Ian Henderson

🎤Welcoming @hendersonlab.bsky.social to @bactivac.bsky.social ANM26! 📅 10–12 Nov 2026, Rio, Brazil 💉 Agnostic approaches to vaccine design: developing a pan serovar #Salmonella #vaccine 👉 bit.ly/ANM26 #BactiVacEvents #AMR @wellcometrust.bsky.social @britsocimm.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org

Finished my work trip earlier this week with a visit and seminar at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social - many thanks to @bugsinblood.bsky.social for playing host! Great catch up with Gadi Frankel too! Most coincidentally, met @hendersonlab.bsky.social on ICL campus - what are the odds?!

Countdown to Lorne Proteins 🏖️ Session 6: Invited speakers Nieng Yan, Tsinghua University, on the structural pharmacology of Voltage-gated sodium channels; closing with Simon Newstead, University of Oxford, on plasma membrane polyamine transporters in chronic pain. 🔗 www.lorneproteins.org

Why does daptomycin resistance appear so fast in Enterococcus? We finally have a clue. DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.

Delighted to be attending the Prime Ministers Prizes for Science again. Awesome winners and awesome scientists #AustraliasBest #science #price

"...one year on and it feels like much of the political momentum around tackling AMR has already vanished." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Curing disease: it's in our nature! As the Institute for Molecular Bioscience enters its 25th year, we’re not just celebrating the milestones behind us we are shaping the future. We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future. uniroles.com.au/display-job/...

Curing disease: it's in our nature! As the Institute for Molecular Bioscience enters its 25th year, we’re not just celebrating the milestones behind us we are shaping the future. We invite the next generation of scientific leaders to join us in writing that future. uniroles.com.au/display-job/...

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Your data is lying to you. Here’s how technical artifacts distort biology—and how to see the truth. 👇 1/ Beautiful t-SNE? Shiny heatmap? Look closer. Technical artifacts can fake whole cell types. Here’s where the ghosts hide.

Want to know what natural products are in clinical trials? Read this review! Great job from Mark Butler, Rob Capon, Mark Blaskovich! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug

Want to know what natural products are in clinical trials? Read this review! Great job from Mark Butler, Rob Capon, Mark Blaskovich! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug

I heard this sad news yesterday. I had known Kim for about 30 years. She was unfailingly kind and supportive toward all. The world is less bright without her. Deepest condolences to her friends and family. obits.oregonlive.com/us/obituarie...

🌟 I am truly honoured to be named a finalist for the Rose-Anne Kelso Commemorative Award from Life Sciences Queensland Ltd (LSQ). A big thank you to LSQ for their tireless work in fostering innovation, collaboration, and growth across the life sciences sector in Queensland.

When the world seems so anti-science, here is something to brighten your day! The UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience is recruiting a new Director for its Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery to drive its drug discovery program! #DrugDiscovery #Biotech www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

When the world seems so anti-science, here is something to brighten your day! The UQ Institute for Molecular Bioscience is recruiting a new Director for its Centre for Chemistry and Drug Discovery to drive its drug discovery program! #DrugDiscovery #Biotech www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

In Australia (UQ) if you click through

Check out #consgen #popgen

Thank you @narjournal.bsky.social and reviewers, and thank you team @hendersonlab.bsky.social @weinehue.bsky.social Brian forde and Matt Hemm, and Jack Bryant who was there from the beginning

Dear Bluesky, some good news to brighten your day! We are recruiting for the Director of the Centre for Population and Disease Genomics!! I would be grateful if you could share across your networks! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...

Elio Schaechter, eminent microbiologist and great human, leaves us his memoirs that tell the story of an extraordinary life: www.eliosmemoirs.org. What a fantastic and impactful journey!

4 years ago I was honored to host the legendary Elio Schaechter in the microbiology journal club, when he was only 93 yo... Elio told us about very peculiar microbes that travel 1 mm/sec, reside inside mitochondria, ride a microbial bus...He named my kids who also joined "micro microbiologists" RIP

Out yesterday. Using a translation reporter on a mini-tn5 transposon, and high freq. mutagenesis, we looked at translation on whole genome scale independently of genome annotation. academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Just a few days left to apply for PhD positions in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics @imibirmingham.bsky.social. preview-uob.cloud.contensis.com/research/cen... I am offering two projects (on Clostridioides difficile & metagenomics of wastewater and freshwater).

Best day of the year (if a bit hot this time)

I know you will all play a tiny violin but I genuinely very rarely get invited to speak at big conferences. So the invite this morning to present at ESCMID next year is a career highlight! Can’t wait!!!!

