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Ilyas Alav

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Interested in the physiological role of bacterial efflux pumps and host-pathogen interactions🏳️‍🌈 (he/him) scholar.google.com/citations?user=n…

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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No, but seriously, this is an affront to sanity.
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Got my bike stolen for the first time, am I a real Oxforder now?
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Excellent review article Metabolic strategies of Enterobacteriaceae gut colonization | Nature Reviews Microbiology share.google/hKziCqmwDr3D...
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Metabolic strategies of Enterobacteriaceae gut colonization - Nature Reviews Microbiology
In this Review, Schubert and Hardt explore the metabolic strategies that Enterobacteriaceae use to establish themselves in the gut, and how they adapt to inflammatory conditions in this environment.
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Ranked worst, but 77% of surveyed people were satisfied? I’m sorry, but who did they survey exactly? Surely, not anyone who commutes with @crosscountryuk.bsky.social. I can tell you first hand that they are epitome of human misery. 🤡
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Birmingham-based CrossCountry ranked Britain's worst train operator
Transport Focus asks it to reduce delays and provide better information during disruption.
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Jose Bengoechea @josebengoechea.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Recruiting a postdoc to join my lab at @lshtm.bsky.social to work in an MRC porgramme grant funded project to dissect the gut colonziation by Klebsiella. In vivo and in vitro models, and new approaches to identify Klebsiella factors involved. jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Having read through nearly 200 applications for my Wellcome Trust-funded PDRA post, one simple advice I can give to applicants is make your CV more concise and digestible.
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Teresa Thurston @thurstonlab.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
One week left to apply for two 3-year postdocs in the lab on molecular mechanisms of Burkholderia pathogenesis. Posts associated with Magdalen College. Our lab is based in the Dunn School of Pathology with amazing collaborators at Oxford and MORU magdalencareers.pinpointhq.com/postings/c90...
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Calleva Centre Postdoctoral Researchers- The deadly enigma of melioidosis: Decoding the pathogenesis of Burkholderia pseudomallei.
Job Opening: Calleva Centre Postdoctoral Researchers- The deadly enigma of melioidosis: Decoding the pathogenesis of Burkholderia pseudomallei. at Magdalen College in Central Oxford.
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I don’t think I’ve had a single on time @crosscountryuk.bsky.social train for the past week. How are you still allowed to operate? 😭
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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Brilliant new review in Plos Pathogens looking at how RND efflux pumps contribute to virulence from @ilyasalav.bsky.social and Corella Detweiler. This one is going to be super useful for efflux folks! 🤩https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1014228
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How resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps contribute to virulence
In Gram-negative bacteria, multi-subunit efflux pumps transport molecules across the inner membrane, periplasm, and outer membrane to the extracellular environment. These efflux pumps include the Resi...
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Our recent review on the role of RND efflux pumps in bacterial virulence made it to the front page of @plos.org Pathogens! 😄
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Excited to share @csdetweiler.bsky.social and my review article in @plos.org Pathogens exploring how resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps contribute to bacterial virulence. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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How resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps contribute to virulence
In Gram-negative bacteria, multi-subunit efflux pumps transport molecules across the inner membrane, periplasm, and outer membrane to the extracellular environment. These efflux pumps include the Resi...
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Excited to share @csdetweiler.bsky.social and my review article in @plos.org Pathogens exploring how resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps contribute to bacterial virulence. journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
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How resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps contribute to virulence
In Gram-negative bacteria, multi-subunit efflux pumps transport molecules across the inner membrane, periplasm, and outer membrane to the extracellular environment. These efflux pumps include the Resi...
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Inés @ines-ddo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Our paper is finally out! 🥳 If you want to know how a single Salmonella effector rewires the whole macrophage transcriptional landscape by hijacking one host transcription factor, check our latest research! Thanks to the @thurstonlab.bsky.social and @peterwshill.bsky.social labs for an amazing work!
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Salmonella effector SteE reprograms the macrophage regulatory network to drive specific hyperactivation of STAT3 target genes
The ability of Salmonella Typhimurium to exploit macrophages as a niche for survival, replication, and dissemination is central to its pathogenesis. T…
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I’m looking to hire a talented postdoctoral research assistant to work with me on my Wellcome Trust-funded project at the @dunnschool.bsky.social If you’re interested in bacterial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions, please apply below! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Tim Overton @overtonlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
New paper! We have written a (hopefully) simple primer on microbial energy metabolism - how do bacteria harvest energy from their environment, and how does this impact their behaviour? www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Microbial Primer: Bacterial energy metabolism
All cells need energy to perform their functions. This primer introduces energy metabolism in bacteria, with a focus on key pathways and examples from model organisms, while acknowledging that bacteri...
