Elin Kate
@elinkate.bsky.social
PhD Student studying microbial interactions🧫| Book Lover 📚| Caffeine Queen ☕️ | Runner 🏃🏼♀️|
What’s better than free coffee at a seminar? Free coffee at a seminar, in a seasonal mug ☕️
October 14, 2026 at 9:31 AM
What’s better than free coffee at a seminar? Free coffee at a seminar, in a seasonal mug ☕️
October 12, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Nothing better than a Sunday morning long run!
Got the long sleeves on as it’s officially cold (I have decided this so it’s a fact you can’t argue!), 9km in the bag before another long day of lab work!
Happy Sunday 🍂❄️
#longrun #running #sundaymorning
Got the long sleeves on as it’s officially cold (I have decided this so it’s a fact you can’t argue!), 9km in the bag before another long day of lab work!
Happy Sunday 🍂❄️
#longrun #running #sundaymorning
October 11, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Nothing better than a Sunday morning long run!
Got the long sleeves on as it’s officially cold (I have decided this so it’s a fact you can’t argue!), 9km in the bag before another long day of lab work!
Happy Sunday 🍂❄️
#longrun #running #sundaymorning
Got the long sleeves on as it’s officially cold (I have decided this so it’s a fact you can’t argue!), 9km in the bag before another long day of lab work!
Happy Sunday 🍂❄️
#longrun #running #sundaymorning
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Productivity as an adult is just an endless process of applying new psychological tricks and operant conditioning to yourself until an acceptable number of tasks are completed.
October 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Productivity as an adult is just an endless process of applying new psychological tricks and operant conditioning to yourself until an acceptable number of tasks are completed.
It’s a second cup of coffee type of morning today… autumn really is upon us.
October 9, 2026 at 7:24 AM
It’s a second cup of coffee type of morning today… autumn really is upon us.
October 8, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.
October 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.
October 7, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Good morning mister snail 🐌
I walk past a house most days that has the most beautiful garden of flowers. It seems like today they had a little visitor 🌸
#nature #snail #flower #getoutdoors
I walk past a house most days that has the most beautiful garden of flowers. It seems like today they had a little visitor 🌸
#nature #snail #flower #getoutdoors
October 7, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Good morning mister snail 🐌
I walk past a house most days that has the most beautiful garden of flowers. It seems like today they had a little visitor 🌸
#nature #snail #flower #getoutdoors
I walk past a house most days that has the most beautiful garden of flowers. It seems like today they had a little visitor 🌸
#nature #snail #flower #getoutdoors
Asking for a friend… how many pens is too many pens to keep in your labcoat pocket?
October 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Asking for a friend… how many pens is too many pens to keep in your labcoat pocket?
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You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.
October 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.
Feeling festive with my crocheted pumpkin today. Made this little guy during my second year of PhD and it’s always a joy to get it back out in the autumn 🍂
October 6, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Feeling festive with my crocheted pumpkin today. Made this little guy during my second year of PhD and it’s always a joy to get it back out in the autumn 🍂
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🍬 Sugar undermines antibiotics
In 158 patients on antibiotics, more sweets meant worse damage to gut bacteria, with one harmful bug taking over. Mice given sugar alongside antibiotics saw that bug expand further and longer.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11077-3
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Science 🧪
In 158 patients on antibiotics, more sweets meant worse damage to gut bacteria, with one harmful bug taking over. Mice given sugar alongside antibiotics saw that bug expand further and longer.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11077-3
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Science 🧪
Sugar-rich foods exacerbate antibiotic-induced microbiome disruption - Nature
Avoiding a diet rich in simple sugars during treatment with antibiotics may mitigate microbiota disruption.
doi.org
October 5, 2026 at 5:36 AM
🍬 Sugar undermines antibiotics
In 158 patients on antibiotics, more sweets meant worse damage to gut bacteria, with one harmful bug taking over. Mice given sugar alongside antibiotics saw that bug expand further and longer.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11077-3
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Science 🧪
In 158 patients on antibiotics, more sweets meant worse damage to gut bacteria, with one harmful bug taking over. Mice given sugar alongside antibiotics saw that bug expand further and longer.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11077-3
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Science 🧪
Missing the summer?
