📣 Our Industrial Challenge Response #Fund call is now live.
🧫 We are seeking high-quality, collaborative project proposals from organisations with the expertise to investigate and exploit areas where #biofilms play a central role.
⏰ Apply by 5pm on 26 May 2026 ➡️ tinyurl.com/3xxz2htc
#MicroSky
🚀 Applications open: Biofilms ICURe Discover! (June 2026)
ℹ️ An 8-week, part-time online market discovery programme focused on #biofilms and #microbiomes
💡Includes up to £2,500 support, lean startup training & commercialisation insights
⏰ Apply by 8 May 2026: tinyurl.com/43k7ubhz
@ukri.org
🚀 Our NBIC Flexible #Talent Mobility Account #funding supports secondments and activities that contribute to the development of researchers and technical staff in industry and academia.
💡Find out more and apply ➡️ tinyurl.com/ypc7n938
#biofilms #biofilm #FTMA #microsky @ukri.org
🔎Explore the amazing world of #microbes with NBIC & EBIC at @unisouthampton.bsky.social's #SOTSEF on 14 March!
🏢 Visit us: L4/B100
🧱 Build a LEGO biofilm
🧬 Modify bacterial DNA to clean up pollutants
👾 Play our Pac-Man-inspired pollution maze
🎨 See biofilm-inspired art & living microbes
#Biofilms
🗓️ 22 April 2026 - Join our half-day workshop 'Biofilm Breakthroughs: Partnering for next-generation biofilm control' at our NBIC University of Nottingham Hub.
💡Partner with researchers on next-gen biofilm control for HealthTech ➡️ tinyurl.com/mebn7c2t
#MicroSky #BlueSky
📢 We’re proud to support the International Conference on #Biofilms and #Microbiomes - 20 May 2026, Cardiff.
🔬Hosted by Cardiff University and funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social , with support from @amiposts.bsky.social and PCR Biosystems.
Register by 25 March 👉 tinyurl.com/487kprhn #MicroSky
People smiling holding certificates.
Super awards ceremony today, celebrating outstanding #scicomm & Physics public engagement in Edinburgh. Congrats @astr0mia.bsky.social, Ellie Bishop, Miquel Nebot-Guinot & Cheryl Patrick with honourable mentions for @eucliduk.bsky.social @ukbiofilms.bsky.social 🥳
ℹ️: www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/2026/ce...
🚀 Our NBIC Flexible #Talent Mobility Account #funding supports secondments and activities that contribute to the development of researchers and technical staff in industry and academia.
💡Find out more and apply ➡️ tinyurl.com/ypc7n938
#biofilms #biofilm #FTMA #microsky @ukri.org
👩🏽🔬On the International Day of Women & Girls in Science, we're celebrating the women in our community driving innovation in biofilms and #AMR
📖 Our #BeyondtheBiofilm series shares their journeys, impact and commitment to #EDI in research
Take a look ➡️ tinyurl.com/4r8v8uj7
#MicroSky #WomenInScience
👩🏻🔬Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science!
We’re celebrating three inspiring women advancing #microbiology - Samantha McLean, @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social & @sawilks.bsky.social - sharing their journeys & advice
Read more tinyurl.com/yc74vps7
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #MicroSky
The University of Reading has joined the National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC)'s consortium of research institutions and businesses, dedicated to shaping the future of biofilm science and delivering lasting impact for industry and society.
https://rdg.ac/4aXaviR
🚀 At the National Biofilms Innovation Centre, we are proud to mark another major milestone: the completion of our sixth accession round, bringing 10 new UK universities and research institutions into our growing community.
👉 Find out more at biofilms.ac.uk
#MicroSky #Biofilm #Biofilms
🔬Our #WomenInScience: Building #Careers, Shaping Futures event brought together leading academic and industry experts who shared their career journeys, the challenges they’ve navigated & practical advice on progressing in #science.
🍿Watch the recording ➡️ tinyurl.com/46v363ba #MicroSky
📌Join the UK National #Measurement Laboratory and the National Physical Laboratory on 8 Dec 2025 for a free online “Fundamentals of #Metrology” course
📈Ideal for anyone working in #biofilm analysis/control wanting better measurement quality/reliability
Find out more➡️ tinyurl.com/49a7j5nr #MicroSky
On the left, the wild-type bacterium Salmonella enterica strain forms an initial, unstructured biofilm that looks like a shade of blue. As genetic changes ripple through the population, we see a more structured, resilient, and visually distinct biofilm pattern on the right that looks like a web of blue on a white background.
