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Atif Khan

@atifmicro.bsky.social
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PhD | Scientist | Bhabha Atomic Research Centre | Bacteriophages for Industrial Biofilm & Biofouling | Phage Therapy for MDR Infections, soon in India | Phage Advocacy and Learner 🦠🏥🧬 🌍 Chennai, India 🇮🇳 🖥️ atif.phage.directory

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Society for Bacteriophage Research & Therapy, India @sbrtindia.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Exciting start to the hands-on workshop on isolation and characterization of bacteriophages, exploring the unseen world of nature’s bacterial predators. www.linkedin.com/posts/bacter...
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#icbrar2025 #icbrar2025 #phagetherapy #amr #bacteriophage #scienceworkshop #genomics #indiaphagescience | Bacteriophage Society (SBRT), India
Exciting News for Phage Enthusiasts & Leaders! Preceding the Sixth International Conference on Bacteriophage Research and Antibiotic Resistance #ICBRAR2025 in India (Nov 12-13, 2025), a three-day Ph...
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
#Newpaperalert Isolation and Characterization of Stress-Tolerant Bacteriophages for Effective Biocontrol of Foodborne Pathogen link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Isolation and Characterization of Stress-Tolerant Bacteriophages for Effective Biocontrol of Foodborne Pathogen - Food and Bioprocess Technology
Foodborne microbial contamination remains a significant challenge for the food industry, impacting public health and causing economic losses. Bacteriophages have emerged as promising biocontrol agents...
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Introducing the Newly Elected Office Bearers of the Indian Phage Society – Society for Bacteriophage Research and Therapy for January 2025–2028. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Introducing the Newly Elected Office Bearers of the Indian Phage Society… | Bacteriophage Society (SBRT), India
Introducing the Newly Elected Office Bearers of the Indian Phage Society – SBRT (January 2025–2028). The vision of the team is to strengthen collaboration across academia, clinical practice, industr...
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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
✨ We’re doing a #GIVEAWAY to celebrate #WorldBookDay & #InternationalWomensDay 📚👩‍🔬 Win a wonderful #microbiology colouring book by 2 fabulous women @noemiematthey.bsky.social & @drsarahwettstadt.bsky.social 🦠🎨 To enter: - Follow us - Like - Repost this Winner chosen at random 10/03/25 #MicroSky
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The Phage Collection Project @phagecollection.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
⚡️For this months issue of the Phage Collection Project Blog we are really grateful to have had @atifmicro.bsky.social discuss how we could use phages to tackle biofouling in power plants. Make sure to check it out using the link below! #PhageCollectionBlog www.phage-collection.org/blog/1pd6hdm...
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Harnessing Nature’s Own Virus: Bacteriophages as a Sustainable Solution for Biofouling — ThePhageCollectionProject
Our understanding of viruses was expanded as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a result, we frequently consider viruses to be exclusively harmful organisms. Phages, also known as bacteriophage...
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Sorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
50 years after its discovery, the role of the T7 kinase is finally revealed - shielding the phage against a wide variety of bacterial immune systems. Very interesting work from the Savitski & Typas labs
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Ran Nir-Paz @nirpaz.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Finally out! Phage therapy for diabetic foot ulcers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Randomized double-blind study on safety and tolerability of TP-102 phage cocktail in patients with infected and non-infected diabetic foot ulcers
Phage therapy offers a promising alternative for treating serious infections, including diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), through the lytic action of phage…
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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Phage papers @phagepapers.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Combating Chlorine-Resistant Marine Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilms with Chlorine-Tolerant Bacteriophages. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143782 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39571947
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Combating Chlorine-Resistant Marine Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilms with Chlorine-Tolerant Bacteriophages - PubMed
Biofilm formation presents a significant challenge in health care, food industries, water distribution systems, etc. In addition to their inherent resistance to various stresses and biocides, emerging resistance against widely used biocides like chlorine is a growing concern. The strong link between …
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
.Our new article in Chemosphere. This study provides insights into the prevalence of chlorine resistant, pathogenic #bacteria in cooling water systems & highlights the application of #phages to mitigate chlorine resistant bacteria & their #biofilms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Allison Stratford @uoscommsallison.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Grabbed this #NBIC tweet to share on 🦋 about national biofilms week involving @lonelyjoeparker.bsky.social from @unisouthampton.bsky.social #BioFilmWeek #Academicsky 🧫
Screen shot of a tweet updating about university of Southampton involvement in national biofilm week
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perbullough.bsky.social @perbullough.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Fully funded Ph.D. position available in structural biology of bacteriophages. Mechanism of phage infection in the C. difficile pathogen- towards effective phage therapy For more details, visit:- www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Mechanism of phage infection in the C. difficile pathogen- towards effective phage therapy at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Mechanism of phage infection in the C. difficile pathogen- towards effective phage therapy at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Matthew Brigmon @mbrigmon.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I learned about this page today www.phagerounds.com which is a place to connect to live lectures on phage therapies. Highly recommended for the curious.
