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Georgia Isom@georgiaisom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Interested in joining our group in Oxford? We are looking for a PDRA with single particle Cryo-EM experience to help us figure out how sphingolipids are transported to the cell surface of Gram-negative bacteria. The deadline is 31st July. Informal enquires are welcome. Please share!

Congratulations to the Dunn School PIs who recently secured @wellcometrust.bsky.social Discovery Awards! - Sumana Sanyal - @mjafreeman.bsky.social - @georgiaisom.bsky.social - Kevin Foster www.path.ox.ac.uk/news-article...

Funding success for Dunn School PIs - Dunn School

Congratulations to Sumana Sanyal, Matthew Freeman, Georgia Isom and Kevin Foster for securing prestigious Wellcome Trust Discovery Awards.

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Fantastic Prokaryotic Cell Biologists and where to find them! A truly lovely set of researchers, making huge progress and discoveries in their field. We hope you've all enjoyed the first 2 days, with plenty more to come. #ProkaryoticCellBio

Interested in joining our group in Oxford? We are looking for a PDRA with single particle Cryo-EM experience to help us figure out how sphingolipids are transported to the cell surface of Gram-negative bacteria. The deadline is 31st July. Informal enquires are welcome. Please share!

Congrats to @clarede-ath.bsky.social and @sujeetkumar.bsky.social (Ruiz lab) on their joint paper. We reveal that YdbL modulates the YdbH-YnbE periplasmic spanning bridge, implicated in lipid transport to the outer membrane. It came out while we were together at GRC journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Last Friday I had the HUGE pleasure of visiting LS1 @erc.europa.eu grantees based at the University of Oxford and to give an info session on all the changes implemented in the 2026 WP. Thanks so much for the warm welcome @agwrobel.bsky.social, @georgiaisom.bsky.social and @achilleskap.bsky.social!

Jeff was such an amazing mentor to me (and many others) during my PhD, even though I wasn’t in his group. I wouldn’t be where I am today without him. He will indeed be missed.

Microbiology Society@microbiologysociety.org · 7mo ago

We are saddened to hear of the death of former Officer of the Microbiology Society, Jeff Cole, who will be missed by so many across our community. We will post a full tribute shortly.

Last month, the Friends of the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter held a screening of Breaking the Mould - a BBC drama that portraits the world-changing research done at the Dunn School to develop penicillin. The screening was followed by an expert panel discussion including @georgiaisom.bsky.social.

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

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

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Just 4 days until our Grants, Early Bird & Talk deadline closes for #ProkaryoticCellBio! Join Heath Murray, Jie Xiao, Marc Bramkamp and Ethan Garner 13 - 16 July 2026 in Portugal, alongside our fantastic speaker line-up! More info on how to register here➡️https://bit.ly/4qCDhtw

A very - ahem - groovy talk by @georgiaisom.bsky.social: the protein YhdP spans the E. coli periplasm and transports phospholipids to the OM via a hydrophobic groove along its length. Impressive mix of computational & wet lab work www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Phospholipid Transport Across the Bacterial Periplasm Through the Envelope-spanning Bridge YhdP

The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria provides a formidable barrier, essential for both pathogenesis and antimicrobial resistance. Biogenesis o…

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We had a fantastic time today showcasing our amazing history and cutting-edge research at #OxfordOpenDoors! Visitors learnt about 100 years of medical research, the development of penicillin and our ongoing work on microbiology and AMR. Thanks to all the volunteers!

📣 Applications now open 📣 We are seeking outstanding ECRs looking for a stimulating and supportive environment in which to establish their research group as externally-funded fellows, in any area or cell or molecular biology underlying disease! Please share! www.path.ox.ac.uk/work-with-us...

Congratulations to @clarede-ath.bsky.social for winning best talk, and @harry-lee4.bsky.social for winning best 1st year poster at yesterday’s student symposium! @dunnschool.bsky.social

Lab trip to @microbiologysociety.org conference last week!

So great to catch up with my former PhD student @georgiaisom.bsky.social and her current PhD student at #BMSV conference

First last author paper FINALLY out today. Thank you to all the authors for their hard work ☺️

Syma Khalid@sykhalid.bsky.social · 2y ago

New study led by @georgiaisom.bsky.social and Ben Cooper. Sims by Robbie Clark. Exps & sims reveal phospholipid transport across the bacterial periplasm through the envelope-spanning bridge YhdP www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @dunnschool.bsky.social @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social