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Tiffany Taylor

@taylorlabgroup.bsky.social
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Professor of Microbial Ecology and Evolution at the Life Sciences Department at the University of Bath. Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow. Children's author evolution/genetics. Mum. tiffanybtaylor.wordpress.com

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Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A chance to do a PhD on plasmid copy number with the excellent @wtmatlock.bsky.social , highly recommended! Combines genomics and experimental evolution with Tiff Taylor (whose bsky id I can't seem to find, apols) gw4biomed.ac.uk/turning-up-t...
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Turning up the volume: plasmid copy number and gene duplications as drivers of antimicrobial resistance evolution - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP
Project Code IIAR27Ba Matlock Project Type Wet lab Research Theme Infection, Immunity, and Antimicrobial Resistance Project Summary Download Summary Plasmids are important drivers of antimicrobial res...
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EvoNerdette @bethmorillo-hall.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Does evolution take millions of years?Nope! Our SSR article with @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social @adamrutherford.bsky.social introduces an experimental classroom approach that lets students observe evolutionary change in just 48 hours.Very cool! www.ase.org.uk/resources/sc... #Evolution#ScienceEducation
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With climate change increasingly at the forefront of our thinking, June’s record-breaking temperatures across the UK and parts of Europe offered a lived example of the science that students are learni...
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Thank you for having me! I had a fantastic day chatting to everyone there and hearing about the incredible science going on.
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Can a book be scientifically flawed & still transform how we see ourselves? The Naked Ape is proof that connecting with your audience matters, even when it ruffles academic feathers. Loved joining @ellaalshamahi.bsky.social & fellow guests to unpack this on BBC Radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Archive on 4 - The Evolution of The Naked Ape - BBC Sounds
Ella Al-Shamahi revisits Desmond Morris’s controversial book The Naked Ape, six decades on
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 30/03/2026
Now out in AEM @asm.org! 🎉🧪 *High school student-isolated mutants 👉🏻 novel genetic causes of biofilm-associated adaptations *We learn how diversity arises quickly and is maintained *EvolvingSTEM enables scalable research in classrooms & promotes scientific literacy journals.asm.org/eprint/FBU9M...
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Genetic diversification of Pseudomonas fluorescens maintained by multi-niche selection within biofilms | Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Bacterial biofilms dominate microbial life; however, their evolutionary genetics remain incompletely understood. Extensive replication of biofilm selection experiments by secondary school students can...
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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
🔊 Looking for a Research Assistant in Bacterial Evolution to join my lab 🦠 🥼Main duties: Research (AMR + microbiome) + lab assistance. ⏲️ Post duration: 30 months 🗓️ Closing date for applications: 20th April 2026 💰 Salary: ~£35k Details and how to apply: tinyurl.com/2a3v66y7 Please share!
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Was in Oxford today examining a D Phil viva and I couldn't help but take a peek at the new @biology.ox.ac.uk building. Looking a bit fancier than the old Tinbergen building!
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Happy #DarwinDay 🧬🌿! To celebrate, why not share a story about #evolution with a #FutureScientist? My book, Little Changes, is a fun bedtime story for young readers to explore how small changes shape the living world. littlestories.co.uk/little-chang... #ScienceForKids #STEMBooks
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Little Changes
an introduction to evolution Click on the image below, to read the story. Meet the Rinkidinks. They live together in one large happy family, carefree and untroubled by the rest of the world. Until …
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Will Smith @willpjsmith.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
🚨 PhD Studentship available! 🚨 We're hiring a UK student to start in Oct '26 via the BBSRC CODEM scheme. Full studentship plus £10k top-up PA. Study the mysterious ZOMBIE PHAGES 🧟 🦠 with our fabulous @mermanchester.bsky.social and @uommib.bsky.social communities! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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(CODE M) Losing your head: how do bacterial viruses evolve into anti-competitor weapons? at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (CODE M) Losing your head: how do bacterial viruses evolve into anti-competitor weapons? at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Guillaume Méric @gmeric.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The 2026 EMBO course in Computational and Experimental Microbiomics held in @uniofbath.bsky.social has been announced! Come and join us for this course to study host-microbe interactions and co-evolution. ⏰ When: 6-18 July 26 🚨 Registration: 11 May 26 🔗 meetings.embo.org/event/26-mic...
