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Claire Turner

@claireyt.bsky.social
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Wellcome Career Development Fellow, University of Sheffield and the Florey Institute working on streptococci. #SpyLab #StrepA

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Claire Turner @claireyt.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Merry Phagemas!
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Lucy Weinert @lucyweinert.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Investigating pathogenicity in zoonotic Streptococcus suis at University of Cambridge on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Investigating pathogenicity in zoonotic Streptococcus suis at University of Cambridge, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Rob Fagan @robfagan.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
New preprint from us! The latest part of our C. difficile vancomycin resistance story. We identified a new two-component system (VnrRS) that can control expression of the vanG pathway - just needs one amino acid change @buddlejess.bsky.social @brockhurstlab.bsky.social @claireyt.bsky.social
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A novel two-component system controls vancomycin resistance in epidemic Clostridioides difficile
The glycopeptide antibiotic vancomycin is the frontline treatment for C. difficile infection in the UK. There have been only sporadic reports of resistance in the clinic but testing is rare so the tru...
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Claire Turner @claireyt.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Fantastic to see this immense body of excellent work published! Well done @alexjkeeley.bsky.social and everyone involved 👏 #StrepA @floreyinstitute.bsky.social @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social
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Alex Keeley @alexjkeeley.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🧵 Our paper out today in @naturemedicine.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... On development of #StrepA #Immunity over life course in #TheGambia raising hope for #vaccines on the horizon 1/ #Immunosky #IDsky #MicroSky #globalhealth.
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Eva Heinz @evaheinz7.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Now with updated invited speakers; please take a look & consider putting in an abstract if of interest! Giving an opportunity to the eukaryotic side of microbial genomics to shine 😊Sept 12, Glasgow, 1-day conference. #MicroSky #protistsonsky #protists #fungi microbiologysociety.org/event/full-e...
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Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 22/07/2025
Seize the opportunity to share your research at Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes. Submit your abstract before 12 August, for a chance to present your work to leading researchers and peers. Find out more information on abstract submission and registration: microb.io/EukaryotesAb... #Eukaryotes25
Graphic depicts a blue background with two bright blue microbes. The title reads: 'Microbial Genomics of Eukaryotes, 12 September 2025, The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. Abstracts open'.
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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
New Independent Fellowship position in Microbiology to launch your lab in our department @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK). We are conducting a broad search in the area of plant-associated microbial interactions. Message me if you have any questions. Apply here: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...
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Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions | John Innes Centre
An exciting opportunity for an Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions has arisen at the John Innes Centre. To read the full job description for this role…
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Claire Turner @claireyt.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
My little office plant is flowering 😁 #bloom-scrolling
A small plant with purple flowers.
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Ian Lidbury @iandealidbury.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
@molmicrosheffield.bsky.social the school of bioscience is looking great today! #sheffielduni
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Sebastian S. Cocioba @atinygreencell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs. Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng Custom Lab Hardware Turn Key Genetic Design Please repost for reach 💚
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Tracy Palmer @proftracypalmer.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Exciting postdoc opportunity!
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Susan Hopkins @smhopkins.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
@ukri.org policy fellowships - apply to come join @ukhsa.bsky.social on a natural hazards and resilience fellowship £280k award for 18 months - 3 months inception, 12 months placement and 3 months knowledge exchange.
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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
And here it is, the completed BASEL collection finally published as early access in @plosbiology.org - see the thread for more details. 🤗🧬🎣
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Gemma C. Atkinson @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
last day to apply for a post-doc position in my group #phagesky #microsky
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JAMA @jama.com · 07/04/2025
From 2013 to 2022, invasive group A Streptococcus infections increased in 10 US states, with higher incidence among older adults, American Indian or Alaska Native persons, and vulnerable groups. ja.ma/3G9OPT2
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Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections in 10 US States
This population-based surveillance study investigates trends in the incidence, characteristics, antimicrobial resistance, and outcomes of invasive group A Streptococcus infections among individuals in 10 US states.
