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Luke Acton

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Luke Acton @lukeacton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Super useful tool for downloading bacterial genomes in bulk !
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Microbiome Virtual International Forum @microbiomevif.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Christian Hoffmann (ATL) @pamferretti.bsky.social (PAC) welcomed Lindsay Hall @halllab.bsky.social who presented the latest metagenomics findings on infant gut microbiome and resistome (BAMBI 2.0) and more. QA during the PAC event was covered by @lukeacton.bsky.social, thank you Luke! 2/n
MVIF 47 keynote
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Ryan Cook @ryancook94.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Great first day of VoM-UK 2026, including three top presentations from the @evelienadri.bsky.social lab (I am only a bit biased) ( @xenadyball.bsky.social @rapher97.bsky.social @deuskamya.bsky.social ) #IDoBelieveInPhages
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🆕 Salmonella cases are at ten-year high in England – here’s what you can do to keep yourself safe 🦠 📰 Our Research Group Leader @drrobkingsley.bsky.social explains the science of Salmonella in the @uk.theconversation.com ⤵️
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Salmonella cases are at ten-year high in England – here’s what you can do to keep yourself safe
There was a 17% increase in cases observed from 2023 to 2024 in the UK.
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Luke Acton @lukeacton.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Really thrilled to finally have this work published, a fun read for all the Salmonella and Phage enthusiasts
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shapedbyinvisibles.bsky.social @shapedbyinvisibles.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Big thanks to our amazing volunteers, researchers, and everyone who joined the conversation! Grateful to Thinktank for the space to pilot this project and UoB’s Public Engagement team for the funding support! 🙌 #PublicEngagement #Teamwork
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Pint of Science UK @pintofscience.uk · 21/05/2025
🔥This is what the second night of #pint25 looked like in the UK🇬🇧! What an amazing night across our 45 locations! Thanks for all your posts!👓 Can you spot yourself in the collage?✨ Are you ready for the final night? Don't miss your last chance to join us! Programme & tickets: pintofscience.co.uk
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Luke Acton @lukeacton.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Amazing evening talking science @pintofscience.uk in Birmingham Was really great to present some of the amazing data from @halllab.bsky.social Also credit to the organisers for such an amazing venue !
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Luke Acton @lukeacton.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
It's been great to spend the last two weeks visiting @ucc.ie to learn techniques for mutagenesis in Bifidobacteria! Lots of new knowledge to bring back to @imibirmingham.bsky.social
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Matthew Dalby @matthewjdalby.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This is my great new preprint with @drvishalcpatel.bsky.social and @halllab.bsky.social. We investigated the gut microbiota in patients with liver disease in which we show an increasing dominance of Enterococcus in the gut of patients with more severe liver disease. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Pathological expansion of gut microbiome-associated Enterococcus in advanced cirrhosis corresponds with multilevel perturbations of the gut-liver-immune axis
Background Chronic liver disease (CLD) is a progressive condition that, in its advanced stages, leads to cirrhosis with related clinical complications, and can lead to acute-on-chronic liver failure (...
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