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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Summer update 🌞🌷💮 Check out what we've been up to ⬇️ @ukceh.bsky.social

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

@hollytipper.bsky.social & @rachelapayne.bsky.social led work investigating global trends in the literature on #AMR 🧫🦠in wild animals 🦆🦌🦊 and plants 🌿 @istanton.bsky.social @jenmgshe.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

@susheelbusi.bsky.social also gave a talk at the Freshwater Quality Programme Webinar, detailing an overview of the upcoming CLEAR Neagh project. Catch up here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Ex...

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UK Freshwater Quality Programme Webinar March 2026: Introduction to the CLEAR Neagh project.

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

@susheelbusi.bsky.social, @hollytipper.bsky.social & @laurens-colours.bsky.social went out to Lough Neagh to gain a better understanding of potential field sites for their upcoming sampling campaigns on the CLEAR Neagh project💧🦠🧬

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Alex joined us last month as a Research Assistant. He will initially be working on a range of projects related to environmental #AMR. Alex completed a Master’s at the University of Bonn where he investigated the selection of AMR soil bacteria under sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics 💊

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Check out our latest paper, work led by @amycthorpe.bsky.social titled "River Microbiomes as Sentinels of National-Scale Freshwater Ecosystems" 🦠🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @susheelbusi.bsky.social @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social @joedtaylor.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

🧵 @hollytipper.bsky.social & @danread.bsky.social have a new paper out titled "Spatiotemporal profiling of antimicrobial agents during wastewater treatment – a national study" with Adegbenro Daso and Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern Check it out ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ukceh.bsky.social

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Spatiotemporal profiling of antimicrobial agents during wastewater treatment – a national study

Effective wastewater treatment is critical for public health; however, the persistence of antimicrobial chemicals within these systems presents challe…

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

@tessacrosbie.bsky.social‘s work helps identify the pathways through which pathogens, antibiotic-resistant microbes, and chemical contaminants enter freshwater systems 🦠🌊🧫. She’s honoured to learn from and work alongside an incredible group of female scientists here at UKCEH.

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

@rosawagstaff.bsky.social is a second year PhD student studying environmental science, specifically looking at microbial response 🦠 to algae-derived dissolved organic carbon in freshwater lakes, using #eDNA 🧬. Rosa is based at UKCEH and Lancaster University.

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

@laurens-colours.bsky.social is a molecular ecologist researching biodiversity monitoring with #eDNA 🧬, from detecting invasive & endangered species to whole communities. She also works on community science and integrating eDNA into policy & is an award-winning science communicator & artist 👩‍🎨

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"I’m Holly, and as a senior molecular microbiologist, I’m proud of my journey - from an early fascination with microbes 🦠 to a career studying how resistance moves through the environment and water systems 🧫🌊, bridging science, policy & industry to protect public health" - @hollytipper.bsky.social

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"As a #WomanInSTEM researching #AMR, I explore 🍄 antifungal resistance in soil & compost, and 💊multidrug resistance in wastewater. My work focuses on understanding how resistance spreads in the environment to help protect public health & shape sustainable solutions. 🌍🔬" - @rachelapayne.bsky.social

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"I’m a PhD student at UKCEH and the University of Bath using microbial source tracking to study how antimicrobial resistance 🧫 and pathogens 🦠 spread in rivers 🌊. My research aims to pinpoint pollution sources and help protect environmental and public health" - @rosieelliott.bsky.social

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"As a #WomanInSTEM it’s been my privilege to explore microbial responses to environmental change in diverse environments, such as:⛰️mountain ecosystems,🍯honey,🦐groundwater stygofauna,🪱earthworms from Chernobyl,🦠wild animal microbiomes & 🌊ocean acidified communities" - @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Happy #WomenInSTEM day! 👩‍🔬 The Molecular Ecology group at @ukceh.bsky.social comprises of many fantastic women👩‍🔬 conducting research on all things #molecular #ecology, #AMR, #microbes 🧬🦠🧫 Stay tuned as we introduce you to some them over the course of today ⬇️

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Really excited that the Molecular Ecology group is going to be leading this project! ⬇️🌊 Stay tuned as we introduce our researchers working on this, and for updates on sampling and lab work!

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🚨 New Job Alert 🚨 We're currently recruiting a Lab Manager to manage the @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford labs! 🔬🧪👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 They will be responsible for all labs but will be part of Molecular Ecology group 😊 Details on how to apply ⬇️ ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca... @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social

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Laboratory Manager

Salary - £38,939 - £41,321 Fully site based Location: Wallingford. Oxfordshire Closing date: Friday 30th January 2026 We reserve the right to close this advert early if we find the right candidate, so...

