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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

In our recent seminars we heard from @mbottery.bsky.social about anti fungal resistance evolution 💊 and Dr Irma Vitonytė spoke about endosymbiont evolution (using samples from ponds across Manchester!)🔬 Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for the best seminar snacks!

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

🧬 Join us in Nottingham on 5 Jun for an ECR symposium on microbial genomics & metagenomics! Talks, posters & FREE lunch 🥪 ⏰ Register by 4pm Tue 26 May 🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng 🎤 @halllab.bsky.social @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social with @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social & Microbiome-Net #Microbiome #MicroSky

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Day 1 of TARGetAMR complete!☑️ Great to reconnect with regular faces, spark conversations around exciting new projects & expand the ever-important collection of conference swag. Transdisciplinary networking and tote-bag filling continues tomorrow 👀 @target-amr.bsky.social #microsky #AMR

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🚨 Calling all microbial genomics & metagenomics researchers 🚨 Join us in Nottingham, 5 June for a day of talks, posters & FREE networking lunch 👀 🎤 Keynotes @halllab.bsky.social @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social 🤝 with @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social & Microbiome-Net 🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng#MicroSky #MNGPopUp

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🧬 Join us in Nottingham on 5 June for an ECR symposium exploring microbial genomics & metagenomics! Talks, posters, networking lunch included 👀 🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng 🎤 Keynotes: @halllab.bsky.social @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social with @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social & Microbiome-Net #Microbiome #MicroSky

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

In this week’s seminar we heard from Erika Hansson who shared work on the evolution of endosymbiosis 🔬 and our lab reps shared an update on our laboratory sustainability efforts, including a quiz on lab recyclables! 🧪♻️ Thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for the fantastic snacks!

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its-me-gemma-c.bsky.social @its-me-gemma-c.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

My first bluesky post has to be the obligatory selfie with the amazing @microbesng.bsky.social art at the @microbiologysociety.org conference!

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Two great talks from last week's seminar by Emma Wright: Mutation rates depend on the presence and density of cohabiting species, and Matt Thomas: The elements of mobile elements in microbiomes. Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for sponsoring refreshments at our seminars.

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Last week's seminar featured excellent talks from @fionapoulter.bsky.social on understanding the evolution of epidemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Holly Richardson on why heterogeneity matters: predicting antibiotic resistance in cystic fibrosis. Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for the nice snacks!

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Two fantastic talks in our latest seminar: Kirsten Lim told us about her work on the effects of IgA on gut phage diversity, and Jeremy Dejardin shared his work mapping chromosome-plasmid interactions in E. coli Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for the best seminar snacks!

Kirsten is stood to the left of a slide which reads “the three-way interactions between gut bacteria, phage and the host”

Jeremy is stood to the right of a slide reading “mapping chromosome-plasmid interactions: a genome-wide knockout approach”

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

In today’s seminar we heard about Lambda phage Q proteins and their role in gene expression from Xuan Chen 🧬 A huge thank you as always to @microbesng.bsky.social for the fantastic snacks! 🧁

A screen in the centre shows a title slide in dark grey with microscope imagines of bacteriophages. The title in white reads “Regulatory Role of Lambda Q Protein in Late Gene Expression”. The speaker Xuan Chen is stood to the right of the screen.

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Last week's seminar featured talks by Hannah on the culture enrichment of cystic fibrosis sputum samples and by Edoardo on the spatial and temporal tracking of antifungal resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus hyphal networks. Cheers to @microbesng.bsky.social for their usual surprise snacks

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Magdalena Kurteu @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Day 3 of #AMGDMar26 🧬 learning about alignments through song lyrics, loops starting to make sense, a trip the market in the sunshine & shiny microbe stickers thanks to @helenmcneil.bsky.social @microbesng.bsky.social 🧫

A pack of stickers in front of a computer screen with blurred code. The sticker pack is branded MicrobesNG and the visible sticker at the front reads: Relax it’s just a phage

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We had an exciting talk at today's seminar, first on Polymicrobial interactions in Cystic Fibrosis @ambercutcliffe.bsky.social, and Coalescence in host spring microbial communities @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social. Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for the snack!

