Join us at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference for our 🌈 LGBTQ+ Networking Event (with Trans & Nonbinary pre-meet). 📅 Tuesday 14 April | ⏰ From 19:30 Get your tickets by Thursday 9th April: https://microb.io/Microbio26SocialProgramme #Microbio26

Postdocs, don’t miss the FEMS Summer School in Porto! Collaborate with int. researchers, join mentor-led panels, and explore how learned societies tackle global challenges. Apply by 15 April: https://fems-microbiology.org/about_fems/network-and-activities/congress/fems-summer-school-for-postdocs/

🔊 Looking for a Research Assistant in Bacterial Evolution to join my lab 🦠 🥼Main duties: Research (AMR + microbiome) + lab assistance. ⏲️ Post duration: 30 months 🗓️ Closing date for applications: 20th April 2026 💰 Salary: ~£35k Details and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2a3v66y7 Please share!

This is no April fools!!! 🚨 @langridgelab.bsky.social has a funded #PhD for UK candidates Do you love #microbiomes, #bioinformatics & translational science? Come & join us, & @andrewjpage.bsky.social at @originsciences.bsky.social & get stuck into a ton of #metagenomic data🧬 Apply by 8 April

Join us at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference for our Disabled and Neurodivergent Members Social. 📅 Monday 13 April | ⏰ 20:00–22:00 Get your tickets by Thursday 9th April: https://microb.io/Microbio26SocialProgramme

Not all #Salmonella equal in terms of infection risk! By combining population #genomics & global datasets, we identify lineage-specific markers linked to human infection - including a conserved prophage in S. Agona🦠 This highlights the potential for genomics-informed risk prediction in food safety

We’ve been sciencing! M abscessus makes a arabinanase toxin to chop up the cell wall of competitor mycobacteria! #glycotime 🦠 thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for the funding that makes this collaborative work possible! Also Sam’s structures are 😍 and Jean-Lou did some lovely biochem

A late update for Day 5 of #AMGDMar26 on Friday our final day was blessed with beautiful sunshine in B15. A stark contrast to Thursday’s rain and strong winds. Enjoyed wrapping up our top secret task: the disease outbreak scenario 🔬🦠

Join Dr Rob Fagan's Seminar this Friday at 2pm on ‘Clostridioides difficile - an evolving AMR threat.' Register here: https://microb.io/4l58vI6 #JMM

We fund AMR outreach around the world. Microbiology Society Champions led activities during World AMR Week 🌍 These activities are part of Knocking Out AMR: driving global action against one of the biggest health threats of our time. Learn more: microb.io/4rP2eCn #KOAMR #WorldAMRWeek

Delighted to share our latest research on EHEC type 3 secretion regulation through amino acid deamination. Big collaborative effort over several years. Thanks to all our co-authors and funders. 📄 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🚨 A new piece of the preterm gut microbiome puzzle just fell into place! Bifidobacterium metabolise human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in early life — shaping immunity, supporting gut development, and protecting against diseases like necrotising enterocolitis (NEC). www.nature.com/articles/s41...

To celebrate British Science Week, NC3Rs staff took part in eight @imascientist.org.uk online chats last week, meeting around 150 school students. It is always great to see how curious young people are about the ways that scientists are replacing, reducing and refining the use of animals!

In this blog post for the Association of Science Communicators, I make my argument for why science communication needs visuals, and why I think it's not something we should delegate to machines (even if we could) 🤖 www.associationofsciencecommunicators.org/2026/visuals/ #scicomm #SciArt #SciViz

💉Today is National Vaccination Day - Vaccines are a powerful yet underused tool against AMR. By preventing infections, they reduce antibiotic use and slow resistance. Learn more from the workshop report: 🔗https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.002050 #KOAMR #NationalVaccinationDay #JMM

Annual Conference is the UK's largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Register now to secure your spot: https://microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

Day 4 of Analysing Microbial Genomic data #AMGDMar26 Working with Core and Pangenomes and building phylogenetic arboretums. More overcast today and being battered by the wind but lovely conditions for coding!

Are you a biochemist, microbiologist or related fields graduate interested in a fully-funded #PhD based at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social? If so, take a look at this #seaweed biotech project with Frederick Warren. #PhD @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d...

2 year fellowship available in AMR research www.medicalresearchfoundation.org.uk/grants/antim...

Happy Bon Jovi Day, it’s day 3 at #AMGDMar26 Today was a belter, moving from the small sample work to the bigger datasets. Working through quality checks of assemblies, incorporating mlst and annotations. Big win for me getting the looped bakta annotation sorted. Alexa play Heather Small!

Day2 of #AMGDMar26 brought back my struggles with for loops during PhD bioinformatics training. The morning very much felt like Dr Jon Tickle running on custard getting to grips with sequencing data, quality checks and trimming on a small scale. But by home time I was shovill’ing with the best of em

Early start Monday morning to travel down to Birmingham for #AMGDMar26 Intentions of updating the timeline on the train were derailed by having minimal arm space and musical chairs. Nutrition provided by Greggs.