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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Applications are officially OPEN for the 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Multidrug Efflux Systems. 📅 When: March 21–26, 2027 📍 Where: Ventura, California 🔗 Apply here: www.grc.org/multi-drug-e... #GRC #MultidrugEfflux
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
'Decision in process'
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My main postdoc paper is now out in @natureportfolio.nature.com npj Antimicrobials and Resistance! www.nature.com/articles/s44.... Using flow cytometry, we show that the nucleoside analogues azidothymidine, didanosine, stavudine, and trifluridine reduced transfer of AMR plasmids pCT and pKpQIL (1/3)
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Mechanistic insights into plasmid transfer inhibition in Enterobacterales by nucleoside analogues - npj Antimicrobials and Resistance
npj Antimicrobials and Resistance - Mechanistic insights into plasmid transfer inhibition in Enterobacterales by nucleoside analogues
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Meet Rundy! We adopted him back in January and he’s already taken over my life! 😃🥰
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Tatiana Dimitriu @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
And the preprint is out! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We compared plasmid conjugation in liquid and on solid across 13 AMR plasmids with different types of conjugative pili.
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I thought finding reviewers was the major bottleneck when submitting a paper, but now it seems journals struggle to find willing and able editors too...
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Starry night in Leamington Spa ✨
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Does anyone have experience with fixing Salmonella cells prior to flow cytometry as my current institution does not run BSL-2 organisms in their flow machines. I need to measure intracellular dye accumulation, but worried about the effects of fixation on membrane permeability/integrity #academicsky
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
me on editorial manager as soon as I submit a paper
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 03/03/2026
We were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Professor Jeff Cole, a long-standing member who held many positions in the Society. Jeff was elected an Honorary Member in 2011. You can read his full obituary here: microb.io/46xYzkz
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Lilly Cummins @lillycummins.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past two years thinking about genome evolution and how recent research revealing complex gene-gene interactions has complicated traditional ‘gene-centric’ genomic approaches to evolution. So here is a review that consolidates these thoughts! rdcu.be/e6pHY
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Epistasis and co-adaptation in bacterial genome evolution
Nature Reviews Genetics - Bacterial genome evolution is shaped by epistasis, which can constrain or promote specific evolutionary paths. The authors review how integrating the effects of epistatic...
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I am deeply saddened by Jeff's passing. Jeff lived and breathed microbiology, and was still very much part of the microbiology community in @imibirmingham.bsky.social until a few weeks ago. He was supportive to students and staff and will be sorely missed by many, here in Birmingham and elsewhere
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It’s 2026 and reviewers still want RT-PCR to ‘confirm’ RNAseq data
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 07/02/2026
#NatMicroPicks More than just pumps? 🦠💊 Bacterial efflux pumps not only block drug entry but also disrupt intracellular drug–target interactions by preventing repeated drug rebinding #MicroSky www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Efflux pumps control intracellular drug-target kinetics by limiting rebinding in bacteria
Efflux pumps disrupt antibiotic rebinding inside bacterial cells, amplifying multidrug resistance.
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Say hi to Rundy everyone! We rescued him as a stray from Cyprus through a charity. He’s the sweetest boy! 🥰
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Helen McNeil @helenmcneil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Loved being @ox.ac.uk last wk for OxBacNet & seeing so many past @imibirmingham.bsky.social friends! Presented @microbesng.bsky.social's poster: “To long read or not to long read” showing how ONT long-read sequencing outperforms Illumina for plasmid de novo assembly & #AMR gene detection #MicroSky
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I find that I always have to fight harder for a fair/higher salary, compared to my friends in industry. That shouldn’t be the case. I trained hard for many years and should be paid accordingly.
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Hannah Pugh @hannahpugh.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The coolest finding of my PhD is finally out! E. coli has a 7th RND pump that is present in phylogroups B2/D/E/F but absent in A/B1/C. As a result EefABC has been absent in all K-12 RND studies! Co-authored by the very talented Dr. Lizzy Darby. @jessicamablair.bsky.social doi.org/10.1099/mgen...