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We are excited to be at @ox.ac.uk today for the IDEU Symposium 2026 Would you like to know more about Microbial Sequencing? Come and chat to us in the break Big thanks to Angela Brueggemann for inviting us! microbesng.com #MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky @oxpop.bsky.social

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We had two interesting talks at today's seminar: Eric spoke about the multistep pharmacodynamics of multimodal antibiotics, and @laurasanrub.bsky.social spoke about the long-term evolution experiment in defenseless PA01. Again, huge thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for the snacks.

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Today's seminar featured one of MERMan's PIs, @sarafederici.bsky.social, who discussed how phage therapy could be improved to target gut pathobionts in IBD. Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for the snacks.

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🚨 Calling all ECR's #MicrobialGenomics & #Microbiome symposium in Nottingham (5th June)- present/chair/posters Abstract submission is 5 pm TODAY!!! Keynotes @halllab.bsky.social & @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social #MNGPopUp #MicroSky please share

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Calling all microbial genomics early-career researchers in the Midlands, great event in Nottingham (5 June)

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

From phages to fallopian tubes - in last weeks seminar we heard about designing synthetic phages from Ryan ⚙️ And Dolan from the Tank lab @raveentank.bsky.social spoke about their microfluidic fallopian tube models 🧫

Ryan is stood to the right of his title slide which reads: Smart-Phage: designing synthetic bacteriophage to defeat superbugs

Dolan is stood to the right of his title slide which reads: modelling the fallopian tube in a microfluidic setting

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

This week we kicked off the new year with a great talk about endosymbiosis evolution by Dan Malumphy 🔬 Thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for supplying us with snacks! 🍪

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Great to see this published from one of our fav customers, Doug Browning highlighting need for better genomic surveillance & One Health approach to tackle #AMR AMR & Comparative Genome Analysis of High-Risk E.coli Strains Isolated from Egyptian Children with Diarrhoea www.mdpi.com/3690382 #MicroSky

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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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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

🚨 Get your abstract in NOW for POPUP Nottingham with @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social & Microbiome-Net deadline 9th Feb 👉 linktr.ee/microbesng #MicrobialGenomics & #Microbiome symposium 5th Jun Focus on #ECRs present/chair Keynotes @halllab.bsky.social & @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social #MNGPopUp #MicroSky

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A very interesting talk about culture cycle dependence of mutation rates by Ziang Zhang 🧬 Accompanied by fantastic snacks thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social 🍰

A screen in the centre shows a slide titled “Culture cycle dependent mutation rate”, Ziang Zhang stands to the right looking at a the audience

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Helen McNeil @helenmcneil.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Had a fantastic time at @uniofbath.bsky.social last week for the Dept. of Life Sciences Research Day! 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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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

If you are at @uniofbath.bsky.social today drop by W4 and try our buzz wire game ⚡ here are the prizes on offer 🥇 giant microbe 🥈pin badge by @pinkpetri.bsky.social 🥉 microscope key chain @rosieelliott.bsky.social is currently in the top spot with 14.34 seconds! #MicroSky #LifeSciences

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Excited to be in Bath for the #LifeSciences Research Day 🎉 Make sure you come and see our poster designed by the amazing @pinkpetri.bsky.social showing the benefits of long read sequencing for plasmid detection 🧬🦠 @uniofbath.bsky.social #MicroSky

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

📢 MicrobesNG POPUP is coming to Nottingham! It's a FREE #MicrobialGenomics & #Microbiome symposium on 5th June 🦠🧬 We're accepting abstracts now! Focus on #ECRs Please RT Submit by 9th Feb 👉 www.surveymonkey.com/r/POPUP_NOTT... @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social & Microbiome-Net #MNGPopUp #MicroSky

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Professor Lesley Hoyles @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

🧬 Free @microbesng.bsky.social PopUp ECR symposium 🧬 UK-based MRes or PhD student, research assistant or postdoc working on microbial genomics or metagenomics? Present your work and/or chair a session, plus excellent keynote speakers: @halllab.bsky.social and @alexmsalmeida.bsky.social. #MNGPopUp

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

We’ll be closing at the end of the day today for our Christmas break 🎄 Thank you so much for all your orders this year 🧬 🦠 💙 We’ll be back open on 7th January and can’t wait to see you then, Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year ✨

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

The last seminar of the year was another set of exciting talks from visitor @alekseiagapov.bsky.social and merfolk @sophiesomerville.bsky.social ! Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for the 🍪! Have a happy and safe holiday! 🤶🏻 🎅🏻 🎄

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Image of Aleksei answering questions following his talk.

Sophie starting her presentation next to her title slide.

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🎉📬 Hey Dropbox Users – Heads Up! Tomorrow, Wed 10th Dec, is the last chance to get FREE DELIVERY from our Dropbox network before we take a little holiday break! 🎄 ✨ Collections resume Wed 7th Jan 2026 Check the times of tomorrow's final collection here: microbesng.com/dropbox-netw... 💌 #MicroSky

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

🎄✨ Christmas Shutdown ✨🎄 Make sure your samples arrive by 12th Dec… because after that, our lab techs are officially on Santa duty! 🎅

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🎄✨ Hurry! ✨🎄 Less than 2 weeks left to get your samples to our lab before the Christmas shutdown. Make sure they arrive by Friday 12th Dec—after that, our lab techs will be busy helping Santa! ❄️🧪

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Snacks + great science = our favourite combo 😄 🍪 Great to see such exciting science getting shared, thanks for having us involved 🙌

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

🎄✨ Christmas Shutdown ✨🎄 Make sure your samples arrive by 12th Dec… because after that, our lab techs are officially on Santa duty! 🎅

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Another great week at our seminar series! This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

In this week’s seminar we learned about the evolution of intrinsic terminators from @stepadenisov.bsky.social 🧬 Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪

Stepan Denisov standing to the right of a lecture slide titled “Evolution of intrinsic terminators between two closely related species”

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Retrospective post: @fgyapong.bsky.social recently gave his MERMan seminar on his work on the stickleback skin microbiome. Not pictured: yummy treats sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social

Francis's title slide of his presentation entitled Environmental Variation Shapes the Stickleback Skin Microbiome.

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

🦠✨ We are all set up in Surrey! MicrobesNG aka Olivija has made herself cosy in the Dorothy Hodgkin building (AX/AY) ✅ Make sure to catch her NOW for SWAG and glittery trinkets ✨💫 @uniofsurrey.bsky.social #MicroSky #MicrobialGenomics #AcademicEvents #PhDLife

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

@olivijaziu.bsky.social is excited to meet the @uniofsurrey.bsky.social community at the Microbes, Infection & Immunity seminar 21st Oct! 🧬 Hosted by @jaimehat.bsky.social Join her for coffee & a chat during lunch break (lots of swag! 💝 ) #MicroSky #MicrobialGenomics #AcademicEvents #PhDLife

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨 Exeter Microbial Genomics Early Careers Symposium 🦠🧬 Present your work, chair a session, win prizes & network! 📅 12 Nov 📍 Penryn Campus ⏰ Submit TODAY by 5pm 👉 linktr.ee/microbesng #MicrobialGenomics #ECR #MNGPopUp Organised with @drramabht.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This weeks seminars from PhD students Maisie Czernuszka and Victor Carneiro da Cunha Martirelli! Special thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for sponsoring refreshments!

Title slide of Maisies seminar on engineering phages.

Victors title slide on electricity and Ecoli

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PlasmidsNG @plasmidsng.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🧬OTD in 1952 Joshua Lederberg proposed the term "plasmid" for extrachromosomal hereditary genetic elements in bacteria 🦠 These tiny DNA molecules play a BIG role in #MolecularBiology, biotechnology & #MicrobialGenomics 🧫 Check out the original paper: doi.org/10.1152/phys... #Plasmid #MicroSky 🧪👨‍🔬📜

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Great MERMan seminar today from NSERC PhD visiting researcher @simonjeanneau.bsky.social from @usherbrooke.bsky.social ! Also our first seminar with refreshments sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social , many thanks for the productive chats over nibbles! 🍪 🧪

Simon next to his title slide. If I was a better Canadian, this alternative text would be in French too. :(

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MicrobesNG @microbesng.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Drop us a message if you would like to get your paws on one of our drop-box starter packs 🙀 Or visit our website to find out which sites benefit from FREE delivery 👉 microbesng.com/dropbox-netw...

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廖可瑜 Ho Yu Liu @hoyuliu.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Last week I attended the ECR symposium on Microbial Genomics jointly organised by @microbesng.bsky.social, @norwichmicro.bsky.social and Get Genome. I had the wonderful opportunity to present some of my PhD work @quadraminstitute.bsky.social

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