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raw9371 @raw937.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Made my first starter pack! If I missed you, my apologies. I can add you. go.bsky.app/URt3Fbp
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
#Paperalert We found a complex interplay between competition, iron uptake, and aromatic compound utilization that underpins the #rhizospheric success of P. putida. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Competition-driven phenotypic plasticity in Iron acquisition and aromatic utilization confers a fitness advantage to Pseudomonas putida in an Iron-limited rhizospheric environment - World Journal of M...
Iron scarcity poses a critical challenge for rhizospheric bacteria like Pseudomonas putida in the competitive rhizosphere. Despite its dependence on iron for essential functions such as root colonizat...
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
A complete list of 150 bacteriophage researchers. go.bsky.app/Lkm6xoN
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
November 18-24 is World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW). This year's theme is "Educate, Advocate, Act Now". Use Antibiotics Wisely !! @arom-ntu.bsky.social @ncas.bsky.social @target-amr.bsky.social #Medsky
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National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship @ncas.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
This #WAAW, we're highlighting some of our #AMS resources developed over the years. First up, our 'What Are Antimicrobials?' posters have been translated into 18 languages. www.ncas-australia.org/ClinicalFact... #AMSSky #IDSky
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IRIM @irim-life.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
We're hiring a Group Leader in Infection Biology! 🧬 Apply now to join us at the IRIM in Montpellier, and lead cutting-edge research in pathogen virulence, host-pathogen interactions or drug resistance, and shape the future of infection biology! 🦠🧫 Please RT (and follow us!) 🗓️ Deadline: Feb. 28, 2025
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Karthik Anantharaman @karthik-a.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I will be conducting a workshop on "Phage Ecology and Evolution in Microbiomes" at IIT Madras from 11-14 December. lf you are interested in phage applications, therapy, or biotechnology, this may be of interest. Please spread the word. elearn.nptel.ac.in/shop/iit-wor...
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Phage Ecology and Evolution in Microbiomes – NPTEL+
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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
I'm advertising a PhD studentship (open to international students) working on long read pangenome / assembly algorithms in bacteria. Would suit someone with maths/compsci/coding background. Aptitude + interest more important than experience. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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New graph algorithms for analysis of the genomes and pangenomes of bacteria and their mobile elements. at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - New graph algorithms for analysis of the genomes and pangenomes of bacteria and their mobile elements. at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Katy Brown @thekatybrown.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I made a quick Starter Pack for scientists working on virus discovery - please reply if you’d like me to add you to the pack (or remove you) or to recommend anyone! #scisky go.bsky.app/HK1wxRb
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Scott Nichols @scottnichols.bsky.social · 30/09/2024
PhD and postdoc opportunities in the Nichols lab at the University of Denver.
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Torsten Wittmann @handle.invalid · 30/09/2024
Happy Monday! The UCSF Department of Cell & Tissue Biology is searching for a new 'quantitative' cell biology faculty member. We'll be reviewing applications after Nov 15 and are looking forward to reading yours!
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Bluesky highlighted in this week's Capsid & Tail of @phagedirectory.bsky.social phage.directory/capsid/vom-c...