Today is the start of the 5th Analysing Microbial Genomic Data course at @unibirmingham.bsky.social #AMGDMar26 - in the last three years we’ve trained nearly 80 attendees from six countries and multiple UK universities

I’m looking for speakers for a London event on the science of Star Trek. I’d really appreciate suggestions from underrepresented minorities in STEM, especially PoC/global majority. (10 min, central London, Sept, currently unpaid but I’m trying to fix that) Feel free to message

🚨Funded PhD opportunity for UK candidates🚨 Do you love microbiomes, bioinformatics and translational science? Come and join us and @andrewjpage.bsky.social at @originsciences.bsky.social and get stuck into a wealth of metagenomic data 🧬 Apply by 8 April 👇 tinyurl.com/4fvwtzer

Vacation Studentship Grant🚨 The Society offers a limited number of awards to enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during their summer vacation. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2026, find out more and apply now: https://microb.io/4kDKRm5

AMI’s New Professional Research Grant supports newly appointed microbiology professionals in advancing sustainable applied microbiology research aligned with the UN SDGs 👨‍🏫 Apply now: https://appliedmicrobiology.org/funding/new-professional-research-grant.html 📅 Deadline: 30 April 2026

Hey #Microsky, time to celebrate your amazing female colleagues, students and mentors for #IWD2026! Nominate an inspiring woman whose research, teaching, innovation, or community leadership deserves recognition! @femsmicro.org crm.fems-microbiology.org/ssp/internat...

Annual Conference is the UK's largest annual gathering of microbiologists. Register now to secure your spot: https://microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26

Applications for Vacation Studentship Grant are now open. The Society offers a limited number of awards to enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during their summer vacation. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2026: https://microb.io/4kFjubf

All Biochemical Journal papers undergo a rigorous peer review process; however, the Editorial Board is committed to ensuring that, if revisions are recommended, extra experiments not necessary to the paper will not be asked for🧪. https://ow.ly/PLkr50Ybg7g

Pride in STEM are still looking for nominations for this award - you have until the 1st March! If you would like to consider me - over the last 5 years I have done asexual in STEM advocacy, engaged LGBTQ+ folks with science and helped raise the visibility of LGBTQ+ scientists in education.

To celebrate #IDWGS2026, we're highlighting women who shaped microbiology but never got their flowers, starting with Fanny Hesse. We're not stopping there; help us continue the work. Nominate a female microbiologist you know for a feature on our blog: buff.ly/kk7Ieye #IDWGS #WomenInSTEM

UK undergrads - UK Space Agency Internships Programme is running this summer. Is paid too (£5k for 8 weeks). web-eur.cvent.com/event/2a6caf...

On International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🔬👩‍🔬 We’re launching the Women Microbiologists Network: a member-led networking and discussions event for women in microbiology by Dr. Enas Newire. Read the news story and join: 🔗 https://microb.io/4ax5M5I

Don’t miss your chance to fund a summer research project in applied microbiology! Our Summer Studentship Grant helps students gain valuable research experience. Applications close in a few days 👇

BIG Event 2026 Registration is Open Now! Join us at the National STEM Learning Centre 15-17 July for top quality skills sharing, networking and our famous Best Demo competition! Early bird tickets and our bursary scheme are now open, with early bird closing 31 March! www.big.uk.com/BIGEvent2026

A member of #FAN? An #ECR working on #AMR? Preparing your first grant application? ⏰ Last week to apply for #FAN #FLAME - a residential writing retreat in Northern Ireland. 🗓 #Deadline: 16 Feb 2026 (10:00 GMT) 🔗 Apply: forms.office.com/e/bGM73X7fn8 🔗 Details: www.futuresamr.co.uk/events/fan_f...

Medical microbiologist and AMR researcher Dr Oluwole Owoyemi, reveals why he designed a scientific writing and publishing workshop for early career scientists - and how it went. www.the-microbiologist.com/news/from-am... @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social @asm.org

🔍Have you ever had a doppelganger? Recent research finds 190 genomes, originally categorised as Vibrio cholerae actually belonged to a close relative, Vibrio paracholerae. Sergio Morgado takes us behind the scenes of their recent publication in Microbial Genomics here🔗https://microb.io/3Nm5fM1

meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic... Announcing the 2026 EMBO course in Computational and Experimental Microbiomics, to be held at Bath. The course brings together experiments and bioinformatics to study host-microbe interactions and co-evolution. Register now, or at least by 11 May, if interested :)

🔔Collabator Alert🔔 I’m putting together a project on UTIs and the urogenital microbiome and am looking for a collaborator with solid metagenomic sequencing/analysis experience. If you’d be interested in joining the work, I’d love to talk #MicroSky #UTISky

LAMECS returns on Thursday 18 June 2026 at Manchester Metropolitan University! This year’s programme spans all aspects of applied microbiology, including food, health, environment, industry, and microbial ecology. Book your place: https://appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-calendar/lamecs-2026.html

New PhD alert! We'll be applying animal welfare ideas to look at how stress affects bees, looking at the effect on bee brains with @lenariab.bsky.social, and working with @sensibee.bsky.social developing new monitoring methods. Please spread the word! #bees #PhD 🧪 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

📢 Call for Abstracts! 📊 We're now accepting abstract submissions for Lightning Presentations at the TARGetAMR Conference 2026! 🧠 📅 Deadline: Friday 20th March, 5pm GMT 🔗 Submit yours here: www.targetamr.org.uk/now-open-cal... #TARGetAMR26

Abstracts submissions are open for Early Career Summer Conference 2026. Hear from invited speakers and network with fellow early career members between the 6—7 July. Registration opens 28 January: https://microb.io/ECConf26Abstracts #ECConf26

We’re hosting the second Disabled & Neurodivergent Members Social at Annual Conference💙 Open to members at any career stage who identify as disabled, neurodivergent, and/or chronically ill. Register your interest to receive updates: microb.io/Microbio26So... #Microbio26

Only 2 more days to apply for this post as Research Fellow in the Health Protection Research Unit - Public Health Genomics at the University of Birmingham. Come and join us to exciting, cutting-edge genomics and metagenomics work to deliver public health benefits www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE112/r...

PhD position available in our team to study how UPEC exploits metals to successfully colonise the host gut. Cool collaboration with @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and @banzhaflab.bsky.social Please share and get in touch for more details