🔍Are last resort antibiotics an effective treatment for resistant Klebsiella oxytoca? Andy Edwards from Imperial College London, UK, takes us behind the scenes of their latest publication, published in #JMM. Read their full blog here🔗 https://microb.io/49pfpTZ

🆕 To celebrate Clinical Trials Day, we're inviting Norfolk and North Suffolk residents to sign up online to health, nutrition and food research studies. Residents can join our ‘match-making’ database which will keep you informed when research studies that may suit your needs begin ⤵️

Using alt text was the norm in early Bluesky. If you need a self-serving reason: use alt text and more people will share your post.

JOIN THE BIG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE To find out what roles there are, and the benefits of being on the committee, visit www.big.uk.com/volunteer. To put yourself forward for a role, complete the form below by midnight, end of Sunday 21st June. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We are hiring! 🔬🧫 Join our lab at the Uni Southampton as a Research Technician working on bacteria-phage interactions to develop therapies for hard-to-treat infections. 2-year post Deadline: 27 May 2026 Position start date: 1 July 2026 or shortly after Apply: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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...

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

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

Exciting programme of talks today at today’s ’celebrate microbiology’ event

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

Now online. Great collaboration with the Tidow lab @seegerlab and the @embl SAXS beamline. Capturing transient states of heterodimeric ABC transporter TM287/288 by time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering: Biophysical Journal www.cell.com/biophysj/ful...

The #SummerScience Exhibition is our annual free celebration of the best that science has to offer. This year you'll get a chance to visit a microbe zoo, discover the mysteries of lightning and more. Book your priority tickets now: https://bit.ly/4f6AuWX

Just over a week left to apply for this #PhD #studentship on S-layers and #AMR! Please share and if you want to know more, get in touch!

📣 Pint of Science 2026 is happening next week Discover more about our latest food, health and gut microbiome research in pubs and venues across Norwich ➡️ buff.ly/PuLbDwl

📣 Whelan lab is hiring 📣 We are looking for an entry level technician to help us with our culturing and DNA sequencing prep of cystic fibrosis lung microbiome samples. Applications close 20 May 2026. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

What microbes shared between parents and children? And what microbes are shared between grandparents, parents and children? 👪 Take part in our PEARL-AGE study to help us find out ➡️ buff.ly/48VykCL

Wonderful to have Dr Rebecca McHugh @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social to give a @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar today on her BBSRC fellowship work at @uofgsii.bsky.social - fantastic to see talented people (Becca & group) working with talented bacteria (Streptomyces)

Being involved in our governance is an opportunity to steer the work of the Society and to help make sure we are doing the right things in the right way to support our community now and in the future. Check out our Governance Vacancies page here: https://microb.io/4tCbBGP

What did attendees really think of Microbio26? We checked the socials 👀 Explore our new blog featuring real posts from delegates around the world 🌍 👉 https://microb.io/4evtDq1 #Microbio26 #Microbiology #SciComm

Our study on Bacteroides iron piracy is now out in @pnas.org. We show how surface-exposed lipoproteins bind xenosiderophores with different iron-chelating chemistries and propose a mechanism for xenosiderophore import across the outer membrane. Lots of structures (mostly X-ray this time)!

Pinch, punch, it's Microbe of the Month🦠 Introducing Nigromyces azzae! Depicted here, the team from Kuwait University captured N. azzae's colony morphologies on different media and incubation temperatures. Find out more here🔗 https://microb.io/3QxlwPN #Microbiology

Please share - full funded (UK students only) PhD studentship in the Duncan lab ‘intergrated ‘omics for accelerated antibtioic dicovery from abyssal actinomycetes’. Co-supervisors @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social, Marcel Jaspars, @zmaw.bsky.social- deadline 20th May www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Why does antibiotic resistance evolution vary between patients? Come to @officialuom.bsky.social @mermanchester.bsky.social to help us find out! 2.5 year @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position in experimental evolution Closing 15 May. Apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

I’m looking to hire a talented postdoctoral research assistant to work with me on my Wellcome Trust-funded project at the @dunnschool.bsky.social If you’re interested in bacterial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions, please apply below! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Interested in working on the evolution of photosynthetic endosymbioses? Come join us! I have 2 open positions in my new group @cemess.bsky.social in Vienna 3yr postdoc info: tinyurl.com/4emkjpn4 4yr PhD info: tinyurl.com/mtxmsjpy Apply by 1st June! Please share/repost #Protists #Symbiosis #PhD

**PhD opportunity** Join me, @henrikstrahl.bsky.social, and Alistair Brown at @newcastleuni.bsky.social to uncover how Mycobacterium tuberculosis survives antibiotics, one molecule at a time! 🔬🦠 #PhD #microbiology #biophysics #microscopy 📅 Deadline 20 May 2026 (UK home only) RT = 🙏

So pleased to have been involved with this paper from @nisbetalice.bsky.social, @gemma-langridge.bsky.social & collaborators @ukhsa.bsky.social If you like #Typhi, #Paratyphi or carriers of these its such a great read! A summary of #genomic #epidemiology of #enteric fever in England & Wales 2004-23

Rejection is part of science. So is resilience. 🔬 Tim Blower and @stewartlab.bsky.social share how setbacks helped shape their careers. We don't talk about this enough. 🔁Please repost and share your own stories of defeat or bouceback. Break the stigma! lister-institute.org.uk/news/resilie...

