Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It seems that I am getting progressively less and less efficient at writing. After a whole morning and half the afternoon, I have just added two short paragraphs to the intriduction of a paper. And no, I am not going to ask fucking Claude (or one of his mates) to write it for me! 130
Reposted by Dorian McILROYMark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I'm surprised a community of publishing writers can blame AI for the problems of peer review when those same writers cite our study, "the strain on scientific publishing", which characterizes how this problem existed before AI. bit.ly/StrainQSS It's the incentives structure, not the AI. 1/nscholarlykitchen.sspnet.orgAsk the Chefs: Peer Review Capacity — Uncomfortable Truths and Overlooked Conversations - The Scholarly KitchenFor Peer Review Week 2026, we asked the Chefs two questions: What is one uncomfortable truth about peer review that the scholarly publishing community doesn’t talk about enough? And, beyond recruiting... 32313
Reposted by Dorian McILROYPhilippe Le Mercier, ViralZone @viralzone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A clever new tool for building full icosahedral capsids from AlphaFold models — from the talented team behind ViperDB. FoldaVirus, a knowledge-based icosahedral capsid prediction tool using AlphaFold www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 0117
Reposted by Dorian McILROYMicrobiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 17/09/2026It’s International Microorganism Day! For a third year running, some of our Champions have told us about their favourite microbes and our very talented Champion, Eliza Wolfson, has brought these to life with her illustrations! @eliza-coli.bsky.social @femsmicro.org 53322
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I will also be on strike today, although with a 5% budget deficit, there is zero chance that research and higher ed spending is going to increase in France. 010
Reposted by Dorian McILROYBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Bangladesh is experiencing the largest measles outbreak in the world currently. Over 166,000 cases and almost 1000 children dead. Caused by issues with vaccine supply and missed vaccine doses. www.reuters.com/business/hea...reuters.comBangladesh fights world's worst measles outbreak as vaccination gaps fuel spreadBangladesh, which once came close to eliminating measles, is facing its worst outbreak on record, with 999 suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths reported since March as hospitals struggle wit... 24420
Reposted by Dorian McILROYRoland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comNo cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in ScotlandA study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective". 6360692261
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026At the French Papilloma-Polyomavirus meeting, which is in Chinon this year. Three very interesting talks in the first session from Samuel Alizon and his group, with a couple of them looking into the interactions between vaginal microbiome and HPV infection in the longitudinal PAPCLEAR cohort. 100
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What I did on Sunday: spend hours tracking down and re-analyzing data from 2024 to re-draw a figure. Things I did NOT do: gardening; prepare the talk for incoming international students that I gave today (it was very uninspiring); call my mum for a chat; get a birthday present for my daughter. 000
Reposted by Dorian McILROYAkio Adachi @1464-205.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comAccelerating the clinical development of treatments for dengue: WHO dengue therapeutics landscape analysis and target product profilesDengue, an Aedes mosquito-borne viral infection, is on the rise with climate and demographic change. In 2023, WHO declared dengue its highest grade of emergency, following the largest number of cases ... 062
Reposted by Dorian McILROYFlo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026Currently watching (will try to post notes) 🧵 13114
Reposted by Dorian McILROYNature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 03/09/2026Out Now! BCL-2 inhibition at antiretroviral therapy initiation reduces the intact SIV reservoir in macaques #MicroSkygo.nature.comBCL-2 inhibition at antiretroviral therapy initiation reduces the intact SIV reservoir in macaquesNature Microbiology, Published online: 03 September 2026; doi:10.1038/s41564-026-02464-7Inhibition of the pro-survival protein BCL-2 at the initiation of antiretroviral therapy in macaques reduced persistent viral reservoirs in both blood and lymph nodes during SIV infection. 011
Reposted by Dorian McILROYProf. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/09/2026Your 'doom quote' for today: "one of the main lessons to be learned from the collapses of the Maya, Anasazi, Easter Islanders ... is that a society's steep decline may begin only a decade or two after the society reaches its peak numbers, wealth, and power." www.thriftbooks.com/w/collapse-h...thriftbooks.comCollapse: How Societies Chose to Fail or... book by Jared DiamondBuy a cheap copy of Collapse: How Societies Chose to Fail or... book by Jared Diamond. In Jared Diamond's follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate... 88829
