iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Beth Mills @bethmills.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Last summer the team wrote a chapter for "Fungal Biofilms". The book has finally arrived. You can read our chapter "Implications of Fungal Biofilms in Microbial Keratitis" - lnkd.in/eXRnjWNb One to read if you wear contact lenses! @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social #microsky #idsky

Photograph of four researchers, smiling and holding the book "fungal biofilms". The researchers are Aysha, Leonie, Beth and Kelvin.

1101

Reposted by Beth Mills

Institute for Regeneration and Repair @edinuni-irr.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

We were pleased to host Sight Research UK and The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust at IRR this week, funders of Dr @bethmills.bsky.social research into #MicrobialKeratitis—a leading cause of global blindness. Thank you to both funders for their time, interest & ongoing commitment to vision research.

142

Reposted by Beth Mills

Institute for Regeneration and Repair @edinuni-irr.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Raising awareness of microbial keratitis at the Edinburgh Science Festival ⚛️ 🔬 Dr Beth Mills, IRR Group Leader, shares insights from her team’s participation in the Edinburgh Science Festival, where they engaged the public with vital research on microbial keratitis. 📰 edin.ac/43h7ww1...

152

Reposted by Beth Mills

Institute for Regeneration and Repair @edinuni-irr.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Wondering how to fill your Easter holiday? Come and learn about corneal infections from our scientists! 👁️ The 'Discover Our Science' drop-in event at National Museum of Scotland is part of #EdSciFest 9-10 April, 10.30am-4.30pm More information: www.edinburghscience.co.uk/event/discov...

Four IRR researches stadning behind table laden with information sheets and posters.

031

Beth Mills @bethmills.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This week the team are at #EdSciFest @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social. Come and say hi, guess how many eye balls are in our jar, and diagnose a 👁️cornea infection (microbial keratitis)... is it bacterial or is it fungal 🧫🔬? We're here Mon-Thurs @edinuni-irr.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social #microsky

Photograph shows our display at the Edinburgh Science Festival, where we are educating on what microbial keratitis is (an infection of the cornea and leading cause of blindness). The tables show info-graphics, eyes in a jar, contact lenses, microbe culture plates, microscopes, and members of the research team. We are representing the University of Edinburgh.

Photograph shows members of the public interacting with our display. This includes watching a video and guessing how many eyes are in the jar

141

Reposted by Beth Mills

Dr Laura McCulloch @dr-l-mcculloch.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

First Post on blue-sky. We are hiring! Post-doctoral position available in the neuroimmunology of stroke. Please check out link below and share elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

55425

Beth Mills @bethmills.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This is really disheartening for our community. If any USA microbiologists are coming to @microbiologysociety.org #MicroBio25, please find DEI community and events here: microbiologysociety.org/event/annual... Plus a specific EDI panel on 31st March #MicroSky #AcademicSky

microbiologysociety.org

Annual Conference 2025

043

Beth Mills @bethmills.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Yesterday I had the pleasure of speaking to the @microbiologysociety.org for their podcast with @damiakpan.bsky.social about our mentor/mentee relationship. As ever, Akpan inspired me with his enthusiasm for microbiology, professional growth and building community.

132

Reposted by Beth Mills

Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 16/01/2025

The Vacation Studentships are open for applications. The Society offers limited awards for undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects and gives early/mid-career scientists supervision experience. Apply by 20 February. Learn more:

microb.io

Vacation Studentships

042

Beth Mills @bethmills.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Great to see The Hindu newspaper reporting on antimicrobial use in agriculture in India, and consequences of driving AMR from a #onehealth perspective.

062

Beth Mills @bethmills.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

We are interested in improving microbial keratitis diagnosis through: 1. Imaging (think fluorescent Gram stain): edin.ac/46DF2xt & edin.ac/3dXPGTg 2. Lateral flow devices. See our clinical study of the first evaluation of LFD for Aspergillus keratitis here: edin.ac/3RRgkmx #microsky #IDsky

Image shows ex vivo porcine eyes infected with P. aeruginosa and S. aureus, being sampled by a corneal impression membrane. The samples are transferred to a slide, where they have SmartProbes for Fluorescent Gram stain. Microscopy images show that the S. aureus sample fluoresces red, and the P. aeruginosa slides fluoresces green. The control slide shows no fluorescence.

231

Beth Mills @bethmills.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Microbial keratitis (corneal infection) is an ocular emergency and a leading cause of vision and eye loss world wide. Our collaborators #AravindEyeCareSystem have made a brilliant video explaining what MK is and how it is diagnosed and treated: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqxK...

youtube.com

Corneal Ulcer

YouTube video by Aravind Eye Care System

020