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Claire Turner @claireyt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It was really great to see Caroline, a previous @sheffielduni.bsky.social AMR MSc student, give such a fantastic and interesting talk. #Microbio25
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Job alert ‼️ 2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social - ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
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Senior Lecturer/Reader/Chair in Ecology:Manchester
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 26/03/2025
Early career member, Liam Cremona interviews the 2025 Peter Wildy Prize winner, Professor Lindsay Hall, about their research around the Gut microbiome and public engagement. Find out more here: 🔗https://microb.io/ProfLindseyHall @unibirmingham.bsky.social
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Gemma C. Atkinson @gemmaatkinson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project. Read more and apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/... #phage #bioinformatics
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Postdoctoral research fellow with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of bacteriophage-host interactions
Description of the Workplace In the Atkinson lab we are interested in making discoveries about protein function and structure, with a focus on bacterial immune system components that protect against b
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TARGetAMR @target-amr.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
⏳ Only 2 hours to go until today’s TARGetAMR webinar at 12 PM (GMT)! Don't miss out on an exciting session packed with insights on AMR genomics. Grab a coffee, get comfy, and join us soon! ☕💻 📢 Still time to register: www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/ma...
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Jim Rowe @botanicaljim.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
The Rowe lab is recruiting a #PlantScience PhD student for 2025! You'll use our new ABACUS FRET biosensors to map the leaf #AbscisicAcid accumulations at low humidity in Arabidopsis, wheat and rice to understand how ABA regulates stomatal dynamics. #PhDposition www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
A grey coloured Arabidopsis leaf epidermis, with black cell walls. Each cells has a colourful blobs - a nuclear localised fluorescent ABA sensor, with warm colours indicating high concentrations, and cooler colours indicating lower concentrations.
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Claire Turner @claireyt.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The #WellcomeTrust CDA Fellowship team is fully assembled! Saikou Bah, Henna Khalid, Sona Jabang & Jess Buddle, let the #StrepA research commence 🥳🎉 @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social #UniversityofSheffield
Five people standing in front of a building
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
I am very excited that @target-amr.bsky.social and the Fungal AMR One Health network (www.fungalamr.org) are organising an online mini-symposium on Fungal AMR Genomics on 25 March 1-4 pm GMT. Please sign up here! www.targetamr.org.uk/hdrevents/jo...
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Tackling AMR Together: Insights from the Genomics & Fungal ONE Health UKRI Transdisciplinary Networks Online Mini-symposium: 27 Mar 25 – TargetAMR
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Alex Keeley @alexjkeeley.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
📢 Preprint - not peer-reviewed🤞: Development of #immunity to #StrepA in The Gambia. We assessed IgG to conserved and M protein antigens across the life course, exploring association with protection against infection: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #IDSky #Immunosky
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Early life serological profiles and the development of natural protective humoral immunity to Streptococcus pyogenes in a high burden setting
Streptococcus pyogenes leads to 500,000 deaths annually; many due to rheumatic heart disease in low-income settings. Limited understanding of natural protective immunity to S. pyogenes hinders vaccine...
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Olivier Neyrolles @oneyrolles.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
🔬🦠 Join us for a virtual Micro-Symposium on Bacterial Biofilms! 🦠🔬 📅 Monday, 24 February 2025 ⏰ 11:00 AM CET 💻 Free access, registration required! 📩 Register now to secure your spot! 🔗 #Microbiology #Biofilms #AMR #MicroSky www.sfm-microbiologie.org/evenement/we...
