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Philip Fowler

@philipwfowler.bsky.social
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Associate Professor working on AMR at the University of Oxford. Interested in tuberculosis, genetics, diagnostics, cloud computing and protein structure

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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Shame on Transport for London for allowing criminals to install chip/pin reading machines on a ticket machine at Kings Cross tube station last Friday. Hat tip to Nationwide for stopping my card and refunding the £400 they stole in three hours.
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Giulia Manina gets the @events.embl.org workshop on “The complexity of mycobacterial infections” underway at the @pasteur.fr. Looking forward to five days of talks and talking.
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@oxfordshirecc.bsky.social : the county where the smoothest road surface is often the original one that is being uncovered as the top dressing from 20 years ago degrades… Not great on a bike even with 35mm tyres
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Bash the bug @bashthebug.net · 28/05/2026
We had an amazing time in Westgate, Oxford today! We had many attempts to 'bash the bug' and get the high score for the day on our dance mat 💃🕺 where overusing antibiotics causes resistance so you have to be careful what you're prescribing!💊 #AMR #ScienceOutreach #Microbiology #Oxford
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Bash the bug @bashthebug.net · 28/05/2026
We're ready at the @oxfordbrc.bsky.social! Come over and extract strawberry DNA, fight super bugs on the dance mat, or solve the mystery of the hospital outbreak! #AMR #PublicOutreach #Science
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Bash the bug @bashthebug.net · 28/05/2026
Come and try our strawberry DNA extraction! 🍓Find out how this technique can be used by scientists to diagnose infections and choose which antibiotics to prescribe 💊 @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk #AMR #Oxford
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Bash the bug @bashthebug.net · 27/05/2026
Come see us at the @oxfordbrc.bsky.social showcase! We'll be in Westgate, Oxford 10-3.30. We'll be bringing the dance mat so come and try to beat the germs with antibiotics and claim the high score💃🕺 #AMR #PublicOutreach @ox.ac.uk
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
v2.0.0 of AMyGDA released AMyGDA segments images of M. tuberculosis growing on 96-well plates and measures MICs and growth. Developed during @crypticproject.info pypi.org/project/amyg...
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Measure mycobacterial growth on antibiotic plates and infer MICs
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Long-read sequencing of Mycobacterial tuberculosis is comparable to short-read sequencing for antimicrobial resistance prediction and epidemiological studies. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Somehow I missed this on #WorldTBDay earlier in the week but it is so good I have to repost it. Check out this comic on “A World without Tuberculosis” bobthesquirrel.art/copy-of-un-m...
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Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
On #WorldTBDay, it’s important to reflect on the scale of the challenge we’re facing. In 2024 alone, tuberculosis (TB) caused 1.23 million deaths worldwide, remaining the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, according to WHO @ndm.ox.ac.uk
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@wvschaik.bsky.social introducing the Black Knight model for identifying ARGs at #AMR2026. A defining moment or at least an excellent use of a Monty Python analogy. The field needs more off the wall thoughtful comments!
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Since 2017 the CRyPTIC project collected and collated 53,897 clinical TB samples with genetics and drug susceptibility testing data. You can download the datasets via crypticproject.info and v4.0.0 will appear later this year. #WorldTBDay @modmedmicro.bsky.social
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The CRyPTIC project
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
@zaminiqbal.bsky.social giving an uplifting talk at #AMR2026. As ever he makes me think. 🤔
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
#AMR2026 about to kick off at the #wellcome genome campus! Got here a bit early so went to visit the new Thornton Building.
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Rare opportunity to apply to become a President of Oxford’s newest college! www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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President - Oxford job with Reuben College, University of Oxford | 12855105
Reuben College, Oxford, invites applications for the position of President, to succeed Professor Lord Lionel Tarassenko, who will step down as the ...
