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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 19h
PhD student no 13 has passed her viva!! Huge congrats to Jenna Callaway and thanks to Alice Halliday and @resp-micro.bsky.social who is of course Mike Cox for their hard work!!
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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hiring at APC and UCC: PhD position in Bifidobacterial Survival and Viability with Prof. van Sinderen & Knol Roles: buff.ly/W9UxBkC Linktree: buff.ly/ximvsWt #PhD #Microbiology #Bifidobacteria #Microbiome #Bioinformatics #ResearchOpportunity #Microsky
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Craig MacLean @craigmaclean.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Postdoc position available in my group to work on ERC funded project on evolutionary biology of antibiotic resistance. Looking for someone with expertise in bacterial genetics, AMR, and evolutionary biology. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSZ416/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Oxford
Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Amazing opportunity for post-doctoral researchers to move to the UK 'MOBILITY offers 6 outstanding postdoctoral researchers a 5-year opportunity to develop their own ambitious research programme at University of Birmingham' www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/colleg...
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MOBILITY - University of Birmingham
Retaining Europe's brightest researchers to drive the next generation of life science breakthroughs.
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Can take a girl out of Cork to Wexford but there will be signs….
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John Lees @johnlees.bacpop.org · 03/09/2026
I am hiring in this round – please do apply if you are interested in: machine learning (protein/genome/gene language models), methods for pathogen data analysis, pangenomes (or share with any students who might want to work with us)
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
And that there is a light that is never getting switched on in my house again !!
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Yet again a university sat on its hands when it should have acted in a measured manner, until the media get involved and then they throw the book at the situation. Tragic, unnecessary and yet they never learn….. absolute assholes! bsky.app/profile/thet...
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Public service announcement for my Irish based buddies. Been schooled about the corruption within uber lyft and freenow by my taxi driver this morning. Top tips: remove your card from the app on freenow and click ‘pay driver directly’ you will no longer be charged the technology free with is now €6!
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Guardian once asked me 'what one change would you make to achieve Black equality in Britain?' and it feels appropriate to share my answer again
Athena Kugblenu: Allow Black people to be mediocre too!
Athena Kugblenu
I would like to replace #blackexcellence with #blackmediocrity. True equality is when our talent:recognition ratio is allowed to be as broad as white people’s. Lewis Hamilton had to win two Formula One titles before he bagged BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2014; Greg Rusedski only had to get battered by Pat Rafter to win his. Kwasi Kwarteng steered the economy towards an iceberg and got sacked. Jeremy Hunt drove the NHS over a cliff, now he’s chancellor. Don’t get me started on how many football clubs get ruined by freshly retired white footballers while very qualified Black managers are overlooked. When the arc of the moral universe bends towards Black people failing upwards as their peers do, we will be in the promised land.
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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Copper changed how three wound-associated microbes competed in a lab model. A new study in 𝐧𝐩𝐣 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 found Candida released copper, making S. aureus more vulnerable to P. aeruginosa. @sj-fenn.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social 📰 buff.ly/S6SyjXK #Biofilms #Microbiology
University College Cork announcement of a new publication titled "Copper as a central element critical to interkingdom interactions within a polymicrobial wound environment," showing a mock journal page, three researcher headshots, the UCC logo, and a caption about copper reshaping bacterial–fungal
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 31/07/2026
Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!
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Seána Duggan @seanaduggan.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🌍 New paper🌍 Here, I introduce the “cuprosphere” to connect how copper shapes fungal–bacterial interactions across One Health environments. rdcu.be/fwZqD #OneHealth #Microbiology #Copper #Fungi #Bacteria #Interactions @mrccmm.bsky.social @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
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From Fungicide to Phagosome: A One Health View of Copper-Driven Fungal–Bacterial Interactions
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Dr. Sam Fenn @sj-fenn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Shameless self-plug. Our new paper out in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes @masseylab.bsky.social and Mario Recker Copper at the heart of an interkingdom wound-like biofilm. rdcu.be/fw1Ut
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Copper as a central element critical to interkingdom interactions within a polymicrobial wound environment
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Copper as a central element critical to interkingdom interactions within a polymicrobial wound environment
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John Lees @johnlees.bacpop.org · 27/07/2026
Nick Croucher, Ewan Harrison and I have a project available here 'Pathogen antigen discovery and immune profiling': www.embl.org/editorhub/wp... Applications open until 27th September
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@timothyread.bsky.social did you fork out 2k for a ticket in your home town?
