An exciting opportunity to join my group @quadraminstitute.bsky.social to contribute to the development of our work on #microbiome#food interactions using cutting edge anaerobic fermentation models

Want to hear about excellent #microbial research from leading scientists? 🦠 The Centre for Microbial Interactions Conference is back next year with an amazing line-up 👇 @norwichmicro.bsky.social

🆕Vacancy! We're looking for a Project Scientist to work on a project designing combinations of phages against Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) in swine. 💷 £29,890 🗓️ Apply by 16 November 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/Cq1dOf3

“MARTi has its origins in software we developed for really rapid identification of #pathogens in preterm infants, but we’ve since adapted it to use in a wide range of settings...including in agriculture, and biosurveillance..." A powerful new tool for real-time analysis of #nanopore #metagenomics 👇

We're very pleased to announce a new opportunity to join us in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences as an early career researcher has become available. Follow the link below for full details, with applications closing on 28 November. vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...

Thanks for the invite! See you tomorrow.

🎓 #PhDPosition ! 🧬 Out of order: investigating genetic and environmental drivers of genome rearrangement with Dr Gemma Langridge @langridgelab.bsky.social 📅Apply by 2 December ➡️https://buff.ly/k31MNuV

One week left to register! Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics 2025 will be taking place on 26–27 November 2025 in Liverpool, UK. Register before 10th November at 23:59 GMT: microb.io/MicroEvo25 #MicroEvo25

Our new preprint led by Emelia J. Chamberlain: From microbial diversity to function: evaluating dimensionality reduction methods #MOSAiC #Arctic #Ocean #microbiomes @norwichmicro.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🆕 Blog! Dr Bilal Djeghout explains how he's developed a new kitchen model experiment to study in the lab how Campylobacter spreads in the kitchen 🍴 buff.ly/Jjp6bXX

PhD opportunity: Exploring the western gut microbiome and how these transfer between family members (2nd Dec 25 deadline). www.uea.ac.uk/course/phd-d... This bioinformatic-project will teach high-resolution metagenomics, population genetics, mobile DNA and about bacterial species theory. Please RT

Our new methods paper led by AWI colleagues with the support of #OmicronCr. CRISPR-Cas for single-cell diatom microbiome research. @isme-microbes.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social @ueaenv.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...

This month, Ka Cheung joined us for her @nrpdtp.bsky.social internship to develop public engagement activities for Norwich Science Festival 2026. Keep an eye out for the launch of our exhibit next year that highlights the huge range of microbiology research in Norwich! 🦠 @sawtrust.bsky.social

There's still time to submit your abstract to Annual Conference 2026. Abstract submission closes at 23:59 GMT on 11 November 2025. For the full list of abstract submissions we welcome, visit our events page: microb.io/AC26Abstracts #Microbio26

Beyond excited to share our new Perspective just published in ISME Journal! This work is a joint effort with Shamik Roy, @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont exploring how warming and antibiotics influence carbon use efficiency. We hope you enjoy reading it! academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

🚨 Another funded PhD alert🚨 We are recruiting again! For a PhD student to start with us in the @langridgelab.bsky.social October 2026 - please share 👀 If you are interested in foodborne pathogens, public health and phage, look no further 🦠🏥🧬 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3zvavp2t ⬅️ Apply by 6 Jan 2026 🗓️

EVENT - Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference 2026 Register now to attend in-person or virtually @norwichmicro.bsky.social 🗓️ 4-5 March 2026 📍John Innes Conference Centre, NR4 7UH ⏰ Deadline for registration - 25 February 2026: okt.to/16MLmH Full programme: okt.to/YF8TVe

Congratulations to the winners of the Microbial Genomics prizes at the Functional Multi-Omics Symposium organised by @yaasircheema.bsky.social. Best Poster Prize: Claire Hill Runner-up Best Poster Prize: Lizzi Coy Communication Prize Winner: Hannah Pye

🎓 #PhDPosition ! 🦠 How does antibiotic resistance evolve in mixed communities? with Professor Mark Webber @webberma.bsky.social 📅Apply by 2 December ➡️ buff.ly/f6FEVRP

From #drug cabinet → gut #microbiome: screening 312 therapeutic compounds, we mapped 4.6 million microbial protein-level responses to reveal how our drugs don’t just target us, they hit our gut microbes too. rdcu.be/eMmcT

This is a model strain we use in the lab. It's from a Kenyan fungus growing plant-ant nest and has ~60 biosynthetic gene clusters, many of which look novel. It's also amenable to genome editing, which is unusual in our environmental strain collection. www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

📣 Applications are currently open for our 2026 #PhD programme at the Earlham Institute. Take a look at the projects available across evolutionary #genomics, #synbio, immunology, #microbial communities, #cellbiology, and #crop hybrids. ➡️ buff.ly/poFx6Z3 #phdproject

🆕 Blog! This #WorldPhageWeek our PhD student @deuskamya.bsky.social from the @evelienadri.bsky.social ’s group explains the nuances of bacteriophages and their potential for live-saving treatments 🔬

PHD: What does an ‘optimal’ community of #bacteria and #fungi look like for #pathogen suppression? That's a key question to explore in this fully-funded #PhDproject with @neilhall.bsky.social, @mcmullan0.bsky.social and @rowenahill.bsky.social at the Earlham Institute.

