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Host-Microbiome Interaction | Vaginal Microbiome | Preterm Birth | Functional Genomics
This is what happens when you chose to publish with
@microbiologysociety.org
. You are building the future of microbiology and giving a start to some incredible new scientists.
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Microbiology Society
11 days ago
In the lead-up to the Early Career Microbiologist of the Year talk prize final, taking place on 7 October 2025 during the Executive Committee meeting, we spoke to talk finalist Emily Stevenson, from University of Exeter, UK:
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Microbiology Society
9 days ago
In the lead-up to the Early Career Microbiologist of the Year talk prize final, taking place on 7 October 2025 during the Executive Committee meeting, we spoke to talk finalist Emma Davies, from the University of Glasgow, UK:
microb.io/4n5ba4J
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It's time to submit your abstracts if you want to present at the
@microbiologysociety.org
Annual Conference in Belfast next year. Lot's of great sessions, you'll definitely find a place for your research.
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Zamin Iqbal
3 days ago
Delighted to see our paper studying the evolution of plasmids over the last 100 years, now out! Years of work by Adrian Cazares, also Nick Thomson
@sangerinstitute.bsky.social
- this version much improved over the preprint. Final version should be open access, apols. Thread 1/n
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#biasedPI
but check out the interview by
@phoebecrossley.bsky.social
as one of the finalists in this year's Early Career Microbiologist of the Year prize talks. Work she did during her time in the lab of Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz
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Conor Feehily
Microbiology Society
6 days ago
In the lead-up to the Early Career Microbiologist of the Year talk prize final, taking place on 7 October 2025 during the Executive Committee meeting, we spoke to talk finalist Emmanuel Kuffour Osei from University College Cork, Ireland:
microb.io/4mewzHv
@EmmanuelKuffo15.bsky.social
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Conor Feehily
Microbiology Society
25 days ago
Share your unique insights, help lead new conversations and feature in our first-ever issue of Microbiology Outlooks. Submit your proposal, review or perspective now.
microb.io/MOutsJournal
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Delighted to be one of the funded projects for the
@innovateuk.bsky.social
Engineering Biology SPARKS Award together with partners CC Bio Ltd and supported by Dr Ryan Kean. "Engineering tailored biotherapeutics to target vaginal pathogens"
lnkd.in/et3H9iQq
@uofgsii.bsky.social
25 days ago
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Professor Lesley Hoyles
about 2 months ago
Interested in bacteriocins targeting Gram-negative bacteria causing UTIs? Come and work with me and PI
@davidnegus.bsky.social
as a research assistant on a 12-month project, funded by The Urology Foundation.
#UTIsky
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Research Associate:Clifton Campus
https://vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=1683
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Liam Rooney
4 months ago
🚨New pre-print out now!🚨 We 3D printed a large optical element that enhanced the illumination, contrast & image quality in transmission stereomicroscopy. This simple addition to the illumination path lets us detect refractive structures & dynamics unobserved by conventional stereomicroscopy. (1/5)
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Microbiology Society
4 months ago
Save the date for Microbes in Microbiomes 2026 in Miami, USA! Follow along for key updates on registration, grants and abstract submissions by visiting the event page -
microb.io/MiM26
#MiM26
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Great opportunity to work on an exciting project, bioinformatic analysis of microbiome sequencing data of the PrePOP study. Details below....
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Great opportunity to do a PhD in an excellent lab.
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Microbiology Society
5 months ago
Only one day left until the
#JMedMicro
talk with Dr. Mathew Diggle! Don't miss out on his talk ‘Beyond the Cough: Understanding Today's Viral and Bacterial Respiratory Threats. Register here:
microb.io/3jr2ciT
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Journal of Medical Microbiology (JMM) Seminar Series
24 April 2025 - Virtual, online
https://microb.io/3jr2ciT
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Cheers to submitting my first major grant as a PI. Reviewers be kind...
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Andy Edwards
5 months ago
Polymyxin B lethality requires energy-dependent outer membrane disruption New preprint in collaboration with colleagues
@ucl.ac.uk
and
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Polymyxin B lethality requires energy-dependent outer membrane disruption
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.16.649083v1
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SeqBiome
6 months ago
Our Head of
#Microbiology
Prof
@pauldcotter.bsky.social
was a key contributor to a recent scientific publication exploring strain-level variation among
#vaginal
#Lactobacillus
#crispatus
& Lactobacillus iners using comparative
#metagenomics
seqbiome.com/strain-level...
