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Gab Astorga

@gabastorga.bsky.social

πŸ“Norwich, UK Studying E. coli diversity and phylogenomics within a One Health perspective 4th year bioinformatics PhD student LGBTQ+ & EDI advocate I like science communications, reading and nerdy things https://linktr.ee/gabastorga

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πŸ†• LGBTQIA+ Leaders in Nature Conservation and STEM: A Panel 🌈

Our Project Manager @samfrowe.bsky.social‬ and PhD student @gabastorga.bsky.social‬ are taking part in the panel hosted by Norfolk Wildlife Trust

πŸ—“οΈ 22 July
πŸ“ Norwich Arts Centre

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29.06.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Promotional poster for the "Norwich Pop Up" event featuring Gabriel Astorga from the Quadram Institute as a speaker. The title of his talk is: "Are we barking up the wrong tree? Limited E. coli co-occurrence between humans and companion dogs." The poster includes a professional photo of Gabriel smiling in a black blazer. Logos for the Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are displayed at the top left. At the bottom, the event details are listed: 3 July at the Norwich Research Park, John Innes Conference Centre. The MicrobesNG logo is also included. A button says "Register here" with a link: linktr.ee/microbesng. The word "SPEAKER" is vertically aligned along the right side in large pink letters.

Promotional poster for the "Norwich Pop Up" event featuring Gabriel Astorga from the Quadram Institute as a speaker. The title of his talk is: "Are we barking up the wrong tree? Limited E. coli co-occurrence between humans and companion dogs." The poster includes a professional photo of Gabriel smiling in a black blazer. Logos for the Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are displayed at the top left. At the bottom, the event details are listed: 3 July at the Norwich Research Park, John Innes Conference Centre. The MicrobesNG logo is also included. A button says "Register here" with a link: linktr.ee/microbesng. The word "SPEAKER" is vertically aligned along the right side in large pink letters.

🐢 How strong is the bond with your dog? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out!

@gabastorga.bsky.social asks if humans & dogs share E. coli
🧬 217 genomes
πŸ’Š 50% #AMR
πŸ’‘ Cross-species insights
πŸ“… July 3 | πŸ“Norwich + Online
πŸ”— lnkd.in/eYtyHSyi

#MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social

17.06.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am honoured to be given the future presenter awards at the Amplify x New Voice Awards!

This is the first step of many towards my dream of making science more fun and accessible in my own way!

Thank you @edinburghtvfest.bsky.social @thetvfoundation.bsky.social

15.03.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Gabriel Astorga holding the Amplify award

Gabriel Astorga holding the Amplify award

Congratulations to our PhD student @gabastorga.bsky.social on winning the Amplify x New Voice Future Presenter Award! πŸ†

The awards recognise and foster talent, making the television industry more accessible to a wider range of people πŸ“Ί

14.03.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
A panel discussion during the Centre for Microbial Interactions featuring Dr Carmen Palop, Dr Jennifer Ahn Jarvis and Dave Baker

A panel discussion during the Centre for Microbial Interactions featuring Dr Carmen Palop, Dr Jennifer Ahn Jarvis and Dave Baker

Dr Evelien Adriaenssens giving a talk about bacteriophages

Dr Evelien Adriaenssens giving a talk about bacteriophages

Dr Emma Holden giving a talk about TRADIS

Dr Emma Holden giving a talk about TRADIS

Gabriel Astorga giving a talk about antimicrobial resistance and food

Gabriel Astorga giving a talk about antimicrobial resistance and food

We had a fantastic time at the Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference last week which brough together microbiology research from across Norwich Research 🦠

@emmarholden.bsky.social @evelienadri.bsky.social @tweakyaustin.bsky.social @gabastorga.bsky.social

➑️ buff.ly/lcdMcVj

04.03.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There have been some changes to the buzz wire leader board over lunch! #CMINorwich25 πŸ‘€βš‘

In 1st place, retaining an impressive winning streak is...

πŸ₯‡ Gabriel Astorga @goodolgab1
πŸ₯ˆ Isabelle Storer
πŸ₯‰ Leanne Sims

#CMINorwich25 #MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky

26.02.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s on our foods? @gabastorga.bsky.social from the lab of @alisonmather.bsky.social explains how to discover E. coli diversity using WGS, presented at #cminorwich25

26.02.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is absolutely mad!!

Thank you to Amplify x New Voice Awards for shortlisting me for the Future Presenter award!
I can’t wait to celebrate at the awards on March 12th!
@thetvfoundation.bsky.social
@edinburghtvfest.bsky.social

14.02.2025 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m so curious to see what others think of this book?

28.01.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They’re my nephew! More family time πŸ₯°

04.01.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My vision board for 2025 πŸ’›

03.01.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Magazine launch!

25.11.2024 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s absolutely mad that I’m on the front cover of a men’s fashion magazine

21.11.2024 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wish I could re-experience reading this paragraph for the first time

20.11.2024 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrated the international day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM yesterday at the Royal Institution
yesterday with @prideinstem.bsky.social @drcarpineti.bsky.social

#LGBTQ #STEM

19.11.2024 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Gabe on the sofa holding a bottle of wine and the book Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Gabe on the sofa holding a bottle of wine and the book Orbital by Samantha Harvey

So @gabastorga.bsky.social showed up to stay over with a book and wine as a gift for us.

This has set the bar for all future guests!

17.11.2024 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Gabriel Astorga presenting in the RI lecture theatre with a slide that says one health over him

Gabriel Astorga presenting in the RI lecture theatre with a slide that says one health over him

Khalil and Rachael presenting a slide with the work of science and sorcery with the upcoming GM for their February season

Khalil and Rachael presenting a slide with the work of science and sorcery with the upcoming GM for their February season

Jonathan presenting a slide about the plan for CODE WITH PRIDE that says. 
β€’ Workshops to introduce LGBTQ+ individuals to fundamentals in programming.
β€’ From non-programming backgrounds.
β€’ Open to those not in higher education.
β€’ Using computing facilities in EEECS.

Jonathan presenting a slide about the plan for CODE WITH PRIDE that says. β€’ Workshops to introduce LGBTQ+ individuals to fundamentals in programming. β€’ From non-programming backgrounds. β€’ Open to those not in higher education. β€’ Using computing facilities in EEECS.

Emily presenting her project. Her slides says: Co-creation is the only response to an increasingly hostile reality - we must build communities and share knowledge as an intercospected neum on phonesins
or knowerge exchange ces be liberation
for all through radical community connection

Emily presenting her project. Her slides says: Co-creation is the only response to an increasingly hostile reality - we must build communities and share knowledge as an intercospected neum on phonesins or knowerge exchange ces be liberation for all through radical community connection

We were blessed by brilliant speakers and a phenomenal venue to mark the International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM #QueerInSTEM

@gabastorga.bsky.social @scienceandsorcery.bsky.social

18.11.2024 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

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