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Funeral and house clearance aside, nit too shabby a pre-Xmas view…. Beat that
@proftracypalmer.bsky.social
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10 days ago
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Rural Australia has a lot of interesting quirks, but free roaming actual dinosaurs I wasn’t quite expecting!
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@holafly.bsky.social
these travel sims are a great idea but your set up system is so clunky and whatever the opposite to user-friendly… that’s what this is!!
12 days ago
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reposted by
Andy Edwards
27 days ago
We're advertising for a bacteriology technician and a post-doc to work on AI-guided antibiotic development as part of a large multidisciplinary Fleming Initiative project:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-jobs/description/index.php?nPostingId=16935&nPostingTargetId=26378&id=PMMFK026203F3VBQB8NLOV4CQ&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext
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Have clearly displeased the airplane gods, after 6hr at schiphol last week, now 5hrs at Bristol followed by a coach trip from Dublin to cork 😭
29 days ago
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reposted by
Microbiology Society
about 1 month ago
Our Annual Meeting in Ireland was another success! Thank you to everyone who joined us for
#MicrobioIrish25
. Congratulations to this year’s prize winners: Dr Lizzie Ledger – Best Offered Oral Presentation Amelia Cox-Fermandois – Poster Prize Meghana Srinivas – Microbial Genomics Poster Prize
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6hr layover at Schiphol airport due to a cancelled flight…. Magical start to the week! 😭
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
Guillaume Méric
about 2 months ago
New PhD position in my lab at
@uniofbath.bsky.social
(with both
@tweethinking.bsky.social
& Dr Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun)! We're looking for someone keen on bioinformatics and microbiome evolution. Important info below on eligibility & URSA competition funding👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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The overlapping microbiome: ecology, function and resilience beyond species boundaries at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The overlapping microbiome: ecology, function and resilience beyond species boundaries at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/the-overlapping-microbiome-ecology-function-and-resilience-beyond-species-boundaries/?p191009
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Play list for a bit of a disco-pissco for dads 80th on Saturday: Mr brightside Living on a prayer I got a feeling Dancing queen Footloose More suggestions please….
about 2 months ago
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Both the UCC and Bristol based lab members getting together in person at the Irish Division
@microbiologysociety.org
meeting.
about 2 months ago
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Strep GBI, March 30-31 in Durham
4 months ago
The Streptococcus Great Britain & Ireland 2026 meeting will bring together ECRs and experts to highlight cutting-edge research focused on crucial aspects of Streptococcal biology, in Durham on March 30th/31st 2026. More information
strepgbi.wixsite.com/strep-gbi
. Registration opening soon.
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reposted by
Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group
3 months ago
Lecturership in Microbiolgy
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
. Application submission deadline coming soon - October 9th.
universityvacancies.com/university-g...
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Lecturer in Microbiology, Permanent, 1 FTE, Contract Type B, 011296 | University Vacancies Ireland
https://universityvacancies.com/university-galway/lecturer-microbiology-permanent-1-fte-contract-type-b-011296
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reposted by
Michelle Buckner
3 months ago
Job opportunity in my lab! We're looking for a post-doc to come join us for an exciting project exploring the evolution of
#AMR
and
#hypervirulence
in
#klebsiella
. Please share!!
@unibirmingham.bsky.social
Details:
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV067/r...
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Research Fellow at University of Birmingham
Apply now for the Research Fellow role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV067/research-fellow
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reposted by
Justine Rudkin
3 months ago
PhD opportunity to come and work in Glasgow, developing advanced tissue culture models to study Staphylococcus aureus colonisation and infection
#microsky
#PhD
#DTPprogram
Enquiries from potential applicants are welcome.
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
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University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - NorthWest Biosciences - Our Projects - Understanding Pathogens, from Molecules to Phenotypes - Justine Rudkin
https://www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/doctoraltraining/northwestbio/projects/pathogens/justinerudkin/
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reposted by
(not) Imran Khan
3 months ago
Our work deciphering the substrate preferences of a di-/tripeptide transporter from S. aureus is now available as a proof at
@plos.org
Pathogens! Big thanks to the reviewers and to all the brilliant co-authors, particularly Callum who helped get those last few crucial experiments across the line
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Defined roles for the Staphylococcus aureus POT transporter DtpT in di/tripeptide uptake and glutathione utilisation inside human macrophages
Author summary The environments where bacterial pathogens thrive are often rich in proteins and their degradation products, including oligopeptides, which can be taken up by the bacterium and used as ...
https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1013535
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reposted by
James McInerney
3 months ago
OK, here it is. Come work with me at the University of Liverpool making ALL THE AI models from ALL THE prokaryote pangenome data. Heck, we will make models from ALL the pangenomes, even eukaryotes!!! (link below👇) 1/4
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Latest from Lizzie Ledger in the lab…. Very cool story demonstrating the cross reactivity of a single AMR mechanism to confer resistance/tolerance to two distinct classes of antibiotics.