#womenshealth
#vaginalhealth
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Microbiology Society
6 months ago
We are recruiting for an Editor to join
#JMedMicro
! We’re looking for Editors with some previous editorial experience to support our AMR section. Find out more and apply by 30 May here:
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<i>Journal of Medical Microbiology</i> Editor for Antimicrobial Resistance: call for expressions of interest
09 April 2025
https://microb.io/EditorAMR
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Séamus Holden 🔬🦠🧫
6 months ago
Fellow bacterial cell biologists, message me if you use
@thermofishersci.bsky.social
Gene Frames for microscopy! Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further. If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product Please RT🔬🦠
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Live Cell Imaging of Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae using Automated Time-lapse Microscopy
42.1K Views. University of Groningen. This protocol provides a step-by-step procedure to monitor single cell behavior of different bacteria in time using automated fluorescence time-lapse microscopy....
https://www.jove.com/v/3145/live-cell-imaging-bacillus-subtilis-streptococcus-pneumoniae-using
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Professor Andrew J Roe
6 months ago
New paper from the group - here we show that aurodox prevents shiga toxin mediated damage in a murine model. Interesting changes to the microbiota too. Amazing work by
@rebeccamchugh.bsky.social
and the group. Paper here-
rdcu.be/efW0K
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Ákos T Kovács
6 months ago
Bacillus subtilis MurJ and Amj Lipid II flippases are not essential for growth
#JBacteriol
by Kiera Englehart & Jonathan Dworkin
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Bacillus subtilis MurJ and Amj Lipid II flippases are not essential for growth | Journal of Bacteriology
The assembly of peptidoglycan (PG), the typically essential polymer that provides structural integrity to bacterial cells, begins with the synthesis of the Lipid II monomer in the cytoplasm and along ...
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jb.00078-25
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Very proud day to have our wonderful PhD student successfully defend his thesis 🥳 Congrats Dr
@metagymomics.bsky.social
Great start to the weekend. 👏👏👏
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Arianne Babina
6 months ago
What a week! Grateful for the chance to share my recent work on
#bacteria
,
#evolution
, and
#RNA
at my first
#MicroBio25
conference. As a new lecturer in the UK, it was an incredible introduction to the vibrant microbiology community here!
@microbiologysociety.org
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Professor Lesley Hoyles
6 months ago
A new guide to probiotics available in the UK has been made available. Includes information on applications, dosage forms and evidence.
#microbiomesky
probioticguide.uk?utm_source=i...
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Probiotic Chart
https://probioticguide.uk/?utm_source=intro_pg&utm_medium=civ&utm_campaign=UK_CHART
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Giusy Mariano
6 months ago
For those of you who approached me at
@microbiologysociety.org
#Microbio25
(and anyone else interested!!), this is your last chance to apply for our PDRA position. Come join us in Glasgow!
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Alejandra Díaz
6 months ago
I guess I can't say I presented my poster on
#Microbio25
without posting a photo of myself with the poster. You can still come and hear about my research on Streptomyces at poster B057 today!
@microbiologysociety.org
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Wall Lab University of Glasgow
6 months ago
Great time at
#MicroBio25
with the University of Glasgow crew….. such a happy bunch doing awesome science!
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Megan Smith-Cerdán
6 months ago
Absolutely loved my first
@microbiologysociety.org
annual conference! 🦠 It was great to attend so many fascinating talks, chat over lots of interesting posters and share my research with such a supportive community!
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Lucy Crouch
6 months ago
How to keep mucus-loving gut bacteria happy, in my new article with
@uk.theconversation.com
theconversation.com/this-mucus-l...
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This mucus-loving gut bacteria is important for health – here’s how to keep it happy
Akkermansia muciniphila is a friendly bacteria which is linked to good immune function.
https://theconversation.com/this-mucus-loving-gut-bacteria-is-important-for-health-heres-how-to-keep-it-happy-248829?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton
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Ending a fantastic week at
#MicroBio25
with a view of the conference centre from the Ferry cross the Mersey
@scousemicrobe.bsky.social
6 months ago
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Gail McConnell
6 months ago
Missed the mmc conference abstract deadline but eager to present your latest work? Fear not! Late and Breaking abstracts open until Friday 2 May. More information here:
www.mmc-series.org.uk/conference/a...