Thank you @inflammasomelab.bsky.social and @s-burgener.bsky.social for the invitation to visit the IMB@UQ in Brisbane! I had a fantastic time presenting my postdoc work in the Kagan lab (@jkagan1.bsky.social) and talking science!

Any international research colleagues interested in a move to Australia 🌊🔬🧪🇦🇺🌏

A wonderful example of how the right support can make a world of difference in research! Professor Walker’s group at #IMB has made substantial progress in developing a safe and effective vaccine for Strep A – thanks to investments from the Leducq Foundation and Open Philanthropy. shorturl.at/Qdblo

What fantastic news from Protagonist! With the company moving PN-477 into first-in human clinical Phase 1 studies, Protagonist continues to deliver incredible research - putting biomedical research in Queensland on the map. This is fantastic for IMB, UQ & Australia! www.biospace.com/drug-develop...

Maternal iron deficiency causes male-to-female sex reversal in mouse embryos 🧪 @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another fun collaboration with our chemistry colleagues.

Home sweet home! After an excellent time with @hendersonlab.bsky.social in Aus! I have finally returned to the UK and started a postdoc position this week with the van Houte lab at @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social with some fun research to come

Camino Day 32. It’s a wrap! Made it to Santiago de Compestela. A lot of emotion at the Cathedral. We spent the afternoon cheering on pilgrims from a street cafe. Tonight we celebrate!!! $5000 raised for heart disease research from people across the globe. www.justgiving.com/campaign/cam...

Camino Day 31. Ribadiso to O Pedrouso. 20km. People are equal parts happy and sad as the end of the camino arrives. Only tomorrow separates us from the end of 800km. Our camino friend Max rejoins for the last day - what a sense of connection! Tomorrow everyone is shopping for new clothes!

Camino Day 30. Portomarin to Palas de Rei: 26km. The end is in sight; 75km left! Crowds out in full force. I wonder if they know other parts of the Camino are just as wonderful! Amazing scenery: reminds me of Ireland & weather is giving similar vibes: wet! Have been lucky to avoid the rain until now

Camino Day 29. Sarria to Portomarin: beautiful scenery! The crowds have joined us! Big shout out to my Camino family for supporting me through my injury; it slows everyone but all have been super. In the last 4 weeks I have spent more time with these people than family & friends in the last year.

Camino day 28/29. Man down - I needed another taxi today from Triacastela to Sarria. after seeing a physio I hope to walk tomorrow but it will be slow going. Bumped into a whole tranche of students from my brothers old school - good idea to give them an unforgettable trip on the Camino!

Camino Day 28. Said good bye to Prof Cunningham today as he returned to the UK. Calf strain severely hampering walking despite the intervention of a trained professional! Took taxi from O Cebreiro to Triacastela in hopes of walking tomorrow. Beautiful scenery. www.justgiving.com/campaign/cam...

Camino Day 26. Walked 14km today from Villafranca to Valcarce. Slow going with calf strain- leg and ankle swollen - had to take cab remainder of the distance to Las Lagunas. Interesting to see crops change over the last month - leaves on the vines, wheat ripening www.justgiving.com/campaign/cam...

Camino Day 25. Walked Ponferrada to Villa Franca del Bierzo. A lot of fun. Crossed the threshold-less than 200km left & over 600km behind us! May 1st festival in the town resulted in a very large pizza to feed the Camino family. Calf strain is giving me problems! www.justgiving.com/campaign/cam...

Day 24. Walked from Foncebadon to Ponferrada - 25km. Molinaseca just beautiful. Ponferrada castle picture postcard! Lovely dinner with my good friend Prof Adam Cunningham who joins for the next few days.

One of ours! Great person and scientist!

Camino Day 23. Didn’t get to post yesterday due to blackout. A very special experience to be separate from the world & know nothing of the blackout. Local man bought us wine & told stories of the connections between Galicia and Ireland. Yoga lessons! www.justgiving.com/campaign/cam...

Camino Day 22. Beautiful day! Short 18km but time for tourist visit to Gaudi Bishops Palace - amazing! Stopped at spot offering free food to pilgrims - just special! Met some wonderful people and with many thanks to Jolanda and all those who donated to the cause www.justgiving.com/campaign/cam...

Camino Day 21. Three weeks and >500km done! Walked from León to Hospital de Orbiga - 36km. Wonderful walk with music and coffee along the way. New people added to the circle and much to celebrate. Thanks to all for the donations to heart disease research! www.justgiving.com/campaign/cam...

Camino Day 20. Had a great rest day in Leon. Visited physio for calf strain - apparently not enough stretching! Said good bye to @paulhoskisson.bsky.social - had a few great days of walking & chatting! Shoes worn out and a new pair needed - but apparently none in Spain is cursed with wide feet!