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Em Stevens

@emstevens93.bsky.social

Lecturer in Microbiology at Keele University Lab website: sites.google.com/view/stevenslab/ho…

Em Stevens @emstevens93.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I'm currently advertising a PhD position in my lab, to study the transition from commensal to pathogen in Staphylococcus aureus. Details available here, please share! www.keele.ac.uk/research/pos...

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Em Stevens @emstevens93.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I'm very pleased to share the latest paper from my post doc with @kayla-king.bsky.social. We looked at how host microbiota can influence pathogen virulence evolution in a C. elegans model of infection: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

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Within-host competition causes pathogen molecular evolution and perpetual microbiota dysbiosis

Abstract. Pathogens newly invading a host must compete with resident microbiota. This within-host microbial warfare could lead to more severe disease outco

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