Happy #DarwinDay 🧬🌿! To celebrate, why not share a story about #evolution with a #FutureScientist? My book, Little Changes, is a fun bedtime story for young readers to explore how small changes shape the living world. littlestories.co.uk/little-chang... #ScienceForKids #STEMBooks

🚨 PhD Studentship available! 🚨 We're hiring a UK student to start in Oct '26 via the BBSRC CODEM scheme. Full studentship plus £10k top-up PA. Study the mysterious ZOMBIE PHAGES 🧟 🦠 with our fabulous @mermanchester.bsky.social and @uommib.bsky.social communities! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The 2026 EMBO course in Computational and Experimental Microbiomics held in @uniofbath.bsky.social has been announced! Come and join us for this course to study host-microbe interactions and co-evolution. ⏰ When: 6-18 July 26 🚨 Registration: 11 May 26 🔗 meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...

New Perspective out in Advanced Science 🎉 in collaboration with @alanrice.ie for @uniofbath.bsky.social 60th anniversary special issue. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We review nearly a decade of work asking: how do gene regulatory networks rewire during evolution? 🧫🧵

If you’re interested in antibiotic resistance evolution in Pseudomonas, come to @flanagella.bsky.social’s poster (number 11) 💊 #MicroEvo25

🔬 Interested in bacterial immune systems & AMR, or how antibiotics affect phage infectivity? Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4) #PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions

The 2025 Curriculum Review is great news for STEM ✅ Depth over breadth ✅ Hands-on science ✅ Digital literacy ✅ Equity & progression. My FREE Evolution Project brings these STEM priorities to life through engaging, hands-on learning. www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/di... #STEM #CurriculumReview

There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)

Willing to join us @pasteur.fr for a PhD for a project on how interactions between mobile genetic elements shape bacterial adaptation? Subject to be tailored to candidates with keen interest in evolution, genomics, computational biology, microbiology. Check www.pasteur.fr/en/education...

Excited to share brilliant work @josie-e.bsky.social. She built a minimal type I-F CRISPR-Cas system where parts (like spacers) can be easily swapped. Against a panel of phages it gave full protection in most cases—though for some, immunity was stronger in low-nutrient growth. Check out her 🧵 below!

PhD opportunity, please share: We are looking for a prospective PhD student to start in October 2026 who is excited about bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae), how they interact, and how they exchange DNA. All details can be found on the funder website 👉 gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-c...

What are your "good hands" training tips? @baym.lol and others? - Slow down - Pay attention - Visualise doing the whole protocol. What do you need to have labelled when? Where are you standing? What are you doing during the incubation? Etc. - Start new methods with 2-3 small low-stakes experiments.

New paper out @molbioevol.bsky.social on antimutator Ecoli, mutational spectra and the distribution of fitness effects of antibiotic resistance with @knightjar.bsky.social @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and others @mermanchester.bsky.social doi.org/pzfm Read🧵for highlights and fun stats (1/13)

Thanks @jgi.doe.gov! I'm excited to learn more about how molecular mechanisms link ecological and evolutionary flexibility in P. fluorescens using DAP-seq. In collab with @robjacksoncomics.bsky.social @catriona1392.bsky.social @cjlush.bsky.social & Jacob Malone 🦠🌱

What shapes the moment when you say, this is who I want to be? Could one classroom research experience be that catalyst? Could a summer camp for teachers help them make students become scientists? 🧪🧫🧬🔬 YES. This is EvolvingSTEM. So proud of this team. youtu.be/sv3tcwRs2PE?...

😳 #phage #phagesky #microsky Pseudomonads coordinate innate defense against viruses and bacteria with a single regulatory system: www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...

Horton, Cherry, @gretelwaugh.bsky.social @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social et al. combine experimental evolution and bioinformatics in bacteria to characterize a ≥8 bp motif that can increase T:A→G:C mutation rates >1000-fold than the baseline rate. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf183 #evobio #molbio

🦠 New paper led by James Horton (feat. J Cherry & @gretelwaugh.bsky.social) reveals GnT DNA motif can boost T→A mutation rates up to 1000×, & how tweaking nearby bases can fine-tune its potency. General across bacteria + potential in synbio. 📄 academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar… 🔗 James’s thread ⬇️

Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Congratulations to the super talented @josie-e.bsky.social! Looking forward to catching up on your postdoc news with @annechevallereau.bsky.social and cheering you on later at Bath Abbey.

Great to see this work from @deepaagashe.bsky.social and team out. Make sure you give it a read.

40 today! It's been a helluva decade & I feel privileged to have been along for the ride. I got the best gift a girl could ask for - exciting data & excellent plots. I marked the occasion by walking 100km in 23.5h with a dear friend. We chatted, laughed and cried and it was wonderful (and painful).

