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Steve Paterson

@scottishwormboy.bsky.social
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Grumpy Scotsman. Mostly here for the science. Genomics of infectious disease, evolution and environmental science. University of Liverpool pays the salary but views are my own.

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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
In a UK first study, Liverpool researchers have shown that advanced sequencing technologies can be used in routine NHS microbiology services to support real-world patient care. Discover more👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/fro... @edcoakes.bsky.social @annasmielewska.bsky.social @acdarby.bsky.social
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Barbara Tschirren @btschirren.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.
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Jon Slate @jon-slate.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Fancy working with a massive amount of cool genomics, life history and TB-infection status data from a couple of thousand badgers? Here's the project for you then. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/84... New project and very multi-disciplinary team.
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Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter
View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Evolutionary Genomics This NERC Large Grant- funded ...
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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Microbiome Research Day @liverpooluni.bsky.social , Central Teaching Lab, Liverpool, Merseyside, L69 7BX Monday 29th June 2026 @livunihls.bsky.social Book now 🎟️ 👉 www.ticketsource.com/microbiome-i...
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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Are you a researcher within NERC remit? Do you want to unlock the Power of eDNA? ➡️ attend NEOF's next In-Person Wet Lab & Bioinformatics Training (Sheffield, 13-17/7/26). Register before 1/6! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Attendees of a previous face to face workshop led by NEOF, in the lab for the wetlab aspect.
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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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Fiona J Whelan @whelanfj.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
📣 The Whelan lab is hiring a bioinformatics postdoc 📣 Together with @fabricejpierre.bsky.social, we are offering a 1-year bioinformatic PDRA position in comparative genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To find out more please visit whelanlab.co.uk/contact/. Applications close 3 April 2026!
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Research Associate in Microbial Genomics:Manchester
This postdoctoral research position is part of a Cystic Fibrosis Canada Early Career Investigator Award funded for 3-years led by Dr. Fabrice Jean-Pierre and Dr. Fiona Whelan. The aim of this project is to identify the genetic changes that arise in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa genome following perturbations – such as antibiotic treatment – in an in vitro system. The PDRA will use a large dataset of P. aeruginosa genomes and experimental metadata to predict key mutationsto the organism.
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University of Liverpool @liverpooluni.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Professor Jo Fothergill and Professor Steve Paterson talk to @timeshighered.bsky.social about their pioneering Microbiome research - a key pillar of our Infection Resilience frontier.💡 Read the article ➡️ www.timeshighereducation.com/.../how-micr....
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
How does treatment induced antibiotic resistance happen in real-world infections? We analysed 25k Pseudomonas isolates from 180 patients in a clinical trial to find out! TLDR: The ecological and evolutionary paths are surprisingly diverse & complex even in patients receiving identical treatment…
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Stuart Wigby @stuartwigby.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
BBSRC, NERC and Future Leaders fellowships are fantastic opportunities for ECRs to transition to independence. My institute (IVES) at Liverpool Uni is keen to support applicants (vet/ecol/evol/infection/omics etc.). Get in touch with me (ives.fellowships@liverpool.ac.uk) if you're interested!
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Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Nice profile of my former student @zoologist-flora.bsky.social work on bats and white-nose disease in J Exp Biol with Thomas Lilley and others. Nice to see @jexpbiol.bsky.social promoting ECRs journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... Flora's now doing great stuff with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social
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ECR Spotlight – Flora Whiting-Fawcett
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career res...
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @livunihls.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
In partnership with the University of Manchester, we've secured a prestigious Doctoral Focal Award from UK Research and Innovation for a new PhD programme aimed at shaping the future of bioengineering in the UK 📅 Applications will open on 6 February 2026 🔗 bit.ly/3MyLwIy #TeamLivUni #EPSRC #NERC
A navy blue gradient title card that reads 'University receives funding to train next generation of bioengineers' with a translucent image of a female scientist'
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Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences @livuni-ives.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
NEWS | Researchers from the Microbiome Innovation Centre are part of a UK-wide consortium awarded £644,000 by #BBSRC to establish the Microbiome Innovation Network (Microbiome-Net) ➡️ bit.ly/4nCPKfv #TeamLivUni | #Microbiome | @news.ukri.org | @ukbiofilms.bsky.social
A navy blue news title card that reads 'New Microbiome Innovation Network to drive UK bioscience research and impact' in white text. A translucent image of a scientist wearing blue latex gloves is holding a petri dish.
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Cameron Thrash @jcamthrash.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
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Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Review, Ascensao and Desai discuss how methodological advances in genotype and phenotype manipulation are transforming experimental evolution approaches and providing new insights into the und...
