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Nicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In commemoration of 100 yrs of publicly-funded science in AoNZ: 1. The role of fundamental science (& who in fact does it): newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/30/l... 2. Why politicians need to back up out of picking winners: newsroom.co.nz/2026/07/31/g... 3. My 1st response to the killing of the Marsden Fund:

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Luxon wants to ‘brutally commercialise’ science, but cuts threaten its foundation

Comment from Auckland University: Decades of research funding cannot be replaced by funding the commercialisation of that science

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

All you have to do is spend literally 5 minutes on Bluesky to see how much scientists have to say about science, and how you could not get them to stop talking about science if you tried

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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

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Taint @taint9.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Exactly 💯

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Kieran Deane-Alder @endymiomatic.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Beautiful work. Some cool biochemistry & very impressed by the anaerobic prep of native complex for SPA. Looking forward to the final form in print!

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Kieran Deane-Alder @endymiomatic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Fantastic investigation & compellingly presented. We will be trying this!

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Debnath Ghosal @debnathghosal.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

A. baumannii is one of the most notorious multidrug-resistant pathogens, capable of forming drug-tolerant biofilms that make infections exceptionally difficult to treat. But how are these complex microbial fortresses built? Just published in Nat Comms. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41654547/

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Antiparallel stacking of Csu pili drives Acinetobacter baumannii 3D biofilm assembly - PubMed

Many Gram-negative nosocomial pathogens rely on adhesive filaments, known as archaic chaperone-usher pili, to establish stress- and drug-resistant, multi-layered biofilms. Here, we uncover the mechanism by which these pili build three-dimensional (3D) biofilm architectures. In situ analyses of Acine …

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Josy ter Beek @josyterbeek.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

📣New preprint with @rberntsson.bsky.social👇We overturn the long-standing view that Gram-positive bacteria lack conjugative pili! We identify pili-forming proteins in a wide range of bacteria and show they're essential for the spread of #antibioticresistance #AMR 🧵1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Pili are essential for conjugation also in many Gram-positive bacteria

Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) enable the spread of antibiotic resistance and other virulence factors. In Gram-positive bacteria, T4SSs have long been thought to lack VirB2-like proteins that form c...

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Kieran Deane-Alder @endymiomatic.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Look, I admire a high-res .PNG as much as the next nerd, but if your supplementary figures PDF is nearly 800 MB, you might want to explore compression...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/12/2025

1. In Hamburg there is a "fully autonomous train" that for some reason has a human operator to press the ON switch first thing in the morning and the OFF switch at the end of the night. In a recent talk about AI in science, I asked the audience to consider whether they want to be like that operator.

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All aboard except the driver? A fully autonomous train takes to the tracks in Germany

YouTube video by euronews

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Lars-Anders Carlson @lacarlson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Very cool to see our Umeå colleague and fellow structural virologist raking in a major grant. Congrats @maxrenner.bsky.social ! www.umu.se/en/news/umea...

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Umeå researchers aim to reveal how viruses build their factories

Max Renner explore how viruses copy themselves – to help stop future outbreaks.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19/11/2025

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35

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Kieran Deane-Alder @endymiomatic.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

This is why we work on antimicrobial resistance! 🧫

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WHO @who.int · 14/10/2025

🚨Drug-resistant bacteria are becoming more dangerous. Life-saving antibiotics are losing effectiveness, increasing infection risks & limiting treatment options. Some resistant infections can only be treated with antibiotics that are costly, difficult to access, & often unavailable 👉 bit.ly/438Ta1u

Infographic images of various antibiotic pills. The text reads:
“Common infections now often require stronger, more expensive antibiotics.
In 2023:
1 in 3 urinary tract infections
1 in 15 gastrointestinal infections
1 in 6 bloodstream infections
…were resistant to antibiotics.”

The design uses orange and black text on a light blue background with pill icons illustrating the statistics.

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Ronnie Berntsson @rberntsson.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Only 5 more days left to apply. Take the chance and join us trying to understand the molecular mechanisms of conjugation, in beautiful Umeå, Sweden. We are extremely well equipped, and are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our team! 😀

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Kieran Deane-Alder @endymiomatic.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Krios 5: now in black! This does seem to be the aesthetic of the moment...

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Josy ter Beek @josyterbeek.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Postdoc opportunity, please share! We are looking for a #postdoc to join our international team* in our quest to understand how Type 4 Secretion Systems facilitate the transfer of #antibioticresistance genes and other virulence factors in Gram-positive #bacteria.🧫👇 *5 people & 5 nationalities 🇸🇪🇳🇱🇳🇿🇺🇸🇪🇬

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Kieran Deane-Alder @endymiomatic.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Excited to say I've been offered a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoc fellowship! #MSCA I'll be staying at #umeauniversity, continuing work on the structural biology of Gram-positive type 4 secretion systems.

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Kieran Deane-Alder @endymiomatic.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Last EM experiment of the year. Merry Xmas everyone ⛄

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Kieran Deane-Alder @endymiomatic.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

When you spot a new particle in your elutions, but i turns out it's just GroEL...🙃

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