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paul g higgins

@docpolski.bsky.social
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#LaboratoryOfEskapology: Microbiology, Cologne, Köln, investigating resistance mechanisms of Gram negatives, molecular epidemiology of ESKAPE organisms, and my pet organism N. gonorrhoeae

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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Surprise, surprise, many of the protesters have a chequered past www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
@mickeyundertone.bsky.social it's a catastrophe. I can no longer listen to your music shows as the BBC have erected an iron curtain against those outside the UK. The Sounds app is no more. A Brexit bonus? Any idea how I can listen to your dulcet tones in Germany?
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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A state visit doesn't just mean that Trump comes to the UK for talks or whatever. It means a literal parade in his honour. It means a banquet with the royals. It is one of the highest honours we have to give. After what we saw yesterday, it must not be allowed to happen.
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Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
1. A common mistake is to look for ideological consistency on the far right, and to become confused when some of the things it claims to stand for sound positive and even progressive. Here’s a thread on how to understand this. 🧵
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 07/02/2025
“...to care is an act not of weakness, but of strength.” The Lancet response: bit.ly/4jRb5Av
A Lancet Editorial: “American chaos: standing up for health and medicine”
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Maier Biophysics Lab @maierlab.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Our latest research on how antigenic variation affects gonococcal lifestyle and antibiotic tolerance has now been published in@plosbiology.org! Follow the link journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... A big thank you to our collaborators Lisa Craig and Paul G. Higgins @docpolski.bsky.social!
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Pilin antigenic variants impact gonococcal lifestyle and antibiotic tolerance by modulating interbacterial forces
Neisseria gonorrhoeae evades immunity by altering its surface structures through antigenic variation. This study shows that this process also modulates bacterial interactions, driving microcolony dive...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on
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paul g higgins @docpolski.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
It's the summer school in Concepciòn. With @aopazo.bsky.social
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
One of my favourite quotes from a wonderful human ''Two possibilities exist either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying'' - Arthur C. Clarke
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ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Last call: submit your original artwork for the 2025 #ESCMIDGlobal Art Gallery. The theme this year is #ClimateChange & Infection. Participants can win incredible prizes so don't miss out! Learn more: ow.ly/o5O150Uye4Y The submission deadline is TODAY! #IDSky #MedSky #clinmicro
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Dr James Smith, "14+ months of the systematic destruction of the Gaza healthcare system" Matt Barbet, "The Israeli gov say Hamas using hospitals to hide" DJS, "This is a military tactic the Israeli forces have used to justify their attacks on pretty much every single healthcare facility in Gaza"
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
ᗪIᗪ YOᑌ KᑎOᗯ? BACITRACIN was named by Balbina Johnson, lab supervisor at Columbia Med School, since the producing (Baci)llus was isolated from compound fracture of a child Margaret (Trac)y where it was (in)hibiting pathogenic bacteria and helping her overcoming a septic infection? #IDSky 🦠 🧫 🧪
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This 1959 paper in the Japanese Journal of Microbiology shows HGT of resistance for the first time: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... (link to PDF). Resistant phenotypes transfers from resistant Escherichia coli to susceptible Shigella and, even 60 years later, it is still a great read!
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ON THE MECHANISM OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE‐DRUG‐RESISTANT CLONES OF SHIGELLA
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