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
New Perspective out in Advanced Science 🎉 in collaboration with @alanrice.ie for @uniofbath.bsky.social 60th anniversary special issue. advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... We review nearly a decade of work asking: how do gene regulatory networks rewire during evolution? 🧫🧵
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Transcription Factor Promiscuity Drives Regulatory Rewiring and Evolvability in Gene Networks in Bacteria
This special issue marking the University of Bath's 60th anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect on nearly a decade of research into the evolution of gene regulatory networks (GRNs) from members...
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MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester) @mermanchester.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
If you’re interested in antibiotic resistance evolution in Pseudomonas, come to @flanagella.bsky.social’s poster (number 11) 💊 #MicroEvo25
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Multi-Defence @multidefence.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
🔬 Interested in bacterial immune systems & AMR, or how antibiotics affect phage infectivity? Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4) #PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions
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EvoNerdette @bethmorillo-hall.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The 2025 Curriculum Review is great news for STEM ✅ Depth over breadth ✅ Hands-on science ✅ Digital literacy ✅ Equity & progression. My FREE Evolution Project brings these STEM priorities to life through engaging, hands-on learning. www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/di... #STEM #CurriculumReview
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Discover Evoscope: an educational package that’s transforming how we learn evolution
Evoscope is a free educational resource pack that helps you bring evolution to life and assess understanding and acceptance of evolutionary concepts.
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Tom Williams @tweethinking.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
There's a PhD position now available with me in Bath, on the evolution of symbiosis. www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... The supervisory team also includes @anja1.bsky.social @phil-donoghue.bsky.social and others. NB, this is open both to UK-based students *and* to international students :)
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The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The genomic basis of symbiotic integration at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Eduardo Rocha @epcrocha.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Willing to join us @pasteur.fr for a PhD for a project on how interactions between mobile genetic elements shape bacterial adaptation? Subject to be tailored to candidates with keen interest in evolution, genomics, computational biology, microbiology. Check www.pasteur.fr/en/education...
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Pasteur-Paris University International doctoral program​ (PPU)
OverviewIn 2009, the Institut Pasteur, the world leading biomedical research institute founded by Louis Pasteur in 1887, inaugurated the Pasteur Paris-University (PPU) international doctoral program i...
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Excited to share brilliant work @josie-e.bsky.social. She built a minimal type I-F CRISPR-Cas system where parts (like spacers) can be easily swapped. Against a panel of phages it gave full protection in most cases—though for some, immunity was stronger in low-nutrient growth. Check out her 🧵 below!
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David Sünderhauf @davvi36.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
PhD opportunity, please share: We are looking for a prospective PhD student to start in October 2026 who is excited about bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae), how they interact, and how they exchange DNA. All details can be found on the funder website 👉 gw4biomed.ac.uk/developing-c...
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Developing CRISPR-Cas antimicrobials to tackle antibiotic resistance spread in Klebsiella pneumoniae - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP
Project Code MRCIIAR26Ex van Houte Project Type Wet lab Research Theme Infection, Immunity, Antimicrobial Resistance and Repair Project Summary Download Summary Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a ...
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Julia Sero @cellmorphosero.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
What are your "good hands" training tips? @baym.lol and others? - Slow down - Pay attention - Visualise doing the whole protocol. What do you need to have labelled when? Where are you standing? What are you doing during the incubation? Etc. - Start new methods with 2-3 small low-stakes experiments.
