Ireland unfortunately at the wrong end of the scale... And this already assumes the 18.5k as standard stipend, many Irish PhD students receive lower stipends.

This is upsetting news for everyone but most especially the child who faces this terrible disease. bbc.co.uk/news/world-afr…

When you ask the authors of articles in Science® to share their data, which the journal told you was mandatory when you submitted your article, the response very often boils down to GFY. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1…

A deepfake video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the first used in "an intentional and broadly deceptive way" since Russia's invasion, expert says. #TheCube euronews.com/my-europe/2022…

It’s the big reveal of our new #VirusMechanics prototype at #BeCurious22 today! We create edu models with schools to show the shape-shifting nature of viruses🦠 Excited about this norovirus model - our first electronic model🔋 Check it out University of Leeds in the tinker space⬇️

Pox virologists right now...

An article with Dr Jess with some info on the polio in sewage story and one way we may be able to (finally) beat polio once and for all theconversation.com/polio-were-dev… via The Conversation

Worrying situation. The polio vaccines are safe effective and the best way to protect ourselves from this horrible disease. bbc.com/news/world-us-…

1/5 Much like London buses, after waiting a while to get a pre-print posted about your research, 3 come a long at once! Each of the following pre-prints is from our World Health Organization (WHO) consortium, whose aim is to produce a next-generation vaccine for poliovirus #endpolio

The long and winding road has led us to another publication...congrats to all the authors especially first author Lee Sherry mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/1…

2/8 Firstly, I would like to say a huge thank you to Keith Grehan Dr Jess Stonehouse Rowlands Lab and our collaborators STRUBIOxford for all their hard work in getting this publication out and now as promised, a short thread describing our latest work

So brilliant to be back attending conferences and beautiful #sesimbra is a fantastic location for the tenth Viral Assembly Symposium. COVID hasn't gone away but thanks to vaccines some normality is starting to return #GetVaccinated

Fantastic to have this work published! It was great to work with Lee Sherry and Keith Grehan on this 😊

Notices #ClimateScam is trending. Notices this is driven by lots of bot accounts...realises the robots are tricking us into killing ourselves #robotuprising

The academic career ladder

Firstly, I want to shout out all the co-authors on this project, especially Dr Jess and Keith Grehan without whom we couldn't have got this project out and another shoutout to the Twitterless Dave Rowlands for encouraging me to go down this particular rabbit hole! 2/10

Ever wanted a "plug and play" vaccine? Well we can't help you yet 😜 but can show an approach with real potential. VelcroVax: a “Bolt-On” Vaccine Platform for Glycoprotein Display journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/ms…

JC used to be a half-decent Sci Comms outlet, helping folks make sense of the pandemic. Now, he promulgates blatant anti-mRNA (not a vaccine, apparently 🙄) 💩 with a chap who is an expert in rock pools and paddling (perhaps avoid both on British beaches at present?).

Reports from Sweden 🇸🇪 about an unusual outbreak of Influenza B. Some cases, which have been among people under the age of 18 without an underlying disease or condition, have been very seriously ill with complications such as myocarditis or encephalitis.

NCSL in the Coombe losing accreditation is a blessing in disguise for women in Ireland. To articulate why requires telling a story about vaccines, lies and greed. It's a heartbreaking story that had negative ramifications for millions of children, including Irish children. /1