🧫 #AMR #PhD open @newcastleuni.bsky.social! How does #Cdifficile protein "armour" help it resist antimicrobials? Join me and @henrikstrahl.bsky.social to find out using: 🔬 #Structuralbiology, #microbiology #microscopy #genetics 📅 Deadline 20 May 2026 #PhD #PhDLife Pls share! (UK home only)

Want to work on iron uptake in fungi? Together with Prof Jan Quinn, we have a 4-year funded PhD studentship (UK only) to join us here in Newcastle. Get in touch if you are interested. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

🚨Another Langridge lab paper is hot off the press!🚨 We are excited to share the 1st paper from @nisbetalice.bsky.social, exploring the #genomic epidemiology of #entericfever in England & Wales (2004–23). But the hidden story is all about carriage... Now out in @plos.org Neglected Tropical Diseases!

Want to research the basis of how drug resistant bacteria interact with human immune cells? Fully funded 4-year PhD position available (UK home students). Come and join our amazing interdisciplinary team at the intersection of microbiology, immunity, metabolism and the clinic! Please spread the word

We have a PhD studentship open! (UK only sadly) but if you are or know a student keen to work on some *really* weird mycobacterial enzymes then get in touch! #glycotime Advert below www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

What are the genetic and molecular determinants underpinning the repair of bidirectional replication fork collapse in bacteria? PhD position open in my lab in collaboration with the brilliant @heathmurraylab.bsky.social. Please share and contact me if interested: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This collection of content from the Biochemical Society/Portland Press brings together content and activities on virology and vaccinology. We hope these resources will engage readers this #WorldImmunizationWeek https://ow.ly/HcZU50YRElB

We have a PhD studentship available to develop genome safeguarding technologies for synthetic phage therapeutics www.findaphd.com/phds/project... It is part of an exciting new @officialuom.bsky.social PhD by Enterprise programme www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...

Join us at the Glasgow Botanic Gardens from the 12th - 14th June for the Glasgow Science Festival where we will have fun activities demonstrating how we repurpose bacterial pathogens to become treatments for cancer. #GlaSciFest

💉 For every generation, vaccines work. 📣 As we mark World Immunization Week 2026, we’re starting by looking back at where it all began — with a new series of infographics from Vaccine Knowledge. @ox.ac.uk

Microbial Genomics: Becca Morrell-Tomiczek and Victoria Orr Microbiology: Devon Darley and Weijie Zhou Microbiology Horizons: Jamie Gorzynski and Joseph Falconer #Microbio26

Congratulations to all of the Poster Prize Winners at Annual Conference 2026! Access Microbiology: Ashleigh Tungate and Claire Davison Journal of General Virology: Adriana Tubb and Irma Laiter Journal of Medical Microbiology: Lauren Pittaccio and Nusrat Afrin #Microbio26

📢Extended deadline, now 27 April 2026. Got thoughts on artificial intelligence (AI) in microbiology—good, bad or undecided? We want to hear from you! Take part in the survey; you can find the link in the bio. #AI #artificialintelligence

Abstracts submissions are closing soon for Early Career Summer Conference 2026. Hear from invited speakers and network with fellow early career members between 6—7 July. Deadline 30 April: https://microb.io/ECConf26Abstracts #ECConf26

Happy April 25th all who celebrate. Light jacket season is upon us.

#NationalDNADay is a chance for conversation as well as learning. Explore beginner friendly articles and webinars from The Biochemist, Portland Press, and our Biochemistry Focus webinar series.

Who else is missing the craic? We had such a great time @microbiologysociety.org #microbio26 at #Belfast so its great to be able relive all the highlights in their summary blog We are so pleased we could play our part in such great science & shenanigans We look forward to Birmingham #microbio27

📣 @pintofscience.uk tickets are now on sale Discover more about our latest food, health and gut microbiome research in pubs and venues across Norwich ⤵️ buff.ly/PuLbDwl

Come and study for a PhD with us on antibiotic-producing Streptomyces, trying to understand the roles of primary metabolic enzymes with additional cellular roles - Details below - please repost www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

How do you fancy making a DNA bead bracelet, looking down a microscope as some slides, you can even test your lab skills using a VR headset at the Institute of Biomedical Science Learning Lab at Merthyr Science Festival 2026 @ibmscience.bsky.social

Following an amazing Annual Conference in Belfast, we're pleased to announce another prize draw for free registration to our Annual Conference 2027. For a chance to win, submit a manuscript to any of our 8 titles before 13 July 2026. Ts and Cs apply: https://microb.io/3Q68Ejm