Very proud to have won the Faculty of Science Excellence in Doctoral Supervision Prize. Biggest thanks goes to my nominator @francescodb.bsky.social and the awesome letters of support from current and past group members that brought a tear to my eye. It's shared with every member Taylor lab member.

Great to be in Manchester for the annual @multidefence.bsky.social meeting, with Luna and Simon!

Defence Systems are so hot right now 🔥 🔥 🔥 so check out our latest preprint to see how DSes contribute to niche adaptation, interact with each other, and drive accessory genome interactions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!

It's Evolution Fact Friday! Did you know that you can see evolution happening in real time? Our @bethmorillo-hall.bsky.social & @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social have developed #Evoscope, an education package for teachers to bring the process of evolution to life in real time! www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

Its here! Finally published. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

🧬 Struggling to teach evolution in a way that sparks curiosity and sticks? My brilliant PhD student @bethmorillo-hall.bsky.social shares practical, powerful tips in this new tes article👇 🔗 www.tes.com/magazine/tea... #SciComm #EvolutionEducation #PhDVoices

The most important things to consider with biotech companies are 1. Do they have stickers? and 2. Are the stickers laptop-worthy? Luckily I'm here to help, and have collaborated with Forge Genetics to ensure your laptops are receiving the best stickers possible

This meeting will be great! Abstract submission open now See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

Happy #DNAday 🧬! To celebrate, why not share a bedtime story with a #FutureGeneticist? Listen to my book, Little Letters, illustrated by uber talented James Munro & read by the forever charming children's author AF Harrold youtu.be/yv3Z8CZ3t_Q #DNA #GeneticsForKids #ScienceBooks

New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!

Another poster not to miss @microbiologysociety.org annual conference, @jasminetc2000.bsky.social is presenting her first year PhD work on Determining the regulation of the MADS defence system #Microbio25 🧪

If you're at @microbiologysociety.org annual conference, go find Maryam Ravari #Microbio25 who is presenting her work on mechanisms of biocide tolerance un Proteus mirabilis!

Had a fab time presenting a flash talk at #microbio25 in the urogenital microbes session this afternoon. If you love a good biofilm or polymicrobial communities and want to find out more, I'd love to chat at my poster tomorrow - B086 👩🏼‍🏫 @microbiologysociety.org

Excited to be presenting work from the Gifford Lab at #microbio25 on testing the effectiveness of combination therapy in E. coli in limiting antibiotic resistance spread 🦠🧫🧪 Come talk to me at poster A142 today!

Looking forward to speaking in the AMR mechanisms and regulation session at #Microbio25 today. I'll be speaking right after @brockhurstlab.bsky.social who will discuss our within-patient resistance evolution project, and I'll outline some measures we can take against resistance evolution in-host

Super proud of @megllewellyn.bsky.social presenting her first ever poster at #Microbio25 today. Don't miss it!

Presenting a poster at #Microbio25 today/tomorrow. Come for a chat about defence hotspots in Pseudomonas phage!

As a not-for-profit, the Microbiology Society has invested in research for 80 years. By publishing with us, you help ensure the continued success and development of the microbiology community. Publish with us - microb.io/Publishing-f...

Having a great time @vaam-microbes.bsky.social. Wonderful to catch up with friend @gebhardlab.bsky.social (thanks for the invite) and opening for the Evolution of Regulation session was a thrill.

Working part-time in #academia can be a means for some to enhance well-being, inclusivity, and career sustainability. Here, six researchers call for systemic changes to better support flexible working arrangements. #AcademicSky

Looking forward to tonight's #DarwinDay lecture from @bengarrod.bsky.social hosted by the Milner Centre @uniofbath.bsky.social www.bath.ac.uk/events/darwi...

🚨 Job alert 🚨 — are you interested in understanding how mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? 🧬 🧪 🧫 🦠 2x 5-year research positions available in experimental evolution @mermanchester.bsky.social Join us! #microsky www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Welcome to Maryam Ravari & @gretelwaugh.bsky.social to the @multidefence.bsky.social team! They will be supporting @yueyicai.bsky.social in establishing experimental pipelines to explore the regulation of multi-layered bacterial defence systems - what a team! tiffanybtaylor.wordpress.com/people/

Being part of the Bath team to help deliver a science communication course was a true honour. The sheer amount and quality of work produced by the AUW students was astounding. All groups produced academic posters, three-minute thesis talks, social media posts, and took part in panel discussions!

Just a totally normal day giving evidence to their Lordships about phage therapy 🤯 #microsky #phagesky parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

I submitted an #ERC grant today. The process was intense. Nothing to do now but wait... And feel overwhelmed with self-doubt and incompetence. The lifecycle of an academic.

Excited to speak at #PGG58 / #PopGroup58 about mutation rates, mutation spectra, antibiotic resistance and (if I talk fast enough) how the environment affects these. Tuesday in LT3 right after lunch. 🦠🧬 Come for the mutations, stay for the Bluey colour schemed ggplots. 📊🟦🟧