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Peter Sarkies @psarkies.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Exciting postdoctoral opportunity joint between my lab and Mark Viney's at University of Liverpool- Great opportunity if you are looking to apply C. elegans molecular biology skills to study the fascinating role of epigenetics in parasitic nematode lifecycles! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR771/p...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Eve Schneider & I wrote a @science.org Perspective on a striking new study by Zhang et al.: Read how a small genetic shift in a taste receptor, led to a big leap in ecological opportunity for birds 🍒🐦 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #evolution #sensorybiology #taste #birds
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Tasting opportunity
How birds retuned sour perception to eat fruits
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Em Stevens @emstevens93.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I'm very pleased to share the latest paper from my post doc with @kayla-king.bsky.social. We looked at how host microbiota can influence pathogen virulence evolution in a C. elegans model of infection: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
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Within-host competition causes pathogen molecular evolution and perpetual microbiota dysbiosis
Abstract. Pathogens newly invading a host must compete with resident microbiota. This within-host microbial warfare could lead to more severe disease outco
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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Revolutionise your biodiversity surveys with eDNA! 🧬 Our in-person training (Sept 8-12, 2025) covers wet lab techniques (DNA extraction to Illumina library prep) & bioinformatics (raw data to taxonomy & diversity analysis). Choose one or both! Register by July 21st: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology @livuni-ismib.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Join Dr Adam Burke in our latest blog as he discusses his work as a NERC Environmental Omics Facility Research Associate. ➡️ bit.ly/3FmPO2e @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social | #Metabolomics | #TeamLivUni
A blog title card that reads "A day in the life of a NERC Environmental Omics Facility Research Associate" in white text against a transparent photo of Dr Adam Burke in a lab with a navy blue background.
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Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Some millionaires taking the bus
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Ed Cunningham-Oakes @edcoakes.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
12/12 📰 For more background and wider context, check out the @liverpooluni.bsky.social press release covering this study’s impact on understanding and diagnosing infectious intestinal diseases: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/05/20/a...
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Advanced genomics study improves detection of hard-to-find diarrhoeal infections - University of Liverpool News
Advanced genomics study improves detection of hard-to-find diarrhoeal infections
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Dr Klara Wanelik @klarawanelik.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Our new paper, just out “Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population”. Highlights gut microbial signatures for those individuals that have the potential to spread the most infectious disease. doi.org/10.1186/s425...
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Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population - Animal Microbiome
The microbiome is well known to drive variation in host states (e.g. behaviour, immunity) that would be expected to modulate the spread of infectious disease—but the role of microbiotal interactions i...
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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
*JOB ADVERT LIVE!* Come be my next MRC-funded postdoc in London, studying uropathogenic E. coli virulence/host response in our lovely human urothelial microtissue model! Great collaboration with @gpollara.bsky.social & @scottishwormboy.bsky.social #UTISky #UTI Join us! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
NEWS | £1m of Life Sciences Innovation Zone funding will support the creation of a Microbiome & Infectious Disease Innovation Hub (MaID) to harness our expertise in the rapidly expanding field. More ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/04/23/l... @livunihls.bsky.social @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social
A young man wearing protective goggles looks up at a petri dish. Text overlaid reads 'NEWS: LCR to become global powerhouse in fighting disease'
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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
🔈🎉 I will soon be advertising a postdoc in my friendly London lab, funded by MRC @ukri.org, to decipher uropathogen virulence and host response pathways in our 3D-UHU human urothelial model! A great collaboration with co-Is @gpollara.bsky.social and @scottishwormboy.bsky.social #UTISky #UTI
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Matt Loose @minomatt.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
UK Genome Science 2025 is going live for this year - www.genomescience.org.uk - get registering!
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Genome Science
9th - 11th July 2025, Newcastle University
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Job alert ‼️ 2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social - ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
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Senior Lecturer/Reader/Chair in Ecology:Manchester
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Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Nothing says science more than a blue disco light. Looking forward to getting these into our genomics workflow. @nerc-eof.bsky.social @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @sptlabtech.bsky.social
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Now might be a good time to protect your data if you’ve used this service. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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23andMe files for bankruptcy protection
The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.
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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A new study supported by NEOF proves the potential of eDNA as a tool for monitoring earthworm populations, paving the way to inform agricultural policy and practices for sustainable soil management www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/news/decoding-soil-ednas-breakthrough-sustainable-farming
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Decoding soil: eDNA's breakthrough in sustainable farming
A recent study published proves the potential of Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for monitoring earthworm populations. Paving the way to inform agricultural policy and practices for sustainable soi...
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Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Happy Persian new year
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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Kind feedback from Sarena Banu Hull researcher @eeiathull.bsky.social using mRNA-seq in NEOF-VF to study how climate change affects social amoeba (Dictyostelium discoideum). "Had a great training experience at the well-equipped, supportive, and friendly Sheffield NERC Environmental Omics Facility!"