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Rowan Green @rowancallumg.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
New paper out @molbioevol.bsky.social on antimutator Ecoli, mutational spectra and the distribution of fitness effects of antibiotic resistance with @knightjar.bsky.social @rokkrasovec.bsky.social and others @mermanchester.bsky.social doi.org/pzfm Read🧵for highlights and fun stats (1/13)
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Antimutator and Mutational Spectrum Effects Can Combine to Reduce Evolutionary Potential in Escherichia coli ΔnudJ
Abstract. The rate of spontaneous mutation is a key factor in determining the capacity of a population to adapt to a novel environment, for example, a bact
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Thanks @jgi.doe.gov! I'm excited to learn more about how molecular mechanisms link ecological and evolutionary flexibility in P. fluorescens using DAP-seq. In collab with @robjacksoncomics.bsky.social @catriona1392.bsky.social @cjlush.bsky.social & Jacob Malone 🦠🌱
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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 17/08/2025
What shapes the moment when you say, this is who I want to be? Could one classroom research experience be that catalyst? Could a summer camp for teachers help them make students become scientists? 🧪🧫🧬🔬 YES. This is EvolvingSTEM. So proud of this team. youtu.be/sv3tcwRs2PE?...
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EvolvingSTEM Summer of Transformation 2025
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Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
😳 #phage #phagesky #microsky Pseudomonads coordinate innate defense against viruses and bacteria with a single regulatory system: www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
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Pseudomonads coordinate innate defense against viruses and bacteria with a single regulatory system
Brinkley et al. describe a general immune response strategy in Pseudomonas species, termed GUARD, that protects against both bacterial and viral threats. This program, controlled by the Gac/Rsm global...
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Molecular Biology and Evolution @molbioevol.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Horton, Cherry, @gretelwaugh.bsky.social @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social et al. combine experimental evolution and bioinformatics in bacteria to characterize a ≥8 bp motif that can increase T:A→G:C mutation rates >1000-fold than the baseline rate. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaf183 #evobio #molbio
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GnT Motifs Can Increase T:A→G:C Mutation Rates Over 1000-fold in Bacteria
Abstract. Nucleotides across a genome do not mutate at equal frequencies. Instead, specific nucleotide positions can exhibit much higher mutation rates tha
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
🦠 New paper led by James Horton (feat. J Cherry & @gretelwaugh.bsky.social) reveals GnT DNA motif can boost T→A mutation rates up to 1000×, & how tweaking nearby bases can fine-tune its potency. General across bacteria + potential in synbio. 📄 academic.oup.com/mbe/advance-ar… 🔗 James’s thread ⬇️
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Ellinor Alseth @ellinoralseth.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Feels surreal to say but: I'm hiring! If you are or know anyone interested in looking at the evolution of phage resistance using A. baumannii and natural transformation, then this might be for you www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Job title: Research position in Microbial Pharmacology and Population Biology (282139), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Wednesday, August 27, 2025
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Congratulations to the super talented @josie-e.bsky.social! Looking forward to catching up on your postdoc news with @annechevallereau.bsky.social and cheering you on later at Bath Abbey.
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Great to see this work from @deepaagashe.bsky.social and team out. Make sure you give it a read.
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
40 today! It's been a helluva decade & I feel privileged to have been along for the ride. I got the best gift a girl could ask for - exciting data & excellent plots. I marked the occasion by walking 100km in 23.5h with a dear friend. We chatted, laughed and cried and it was wonderful (and painful).
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Very proud to have won the Faculty of Science Excellence in Doctoral Supervision Prize. Biggest thanks goes to my nominator @francescodb.bsky.social and the awesome letters of support from current and past group members that brought a tear to my eye. It's shared with every member Taylor lab member.
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Malcolm White @mfwhite2.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Great to be in Manchester for the annual @multidefence.bsky.social meeting, with Luna and Simon!
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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Defence Systems are so hot right now 🔥 🔥 🔥 so check out our latest preprint to see how DSes contribute to niche adaptation, interact with each other, and drive accessory genome interactions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Defence systems drive accessory genome interactions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
As well as undergoing mutational selection, bacterial genomes are shaped by a complex evolutionary interplay among diverse accessory genome elements (AGEs). In this study we define AGEs as encompassin...
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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!
