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Nicky O’Boyle @oboylelab.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Delighted to share our latest research on EHEC type 3 secretion regulation through amino acid deamination. Big collaborative effort over several years. Thanks to all our co-authors and funders. 📄 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Catabolism of serine enantiomers represses enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli virulence factors via modulation of the nitrogen stress response | PNAS

Attaching and effacing pathogens, including enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), colonize their preferred intestinal niche by sensing diverse...

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James Connolly @ruamicro.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Early bird registration for VTEC 2026 ends this Friday (February 27th). Please share with your networks and consider registering for this great One-health conference covering all topics VTEC related, taking place in Aberdeen on the 10-13th of May.

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Giusy Mariano @giusym1990.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Excited to share our new study! Great fun working again with my good friend @stephenrgarrett.bsky.social — always a highlight! Huge thanks to fantastic co-authors @samkaytucker.bsky.social, @drandyjroe.bsky.social and our star technician Vojtech Pavelka. academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...

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Charles Winterhalter @winterhalterlab.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

E. coli is the leading bacterium causing death from AMR infections worldwide. If you'd like to explore approaches to exploit the DNA damage response as alternative antimicrobial, please apply to the following PhD studentship available in my lab starting October 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Exploiting the bacterial DNA damage response as an alternative antimicrobial at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Exploiting the bacterial DNA damage response as an alternative antimicrobial at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Academia is cool because if you're doing it right, every paper you published in the last 3 years feels inadequate now that you understand the topic better, but it'll take 3 years to get out the version where you get it more right, and you get to do that until one day you die! Isn't that cool

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Antimicrobial resistance #AMR @antimicrobial.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

UK’s BBSRC has awarded £9M to support 19 early-career researchers tackling major challenges in health, agriculture, and technology. Projects include innovative approaches to #AMR, gut microbiome therapies, crop resilience, and nature-inspired engineering solutions. www.wired-gov.net/wg/news.nsf/...

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£9 million investment fuels groundbreaking bioscience research | Innovate UK

From unlocking the secrets of animal movement to tackling antimicrobial resistance, UK’s brightest bioscience minds are pushing the boundaries of innovation.

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Arianne Babina @ariannebabina.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

🚨WE’RE HIRING!🚨 A Research Technician (2y) to join our team & work on exciting projects in bacterial evolution & gene regulation. Come join our growing, supportive Bacteriology Dept @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #MicroBio25 #microsky @microbiologysociety.org Apply by 30th April: tinyurl.com/2z9z9kse

Photo of University of Glasgow attendees at the Microbiology Society Annual Conference, with a blank outline of a person labeled "You!" indicating where you could join.

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

New paper from the group - here we show that aurodox prevents shiga toxin mediated damage in a murine model. Interesting changes to the microbiota too. Amazing work by @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social and the group. Paper here- rdcu.be/efW0K

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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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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research. #AcademicSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel

In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

“a well-organized, financed, politically motivated, and steadily globalizing campaign of disinformation & attacks against science that makes it difficult to mount an effective global response to the climate & pandemic threats” @michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez skepticalinquirer.org/2024/12/a-tr...

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A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer

Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Here’s Newhaven harbour, on a less windy/rainy night !

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

More time to think is the key parameter every researcher seems to crave for.

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Anna Abalkina @abalkina.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

This is a catastrophe. While Finland has downgraded the MDPI and Frontiers journals to level 0 (meaning these publications are not recognized for research evaluation purposes), Germany has signed an agreement to promote publications in MDPI journals.

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

This is just “wow”! Blown away by this paper. 🤯

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This was the simple and, IMHO, brilliant, solution. Mandated immediate open access, no need for the ridiculous surcharges imposed by the "elite" journals! Thank you NIH!

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Roli Roberts @roliroberts.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

IT'S OFFICIAL! From today, @plos.org and its journals are no longer posting on Twitter/X. If you want to carry on hearing about great science in our journal, follow @plosbiology.org on Bluesky here: bsky.app/profile/plos...

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Keira Cozens @pinkpetri.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hi everyone! For my new followers, I'm a Bioinformatics PhD student (UK) who also runs a science art shop where I make stickers and jewellery! My most recent creation is festive microbial cards ❄️ pinkpetri.etsy.com

Four Xmas cards titled "I'm dreaming of an igm Christmas", "the Phage in-festive cycle", "the snowman microbiome" and "the festive fungus"

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Pablo J. Sáez @pjsaez.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Last week I showed to MSc students this iconic movie of a #leukocyte chasing a #bacteria, just wait... Version taken from a 16 mm video made by David Elliot Rogers @VanderbiltU in the 1950s ! (as @mag2art.bsky.social says "the Citizen Kane of #Microscopy) #CellMigration @focalplane.bsky.social

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Nonia Pariente @npariente.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

There is no brain microbiome 🧪 Excellent letter by @mjpallen.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @faecalmatters.bsky.social

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

New paper from the group. Very proud to share our recent work for the first time here on Bluesky- give me 50 likes and it’s a permanent move!🤣. doi.org/10.1098/rsob...

Cartoon showing how aurodox can inhibit multiple gram negative pathogens. Image by Iris Floria

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Already feels like twitter v2 here and the chance for a better community.

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

Latest paper from the group - Current understandings of colibactin regulation | Microbiology Society www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

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James Connolly @ruamicro.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

Really pleased to share Curtis Cottam’s first paper from his PhD, where he discovered a new Arabinose transporter in pathogenic E.coli and investigated the impact of Arabinose utilisation on virulence gene regulation. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Metabolism of ʟ -arabinose converges with virulence regulation to promote enteric pathogen fitness

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Justine Rudkin @scousemicrobe.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Come do a PhD with me at University of Glasgow. 3-year fully funded PhD for UK students. Friend to Foe: Colonisation as an Entry Point for S. aureus Infectionhttps://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/fully-funded-friend-to-foe-colonisation-as-an-entry-point-for-staphylococcus-aureus-infection/?p166823

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Conor Feehily @sligomicrobe.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

📢 I have a funded PhD position available in Glasgow. Functional genomics project with vaginal Lactobacillus. Please share www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Professor Andrew J Roe @drandyjroe.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Making the transit from X to here for all the obvious reasons!

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