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To all enjoying #MicroBio25 remember: all @microbiologysociety.org events rely on our journals - every paper pays 4x travel grants! Make 2025 when you submit a paper to a MicroSoc journal www.microbiologyresearch.org $0 OA for Publish+Read institutions www.microbiologyresearch.org/publish-and-...

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Excited to be co-chairing my first ever session at #MicroBio25 with @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social tomorrow. Come and listen to the amazing panel of speakers who’ll be talking about their careers and transitioning out of academia - Hall 4, Thurs AM @microbiologysociety.org

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www.findaphd.com/phds/project... A funded PhD studentship is available for a joint project between my lab and @andreashaag.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

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Look what I found! #Microbio25 @microbesng.bsky.social @plasmidsng.bsky.social

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Delighted to be attending #Microbio25 in Liverpool this week! 🌟 #MicroSky @microbiologysociety.org

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🚨 PhD opportunity in my lab with @mfwhite2.bsky.social! Use bacterial viruses (phages) to take on antibiotic-resistant superbugs 🦠🧫 Join us at St Andrews to explore virus–bacteria battles. 🔬 Apply now: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD #Microbiology #PhageTherapy #AntibioticResistance

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And so begins a very long train journey from Norwich to Liverpool via every stop in between for Microsoc 2025

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I am recruiting a research assistant. Please send to anyone you know who is interested in gaining more lab experience in host:pathogen interactions of bacterial infections. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50738/

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#Microbio25 has officially begun! We look forward to welcoming you all to our four-day conference, packed with the latest microbiology research, professional development sessions and so much more. View the full programme:

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Liverpool bound for annual conference @microbiologysociety.org #LoveVirology

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What an incredible month at @newcastleuni.bsky.social! I've loved working in the Howard Lab, getting to grips with cell-free protein synthesis and DOE. A huge thank you to everyone in the Devonshire Building for being so welcoming and friendly. Next stop: MicroSoc! #MicroBio25

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If you are interested in phage satellites, we hope you'll enjoy this. Fun collaboration with the Rocha, Seed, Bikard, and Chen labs! rdcu.be/efkvG

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This International Women’s Day, we want to highlight the ‘Women Microbiologists in Academia: Challenges and Opportunities’ being organised by Champion, @enasnewire.bsky.social‬ at #Microbio25 on 2 April. Find out more: microb.io/3Fi5ByU #IWD2025

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Happy to contribute to this piece in recognition of #InternationalWomensDay

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🦘✂️ Thanks to @cziscience.bsky.social , @wytamma.bsky.social and I are writing the next version of the Snippy bacterial variant calling pipeline. We want your input on what features s it will have. Please fill out this (longish) survey to help make Snippy great again! forms.gle/YJP6WQjsk8KK...

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We hosted our departmental ECR day last week, and it was a success! It was fantastic to bring together ECRs from across CIMI for a day of talks and networking. Huge thanks to our speakers and attendees. Looking forward to more events like this! #ECR #Networking #Collaboration #MicroSky

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🚨 #PhD opportunity 🚨 Interested in the environmental persistence of bacterial pathogens 🦠 & quantifying the role of climate change in virulence and #AMR? Come and join us! @uofglasgow.bsky.social @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk www.findaphd.com/phds/projectdetails.aspx?PJID=182832 Please share!

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Still time to apply! Join us in Glasgow—be part of my team. Closing date: Feb 24th

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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...

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Any idea what this cool little contaminant is from @aislingbrady.bsky.social’s LB +gentamicin plate? Looks like a flower 🌷

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Annual conference 2025 is quickly approaching. Hear from some of our attendees for reasons why you should register: https://microb.io/AC25Registration #MicroBio25

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New mechanism of gene transfer! With @tcostalab.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, we discovered that cf-PICIs form tail-less elements that, once released, spread among different bacterial species by hijacking tails from various phages. More exciting news soon! shorturl.at/kRJqE

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🚨 #PhD opportunity! 🚨 Come and work with @evaheinz7.bsky.social and me at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow) on an exciting project investigating the roles that #bacteriophages play in the evolution and virulence of #enterococci. 🧫🧬 Details here: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

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Love phage-bacteria interactions, anti-phage systems, and a sprinkle of evolutionary biology? There’s still time to apply and join our team in Glasgow at @uofgsii.bsky.social !

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🚨 Job alert 🚨 — are you interested in understanding how mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? 🧬 🧪 🧫 🦠 2x 5-year research positions available in experimental evolution @mermanchester.bsky.social Join us! #microsky www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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Applications for External Event Grant are open. Awards of up to £750 are available for eligible members as a contribution towards the costs of attending events starting between 1 May–31 August. Deadline 1 March at 23:59 GMT Learn more:

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The Vacation Studentships are open for applications. The Society offers limited awards for undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects and gives early/mid-career scientists supervision experience. Apply by 20 February. Learn more:

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🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44

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Delighted to be in Newcastle for VoM-UK 2025 ✨ excited to hear some great phage talks today and tomorrow!!

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Excited to share my latest article, delving into the multifaceted expenses that scientific companies face beyond research and laboratory costs, exploring how these enterprises balance innovation, investment, and sustainability to achieve success! #microbiology #diagnostics #sustainability #genomics🧬

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It’s official: The Microbiology Society is on Bluesky!

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The nanodrop said I had no DNA, but I did the cloning anyway and it woooOoOooorked

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PhD opportunity in St Andrews on plasmids, antibiotics and defence systems, in collaboration with Helen Alexander in Edinburgh. Funding via BBSRC EastBio, please share & pass on to anyone interested! #microsky🦠🧫🧬 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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I just made a first release of TNA - new tool to compare 2 bacterial genomes. Is shamelessly inspired by ACT, but should be simpler to use. Drag-n-drop two genomes: it runs BLAST for you and then you can visualize. For Mac, Windows 11, Linux tna.readthedocs.io

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The Thomas & Parkin labs are looking for a motivated PhD student to work across the biology/chemistry interface to help UK biotech company HydRegen improve biocatalyst production. The project is to understand & engineer increased nickel uptake in bacteria as part of BBSRC Yorkshire Bioscience DTP.

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Get ready to dance, our paper – Phage DisCo: targeted discovery of bacteriophages by co-culture – has been pre-printed! 🪩 This has been a really fun project to work on with @sianowen.bsky.social, @baym.lol, @nquinoneso.bsky.social, and our two talented undergrads Kesther and Carmen!

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Hopefully the Microbiology Society will make an account here soon, but for now, here's a video from their knocking out AMR project youtu.be/hXr2Rn9OTOg?... Please share widely :) #microsky #scicomm #science

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Christmas came early 🤩 @contamclub.bsky.social #MicroSky

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Look out for an exciting announcement later this week... #ContamCalendar #Noodlosockus 📆🧦🦠🧫🍄

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