🔭 We are seeking an NBIC Interdisciplinary #Research Fellow to join our @uniofnottingham.bsky.social team, taking a leading role in both fundamental and translational #research. ⏰ Apply by 25 September 2025. Apply at 👉 tinyurl.com/3f9p4ew5 #biofilms #biofilm #MicroSky #Career

🚀 Our NBIC Flexible #Talent Mobility Account #funding supports secondments and activities that contribute to the development of researchers and technical staff in industry and academia. 💡Find out more and apply ➡️ tinyurl.com/ypc7n938 #biofilms #biofilm #FTMA #microsky @ukri.org

My entry for NBIC (@ukbiofilms.bsky.social) art competition: "The Forge of Decay" Peak force tapping AFM topography map of S. mutans biofilm. The firey coal appearence mirror the damage these acidogenic biofilms can cause on enamel! (Aquired @uonnmrc.bsky.social) #BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware

📌 The Microbiome Innovation One Health Conference will take place from 15-16 September 2025 in Oxford 🌱 The programme will span human and animal health, plant biology, and environmental research 🎤 Our NBIC CEO, Professor Jo Slater-Jefferies will be presenting ➡️ tinyurl.com/3wrsuzrv #MicroSky

📢 We're excited to share that our 2025 Annual Report is now available! 👉 tinyurl.com/5m3kb3cy The report highlights: 🔬 Research Strategy 🌏 International strategy 🏭 Industry engagement 🧑🏽‍🏫 Training 🗣️ Case studies #biofilms #biofilm #MicroSky

Did you know biofilms can change their shape? My entry for the @ukbiofilms.bsky.social create competition, titled "Pleomorphic Biofilm Adaptation on a PBAT Plastic bag." Marinobacter adhaerens hp15 transforming into circular-shaped cells on compostable plastic! #BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware

✨Our annual #BiofilmCreate Competition is open for 2025! 🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in #photography / #art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms 🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories 🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create #science #scicomm #AMR #MicroSky

‪📢 @uniofnottingham.bsky.social‬ have an exciting #PhD project available - Characterization of the effectiveness of an antibiofilm technology used for the cosmetic and medical devices sector within the context of wound infection treatment. ⏰ Apply by 14 July 2025 tinyurl.com/2uy4499s #biofilm

🔬Our #ResearchInFocus blog series highlights the diverse research taking place across our biofilm network - from safeguarding water quality for the future to using microbial biofilms to generate electricity!⚡ 👩🏾‍🔬 Take a look 🔎 tinyurl.com/4r8v8uj7 #science #scicomm #AMR #research #biofilm #biofilms

Photosynthetic cascade. The evolutionary invention of oxygenic photosynthesis by ancestral cyanobacteria forever changed life on Earth. On a warm sunny day, we can appreciate the beauty of cyanobacterial biofilms making oxygen we breathe. #BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware @ukbiofilms.bsky.social

💡 Want to be the first to hear about #biofilm #innovation? 📫 Sign up to our monthly newsletter and hear about the latest news updates, publications, events, #funding and industry opportunities! ✔️ Sign up at biofilms.ac.uk #biofilms #research #AMR #MicroSky

🧫 Are you engaged in #biofilm #research, #regulation, or industry applications? Your expertise is crucial in shaping the future of biofilm management ✍️ Participate in the Biofilm Alliance survey to help us gather insights for developing the Biofilm Alliance network ➡️ tinyurl.com/35fmraxe #biofilms

🫁 It's #CFWeek - this @cysticfibrosis.org.uk campaign raises awareness of the daily realities of living with #cysticfibrosis (CF). 👩🏻‍⚕️ We examine how #biofilms present a major problem for those living with CF and highlight new treatments and tools being developed to tackle CF 🔎 tinyurl.com/53e2n938

🔬The Biofilm Alliance Forum will take place 1–2 July 2025 at @manmetuni.bsky.social & will bring together industry, academics & regulators to identify challenges in #biofilm methodologies, regulatory guidelines & needs in: 🍽️Food 💧Water 🏗️Built Environment & Industry ➡️ tinyurl.com/5n9yr96f #MicroSky

