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@tomjeffries.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at Western Sydney University. Likes running and coffee.

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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
it's a good @jamsorgsyd.bsky.social tonight !
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JAMS Sydney @jamsorgsyd.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Interested in volunteering with JAMS for National Science Week? Sign up at the link below!👇 www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044AA8...
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Mental health advocacy from @snobsi.bsky.social @jamsorgsyd.bsky.social So inspiring and such an important thing to know. De-stigmatise.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Stef's @jamsorgsyd.bsky.social talk is a tale of resilience, and the joys of talking to people even if you think they scooped you. Don't go to Switzerland. Good lessons
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The murder map, regarding freezer stocks... A cautionary tale from @snobsi.bsky.social @jamsorgsyd.bsky.social
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Stef, I'm so fkn proud of you. Its been a joy seeing your PhD journey. And kudos on the honest talk @jamsorgsyd.bsky.social @snobsi.bsky.social
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
@hannjbrown.bsky.social "this is a classic jams talk" @jamsorgsyd.bsky.social love the new venue
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Historian Mary Beard giving a great talk in Sydney, Bringing Trump down a peg and some great insight into everyday Roman life
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Amanda Frick @amandaafrick.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Birthday baking for my favourite @theconversation.com author. @tomjeffries.bsky.social I'll be finding lemon seeds all over my kitchen for days, you're welcome 🤣
A loaf-shaped lemon cake, drizzled with sugar and more lemon. God I hope this turned out edible.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
It was such a delight to see @willdalrymple.bsky.social this week in Sydney, illuminating talk, and grateful for him sticking around to sign books.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
All ready to roll for @willdalrymple.bsky.social in Sydney 🙌
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CCscott @ccscott.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
What's that? You want to hear about climate change and zoonotic diseases? Come along to this weareibec.org/events/zooni...
weareibec.org
Zoonotic Diseases and Climate Change | August 28th, 2025 | IBEC
Join global experts for a CLEAN Lessons Learned session exploring how climate change is accelerating the emergence of zoonotic diseases.
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Robyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
NO! NO! NO! And I say that as a past competitive shooter. We DO NOT need to turn into the USA. Gun control MUST be maintained. #auspol Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge
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Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge
There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown
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Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Australians can only access one COVID-19 vaccine right now. Experts say that's a problem www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
sbs.com.au
Australians can only access one COVID-19 vaccine right now. Experts say that's a problem
Pfizer's JN.1 vaccine has been the only option available to Australians since the start of the year. Here's what happened to the other brands, and why experts say choice matters when it comes to vacci...
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Congrats on 1 year at WSU @amandaafrick.bsky.social your dry humour and baked goods are a very welcome addition to the corridor 👍👍👍 good egg 🍳
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Ryan Holiday @ryan-holiday.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
“All cruelty springs from weakness.” ― Seneca
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Evolutionary Applications @evolappjournal.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Bee nesting behavior + network-microbiome = potential integration of socio-eco-evo-immunology 🐝🌺 👉 check out this review @ doi.org/10.1111/eva.70137 w/ @tomjeffries.bsky.social 📸: Simon Tierney
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Amanda Frick @amandaafrick.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Someone please take this man's keyboard away.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Aside from the obvious, Trump also seems to be stuck in some kind of pre-reformation "salvation through works" theology .... time.com/7311354/dona...
time.com
All the Times Trump Has Talked About the Afterlife
“I want to try and get to heaven,” the President said this week. It’s not the first time he’s publicly contemplated his fate.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
My new article out today in @theconversation.com (Aus edition) covers the breakthrough use of AI to search for new antibiotics theconversation.com/ai-has-produ...
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AI has produced 2 new antibiotics to kill ‘superbugs’. It’s promising – but we shouldn’t get too excited yet
This is a significant scientific development, but several hurdles remain before we might see these antibiotics available for use.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I'm going to see @willdalrymple.bsky.social in Sydney a few days before seeing Mary Beard. This is as a good a birthday week as a middle aged history obsessed man can hope for. And I'm not going to Oasis 😂 im genuinely excited 📚📚📚📚
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
New paper out, surgery meets the microbiome: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Microbiome impacts surgical outcomes– comparison of gut microbiome dysbiosis in patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy: results from the MISO pilot study - European Spine Journal
European Spine Journal - More than 10% of patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy for symptomatic lumbar disc herniation (LDH) develop failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) often without clear...
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
My latest Conversation article is about #plaque !!! theconversation.com/a-person-in-...
theconversation.com
A person in the US has died from pneumonic plague. It’s not just a disease of history
But today it’s rare – and can be effectively treated with antibiotics.
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Amanda Frick @amandaafrick.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I was wondering when I'd see this post! I'd hate to think I'd finally shamed you into silence 😂
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Simon Tierney @biol-si.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
new paper on bee brain development in social contexts: doi.org/10.3389/fevo...
