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Dr Gemma Langridge's bacterial niche adaptation lab group based @quadraminstitute.bsky.social

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Gemma Langridge @gemma-langridge.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
🚀 PhD opportunity with us at the Quadram Institute! Explore how persistent Salmonella infections emerge using cutting-edge genomics, host-pathogen biology and Organ-on-Chip technology. Training, collaboration and a funded internship included. #PhDOpportunity #LifeSciences tinyurl.com/persistencep...
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Where does Salmonella hide? Using Organ-on-Chip technology to uncover the secrets of persistent infection (LANGRIDGE_Q27DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Persistent asymptomatic infections remain an important but poorly understood public health challenge. Salmonella infections can become persistent, contributing to ongoing transmission…
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Gemma Langridge @gemma-langridge.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
@microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference 🔬Bench to bedside: modern diagnostics 📢 Got a great diagnostics story to tell? We're seeking abstracts on translating diagnostic innovation into clinical impact, across bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic diseases. tinyurl.com/MicroSoc27 #diagnostics
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Annual Conference 2027
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Calling all aspiring PhD students 🎓 Applications onto the BBSRC-funded Norwich Research Park Doctoral Training Programme @nrpdtp.bsky.social are now open! We have a range of projects here at the Quadram Institute: 🧵 🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2026 ➡️ buff.ly/Ulv0kVg
Organ-on-chip technology in the lab.Pink liver histology image.PhD students presenting their posters at a conference.
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Use organ-on-chip technology to uncover the secrets of persistent Salmonella infection 🧪 with Dr Gemma Langridge @langridgelab.bsky.social 🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2026 ➡️https://buff.ly/TWA3pMw
A graphic advertising a funded PhD project, with microbes and organ-on-chip technology in the background. Text reads: 'Where does Salmonella hide? Using organ-on-chip technology to uncover the secrets of persistent infection. With Dr Gemma Langridge. Apply by 30 November 2026.'
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Everyone loves a game of hide & seek?!😅 Ever wonder how bacteria silently persist in humans for months or even years, driving ongoing transmission?🤔this could be the project for you🦠 The @langridgelab.bsky.social is looking for #PhD candidates to join in Oct 2027 - please share! Apply by 30 Nov🗓️
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Are you, or someone you know, looking for a #PhD, starting Oct 2027? Like the idea of uncovering the mystery of how bacteria persist?🦠 Wanna work in a cutting edge of science, with some awesome people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social? Please apply or share by 30 Nov🗓️ #PhDposition Find out more⬇️
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Where does Salmonella hide? Using Organ-on-Chip technology to uncover the secrets of persistent infection (LANGRIDGE_Q27DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Persistent asymptomatic infections remain an important but poorly understood public health challenge. Salmonella infections can become persistent, contributing to ongoing transmission…
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Mark Webber @webberma.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Funded PhD opportunity with me and @langridgelab.bsky.social biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/projects/cra... If you’re interested in how bacteria export antibiotics and why they carry so many pumps you could join us @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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Cracking the Chain of Command in Multidrug Efflux Evolution (WEBBER_Q27DTP) | Doctoral Training Partnership
Are you passionate about understanding antibiotic resistance at the molecular level? Join Professor Mark Webber and Dr Gemma Langridge at the Quadram Institute Bioscience for a cutting-edge PhD…
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Finally we have had the pleasure of hosting Zoey Germuskova from Adrain Egli's group at the University of Zurich #UZH. Our @c-hill13.bsky.social has been passing on all of her #BioLog knowledge - because who doesn't loves exploring the differences in bacterial #phenotypes ?!🦠 Busy & exciting times!