What does a biofilm look like? 🧫
Dr Eleftheria Trampari's photo, titled "Making waves", recently won 3rd prize at the Biofilm Create! Competition 🥉
📸 Zeiss AxioZoom V16 with support from the Advanced Microscopy team
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💡 Want to be the first to hear about #biofilm #innovation?
📫 Sign up to our monthly newsletter and hear about the latest news updates, publications, events, #funding and industry opportunities!
✔️ Sign up at biofilms.ac.uk
#biofilms #research #AMR #MicroSky
A network of literature terms, there are four distinct clusters, lilac: drug effects, blue: genomics/proteomics, orange: water treatment, green: factors like temperature
100 Literature terms from a pubmed search of Biofilm from the last three years @ukbiofilms.bsky.social
🧫It’s #BiofilmWeek 2025!
✨ Head over to our LinkedIn and Instagram for new content released throughout the week - showcasing the science and innovation driving the biofilm community.
💬 LinkedIn tinyurl.com/3xx2b2dy
💬 Instagram instagram.com/ukbiofilms
👉 biofilms.ac.uk/biofilmweek #WAAW #MicroSky
🆕 In collaboration with the Biofilm Alliance and @ukbiofilms.bsky.social , the UK Food Safety Research Network #UKFRSN have published a workshop report on Biofilm Methodologies and Food Sector Regulation 🧪
📢 #PhD Opportunity @unisouthampton.bsky.social on Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion & Marine Fouling 🌊
Join an interdisciplinary team tackling #biofilm -driven corrosion with cutting-edge genomic, electrochemical & imaging tools
⏰ Apply by 28 Nov 2025 tinyurl.com/yat9j59p
#Biofilms #MicroSky
✨ The NBIC Innovation Voucher Scheme at the University of Edinburgh is live!
🚀 Academic-industry partners can apply for up to £10,000 to support projects aligned with NBIC’s strategic themes to Prevent, Detect, Manage and Engineer #biofilms
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/wh7prb4s #funding #MicroSky
🚀 Our NBIC Flexible #Talent Mobility Account #funding supports secondments and activities that contribute to the development of researchers and technical staff in industry and academia.
💡Find out more and apply ➡️ tinyurl.com/ypc7n938
#biofilms #biofilm #STEMCareer #MicroSky @ukri.org
📢 Applications are open for a #PhD fellowship in Catalytic DNA in #Biofilms at Graduate School of Natural Sciences, @au.dk, Denmark - within the Nanoscience programme.
⏰ Apply by 1 November 2025.
Find out more ➡️ tinyurl.com/yzny7dzv
#MicroSky #biofilm
🧫 #BiofilmWeek will take place from 18-24 November, alongside #WAAW!
🔬Showcase your #research, technology or #innovation in #biofilms.
📱Download branded social media templates and get involved.
➡️ biofilms.ac.uk/biofilmweek
#MicroSky #biofilm #AMR #BiofilmAware
I'm delighted to share that I have joined the School of Biological Sciences at @unisouthampton.bsky.social as Professor in Microbial Biofilms. I'm very excited about this next step in my academic journey and the opportunity to work more closely with all the great scientists at Southampton and
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!
@ukbiofilms.bsky.social
#BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware
Sharing a beautiful photomicrograph of Trichormus variabilis, a nitrogen-fixing biofilm-forming cyanobacterium with long tangled filaments.🌀
Those eye-like structures made me feel "observed", a fun sort-of revenge from the microbial world.😯
#BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware @ukbiofilms.bsky.social
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!
@ukbiofilms.bsky.social
#BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware
✨Last chance to submit to our #BiofilmCreate #competition, which closes tomorrow (17 October 2025)!
🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in photography/art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms
🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories
🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create
#scicomm #AMR #MicroSky #biofilm
📢 Join us on Tuesday 25 November 2025 for our first online #WomenInScience: Building Careers, Shaping Futures event – a dynamic series celebrating and amplifying the voices of women making significant contributions in the #biofilm community.
Sign up 👉 tinyurl.com/yzev7etk #biofilms #AMR #MicroSky