Reposted by Dorian McILROYRyan Hisner @ryanhisner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I've spent that past 2 weeks beating my head against the wall trying to wrangle the most incorrigibly unruly mutation type of all—insertions. I'm sure I'll find some more fine-tuning to do, but I'm finally satisfied with the results and will share a quick summary of them in this 🧵. 1/13 46523
Reposted by Dorian McILROYGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comSeven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti 13534501491
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Why is the EGA server not accepting my connection requests with FileZilla? Why is metadata so complicated? But more importantly, why is it me doing this, and not someton else? 100
Reposted by Dorian McILROYCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Letter to the editor: Autochthonous transmission patterns of dengue virus serotype 2 in Italy: evidence from outbreaks in 2024 - www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...eurosurveillance.orgLetter to the editor: Autochthonous transmission patterns of dengue virus serotype 2 in Italy: evidence from outbreaks in 2024 024
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Two manuscripts finished (one major revision, one new submission), and the team project document finished, so now it's time to start preparing for the new academic year. 020
Reposted by Dorian McILROYProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Letter from 130 bioethicists condemns the “unwarranted, ill-advised, & frankly bizarre vendetta against a scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, rather than making a sincere effort to learn from the painful experiences of the pandemic to improve national preparedness” bioethicstoday.org/blog/an-open...bioethicstoday.orgBlog - An Open Letter of Support for Anthony Fauci from the Bioethics Community - Bioethics TodayAs individuals concerned with ethics in science, medicine, and public health, we wish to express our dismay at the approach taken by Senate leaders to 13480152413
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Looks like it's time for us to abandon the Bunsen burners in lab class. 111
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Currently struggling with my first submission to the EGA ega-archive.org/about/ega/ega-archive.orgAbout - EGA European Genome-phenome ArchiveThe European Genome-phenome Archive is a global network for permanent archiving and sharing of genetic, phenotypic, and clinical data generated for the purposes of biomedical research projects or in t... 000
Reposted by Dorian McILROYRichard Lenski @relenski.bsky.social · 19/08/2026If Zachary Blount had one dollar for every cell he plated in his dissertation looking for new Cit+ mutations, he could single handedly pay off the US debt of $40,000,000,000,000. www.npr.org/2026/08/19/n... 419031
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Kind of following on from this, I spent some time browsing Anthony Fauci's diary entries. Although he sometimes comes across as rather dismissive to certain colleagues, a lot of the entries really do him credit, like his account of a visit to Uganda in 2001. www.faucisdiary.com/diary/2001-0... 000
Reposted by Dorian McILROYLars-Anders Carlson @lacarlson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Open PI position in infection biology at Umeå University, deadline 15 September. MIMS is the Swedish node of the Nordic EMBL partnership and offers "EMBL-style" group leader positions. Great resources and infrastructure in a friendly environment. www.umu.se/en/mims/ 1/2umu.seMIMS 11214
Reposted by Dorian McILROYEd Rybicki 🇿🇲🇿🇦🇬🇧🍷🚀 @edrybicki.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Ebola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever, WHO chief saysbbc.co.ukEbola outbreak on track to be deadliest ever, WHO chief saysThe outbreak, declared on 15 May, has caused more than 2,000 deaths, with thousands more reported cases. 022
Reposted by Dorian McILROYRan Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague! Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj... 3222232
Reposted by Dorian McILROYKristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Given that this administration has now fully committed to an anti-vaccine agenda, just as a reminder 👇. What exactly do people think will happen next? 67532
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I generally keep BSky for science, but this seems part of the anti-science anti-real world craziness that is gripping the US right now. 000
Reposted by Dorian McILROYAmerican Society for Virology @amersocvirology.bsky.social · 06/08/2026ASV stands in support of Dr. Tony Fauci and his long career advancing the health of Americans and protecting them from the worst infectious diseases. 011540
