What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure. A really informative article, perfect for a weekend coffee read. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Help, #MicroSky! We bought the Ausubel PA14NR transposon library, but half of the stock plates disappeared from a shared -80 and we've been unable to trace them 😭 Would anyone in the UK be willing to give us copies of these stocks please? I can supply proof purchase. And my eternal thanks.

PhD project available in my lab. Email me with CV if interested www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #microsky #bioimaging

Looking for a PhD? 🚀 MIBTP projects are out lots to explore! 🔬 #Bacteria • #AMR • #Interdisciplinary • FUN! My projects explore how Gram-negative bacteria build and maintain their three-layered cell envelope, using cryo-EM, fluorescence microscopy and biochemistry. warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...

On Sunday, Wantage will celebrate its most legendary figure – King Alfred the Great. I'll be there with plenty of other nerds, displaying the history and material culture of Wessex in Alfred's time. Full info at wantagetowncouncil.gov.uk/alfredfest-2...

Join us in Birmingham for the annual BSAC #AntibioticResistance & Mechanisms workshop - excellent talks and it’s designed to make conversation & networking between attendees easy #MicroSky bsac.org.uk/antibiotic-r...

The Louvre thieves should just say they're using the pieces to train their AI algorithm and it should all be good

Police just detained two protesters. One dressed as the Statue of the Liberty.

Want to know more about what I and a few thousand others do at the weekend? The leader of The Vikings! reenactment society and her husband were on Channel 4 Sunday Brunch this morning. Their piece start approx. 28 mins in www.channel4.com/programmes/s... ⚔️ www.instagram.com/p/DP_HxhiiP0...

PhD opportunity in my lab: exploring how commensals and pathogens build biofilm communities on endotracheal (ventilator) tubes. Microbial ecology, medical microbiology and fancy imaging! Co-supervised with the fabulous Saskia Bakker and Jeremy Webb warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... #MicroSky

PhD project claxon!! Interested in phage functional metagenomics? Want to learn how to program a robot? Apply for a fully funded MIBTP PhD with myself, Rich Puxty, and @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social here at Warwick, working on viral anti-biofilm gene discovery. Apply here: tinyurl.com/phagegenomics

78% of buildings destroyed or damaged. 61 million tonnes of debris. 97% of tree crops and 82% of annual crops destroyed.

Could drones deliver defibrillators to patients in cardiac arrest? warwick.ac.uk/news/pressre...

@aaroncurtismicro.bsky.social adapted our ex-vivo pig lung infection model to conduct dual host-pathogen proteomics in response to Aspergillus infection - he’s a finalist in @microbiologysociety.org young microbiologist of the year #MicroSky www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...

Very nice talk from @emmanuelkuffo15.bsky.social speaking about his hunt for Strep. suis phage at the @microbiologysociety.org young microbiologist of the year finals - and there's a pre-print up! #MicroSky

The vaginal microbiome is super interesting - is there another body site where a healthy microbiome = a low-diversity microbiome? @phoebecrossley.bsky.social talk about her research at @microbiologysociety.org young microbiologist of the year finals microbiologysociety.org/blog/meet-ea... #MicroSky

I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.

Spooky season approaches, so I'm going to repost some of my Halloween comics from years past.

We are ready for Caturday.

⏰ Closing soon! We’re looking for a Metagenomics Research Scientist to join the Laboratory of Dr Falk Hildebrand to study diet impact on the gastrointestinal microbiome. 💷 £37,500 - £42,000 🗓️ Apply by 30 September 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/5gJxZIP

When your PhD student sends you a request for help with an error message and you get a sneak preview of a very nice biofilm they've grown 💜 @c-cornbill.bsky.social #MicroSky

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

🎉 Super happy to finally share our new paper in ACS Biomacromolecules! We used AFM & neutron reflectometry to study how two SNAPs (synthetic nanoengineered antimicrobial polymers) disrupt P. aeruginosa membranes. 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #SNAPs #AFM #NeutronReflectometry #AMR

Another paper from @microberamon.bsky.social's PhD 🦠 Two structural variants of an AMP-inspired antimicrobial polymer have different effects on P. aeruginosa. One kills with a bang, the other with a whimper pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #MicroSky @sebperrier.bsky.social @alexiahapeshi.bsky.social

Come and join us in our new home - great colleagues and brand new facilities

Can’t stop feeling for this terrrified little guy 💜 (Source: www.cell.com/trends/immun...)

