π Blog! This #BiofilmsWeek we catch up with Dr Heather Felgate to discover how studying the biofilms of Shewanella oneidensis and Geobacter sulfurreducens bacteria could help clean up metals from wastewater π¦
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π We're part of a major new project aiming to understand exactly what makes some bacteria resistant to antibiotics.
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Heroic work by @bluebirdsjunk.bsky.social in pulling this mammoth study together
'Staphylococcus haemolyticus Population Genomics Provides Insights into Pathogenicity and Commensalism'
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How do preservatives actually protect us from food-borne infections?
Mark Webber of @quadraminstitute.bsky.social takes us behind the scenes of their #Microbiology paper on the effects of common preservatives on Salmonella and how insights can help find healthier alternatives microb.io/4hMVhyc
Thank you to the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social microscopy team for their help with this work!
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The image was taken using the Deltavision Elite microscope with widefield and phase contrast microscopy on a 10X objective, then altered using FIJI. Changes were made to the LUT, as well as brightness and contrast.
This image shows a biofilm formed by a curli deficient Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain, stained with Ebbabiolight 680 optotracer.
Did you know? Marine bacteria such as Vibrio fischeri can form bioluminescent biofilms. These bacteria can form symbiotic relationships with hosts like the Hawaiian bobtail squid, and the glow can help camouflage the squid from its prey!
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Thank you to the @quadraminstitute.bsky.social microscopy team for all their help and guidance with this work!
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The image was taken using the Deltavision Elite microscope with widefield and phase contrast microscopy on a 10X objective, then altered using FIJI. Changes were made to the LUT, as well as brightness and contrast.
This image shows a Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium biofilm stained with Ebbabiolight 680 optotracer.
Did you know? Not all biofilms are bad. Biofilms actually play important roles in wastewater treatment, bioremediation and even producing electricity in microbial fuel cells!
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My PhD project is part of the @nrpdtp.bsky.social funded by @ukri.org
I gave a talk on how I used traDIS to investigate the important genes for plasmid acceptance in bacteria. I was also very grateful to be awarded runner up for best oral presentation alongside @gabastorga.bsky.social π
Last week I attended the ECR symposium on Microbial Genomics jointly organised by @microbesng.bsky.social, @norwichmicro.bsky.social and Get Genome.
I had the wonderful opportunity to present some of my PhD work @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
Lovely talk from @hoyuliu.bsky.social explaining how energy production & membrane proteins affect plasmid acceptance during conjugation ππ§¬
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Promotional poster for the "Norwich Pop Up" event featuring Ho Yu Liu from the Quadram Institute as a speaker. The title of her talk is: βExploring the essential genes for plasmid acceptance in E. coli and S. Typhimurium.β The poster includes a smiling photo of Ho Yu wearing glasses and a grey top. Behind her is an aerial view of the Norwich Research Park. Logos for "microbesNG PopUp ," the Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are displayed at the top left. A bold vertical pink text reads "SPEAKER" on the right side. The event is on 3 July at the John Innes Conference Centre. A registration link is provided: linktr.ee/microbesng.
π¦ 𧬠How do bacteria accept resistance genes? Register for #MNGPopUp to find out!
@hoyuliu.bsky.social reveals genes that impact plasmid acceptance during conjugationβπ to stop spread of #AMR
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July 3 | πNorwich
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Had a lovely time at @biofilms11 in Cardiff last week! Thank you to all who came and had a catch about my PhD work which is funded by @ukri.org BBSRC.
Take a look at the blog the comms team has put together where we chat more about the experience
Had a great time last week @escmid.bsky.social #escmidglobal2025 where I also had the opportunity to present some of my PhD work @quadraminstitute.bsky.social funded by @ukri.org
Thank you to everyone who came to chat about my work! ππ
Excited to be @escmid.bsky.social #escmidglobal2025 this week!
I'll be giving a talk on Tuesday morning about some of my PhD work @ukri.org @quadraminstitute.bsky.social on looking at the genes important for conjugation in bacteria π§«
Please come chat about AMR, plasmids or biofilms with me π
Thank you! πβ€οΈ
I had a lovely time at the @norwichmicro.bsky.social #CMINorwich25 conference last week.
I feel very lucky to be awarded the @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social people's choice runner up. Thank you to everyone who came to chat about my PhD #bbsrc and congratulations to all the other prize winners!
We don't have any papers on conjugation inhibitors just yet as most of my work has been focused on identifying what we might be able to target. But perhaps once we have that information, then inhibitors that act on those targets could be explored. Hope that helps!
Hi Craig! Sorry for the last reply - only just been catching up with bluesky today. I really enjoyed your talk on Thursday!
Super grateful to have had the opportunity to talk about some of my PhD work at the BSAC #ARMworkshops2024 yesterday! Thanks to everyone for the interest in my work - hopefully more exciting things to come from all this! π
ECR talks at BSAC AMR! First, @hoyuliu.bsky.social is using tradis to find genes essential for plasmid acceptance in E. coli. Many fundamental metabolic genes- but also efflux pumps may affect plasmid uptake & stability via impact on OM structure. Lovely, important fundamental microbiology #MicroSky