Catabolism of serine enantiomers represses enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli virulence factors via modulation of the nitrogen stress response | PNAS Attaching and effacing pathogens, including enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), colonize their preferred intestinal niche by sensing diverse...

Delighted to share our latest research on EHEC type 3 secretion regulation through amino acid deamination. Big collaborative effort over several years. Thanks to all our co-authors and funders. 📄 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Early bird registration for VTEC 2026 ends this Friday (February 27th). Please share with your networks and consider registering for this great One-health conference covering all topics VTEC related, taking place in Aberdeen on the 10-13th of May.

Excited to share our new study! Great fun working again with my good friend @stephenrgarrett.bsky.social — always a highlight! Huge thanks to fantastic co-authors @samkaytucker.bsky.social, @drandyjroe.bsky.social and our star technician Vojtech Pavelka. academic.oup.com/nargab/artic...

Microbial metal-head: the integrated roles of metal homeostasis in host-pathogen interaction at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Microbial metal-head: the integrated roles of metal homeostasis in host-pathogen interaction at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD position available in our team to study how UPEC exploits metals to successfully colonise the host gut. Cool collaboration with @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and @banzhaflab.bsky.social Please share and get in touch for more details

Exploiting the bacterial DNA damage response as an alternative antimicrobial at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Exploiting the bacterial DNA damage response as an alternative antimicrobial at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

E. coli is the leading bacterium causing death from AMR infections worldwide. If you'd like to explore approaches to exploit the DNA damage response as alternative antimicrobial, please apply to the following PhD studentship available in my lab starting October 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Academia is cool because if you're doing it right, every paper you published in the last 3 years feels inadequate now that you understand the topic better, but it'll take 3 years to get out the version where you get it more right, and you get to do that until one day you die! Isn't that cool

£9 million investment fuels groundbreaking bioscience research | Innovate UK From unlocking the secrets of animal movement to tackling antimicrobial resistance, UK’s brightest bioscience minds are pushing the boundaries of innovation.

UK’s BBSRC has awarded £9M to support 19 early-career researchers tackling major challenges in health, agriculture, and technology. Projects include innovative approaches to #AMR, gut microbiome therapies, crop resilience, and nature-inspired engineering solutions.
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🚨WE’RE HIRING!🚨 A Research Technician (2y) to join our team & work on exciting projects in bacterial evolution & gene regulation. Come join our growing, supportive Bacteriology Dept @uofglasgow.bsky.social ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #MicroBio25 #microsky @microbiologysociety.org Apply by 30th April: tinyurl.com/2z9z9kse

New paper from the group - here we show that aurodox prevents shiga toxin mediated damage in a murine model. Interesting changes to the microbiota too. Amazing work by @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social and the group.

Paper here- rdcu.be/efW0K

Postdoctoral research fellow with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of bacteriophage-host interactions Description of the Workplace In the Atkinson lab we are interested in making discoveries about protein function and structure, with a focus on bacterial immune system components that protect against b

Please spread the word! We have an opening in the Atkinson lab for a post-doc with a focus on the molecular mechanisms of microbial immune systems. Can be a fully computational or experimental or hybrid project.

Read more and apply here:
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#phage #bioinformatics

‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.

‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel

In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.
#AcademicSky

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A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science | Skeptical Inquirer Over the past decade, many of us in the scientific community have come to appreciate the existential threat we face today—a threat unlike any we’ve witnesse ...

“a well-organized, financed, politically motivated, and steadily globalizing campaign of disinformation & attacks against science that makes it difficult to mount an effective global response to the climate & pandemic threats”

@michaelemann.bsky.social & Hotez

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Here’s Newhaven harbour, on a less windy/rainy night !

More time to think is the key parameter every researcher seems to crave for.

This is a catastrophe. While Finland has downgraded the MDPI and Frontiers journals to level 0 (meaning these publications are not recognized for research evaluation purposes), Germany has signed an agreement to promote publications in MDPI journals.

This is just “wow”! Blown away by this paper. 🤯

This was the simple and, IMHO, brilliant, solution. Mandated immediate open access, no need for the ridiculous surcharges imposed by the "elite" journals! Thank you NIH!

The Silent Pandemic of Antifungal Resistance As the world grapples with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, another insidious threat looms large: drug-resistant fungi.

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IT'S OFFICIAL! From today, @plos.org and its journals are no longer posting on Twitter/X. If you want to carry on hearing about great science in our journal, follow @plosbiology.org on Bluesky here: bsky.app/profile/plos...

Four Xmas cards titled "I'm dreaming of an igm Christmas", "the Phage in-festive cycle", "the snowman microbiome" and "the festive fungus"

Hi everyone! For my new followers, I'm a Bioinformatics PhD student (UK) who also runs a science art shop where I make stickers and jewellery!

My most recent creation is festive microbial cards ❄️
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Last week I showed to MSc students this iconic movie of a #leukocyte chasing a #bacteria, just wait...

Version taken from a 16 mm video made by David Elliot Rogers @VanderbiltU in the 1950s !

(as @mag2art.bsky.social says "the Citizen Kane of #Microscopy)
#CellMigration @focalplane.bsky.social

Much appreciated! This works great 👍

Damn, didn’t even notice there weren’t any bookmarks ! 🔖. Hopefully they will tweak it over time.

thanks Al. I’m still figuring out the platform, like you can’t edit posts (nightmare for typos) and posts don’t seem to be much traction. Oh well.

Almost to 50 likes! 😊

Well done Mark!

There is no brain microbiome 🧪

Excellent letter by @mjpallen.bsky.social @pathogenomenick.bsky.social @faecalmatters.bsky.social

Cartoon showing how aurodox can inhibit multiple gram negative pathogens. Image by Iris Floria

New paper from the group. Very proud to share our recent work for the first time here on Bluesky- give me 50 likes and it’s a permanent move!🤣.

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Absolutely fantastic news.

Congratulations! Images are amazing- live cell imaging is so much more challenging than most peeps imagine.