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Kevin Whitley

@kevindwhitley.bsky.social
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Biophysicist. Lecturer at Biosciences Institute (Newcastle U) doing single-molecule microscopy in bacteria.

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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
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Assistant/ Associate in Bacteria-Host Interactions. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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EMBO @embo.org · 24/08/2026
Sign up now for the EMBO Workshop "Bacterial and archaeal #CellDivision: Diverse mechanisms and models" in Barga (Lucca), Italy, 20–23 April 2027. Deadline: 6 January 2027 meetings.embo.org/event/27-cell-div… #EMBObacDiv27 #genetics #biochemistry #StructuralBiology #EMBOevents 🧪
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A Man Called Keith @angryduck78.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is important.
An image of a computational fluid dynamics study of a standard, shorthaired Guinea pig.
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Dr Katherine Duncan @kateduncan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Please share - full funded (UK students only) PhD studentship in the Duncan lab ‘intergrated ‘omics for accelerated antibtioic dicovery from abyssal actinomycetes’. Co-supervisors @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social, Marcel Jaspars, @zmaw.bsky.social- deadline 20th May www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Lis Lowe @lislowe.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We have a PhD studentship open! (UK only sadly) but if you are or know a student keen to work on some *really* weird mycobacterial enzymes then get in touch! #glycotime Advert below www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Uncovering a new class of toxins in pathogenic mycobacteria at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Uncovering a new class of toxins in pathogenic mycobacteria at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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James Connolly @ruamicro.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Want to research the basis of how drug resistant bacteria interact with human immune cells? Fully funded 4-year PhD position available (UK home students). Come and join our amazing interdisciplinary team at the intersection of microbiology, immunity, metabolism and the clinic! Please spread the word
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Hiding in plain sight: How a multi-drug resistant pathogen evades detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Hiding in plain sight: How a multi-drug resistant pathogen evades detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Kevin Whitley @kevindwhitley.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
**PhD opportunity** Join me, @henrikstrahl.bsky.social, and Alistair Brown at @newcastleuni.bsky.social to uncover how Mycobacterium tuberculosis survives antibiotics, one molecule at a time! 🔬🦠 #PhD #microbiology #biophysics #microscopy 📅 Deadline 20 May 2026 (UK home only) RT = 🙏
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Resolving the mechanism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibiotic tolerance through single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Resolving the mechanism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibiotic tolerance through single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Charles Winterhalter @winterhalterlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
What are the genetic and molecular determinants underpinning the repair of bidirectional replication fork collapse in bacteria? PhD position open in my lab in collaboration with the brilliant @heathmurraylab.bsky.social. Please share and contact me if interested: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Identifying bacterial DNA repair requirements enabling stable genetic inheritance during bidirectional replication fork collapse at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Identifying bacterial DNA repair requirements enabling stable genetic inheritance during bidirectional replication fork collapse at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Kesha Josts @kjosts.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Want to work on iron uptake in fungi? Together with Prof Jan Quinn, we have a 4-year funded PhD studentship (UK only) to join us here in Newcastle. Get in touch if you are interested. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Molecular mechanisms of siderophore-mediated iron uptake in Fungi at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Molecular mechanisms of siderophore-mediated iron uptake in Fungi at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Prof Paula Salgado @pssalgado.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🧫 #AMR #PhD open @newcastleuni.bsky.social! How does #Cdifficile protein "armour" help it resist antimicrobials? Join me and @henrikstrahl.bsky.social to find out using: 🔬 #Structuralbiology, #microbiology #microscopy #genetics 📅 Deadline 20 May 2026 #PhD #PhDLife Pls share! (UK home only)
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C. difficile S-layer’s role in antimicrobial resistance at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - C. difficile S-layer’s role in antimicrobial resistance at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Kevin Whitley @kevindwhitley.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Last chance to apply! Closing 4 Dec!
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Dr Katherine Duncan @kateduncan.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Today, we are lucky to have Imane El Meouche from IAME, France to give a MCM seminar @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social (chaired by @henrikstrahl.bsky.social) on antibiotics tolerance in E. Coli
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James Connolly @ruamicro.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Theres still time to apply for our PhD project on UPEC/immune cell interactions. Deadline December 4th
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CBCB Newcastle @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Looking for a PhD opportunity in Microbiology? Consider joining one of the UK's leading microbiology research clusters at Newcastle University. See the thread for MRC DTP studentships currently advertised. @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social #microsky
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Henrik Strahl @henrikstrahl.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Looking for an AMR-themed PhD project? Join us to investigate antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus through a fully funded MRC DTP PhD studentship starting in September 2026. This project is close collaboration with @kateduncan.bsky.social and @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social.
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resensitisation of antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resensitisation of antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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James Connolly @ruamicro.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
If you are interested in researching how drug resistant bacteria evade killing by our immune system, them this PhD project is for you. Come join the our team at Newcastle, in collaboration with University of Liverpool, and lead research at the interface of microbiology, immunology and metabolomics.
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University, listed on Fin...
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Alistair Brown @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
PhD opportunity with me and @kshbeckham.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Structural and Functional Analysis of Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis via a Novel MmpL3 Binding Site at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Structural and Functional Analysis of Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis via a Novel MmpL3 Binding Site at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD....