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
You may already know @carajanemoss.bsky.social but she is now our latest @mmbdtp.bsky.social student. Collaborating with Origin Sciences @andrewjpage.bsky.social, she’ll explore the functional capacity of the gut microbiome in gastrointestinal disease & cancer using large-scale #metagenomic data🧬
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
...we have also welcomed our 2 new PhD students to the group!🎓 Ellen Copeman is our 1st ever @nrpdtp.bsky.social student! She'll be exploring the genetic & environmental factors driving genome rearrangement. @gemma-langridge.bsky.social can't wait to bring #TraDIS back into the group🧬🦠
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's all change here!🥳 We've had our @eh-hayles.bsky.social & @nisbetalice.bsky.social submit their #PhD theses... We're so excited for what lies ahead for Alice & Eleanor - they will be such an asset to any future teams they work with. Can’t wait to see where their next chapters take them!🥰
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy #postdocappreciationweek!🎉 We want to say a huge thank you to our amazing postdocs @emmabeansworth.bsky.social and @c-hill13.bsky.social! From invaluable scientific advice 🦠 to unwavering support ❤️ you keep us smiling through the chaos! We're so lucky to have you both! #WeLovePostdocs #Legends
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🆕 Blog! This #PostdocAppreciationWeek we catch up with members of the Quadram Science Voice (QSV) committee to hear more about how the group has evolved, their activities so far and future plans ⤵️ #NPAW2026 buff.ly/7XbIU6r
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Building community through the Quadram Science Voice - Quadram Institute
“I think of QSV as an interface between staff members and senior management, focusing on improving and building the Quadram Institute sense of community ,” summarises Chair of the QSV committee Dr…
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's #postdocappreciationweek! Thank to all the Postdocs in the past for your contributions to my development. & special thank you to the VIP (Very Important Postdoc) @c-hill13.bsky.social for all your help in looking after the @langridgelab.bsky.social specially when I just abandon them 😉 #NPAW2026
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Finally got her outta our hair 👋🤣
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Did you miss us?! Its been a busy & full summer, with an awful lot going on behind the scenes (including hosting our awesome summer placement student Amy) in addition to some well deserved moments to relax 😌 But we are back & ready for the changes coming our way... be ready science... its our year!
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We're really pleased to share our @emmabeansworth.bsky.social Co-Chair of the Quadram's EDI Committee Em shares why equality, diversity & inclusion matters so much in shaping positive research culture. Science is best when everyone feels valued, supported & able to bring their whole selves to work🌈
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Improving inclusivity; Introducing our new EDI Committee Co-chair Dr Emma Waters - Quadram Institute
Dr Emma Waters reflects on her new role, why improving inclusivity is so important and how the EDI committee works
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Superbugs don't appear overnight. They evolve🦠 New study between @gemma-langridge.bsky.social & @benaevans.bsky.social uses samples dating back to 1970 to reveal how Acinetobacter baumannii gradually acquired the traits that made it 1 of the world's most challenging antibiotic-resistant pathogens
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Superbug secrets revealed in new study - Quadram Institute
It lurked in hospital corridors for decades, largely unnoticed by the wider public. But now an international team led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and including scientists at the Quadram Ins...
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Some people can unknowingly carry & spread typhoid for years without symptoms but how do we find them? Our @nisbetalice.bsky.social 's & UKHSA's paper highlights why identifying modern-day "Typhoid Marys" requires collaboration between researchers, public health agencies & genomic surveillance🧬🦠
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Identifying modern day ‘Typhoid Marys’ is a complex process that requires multi-team collaborations - Quadram Institute
Researchers reveal that the risk of unknowingly spreading enteric fever appears to depend on the individuals themselves rather than the pathogen in a first-of-its-kind study in England and Wales.