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
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Expression of mecA increases daptomycin tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus | mBio
The incidence of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is on a steady incline in many parts of the world. Given the associated mortality rates have changed little in the last 10 years, this is a major heal...
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02250-25
3 months ago
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3 months ago
🧫 Seeking a postdoc in gut microbiome? Join our ERC-funded group at UCC/APC Microbiome Ireland (focus: spore-forming gut bacteria). Apply for the 2-yr Govt of Ireland Postdoc Fellowship (deadline Oct 23). Email CV + research interests to
[email protected]
.
#Postdoc
#Microbiome
#Ireland
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LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
https://lnkd.in/e5f3kpG7
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This reminders me of Covid Christmas 2020 when I knitted everyone in the lab something despite being shit at knitting!!
@seanaduggan.bsky.social
🤣🤣🤣
4 months ago
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Fancy living by the sea in Cornwall and crunching some very cool data for a living. Look no further:
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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4 months ago
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Alan McNally
4 months ago
We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III. Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
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Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Apply now for the Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/assistant-professor-research-and-education-in-bacterial-genomics
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New work from the lab, lead by Nathan Palk and supported by Tarcisio Brignoli and Marcia Boura…. None of which are on here! If you like S. aureus, toxin production and two component regulatory systems, you’ll like this:
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Phosphate sensing by PhoPR regulates the cytotoxicity of Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus has evolved a complex regulatory network to coordinate expression of virulence factors, including cytolytic toxins, with host environmental signals. Central to this network are t...
https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.001606?originator=authorOffprint&identity=211558&ts=20260902160015&signature=488e9206c56fbf5f960cab197d4d6618
4 months ago
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New work from the lab, more details on new levels of regulation of cytolytic toxin production by Staphylococcus aureus:
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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Phosphate sensing by PhoPR regulates the cytotoxicity of Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus has evolved a complex regulatory network to coordinate expression of virulence factors, including cytolytic toxins, with host environmental signals. Central to this network are t...
https://www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2025.06.24.661297v1
6 months ago
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reposted by
Nicky O’Boyle
8 months ago
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!🌎
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Four year fully funded PhD studentship: Bioprospecting Marine Sponge Streptomyces for Novel Anti-Virulence Therapeutics at Trinity College Dublin on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Four year fully funded PhD studentship: Bioprospecting Marine Sponge Streptomyces for Novel Anti-Virulence Therapeutics at Trinity College Dublin, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/four-year-fully-funded-phd-studentship-bioprospecting-marine-sponge-streptomyces-for-novel-anti-virulence-therapeutics/?p184740
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reposted by
Tracy Palmer
9 months ago
Two ERC-funded postdoc positions available in the team - one here and second to follow - please repost!
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
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Research Associate Genetic and functional analysis of Gram positive secretion systems and substrates
Research Associate Genetic and functional analysis of Gram positive secretion systems and substrates
https://jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-Research-Associate-Genetic-and-functional-analysis-of-Gram-positive-secretion-systems-and-substrates/1188870001/
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Road trip to see Six the musical with ruby and friends…. Quite literally the shittest seats in the house as i left it so late to book…. My varifocals giving me vertigo this high up…. By god this better be good 🤣
9 months ago
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Apologies if this is a dumb question, but are the awful funding problems over in the US likely to be affecting ASM type journals from functioning as normal?
10 months ago
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Ross Fitzgerald
11 months ago
PhD opportunity in bacterial pathogenesis- deadline tomorrow Feb 13 !
add a skeleton here at some point
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Latest from the lab, driven by Lizzie Ledger. Crossover in antibiotic resistance activity between oxacilin and daptomycin. …. All roads may lead to Rome in some places but for S. aureus they all lead to Agr activity!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Expression of mecA reduces the daptomycin susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bacteraemia and infections caused by methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA) are especially challenging to treat. MRSA strains are resistant to front-line beta...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.10.637576v1
11 months ago
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Angela Nobbs
11 months ago
Exciting, fully-funded PhD opportunity aimed at turning biofilms as weapons against bacteria in the fight to combat antimicrobial resistance. Don’t miss out!
bit.ly/40HYabo
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The sugar catchers: computational design of carbohydrate-binding proteins as novel antimicrobial agents at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The sugar catchers: computational design of carbohydrate-binding proteins as novel antimicrobial agents at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com
https://bit.ly/40HYabo
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50 % of the household is happy 🤣
11 months ago
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This is a bit nerve wrecking…..
11 months ago
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The Cork lab out for our ‘Christmas’ dinner in January…. Left hand side of the table happy to be photographed, right hand side less so! 🤣
11 months ago
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Fiiiiinnnnneeee!!! I’ll come check this ‘new’ happy place out even though I fundamentally object to anywhere that is only ever happy 🤣 Where is Mike Cox who has shamed me into this??
about 1 year ago
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