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Webinar Biofilms in Bacterial Pathogenicity - Société Française de Microbiologie
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Alan Cartmell @acartmell47.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I have a PhD on how human gut bacteria feed off host glycans and produce metabolites that alter host cell behaviour #glycotime findaphd.com
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PhD Programmes, Research Projects & Studentships in the UK & Europe
FindAPhD is a comprehensive guide to PhD studentships and postgraduate research degrees
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Grampospath @grampospath.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
📣Research Technician job alert! Needed to support our #iSpyLIFE field work and #strep biobanking. www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Description
Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
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Anna Landre @annalandre.com · 07/01/2025
Do you know a UK-based wheelchair user who works in a lab and would be willing to user-test our prototype of what is believed to be the first-ever lab coat adapted for wheelchair users? Please share far & wide! Interest form: forms.office.com/e/66FhcQjqRT More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-east/new...
Two photos of Anna, a young white woman using an electric wheelchair, wearing a blue lab coat that fits her well with tables and dry-lab equipment in the background. Text reads: "A team of researchers and designers led by UCL is looking for wheelchair users working in wet lab environments to user-test what is believed to be the first-ever prototype of a lab coat adapted for wheelchair users."
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 03/01/2025
OUT NOW: Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation by Knut Drescher & co www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation - Nature Microbiology
Peptidoglycan released by neighbouring kin or non-kin cell lysis induces physiological changes that protect from a range of stresses, including phage predation.
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Jyot Antani @antanij.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
We developed a microscopy-based technique🔬 to measure attachment of viruses #phages to host cells. 🦠 The paper was posted online today: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #phagesky #microsky
Bright green spots are phages (viruses), bacteria are the faint rods in light blue.
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Claire Turner @claireyt.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
What an fantastic Christmas present from Henna the research technician in my lab! Merry Strepmas!
A Christmas bauble with a picture of Streptococcus inside
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Mike @empiricgame.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Forget Die Hard vancomycin is a Christmas antibiotic
Vancomycin colored over to be a 🎄
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STCmicrobeblog @stcmicrobeblog.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
#MicroSky #PhageSky impressive work 👏 would love though if we could abandon the war metaphors ("arms race") in the interactions of bacteria with phage. thx @jayhinton.bsky.social for pointing this out 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A prophage competition element protects Salmonella from lysis
Most bacteria are polylysogens that carry multiple prophages integrated into the chromosome. These prophages confer advantages to their bacterial host…
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Dr Danika Hill @precisionvaxlab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🎉 I'm a #newPI , and I'm so excited to share our new paper out in Nature Comms today! 🧵 rdcu.be/d2gBV Quick intro for the new followers: I'm from Monash Uni in Melbourne, and we study T and B cell responses to viruses, bacteria & parasites with the goal of improving vaccines. #ImmunoSky #MicroSky
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Martin Hunt @martibartfast.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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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TNA documentation — TNA 0.0.1 documentation
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Sam Morabito @sam-morabito.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
👀 Working on a #StarterPack for early career researchers (PhD students & Postdocs) in #genomics & #bioinformatics 🧬🖥️ Please share! Happy to add those working in this area so please suggest. Seeing a lot of PIs on here but would love to see more students 🎓🚀
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Jay Hinton @jayhinton.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Incredible graphic - the myriad of ways that bacteria defend themselves against antibiotics. 14 resistance mechanisms, summarised by Idan Yelin & Roy Kishony in Cell www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Petra Dersch @pdersch.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
For all bacterial RNA researcher check out Sept 1-4, 2025 - Microbial RNA meeting in Strasbourg
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Microbes & RNA 2025 – 8th Meeting on Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and Archaea
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
JOB CLAXON! I am recruiting a post-doctoral researcher on a BBSRC-funded project (36 months) on the genetics and functional genomics of vancomycin resistance in enterococci. Further details here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Please DM or email me if you want to discuss this post.
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Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infections and Microbiomes - 104864 - Grade 7
This exciting BBSRC-funded project aims to mechanistically characterise the fitness costs associated with vancomycin resistance in the Gram-positive opportunistic pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and E...
