My cab driver turned his podcast over to radio once I’d settled in, but I requested he change it back; I enjoy passively learning things anyway, but when they’re discussing microorganisms and melting glaciers, I definitely want to hear that over a cacophony of random music on my way to work
Blink and you’ll miss it with IS26… #transposase #insertionsequence #mges #IS26
Meanwhile, Maximum Chaos is full throttle with her art and language based GCSEs and I don’t understand half of what she’s saying nor where she gets those particular abilities from, and Yapper has a violin and many, many lines for the school play
Being a second year #PhD with an eldest daughter going to offer holder open days at opposite ends of the country, trying to guide but not be overbearing and having random revision questions tossed at me sure is a wild ride #UniOfLiverpool #UniofSouthampton
Yasssssss
When I became a #mother, my Grandmother told me that “The nights feel endless, but the days are short“ and I didn’t appreciate what she meant until today, at the Uni of Southampton #OpenDay. It’s almost the end of #coparenting our eldest; I think it’s safe to say I #brokethecycle
Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson @sangerinstitute.bsky.social - this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols.
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Heading back to Southampton in a few weeks, only this time, it’s with my eldest daughter for the Open Day - looking forward to seeing the campus from a different perspective to the #MGEworkshop !
Back on my Elvanse mood #ADHD #ADHDinWomen #WomeninSTEM and my #PhD won’t know what’s hit it
Daily reminder as I go into the second year of my PhD
There are approx 30 seconds per day during which I am brilliant; they are not consecutive and I have no control over them, but here I am, heading towards the end of my first year of #PhD because of [taps sign] #ADHD #garyjohnbishop #STEM #MolMicro
My childminder is on holiday for 2 weeks, so I’m (trying) to WFH… But damn, I’m starting to regret my jokes about Schrodingers PCR at the start of my PhD.
Starting the long journey home from #mgeworkshop - really interesting work happening in labs across the country, told in various formats by a great bunch. Thank you again to @fnobrega.bsky.social 🥳 It’s been awesome!
The 3rd UK MGE Workshop is nearly upon us! 🧬
For those travelling to Southampton today, join us for a drink at Dancing Man Brewery (SO14 2AR) from 5pm.
Registration for the workshop opens at 9am on Monday 16th. We look forward to meeting you all then!
#MGE #MGEWorkshop #Southampton
Almost ready for #MGEworkshop - my first time presenting, not just at an event but 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 as I'm barely 9 months into my #PhD But I'm reminding myself of the words of my favourite fictional scientist #WalterBishop #Fringe #ADHD #WomeninSTEM #MolMicro
Last year I was white-knuckling my way through final exams after losing my step-father and trying to co-ordinate the small crowd who attended my graduation. Today, I'm working on my first presentation for #MGEworkshop2025 #PhD #nontraditionalstudents
🚨🧬 ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 23rd MAY 🧬🚨
🧑💻 Get that abstract in - we'd love to hear about your amazing work in genome science this summer 🌞
www.genomescience.org.uk
One of the best book series I’ve ever read, and now a Skasgard is playing the lead in the TV show #marthawells #womeninscifi
Also, listening to #hardlandings #greenrampdisaster podcast, I’m a long time Patreon member, check them out if you like aviation disasters www.hardlandingspodcast.com/hard-landing...
Spending Sunday like I have every weekend since I started my #PhD, wondering what my autostereogram-ception of a strain has in store for me this week #molmicro #MGEs #forbiddenspaghetti #ecoli #EAEC
<in Palpatine> Do it
eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8
Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
🧬 Thrilled to announce that I'll be speaking at the 3rd Annual MGE Workshop. If molecular mayhem is your jam, join me and explore "From Stability to Chaos: The Role of MGEs in an Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Outbreak”
#MGEWorkshop2025 #MGE #UKScience #PhDLife #MolMicro
#FirstYearPhD
Anyone else? #ADHD
Invisible Strings @M_Kelter In the last few decades, we have detected thousands of planets outside of our solar system. They did not suddenly appear at the time we found them. No one calls it an "exoplanet epidemic". The planets were always there, just previously undiscovered. This is a tweet about autism.
Oh I don’t doubt that; it’s rather that my circumstances are a tad trickier than average 😬 Fortunately I have incredibly supportive friends who are happy to facilitate. Happy to chat about it though!
Yasssss
At a close friends last night, mentioned I couldn't attend this. I got a tut and an eye roll as she jotted down in her diary that my youngest would be having a school night sleepover at hers. #SciMom #FirstYearPhD #WomeninSTEM #MGEs
Congratulations to PhD students Rachel and Lottie, and MRes student Martyna on their publication with @mcvickermicro.bsky.social! #microsky
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