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Milner Centre for Evolution @milnerevolution.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It's Evolution Fact Friday! Did you know that you can see evolution happening in real time? Our @bethmorillo-hall.bsky.social & @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social have developed #Evoscope, an education package for teachers to bring the process of evolution to life in real time! www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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How to bring experimental evolution to the classroom
Pupils of all ages can benefit from witnessing evolution in real time - and it’s now possible in schools, say this researcher from the University of Bath
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EvoNerdette @bethmorillo-hall.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Its here! Finally published. www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
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How to bring experimental evolution to the classroom
Pupils of all ages can benefit from witnessing evolution in real time - and it’s now possible in schools, say this researcher from the University of Bath
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
🧬 Struggling to teach evolution in a way that sparks curiosity and sticks? My brilliant PhD student @bethmorillo-hall.bsky.social shares practical, powerful tips in this new tes article👇 🔗 www.tes.com/magazine/tea... #SciComm #EvolutionEducation #PhDVoices
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How to bring experimental evolution to the classroom
Pupils of all ages can benefit from witnessing evolution in real time - and it’s now possible in schools, say this researcher from the University of Bath
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Keira Cozens @pinkpetri.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The most important things to consider with biotech companies are 1. Do they have stickers? and 2. Are the stickers laptop-worthy? Luckily I'm here to help, and have collaborated with Forge Genetics to ensure your laptops are receiving the best stickers possible
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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
This meeting will be great! Abstract submission open now See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
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Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
Happy #DNAday 🧬! To celebrate, why not share a bedtime story with a #FutureGeneticist? Listen to my book, Little Letters, illustrated by uber talented James Munro & read by the forever charming children's author AF Harrold youtu.be/yv3Z8CZ3t_Q #DNA #GeneticsForKids #ScienceBooks
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Little Letters: an introduction to genetics
written by Tiffany Taylor, illustrated by James Munro, read by A. F. Harrold.Join Berry, Daisy and Spike, as an extraordinary close encounter turns a family ...
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Eduardo Rocha @epcrocha.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
New postdoc position in our lab (2 y+): evolutionary genomics of integrons and MGEs with focus on vibrio-phage interactions. Great environment @pasteur.fr for science, career building. Super collaborators @celineloot.bsky.social @amazeld.bsky.social @fredoleroux.bsky.social 3 weeks to apply!
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Another poster not to miss @microbiologysociety.org annual conference, @jasminetc2000.bsky.social is presenting her first year PhD work on Determining the regulation of the MADS defence system #Microbio25 🧪
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
If you're at @microbiologysociety.org annual conference, go find Maryam Ravari #Microbio25 who is presenting her work on mechanisms of biocide tolerance un Proteus mirabilis!
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Isobel Garratt @isobelmicro.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Had a fab time presenting a flash talk at #microbio25 in the urogenital microbes session this afternoon. If you love a good biofilm or polymicrobial communities and want to find out more, I'd love to chat at my poster tomorrow - B086 👩🏼‍🏫 @microbiologysociety.org
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Louise Flanagan @flanagella.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Excited to be presenting work from the Gifford Lab at #microbio25 on testing the effectiveness of combination therapy in E. coli in limiting antibiotic resistance spread 🦠🧫🧪 Come talk to me at poster A142 today!
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Matthew J Shepherd @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Looking forward to speaking in the AMR mechanisms and regulation session at #Microbio25 today. I'll be speaking right after @brockhurstlab.bsky.social who will discuss our within-patient resistance evolution project, and I'll outline some measures we can take against resistance evolution in-host
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Aleksei Agapov @alekseiagapov.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Super proud of @megllewellyn.bsky.social presenting her first ever poster at #Microbio25 today. Don't miss it!
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Aleksei Agapov @alekseiagapov.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Presenting a poster at #Microbio25 today/tomorrow. Come for a chat about defence hotspots in Pseudomonas phage!
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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 25/03/2025
As a not-for-profit, the Microbiology Society has invested in research for 80 years. By publishing with us, you help ensure the continued success and development of the microbiology community. Publish with us - microb.io/Publishing-f...
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Tiffany Taylor @taylorlabgroup.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Having a great time @vaam-microbes.bsky.social. Wonderful to catch up with friend @gebhardlab.bsky.social (thanks for the invite) and opening for the Evolution of Regulation session was a thrill.
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Working part-time in #academia can be a means for some to enhance well-being, inclusivity, and career sustainability. Here, six researchers call for systemic changes to better support flexible working arrangements. #AcademicSky
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