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Frontiers | Brain development in a facultatively social allodapine bee aligns with caste, but not group living
IntroductionThe ‘social brain hypothesis’ proposes that brain development (particularly primates) is driven by social complexity, more than group size. Yet, ...
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Simon Tierney @biol-si.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
first phylogeny for nocturnal foraging nomiine bees: doi.org/10.1007/s118...
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Origin of obligate dim-light foraging in nomiine sweat bees (Halictidae: Nomiinae), with the description of a new species of Mellitidia - Arthropod-Plant Interactions
Dim-light foraging is exhibited by the majority of the seven bee families (facultative behavior—five families; obligate behavior – four families) and represents an underappreciated aspect of pollinati...
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
My new article for the @theconversation.com is co-authored with @olliemorton.bsky.social and covers the recent recall from #aflatoxin theconversation.com/what-is-afla... Enjoy @amandaafrick.bsky.social
theconversation.com
What is aflatoxin, the toxic chemical behind Coles’ peanut butter recall?
Aflatoxin can cause serious damage to the liver, including cancer. But contamination recalls are rare.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
My latest @theconversation.com article is an update on the recent #melioidosis outbreak theconversation.com/the-queensla...
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The Queensland melioidosis outbreak is still growing. What’s keeping this deadly mud bug active?
So far there have been 221 cases of melioidosis and 31 deaths from the disease in 2025. A microbiologist explains what to know about this infection.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
New from @empirepoduk.bsky.social From the Opium Wars to the War on Drugs
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
#wordle #auspol
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Amanda Frick @amandaafrick.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Happy #DemocracySausage day to all those celebrating.
A post-voting democracy sausage and a cupcake. Breakfast of champions.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
New from @empirepoduk.bsky.social Victorian Narcos 5: Jardine and Matheson- Flooding China With Indian Opium
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...
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National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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Nature @nature.com · 22/04/2025
Computer scientists and bioinformaticians address four key questions to help rookie coders to make the right choice go.nature.com/42UuoT3
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Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchers
Computer scientists and bioinformaticians address four key questions to help rookie coders to make the right choice.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
www.instagram.com/p/DItiC_4AYt...
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Login • Instagram
Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Today's #wordle needs to be bought back into common parlance @amandaafrick.bsky.social , I think it would fit the sector well Wordle 1,399 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 ⬛🟨🟨⬛🟩 ⬛🟨🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 11/04/2025
Our "Guide to communicating microbiomes in the media", created in collaboration @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social aims to help navigate the complexities of communicating microbiome research. Click the link in our bio to read and download the guide.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
@olliemorton.bsky.social likes crispy M&Ms
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Marie-Claire @mariecgould.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Man after my own heart
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Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
One of my favorite weird signs at the rally
Hands Off rally sign: I like my government how I like my coffee, not in my vagina
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 05/04/2025
RFK Jr.’s clearest proposal so far is his campaign promise to create wellness farms where Americans would reconnect with the soil, an old idea that’s failed many times, @shaylalove.bsky.social reports:
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RFK Jr.’s 18th-Century Idea About Mental Health
The health secretary’s clearest plans for psychiatric treatment are a retreat to the past.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New Book day! 🍂 @willdalrymple.bsky.social
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Empire Club: Become a member of the Empire Club to receive early access to miniseries, ad-free listening, early access to live show tickets, bonus episodes, book discounts, and a weekly newsletter! Head to empirepoduk.com to sign up.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
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Opinion | I Study Measles. I’m Terrified We’re Headed for an Epidemic.
The outbreak in Texas could become much, much worse.
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Adam Frew @frewecologist.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Mycorrhizal fungi promote native & suppress invasive plants & help prevent soil erosion Why don't (fed or state) governments monitor fungi? Soil biology, generally, is not included in biodiversity assessments. Yet soil contains 59% of biodiversity? Madness. theconversation.com/from-trading...
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From trading nutrients to storing carbon: 5 things you didn’t know about our underground fungi
Most of Australia’s plants rely on a hidden underground network of fungi for water and minerals. They could be in trouble – but we don’t have the data to know.
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Amanda Frick @amandaafrick.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Tom, the first step to overcoming your problem is admitting you have one. I'm staging an intervention for your Conversation addiction.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
My latest @conversationaunz.bsky.social is out today and covers the new #COVID strain theconversation.com/a-new-covid-...
theconversation.com
A new COVID variant is on the rise. Here’s what to know about LP.8.1
LP.8.1, a descendant of Omicron, is driving a growing proportion of COVID infections in Australia and elsewhere.
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tomjeffries.bsky.social @tomjeffries.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/h...
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Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Our @empirepoduk.bsky.social series on The Troubles begins! @anitaanand.bsky.social & I talk to the great Patrick @praddenkeefe.bsky.social about his masterpiece, Say Nothing. Not to be missed: Patrick is one of the great non-fiction masters of our time. linktr.ee/empirepoduk
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