GeneScanner: profiling genetic variation across bacterial populations.

Thanks to the organisers of the ‘2026 Celebration of Microbiology’ for letting me talk about RodA in Bacillus subtilis! It was great to share a summary of the last 3 years with @seamusholden.bsky.social and @henrikstrahl.bsky.social

First paper for PhD student in the Bolam / Lowe labs Natalia Łoś on a the characterisation of a new CBM family that binds (beta) mannan! #glycotime @natalia-los.bsky.social 🥳🥳 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Time for @kateduncan.bsky.social to talk about chemistry and why microbes use it via some interactive questions

Great talk from @kasiamic.bsky.social kicking off the Microbiology Research Celebration. @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social

We start of the ‘2026 Celebration of Microbiology’ event @newcastleuni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social organised by PhD and Postdoc reps from @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social Chloe, Natalia, Rachel and Jean-Lou

Our B. subtilis autolysis paper by former group members Kenneth Seistrup and @alansckoh.bsky.social is finally out. This one has been lingering in my drawer for far too long. (1/3). #microsky www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Super exciting news 🚨 I am hiring a technician to join my brand new lab at the University of Birmingham! @imibirmingham.bsky.social Come and support my BBSRC-funded research on understanding how staphylococci survive antibiotics. Please share! 🧫🧪 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH271/a...

The programme for this year's BSAC Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms workshop is live! Take a look at the fantastic speaker line-up: @gmknght.bsky.social @bugsinblood.bsky.social @slowgoing.bsky.social @strain9000.bsky.social to name but a few! bsac.org.uk/arm2026/ @bsacandjac.bsky.social

@conmeehan.bsky.social @rachel-darnell19.bsky.social @johnlees.bacpop.org

💼JOB OFFER: There is a great opportunity for #PDRAs to join the #KathrynLilley #UniversityofCambridge lab to work on an ancient set of effector proteins IM30 family, that promote membrane integrity. See: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc.... Apply by the 13th Feb

Our paper on polymyxin interacting with the E. coli outer membrane is out! Simulations by the very talented @dheerajprakaash.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42... To scale outer membrane protein island simulated at coarse-grained resolution with portions refined at all atom resolution.

I had a great time at the @bsacandjac.bsky.social ARM workshop! I met some wonderful scientists and had great discussions about my work! Also, I walked away with a poster prize!! Thanks for organising @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social @conmeehan.bsky.social

Two fully-funded PhD openings in my research group at the University of York. If you’re excited about viromes, phage biology, Nanopore sequencing, soils and the odd bit of alpine or agricultural field sampling, we’d love to hear from you! 🌱🦠🏔️ tiny.cc/c4pv001 tiny.cc/e4pv001

Presenting a collection of projects spanning my time at the University of Otago and Newcastle University was a squeeze, but I think I managed! @avertproject.bsky.social @bsacandjac.bsky.social

Just arrived at the BSAC Antibiotic Resistance and Mechanisms workshop in Birmingham, looking forward to some great talks and discussions over the next two days! @bsacandjac.bsky.social @neharamchandani.bsky.social @taylorwr.bsky.social

Now properly published at @natcomms.nature.com with few additional experiments incl. demonstration of Daptomycin's ability to depolarise non-growing cells. See the original preprint-thread for a summary of our findings. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #microsky

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.

New paper out in AAC looking at the development of hyper-tolerance and cross-tolerance to cell wall-targeting antimicrobials via mutations in the mevalonate and Epa biosynthesis pathways and the LiaFSR cell envelope stress response. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1128/aac....