📌 BBSRC-STFC facility access funding aims to support the UK #bioscience researchers and businesses in accessing and benefitting from access to STFC skills, expertise, capabilities and world class facilities. Apply by 12 June 2025 ➡️ tinyurl.com/4h26r5tp @ukri.org #innovation #biofilms #MicroSky

📌 Applications are open for ' #Science Policy: Improving the Uptake of #Research into UK #Policy ' - a @connectingscience.bsky.social course taking place 18–20 August 2025 🤝 The course aims to foster collaboration between researchers and policymakers Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2v3mdj9y #MicroSky

📌@ucddublin.bsky.social are seeking a temporary Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Level 1 or 2 in #Microbiology #Imaging 🔬This project aims to develop new mechanistic insight in the interaction between #biofilms and aggregates/particulates Apply by 6 June 2025 tinyurl.com/5n7ner3d #microsky

✨Our annual #BiofilmCreate Competition is now open for 2025! 📷🎨🧑‍🔬Showcase your talent in #photography / #art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms 🏆 Gift cards will be awarded in both categories 🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create #biofilm #science #scicomm #AMR #microsky #biofilmaware

❗️Applications close for Biofilms ICURe Engage at 23:59 tonight (20 May 2025) - an @innovateuk.bsky.social ICURe programme funded by NBIC and delivered by SETsquared, tailored for researchers, students and technicians of NBIC partner universities working in #biofilms 🔎 tinyurl.com/3awht9xv #MicroSky

Another @ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org #biofilms11 day, another great programme of science! Firstly hearing about leaf-microbiota interaction in keynote from Gabriel Castrillo and co www.gabrielcastrillo.com Many astonishing messages here: * Between-leaf diversity is massive 1/2

Then @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social rattles through what feels like a decade's work on hospital microplastics in 15min🫣🦠 #biofilms11 @microbiologysociety.org @ukbiofilms.bsky.social - lots of evidence not only do bacteria live on hospital plastics - we may be unwittingly FEEDING them. Even common PA!!

👏 Well done to PhD student Daniel Smaje! Excellent flash talk! Come visit his poster during the next #biofilms11 break! #microsky @ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @livunihls.bsky.social @livunisps.bsky.social

Had a fantastic week at #Biofilms11 in sunny Cardiff! Great to catch up and meet so many folks and see all the amazing biofilm research on show. Plus a life size 3D printed mammoth! Thanks for a great conference @ukbiofilms.bsky.social!

👏Well done to PhD student Abbie Johnson for her flash presentation at #biofilms11! There's still time to check out her poster #116 in the last poster session! @ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @livunisps.bsky.social #microsky

Eleftheria Trampari @quadraminstitute.bsky.social gives a tantalising flash talk on plant-biofilm contamination @ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org #biofilms11 - 89% of Salmonella spp contamination arises from plants, not poultry😮🫣

Matt Fields of CBE at Montana State U. showcases some truly fantastic results from their unique synthetic biofilm-printing system at @microbiologysociety.org @ukbiofilms.bsky.social #biofilms11 1/2

Agneta Richter-Dahlfors from @ki.se gives a masterclass on use of optotracers to understand ECM conformation at @ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org #biofilms11

Next at #Biofilms11: Brogan Richards is showing that efflux pump inhibitors are less effective at resensitising P. aeruginosa to antibiotics when P. aeru is part of a polymicrobial #biofilm. Read about the polymicrobial biofilm model here: app.jove.com/t/67213/deve... #MicroSky

Some biofilms are dry, not hydrated: Gordon Ramage & collaborators used repeated cycles of wetting with media, then drying, to culture dry surface #biofilm of Candida auris to explore how they persist and tolerate antimicrobials #Biofilms11 #MicroSky (Image: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)

For those at this year's @ukbiofilms.bsky.social #Biofilms11 conference in Cardiff, Wales head over to P047 to check out 3rd-year NRPDTP PhD student @marniebarham.bsky.social 's poster presentation on 'Investigating biofilms of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans' 📊 #PhD #Science #microbiology #biofilms

I love this big biological relevance arrow @konstantinbe.bsky.social, can I borrow that idea for my next poster!! #Biofilms11

I did a thing! I presented my PhD work at #Biofilms11 and it was amazing to see the level of support I have received before and after from attendees! #PhD #MicroSky I can now go and breathe 😌

Now at #Biofilms11, @liam-rooney.bsky.social is showing us how mesolens imaging (large field of view + high resolution) reveals macrocolony biofilm structure, and can be combined with other sensing techniques to track metabolites like O2 #MicroSky (Image: www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-p...)

