Maggie Smith
@factor50.bsky.social
Retired Professor of Microbiology in the UK. Love bacteriophages, Streptomyces, fun, outdoors, culture and politics.
Professor in Bacteriophage Biology & Evolution at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Closing date 1 October, with an expected start date no earlier than January 1, 2027, and a salary within the range of $200,000 to $270,000 per year. For details: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfac...
Tim Blower and I are guest editing a Biochemical Journal @biochemsoc.bsky.social themed collection on: The Prokaryotic Immune System It's now open for research submissions and we'd welcome submission of research and review articles. More info: portlandpress.com/biochemj/pag...
Professor Colin Kleanthous FMedSci FRS is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is a biochemist whose work has fundamentally changed our understanding of the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria. #RSFellows https://royalsociety.org/people/colin-kleanthous-38107/
Dear PhD students and postdocs — we want to hear about your science firsthand at our annual Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium @johninnescentre.bsky.social (UK) this September. For more information and to apply: www.jic.ac.uk/event/early-...
Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium 2026 | John Innes Centre
The Department of Molecular Microbiology is organising a one and a half day Early- Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium. The symposium will be held from Tuesday 22nd – Wednesday 23rd September 2026.
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A great lab to study in - PhD student hopefuls apply now!!
Michael Brockhurst@brockhurstlab.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe have a PhD studentship available to develop genome safeguarding technologies for synthetic phage therapeutics www.findaphd.com/phds/project... It is part of an exciting new @officialuom.bsky.social PhD by Enterprise programme www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/resear...
Come and study for a PhD with us on antibiotic-producing Streptomyces, trying to understand the roles of primary metabolic enzymes with additional cellular roles - Details below - please repost www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Primary metabolic enzymes in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces bacteria, but not as we know them! at University of Strathclyde on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Primary metabolic enzymes in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces bacteria, but not as we know them! at University of Strathclyde, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Just listened to this excellent podcast with @paulhoskisson.bsky.social Paul is such a great communicator and so articulate. Made a motorway drive (with hold ups) ALOT more pleasurable. Thanks. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...
Matters Microbial #125: Antibiotics, Streptomyces and Evolution
Podcast Episode · Matters Microbial · 15 March · 1h 10m
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📢 Funded PhD in molecular microbiology & phage biology How do bacterial stress responses control prophage activation and horizontal gene transfer? Join us at St Andrews to dissect Clp protease–mediated regulation in Staphylococcus aureus. Apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Protease-Controlled Prophage Activation in Staphylococcus aureus: New Mechanisms Driving Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Protease-Controlled Prophage Activation in Staphylococcus aureus: New Mechanisms Driving Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence at University of St Andrews, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Looking forward to hearing this
Mark O. Martin@markowenmartin.bsky.social · 6mo agoFriday was a great day to record my #MattersMicrobial podcast. I had the best time chatting with Dr. Paul Hoskisson about Streptomyces, antibiotics, and evolution. It will be available in two weeks or so. Remember, I am now recording podcasts every other week. @paulhoskisson.bsky.social
Streptomyces and other actinos are really fascinating bacteria. Always something new to discover.
ActinoBase@actinobase.bsky.social · 6mo agoIf anyone is interested in working on these bacteria @johninnescentre.bsky.social has protocols, strains, plasmids and a genome database available here: streptomyces.org.uk
TONIGHT!! 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
Chris Addison@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 6mo agoTomorrow! At the Wiltshire Music Centre. Me and m’pals with 400 years of music in about two hours. Amazing musicians! Wonderful pieces! A waffling idiot! A show for noobs and lifers alike. Come and have a squizz. youtu.be/BJPcEy2V-oM
📢 New plant science textbook Staff and alumni from our institute and @thesainsburylab.bsky.social have recently published Essential Plant Biology, a new textbook presenting current and comprehensive knowledge of plant biology 🌱
Our latest CRISPR ring nuclease paper focusses on Csx15 - which seems to act as of a sponge as well as a canonical phosphodiesterase. Great work led by @haotianchi.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Catch this if you can! Highly recommended.
