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A new ep! This time on #AntibioticResistance What is it, where does it come from and why YOU should care! We'll also be debating the historical relevance of pumpkins, finding out how bacteria get it on and drinking some ALCOHOL-FREE "wine" #AMR #podcasts #TuesdayThoughts

Please keep your appointment if you can. Coming to give blood is considered essential travel for the NHS. Safety is our number one priority and we've put extra measures in place at our sessions. blood.co.uk #KeepDonating

We didn't have time to talk about this in our latest episode, but don't forget that #AMR is not just about bacteria, Fungi can develop resistance too! #fungi #antibiotics #Science #research cdc.gov/fungal/antifun…

As mentioned in the ep, this is Alexander Fleming's original agar plate with wee colonies of Streptococcus bacteria, and one huge growth of the penicilium fungus killing all the bacteria around it! NB: this is not a pumpkin @emmalgbegg #AMR #antibiotics #bacteria #FridayFungi

According to this, the UK's 5-year action plan around 700000 people are predicted to die/year from drug-resistant infections @MattHancock #AntibioticResistance Don't want to read the super long document to find out how to help? Listen to our last episode! assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

2/2 then the bacterium obediently replicates the virus' DNA making hundreds of new baby phages, which burst open the bacterium and are released to go infect and murder more bacteria! Image and more (very sciency) info here textbookofbacteriology.net/phage.html #Bacteriophage #SciFiReality

1/2 In case anyone wondered what a bacteria-murdering virus looks like.. meet the T4 bacteriophage! It infects bacteria by attaching to the outside of a bacterial cell, then squeezing its DNA from its head down through its long body, into the bacterium.. #Phage #Science #AMR

Here are some fun details about the use of #Bacteriophage therapy to combat antibiotic-reistant bacterial infections! Turns out Phage therapy was big in Russia 100 years ago #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance @WIREDScience wired.com/2003/10/phages/

PURE FRANKENSTEIN SCIENCE #AMR #AntibioticResistance thedailybeast.com/scientists-fig…

Congrats! The uk is in good hands!! (In this area at least) #amr #antibioticresistance

Did you know that gonorrhoea is caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae and that the disease also affects the EYEBALLS??? Do not, I repeat DO NOT google pictures. #WrapItUp #AMR #AntibioticResistance

IT COULD BE YOU! #antiobioticresistance #AMR #bacteria

Antibiotic resistant bacteria are now part of Indian digestive tract #AMR @ICMRDELHI @timesofindia.grave rsn to worry. Judicious use &Rapid diagnostics r need of hour. @BIRAC_2012 @CCAMP_Bangalore @Taslimarif @CARB_X @koutterson @longitude_prize @nesta_uk @moduleinno @RenuSwarup

@VictoriaCarr_ @PreDocKatie Glad you liked it Victoria!🦠🍆 (closest emoji illustration of a pilus...)

Hello to our one listener from #Qatar! 👋 Maybe it’s one of #Platini’s friends??

(Not so fun) fact relevant to both our #Alcohol and #Microbiome eps, some commensal bacteria in your mouth can make that nasty chemical Acetaldehye from the alcohol you drink, and have been shown in higher numbers in oral cancer patients!! Eek.. 🦠#research #science

Did anyone notice we snuck out a new episode?! 🙌🎧Contraception is our topic du jour, we do some myth busting and some oversharing, and drink some rosé 🍷 #fancy #podcast #ThePill #Condoms #SciComm #contraception

We did it!!! Successfully released a new episode that is. Alcohol, the facts and the fictions, is ready for your ears right now! 😀🍷 As always let us know what you think, leave us a review if you fancy, and spread the word! #podcast #alcohol #STEM #Science #hungover

We both learned a new word when we did our interview with a Gen-Zer: urbandictionary.com/define.php?ter… New one for you? New episode dropping *very* soon, and we'll be talking about what alcohol really does to your body! 🍻🍷🍸🍹⚕️

@girl_in_phys We were looking for the word for that the other day! As I was sneezing every time I went outside!! Happy to be that special 18-35% 😉 who knew!!

DID YOU KNOW ⁉️ The photonic ☀️ sneeze reflex (sneezing in the presence of bright light) affects ~18-35% of people! 👫 But we don’t know why! I’ve got this reflex, let me know if you do too, because some people don’t believe me when I say it’s a real thing 😢