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Langridge Lab has been keeping busy!🔬🧬🦠🌈 If you're looking for some reading over the summer holidays, here's a blog bundle from the group covering everything from genomic surveillance of superbugs to Typhi, inclusivity in science. Thanks to @quadraminstitute.bsky.social comms Happy reading!☀️📖
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Quadram Institute Communications team given ‘Mark of Excellence’ - Quadram Institute
The institute’s Communications team were presented with a ‘Mark of Excellence’ at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ 42nd annual Excellence Awards
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Then our PostDoc Claire Hill is presenting her work on the miobiome of Salmonella Dubin. Thanks @getgenome.bsky.social
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
so pleased to be at the #MicrobialGenomics ECR Symposium today where our ECRs are presenting their latest work Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social just gave her talk about gene, genomic & phage variation in STEC stx2a in England. She could be your future microbial genomics bioinformatician! #openforhire
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🆕 Blog! Improving inclusivity; Introducing our new EDI Committee Co-chair Dr Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social buff.ly/Ox74B7K
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Improving inclusivity; Introducing our new EDI Committee Co-chair Dr Emma Waters - Quadram Institute
Dr Emma Waters reflects on her new role, why improving inclusivity is so important and how the EDI committee works
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🆕 The Quadram Institute’s Communications team were presented with a ‘Mark of Excellence’ at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations @cipr.co.uk 42nd annual Excellence Awards, held in London on July 1st 🌟
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Quadram Institute Communications team given ‘Mark of Excellence’ - Quadram Institute
The institute’s Communications team were presented with a ‘Mark of Excellence’ at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ 42nd annual Excellence Awards
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Who spotted our @gemma-langridge.bsky.social on @itvnews.bsky.social yesterday?!📺#PIinthelab With #Salmonella cases spiking to high levels, Gemma & @ukhsa.bsky.social are reminding us to follow the 4Cs of food hygiene: ❄️Chill appropriately 🍳Cook thoroughly 🧼Clean well 🙅‍♂️Avoid Cross-Contamination
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
To celebrate #NorwichPride #PrideMonth here is @gabastorga.bsky.social's #LGBTQ+ seminar🌈 Part of #Pride is celebrating our inclusivity & Gab shared insights into using social media as a force for good: building communities, increasing visibility & communicating cool science😎 #SciComm #LGBTQSTEM
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📽️ The NBI LGBTQ+ seminar with Dr Gab Astorga on Building Community, Finding Joy, and Using Social Media for Good is now available to watch online🌈
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Dr Gab Astorga - Building Community, Finding Joy, and Using Social Media for Good
Watch the NBI LGBTQ+ seminar with Dr Gab Astorga on Building Community, Finding Joy, and Using Social Media for Good. Social media can feel like a minefield (especially if you're queer, a person of…
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Such a joy to host @gabastorga.bsky.social on behalf of the Norwich Research Park #LGBTQ+ Working Group Part of #Pride is celebrating our inclusive community & Gab shared insights into using social media as a force for good: building communities, increasing visibility & communicating cool science 😎
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Its about time we got together to celebrate @nisbetalice.bsky.social awesome 1st author paper.🎉🥳🎊 In Langridge lab tradition, she received her paper as a coaster before we got our competitiveness out & demolished all of the pizza 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕 hmmm... what shall we celebrate next...
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Its about time we got together to celebrate @nisbetalice.bsky.social awesome 1st author paper.🎉🥳🎊 In Langridge lab tradition, she received her paper as a coaster before we got our competitiveness out & demolished all of the pizza 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕 hmmm... what shall we celebrate next...
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
So pleased to have been involved with this paper from @nisbetalice.bsky.social, @gemma-langridge.bsky.social & collaborators @ukhsa.bsky.social If you like #Typhi, #Paratyphi or carriers of these its such a great read! A summary of #genomic #epidemiology of #enteric fever in England & Wales 2004-23
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The typhoid Mary legacy: Genomic epidemiology uncovers contemporary carriage dynamics across two decades of enteric fever surveillance in England and Wales
Author summary Enteric fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A/B, is a major global health issue. The burden of enteric fever is worsened by bacterial carriers – individual...
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nisbetalice.bsky.social @nisbetalice.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
✨️ Milestone complete! ✨️ I'm so excited to share my 1st ever paper with world! In collaboration with @ukhsa.bsky.social, we explored the #genomic #epidemiology of enteric fever in England & Wales from 2004-2023 🦠 with a focus on bacterial carriers within the population. Check it out in @plos.org NTD!
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The typhoid Mary legacy: Genomic epidemiology uncovers contemporary carriage dynamics across two decades of enteric fever surveillance in England and Wales
Author summary Enteric fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A/B, is a major global health issue. The burden of enteric fever is worsened by bacterial carriers – individual...
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🚨Another Langridge lab paper is hot off the press!🚨 We are excited to share the 1st paper from @nisbetalice.bsky.social, exploring the #genomic epidemiology of #entericfever in England & Wales (2004–23). But the hidden story is all about carriage... Now out in @plos.org Neglected Tropical Diseases!
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The typhoid Mary legacy: Genomic epidemiology uncovers contemporary carriage dynamics across two decades of enteric fever surveillance in England and Wales
Author summary Enteric fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A/B, is a major global health issue. The burden of enteric fever is worsened by bacterial carriers – individual...