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Séamus Holden 🔬🦠🧫 @seamusholden.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Join us! 4 Assistant/ Associate Professor posts available at University of Warwick School of Life Sciences, 2 in Host-Pathogen interactions and 2 in Plant Sciences: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G... warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G... #microsky
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Assistant or Associate Professor (Host-Pathogen Interactions) (109794-1024) - University of Warwick
Title: Assistant or Associate Professor (Host-Pathogen Interactions) (109794-1024). Application Deadline:
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Paul Hoskisson 🧫 🦠🐸 @paulhoskisson.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
This is an awesome piece of work from @foster_lab , demonstrating that high level methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus requires a distinct mode of cell division - Two codependent routes lead to high-level MRSA www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Two codependent routes lead to high-level MRSA
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), in which acquisition of mecA [which encodes the cell wall peptidoglycan biosynthesis component penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a)] confers resist...
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Jamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
Next year's Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2025 will be held here in the bracing and beautiful port city of Liverpool 31st March – 3rd April! Watch out: abstract submission deadline is earlier than previous years, on the 12th November... microbiologysociety.org/event/annual...
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Annual Conference 2025
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Please sign up, it will be fun! Open for all with an interest in AMR and genomics (in the UK and elsewhere). www.targetamr.org.uk (and please give @target-amr.bsky.social a follow!)
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TargetAMR – Reducing AMR through Genomics
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
An early Halloween cartoon for New Scientist.
Image: A cavernous laboratory filled with sinister outdated equipment, pickled organs, a pentagram and a corpse on a slab. Outside the window, bats fly past the moon while at a desk an angry-looking woman with crazed hair and a lab coat writes in a ledger.

Caption: Janet had not imagined that being an evil scientist would involve so much evil paperwork.
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Jesse Shapiro @bjesseshapiro.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Hi old and new followers! Happy Monday and allow me to share our latest on eco-evolutionary responses of microbes to stressors in the Large Experimental Array of Ponds, led by super collaborators Charles Xu and Rowan Barrett: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Pre-exposure to stress reduces loss of community and genetic diversity following severe environmental disturbance
Environmental stress caused by anthropogenic impacts is increasing worldwide. Understanding the ecological and evolutionary consequences for biodiversity will be crucial for our ability to respond eff...
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
New paper on "the practices of wage theft that often surround academic promotions, and specifically, the common requirement that someone must already be working at the level for which they are hoping to be promoted" BSky author @troyheff.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0729... #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Higher education has a strong relationship with wage theft, which has been examined throughout years of research, reports, and government enquiries. This paper examines the practices of wage theft that often surround academic promotions, and specifically, the common requirement that someone must already be working at the level for which they are hoping to be promoted. The work uses Australia’s higher education sector as an example, as Australia’s employment and promotion conditions are similar in many aspects to other higher education sectors. The paper provides an analysis of the promotion expectations to which academics are subjected to understand what tasks academics are expected to complete, and for how long, without being paid, before they can apply for promotion. The paper demonstrates to academics, policymakers, and unions, yet another exploitative practice that must be monitored and removed from the modern university as the sector looks to engage more equitable practices.
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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
We will soon be recruiting a PDRA to our MRC funded renewal of the UK-China AMR DETECTIVE project. A mix of genomics, metagenomics and wet lab work. Please reach out if you might be interested. Project will start in February for 3 years
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Kim Hardie @kimhardie.bsky.social · 11/10/2024
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKD365/a... Come and join us, use our state of the art facilities including cutting edge microscopy for live pathogen imaging, high throughput drug discovery platforms. ⁦‪@ukbiofilms‬⁩ ⁦‪@MicrobioSoc‬⁩ ⁦‪⁦‬⁩ #AMR #microbiome ⁦‪@UoN_BDI‬⁩ @asm @ami
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Assistant Professor (Research & Teaching) in Microbiology at University of Nottingham
Discover Assistant Professor (Research & Teaching) in Microbiology jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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