A colleague received proofs of an accepted manuscript, and the "proofing process" clearly involved running the text through ChatGPT. Their voice has been erased, and errors introduced. This is from a supposedly reputable publisher. Anyone else been put through this particular form of hell? #MicroSky

Temporary lecturer in Microbiology post available at Bangor University. Apply by 15th September: jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php....

A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others Please share & get in touch if interested! tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3

Do you love phage? I have an opening for a postdoc in my lab at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science (@cmarinescience.bsky.social) looking at interactions between marine phage and iron, which is an important limiting trace metal in the oceans (1/5) 🧵#phagesky 🦠🌊

Applications close Sunday 8 for this #postdoc role with Falk Hildebrand and Chris Quince at the Earlham Institute and @quadraminstitute.bsky.social. Supporting the UK's #netzero mission, this project will use #metagenomics and #machinelearning to build expected microbial profiles across soil sites.

We are still looking for a motivated student to join us in the wonderful world of mosquito microbiome genomies! Funding unfortunately only for UK students for this one. If interested, please send CV & letter of motivation (email in image below) #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬 🧪Please share widely😊 1/2

Anyone know anyone on here who could maybe help with a cover image in the next week? Based on a chemical/material structure with a bit of graphic design? (For a prof fee obvs)

The MHRA today released new guidance for #Phage therapy in the UK. This will provide direction for scientists and researchers working to make this treatment a reality for patients. 🔬 🧪 🔗 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Fantastic new preprint of Vaughn Cooper's lab @vscooper.micropopbio.org - filamentous phages can get cancer and it's contagious. 🔥👇🏼 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎓Higher Education New🎓 Universities UK responds to Immigration White Paper

Bacteriophage replication strategies are associated with organic matter energy content on coral reefs Amazing work from the @cynthiasilveira.bsky.social lab #phagesky doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Thanks for your encouragement, folks. As always, it gives me a little shot of enthusiasm. Here's a look at some more of my concept pages. My idea was to have some general pages that explain the fundamentals, then focus on individuals.

Colleagues of mine are seeking to commission a graphic novel that captures their research project's findings. Commission value £24,000, application deadline 7th May To apply: Send CV and portfolio to [email protected] Further details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/nuri-k...

Fascinating and important study. May well be transformative in treatment of stubborn chronic lung infections such as by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in #cysticfibrosis and beyond rdcu.be/ekdWf

3rd UK MGE Workshop – June 16-17, Southampton Low-cost, science-focused, and full of fresh faces! Tea, biscuits, dinner, and… karaoke! Call for talks– No abstract needed! Just send your title by the end of April. Spread the word! #MGE #UKscience

Daily bunny no.2918 gathering at low tide

last day to apply for a post-doc position in my group #phagesky #microsky

It's April's #KidLitArtPostCard day! My name is Emily and I'm an illustrator particularly fond of drawing whimsical scenes full of silly little details. If that's your thing, please check out my work! fraidercat-illustration.blogspot.com/p/zoe-dante.... #kidlitart #kidlit #art #illustration

Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project. Read more and apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #phage #bioinformatics

Symbnet PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses - Oeiras Portugal. Students from all over the world are eligible, we sponsor selected students. Please Repost! gimm.idloom.events/phd-summer-s...

I really enjoyed the talks by Steve Backshall at Bangor University. Here is my sketch of the highlights from the staff and student session! It has been a busy week. @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @bangoruniscience.bsky.social

I really enjoyed the talks by Steve Backshall at Bangor University. Here is my sketch of the highlights from the staff and student session! It has been a busy week. @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @bangoruniscience.bsky.social

This is good news, and relevant to a comic about wastewater management that @rikworth.bsky.social @jpjordan.bsky.social and I made with @bangoruniversity.bsky.social @elliejameson.bsky.social last year. You can read the whole thing on the One Health project website: www.bangor.ac.uk/one-health

RP PLS! Iʻm hiring 3 postdocs at U Hawaiʻi to study yeast diversity and evolution, marine fungi, and the genomics of microbiomes in experimental foodwebs. All of these projects have existing datasets and LATITUDE to pursue individual interests and "blue sky" ideas www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5d7u4...