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 07/07/2026
New review: Host-driven remodelling of the Staphylococcus aureus cell envelope: mechanisms, consequences and therapeutic implications. Published in Microbiology as part of the Emerging Investigators collection: doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001718 #MicrobioJ
Fig. 3. Functional consequences of host-induced cell envelope remodelling.
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Anyone ever had a journal claim you agreed to review a manuscript when you absolutely didnt??
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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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Seána Duggan @seanaduggan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🗞️New Paper🗞️ We show that #Candida & #Staph cooperate via copper handling - with fungal copper uptake & bacterial copper export shaping the community. @mrccmm.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @universityofexeter.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Copper-driven mutualism of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus interkingdom biofilms
Although fungi and bacteria commonly co-exist within polymicrobial communities, the molecular mechanisms underlying their interactions are still not well understood. Here, we show that the fungus Cand...
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 19/06/2026
Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Annual department summer BBQ! 🥳🥳🥳☔️☔️☔️
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Staph papers @staph-papers.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Benzylpenicillin versus flucloxacillin or cloxacillin for the treatment of penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SNAP): an international, multicentre, open-label, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial
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Benzylpenicillin versus flucloxacillin or cloxacillin for the treatment of penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SNAP): an international, multicentre, open-label, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial - PubMed
National Health and Medical Research Council, Medical Research Future Fund, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Accelerating Clinical Trials Consortium, UMC Utrecht, ZonMW Good Use of Medicines programme,...
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Staph papers @staph-papers.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Host and antibiotic jointly select for greater virulence in Staphylococcus aureus
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Host and antibiotic jointly select for greater virulence in Staphylococcus aureus - PubMed
Widespread antibiotic usage has resulted in the rapid evolution of drug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Resolving how pathogens respond to antibiotics under different contexts is critical for understanding...
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Andy Edwards @bugsinblood.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
New pre-print from the lab! Murepavedin is a Pseudomonas-specific antibiotic, but it disrupts the outer membranes of a wide range of different Gram-negatives. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Murepavadin is a broad-spectrum outer membrane permeabiliser
Murepavadin is a Pseudomonas-specific antibiotic that targets LPS transport protein LptD. However, whilst the mode of action of murepavadin is well defined, the mechanism by which the drug gains acces...
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(not) Imran Khan @imrsankhan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Second in a recent spree of Massey lab papers published in @microbiologysociety.org - talented PhD student Kate shows how some clinical uropathogenic Staph strains have lost their ability to grow under iron-limited conditions #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Urogenital infections select for reduced ability to grow in a low-iron environment and reduced blood survival for Staphylococcus aureus
Immunity through nutrient sequestration is one of the means by which a host can protect itself from infection. As a consequence, many micro-organisms have evolved strategies to overcome this, includin...
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APC Microbiome Ireland @apcmicrobiomeirel.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Some bacteria survive in blood by changing how they use energy. A new paper in 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 shows how S. aureus carrying PdhD V76I resists host defences in human serum. With @sj-fenn.bsky.social and @masseylab.bsky.social. 📰 Read: buff.ly/WsG557r #Microbiology #MicroSky @microbiologysociety.org
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Dutchscientist (the real one) @dutchscientist.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Our School of Veterinary Medicine is recruiting a (senior) lecturer in #Microbiome Sciences, deadline is 16th of June 2026. We want to expand our capabilities in the microbiome field, quite flexible on what will be investigated within #OneHealth #MicrobiomeSky 1/n
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Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Microbiome Sciences
The University of Surrey is an international University with a world class teaching and research profile that is innovative, forward thinking and achieving notable results. Our research seeks to addre...
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(not) Imran Khan @imrsankhan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Great to see Sam's work on PdhD out now in Microbiology! Very cool story showing how subtle metabolic adaptations can give Staph an edge during systemic invasion #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Metabolic reprogramming promotes Staphylococcus aureus serum resistance
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bloodstream infections causing an estimated 300,000 deaths worldwide. Using a functional genomics approach, our group previously identified that adaptation ...
