Born #OnThisDay 24 Sep 1898 Howard Florey who, with Ernst Chain, carried out 1st clinical trial of penicillin, 1941 ow.ly/h8Y930eMmqk

BBC News - Flu vaccine: Is it more effective if you're in a good mood? bbc.co.uk/news/health-41…

Great to have contributed to the Zim One Health AMR Action Plan #zimnaplaunch being launched by the Zimbabwe Ministry of Health this am

#OnThisDay in 1928, #AlexanderFleming discovered the world's first antibiotic, penicillin, which he originally called 'mould juice'

New study from The Moredun Foundation on efficacy of vaccines against poultry red mite ow.ly/DsaC30fi5kD

Our paper: #neutrophil death & #inflammation in #cysticfibrosis R.Gray Medical Research Council Wellcome Cystic Fibrosis Trust British Society for Immunology ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2891670…

Do you need funds to support your research? IIG small project grants open for applications until 26 October 2017 iig.ed.ac.uk

The microbes in a mosquito’s gut may help fight malaria sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/m…

Applications now open for 4 year PhD programme in Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh The Roslin Institute ow.ly/zLHx30fzqfy

Applications now open for 4 year PhD programme in Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health ow.ly/zLHx30fzqfy Keith Matthews Ross Fitzgerald

Congratulations to our alumnus Michael Rosbash! Joint winner of the 2017 #NobelPrize for medicine x.com/naturenews/sta…

The Edinburgh Award for Enterprise returns! Join Launch.ed & University of Edinburgh Careers Service to improve your employability skills bit.ly/EdinburghAward…

Why do humans live for so long? The mystery is more complex than we thought - NatureEcoEvo paper by Jacob Moorad bit.ly/2g8UqNR

New venue for John McConnell's lecture on 25 October - Reid Concert Hall off Bristo Square - 11am eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-mcconne… Tiba Partnership

4 yr PDRA with Liam Morrison and Keith Matthews on our WT Collab award on Livestock trypanosomes ed.ac.uk/human-resource… Vac ref 041614

Killer fungi - lecture by Neil Gow Tuesday 21 November, 5.30 pm - register now!! ow.ly/p9Km30fNVe5

DNA Decoded: Past, Present and Sausage - Naked Scientists podcast with Biological Sciences | University of Edinburgh @ScienceUoE PhD student Stevie Bain thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked…