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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Friday 30 October 2026 Notre Dame Fischer Hall, 1-4 Suffolk St, London SW1Y 4HG sites.nd.edu/cosacademics... Ivo Gomperts Boneca, Mayland Chang, Christian Melander, Nathaniel Martin, David Roper, Christopher Schofield, Tanja Schneider, James Spencer,

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

New customer service area set up for when my grant writing assistant comes to the office.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

At the GRC Bacterial Cell Surface conference at the Univerity of Southern Maine in Portland, Ma. My speaker “assignment” was to organise the biennial football (soccer) match. Great fun, great community, fantastic science @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @warwicklifesci.bsky.social

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I think Dan is describing my precision defensive manoeuvres as seasoned right back in the team. Presumably no space in the test to mention my Beckham-esk deep crosses into the opposition box. @mrcdtpbiomed.bsky.social @warwicklifesci.bsky.social

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Congrats to Charis Thompson in my lab and joint student with @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social who has just won the 2026 Dr Mrytle Pridgeon Scholarship! @warwicklifesci.bsky.social

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Last Friday Phill Stansfeld & I played host to Dr Shu Sin Chng from National University of Singapore on his latest research in Gram negative bacterial membrane biogenesis, a core aspect of joint interests relevant to discovery of next generation antibiotics and combating the rise of AMR

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We had the 2 year anniversary and strategic advisory board for our BBSRC sLoLa on bacterial cell shape this week. Many thanks to Profs Miguel Valvano, Mariana Pinho and Dr Pam Brown for their feedback!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

25 years ago today I started as a lecturer at Warwick, may have got the hang of it now. Mostly… But always supported by Mrs Emma Roper.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

He’s official now, just needs a lab coat and H&S induction …

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Spring may be returning to my part of Leicestershire finally.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

BBC computer from 40 years ago. Think how far we have come…

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year everyone, this time last year I was looking forward to some winter sun in South Africa at the @BMSV conference. That same feeling would be welcome now!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Ah ha, as I suspect: there is an unequal distribution of the contents of a celebrations tub! Bluesky do your things and help in this scientific study!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Kate Willett pass her viva yesterday, congrats Dr Willett! Huge thanks to @robfagan.bsky.social @ @jeremykeown.bsky.social

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I think young Professor Tame had a good time with us @warwicklifesci.bsky.social curtesy of an IAS professorial fellowship and is now of on the second leg in Rome. Thanks to my lab for making home feel so welcome. I may have to visit him in Rome, just to make sure he’s ok of course…

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

30 years on since @YSBL_York who would have thought these two old gits would find themselves in a lab together again!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Two PhD theses submitted to day from @warwicklifesci.bsky.social Kate Willett from my lab and Becca Bailey from @pstansfeld.bsky.social. Supervisor of one, internal examiner for another!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Lovely trip back to @UniOfYork to the carbohydrate group meeting of the @RoySocChem. Old friends and familiar places

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

It’s been my honour and privilege to co-organise the Great Wall Symposium with @ivo-boneca.bsky.social for the past 14 years, roll on 2027 more news soon.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

And that’s a wrap on the Great Wall Symposium 2025! Roll on 2027, venue to be confirmed shortly …

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

And we are off! Professor Tame of Yokohama City University starts his first experiment as part of his sabbatical thanks to an IAS fellowship here

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

How it’s started, how it’s going …

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Professors Roper and Tame visited Hadrians wall today and contemplated the eternal philosophical question of “what did the romans….”🤣

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Professors Roper and Tame up a hill in Yorkshire, grand…

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Just thinking about my September plans.. Anyone else..? Just sayin...

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I was delighted to @UHCW path labs today to give a talk on our works and perspective on b-lactam usage and discuss with Steven Montgomery-Laird and colleagues, future collaborations and interactions @WarwickLifeSci @BMSatWarwick & Institute of Translational Medicine.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Today is World NTM awareness day (worldntmday.org) so timely to announce a collaboration between Professor Bavesh Kana at the University of the Witwatersrand. Charis Thompson in my lab works on a linkage between ST kinases and the control of peptidoglycan cross linking chemistry in NTMs.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Dr Gillett dons the ceremonial robes yesterday to get her degree certificate @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social Dr Cheng managed to look at the camera for a change..

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Andrew Harvey former Warwick Biochemistry student and now Global Marketing Director @pfizer (boy did well..) came to @uniofwarwick to speak and inspire at the graduation ceremony for @WarwickLifeSci graduates. Great to see you again!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Phil Stansfeld and I played host to Dr Chandra Verma @ASTARsg former collegue of mine from @YSBL_York visits @WarwickLifeSci & @BMSatWarwick today to tell us about developments in the institute and research in his group. If only he could stay longer for an international fiesta, old style !

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Another victory for Gibbet Hill Rovers, 1 - nil against statistics @WarwickLifeSci @warwickmed @uniofwarwick

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Striking fear into the ropergroup today, I’m back in the lab!!!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Today we say farewell and best of luck for the future as Dr Fran Gillett leaves the Ropergroup and @WarwickLifeSci after 8 years, undergrad through postdoc and goes off to industry. We will miss you Fran

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Microbiology royalty @WarwickLifeSci today, Professor Malcolm Winkler and Tiffany Tsui @IndianaUniv. Fantastic lecture on Pneumococcal PG biosynthesis. Took them to the Blue Pig in Wolvey of course!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Sage words prof. Ians post on linkedin was slightly longer and expands on the above, and is just beautiful.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Dr Souvik Naskar from @imperialcollege @thelowlab and former @MRCDTP_IBR PhD student with me @WarwickLifeSci spoke today at the Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Centre symposium on his wonderful work on Vipp1 and revealed who’s in charge of data processing!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Emma Hesketh from @LeicStructBio discussing the leciester Cryo-EM facilties, an important partner in the new Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Centre warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dept...

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Opening symoposium for the Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Centre (warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dept...) today !

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Gibbet Hill Rovers took on Stats tonight and won 4:1, empathic victory.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Come to the opening of the Warwick Integrated Structural Biology Symposium! @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social @warwicklifesci.bsky.social

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Professor Ian Henderson elected Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology 🏆 @hendersonlab.bsky.social Excellent scientist, microbiologist &mentor, throughly well deserved. Proud to call him a friend

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

A multi species biofilm of microbiologists at BMSV 2025! Great conference and crowd in the sunshine of South Africa.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Confirmed speakers for the next Great Wall Symposium is coming along! thegreatwall-symposium.org/program/ Abstracts will open next week 15th so start thinking! September 15-17th, Catania, Sicily Its a Microbiological opportunity you cant refuse!

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