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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

As a component of aseptic technique, Bunsen burners do not universally decrease deposition of microbe-containing particles journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.... #jcampubs

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anna brogan @apbrogan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Another chapter of my thesis is out! We asked whether we could pair proteome-wide AlphaFold screening with Tn-seq to identify biologically relevant protein-protein interactions. We identify ClcR (formerly YerH) as a component of the Rod complex in Gram-positive bacteria. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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A broadly conserved gram-positive lipoprotein regulates cell elongation | PNAS

The cell wall peptidoglycan (PG) protects virtually all bacteria from osmotic lysis and specifies cell shape. Synthesis of this exoskeleton is carr...

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Séamus Holden 🔬🦠🧫 @seamusholden.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Update on GeneFrame alternative for bacterial imaging. After discussion with us and others, SunJin lab have how launched a substitute for timelapse imaging in geneframes www.sunjinlab.com/product/ispa... Dimensions are very similar, price is reasonable ($105 for 250) #microsky

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iSpacer 0.3mm – SUNJIN LAB

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Kirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

If you have a BBSRC Early Independence Fellowship outline in, check your inbox. Please give professional services teams a few days to design demand management processes as we're finding out the same time as you. The outlines per institute data provided is super interesting; 15 awards available 👀👀👀👀

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Annex A – Maximum Number of Applications to the 2026 round of the BBSRC Early Independence Fellowship scheme per HEI
These figures have been calculated based on submissions to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) with the number of Early Independence BBSRC Fellowship applications permitted related to the FTE staff numbers included within each institutions REF submission as follows:
Academic organisations who did not submit to the REF and are not identified within the grouping are permitted to submit one application to this opportunity.

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Annex A – Maximum Number of Applications to the 2026 round of the BBSRC Early Independence Fellowship scheme per HEI

These figures have been calculated based on submissions to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) with the number of Early Independence BBSRC Fellowship applications permitted related to the FTE staff numbers included within each institutions REF submission as follows:

Academic organisations who did not submit to the REF and are not identified within the grouping are permitted to submit one application to this opportunity.

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Higher Education Institution (HEI) Number of outline applications Maximum number of applications to this opportunity
Aberystwyth University 8 1
Aston University 4 1
Babraham Institute 1 1
Brunel University London 1 1
Cardiff University 8 2
Cranfield University 4 1
Durham University 5 1
Earlham Institute 1 1
Edge Hill University 2 1
Harper Adams University 3 1
Heriot-Watt University 3 1
Imperial College London 27 2
Institute of Cancer Research 3 1
James Hutton Institute 1 1
John Innes Centre 3 1
King's College London 28 2
Lancaster University 3 1
Leeds Beckett University 1 1
London School of Hygiene…

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Higher Education Institution (HEI) Number of outline applications Maximum number of applications to this opportunity
Northumbria University 1 1
Nottingham Trent University 2 1
Oxford Brookes University 1 1
Quadram Institute Bioscience 8 1
Queen Mary University of London 7 1
Queen’s University Belfast 7 1
Rosalind Franklin Institute 1 1
Rothamsted Research 3 1
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 4 1
Royal Veterinary College 4 1
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre 1 1
Swansea University 2 1
The Francis Crick Institute 5 1
University College London 34 3
University of Aberdeen 2 1
University of Bath 5 1
University of Birmingham 30 2
University of Bradford 1 1
University of Bristol 13 2
University of Cambridge 57 3
University of Dundee 4 1
University of East Anglia 2 1
University of Edinburgh 22 3
University of Essex 2 1
University of Exeter 16 1
University of Glasgow 21 1
University of Hull 2 1
University of Leeds 13 2
University of Leicester 7 1
University of Lincoln 1 1
University of Liverpool 12 1
University of Manchester 25 3
University of Nottingham 11 2
University of Oxford 56 3
University of Plymouth 3 1
University of Reading 8 1

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andrewmcmahon1345.bsky.social @andrewmcmahon1345.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Excited that my postdoc work was presented yesterday at #IMS2026 . Don't get too attached to your models because the joy of science is one experiment can prove them wrong!

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andrewmcmahon1345.bsky.social @andrewmcmahon1345.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

How is it already a week since the Great Wall Symposium gala dinner? Bring back the Sicilian sun, food and science!

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Nicole Robb @nicolerobb.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Thrilled to share that our latest manuscript using smFRET to study inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 is now out! doi.org/10.1093/nar/... Congrats and thanks to amazing co-authors and collaborators for all the hard work. @efodor.bsky.social @jeremykeown.bsky.social @andrewmcmahon1345.bsky.social

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Alexey Chizhik @alexeychizhik.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Congratulations to all the authors and great thanks to @nicolerobb.bsky.social and Andrew McMahon for the productive cooperation on the cover! It has been a pleasure to work on it!💪👍🤩 #SciArt

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