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Vicki Orr @vickiorr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Thanks! We haven't done any formal conjugation screens of these plasmids beyond Pseudomonas but it would be useful to test!

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ellieevolves.bsky.social @ellieevolves.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Made it onto bluesky at long last! And with a new review to boot with Solomon Garland, @vickiorr.bsky.social and @jpjhall.bsky.social. Invasive plasmids as ecosystem engineers—from mechanism to application portlandpress.com/essaysbioche... #plasmids

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bioRxivpreprint @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The pQBR mercury resistance plasmids: a model set of sympatric environmental mobile genetic elements www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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bioRxiv Microbiology @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The pQBR mercury resistance plasmids: a model set of sympatric environmental mobile genetic elements www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Vicki Orr @vickiorr.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Thank you Microbial Genomics and @microbiologysociety.org for the poster prize! Made my day! 😊🦠#microbio26

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ravindra-raut.bsky.social @ravindra-raut.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

🧬Happy Transposon Day! 🎉Each year on the 16th of June we commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable element research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992). #TransposonDay2025 #MobileDNAjournal

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Vicki Orr @vickiorr.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

PhD viva passed!!! 🥳 🍻 Thank you to Liam Shaw and Stephen Cornell for assessing and for a very enjoyable discussion! Thank you to @jpjhall.bsky.social, Ellie Harrison and Calvin Dytham for being an amazing supervisory team throughout my PhD 😁

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MGE Workshop @mgeworkshop.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

We are pleased to announce that registration for 3rd MGE Workshop is now live! If you are interested in giving a talk please register online through our website by Friday 16th May. We look forward to seeing you all in Southampton in June! www.ukmgeworkshop.org

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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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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · 04/04/2025

Congratulations to the Poster Prize Winners at #Microbio25 Poster Block B: - JMM poster prize winner: Jessica Lester - JMM poster prize winner: Sami-Jo Terry - JGV poster prize winner: Kelly Roper - Mic prize: Victoria Orr, University of Liverpool @vickiorr.bsky.social

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Vicki Orr @vickiorr.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Excited to be presenting today at #Microbio25! I have a poster at 075 and a flash talk in the Microbial Warfare session focused on the results of my thesis. Happy to chat about plasmid and transposon interactions! @microbiologysociety.org🦠🧬

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Vicki Orr @vickiorr.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Excited to be at #ISPB2024! I'll be at poster P2-19 during the poster session on Thursday afternoon! 😁🦠🧫🔬

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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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Vicki Orr @vickiorr.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

Excited to be back! Great talks so far and it's only just begun! I have a poster in Block B (B085), looking forward to it! #MicroBio24

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