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I saw @reduced.bsky.social at the Rep in Bham when I was 17 in 1993. Took my daughters to see the same in Chipping Norton today. Better than I remember it. And my eldest is? 17
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
20 years ago today I started as a Postdoc at @ox.ac.uk on a six month contract and somehow am still here! 🤯🥳
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Bash the bug @bashthebug.net · 20/11/2025
Our team wore blue for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025💙 Research into how resistance emerges, spreads and can be prevented is vital. Our group works to understand these processes and develop better tools to detect, monitor and combat antimicrobial resistance. #WAAW @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
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Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
For #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek, we introduce our recent paper on antibiotic-resistant subpopulations in TB. TB may be one of humanity’s oldest diseases, yet it still kills over 1M people yearly. As resistance spreads, knowing each patient’s resistance profile before treatment is vital. 🧬💊
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Subpopulations in clinical samples of M. tuberculosis can give rise to rifampicin resistance and shed light on how resistance is acquired
AbstractObjectives. WGS has become a key tool for diagnosing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections, but discrepancies between genotypic and phenotypic drug
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Bash the bug @bashthebug.net · 18/11/2025
Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi & parasites change over time - leading to medicines being less effective against them. Here you see bacteria growing and antibiotics (the small discs) which kill the bacteria...unless they are resistant! #WAAW #AMR @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
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NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford @oxfordbrc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Are you interested in infections, the micro-organisms that cause them and antimicrobial resistance? So are @bashthebug.net and they're looking for new members to join their patient & public group. More info: bashthebug.net/lay-represen... Deadline 27 Nov @ouhospitals.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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fowlerlab.org @fowlerlab.org · 17/10/2025
New paper by @vbrunner.bsky.social looking at detecting rifampicin resistant subpopulations in M. tuberculosis infections using genetics and putting a lower limit on the proportion that arose due to secondary infections. bit.ly/47rwf42 @modmedmicro.bsky.social @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
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New paper: What can subpopulations tell us about rifampicin resistance?
Last Thursday this work which we'd previously preprinted looking at looking at rifampicin-resistant subpopulations in clinical M. tuberculosis samples was published in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. If...
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Dorottya Nagy @dotnagy.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Pleased to see this pre-printed, highlighting the completeness/accuracy of @nanoporetech.com long-read genome assembly for clinical Enterobacterales: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Thanks to colleagues @modmedmicro.bsky.social, @ukhsa.bsky.social, @genewiz.bsky.social and @oxfordbrc.bsky.social!
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Sam Lipworth @samlipworth.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Great new work from #DotNagy @modmedmicro.bsky.social - she tool 96 clinical isolates from the NEKSUS study and sequenced with both Illumina and Nanopore - question was, can we do away with hybrid sequencing for the rest of the study? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Nanopore long-read only genome assembly of clinical Enterobacterales isolates is complete and accurate
Whole bacterial genome sequence reconstruction using Oxford Nanopore Technologies ('Nanopore') long-read only sequencing may offer a lower-cost, higher-throughput alternative for pathogen surveillance...
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Bash the bug @bashthebug.net · 22/08/2025
'Linking life expectancy to the bacteria in our gut: A final year undergraduate project'. Akika investigated how the gut microbiome influences longevity, with fieldwork in Nagano, Japan—home to the country’s longest-living population. Read the blog post here ➡️ bashthebug.net/2025/08/22/l...
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Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Bit over 24 hours left to apply for these two posts to help us develop pipelines to process pathogens..! Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI Grade 8 or 7, depending on experience closing date: noon Tues 8 July
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Mind That Cyclist! Give Him Room 1950 Artist: Roland Davies
Poster illustration showing the back of a bicycle rider riding on the side of a street and running out of room as a truck driver drives so close to the curb as to make the bicyclist lose control.
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Job advert to come and work with me on tuberculosis closes tomorrow (Friday) at noon! Part of #OxCOD4TB bit.ly/4ndKOhF @ndm.ox.ac.uk @modmedmicro.bsky.social @oxfordbrc.bsky.social
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Congratulations to the winners of the poster prizes, Elliott Rogers and Iva Grujic, yesterday at the 3rd #Dx4LMIC conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social !
