Sophie Lawson

Research Scientist 🥼
PhD student with UKHSA and KCL
🦠 Phage and Antibiotic research

[Dr. Ahlam Alsaadi, Ph.D د.احلام الصاعدي @AhlamAlsaadi88]

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[nature @Nature]

Women might be more likely to develop drug-resistant infections than men — an under-recognized aspect of the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance https://t.co/WC16V5Y56r

[Phage Directory @phagedirectory]

Great to see a phage session at ASMicrobe this year!!

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

A trial of children with #Type1Diabetes shows a single infusion of expanded #RegulatoryTCells failed to protect against beta cell decline, providing clues for future trial design and suggesting Treg quality as a critical factor in efficacy. @ScienceTM https://t.co/buyLvl7WOC

[Sophie Lawson @_lawson22]

New links between transcription, chromatin and histones ⬇️🧬

[Nature Biotechnology @NatureBiotech]

An epigenome editing toolkit for de novo installation of nine key chromatin marks at precise genomic loci to study the impact of specific modifications on transcription. https://t.co/FjjBIu76xM #NBThighlight

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

Cases of #WhoopingCough are at their highest level for more than a decade.

Find out more about the disease and how to protect yourself and your children:

https://t.co/1yf96gWpqp

[Sophie Lawson @_lawson22]

Super interesting article about T7 phage modified to carry silver nanoparticles. Also highlights the importance of testing bacteriophage on biofilm reduction!
#combatingantibioticresistance #phage
https://t.co/pWUuloqKvx

[Nature Biotechnology @NatureBiotech]

Development of supramolecular anticoagulants with on-demand reversibility https://t.co/ukiiie1XKc

[nature @Nature]

Nature research paper: Promiscuous G-protein activation by the calcium-sensing receptor https://t.co/o383JJKt0q

[Bethany Martin @BethanyKTMartin]

I am very lucky to be presenting my poster at @MicrobioSoc 🦠🔬!

My poster is B141! Please come and have a chat to learn all about -

“Bacterial impedance cytometry (BIC): Gaining insights into bacterial stress responses in individual bacteria exposed to antibiotics.”

[nature @Nature]

Researchers have reduced signs of immune-system ageing in mice using a combination of antibodies that target specific stem cells https://t.co/RG3m6CdksJ

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

Don't let ticks & the potential risk of #LymeDisease stop you from enjoying the outdoors. Dr Kayleigh Hansford, Principal Medical Entomologist, shares what to look out for & how to avoid being bitten. 🌲🌳🌼🌷

Read more: https://t.co/4b6T1n04p9 #BeTickAware #BeLymeAware

[Xiao Wang @WangXiaoLab]

Why can RNA only be linear or circular? It can be branched! We made multi-tailed mRNA, and we had fun! Here is our story led by brilliant graduate student @HongyuChenChem: https://t.co/IkMLUN0wX9 and his cartoon illustration👇@ChemistryMIT @broadinstitute

[Stan Brouns @StanBrouns]

Clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa have accumulated phage defense systems in their genome matching their broad resistance to diverse phage families.
Great work by Rita, Daan and Jelger. @AnaRitaMCosta, @DaanFvdBerg
https://t.co/0b4w4mC8a4

[ASM @ASMicrobiology]

CHROMagar Candida Plus, a new formulation of chromogenic media for detection of Candida species, works well for fungal isolates but has limitations when working with primary skin-swabs specimens where competing yeast species are present. @JournalSpectrum: https://t.co/el8kengKFP

[Nature Reviews Microbiology @NatureRevMicro]

A never-ending defence fight

https://t.co/GPReJIcwGq

Two recent studies provide mechanistic understanding of how bacteria employ the Gabija system for defence against phages, as well as how phages use anti-defence proteins to overcome bacterial immunity.

[KlebPhaCol @KlebPhaCol]

Last call for our first batch-shipment of the collection!

Submit your request for the collection on or before the 30th of Nov to receive it on December this year 🔗 in bio

Any requests submitted after the 30th of Nov will be filed for shipment in April 2024.

[Phage Directory @phagedirectory]

Fagofarma, a Czech microbiological and pharmaceutical company, has been authorized by the @SUKLcz to produce GMP #phages for clinical use, making it the second Czech company to do so.

https://t.co/WPu5fEk69j

[AD3, UKHSA @HealthcareUKHSA]

Come join the team to develop novel antimicrobial therapies, with a focus for this position on #phage

[UK Health Security Agency @UKHSA]

There's still time to book for #UKHSA23 🎫 Join us for inspiring addresses from Prof Dame Jenny Harries, @ProfKevinFenton, Prof Sir Chris Whitty, and Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, as well as a host of fascinating plenary sessions across two days - it's not to be missedThere's still time to book for #UKHSA23 🎫 Join us for inspiring addresses from Prof Dame Jenny Harries, @ProfKevinFenton, Prof Sir Chris Whitty, and Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, as well as a host of fascinating plenary sessions across two days - it's not to be missedThere's still time to book for #UKHSA23 🎫 Join us for inspiring addresses from Prof Dame Jenny Harries, @ProfKevinFenton, Prof Sir Chris Whitty, and Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, as well as a host of fascinating plenary sessions across two days - it's not to be missedThere's still time to book for #UKHSA23 🎫 Join us for inspiring addresses from Prof Dame Jenny Harries, @ProfKevinFenton, Prof Sir Chris Whitty, and Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, as well as a host of fascinating plenary sessions across two days - it's not to be missedThere's still time to book for #UKHSA23 🎫 Join us for inspiring addresses from Prof Dame Jenny Harries, @ProfKevinFenton, Prof Sir Chris Whitty, and Prof Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, as well as a host of fascinating plenary sessions across two days - it's not to be missed!