Reposted by Dorian McILROYPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Why not enjoy a road trip through southern France? From the new Private Eye, in shops now. 314624
Dorian McILROY @dmcilroy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Good grief, how can someone so unqualified even be considered for NIAID director? 000
Reposted by Dorian McILROYFlo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026Zach found this recording recently, and it's a crucial piece of evidence that thoroughly refutes a theory put forward by Alina Chan, DRASTIC, and even, according to what we read in Vanity Fair, the FBI. Check his thread! #covidorigin 24117
Reposted by Dorian McILROYScience Magazine @science.org · 30/07/2026Activists briefly interrupted the opening ceremony of the 26th annual International AIDS Conference to protest the lack of access in Latin America to lenacapavir, a new long-lasting drug that prevents HIV infection. Learn more: scim.ag/4vZ2kJF 04910
Reposted by Dorian McILROYAbraham lab at Harvard Medical School @abrahamlabhms.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We are excited to share two preprints reporting a mosquito-specific receptor for chikungunya virus and other alphaviruses! 🤩 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @harvardmicro.bsky.social @harvardvirology.bsky.social @hhmi-science.bsky.social 14826
Reposted by Dorian McILROYFlo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026I will be following Anthony Fauci's hearing today, and I will post comments in this thread with the hashtag #faucihearing. Feel free to mute it! ▫️1/🧵 www.hsgac.senate.gov 412561
Reposted by Dorian McILROYFlo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 28/07/2026I am sick of some media uncritically repeating Rand Paul's misrepresentation of Fauci's journal about the Huanan market. In late Jan 2020, it was a common commentary that the market may not be the origin of the outbreak, b/c of a Lancet paper on early cases ▫️1/6 www.paul.senate.gov/wp-content/u... 29342
Reposted by Dorian McILROYCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface 11188452997
Reposted by Dorian McILROYFlo Débarre @flodebarre.eurosky.social · 26/07/2026Un document historique exceptionnel sur la pandémie de Covid-19 a été mis en ligne hier soir par le sénateur US libertarien et complotiste Rand Paul : plus de 1000 pages du journal personnel d'Antony Fauci. ▫️1/6 www.paul.senate.gov/wp-content/u... #covidrorigin 2112
Reposted by Dorian McILROYAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it. 23247492019
Reposted by Dorian McILROYCasanova Lab @casanovalab.bsky.social · 24/07/20261/ We are thrilled to share our first @cellcellpress.bsky.social paper with the ATLAS team studying the role of antibodies, emphasizing autoantibodies in cancer (authors.elsevier.com/a/1nUSAL7PXy...).authors.elsevier.comPlease wait whilst we redirect youAll content on this site: Copyright © 2026 Elsevier B.V., its licensors, and contributors. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. For all open access content, the relevant licensing terms apply. 173
Reposted by Dorian McILROYGreg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026NYT: 1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study Finds by Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social nyti.ms/4wTighgnyti.ms1,700 H.I.V. Treatment Sites Closed After Trump Aid Cuts, a Study FindsNew research also shows that children and high-risk adult populations have been particularly affected. 0119
Reposted by Dorian McILROYIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A little throwback to the 2014 Ebola disease case accumulation comparison thread. This is based on the data I use ot curate for a @tableaupublic.bsky.social data viz back then. Related dashboard link: public.tableau.com/views/EbolaW...public.tableau.com 144
Reposted by Dorian McILROYEuropean Synthetic Cell Initiative @syncelleu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Career opportunity at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France They are looking for an experienced researcher with a strong background in synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, and who can take a leadership role in chemistry applied to the life sciences and health 0712
Reposted by Dorian McILROYAriel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026During the green deal, the farm lobby killed the attempt to reduce farmers dependence on nitrogen fertiliser. Now the EU just spent 540 milion €, in one go, on extra fertiliser subsidies. This is money taken from taxpayers and handed to Russian and Gulf regimes. 422473
Reposted by Dorian McILROYSTCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 20/07/2026has anyone else ever run into that annoying glitch when trying to copy two-column text from a PDF? the twisted history of "vegetative electron microsccopy" is nicely dissected in the below 🧵 by @jamesbicycle.bsky.social 0194