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A week in Australia for Viruses of Microbes 2024: Yamini’s Experience
This week, NYIT undergrad student Yamini Patel shares insights from Viruses of Microbes 2024 in Australia. She highlights what she learned, from phage therapy with Rob Lavigne, to Colin Hill's insight...
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Last year, I had an interview with Biospectrum Magazine about the bacteriophage infrastructure in India. More details in the link: www.biospectrumindia.com/views/17/241...
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“In five years, India will have a well-established bacteriophage infrastructure”
“In five years, India will have a well-established bacteriophage infrastructure”
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Paul Carini @uncultured.carinilab.com · 15/11/2024
If love the smell of autoclaved LB in the morning, this is your starter pack! Reply here for an add. go.bsky.app/Mz7MTFE
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Matt Ballinger @spirophasma.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Our fantastic Biological Sciences department at Mississippi State is hiring multiple TT Assistant Professors in any area of cellular, molecular, or developmental biology research! Apply by Dec 1 #CellBio #MolBio #DevBio #MicroSky explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/en-us/job/50...
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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Latest data from AllTheBacteria described in our updated preprint. All illumina WGS bacterial+archaeal sequence data to Aug 2024 consistently assembled, QC, and now AMR profiling. That's 2.4 million genomes. Gene annotations almost done , coming next. Please use! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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AllTheBacteria - all bacterial genomes assembled, available and searchable
The bacterial sequence data publicly available at the global DNA archives is a vast source of information on the evolution of bacteria and their mobile elements. However, most of it is either unassemb...
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Meaghan Castledine @mcastd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Hello new phage phollowers! I am shamelessly self-promoting mine and Angus Buckling's relatively new review "Critically evaluating the relative importance of phage in shaping microbial community composition" www.cell.com/trends/micro...
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Critically evaluating the relative importance of phage in shaping microbial community composition
The ubiquity of bacteriophages (phages) and the major evolutionary and ecological impacts they can have on their microbial hosts has resulted in phages often cited as key drivers shaping microbial com...
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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
It's published 🎊 with a powerful quote from Woese: “Science is an endless search for truth. Any representation of reality we develop can be only partial. There is no finality....There is only deeper understanding, more revealing and enveloping representations.” 2004 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The disciplinary matrix of holobiont biology
Uniting life’s seen and unseen realms guides a conceptual advance in research
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Evelien Adriaenssens @evelienadri.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Please share: I'm looking for a #phage enthusiast PhD student to join my team on a funded project part of the Norwich Research Park DTP. Application deadline 25/11. biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/bac... CC: @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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Bacteriophage-based biocontrol of pathogens in the food chain | Doctoral Training Partnership
ADRIAENSSENS_Q25DTP…
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Satpal (Sati) Jhujh @drjhujh.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
go.bsky.app/KxWyLE4 Trying to put together a starter pack for journals!
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Center for Phage Technology @phagetechnology.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Bonus to our new followers: Our phage database prototype is now online: dbop.phagetech.org. Last updated by @jrrmicro.bsky.social, currently only holds spanin proteins.
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The Center for Phage Technology's Database of Phage
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Long Term Ecological Research Network (United States) @uslter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Love writing about science? Now accepting applications for our LTER Graduate Writing Fellows! Students write stories about LTER research, and get tons of support from the Network Office. Develop comms skills that aren't offered in a grad program! Apps close Nov 31. lternet.edu/stories/love...
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Love writing about science? Now accepting applications for our 2024 LTER Graduate Writing Fellows program! - LTER
Now accepting applications for the 2024 cohort of LTER Graduate Writing Fellows.
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Tara C. Smith @aetiology.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
#Microsky and specifically ASM members--looking for a volunteer opportunity? Abstract reviewers for ASM Microbe are responsible for looking at ~50 abstracts. If you're interested, sign up here by Nov 27. Abstract review takes place Jan 28-Feb 4, 2025. asm.org/Microbe2025-Abstract-Reviewer
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
A couple of months ago, I was invited to a Panel Discussion on "Phage Banks for Developing Countries" along with other phage researchers across the globe. The event was organized by "Phage Hunters Training and Research Program". #phagesky @phagedirectory.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/phage-...