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Evelien Adriaenssens @evelienadri.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Come and join me at the Quadram Institute: we're looking for a new group leader working on pathogens and/or spoilage in the food chain.
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Jamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
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Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting
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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
@uniofcam.bsky.social Zoology PhD candidate @sofiadartnell.bsky.social is SNP_typing at NEOF-VF to estimate the number of Bombus terrestris colonies invaded by cuckoo bumblebees (B. vestalis) across varying landscapes. These cuckoos are obligate parasites & may indicate healthy bumblebee habitats
Postgraduate Researcher Sofia Dartnell in the field collecting bumblebeesa bumblebee on a lavender flower in blossom
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Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Python for Bioinformatics course open from the Centre for Genomic Research at @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social In person 1st & 2nd May 2025. Open to academics and industry, aimed at python beginners @elixiruknode.org tess.elixir-europe.org/events/cgr-p...
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CGR - Python for bioinformatics (In-person)
<p>The Centre for Genomic Research (CGR) at the University of Liverpool (UoL) presents this in-person Python for Bioinformatics workshop.</p> <p>Overview<br> Python is one of the most popular program...
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
☎️ Calling #MEvoSky ☎️ 2x 5-year research associate / research assistant positions in experimental evolution ERC-funded project: How do mobile genetic elements and defence systems shape bacterial genome evolution? Join the friendly and exciting @mermanchester.bsky.social community in Manchester!
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Stuart Wigby @stuartwigby.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
BBSRC fellowships are open: 3yrs of funding, ECRs worldwide are eligible (including the US 👀). Deadline 7th May. If you've a some postdoc experience (but no prior independent fellowships) and fancy coming to my Dept/ Institute in @liverpooluni.bsky.social, drop me a message.
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2025 BBSRC Fellowships scheme
Apply for funding to carry out independent research within a host laboratory and gain leadership skills.
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Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Looking forward to welcoming colleagues from Mike Begon's 40+ year career assemble for his retirement BegonFest today. An incredible body of work, mentorship and impact in the field. Wishing him and Linda all the best for the future @livuni-ives.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social
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Jamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🆕New in @plosbiology.bsky.social: we show compensatory mutations make plasmids play Rock-Paper-Scissors and turn conjugation into a weapon🛡️💫✂️🦠 w/Rosanna Wright, Jamie Wood, @mbottery.bsky.social, @kmudz.bsky.social, @scottishwormboy.bsky.social, Ellie Harrison & @brockhurstlab.bsky.social #MicroSky
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A chromosomal mutation is superior to a plasmid-encoded mutation for plasmid fitness cost compensation
Plasmids spread important traits in microbiomes but impose fitness costs on their hosts. This study of the ecological consequences of plasmid-bacterial compensatory evolution reveals benefits to bacte...
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 03/12/2024
The Guardian is an absolute swamp of junk "science". I miss the days when actual scientists and experts wrote its science blogs.
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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
NEOF provide ONLINE bioinformatics courses for UK based researchers working within the NERC remit; these are held online over 2 days and ... they are FREE! Visit neof.org.uk/training/ for more info and to register. Next one is Python for bfx: 14th & 16th January 25 - Register by Monday 16/12 noon
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Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Great seeing the opening webinar for @target-amr.bsky.social network. If you’re in AMR in the UK please think about joining. Lots of interesting people @wvschaik.bsky.social @ksbakes.bsky.social
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NERC Environmental Omics Facility (NEOF) @nerc-eof.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
We hope to help Early Career Researchers further their career by gaining funding in their own name and generating pilot data for future fellowship or other applications - NEOF Pilot Funding for ECR opens 14Jan25 #ECR #genomics #metabolomics #proteomics
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Prof Jenny Rohn @jennyrohn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Absolutely thrilled to announce our newly awarded MRC @ukri.org project grant! 🍾 Together with @gpollara.bsky.social & @scottishwormboy.bsky.social, we'll seek novel bacterial virulence and host defence determinants using clinical #UTI samples in my lab's human urothelial microtissue model! #UTISky
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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Please sign up, it will be fun! Open for all with an interest in AMR and genomics (in the UK and elsewhere). www.targetamr.org.uk (and please give @target-amr.bsky.social a follow!)
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TargetAMR – Reducing AMR through Genomics
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
BBSRC 2-year PDRA position to work on ecology & evolution of phage therapy with synthetically engineered phages. Part of an exciting multi-university consortium & UK’s Engineering Biology priority. Synthetic genomics; experimental evolution; AMR. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #microsky
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
First tranche of genomic data from our Wellcome Trust project studying AMR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in bronchiectasis. Increases by 10x the number of Pa genomes from this neglected disease! Led by Niamh Harrington and @scottishwormboy.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Steve Paterson @scottishwormboy.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
I forget how lucky I was to grow up here until I go back to see family. (Fife coast, Scotland)
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