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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Has anyone submitted an MRC applicant-led grant this year and heard if they've been shortlisted? Just wondering if there's any data yet on how long the process is taking since they reopened!

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James Connolly @ruamicro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Are you a motivated researcher interested in bacteria-host interactions? We have postdoc position available in my lab to join our Wellcome Trust funded collaborative team. We will study the role and regulation of the enigmatic sphingolipids in E. coli. Please share. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSX115/r...

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Research Assistant/ Associate in Bacteria-Host Interactions at Newcastle University

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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🔔 New preprint from our lab: how does the chemical composition of infection-like environments shape how costly (or not) antibiotic resistance mutations are? We find that efflux pump regulator mutants can have a selective advantage in synthetic human urine + identify likely component driving this.

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Fantastic day at the Tayside Microbiology symposium last Friday and an oral presentation prize for @microclaire.bsky.social (right) to boot! 🏆

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

A bit late with this one but the peer-reviewed version of our stringent response-conjugation story is now out in Microbiology 😊 Check it out here: www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... @microclaire.bsky.social @paulrjohnston.bsky.social

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Beyond proud of my three PhD students at the School postgrad research symposium this week - they smashed their talks and poster presentations! 😍 Can't wait to see their papers come out (watch this space! 👀) @microclaire.bsky.social

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

You can never have too many JK Hobbs's!

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Had a great day @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social giving a seminar and talking all things bacteria with @iandealidbury.bsky.social @laia-pasquina.bsky.social @claireyt.bsky.social and others. And I got to meet the "other" JK Hobbs! 😍 Thanks for the invitation, Simon!

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

When you give the students free rein to design the new lab poster 😍😆🐎

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Same here! Just finished some long-overdue paper revisions in time for the sun to go in🤦🙄

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Caro Kobras 🐍 @carokobras.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Super exciting news 🚨 I am hiring a technician to join my brand new lab at the University of Birmingham! @imibirmingham.bsky.social Come and support my BBSRC-funded research on understanding how staphylococci survive antibiotics. Please share! 🧫🧪 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH271/a...

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Assistant Technical Specialist at University of Birmingham

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

The programme for this year's BSAC Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms workshop is live! Take a look at the fantastic speaker line-up: @gmknght.bsky.social @bugsinblood.bsky.social @slowgoing.bsky.social @strain9000.bsky.social to name but a few! bsac.org.uk/arm2026/ @bsacandjac.bsky.social

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Another great #MicroSoc26! Sophie and Shenali are still at their posters for another 30 mins if you want to talk tolerance!

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Does anyone in the UK have a conjugative enterococcal resistance plasmid (e.g. pCF10) that they'd be willing to share? I'm finding it impossible to find one! (Next step is to try US folks, but that will require an import permit). Thanks!

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Thanks Tracy, it was a really enjoyable day.

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It was a pleasure! Thanks very much for the invitation and to all for the really interesting chats 😊

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Heading home from another great @bsacandjac.bsky.social #AntibioticResistance & Mechanisms Workshop! @microclaire.bsky.social And Sophie is bringing home a 1st place poster prize 🏆😍

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

📣Applications open for a competition-funded EastBio PhD position in my lab! I will be able to put one exceptional candidate forward and then we cross our fingers we get the funding🤞If you're interested in metabolism, virulence and antibiotic efficacy, please apply by 15th Dec! tinyurl.com/873ycjpr

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EASTBIO: The Role of Purine Metabolism in Bacterial Virulence, Antibiotic Efficacy and Host-Pathogen Interactions at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

📣New preprint alert! We report the alarming finding that stringent response mutations found in clinical isolates increase the frequency of donation of multiresistance plasmids in S. aureus 😱 Great team effort @microclaire.bsky.social @paulrjohnston.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

📣 Calling all senior microbiology postdocs! The University of St Andrews is inviting applications from outstanding visionary Research Fellow and Future Leader candidates to attend a Biomolecular Science Fellowship Day. Applications due by 12th Dec, see link for full details: tinyurl.com/4n3na8vn

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Exciting Opportunity: Biomolecular Science Fellowship Day

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

📢Our review of the impact of bacterial purine synthesis on antibiotic tolerance and resistance expression is now out! A lot of food for thought and contrasting data from E. coli and S. aureus... 🤔 Read it here: rdcu.be/ezfQ7

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The impact of bacterial purine metabolism on antibiotic efficacy

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

📣 We're hiring! We have a 12-month vacancy for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with skills in molecular microbiology. See the details and apply here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please share!

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Prof. Vigdis Vandvik @vvandvik.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

With 2.5 months till the deadline, it's worth reminding everyone what a fantastic opportunity the #MarieCurieFellowships are! #PhDs from all over the world can apply for personal #postdoc fellowships to work at European Universities marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/post...

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

Such a fun way to spend a Friday afternoon! 🏎️ 🏆 Ashley (aka Daniella Ricardo) was victorious, with Claire a close second. What should we do for our next lab outing?!

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

It's out! The final peer-reviewed version of our paper about Prs-mediated tolerance in S. aureus COL is now published in Molecular Microbiology. Read it here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

If any finishing-up PhD students or post-docs are interested in antibiotic tolerance and writing a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship together this summer, please get in touch!

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📣 The Journal of Medical Microbiology is looking for Editors for the Antimicrobial Resistance section! No prior editor experience required, so it's a great first gig for an ECR. And you get subsidised attendance at the annual meeting. Open to applicants worldwide 🌍 @microbiologysociety.org

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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social @hobbslabmicro.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Made it to Heidelberg! Excited for 4 days of talks - never seen so many talks on tolerance at one meeting! #EESDrugresistance @events.embl.org

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