Thanks to Nihal Bandara and Becky Hall for helping our PhD student cross the finish line, and to Huan Jiang for being such a pleasure to supervise!

A 5500-year-old Treponema pallidum genome from Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia Treponematosis, a bacterial infection caused by Treponema pallidum subspecies and T. carateum (yaws, bejel, syphilis, pinta), has afflicted humans for millennia. Despite paleopathological evidence and...

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Identification of a 5500-year-old Treponema genome from human remains recovered in Colombia uncovers a new subspecies of Treponema pallidum, the cause of syphilis, and provides insights into its evolutionary history. @science.org

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Festive fun with the Oral Micro group @bristoluni.bsky.social

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Our FREE PhD #biosicence Taster Summer School🙌

Try out a 3wk SELF-PACED mini-PhD #datascience project

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Job alert 🦠🧪: We are looking for a postdoc (and PhD candidate!) to join our team at UCLouvain/de Duve institute in Brussels, Belgium. You will work on our ERC Starting Grant project aimed at characterizing cell cycle regulation in S. pneumoniae. More information here: dewachterlab.com/join-us/.

No-one’s going home hungry this afternoon from the Oral Microbiology group (or staying awake)!

📢@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social are seeking an Associate Professor or #Professor with experience in the #biology and mechanisms of microbial #biofilms to contribute to enhancing NBIC’s reputation as a pioneering centre for #biofilm research and #innovation

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Amazing Valentine vibes amongst the Oral Micro group today! ❤️

The sugar catchers: computational design of carbohydrate-binding proteins as novel antimicrobial agents at Cardiff University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - The sugar catchers: computational design of carbohydrate-binding proteins as novel antimicrobial agents at Cardiff University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Exciting, fully-funded PhD opportunity aimed at turning biofilms as weapons against bacteria in the fight to combat antimicrobial resistance. Don’t miss out! bit.ly/40HYabo

Nottingham Trent University Vacancy Research Fellow Microbiology - NBIC Nottingham Trent University are inviting applications for a Research Fellow in Microbiology to join their industry-linked research project.

📌Nottingham Trent University are seeking a #Research Fellow in #Microbiology to join their NBIC-funded project to develop an antimicrobial coating for plastics that reduces the prevalence of #microbial plant pathogens within #greenhouse settings.

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Description Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

📣Research Technician job alert! Needed to support our #iSpyLIFE field work and #strep biobanking. www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation - Nature Microbiology Peptidoglycan released by neighbouring kin or non-kin cell lysis induces physiological changes that protect from a range of stresses, including phage predation.

OUT NOW: Bacteria use exogenous peptidoglycan as a danger signal to trigger biofilm formation

by Knut Drescher & co

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social are seeking an Associate Professor or #Professor with experience in the #biology and mechanisms of microbial #biofilms to contribute to enhancing NBIC’s reputation as a pioneering centre for #biofilm research and #innovation

Apply by 28 Feb 2025➡️ tinyurl.com/mr756rap

The festivities reach their peak in the Oral Micro group!

The first of the Oral Micro group festivities is underway…!

Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage: ‘Synbiotics’ comprising flavonoids and probiotics as a promising novel st... PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage: ‘Synbiotics’ comprising flavonoids and probiotics as a prom...

Fully funded PhD led by Nihal Bandara for applicants from UK Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage on novel strategies to combat oral polymicrobial biofilm infections. Come and join the team! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...