@royalmicrosoc.bsky.social
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Abstract Submission
Abstract submission has now closed. You can now submit a late breaking abstract through Oxford Abstracts.
https://www.mmc-series.org.uk/conference/abstract-submission.html
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Feargal Ryan
6 months ago
Delighted our study (7+ years in the making) is out today in Nature. In a nutshell, 48 hours of antibiotics in week 1 led to impaired vaccine responses up to 15 months later in infants. We show (in-vivo) a probiotic can fix it
#microbiome
#science
#immunology
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bifidobacteria support optimal infant vaccine responses - Nature
Neonatal antibiotic use is shown to reduce immune response to infant vaccines, accompanied by reduced abundance of Bifidobacteria in the gut microbiota, with experiments in mice indicating that probio...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08796-4
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Leighann Sherry
6 months ago
Day 1 of the
@microbiologysociety.org
Annual Conference was a success! Very proud of
@uofgsii.bsky.social
UG student Lucy Hunter presenting her final year project on sustainability in the microbiology curriculum. Lucy is very keen to collaborate with others in this area, reach out if interested 🌿🧫
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If you're still at
#MircoBio25
, head down to poster 89 and catch up with all the work that
@phoebecrossley.bsky.social
is up to as part of her PhD in my lab
#microsky
#vaginalmicrobiome
6 months ago
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Michael Brockhurst
6 months ago
To all enjoying
#MicroBio25
remember: all
@microbiologysociety.org
events rely on our journals - every paper pays 4x travel grants! Make 2025 when you submit a paper to a MicroSoc journal
www.microbiologyresearch.org
$0 OA for Publish+Read institutions
www.microbiologyresearch.org/publish-and-...
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Microbiology Society
Microbiology Society journals contain high-quality research papers and topical review articles. We are a not-for-profit publisher and we support and invest in the microbiology community, to the benefi...
https://www.microbiologyresearch.org
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Alejandra Díaz
6 months ago
What a brilliant talk by
@phoebecrossley.bsky.social
today at
#Microbio2025
about gynaecological conditions and the vaginal microbiome. Coming out of endometriosis awareness month is so refreshing hearing about current research in the field!
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Alejandra Díaz
6 months ago
Tomorrow I will be presenting my research at
#Microbio2025
, "From Petri dishes to soil: Streptomyces on the hunt of antimicrobials and beyond", supervised by
@lore-fermar.bsky.social
. You can find me in poster B057!
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Clydeside taking over Merseyside at the
@microbiologysociety.org
#MicroBio25
🦠🧫
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Get a preview of one of tomorrow's talks at
#MicroBio25
featuring
@phoebecrossley.bsky.social
Trying to be impartial, but it's certainly worth a listen! Excellent work done during her undergrad stint at Uni of Arizona
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Rebee
6 months ago
@blackinmicro.bsky.social
thank you for everything you do 👏 Thank you
@microbiologysociety.org
for introducing the EDI prize, it’s great to see these conversations take place at scientific conferences. If you missed it, check out this blog post:
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
#MicroBio25
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Microbiology Society
6 months ago
#Microbio25
has officially begun! We look forward to welcoming you all to our four-day conference, packed with the latest microbiology research, professional development sessions and so much more. View the full programme:
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Annual Conference 2025
31 March - 03 April 2025
https://microb.io/Microbio25
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A new home for top class reviews in microbiology.
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Microbiology Society
6 months ago
Make sure you don't miss out on any of our prize lectures refreshments, lunches, drop in sessions or social evenings on offer at
#Microbio25
by downloading our app:
lnk.bio/microbiosoc/...
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Rebecca J Hall
6 months ago
A happy Friday seeing this out! I lucked out and got to work with a couple of really great students on this, Shalini and Jacob, and I’m super proud to see their hard work rewarded
#microsky
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Glucose alters the evolutionary response to gentamicin in uropathogenic Escherichia coli
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a major health and economic concern. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the leading cause of UTI, and antibiotic-resistant UPEC are increasingly common. The m...
https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.001548
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My journey to Liverpool for
#MicroBio25
next week begins now 🚅🧫🦠
6 months ago
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Microbiology Society
6 months ago
Change is coming to microbiology publishing. A new space for authoritative reviews and forward-looking perspectives is on the horizon. Be the first to hear the full announcement at
#Microbio25
.
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Conor (Conchúr) Meehan
6 months ago
Ive had a lot of shared first/last author papers because of the collaborative nature of my work. I often find people wary of this as they think sharing instead of sole will impact on assessment of their achievements. Great to see a study that refutes this!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Fair credit? The impact of shared first authorship on academic career evaluation - Scientometrics
Shared first authorship (Shau) has become common practice across research disciplines. However, it remains unclear whether Shau affects attributed academic career success. We investigate the relevance...
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-025-05262-w
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Jontana Allkja
6 months ago
Looking forward to co-chairing an exiting session on the Role of Microbiomes in Humans, Animals, and Ecosystems!
#microbiology
#Microbio25
#microbiomes
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Microbiology Society
6 months ago
Mark your calendars! On 31 March, we're unveiling a new journal at Annual Conference. See you at
#Microbio25
!
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