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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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Physiology, Ageing & Welfare Group UoG @physiologyuog.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Supervisors: Rheinallt Jones and @michaeljormsby.bsky.social from @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk, Dr W Peveler from @uofgchem.bsky.social plus Dr Debby Brown from Dugdale Nutrition!

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Michael Ormsby @michaeljormsby.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Great work by Luke Woodford and the SPACES team @StirBES - 'Exploiting microplastics and the plastisphere for the surveillance of human pathogenic bacteria discharged into surface waters in wastewater effluent' 🧫🔬💧https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135425004762 #AMR #plastics

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Exploiting microplastics and the plastisphere for the surveillance of human pathogenic bacteria discharged into surface waters in wastewater effluent

Discharge from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) is a well-characterised source of human pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes entering the e…

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Michael Ormsby @michaeljormsby.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Delighted to share the latest @SPACES__Project research, where we conduct a comprehensive year long temporal and geographic sampling survey in Malawi, identifying #plastic as a reservoir for potentially dangerous AMR human pathogens. Check it out, here: tinyurl.com/2usauukk

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Michael Ormsby @michaeljormsby.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

🚨 #PhD Opportunity! 🚨 Explore Reservoirs of Bacterial Pathogens in Captive Animal Enclosures 🦠🌿🐅🐧 and uncover evolutionary drivers in a changing climate 🌎🔍 with me, @RS_Quilliam, and @RZSS! @IapetusDTP 🔗 tinyurl.com/f2eem9zk #OneHealth #ClimateChange #Zoonoses

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Michael Ormsby @michaeljormsby.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

As part of the College Futures #PhD Programme (Planetary Health🌍) at the University of Glasgow, we have a PhD available studying bacterial environmental persistence & quantifying the role of climate change in #AMR! Link: shorturl.at/MF5ZC @uofgsbohvm.bsky.social Apply: shorturl.at/avB7f

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Michael Ormsby @michaeljormsby.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

🚨Fully funded #PhD position available with Taya Forde, @suzieh.bsky.social and me, evaluating the health risks of #zoonotic diseases in fish farms in the context of #climatechange 🐟☀️🌡️🧫 NorthWestBio DTP Link: tinyurl.com/jcmcmyh7 Apply here: tinyurl.com/z4srm48a

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