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Phage Hunters Training and Research Program on LinkedIn: #amr #phagebanks #phagetherapy #innovation #phagehunters2theworld | 127 comments
Join us for our second panel discussion in the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Phage Therapy series. An event that brings together leading researchers and… | 127 comments on LinkedIn
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didionsgirl.bsky.social @didionsgirl.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
@atifmicro.bsky.social Hello sir, I’m a journalist looking to talk to you about Phage therapy in India, I was unable to contact you elsewhere, where can I reach out to you?
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Sorek Lab @soreklab.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Happy to see our paper out @ Nat Comm We discovered a bacterial NLR-like pattern recognition receptor that can sense 3 different viral proteins as a signature for infection. This explains its broad defense against different phage families Congrats Nathalie Béchon! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Diversification of molecular pattern recognition in bacterial NLR-like proteins - Nature Communications
Avs proteins are bacterial anti-phage pattern recognition receptors evolutionarily related to eukaryotic NLRs. Here, Béchon et al show that a single bacterial Avs can recognize different phage protein...
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 18/08/2023
One part of our upgraded infrastructure may affect your profile. If you see your handle now says “Invalid handle,” please reverify it by navigating to Settings > Change my handle > Type in your current handle > Verify DNS Record > Update. (Basically, update to the same handle.)
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
My interview podcast on my research and how #bacteriophages can be used for treatment of human MDR infections. open.spotify.com/episode/0UPr...
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Bacteriophages, Biofilms, Biofouling and MDROs with Special Guest Phage Researcher and Scientist Atif Khan
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Aude Bernheim @audeber.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Another day, another cool recent preprint on bacterial immunity. #Phagesky This one is on an super cool regulation of Restriction-Modification systems. Post-translational modifications that are temperature dependent AND inherited over 60 generations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Multigenerational Proteolytic Inactivation of Restriction Upon Subtle Genomic Hypomethylation
Restriction-modification (R-M) systems, present in most bacterial genomes, protect against phage infection by detecting and degrading invading foreign DNA. However, like many prokaryotic anti-phage sy...
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Mike Blazanin @mikeblazanin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Applications are open for the Microbial Population Biology GRS and GRC! The GRS is a fun day for grad students and postdocs to network before the full GRC starts, and is co-chaired this year by me and Laura Suttenfield Get your applications in by Jan 15! #evosky 🦠🧪 www.grc.org/microbial-po...
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2025 Microbial Population Biology (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Microbial Population Biology (GRS) will be held in Andover, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I am currently exploring exciting opportunities for a "Postdoctoral Researcher" position starting in the near future in the field of "Bacteriophage Microbiology". With a background in microbiology, molecular biology, and bacteriophage-host interactions.
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Jonathan Eisen @phylogenomics.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Post doc position of possible interest at UC Davis: ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/careers On "ecological and environmental drivers of zoonotic virus emergence, transmission and circulation and the development of innovative technology and approaches for transdisciplinary pandemic research."
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Postdoctoral ResearcherSalary Range: $67,000-$79,000 USD per yearLocation: Onsite, UC DavisApplication Deadline: November 29, 2024
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Jorge Ferreira @jorgeferreira.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Want to engage with the #mechanobiology community? Why not join this group? Just drop me a DM and I´ll add you. go.bsky.app/G5cQqYT
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Atif Khan @atifmicro.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The starter pack feature of bluesky is awesome and very helpful.
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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I am hiring! PhD studentship available through the SWbio DTP. The interested student will investigate the evolution of innate immune signalling in a model species group. Infection biology & #Drosophila genetics combined! #ImmunoSky #AcademicSky More info: mahansonresearch.weebly.com/blog/phd-stu...
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PhD studentship! Deadline Dec 11th 2024
SWbio application link: https://www.swbio.ac.uk/biomolecular-and-biophysical-studies/ For inquiries, please email: m.hanson@exeter.ac.uk Based in: University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, UK....
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Lukas Schwyter @schluk.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
Are you studying #polymicrobial interactions? #Bacteriophages? Competition/Cooperation of two or more species? Use my new standardized device for your experiments. If you are interested in testing the plate in your lab send me a message for more info: lukas.schwyter@uzh.ch
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