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Sara Henderson

@microsara.bsky.social
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Microbiologist interested Staphylococcal molecular biology @UniBradford. Spends a lot of time jumping into sandpits and running in circles @Skyrac @YeovilO. Actually Autistic.

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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After a journal refused to look at my work unless all my sequences were in the public domain they have rejected it. How is it fair that now I can't significantly change the work because in the public domain? Surely there has to be a better way.
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Madness or pure genius I'm not sure...
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Source: ScienceBlog.com share.google/bmqpwR61wbBY...
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Okay so if you're on the reserve list when is it okay to buy yourself that rejection present. Like I picked out my present, but when is it okay to order it? 🤔
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We got accepted 😁😁😁😁😁 paper to follow soon!
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oooh 3 quotes that's unique. I just like the way I put in a bit of my personality with athletics by including possibly the most famous runner ever who also happened to spend his life as an academic 💪
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So true. Mine definitely list people I barely speak with now but we're 100% about my personality. But what I like more than anything is the quote I put on the next page: "Just because they say it's impossible doesn't mean you can't do it". Roger Bannister - respected as both a runner and scientist 🤩
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Dear editors, if someone declines a paper in one area don't send 3 more papers in the same area to them. No idea why there has been a sudden influx of pedagogical papers for me to review when I've never published nor really worked in that space 🙃 And to make it worst it's the society journal...
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Anybody be able to help me! Journal is being picky, I've uploaded the sequences to NCBI for a publication and selected for them to be published in a year or on publication but the journal are insisting that they won't review unless they are public now. How can I change this? #microsky
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Gets data and figures perfect. Waits year waiting for second figure to come together. Checks and one genus has been reclassified 🙄 reproduces figure 1 but has lost half the R code....
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In other news please don't misplace your Sanger sequences 🤦 apparently you need to now upload everything to repositories including partial sequencing results
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Put my submission on BioRxiv before submitting been invited to put my hand microbiome paper into the journal of Agriculture and Horticulture 🤣🤣🤣
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Imposter syndrome is real, I'm not sure I am mature enough for this but first last author publication submitted 😬😬😬🙏🙏🙏
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Proud supervisor today 👏 to Megan presenting her first poster at the #LAMSECS2026 🥳🦠🥳🦠🥳
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
For me top of my list is water bottle, snacks, headphones, poster or USB backup of talk, and comfortable clothes, notepad and pen. If I'm staying overnight I always take a set of cutlery (disposable if flying!)
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I'm preparing a ND mentee for their first conference later. Got me thinking what's in your bag for a conference?
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's official I'm giving up. Transformation of a full 5.6 kb operon was always a tough ask but these poorly E. coli really are rejecting the operon 😢 1 week to achieve OD0.1!
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Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Hey #MicroSky, can anyone tell me offhand whether Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC13883 has rough or smooth LPS please? My searches are failing. Thank you :)
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
That being said if anybody is interested in talking about my science I just have to count my beans very closely 🦠
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
However, reaching out to some random scientist terrifies me almost as much as talking to them. Then what do you say, I saw your work can you help me do my work? That just sounds cheeky, or do I offer to help do their work which doesn't interest me as much? Collaborations are exhausting.
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Can we make working individually normal again. Collaboration is great don't get me wrong, but as a neurodivergent individual communication is the bit of science I'm worst at. I can design awesome programs of work, dream up experiments, write grants (and papers if I have a fixed deadline).
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Is there anything more frustrating than reading "we did the protocol of Z with the following modifications" only to find Z saying "we did the protocol of Y with the following modifications" only to find Y saying "we did the protocol of X with the following modifications" 🙄
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Long shot the computer for our Multiskan Ascent died and with it the software. Anybody have a 2.6 legacy copy they can share???
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Daniel Tamarit @danieltamarit.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I'm looking for an enthusiastic student to join my team as a PhD candidate on archaeal genome evolution 🦠💻 Work in beautiful Utrecht, at @binfutrecht.bsky.social, an international group full of caring, amazing scientists, and with frequent cake breaks! www.uu.nl/en/organisat... Please share! 🙏
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Personally I've only been asked to do 3 manuscripts in 3 years. I've done them all. Would be happy to do more within reason for reputable journals.