On my way to UCL to join their MSc Infection & Immunity students' research symposium - looking forward to a day of hearing about their dissertation projects. Jobs like this feel like a minibreak, I get to spend a day listening to new and interesting research.

Utterly dehumanising. If the end goal is to reduce numbers of people waiting in the immigration system, then employ more staff to process asylum/visa applications quickly & efficiently. This is is useless violence (to borrow a phrase of Primo Levi's that seems very appropriate).

Are you a molecular or structural biologist interested in soft X-ray tomography and correlative imaging using fluorescence & electron microscopy? Exciting post-doc opportunity with a fantastic colleague at Warwick's Advanced Bioimaging platform: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Assistant Prof post in bacterial genomics @unibirmingham.bsky.social Come and join us!! @imibirmingham.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Hurray! This likely means I can attend :)

Publish with us and invest in the research community. Supported by income from our journals, the Microbiology Society awards hundreds of grants every year, providing opportunities and experience for microbiologists at all career levels.

I enjoyed listening to this interview with Jim Lovell, talking about Apollo 13: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Come be my colleague! We have three open positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor level for candidates in all areas of the biological sciences. www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

one small consolation of being a 60+ year old investigator is the ability to submit to 𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘌 family journals — sure they’re low impact (for our knees) but they have an early bird special if you submit between 4:00 and 5:30 on weekdays

Hell yes!

We have a small number of vacancies on Warwick Life Sciences BSc courses via clearing, for applicants with A*-A grades. We offer awesome UG life sciences teaching! Students can get in touch via our clearing hotline on +44 (0)2476 533 544 warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/life...

Antibiotic combinations proposed from in vitro studies can lead to changes in treatment - but should they? Very thoughtful piece from @angelahuttner.bsky.social for @gardp.bsky.social's REVIVE website revive.gardp.org/do-antibioti... #MicroSky #AntibioticResistance

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...

Interested in bacteriocins targeting Gram-negative bacteria causing UTIs? Come and work with me and PI @davidnegus.bsky.social as a research assistant on a 12-month project, funded by The Urology Foundation. #UTIsky

🧪🦣🏺 Who wants to hear a story about biotech billions, unscientific claims, and shoddy smear tactics attacking women in science*? Thread 🧵 *which, for legal clarity, are totally denied as being connected

New Microbial Primer published by the @microbiologysociety.org on agr-mediated quorum sensing in Gram-positive pathogens. Explore the full Primer collection here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/micr...

Applications for Outreach and Engagement grant are now open. Eligible members can apply for up to £1000 to support science outreach or public engagement initiatives. Check your eligibility and apply before 01 Oct 25 at 23.59 BST. microb.io/OutreachandE....

Superb posters from life & health sciences @suttontrust.bsky.social summer school students on their week's work. A pleasure to work with such a bright, motivated and chatty group! #SciComm Thanks to our teaching lab team @warwicklifesci.bsky.social & my co-lead Anthony Lyons @warwickmed.bsky.social

Today will be fun - I’ll be hosting 16 @suttontrust.bsky.social summer school students at @warwicklifesci.bsky.social for a day of lab work. They’ll be looking at cystic fibrosis lung biopsies with light microscopes, then doing some molecular diagnostics for CF gene mutations.

#MicroSky job alert: Senior Research Technician in the Mausz Lab at Warwick, on responses of marine microbes to nutrient limitation & environmental changes. warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.