Amazing work with Masanori Asai which all started after chatting at Microbiology Society in person conference 2 ish years ago! Great to see 2 naive PhDs collaborate to yield such great results.

I am incredibly lucky to now have a paper with my amazing brother Davy. I don't know how common that is but to have spent some of my PhD with my bro in the same lab was a unforgettable experience and it's so nice having this as a momento

Nominations are open to join one of our Committees who help shape our Society. Read more about the work of our Committees here. microb.io/319iK6n

The British Science Festival programme is now live! From high-profile speakers to immersive installations & audio experiences, the FREE line-up offers something for everyone. Book now: britishsciencefestival.org #BSF21 British Science Association

Our new #paper on #AntimicrobialResistance is accepted and it’s a #beast! Thank you is! Thanks to all the co-authors (Gerard Sheehan, Marian 🇮🇪☘️🇿🇦🇺🇦, @nilsflothkotter), especially to @MuMycology and Celine (great #team)! Graphical abstract - Andrej Kurent (hvala)!🦠

#shouldertoshoulder

Can we just stop writing cover letters, they are boring and outdated

Dublin airport today less bad Q than yesterday but still not great #dublinairport

Urgent: An open letter from Graduate Entry Medicine Students UCD Students' Union // Aontas na Mac Léinn COBÁC Bank of Ireland Paschal Donohoe Simon Harris TD Leo Varadkar The Irish Times Irish Examiner Irish Independent RTÉ News Stephen Donnelly HSE Ireland Mary Lou McDonald

The morning after a 12 h time point and you see the PBS you used the day before has something floating in it

Inflammatix is hiring a Clinical Trial Manager in the UK. If you are interested in trials, sepsis, diagnostics, working in a great team and making a difference - APPLY HERE > inflammatix.com/careers/?gh_ji…

We are delighted our work on bacteria - neutrophil interactions has been published by the Journal of Innate Immunity. Well done to Gerard Sheehan and colleagues! Maynooth Biology karger.com/Article/FullTe…

For those who don't know. Search your favourite vaccine name + EMA. Go to a document named Sumary of product characteristics - go to section Pre-clinical safety data ✨✨

Very happy to share our latest publication! For the first time, we present the use of G. mellonella 🐛 as a #3Rs TB infection model using the fully virulent and lethal M. tuberculosis H37Rv 🦠 in CL3 (BSL3) The National Centre for the 3Rs Imperial Department of Infectious Disease tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Ill be at FIS Conference in London tomorrow and Friday - looking forward to seeing everyone back in person for this great ID meeting - come find the Inflammatix folks if your interested in the science of host response diagnostics #FISHIS2022

I am planning on running London Marathon this Sunday to raise funds for Meningitis Research I felt this was a way to make a difference in an area that is neglected and effects many people each year. Please donate if you have a spear minute and couple pounds justgiving.com/fundraising/Ge…

Professor Kevin Kavanagh of Maynooth University appeared on Newstalk to discuss Cordyceps, the zombie fungus that inspired HBO's The Last of Us, and the real threats presented to us by fungal pathogens. newstalk.com/podcasts/highl…

Interested in Sporothrix? We have generated the first tools for gene deletion for these dimorphic fungal pathogens. Remi Hatinguais MRC Centre for Medical Mycology journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/sp…

Although I’ve retired from academia, I still come on twitter every April to see all the amazing microbiologists we have at the Microbiology Society conference. Such a good community. Serious FOMO! #microbio24

Very excited to attend my first #WMS2024, to meet for the first time and catch up with an INCREDIBLE community