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Kat Steinke

@microbiologikat.bsky.social
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They/them. Microbiologist/bioinformatician (MSc) working at Odense University Hospital, quadball player, all-around nerd. Chronically unable to stick to one language. Opinions, terrible puns etc. all my own

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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This #DIDay, a couple of things where I reduced my dependency on apps: • using a physical planner for my week so it's easier to see the time slots I *do* have • MitID code key (hopefully reduces a pain point if switching to degoogled phone OS) • Basiskort (as physical backup to Rejsebillet for now)
Two very fancy looking Paperblanks notebooks with intricate metallic geometric patterns
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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The 13th annual international Gender Census 2026 is now open until at least 13th August 2026! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy. #LGBTQ
Promotional image. Title: Gender Census 2026. Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part. Images: On the left, a box with a Venus/female symbol on it, patterned with tree bark. On the right, a box with a Mars/male symbol on it, patterned with grass.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/06/2026
Begging news outlets to stop illustrating deadly heat waves with happy beach fun 🏖️😎 and life-saving vaccines with terrifying needle assaults 💉😭. Especially on social media (where many/most people get their news) the photo is the most prominent part of the story; these choices undermine it completely
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Since I haven't seen it on here: European Quadball Cup Division 2 is coming to Basel this weekend! Games are starting at 9 on Saturday and 8.30 Sunday, and if you can't make it there, there's a livestream too (with yours truly doing some camera handling)
A poster for the European Quadball Cup Division 2 in 2026 with date and location information: 20.-21. June, Sportanlagen St. Jakob, Basel. Admission is free.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Oops, I #DIDIt again... changed some digital habits that is. When checking my data after changing OSes last month I realized a lot of music I stream is stuff I already own. Put that back on my phone, got good ol' VLC Player again... As for new stuff, buying it somewhere that pays artists better.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
8vim thoughts, btw: got the hang of this surprisingly quickly! Can definitely see myself using this for quick note taking, but probably not as a daily driver (too used to Heliboard's easy punctuation/special characters on long press thing and need 3 languages with different special characters)
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
#ESCMIDGreenTravel part II: the voyage home (sans whales)
Interior of a NightJet mini cabin with a person's outstretched legs
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
My #ESCMIDGlobal2026 schedule today: • more microbiome (and how it matters for immunocompromised patients) • more metagenomics (parasite detection and a look at the practicalities) • ... and getting through my "watch later" list at a train station café
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Fun socks AND a good cause, a win/win for sure
A pair of ESCMID bacteria socks
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Today's #ESCMIDGlobal2026 schedule: * NGS in clinical microbiology (ILM and ONT) * lots of microbiome talks * ...and lots of 8vim practice again
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
My #ESCMIDGlobal2026 schedule for today: an EQA, a bit of microbiome... and some emergency patch surgery.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Very important #ESCMIDGlobal2026 update: they still have patches!
An iron-on patch for ESCMID Global 2026 depicting a pretzel
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
(Conference blogging may be limited, trying to get the hang of the 8vim keyboard for rapid note taking...)
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Want to talk about the bioinformatics part of how we use Nanopore 16S amplicon sequencing at Odense University Hospital? Catch me at poster 2474 (Area B) at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 at 12.00 today!
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
#ESCMIDGreenTravel selfie time - getting to #ESCMIDGlobal2026 in style in the Nightjet!
View of a NightJet mini cabin from the inside, from the point of view of a person sitting with outstretched legs
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Move slow and fix things
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Had been holding off on moving to Linux on my desktop because of decades-old BUT MY GAMES so far. Just in time for this month's Digital Independence Day I finally #DIDIt and am now happily running CachyOS and spending the weekend thoroughly testing my games. You know. For science.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
When it was announced that #ESCMIDGlobal2026 was going to be in Munich, a couple of us at OUH's Department of Clinical Microbiology thought "wouldn't it be fun to take the night train?" So that's what we're doing...and it netted us two Green Travel Awards for covering 1100 km by train 🎉🚄
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Lidt forsinket status: for nu synes jeg protonmail virker fint for mig - vil primært reducere risiko for enshittification & beskytte mine data fra marketing folkene. Betaler for Plus pga aliases men minimerer hvad jeg ellers giver af oplysninger, er klar til at smutte hvis det bliver enshittified.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Er kommet i gang! Afprøver gratisudgaven af Protonmail og evaluerer på "skiftedagen".
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Accountability post for mit nytårsforsæt i år - skal bare liiiige komme af med min choice paralysis... #DanmarkSkifter
I 2026 vil jeg endelig tage mig sammen til at flytte min e-mail til en europæisk/EEA tjeneste
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
First time I scored a mini cabin on the Nightjet home! Hopefully not the last either, definitely felt it was worth it. My only regret is that I couldn't buy the Nightjet-branded socks they apparently sell...
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therese_nothing @tiinamenzel.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
bye 2025👋
3 panel-comic of a black cat that is sitting close to the number 2025, then looks at it and then pushes it down, so that 2025 drops from the table.
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Annika Becker (sie/ihr) @annikabecker.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Bitte unterschreibt und teilt diese Petition, sie liegt direkt beim Bundestag. Bis zum 13.1.26 müssen die 30.000 voll gemacht werden. epetitionen.bundestag.de/petitionen/_...
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Petitionen: Verwendung von Cookies nicht aktiviert
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Most of my biking is commuting, with #ViCyklerTilArbejde in May giving a little nudge to go on a quick detour, so my memories aren't nearly as interesting, but I do also kind of want to celebrate the time I picked up ten kilos of Danish Nancy Drew books for a friend by bike because I could.
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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
"Wer eigene Daten vor rechten Tech-Bros und dem Zugriff der USA schützen möchte, sollte sie von den Plattformen der amerikanischen Quasi-Monopolisten abziehen. Diese Alternativen gibt es zu Facebook, Google, X, WhatsApp und Co." @netzpolitik.org auf Basis von Kuketz. netzpolitik.org/2025/unplugt...
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#UnplugTrump: So wirst du unabhängig von Tech-Milliardären
Wer die eigenen Daten vor rechten Tech-Bros und dem Zugriff der USA schützen möchte, sollte sie von den Plattformen der amerikanischen Quasi-Monopolisten abziehen. Diese Alternativen gibt es zu Facebo...
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Belltower.News @belltower.news · 23/12/2025
Weihnachten ist kein politikfreier Raum. Zwischen Gänsebraten und Plätzchen kann es vorkommen, dass am Tannenbaum rechtsextreme Sprüche fallen. Wie du Haltung zeigst, klar Grenzen setzt und wann Diskussionen sinnvoll sind, ohne dich aufzureiben. www.belltower.news/argumentatio...
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Argumentationstipps gegen rechte Sprüche an Weihnachten
AfD-Phrasen an Weihnachten? Warum Widerspruch im familiären Umfeld wirkt, wann Diskussionen sinnvoll sind und weshalb Selbstfürsorge Teil politischer Haltung ist.
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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
Title: Gender Census 2025.

Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part.

Illustration: Two boxes, each with photos of relevant dictionary pages.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
I'm so impressed by this-- what a fun way to teach SQL! I had a good time playing through it just now:
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Ryan Wick @rrwick.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Do you (like me) create a bunch of conda environments, then later forget what they're for, when they were last updated, or which tools are in them? If so, you might this little project: github.com/rrwick/conda...
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GitHub - rrwick/condaenvlist: a simple tool for listing conda environments with descriptions
a simple tool for listing conda environments with descriptions - rrwick/condaenvlist
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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Having a color-blind colleague is a good reminder that we need to be more careful when designing figures for scientific publication 🧪 My lab has found this page especially useful for selecting color palettes, used in combination with different symbols: thenode.biologists.com/data-visuali...
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Color blind friendly palettes for data visualizations with categories
A discussion of color blind friendly palettes for labeling unique catergories in data visualization.
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Jenolab @jenolab.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
There's a petition to ban conversion practices (targeting LGBTQIA+ people) in the European Union. We need one million signatures, and we currently have 180,000+. If you live in Europe (even if you don't), spread the word ! 🌈🔥✊ eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Humanoid History @humanoidhistory.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
STAR WARS immunization poster from 20th Century Fox and the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1977.
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Miriam Menzel @miriammenzel.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Aktuell werden auf demokrateam.org 46 Demonstrationen & weitere Veranstaltungen nur für heute angezeigt 👉
Screenshot der Webseite demokrateam.org mit der Veranstaltungsübersicht vom 30. Januar. Unter dem Datum findet sich die Angabe „46 Veranstaltungen“.
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Amrei Bahr @amreibahr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
27 Tage bis zur vorgezogenen Bundestagswahl. Wissenschaft hat Grund zur Sorge angesichts wissenschafts-, demokratie- & menschenfeindlicher Politik. Was tun? 1️⃣ Relevanz von Demokratie & Menschenrechten betonen. 2️⃣ ALLE, die uns zuhören, auffordern, von Wahlrecht Gebrauch zu machen!⬇️ #LauteWissenschaft
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#LauteWissenschaft im Wahljahr 2025: Eure Stimme zählt!
Was können wir tun gegen demokratie- und menschenfeindliche Politik, die auch auf unsere Community abzielt? Wir können — und sollten! — unsere Rolle als Multiplikator_innen nutzen und zum Wählen aufru...
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Gender Census @gendercensus.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
The 11th annual international Gender Census 2024 is now open until at least 13th June 2024! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
Title: Gender Census 2024.

Text: If you can't easily put yourself into just one of these two boxes, you are invited to take part.

Two boxes, one green malachite with a Venus symbol on it, one pink rhodochrosite with a Mars symbol on it.
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 30/04/2024
That panel discussion question about IT is giving me flashbacks to the time all of my tests suddenly failed because IT had blocked .tsv files…
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 30/04/2024
Starting the last day of #ESCMIDGlobal with some wonderful illustrations by @torstenseemann.bsky.social - I am absolutely borrowing the concept next time I need to explain phylogeny (though I might need to localize it by adding licorice…)
A phylogenetic tree of chocolate bars with a banana as an outgroup
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 29/04/2024
No conference blogging today, tried to follow along online but the only thing that really was productive today was my cough 😷
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 28/04/2024
And last year’s dicloxacillin sleuthing getting a follow-up at #ESCMIDGlobal this year: Astrid Rasmussen from SSI on investigating the spread of the resistance plasmids
Title slide of a talk entitled “Plasmid spread from ST79 NDM-5/OXA-48 producing Enterobacter hormaechei from contaminated dicloxacillin capsules to other Enterobacterales in patients” by Astrid Rasmussen
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 28/04/2024
#ESCMIDGlobal impressions day 2: lots of results for Nanopore 16S in clinical diagnostics
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 27/04/2024
(Wasn’t active enough for The Bird Site to keep my account alive, so all my conference blogging is here now.)
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Kat Steinke @microbiologikat.bsky.social · 27/04/2024
Catch me at #ESCMIDGlobal today with some results from one year of sequencing at Odense University Hospital’s department of clinical microbiology: how does our WGS-based Salmonella serovar ID hold up to the reference lab’s?
A poster titled “Evaluation of decentralized Salmonella serovar prediction by whole genome sequencing”: poster 28 in row 19 in sector A
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