Next at #Biofilms11: Rupika @microbescience.bsky.social is showing her PhD work on metal compounds as candidate antibiofilm agents for functionalised paints and dermal regeneration templates. This has involved tweaking test standards to better mimic hospital and host environments #MicroSky

A logic gate to release antimicrobials from deep within silicone medical devices in response to temperature and pH indicators of microbial presence - super cool talk from Yuri Diaz Fernnandez from @livuniopenhub.bsky.social at #Biofilms11 #MicroSky (Image: pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...)

Looking forward to Day 2 of #Biofilms11 ... also a bit nervous about my PhD talk! Did a little run through! #PhD

Come and check out the excellent posters from our group members Dan Smaje, Abbie Johnson and @ericasl.bsky.social at #Biofilms11! #microsky @livunisps.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social @ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org

Next: @laahrs.bsky.social shows his lab's work on spatial organisation of metabolic gene expression in P. aeruginosa macrocolonies. More beautiful images, showing division of metabolic pathways between cells in different biofilm layers #Biofilms11 #MicroSky (Image: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...)

There are many types of eDNA in #biofilm matrices - including Z-DNA & G4 complexes that are key for mechanical stability, don't get degraded by DNaseI and can't be seen with typical DNA dyes. Absolutely storming talk from Rikke Meyer at #Biofilms11 #MIcroSky (Image: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...)

Let's get started with #Biofilms11 !! Looking forward to all the talks!

#Biofilms11 has officially started! Looking forward to three days full of #biofilm centric talks! #microsky @ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org

Happy to be in Cardiff for #Biofilms11 !! Come find me at poster 9 to chat about Salmonella biofilm formation 🦠🧫

En route to #Biofilms11 - @kadeayomikun.bsky.social , @microbescience.bsky.social and I will be representing the lab by talking about biofilms in endotracheal tubes, environment-dependent changes in Pseudomonas biofilms, and antimicrobial metals. #MicroSky

On the way to Cardiff for #Biofilms11 looking forward to presenting my work and hearing all the other wondering talks in the programme!

🧑🏽‍🔬 At our 2025 NBIC Summit we've heard about the important #biofilm #research being undertaken by our #PhD students and Research Fellows. 👏 A huge thank you to everyone for sharing your work and experiences. 🔬 Discover more ➡️ biofilms.ac.uk/mission #MicroSky #biofilms #innovation

💫Applications are open for Biofilms ICURe Engage! - an @innovateuk.bsky.social ICURe programme, funded by NBIC and delivered by the SETsquared, tailored for researchers, students and technicians of NBIC partner universities working in #biofilms ⏰ Apply by 19 May 2025 tinyurl.com/3awht9xv #MicroSky

Thanks to UCD x Explorium organizers for this opportunity to promote #biofilmengineering research. @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdresearch.bsky.social @ukbiofilms.bsky.social More info on our science communication network of biofilm researchers @ www.cost.eu/actions/CA23... #sciencecommunication

⏰ Registration for #Biofilms11 will close on 1 May 2025! The programme is packed with groundbreaking content that will spark collaboration and inspire new ideas💡 🗓️ Join NBIC and @microbiologysociety.org from 13-15 May 2025 in Cardiff ➡️ biofilms.ac.uk/biofilms-11 #biofilms #biofilm #MicroSky

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿We're pleased to offer a #Biofilms11 support grant for scientists from our Welsh NBIC research partners including @cumedicengage.bsky.social, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Swansea University, @aberuni.bsky.social & @bangoruniversity.bsky.social Apply by 23 April 2025🔎 tinyurl.com/ur732e7b