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Gab Astorga

@gabastorga.bsky.social
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📍Norwich, UK Studying E. coli diversity and phylogenomics within a One Health perspective 4th year bioinformatics PhD student LGBTQ+ & EDI advocate I like science communications, reading and nerdy things linktr.ee/gabastorga

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
🆕 LGBTQIA+ Leaders in Nature Conservation and STEM: A Panel 🌈 Our Project Manager @samfrowe.bsky.social‬ and PhD student @gabastorga.bsky.social‬ are taking part in the panel hosted by Norfolk Wildlife Trust 🗓️ 22 July 📍 Norwich Arts Centre buff.ly/UB539W5
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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🐶 How strong is the bond with your dog? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out! @gabastorga.bsky.social asks if humans & dogs share E. coli 🧬 217 genomes 💊 50% #AMR 💡 Cross-species insights 📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich + Online 🔗 lnkd.in/eYtyHSyi #MicroSky #ECR @norwichmicro.bsky.social @getgenome.bsky.social
Promotional poster for the "Norwich Pop Up" event featuring Gabriel Astorga from the Quadram Institute as a speaker. The title of his talk is: "Are we barking up the wrong tree? Limited E. coli co-occurrence between humans and companion dogs." The poster includes a professional photo of Gabriel smiling in a black blazer. Logos for the Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are displayed at the top left. At the bottom, the event details are listed: 3 July at the Norwich Research Park, John Innes Conference Centre. The MicrobesNG logo is also included. A button says "Register here" with a link: linktr.ee/microbesng. The word "SPEAKER" is vertically aligned along the right side in large pink letters.
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Gab Astorga @gabastorga.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I am honoured to be given the future presenter awards at the Amplify x New Voice Awards! This is the first step of many towards my dream of making science more fun and accessible in my own way! Thank you @edinburghtvfest.bsky.social @thetvfoundation.bsky.social
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Congratulations to our PhD student @gabastorga.bsky.social on winning the Amplify x New Voice Future Presenter Award! 🏆 The awards recognise and foster talent, making the television industry more accessible to a wider range of people 📺
Gabriel Astorga holding the Amplify award
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We had a fantastic time at the Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference last week which brough together microbiology research from across Norwich Research 🦠 @emmarholden.bsky.social @evelienadri.bsky.social @tweakyaustin.bsky.social @gabastorga.bsky.social ➡️ buff.ly/lcdMcVj
A panel discussion during the Centre for Microbial Interactions featuring Dr Carmen Palop, Dr Jennifer Ahn Jarvis and Dave BakerDr Evelien Adriaenssens giving a talk about bacteriophagesDr Emma Holden giving a talk about TRADISGabriel Astorga giving a talk about antimicrobial resistance and food
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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
There have been some changes to the buzz wire leader board over lunch! #CMINorwich25 👀⚡ In 1st place, retaining an impressive winning streak is... 🥇 Gabriel Astorga @goodolgab1 🥈 Isabelle Storer 🥉 Leanne Sims #CMINorwich25 #MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky
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Aldert Zomer @aldertzomer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
What’s on our foods? @gabastorga.bsky.social from the lab of @alisonmather.bsky.social explains how to discover E. coli diversity using WGS, presented at #cminorwich25
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Gab Astorga @gabastorga.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This is absolutely mad!! Thank you to Amplify x New Voice Awards for shortlisting me for the Future Presenter award! I can’t wait to celebrate at the awards on March 12th! @thetvfoundation.bsky.social @edinburghtvfest.bsky.social
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Gab Astorga @gabastorga.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I’m so curious to see what others think of this book?
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Gab Astorga @gabastorga.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
My vision board for 2025 💛
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Gab Astorga @gabastorga.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Magazine launch!
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Gab Astorga @gabastorga.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It’s absolutely mad that I’m on the front cover of a men’s fashion magazine
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Gab Astorga @gabastorga.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I wish I could re-experience reading this paragraph for the first time
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Gab Astorga @gabastorga.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Celebrated the international day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM yesterday at the Royal Institution yesterday with @prideinstem.bsky.social @drcarpineti.bsky.social #LGBTQ #STEM
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Dr Alfredo Carpineti @drcarpineti.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
So @gabastorga.bsky.social showed up to stay over with a book and wine as a gift for us. This has set the bar for all future guests!
Gabe on the sofa holding a bottle of wine and the book Orbital by Samantha Harvey
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Pride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We were blessed by brilliant speakers and a phenomenal venue to mark the International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM #QueerInSTEM @gabastorga.bsky.social @scienceandsorcery.bsky.social
Gabriel Astorga presenting in the RI lecture theatre with a slide that says one health over himKhalil and Rachael presenting a slide with the work of science and sorcery with the upcoming GM for their February season Jonathan presenting a slide about the plan for CODE WITH PRIDE that says. 
• Workshops to introduce LGBTQ+ individuals to fundamentals in programming.
• From non-programming backgrounds.
• Open to those not in higher education.
• Using computing facilities in EEECS.Emily presenting her project. Her slides says: Co-creation is the only response to an increasingly hostile reality - we must build communities and share knowledge as an intercospected neum on phonesins
or knowerge exchange ces be liberation
for all through radical community connection
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