We’re looking for a Summer Intern to generate microscopy videos of bacteria bursting in response to administering antibiotics as part of a public education video on the uses of antibiotics and risks of misuse 🔬 🗓️ Apply by 5 January ➡️ buff.ly/YlUQUho

In 2025, the Society marks its 80th anniversary. Since 1945 we have been microbiologists together. There are many ways to get involved with Society activities; learn more here - microb.io/Get-Involved

Society Event Grant – Annual Conference 2026 Awards of up to £350 (UK) and £650 (International) are available for eligible members wishing to attend the Annual Conference in Belfast. Application deadline is midnight GMT 02/01/26. 🔗Link here: microb.io/AC26Grant #Microbio26 #Microbiology #MiM26

‘Why solutions to antimicrobial resistance are urgently needed‘ sergemostowylab.bsky.social & I had the opportunity to write an editorial for @dmmjournal.bsky.social ‘s collection celebrating 100 years of @biologists.bsky.social you can read it here: journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

Save the date! Join us for our brand new online seminar series, Safe Microbiome Perturbations. The first webinar, Skin Microbiome and in vitro Methods, is happening on 28 January 2026. Registration is free and now open: https://microb.io/4aPYX0y

📢 Voluntary opportunity Microbial Genomics is seeking Editors to support high-quality research in microbial genomics. This unpaid, public-facing role supports peer review, editorial decisions & journal strategy. More info: Voluntary Opportunities 👉 microb.io/Vacancies

📻 Listen back to BBC Radio Norfolk to hear our researcher @emmabeansworth.bsky.social talk about the launch of Am I a Scientist? which aims to break down current stereotypes of what scientists are. 🔊 Listen from 24:05 ▶️ buff.ly/a8Z8Wmp 🥼 Find out more about Am I A Scientist ➡️ buff.ly/ZhpyuhK

Fab afternoon at the MHD festive gathering 🎉 congratulations to the winning quiz team and @johncorrigall.bsky.social for most festive outfit.

🔔New Preprint🔔 Just posted on Access Microbiology (first time using this platform, seems great!) our work on looking for antimicrobial proteins in snake venom. This is work from the first bit of funding I received and the project (1/3) www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... #MicroSky

This year's Christmas Lectures from our friends at @rigb.org with Maggie Aderin-Pocock promise to be out of this world. Catch them on BBC Four and iPlayer on 28, 29 and 30 December:

Join Dr Jo for some Curious Christmas Festive Science Activities in a fun and creative festive workshop where we’ll explore: ✨ Optical illusions ✨ Lava lamps ✨ Chemical reactions ✨ Solids, liquids & gases ✨ Floating, dissolving & more - all with a seasonal twist! www.elementalhouse.co.uk 1/

Couple of @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social updates also. Building upon our structural biology strength int he theme and a little bit of #glycotime too. We had fantastic talks from @jlreyre.bsky.social and Bert van den Berg. Jean-Lou with a fantastic talk building on the Lowe lab work on D-arabinases.

Final WAAW post because, let’s face it, antimicrobial stewardship shouldn’t just be for just one week. The session at Newcastle University @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social was organised by a group of undergraduates including @microbiologysociety.org champion Eloise. #microbiochamps

Make 2026 the year you get serious about #SciComm. Kick it off with my free training session with @newscientist.com You’ll also discover how you can be part of New Scientist Live in 2026. Totally free! www.newscientist.com/science-even...

I'm pleased to announce #WhatIsAScientist is now a 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 online #teaching resource! Showcasing the diverse scientists at the Norwich Research Park & helping to smash stereotypes in science Aimed at teachers, with a lesson plan & downloadable resources - ideal for #BritishScienceWeek #BSW26

If you’re interested in solving bacterial mysteries, this PhD project is for you! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

It's already that time of year! This December we'll be posting a Chat highlight each day from across our 5 current projects. Tag us in your favourite Chat moments this year too!

Join us at 2pm today for this month’s JMM seminar by Dr Stephanie Lo on ‘Genomic Surveillance to Inform Vaccine Impact and Design.’ Register here for joining instructions: microb.io/49tTbRS #JMM

🆕 Blog! Thinking of doing a PhD in microbiology in the UK? We've got eight reasons why you should join the Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics PhD programme. Applications onto the programme for entry in 2026 are now open 🦠 buff.ly/Ms3Mk19

There's still time to join our online LinkedIn Clinic on 3rd December. Book your spot now! www.big.uk.com/event-6410654

Happy to see work I contributed to during my MSc at @bioscienceleeds.bsky.social with Jennifer Tomlinson’s lab out in @pnas.org! Everyone Bluesky-less except @antoncalabrese.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #AMR #MRSA #NMR

Following up with last weeks adventures, Wednesday was a trip on the new metro through to Sunderland for a job fair and then the AMR awareness symposia run by the University of Sunderland School of Medicine.

Busy week last week kicked off with another billy belter of a seminar from @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social First talk from James Haycocks from @banzhaflab.bsky.social with some cool work with chemical genomics on Vibrio. It's great seeing the high throughput plates in action. #dreamtheme

Looking to attend exciting meetings and training events in 2026? View our calendar, register your interest for a range of events, and be notified when registration opens! buff.ly/5FTNeIW

I have a PhD position available on freshwater phage pollution, in terms of AMR impact and persistance of phage used in food and agriculture. #PhageSky #MicroSky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Standing up for Science Online Workshop – Engaging with EU Policymakers and Media ECRs are invited to join this free online workshop on Friday 28 November 2025 (10:00 CET), designed to help you communicate your research with confidence. Find out more: senseaboutscience.org/activities/s...

We are delighted to announce Microbiology Horizons, the new title connecting microbiology with data science, engineering, social science and other disciplines to address global challenges. Read the full announcement: microb.io/4o8FyuX

EDI Prize 2026: @edelplopez.bsky.social — Université Laval, Canada, @bfrancescol.bsky.social — Fluminense Federal University, Brazil, @landongetz.bsky.social — @utoronto.ca, @katie-barnes.bsky.social — @uwmadison.bsky.social and @nicholasbio.bsky.social — The State University of New York, USA

This World AMR Awareness Week we’re sharing some resources we have developed with regulators that tell you ‘what regulators want you to know’ about antimicrobial resistance. 🦠

We would like to take time this Publication Integrity Week, to thank our editors, reviewers, and staff for ensuring that we publish with integrity for our community. #PublicationIntegrityWeek 🤝🦠

Theres still time to apply for our PhD project on UPEC/immune cell interactions. Deadline December 4th

Lots of people telling me they love Dad jokes, but jokes about graph paper are where they draw the line.

🖥️ How is artificial intelligence being applied to microbiological research? As part of the Microbial Primers series, @delafuentelab.bsky.social publish a guide on the developments in machine learning (ML) and their applications🦠 #Microbiology #ArtificialIntelligence #AntibioticDiscovery

Jonas Flohr reports back on his AMI-sponsored summer studentship at Durham University - investigating how metals influence bacterial ecosystems. www.the-microbiologist.com/careers/summ... @durham.ac.uk

Pleased to see this collaboration with a great PhD student Pei Cing Ng, from Prof. Luning Liu's lab at Liverpool University published. Structure of the H. neapolitanus carbonic anhydrase and localisation in a mini-carboxysome: www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

I have a phobia of shallow dishes - I’m petri-fied

New PhD position in my lab at @uniofbath.bsky.social (with both @tweethinking.bsky.social & Dr Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun)! We're looking for someone keen on bioinformatics and microbiome evolution. Important info below on eligibility & URSA competition funding👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Professor Joana Falcao Salles, a professor of Microbial Community Ecology at the University of Groningen, has been named as the newest winner of the Basil Jarvis Food Security and Innovation Award. @rug.nl www.the-microbiologist.com/news/horizon...

Join us for the next webinar in our AMR series on 8 December at 13:00 GMT, ‘Irish National Action Plan (iNAP3) on AMR Panel Discussion'. The webinar is free, and all are welcome to attend. Register now: microb.io/486F0kl

Great to attend @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar series yday, 1st talk from Kathleen of @jmarlesw.bsky.social lab with a brilliant Structural Biology 101 from an ÄKTA aficionado for the angstrom averse, to explain the structure discovery pipeline and what’s making structural biologists so sad.

Funded PhD opportunity for anyone interested in using cutting-edge chemistry to look at glycan profiles in prostate cancer samples 🙌🏻 The successful student will be based at the University of York with Prof Alison Parkin with the opportunity to carry out a placement at the @nucancer.bsky.social

Last few hours to get your abstracts in!! Lots of exciting sessions to submit to for Belfast next year! #Microbio26 #microbiochamps

Final call! Abstract submissions for Annual Conference 2026 close at 23:59 GMT tonight. Submit your work and join us in Belfast: microb.io/AC26Abstracts #Microbio26

Last year, we funded our Champions to conduct activities during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Dr Yinka Somorin discusses his outreach work last November. We are proud to be funding activities again! Watch this space to see the outreach we are supporting to help tackle AMR.

You can get two-day tickets for Annual Conference 2026. Registration is already open. Learn more and secure your spot: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

Another exciting day in Newcastle for structural biology! The CCP4 Structural Biology Meeting 2025 is here!

Next up @augustsilale.bsky.social telling us about molecular motor proteins

No! You're a toxic burden?! 😅 Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health dealss with this 🤔 this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬 The @langridgelab.bsky.social is looking for #PhD candidates to join the group in October 2026 - please share! Apply by 6 Jan🗓️ #PhDposition

In 2019, a mysterious contaminant lead to the start of Contamination Club, an online club dedicated to weird and wonderful intruders. 🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.

So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae. www.nature.com/articles/s41...