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Early morning flight to Belfast for #MicroBio26 Excited to be giving a whistle top your of our second year projects at 10:30 tomorrow in the Education and Outreach forum. Or catch me at Poster session 1 A013!
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Since when was it normal for people to take pictures of computer screens on phones and not to take a screenshot of the screen for reports....
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The biggest tragedy with science is the loss of materials. Someone publishes something and the assumption is that it can be made available for future use. This falls down when a group leader retires. A combination of their group moving on and loss of contacts.
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Alas my ERC starting grant was not passed to stage 2. I always knew my goal was just to get the second part read and this just feels like one more kick in the teeth. Guess I'll buy some new jumping spikes tonight....
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ND in Micro @ndinmicro.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
We only launched a few days ago and we already have members in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Let’s spread the word and connect our global community!! Join us at www.ndinmicro.org #neurodivergent #microbiology #microbiologist #autistic #ADHD #virology
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ND in Micro
ND in Micro - a global network by and for neurodivergent microbiologists
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ND in Micro @ndinmicro.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
#microbiology #neurodiversity #neurospicy #autistic #autisticscientist #NDinMicro #Fungi #Virus #Bacteriophage
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Something exciting has just landed! Please help the organisers to share and support the community 💜
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Best: Seeing your mentees achieve something, Worst: fighting with management to keep your job
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ND in Micro @ndinmicro.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Something exciting is coming soon! Follow us for updates!
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Can someone explain why my pile of marking didn't just vanish into thin air over the Christmas break 😒
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Very humbled to have been awarded the Skyrac AC senior track and field athlete of the year during an injury riddled season when others stepped up so much ☺️ couldn't have got through this year without the support of my my amazing team - Sue, Sam and Alan
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I wonder if there are any academics out there who have taken a step back from a permanent position to a post-doc. I'd be interested to talk to anyone who has made this decision as I'm contemplating it as a possibility.
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 17/11/2025
Happy #InternationalStudentsDay 🧪🗺️ Did you know that international Master’s and Undergraduate students can join the Microbiology Society as part of our new student membership category? Be part of our global community: microb.io/4qfCiA6 #StudentMembership #STEM
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New membership category for Undergraduate and Master's Students
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
I recently sequenced an interesting bacterial genome, with the idea of making the interesting recombinant genes from this strain. Problem: after a morning searching the genes of interest just aren't there. Not a trace, and all literature says there should be 2 copies. 😭🤯 #help
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
What a lovely lawn of marshmallows....but not the Staphylococcus homonis that I was looking for 😮‍💨 @contamclub.bsky.social
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
After optimizing said script went it's time to load in 265 sequences not 1. Yeah that's going to take my poor little computer ~18 hours 😭🥴 *Should have logged into the HPC 🤣
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
That slightly giddy feeling when you write an R script and it actually does what you wanted it to do (after 3 hours of talking to copilot) 🥹
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Fellowship submitted. Now to catch up on 3 months sleep 😴😴😴😴
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Internal checks passed 🥹 fellowship to be submitted Tuesday. Can't quite believe this little girl with hundreds of ideas actually managed it 🥹🥹🥹
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Why is it that at 4:30 on a Friday night you finally find your grant writing mojo?
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kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Something really big happened this week. No I didn't submit that fellowship, nor did I get my 4* refable paper. No I got a diagnosis after 6 years of begging to be tested. 🥹🥹🥹 It's official I am what I am 🥹🥹🥹 and that is very much neurospicy.
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Are there any European dates?
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Sara Henderson @microsara.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
So after some digging, David Dryden is now retired...so back to the original question does anyone have or know anyone with David Dryden's collection - specifically after NM1261(DE3) and/or NM1261 🙏🙏🙏 looks like it could be very useful for some of my mechanistic work.
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Autistic Adam @autisticadam.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Being autistic can mean many things for people. One might not be comfortable with sound, whereas another might not be bothered in the slightest. One can't cope with food mixing with other foods on the plate; to someone else, it doesn't matter. Truth be told, one set of traits doesn't fit all.
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