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In the middle of a drought (yes, I know it rained a bit last night), both Cambridge Uni and Anglia Ruskin are jet washing parts of their estates 😭

Took my two year old to the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall - and survived!

Apropos of nothing, I have yet to meet a single member of the royal family or any prime ministers (or even ministers!), what am I doing wrong? The UK really is a very small place and I seem a bit of an outlier...

Baggage carousels are down at London Heathrow. Last time this happened before an International Herpesvirus Workshop, only half the UK contingent got their luggage on arrival 😬 #TravelCurse

The faster I tick off my pre-conference to do list, the longer it seems to become... #IHW2026

Toddler's Italian highlight torn between a cable car ride, and free water fountains everywhere for splashing oneself in the face. It's tough being two.

As much as academic publishing does my head in, I am a big fan of 1. letting non-submitting authors track article progress 2. being more detailed about where you are in the submission eg technical checks, waiting for editor etc. Otherwise it's like throwing your work into a dark pit for 6-12 weeks

Congratulations Ruairidh Macleod (a Cambridge BioAnth undergrad, once upon a time) on his paper on 5500 year old plague! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As many people guessed... MenB vaccine catch up campaign incoming for students in England, Wales and Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meningitis B vaccine to be offered to thousands of young people in JulyThe decision for the one-off vaccine programme follows the unprecedented outbreak in Kent this year.www.bbc.co.uk

When the toddler's away...

Which type of archaeologist are you - HS2 subcontractor or Indiana Jones?

www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... Genomics can help in the current Bundibugyo ebola outbreak, but the DRC has to decide which epidemic to invest sequencing money and resources in: cholera, measles, Ebola (Zaire) or Ebola Bundibugyo?

2026 Bundibugyo virus outbreak: the role of genomics in Orthoebolavirus outbreaksCentral Africa is currently experiencing its third recorded outbreak of Bundibugyo virus, one of three orthoebolaviruses capable of causing lethal haemorrhagic fevers in humans with person-to-person t...www.microbiologyresearch.org

The IQ tree web server is still down 😭

How much demand for £30 reformer Pilates classes does Cambridge actually have?! Yet another studio opening. This is surely the bubble getting ready to pop...

Request my short review, "2026 Bundibugyo Virus Outbreak: The Role of Genomics in Orthoebolavirus outbreaks" here www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/c6ecde...

Coming Monday: I wrote about using genomics during ebola virus outbreaks Currently stuck in university repository processing system, and accepted as a MicroSoc journal.

Happy polymorphic light eruption season to all who celebrate!