May I recommend spending an hour with your arms in an anaerobic cabinet that’s set to 37 degrees 🥵
May I recommend spending an hour with your arms in an anaerobic cabinet that’s set to 37 degrees 🥵
October 5, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Missing the summer?
May I recommend spending an hour with your arms in an anaerobic cabinet that’s set to 37 degrees 🥵
May I recommend spending an hour with your arms in an anaerobic cabinet that’s set to 37 degrees 🥵
October 5, 2026 at 6:06 AM
The sleep schedule of a PhD student 🥼
October 4, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The sleep schedule of a PhD student 🥼
Good Morning 🌅
Do people still use blue sky?
I wanted to document the final year of my PhD and though hey… why not use blue sky!
So I’m sat here in the lab, 7am on a Sunday morning waiting for my plates to dry and writing this post.
Welcome to the #PhDiaries 🥼📝
Do people still use blue sky?
I wanted to document the final year of my PhD and though hey… why not use blue sky!
So I’m sat here in the lab, 7am on a Sunday morning waiting for my plates to dry and writing this post.
Welcome to the #PhDiaries 🥼📝
October 4, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Good Morning 🌅
Do people still use blue sky?
I wanted to document the final year of my PhD and though hey… why not use blue sky!
So I’m sat here in the lab, 7am on a Sunday morning waiting for my plates to dry and writing this post.
Welcome to the #PhDiaries 🥼📝
Do people still use blue sky?
I wanted to document the final year of my PhD and though hey… why not use blue sky!
So I’m sat here in the lab, 7am on a Sunday morning waiting for my plates to dry and writing this post.
Welcome to the #PhDiaries 🥼📝
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5:49am. Ice plunge number 3. Only the finest filtered stream water...
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
5:49am. Ice plunge number 3. Only the finest filtered stream water...
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Last week QSF had the opportunity to present a poster at Quadram's Annual Science Strategy event. We spoke to Trustees and Industry Advisory Panel members about our work helping to form a student community at Quadram, as well as the importance of student science!
March 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Last week QSF had the opportunity to present a poster at Quadram's Annual Science Strategy event. We spoke to Trustees and Industry Advisory Panel members about our work helping to form a student community at Quadram, as well as the importance of student science!
Yesterday myself and the other members of the QSF team hosted the annual Student Science Showcase!
This was a great opportunity to showcase the amazing science going on here by our students. Thank you to everyone who attended, presented and hosted! 🧬💕
This was a great opportunity to showcase the amazing science going on here by our students. Thank you to everyone who attended, presented and hosted! 🧬💕
This couldn't have happened without the QSF committee! Thank you to them for all their help -Josh
January 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Yesterday myself and the other members of the QSF team hosted the annual Student Science Showcase!
This was a great opportunity to showcase the amazing science going on here by our students. Thank you to everyone who attended, presented and hosted! 🧬💕
This was a great opportunity to showcase the amazing science going on here by our students. Thank you to everyone who attended, presented and hosted! 🧬💕
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me: “I’m not dramatic”
also me:
also me:
December 17, 2024 at 10:24 PM
me: “I’m not dramatic”
also me:
also me:
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December 9, 2024 at 10:11 AM
The only thing making waking up for early morning experiments bearable… watching the sunrise up over the research park 🌅
Happy Tuesday 🥼
Happy Tuesday 🥼
November 26, 2024 at 8:37 AM
The only thing making waking up for early morning experiments bearable… watching the sunrise up over the research park 🌅
Happy Tuesday 🥼
Happy Tuesday 🥼
Such a beautiful morning, only for me to be spending it inside in the lab/office 🥼💻
It always amazes me how beautiful the institute looks in the sun ☀️
It always amazes me how beautiful the institute looks in the sun ☀️
November 22, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Such a beautiful morning, only for me to be spending it inside in the lab/office 🥼💻
It always amazes me how beautiful the institute looks in the sun ☀️
It always amazes me how beautiful the institute looks in the sun ☀️
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i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between
November 21, 2024 at 11:53 AM
i either read for 8 hours straight or don’t touch a book for 8 months there is no in between