Science Scrapbook
This page is a living scrapbook of press/media links related to my scientific work—projects I’m involved in, collaborations, and selected press/media coverage. It’s mainly here as a quick reference for anyone who wants to explore the work in more detail.
COVID19/SARSCoV2
- I spoke on BBC news about SARSCoV2 Omnicron wave in 2022, BBC News Look East; Time: 18:43 01 Feb 2022.
- Large scale COVID-19 genome sequencing in Norfolk helps manage outbreaks
- Quadram goes global on COVID-19
Media for reconstructing a Salmonella genome from 800 years ago
The article describing the reconstruction of a Salmonella genome from 800 years ago picked up a lot of press. I'm quite proud it got into Newsweek.
- Press release for reconstructing a Salmonella genome from 800 years ago, "Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval northern Europe". PDF
- Newsweek.com, "Salmonella: medieval skeleton unlocks ancient history of potentially deadly bacteria". 7-25-18. PDF
- Nature.com, "Medieval skeleton offers clues to bacterial killer's origins". 19-7-18.
- Nature News, "Collapse of Aztec society linked to catastrophic salmonella outbreak". 16-2-2017
- ScienceDaily.com, "Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval northern Europe". 19-7-2018
- Futurity.com, "DNA from skeleton puts enteric fever in medieval Europe"
- Kompas.com, "Kerangka dari Abad Pertengahan Ungkap Jejak Perkembangan Salmonella". 26-7-18
- Medicalnewstoday.com, "Medieval skeleton sheds light on deadly Salmonella". 24-7-2018
Other press and media
- Press release for the Microbial Bioinformatics (Micro Binfie) Podcast. PDF
- Press release for the Microbial Bioinformatics (Micro Binfie) Conference 2020. PDF
- The Salmonella overview, was recommended by Prof. Jay Hinton on F1000 PDF
- BRIG was on the national news, skip to 1:20, Seven News (Seven Network); Time: 18:00; Broadcast Date: Saturday, 5th April 2014; Duration: 2 min., 16 sec.