and find us in the St David's Centre in Cardiff!

Pop-Up 2025 - Horror Show — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

Launching...

The online version of the Superbugs Horror Show that you can currently explore in the St David's Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff until 3rd August.

Free entry, no booking required.

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Superbugs pop up science shop in Cardiff attracts thousands of visitors Researchers from Cardiff University and Swansea University have created a pop-up science shop in Cardiff's St David's Shopping Centre

Superbugs pop up science shop in Cardiff attracts thousands of visitors

@eberlmat.bsky.social @drjontyrrell-micro.bsky.social

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