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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Had a lot of fun being part of the organising team the last few months! It was great to see it all come together and get such great feedback 🤩

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Fiona J Whelan @whelanfj.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@rebeccawallis.bsky.social is part-time microbiologist, part-time artist 🎨 👩‍🎨. While she's working hard growing cystic fibrosis lung microbes on McKay agar, she's also finding a tiny microverse.

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atmicroverse.bsky.social @atmicroverse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Introducing our first keynote speaker of the day, Dr Raveen Tank presenting 'Small Chips, Big Microverse: Detecting Disease at the Host–Microbiome Interface' #microverse26 #universityofmanchester #microbiome

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atmicroverse.bsky.social @atmicroverse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our second keynote speaker will be Dr Jane Wood presenting 'Beyond the Petri Dish: What Can Microbiology Do for the Textile Industry?' 👔🧫

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atmicroverse.bsky.social @atmicroverse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our final keynote speaker for the #microverse26 will be @drrebeccajhall.bsky.social presenting 'The Importance of Metabolism in Endosymbiont Evolution' 🎉🧫

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Our event has a Bluesky! Give it a follow to keep up to date with the lead up and on the day news.

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Fiona J Whelan @whelanfj.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A huge thank you from the Whelan lab for an excellent #MEEHubs26 conference! Amazing talks, chats, & intl networking! We’re so thankful to have a chance to showcase our work with posters from @ambercutcliffe.bsky.social @fionapoulter.bsky.social @rebeccawallis.bsky.social Michelle Hardman… [1/2]

Amber presenting her poster on Drosophila bacterial infections with Pseudomonas and Streptococcus species.

Becky in action explaining her poster on culture enriched metagenomics in the cystic fibrosis lung.

Fiona with her poster on comparative genomics of epidemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.

Michelle with her poster on high-throughput microbe-microbe competition in the context of cystic fibrosis.

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Any ideas what this might be? Growth on MSA media in anaerobic conditions. @contamclub.bsky.social 🌾🍂

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today is #CFWeek and the Whelan lab are in yellow for #WearYellowDay to raise awareness and funds for the life-limiting genetic condition Cystic Fibrosis (CF). CF is without a cure and dominates thousands of lives everyday. Explore @cysticfibrosis.org.uk's great resources to learn more 💛🧬

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Enjoyed presenting a poster for my PhD project at #ECFS in Lisbon today! Will be around for the rest of today and tomorrow for any further discussions :) @pulse-cf.bsky.social @cysticfibrosis.org.uk @lifearc.bsky.social

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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

In last week’s seminar we heard from @rebeccawallis.bsky.social about her work on the ecology and evolution of pathogens in CF 🫁 And @flanagella.bsky.social taught us about the importance of strain context in antibiotic resistance 💊 Thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!

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Fiona Poulter @fionapoulter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

For anyone in the bioinformatics/ evolutionary biology world my friend and previous colleague has created this blog with some very nice resources for getting into the area! 🧬 sequence-gazing.co.uk #bioinformatics #evolutionarybiology

sequence-gazing.co.uk

- Sequence Gazing

Welcome to sequence-gazing!

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Presenting ideas for my PhD project at #UoMEEday and learning about all things evolution !

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Whelan lab cake for the win at the Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics and MCF Winter Celebration 🥳 #bakeoff #whelanlab

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Guigó Lab @guigolab.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🎓 Huge congrats to our two @bist.eu Master’s students, Igor Trujnara and @rebeccawallis.bsky.social who successfully defended their theses this week! 🧬💻Igor explored Large Language Models for genome annotation, while Rebecca investigated microbial biodiversity in Pyrenean lakes🏔️. @crg.eu @upf.edu

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Had a great time at the Computational Symposium- such a valuable opportunity to connect with colleagues, hear about exciting projects, and share progress on my master’s research! Presenting my work on the Pyrenean Lake microbiome has been invaluable for gathering feedback and ideas for my analysis 🙂

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Excited to be at #aquaecomics this week! Looking forward to networking and hearing insights relevant to my master project within PyriSentinel (pyrisentinel.eu), under @hannahbenisty.bsky.social 🧬⛰️

pyrisentinel.eu

PyriSentinel – Exploring the invisible diversity of the Pyrenean lakes

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Fiona J Whelan @whelanfj.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🚨 The Whelan lab is currently recruiting for a 6-week summer undergraduate student as part of the Lister Institute's Summer Studentship scheme. 🚨 The student will work along side a Postdoc to study interactions between pathogens from the cystic fibrosis microbiome. More info & to apply please see:

jobs.manchester.ac.uk

Lister Summer Studentship on Pathogen Interactions in Cystic Fibrosis:Oxford Road

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

As part of the BIST master, I have collaborated with some fellow students to produce a podcast exploring scientific careers. From venture capital to baking, find out the possibilities and how people transferred out of academia: beyondthebenchpodcast.wordpress.com/guests/

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Guests | Episodes

Aleksej Drino Though his path had started with a BSc in Molecular Biology and Physiology at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Aleksej moved to Vienna to pursue a PhD at the Medical Un…

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I have received the Accreditation Top Project Award from the Royal Society of Biology! This is for my BSC Hons dissertation at the University of Nottingham, where I investigated the role of RNA-Binding proteins in Arabidopsis Thaliana. A big thank you to my supervisor Rupert Fray and the lab!

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Vicki Orr @vickiorr.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

My poster (85) is up for today and tomorrow! Happy to chat about plasmids and transposons! 🧬🧫🧬🧫 #Microbio24

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Rebecca Wallis D @rebeccawallis.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

I had lots of fun presenting a poster at #microbio24 of my Harry Smith Studentship work, investigating ASM for culturing the Cystic Fibrosis lung microbiome. Thank you to everyone who came by! And a big thank you to my amazing supervisor @whelanfj.bsky.social for the continuous support! 🧬🧫

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Fiona J Whelan @whelanfj.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

Can’t wait for #microbio24 to kickoff!! We’ll soon be hiring in PDRA and tech roles in my group at U of Manchester on projects investigating microbial interactions in the CF lung. Please come say hi if you want to learn more!

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Fiona J Whelan @whelanfj.bsky.social · 09/04/2024

MicroSoc Harry Smith student @rebeccawallis.bsky.social will present her work on using ASM to culture the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome this afternoon at poster 207 #microbio24

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