I never ever get why editors are always complaining about this. People want stuff gone so that they can have a sense of achievement at the end of year going into a break. The majority of people expect nothing to be done until the new year.

Every generation feels the world is on fire but the world really is on fire

I know nothing in this world should surprise me anymore but what the hell is this? Like something from a distopian Sci-FI novel.

And yet ... crickets chirping...

No child should be dying from the Whooping Cough in 2025. Antivaxers have so much to answer for.

Here's our new broad review on the extended mobility of plasmids, about all mechanisms driving and limiting their transfer. From conjugation to conduction, phage-plasmids to hitchers, molecular to evolutionary dynamics, ecology to biotech. The state of affairs. 1/9 academic.oup.com/nar/article/...

Shocking....(Completely obvious for anyone that has tried to use it for anything but the simplest task)

New manuscript from the group 'IS1216 drives the evolution of pRUM-like multidrug resistance plasmids in Enterococcus faecium' www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... /1

As Ireland’s Second One Health National Action Plan on AMR draws to a close, the Microbiology Society has published a new report highlighting how Ireland’s microbiology community is tackling AMR and what needs to happen next. #AMR #KnockingOutAMR

"Why are aren't there new 'antibiotics'?"👇

Do you live in or near Maynooth? Are you interested in science? Do you want to be a part of a free annual global science event? Then come along to Pint of Science May 19 and 21 in Maynooth See details here: pintofscience.ie/events/Mayno... @pintofscienceie.bsky.social @pintsworld.bsky.social

Looking to appoint a PhD candidate with background in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or related field to work on discovery of infection combatting therapeutics in marine sponge-associated bacteria. Closing date 31st May 2025. International applications welcomed!🌎

Join the Blokesch lab (@EPFL) as a postdoc in Molecular Microbiology 🤩 Study Vibrio cholerae defense systems (phage/plasmid) in a dynamic, collaborative environment in Lausanne close to Lake Geneva in 🇨🇭! Please visit my lab's webpage for details about the position and how to formally apply.

www.nature.com/articles/s41... In collaboration with Andrew Lang and Alison Buchan, we just published a review on the complex and sometimes convoluted interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements. #phage #plasmid #evolution #bacteria #plasmidbiology #MGE

New online! Interactions and evolutionary relationships among bacterial mobile genetic elements

The International Society for Plasmid Biology and other Mobile Genetic Elements are finally in Bluesky!! 😎😎😎

Have spent my morning digesting this. Fascinating study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Who could have possibly foreseen this? (This is only the beginning) Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, worst level in 30 years www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

Better late then never I suppose....

Many thanks to Regeneron for a lovely day at the Regeneron College Awards for students of the Industrial Biochemistry and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering of ChemSci UL. @unioflimerick.bsky.social

Biopharma companies and CEOs are keeping their heads down at their own peril. They should speak up about what’s happening to the NIH and other science agencies before it’s too late. Silence gives consent. And no one should consent to this.

"Studying history is a waste of time" I remember being told this when studying it in school. It was wrong then and is absolutely wrong now. www.thetimes.com/article/a7ce...

Spot of News...

We're looking for an Assitant Professor in Microbiology to join us @tcdgenmicro! Come and join our growing team. www.tcd.ie/microbiology... www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/ Job ID: 037876. Closes 31st January

Maybe I should not have had those mushrooms with my dinner... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

PhD studentship alert!! Two projects available with me fully funded by BBSRC This one is a collaboration with Dr Michelle Buckner warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... And this one a collaboration with @overtonlab.bsky.social warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... Both will be lots of fun! Come & join us 😃

Manufacturers of iron lungs are rubbing their hands together in glee

JOB CLAXON! I am recruiting a post-doctoral researcher on a BBSRC-funded project (36 months) on the genetics and functional genomics of vancomycin resistance in enterococci. Further details here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Please DM or email me if you want to discuss this post.

Call for papers for a special issue of the Elsevier published One Health - The presence of AROs & ARGs in the aquatic environment. Edited by myself, Dr Liam Burke, Dr Jean O'Dwyer, Dr Brigid Hooban and Dr Paul Hynds. Deadline Aug 1st. More information here sciencedirect.com/journal/one-he…