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NIHR Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit (PIRU) @piru-lshtm.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

What was missing from the #UK #AMR National Action Plan? ✍️🎯 Better evidence & clear objectives to help understand & combat the role of environmental factors in driving #AMR in the #UK. 👉 bit.ly/4pkL5Qc @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social @istanton.bsky.social #WAAW2025

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We process our monitoring samples in a variety of ways, which include #phenotypic testing for #AMR, as well as using #molecular methods such as #qPCR and #sequencing to look for specific antimicrobial resistance genes 🦠🧬👩‍🔬🧫 #WAAW

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25 At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR! We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

@hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social went to visit the Unilever labs yesterday to meet up with their PhD student Olivia Mescall and her other supervisors @profjrsnape.bsky.social & Katie Endersby! As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Last month, @hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social attended the Microbiome Innovation and One Health Conference in Oxford 🦠🧫 They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖

Isobel Stanton presenting the title slide of a presentation

Holly Tipper presenting a slide showing how wastewater is an interface between human activities and the environment

Holly and Isobel at Oxford's Natural History Museum in front of one of the dinosaur fossils

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

@hollytipper.bsky.social is a Senior Molecular Microbiologist working on environmental #AMR. Holly is interested in how resistance spreads through water systems & the environment and what that means for public health. She works at the intersection of science, policy & industry💧🧫🌍

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Welcome back to our "meet the researcher" series! Previously we introduced you to our PhD students. Next up - our staff! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🌊🌱🦠🧬

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Isobel Stanton @istanton.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Really excited to start working with Olivia ⬇️🦠 @profjrsnape.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social

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Holly Tipper @hollytipper.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Looking forward to our new PhD student, James, joining us soon!! ⬇️🦠

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Holly Tipper @hollytipper.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Welcome to our new PhD student Rosie!! ⬇️🦠

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Welcome to our "meet the researcher" series!👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Tune in over the next week as we introduce you to our UKCEH Molecular Ecology PhD researchers and tell you a bit about their projects! 🧪🧬🦠

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Holly Tipper @hollytipper.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Follow our group's new page to see what we're up to! ⬇️🦠🥼

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Holly Tipper @hollytipper.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

It was brilliant to work with you, Rebecca, and the LSHTM team! Check out our new article below! ⬇️ 🧬🧫

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

📣 We're proud to announce our new science framework, marking a major milestone in our evolution. Five cutting-edge science areas, each led by newly appointed Associate Science Directors and Group Heads, will shape the future of environmental research. 🌍 See more: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪

Six people standing - UKCEH Associate Science Directors and Director of Science

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🌍 It's UN World Environment Day—this year’s theme focuses on why we need to #BeatPlasticPollution 🎧 Hear UKCEH expert @richardkcross.bsky.social explain more about the surprising sources of #microplastics in this episode of our Counting the Earth #podcast 🔗 audioboom.com/posts/861329... 🧪

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Holly Tipper @hollytipper.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Catch me and Isobel Stanton discussing #AMR in the environment and wastewater, and what this means for human health 🦠💊🥼 Podcast link below 🔽

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🎧 Resistance Rising: 1.14 million - new podcast episode coming soon! Alice & Sue are a sewage treatment works to explore the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) 🦠 🔔 Subscribe on your favourite podcast app! www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... @hollytipper.bsky.social 🧪

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Holly Tipper @hollytipper.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Thanks Uli! We're welcoming submissions to the npj Antimicrobials & Resistance Collection on Water Testing: Antimicrobial Resistance in Water. We looking for impactful research on AMR & antimicrobials in natural aquatic & engineered water environments 🦠 Submission deadline: 20th Sept 2025

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Holly Tipper @hollytipper.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🚨Currently hiring!🚨 Looking for a new challenge? We are hiring a Molecular Biology Technician and a Molecular Ecologist, based at our @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford site. Follow the links to find out more! 🦠🧬 ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca... ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...

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Molecular Biology Technician

Salary - £30,684 to £32,563 Fully site based. 18-Month Fixed Term Contract and Full-Time (37 hours per week) Closing date for applications, Fri, 3 Jan 2024. We reserve the right to close this advert e...

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Adam P. Roberts @gcagatgcaatg.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Very happy to be leading on the evolutionary biology within the NIHR funded Opt-AMR project we have just started. Will be looking for a postdoctoral scientist in approximately 2 years time... www.lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/...

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New strategies to combat overuse of antibiotics that increase antimicrobial resistance

Opt-AMR (Optimising Antibiotic Usage to Mitigate Antimicrobial Resistance) is a new programme led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.AMR to antibiotics is an urgent and growing global health

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Wiebke Schmidt @wiebkeschmidt.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

3/ in addition to understanding more about how we could undertake an environmental AMR surveillance we also looked at what concentrations of antimicrobials the development of resistance can drive. See here 👉 www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Determining selective concentrations for antibiotics and antifungals in natural environments

This project determined the concentrations of specified antimicrobials at which selection for resistance may occur.

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Wiebke Schmidt @wiebkeschmidt.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

6/ Antibiotics 💊 and antifungals are not the only substance that can lead to # resistance. A range of disinfectants 🧪 is currently used in the 🇬🇧 and here we reviewed available information on their potential role in the development of antimicrobial resistance 👉 www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Potential impact of disinfectants on antimicrobial resistance development

Identifies the range of disinfectants currently used in the UK and reviewed available information on their potential role in the development of antimicrobial resistance.

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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Microbial pathogens are growing more resistant, posing serious risks 💊💉. Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment is a complex problem to solve. UKCEH experts discuss their role delivering new #AMR evidence for a national research programme: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med...

Dr Holly Tipper sampling for environmental AMR in a a stream near an outflow pipe

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