Kat Steinke

@microbiologikat

They/them. Microbiologist/bioinformatician (MSc) working at Odense University Hospital, quadball player, all-around nerd. Chronically unable to stick to one language. Opinions, terrible puns etc. all my own

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Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· 18d

This #DIDay, a couple of things where I reduced my dependency on apps: • using a physical planner for my week so it's easier to see the time slots I *do* have • MitID code key (hopefully reduces a pain point if switching to degoogled phone OS) • Basiskort (as physical backup to Rejsebillet for now)

Two very fancy looking Paperblanks notebooks with intricate metallic geometric patterns

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Jun 18

Since I haven't seen it on here: European Quadball Cup Division 2 is coming to Basel this weekend! Games are starting at 9 on Saturday and 8.30 Sunday, and if you can't make it there, there's a livestream too (with yours truly doing some camera handling)

A poster for the European Quadball Cup Division 2 in 2026 with date and location information: 20.-21. June, Sportanlagen St. Jakob, Basel. Admission is free.

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 22

More like the wrath of Bahn, turns out. "This IS the 10.48 to Odense!"

A sign reading "Schienenersatzverkehr" (replacement bus)

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 21

#ESCMIDGreenTravel part II: the voyage home (sans whales)

Interior of a NightJet mini cabin with a person's outstretched legs

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 20

Fun socks AND a good cause, a win/win for sure

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 19

The patient is stable 🪡🧵

The ESCMID Global 2026 patch sewn on somewhat crookedly

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 18

Very important #ESCMIDGlobal2026 update: they still have patches!

An iron-on patch for ESCMID Global 2026 depicting a pretzel

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 18

Want to talk about the bioinformatics part of how we use Nanopore 16S amplicon sequencing at Odense University Hospital? Catch me at poster 2474 (Area B) at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 at 12.00 today!

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 17

+ breakfast the next morning (some acrobatics required)

Breakfast on the Nightjet: two breadrolls and a cup of tea

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 16

#ESCMIDGreenTravel selfie time - getting to #ESCMIDGlobal2026 in style in the Nightjet!

View of a NightJet mini cabin from the inside, from the point of view of a person sitting with outstretched legs

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Jan 30

Accountability post for mit nytårsforsæt i år - skal bare liiiige komme af med min choice paralysis... #DanmarkSkifter

I 2026 vil jeg endelig tage mig sammen til at flytte min e-mail til en europæisk/EEA tjeneste

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· May 17

Star Trek had plenty of them too. I got a box of Star Trek novels from the Soup Era from a friend of the family’s and they really have some questionable gems.

„Only Kirk continued eating - out of the conviction that he needed strength to face the coming events. The reader should do the same - and enjoy a strengthening snack in the meantime. He [sic] only needs to interrupt the exciting reading briefly. For in just five minutes, a hearty warm meal can be prepared. For that, one only needs a spoon, hot water and…“

„Self-sufficiency is the principle of the soldiers at the river bank. A keyword that should make the reader pay attention - because with this method, he [sic] is independent as well. Of course, he doesn’t need to plant his food himself in our world. For him, it’s enough to prepare a cup and heat water. Everything he then needs is…“

„When the sensors register a dramatic change in overall status geometry, you can only look at the instruments helplessly. We down here on Earth fortunately always have the option to take a break from reading and consume something nourishing to be better prepared for further excitement on the Enterprise. After all, for a little nourishment in between all one needs is a cup, hot water and…“

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 30

Starting the last day of #ESCMIDGlobal with some wonderful illustrations by @torstenseemann.bsky.social - I am absolutely borrowing the concept next time I need to explain phylogeny (though I might need to localize it by adding licorice…)

A phylogenetic tree of chocolate bars with a banana as an outgroup

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 28

And last year’s dicloxacillin sleuthing getting a follow-up at #ESCMIDGlobal this year: Astrid Rasmussen from SSI on investigating the spread of the resistance plasmids

Title slide of a talk entitled “Plasmid spread from ST79 NDM-5/OXA-48 producing Enterobacter hormaechei from contaminated dicloxacillin capsules to other Enterobacterales in patients” by Astrid Rasmussen

Kat Steinke@microbiologikat· Apr 27

Catch me at #ESCMIDGlobal today with some results from one year of sequencing at Odense University Hospital’s department of clinical microbiology: how does our WGS-based Salmonella serovar ID hold up to the reference lab’s?