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Job alert: come to Cork 😊 Ireland, arguably one of the best English speaking countries to be a scientist these days! Link can be a bit finicky on a phone so screen shot of main details provided too. my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...
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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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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 29/05/2026
Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Next time the forecast is for a storm, believe it and don’t wear sandals and shorts to work…. meteorology: it’s a real science too!
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Thinking I must not be following enough micro people with their fingers on the pulse with this, but C4s Dirty Business is the most appalling and upsetting microbiology related ecological disaster I’ve ever heard about. In England. www.channel4.com/programmes/d...
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Dirty Business
Shocking real-life drama about the muck in our water and a corporate scandal
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Em Stevens @emstevens93.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I'm currently advertising a PhD position in my lab, to study the transition from commensal to pathogen in Staphylococcus aureus. Details available here, please share! www.keele.ac.uk/research/pos...
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FacultystudentshipinSchoolofLifeSciences
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Fiona J Whelan @whelanfj.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📣 Whelan lab is hiring 📣 We are looking for an entry level technician to help us with our culturing and DNA sequencing prep of cystic fibrosis lung microbiome samples. Applications close 20 May 2026. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Technician in Microbiology and Molecular Biology:Oxford Road
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Bank holiday sunshine is mocking me as I try to get this manuscript over the hump…. More Strep pneumo stuff to come soon from the lab!
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 01/05/2026
Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!
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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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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Join us! @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position using experimental evolution to understand real-world resistance dynamics. See preprint for the 🤯 strain collection we will be working with www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Closing 15 May. Apply: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #mevosky
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Why does antibiotic resistance evolution vary between patients? Come to @officialuom.bsky.social @mermanchester.bsky.social to help us find out! 2.5 year @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position in experimental evolution Closing 15 May. Apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Research Associate in Microbial Evolution:Oxford Road
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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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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We have a PhD studentship available to develop genome safeguarding technologies for synthetic phage therapeutics www.findaphd.com/phds/project... It is part of an exciting new @officialuom.bsky.social PhD by Enterprise programme www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...
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(PhD by Enterprise) Genome safeguarding technologies for synthetic phage therapeutics against multidrug resistant bacterial infections at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (PhD by Enterprise) Genome safeguarding technologies for synthetic phage therapeutics against multidrug resistant bacterial infections at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD...
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 27/04/2026
This is Tango. She wants you to know this isn't what it looks like. Doesn't know what else it could be yet, but she's working on that. 12/10 obviously innocent (IG: eyes_on_tango)
a labrador puppy with red fur and a braided collar is sitting upright between a gray sofa and a dark coffee table. the dog has one front paw on the side of the table, and her mouth is clamped on the table’s corner. she has just noticed that she’s being watched, and her eyes are frozen in panic while she tries to play it cool. her back feet are tucked in front of her, touching at the hocks and then splaying out.
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Ronan McCarthy @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
⏰ We have two exciting opportunities to join our team in Southampton! 🚀 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 (2 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬) 𝘈𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 virulence 👉 jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧 (3 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬) Engineering Biology 👉 jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow
The McCarthy Lab has an exciting opportunity for a prospective Postdoctoral Research Fellow who is interested in understanding virulence and hospital persistence in Acinetobacter baumannii. The role w...
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Paul Hoskisson 🧫 🦠🐸 @paulhoskisson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Come and study for a PhD with us on antibiotic-producing Streptomyces, trying to understand the roles of primary metabolic enzymes with additional cellular roles - Details below - please repost www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Primary metabolic enzymes in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces bacteria, but not as we know them! at University of Strathclyde on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Primary metabolic enzymes in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces bacteria, but not as we know them! at University of Strathclyde, listed on FindAPhD.com
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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
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Assistant Technical Specialist opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Melanie Blokesch @mblokesch.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Open postdoc position in my lab on HGT and interbacterial competition. We seek candidates with a PhD in microbiology (or related fields)+ strong 1st-author publications. Curious, highly motivated, and dedicated team players ready to contribute fully are encouraged to apply. Details: tiny.cc/cz01101
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masseylab.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Beautiful morning in sunny Wexford
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Please Repost 🔄 Global Staphylococcus research community is heading to the Canadian Rockies! Join the 20th International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal Infections 📅 September 20–24, 2026 📍 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Canada #ISSSI2026 #Staphylococcus
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