I have an technician job opening in my lab, applications by 25th Feb #PhageSky #Phage www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU975/r...

Phage taxonomy doesn’t have to be taxing, my latest cartoon for the Phage journal. To illustrate 𝘁𝗮𝘅𝗠𝘆𝗣𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗲 lnkd.in/dAXK4sSt @milja001.bsky.social

I have an technician job opening in my lab, applications by 25th Feb #PhageSky #Phage www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLU975/r...

Who discovered that Down's Syndrome is caused by a genetic abnormality and what became of her? In this episode of @lostwomenofsci.bsky.social, they highlight the debates, play interviews, and attempt to understand what happened in a lab in the 1950s and for the next 60 years. #WomenInSTEM

Now almost 450 signatories to my open letter calling on the @royalsociety.org to stand up for its values & deal with the widespread concerns raised by Elon Musk's Fellowship. Please consider signing & sharing: forms.gle/miDciq35oxyw... List of signatories here: occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...

Happy BHM! Celebrating our history and taking pride and joy in the contribution of Black Americans to this society has been and will continue to be a form of resistance

Big congratulations to James Docherty for passing his viva today! 🥳 #ProudSupervisor Thanks to Matt and Darren for examining. Thanks to the other members of the supervisory team past and present for the support, @ryancook94.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social @raymondkiu.bsky.social and Teagan.

We interrupt your regularly-scheduled chaos to bring you some cool microbiome science. 🦠 🖥️ 🧬 "Longitudinal phage–bacteria dynamics in the early life gut microbiome" now out in Nature Microbiology. We wanted a way to measure bacteria and phage in metagenomes 1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Not my usual microbial art, but I spent too much time trying to distinguish the tub we use for pet food from the one we use for baked goods #SciArt

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Last week I attended VoM in Newcastle, it was great to see so much amazing phage science and scientists. A lot has happened in January and it was great to be part of something so positive. Here is my sketch of all some of that science #Phagesky #MicroSky #SciArt

As a postdoc, NIH funded my research on how Zika and Dengue affected the adaptive immune system. As a grad student, I worked on HSV-1 (which causes cold sores and is a big cause of infectious blindness) and cellular interactions.

My NIH grant is helping us to better understand the virulence of fungi under stress which can help us predict public health outbreaks

To help people understand the importance of NIH, share what you’ve used their funding for (in easily understandable terms). I’ll start: my NIH postdoc funding helped me develop and test AI tools that could identify skin cancer across diverse skin tones.

NIH funding is funding my small business to develop an app to help teens with Type 1 Diabetes manage their condition.

My NSF funding helps identify effective interventions to reduce youth violence and therefore make our communities safer. #NSFimpact #NIHimpact #academicsky

🧪 🩺 #NIHImpact

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

I’m excited to share our latest preprint in collaboration with @Halllab.bsky.social In this work, led by PhD student James Docherty, we investigated the presence of #prophages and anti-phage defence systems in human-associated #bifidobacteria: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/4)

Starting 2025 with a fridge clear out! Ambitions and projects from last year now in the bin, but some clean clear space for new projects #Phagesky

@collapseaphorisms.bsky.social @void-d00m.bsky.social For their 18th bday, my mom got my kid a newspaper from the day they were born and the same newspaper today, on the day they turn 18. Thought you’d get a kick out of the irony

U.K. people of STEM (and adjacent fields)! 🧪 If you’d like to write more this year - there’s still time to apply for ScienceWrite 2025 Apps close 10am Friday

Beetle on a leaf but not an ORDINARY beetle on a leaf! 😍

Come work with us on #eDNA and salmonid pathogens! 🐟🦠 Please share: