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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Congratulations on this amazing work! By any chance does this Sukuna-clade have anything to do with the Jujutsu Kaisen character name? 🫡 If so, fantastic nomenclature haha 🎉

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Had a wonderful opportunity last week to present my research to the wider Biosciences community at the Year 3 Postgraduate symposium. It was very interesting to see the breadth of research taking place by my peers in different Biosciences research clusters. @sheffielduni.bsky.social

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Many thanks to Medical Research Council DiMeN and GenerationResearch for sponsoring such amazing initiatives. I am sure this will go a long way in paving the path for future careers in academia.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Quite a lot of work was performed in the course of the 9-weeks and it has been a very productive summer internship. I highly recommend supervisors to apply to the GenerationResearch summer internship scheme for the next intake!

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We performed host ranging of our bacteriophage collection, along with some phage isolation from sewage, TEM imaging, and some growth curve data showcasing substrate binding specificity of our phages.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Supervising Theo Wells during the 9-week placement in our lab at The University of Sheffield was a delight.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A very high level of science being communicated via talks and posters by undergraduates is something I was privileged to be a part of, as a supervisor to one of the many talents!

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A wonderful time at the Generation Research symposium 2026, where we got to witness a wide breadth of interesting science happening across institutions, as performed by summer placement students.

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Alexander Harms @aharms485.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The tradition of naming phage systems after ancient deities has the side effect that one cannot evade them even outside of microbiology journals... 🧬🛡☕️

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Hoping to take these learnings and translate them into my PhD research and future work. Until next time VoM! #vom2026 #phages @isvm-society.bsky.social

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Kudos to the Sheffield phage team Elspeth Smith George Allen Finn O’Dea Graham Stafford Stephane Mesnage Shoutout to JAFRAL Biosolutions for presenting me with Slovenian wine from their lucky draw!

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I am glad to have presented my research on substrate binding specificity of Enterococcal phages. Lots of thought-provoking discussions were had, collaborations established, and ideas that will be carried forward towards my project. Particularly on phage engineering.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It has been an enriching week of bacteriophage based talks, posters and discussions at Viruses of Microbes 2026. This 5-day conference gave me a lot to think about, both in the context of my current PhD project, as well as the future of this field (which is looking very bright quite frankly!).

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I really appreciate your feedback and the ideas you gave on my PhD that aims to answer phage specificity interactions with the enterococcal cell wall @aharms485.bsky.social

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

This conference is particularly useful for PhD students and other early career researchers to expose themselves to a variety of disciplines in microbiology. Looking forward to attend this annual conference next year! #Microbio26 @microbiologysociety.org

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I particularly enjoyed the talk presented by Prof. @aharms485.bsky.social on his research on viral dark matter. Having presented my research on Enterococcal cell surface recognition by phages, I got a lot of useful feedback from many researchers within, and outside the field.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Had a wonderful time at Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2026 held in Belfast this year. It was eye opening to interact with researchers from a variety of disciplines. Lots of talks on cancer biology, Eukaryotic viruses, AMR, implementation of AI in drug discovery and phage biology.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Link to the project I am advertising on Bacteriophage characterisation and genetic engineering: generationresearch.ac.uk/summer-place...

generationresearch.ac.uk

Generation Research

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

GenerationResearch Summer placement opportunities, Applications open now! 6-12 weeks fully paid placements available for students at the University of York and across Yorkshire, Humberside, and Teesside (please check the projects for eligibility criteria)

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I am looking forward to presenting my work next year once again, hopefully with even more data and exciting research to share. This research has been funded by @ukri.org Medical Research Council DiMeN DTP and @sheffielduni.bsky.social #NEPG2025 #conference #phages

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This lovely student-led conference was hosted by #NEPG2025 Conference at Newcastle, where I got to meet a lot of peers and build various connections during my time there.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Grateful to have been given the opportunity to present my research on how Enterococcal Polysaccharide Antigen (EPA) plays an essential role in phage surface recognition on the Enterococcal cell surface envelope.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Thank you Prof Darren Smith for organising this conference on a yearly basis! It is an incredible platform for early career researchers to share their work and get useful feedback from world renowned experts. Until next year! @VirusOfMicrobes VoM-UK

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Found a lot of use through phage genomics workshop hosted by @milja001.bsky.social and it was great learning so much from his genomic pipelines. Lots to learn for me in this field, and very complimentary to my work done in the labs (and scraping alpaca poop for phage isolations!)

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

The discussions after both my oral and poster presentations were friendly and thought-provoking. I gained incredible inspiration from the work being done by Mikael Skurnik and our discussions after the talk.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I’m very glad to have presented my work on the role of Enterococcal Polysaccharide Antigen (EPA) as a cell surface recognition epitope for Enterococcal phages at Viruses of Microbes (VoM) UK conference this past week.

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Krishna Sanjay Chellappa @theks2k.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Could you also please add me! Thanks James

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