New issue of Journal of Phycology is out with our paper highlighted on the cover. 😀 Congrats to all authors and especially Longji Deng 👏 @ueaenv.bsky.social First genetic transformation system in a heterotrophic #diatom onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15298817...

Help shape the future of microbiology in Europe. FEMS is conducting a survey to better understand the needs of microbiologists. Your input will help identify key challenges & ensure the community’s voice is heard across Europe. Complete it today and share with your network: 🔗 buff.ly/5eCowPX

Led by our Earlham Biofoundry team we're arranging a one-day practical course covering #Biofoundries high throughput applications, design of experiments, and #engineeringbiology pipelines. buff.ly/PXedTlJ #engbio #automation

📣 A new fellowship launched by @biofair.bsky.social will build a skilled community of technical professionals to embed #FAIRdata practices across the UK #lifesciences. @nsoranzo.bsky.social @elixiruknode.org

Submit your abstract for the UK’s largest annual gathering of microbiologists, Annual Conference 2026. Held in Belfast, UK, this year’s conference now features two-day attendance tickets.

Celebrating #IAmABiologist we hear from Emma Waters, Senior Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Bacterial niche adaptation at the Quadram Institute. #BiologyWeek

Welcome to @buscainolab.bsky.social 's group who have joined us to lead research focused on fungi and their role in food and health 🔬

Join the Microbiology Society Education and Outreach Network on 7 November for its first Winter Conference.

Our Colon Model Facility here at the Quadram Institute allows us to mimic the complex conditions of the colon to learn more about the important role of our gut microbiota.

🆕 Applications are now open for the Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Programme @nrpdtp.bsky.social 🔬 🧵 We have lots of exciting projects based here at the Quadram Institute including ⤵️ buff.ly/ytp9lFJ

🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) to join the Laboratory of Dr Kai Cheng in our Food, Microbiome and Health programme 💷 £37,500 to £41,500 🗓️ Apply by 9 November 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/DqLnYek

PhD opportunity in my lab!
We’re looking for a proactive student to join our project on how CO dehydrogenase is regulated in response to atmospheric mercury. Investigating genetic markers and mechanisms of CO dehydrogenase regulation in response to atmospheric mercury FindAPhD.com

New PhD opportunity in my group @thesainsburylab.bsky.social through the BBSRC NRP DTP Programme - see details of host to apply below biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/van...

We have a PhD opportunity available in our group @johninnescentre.bsky.social through the NRP Doctoral Training Partnership. Help us uncover the Hidden Diversity of Bacterial NLRs. Start date: October 2026. For more information and how to apply👉 biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bey...

New opportunity to undertake a PhD in my group ⁦‪at the John Innes Centre - if you’re interested in plant immunity and evolution check out the link!

PhD studentship Come help us understand the wheat rhizosphere at the Earlham Institute 🦠 Working at the interface of fungal antagonists & pathogens (@rowenahill.bsky.social @neilhall.bsky.social ), host genetic diversity (Simon Griffiths -JIC) and bacterial community diversity (Jacob Malone -JIC)

Huge congratulations to PhD students @lenaknorr.bsky.social, from the Ma group, and @amiralito.bsky.social, from the @kamounlab.bsky.social, for their 2025 ASM poster awards! 🎉🌱

📣 Deadline extended to 26 October! We're looking for a Chief Scientific Officer to join our vibrant community dedicated to advancing science and improving health worldwide. 💷 Competitive 🗓️ Apply by 26 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/ZBR4y4Q

📣 Applications are now OPEN for the John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme This 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant & Microbial Sciences at The Sainsbury Laboratory, @johninnescentre.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply before 13 Nov '25 ➡️ okt.to/qjy60T

PhD opportunity to work in my lab at UEA, together with @drbradbrad.bsky.social and Marc Dumont “Linking AMR, global warming and CUE in deglaciated soils” www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026. Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years. Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...

🆕 Blog! Meet Bifidobacterium, the oddly-shaped microbe that promotes health benefits in infants and adults as part of our gut microbiome 🦠 Read more about this friendly microbe and its probiotic potential ➡️

Applications for Outreach and Engagement grant are closing tomorrow at 23.59 BST. Members can apply for up to £1000 to support relevant science outreach or public engagement initiatives. Check your eligibility and apply now: microb.io/OutreachandE....

📣 We're pleased to open applications for a new Group Leader in Artificial Intelligence (#AI) in Biology. Join our collaborative and inter-disciplinary research environment, exploring the natural world through the lens of #genomics. 🗓️ Applications close: 24 Oct ➡️ buff.ly/YRz3YLe #machinelearning

Busy week for TSL Ventures! First Damien Caubrière and Sasha Eremina joined the #WorldAgriTech Innovation Summit in London, then innovation came to Norwich for Norwich Research Park's #PosterShowcaseEvent. Huge thanks to everyone for making Norwich a centre of excellence in agritech! 🌱🚀

⏰ Closing soon! We're looking for a Research Scientist (Clinical Microbiome) to advance precision prebiotic microbiome intervention trials aimed at promoting healthy ageing. 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/y6HDDcQ