Fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin @wiko-berlin.bsky.social - Understanding opportunistic pathogen evolution - AMR, pathogenesis, niche transitions ๐งซ๐งฌ
Matthew J Shepherd
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It is so very telling that, after a decade of hollering about FREE SPEECH and DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, when Republicans got power in Texas Universities they straight up fired people, purged departments, threw away books, and wrote rules prohibiting even talking about particular topics.
โAustralians can now live & work freely in the EU for 4 years and vice versa
That means they now have ๐๐๐๐ EU rights than British people. Free movement offered millions of us fantastic opportunities but Brexiteers slammed that door shut, most shamefully on their own childrenโ
1) Being apolitical is a myth. (Hyde seems to agree.) We all approach the world with our beliefs & biases. Pretending scientists are superhuman is silly & even dangerous. Thankfully, the scientific process is set up to mitigate such biases through transparency & open debate.
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After two lovely weeks at Wiko Berlin with @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social, it's back to spring in the Arctic โ๏ธ
๐ข Excited to be offering a Plant Health vacation studentship this summer on plant disease biocontrol and predatory bacteria! Supervised by me at Manchester Uni! @manchester.ac.uk
If interestedโor know someone who might beโplease share and apply! my.rsb.org.uk/services.php... 28th April deadline ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ
Last week's seminar featured excellent talks from @fionapoulter.bsky.social on understanding the evolution of epidemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Holly Richardson on why heterogeneity matters: predicting antibiotic resistance in cystic fibrosis.
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for the nice snacks!
