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Head of the School of Infection, Inflammation & Immunology @ Uni Birmingham. Proud Scot. Oversaw a few Covid PCR tests

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Minoncello or Finn are player of the tournament.

07.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The flip side of that. Italy are a proper rugby team. Watched them throw away what would have been a deserved win against SAF in the autumn. They are no longer the laughing stock.

07.03.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I say this with nothing but a glow in my heart

England are an absolute shambles

Taxi for Borthwick.

07.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

That Italian national anthem was proper goosebumps

07.03.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got silly at end but that was one of the finest Scotland performances I can recall.

07.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Bonkers game of rugby!

07.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This lot hammered England 3 weeks ago

07.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

O. M. F. G.

07.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That aged well

Ya dancer!!!!!!!!!

07.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the hope that kills you….

07.03.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did mine this morning

06.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am counting this as a reason to go full nuclear mate

05.03.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 123 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Igor Tudor’s been in charge for 20 days.

05.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Amid a storm of overwhelming news today. The UK Covid enquiry ended.

05.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Over on twitter. This is mesmerising. What do you do with this?

05.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Ahahahahahaha

05.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.03.2026 11:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s uncanny

05.03.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 392 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 1

I dont tend to read them..............

mentioned in a good or bad way?

05.03.2026 09:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep getting emails for an invited talk to ICID2026 in Madrid. Is this a real genuine meeting?

The fact I am asking suggests the answer to me, but its hard to tell these days...............

05.03.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Virulence is a context-dependent strategy, not a fixed trait"🦠🧫

πŸ“’Check out our latest Micro Briefing highlighting the exciting commentary from Dr Damien F. Meyer at Cirad & INRAE_France, published in Microbial Outlooks.

Read the full paper hereπŸ”— https://doi.org/10.1099/mout.0.00001

05.03.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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An increase in the number of German university graduates at risk of poverty is more a reflection of a stalling economy that is affecting workers at all levels rather than a sign that degrees are losing their value, economists say #EduSky
https://ow.ly/2bQt50Yp6CT

05.03.2026 07:45 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am sure Emily will weep that this person would no longer be 17 millionth in the queue online for tickets.

04.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Review whether students with no A levels should get loans – v-c β€˜Difficult questions’ must be confronted as English funding system β€˜not working for anyone’, says Birmingham’s Adam Tickell

A review of HE funding is required because England’s current system β€œis just not working” for students, universities or taxpayers, a leading Russell Group vice-chancellor has said

#EduSky #highered

04.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

β€œLook on my works, ye Mighty, and despair?”

Aussiemandias

04.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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04.03.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

do you have a good one to write

04.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Map of England, divided in thirds, in a very literal way. That's the joke, folks.

Map of England, divided in thirds, in a very literal way. That's the joke, folks.

If you divide England up into thirds then almost everything you've heard of is in the Midlands. You probably live in the Midlands mate. Get over it.

A slide from Fesshole Live which is in Leeds (which is in the Midlands) at 8:00pm tonight. Come and fight us. Tickets in profile.

04.03.2026 12:11 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 7

🧡 UKRI has changed their budgets from considering by disciplines (as bounded by Research Council remits) to by buckets. The inability to see the magnitude of change to disciplinary funding over the spending review period is creating uncertainty.

26.02.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0