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Kate Beckham @kshbeckham.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Want to find ways to combat TB? Check out this PhD position 👇
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Kevin Whitley @kevindwhitley.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Interested in a PhD at the intersection of biophysics and microbiology? Apply for this MRC-funded opportunity at Newcastle University to do cutting-edge microscopy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis! 🔬🦠 Closing 4 Dec! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular mechanism of slow growth and antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle University on FindAPhD....
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular mechanism of slow growth and antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle Universit...
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Alessandra Dantas @alesdantas.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Want to work within a multidisciplinary group to combat antifungal resistance in Candida spp? Fully-funded MRC PhD studentship in collaboration with @nclfungalgroup.bsky.social and Francesco Del Carratore on the mode of action of a new class of antifungal drugs. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Targeting thioredoxin reductase to combat antifungal resistance in Candida spp. at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Targeting thioredoxin reductase to combat antifungal resistance in Candida spp. at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Kevin Whitley @kevindwhitley.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
If international law were applied evenly, I'm pretty sure Trump and several in his cabinet would be indicted by the ICC for war crimes for what they just did.
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Sergey Melnikov @sergeymelnikov.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Here, we show that bacterial ribosomes—often viewed as conserved drug targets—actually vary across species due to extensive sequence variation in their drug-binding residues. In some cases, this divergence may lead to intrinsic drug resistance in certain bacterial clades: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
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Kevin Whitley @kevindwhitley.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Won't be awake for Trump's birthday parade. Assume it will look something like this.
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a group of soldiers marching with flags and a picture of kim jong un
Alt: A patriotic parade that is definitely not a hallmark of authoritatianism
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Yves Brun lab @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
How does your favorite species elongate? 🧵 "Phenotypic plasticity in bacterial elongation among closely related species". Happy to see this paper in print @natcomms.nature.com. Nice work by @mariedelaby.bsky.social, Liu Yang et al. See original 🧵, different colours, same data and conclusions.
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Phenotypic plasticity in cell elongation among closely related bacterial species
Nature Communications - Multiple types of cell elongation have been described in bacteria, but little is known about how these strategies vary across species. Here, the authors use fluorescent...
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Kevin Whitley @kevindwhitley.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Postdoc position available! This is a 2-year post funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. You'll be based in the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology here in Newcastle, using super-resolution microscopy to look at the bacterial cell wall. 🔬🦠 Please re-post 🙏 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY885/r...
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Research Assistant/Associate - Mapping the Bacterial Cell Wall with Super-resolution Microscopy at Newcastle University
Apply for the Research Assistant/Associate - Mapping the Bacterial Cell Wall with Super-resolution Microscopy role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View det...
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Cees Dekker @ceesdekker.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
We have 3 openings for ambitious postdocs or PhD students in our #CDlab - for exciting single-molecule biophysics research on nuclear pores, peroxisomes, or archaeal divisomes. Check it out and apply: ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/ RT=nice!
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Isaac Li @isaacli.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Check out our recent progress using 🧬 PAINT kinetics to decode molecular tension in super-resolution force imaging! 🔬 Great team effort from Seongho, Adam, Irving, and Kevin! 👏 #DNA-PAINT #tension #integrin #superresolution #adhesion doi.org/10.1002/advs...
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Quantitative Super‐Resolution Imaging of Molecular Tension
Quantitative tension PAINT (qtPAINT) is a new method to quantify molecular tension at super-resolution by exploiting force-dependent DNA oligonucleotide dissociation kinetics. Combining hairpin tensi....
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Tracy Palmer @proftracypalmer.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Two ERC-funded postdoc positions available in the team - one here and second to follow - please repost! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
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Research Associate Genetic and functional analysis of Gram positive secretion systems and substrates
Research Associate Genetic and functional analysis of Gram positive secretion systems and substrates
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Séamus Holden 🔬🦠🧫 @seamusholden.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Fellow bacterial cell biologists, message me if you use @thermofishersci.bsky.social Gene Frames for microscopy! Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further. If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product Please RT🔬🦠
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Live Cell Imaging of Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae using Automated Time-lapse Microscopy
42.1K Views. University of Groningen. This protocol provides a step-by-step procedure to monitor single cell behavior of different bacteria in time using automated fluorescence time-lapse microscopy....
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Academy of Medical Sciences @acmedsci.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
📢 We're making our largest ever investment in early-career researchers Through #Springboard25, we’re investing £7.6m in 62 researchers to drive innovations that improve health and wellbeing 🔬 Congrats to all 2025 awardees! 🎉 👉 bit.ly/springboard2... @thebhf.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
Three people wearing lab coats and talking to each other while writing on a whiteboard
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Kevin Whitley @kevindwhitley.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Thrilled to have received the Springboard Award from the Academy of Medical Sciences! (my first grant, actually!) @acmedsci.bsky.social #springboard25 We're gonna answer some key questions on the fundamental biology of TB with super-resolution microscopy. 🦠🔬
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Abdel Abdellaoui @dr-appie.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Did you get a chance to read the thread on our new @naturehumbehav.bsky.social paper on SES yet? If not, don't worry, I have something better for you! Check out this comic by the amazing @lizahaart.bsky.social Complete comic: communities.springernature.com/posts/are-we... Or in this thread 👇🏾
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