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Andrew Singer gets day two underway at the #Dx4LMICs conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Lionel Tarassenko introducing Vivian Lee who is giving the after dinner speech at #Dx4LMICs conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Jospeth Matovu: HIV self testing among fishermen @reubencollege.bsky.social #Dx4LMICs
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Arjuna Sen talking about equity in epilepsy at @reubencollege.bsky.social #Dx4LMICs
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
@gariclifford.bsky.social talking about how extensive cell phone coverage was in China 20 years ago: “If you can drive a truck up a road there will be a cell phone tower at the end of it” #Dx4LMICs @reubencollege.bsky.social
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Joshua Kibera gets us underway at #DxLMICs at @reubencollege.bsky.social
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Any questions DM me
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
All ready for day one of the third #Dx4LMICs conference at @reubencollege.bsky.social !
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Adrian Woolfson @adrianwoolfson.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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AlphaGenome: AI for better understanding the genome
Introducing a new, unifying DNA sequence model that advances regulatory variant-effect prediction and promises to shed new light on genome function — now available via API.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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European Society of Mycobacteriology @esmyco.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
And that's a wrap on #ESM2025! A huge thank you to our incredible community of scientists, speakers, and organizers who made this week unforgettable. The future of mycobacteriology is bright! See you all in 2026! 👋 #Tuberculosis #Science
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Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Three posts all closing next week! Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF both Grade 8 or 7, closing noon Wed 2 Jul Computational Mycobacteriologist Grade 7, closing noon Fri 4 Jul bit.ly/4ndKOhF @medsci.ox.ac.uk
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Eh!woza @ehwoza.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
[TRAILER]🎥 “The Clinic That Crossed the River” is a film by young men from Xhora Mouth, Bulungula in the Eastern Cape. This film tells a story of the Bulungula community and their long, difficult journey to access healthcare. Check link for more: youtube.com/watch?v=Igh7...
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Healthcare in Rural South Africa | The Clinic that Crossed the River
YouTube video by Eh!woza
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Come and work with me and use the 53,897 samples of M. tuberculosis we have collated to help tackle this important disease! We are part of the OxCoD4TB consortium that is developing new therapeutics for tuberculosis. Grade 7, funding until 28 Feb 2028, deadline noon Fri 4 July bit.ly/4ndKOhF
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fowlerlab.org @fowlerlab.org · 23/06/2025
@vbrunner.bsky.social doing her pitch for her poster at #ESMyco! @modmedmicro.bsky.social
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fowlerlab.org @fowlerlab.org · 24/06/2025
The relaunch of crypticproject.info at #ESMyco by @philipwfowler.bsky.social 53,897 clinical tuberculosis samples with genetics and drug susceptibility testing data!
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Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Just like buses, here is a third role we are advertising for! Come and help @philipwfowler.bsky.social use the large TB datasets we hold to help the OxCoD4TB consortium develop new therapeutics for tuberculosis. Grade 7, funding until 28 Feb 2028, deadline noon Fri 4 July bit.ly/4ndKOhF
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Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Come and help us develop and validate genetic pipelines for processing pathogens in collaboration with @eitoxford.bsky.social Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI Grade 8 or 7, depending on experience closing date: noon Wednesday 2 July
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Philip Fowler @philipwfowler.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Start of #ESMyco - my fourth meeting and this is one of my favourites!
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Modernising Medical Microbiology @modmedmicro.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Come and help us develop and validate genetic pipelines for processing pathogens in collaboration with @eitoxford.bsky.social Senior Bioinformatic Engineer bit.ly/4ecl0hF Senior Biostatistical Researcher bit.ly/4kRfZxI Grade 8 or 7, depending on experience closing date: noon Wednesday 2 July
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