Chris Addison@mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 7mo agoRight, you. Me and my Ensemble 360 pals are coming to the Wiltshire Music Centre on 14th February to do our 'Incomplete Guide To Chamber Music'. It's for newbies and lifers alike. A breakneck canter through some absolute bangers. Plus this idiot, waffling. www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/event/music-...
Here's just a few about the middle ages... fakehistoryhunter.net/2019/09/10/m...
Medieval Myths Bingo
There is so much “fake history” going around about the Medieval Era that I decided to write this article and create this; There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about “The…
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Manchester Institute of Biotechnology is looking for a new Professor. There are a few priority areas including microbial engineering (broadly defined, from pathways to cells to microbiomes). Closing 12 Jan. Join us in the best city in the UK 😜 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Professorial Appointment within the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology:Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
Applications are invited for a professorial appointment to be based in the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB) at the University of Manchester (UoM). The successful candidate will join a dynamic research environment at an exciting time and will help shape the institute research priorities and national/international profile. We are open to high quality applications from across the broad engineering biology and biotechnology landscape. Specific areas of interest include but are not limited to chemical biology of disease related proteins, natural product biosynthesis and enzyme discovery; structural biology and mechanistic enzymology; and microbial engineering.
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So happy to see Mark recognised for his incredible work. Over a ~40 year career he and his group discovered ECF sigma factors, characterised many key developmental regulators of the Streptomyces lifecycle, and identified new mechanisms of bacterial gene regulation, antibiotic action and resistance.
John Innes Centre@johninnescentre.bsky.social · 9mo agoNEWS - Professor Mark Buttner receives Marjory Stephenson Prize 2026 Professor Buttner, one of our Emeritus Fellows, has received the @microbiologysociety.org Marjory Stephenson Prize for 2026. Congratulations Mark! 👏 Read about his exceptional research and career: www.jic.ac.uk/news/profess...
Highlights from our recent participation! Members of the Multi-Defence Consortium presented both talks and posters on phage defence systems — showcasing exciting progress across the field. Great discussions, great science, and we’re excited to share more soon! #MicroEvo25
Congratulations to all the Microbiology Society Prize winners!
Microbiology Society@microbiologysociety.org · 9mo agoThe Microbiology Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2026 Prizes! The winners will be awarded and deliver Prize Lectures at Annual Conference 2026 in Belfast from 13–16 April. Find out more about it: microb.io/PrizeWinners.... Meet the winners below. #Microbio26
Exciting news! I have two positions open in my lab at the UoManchester: one PDRA and one Research Tech. Join our team to study evolutionary mycology and help us understand antifungal resistance in fungal pathogens. A fantastic opportunity to join the brilliant Manchester Fungal Infection Group!
#microsky #phagesky Mycobacterium #phage review by Graham Hatfull covering the state of the art www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
All the world’s a phage | PNAS
A renewed interest in bacteriophages has emerged from the explosive discovery of the complex pan-immune bacterial defense system and a revival of t...
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R.I.P Hamilton Smith, 1978 Nobel Laureate for the discovery of type II restriction-modification systems (HindII).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #phagesky on BREX #phage defence
Expanding the Landscape of BREX Diversity: Uncovering Multi-Layered Functional Frameworks and Identification of Novel BREX-Related Defense Systems
Despite extensive scrutiny of BREX systems, several overarching questions persist regarding the functional modalities of individual components and the collective mechanistic framework underlying their...
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TONIGHT! Come along if you’re within reach of Sheffield and/or on a mercy dash from the south to get some Hendo’s. This is going to be fab. I’m (a) super excited; (b) on my way! musicintheround.co.uk/events/chris...
CHRIS ADDISON'S INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO CHAMBER MUSIC
CHRIS ADDISON'S INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO CHAMBER MUSIC - Music in the Round %
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Thanks Sheffield, that was a super fun evening!