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The Resistance-Nodulation-Division efflux pump EefABC is highly conserved within lineages of E. coli commonly associated with infection
Resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps confer multidrug resistance in Gram-negative bacteria and are critical for many physiological functions including virulence and biofilm formation. The...
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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
New paper just out in Microbial Genomics @microbiologysociety.org! As always, a great team effort! Well done all. 🤩 @imibirmingham.bsky.social @hannahpugh.bsky.social @leahburgess.bsky.social @alanmcn1.bsky.social @astimeosa.bsky.social
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
My first corresponding author research paper is now out in Microbiology (@microbiologysociety.org) Here, we show that the role of the major efflux pump AcrAB-TolC can differ between two widely used strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae. www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Strain-dependent contribution of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump to Klebsiella pneumoniae physiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a prominent opportunistic pathogen increasingly associated with multidrug resistance and virulence. One of the main mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in K. pneumoniae is ...
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apreston243.bsky.social @apreston243.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
New paper alert! Acr/Tol efflux has strain-specific roles in physiology in Klebsiella pneumoniae. @microbiologysociety.org @ilyasalav.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Strain-dependent contribution of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump to Klebsiella pneumoniae physiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a prominent opportunistic pathogen increasingly associated with multidrug resistance and virulence. One of the main mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in K. pneumoniae is ...
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
it’s a sign 🥲
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Teresa Thurston @thurstonlab.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
So proud of the lab for its achievements - Thank you to the Pettenkofer foundation for recognising our contributions - here’s to some more bacterial effector related fun in the future! @dunnschool.bsky.social
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... My first corresponding author paper is now out in MMBR @asm.org! In this review, @csdetweiler.bsky.social and I assess the evidence for RND efflux pumps as virulence determinants in Gram-negative bacteria.
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Beyond antibiotic resistance: evidence for resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pumps as virulence determinants | Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews
SUMMARYEarly in evolution, cells acquired the ability to use energy to export waste and toxic products against a concentration gradient. In Gram-negative bacteria, the resistance-nodulation-cell divis...
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Jessica Blair @jessicamablair.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Really excited to say that we have been awarded a BBSRC sLola! Really looking forward to kick off this project with such a fantastic team! @webberma.bsky.social @overtonlab.bsky.social @bugsinblood.bsky.social Sara Jabbari, Dong-Hyun Kim @imibirmingham.bsky.social www.ukri.org/news/powerin...
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Powering team science to unlock life’s secrets
Four world-class teams awarded major BBSRC sLoLa grants to push the frontiers of discovery in microbiology, photosynthesis, gene regulation and quantum biology.
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 16/10/2025
Did you know food-derived natural products may reveal how antimicrobial resistance plasmids spread in Enterobacterales? Celebrate World Food Day by reflecting on how our diet affects the world. Read more in Microbiology: doi.org/10.1099/mic.... #MicrobioJ #WorldFoodDay
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Natural products from food sources can alter the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasmids in Enterobacterales
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to global public health. Notably, resistance to carbapenem and extended-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics in Gram-negative bacteria is a major…
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Tim Overton @overtonlab.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
New PhDs in my lab starting 2026! Funded projects as part of the MIBTP centre (funded by BBSRC) now open for applications: warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... Are you interested in biofilms? We have a couple of projects - looking at the links between energy metabolism and biofilms - and electricity!
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Dr Tim Overton
Dr Tim Overton
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Michelle Buckner @bucknerlab.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Job opportunity in my lab! We're looking for a post-doc to come join us for an exciting project exploring the evolution of #AMR and #hypervirulence in #klebsiella. Please share!! @unibirmingham.bsky.social Details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOV067/r...
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Research Fellow at University of Birmingham
Apply now for the Research Fellow role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Strain-dependent contribution of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump to Klebsiella pneumoniae physiology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... New preprint of my first corresponding author research paper! This is the result of my master students and some lovely collaborators! ☺️
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Strain-dependent contribution of the AcrAB-TolC efflux pump to Klebsiella pneumoniae physiology
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a prominent opportunistic pathogen increasingly associated with multidrug resistance and virulence. One of the main mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in K. pneumoniae is ...
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
My nose must be riddled with S. aureus then 🫠
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
This #PeerReviewWeek, I would like to thank the single reviewer who is holding up editorial decisions!
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
guess I should be glad my hair isn’t falling out yet
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
‘good things come to those who wait’ as I say while refreshing the peer review portal page 🥰
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Ilyas Alav @ilyasalav.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
stringy 🧶
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