Cat Baker

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬

Proud to work alongside the scientists in our #microbiology lab whose work in antimicrobial resistance, public health and diagnostics has real-world impact!

#WomenInScience #AMR #PublicHealth @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @oxfordbrc.bsky.social

MMM has an exciting UNIQ+ project running this summer -apply now!

Bacteria, microplastics & resistance — what’s the connection?

#Microplastics are everywhere, even in hospitals. But what happens when bacteria stick to them? Come and find out!

@afswinkels.bsky.social @nstoesser.bsky.social

Happy our preprint is out🦠:

"Evaluation of an Oxford Nanopore sequencing workflow for mycobacteria from primary MGIT culture"

We developed and tested a workflow for long-read sequencing of #mycobacteria, including optimising DNA extraction and assessing how #ONT performs compared with #Illumina.

An amazing Ukrainian doctor who goes into war zones to treat women who no longer have access to healthcare 🇺🇦

Read the article or listen to the interview with @keiligh.bsky.social on Radio 4 (listen from 37m35s).

The doctor fighting for women's health on Ukraine's front line Dr Baksheiev, a gynaecologist, travels to front-line areas in his kitted out mobile clinic.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Dr Baksheiev has treated more than 1,000 women throughout front line areas in his kitted out mobile clinic - named 'The Feminine Shuttle'. You can read my interview with him here: www.bbc.com/news/article...

We have officially moved in.

Our Pop-Up Science Shop will be open to the public from 7th July until 3rd August 3025.

Find us in the St David's shopping centre in Cardiff near John Lewis, Zara and Apple.

Learn about the microbial world in, on and around us.

Including the black death.

And that's a wrap on #ESM2025! A huge thank you to our incredible community of scientists, speakers, and organizers who made this week unforgettable. The future of mycobacteriology is bright! See you all in 2026! 👋 #Tuberculosis #Science

Come and help us develop and validate genetic pipelines for processing pathogens in collaboration with
@eitoxford.bsky.social

Senior Bioinformatic Engineer
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Senior Biostatistical Researcher
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Grade 8 or 7, depending on experience
closing date: noon Wednesday 2 July

Westgate visitors learn about Oxford’s world-class research | NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre

Many thanks to everyone – exhibitors and members of the public – who came to our Health Research Showcase yesterday. It was fantastic to see so many people eager to find out about our research oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/westgate-vis... @ouhospitals.bsky.social @oxhealthbrc.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Come and play our dance mat game named after me! Outside John Lewis in the Westgate as part of the @oxfordbrc.bsky.social showcase!

Come and find @modmedmicro.bsky.social at the Westgate in Oxford as part of the @oxfordbrc.bsky.social showcase!

View of a large crowd of people on a street in Oxford, viewed through a decorative stone archway from Magdalen Tower. In the background, historic buildings and the cityscape extending into the distance during sunset can be seen.

View from Magdalen Tower this morning.

Over 16,000 people attended this year's event 👏

📸 Instagram | BethStenlake

#MayDay

Longest name — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

Fun fact: did you know that the slime bacterium Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis holds the record for having the longest scientific name of any living or fossil organism?

No joke, this species really exists!

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YouTube video by Oxford BRC Tuberculosis: vaccines, diagnostics and experience

#Tuberculosis kills over a million people each year, but research can change that. The following seminar shows how our scientists are developing new vaccines and treatments, while a former patient shares her experience youtu.be/vky73AhyjEc?...

#WorldTBDay @modmedmicro.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk

Today is World TB day

TB still kills more people every year than any other pathogen (except during the SC2 pandemic)

Proud of the research I do which is helping @eitoxford.bsky.social to make better use of genetics to diagnose TB.

To try it out, head to
bit.ly/4iWPDcg