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Not all superheroes wear capes… but some answer random Friday night messages about poorly hedgehogs🦔 So grateful to @aistronach.bsky.social for his help with Martinee who was wondering on a busy road in the evening sun Lucky to be surrounded by kind & brilliant people @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Who else is missing the craic? We had such a great time @microbiologysociety.org #microbio26 at #Belfast so its great to be able relive all the highlights in their summary blog We are so pleased we could play our part in such great science & shenanigans We look forward to Birmingham #microbio27
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Annual Conference 2026 – Live from #Microbio26
On 13–16 April 2026, we hosted the <a href="https://microbiologysociety.org/event/annual-conference/annual-conference-2026.html">Annual Conference 2026</a>&nbsp;at ICC Belfast. We&rsquo;ve turned to s...
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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
🚨 Are you a digital Research Technical Professional? Applications are open for PeerLadder – a new peer-mentoring programme for digital Research Technical Professionals from underrepresented backgrounds across UK research, funded by DisCouRSE Network +. ⤵️
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PeerLadder 2026 applications are now open for peer-mentoring
PeerLadder is a peer-mentoring programme for digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs). Applications close 27 April 2026.
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
For a taster of things to come in 2026 the group has a wide variety of papers coming. And here is a few preprints if you need a good read for the way home..😉 #salmonella genomic risk markers tinyurl.com/yezwu6ws #stec diversity in UK tiny.cc/y0u1101 Resistome of acinetobacter tinyurl.com/38kpcvku
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
We want to thank you all for seeing & engaging with our @emmabeansworth.bsky.social, @c-hill13.bsky.social & @eh-hayles.bsky.social who presented their latest work & with our @gemma-langridge.bsky.social who helped chair a #cool new session on transformative tools for biological complexity 😎
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Before we all run off back to @quadraminstitute.bsky.social we wanted to thank @microbiologysociety.org for anorher wonderful conference We have all had a great time at #microbio26 networking & hearing #cool science. Please watching for our news this year will be an awesome 1 for the whole group..
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
As @microbiologysociety.org #microbio26 wraps up, I can't believe this was my 3rd time presenting at this conference. Thanks to the society letting me present my latest work & for wonderful questions. This paper on impact genome rearrangement has on virulence & #AMR will be coming later this year 👀
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Exactly that! And virulence phenotypes... the paper will be a biggie but hopefully it will be published by the end of the year 🤞
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Day 3 of @microbiologysociety.org #microbio26 had so many highlights but my favourite was the Outreach & Engagement Prize lecture by @lindsaybroadbent.bsky.social A moving & motivating talk showcasing the importance of being able to communicate science to everyone. Read more here microb.io/4bV2Nps
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
We always love catching up with the microbesNG team and hearing about their latest updates 😍 find out more here microbesng.com
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MicrobesNG - Microbial sequencing, made simple.
Microbial sequencing, made simple
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Someone is very happy with themselves to have won some prizes from @microbesng.bsky.social at @microbiologysociety.org #microbio26. Our @gemma-langridge.bsky.social is looking forward to playing the biology word game on her office white board when she gets back to @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Also happy to discuss my latest preprint showing #Salmonella aren't equal in terms of infection risk! Herr population genomics & global datasets find lineage-specific markers linked to infection - including conserved #phages - showing potential for genomics-informed risk prediction in food safety🤔
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Emma Waters @emmabeansworth.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
So pleased that I was given the opportunity to present my work again to the #genetics & #genomics forum @microbiologysociety.org #microbio26. If you missed your chance to ask me questions on genomic rearrangements & the impact these have on #AMR please feel free to find me or ping me a message 😊
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Now we have our @c-hill13.bsky.social presenting her work on mobilome of #Salmonella Dublin, you can find her at poster 210. Later this afternoon we have our @gemma-langridge.bsky.social co-chairing the transformative tools for biological complexity sessions 😀
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Amazing 2nd day @microbiologysociety.org ##microbio26 with our @eh-hayles.bsky.social & @emmabeansworth.bsky.social presenting their work so well💪 They will be here for the rest of the conference if you have any more burning questions or about their preprints tiny.cc/y0u1101 tinyurl.com/yezwu6ws
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Now we have our @c-hill13.bsky.social presenting her work on mobilome of #Salmonella Dublin, you can find her at poster 210. Later this afternoon we have our @gemma-langridge.bsky.social co-chairing the transformative tools for biological complexity sessions 😀
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