Rachel will also be presenting a poster in poster session 2 on Thursday (poster 218) & Isobel will be presenting in the Enhancing environmental risk assessment of antimicrobial resistance across the entire life cycle of antimicrobials" workshop on Tuesday 💊🧫🌊 #OneHealth #EnvironmentalAMR

Tomorrow, @rachelapayne.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social are travelling to Brisbane for #EDAR8 next week, hosted by SAAFE CRC They will both be presenting in the antifungal session on Thursday (11am-1pm) 🧫🍄 @ukceh.bsky.social

Happy World Environment Day 🌿🌍 We thought we would take the opportunity to share some of the recent papers from the Molecular Ecology group which focus on #eDNA 🧬, microbial ecology 🦠, #AMR 🧫 & #OneHealth 💊 @ukceh.bsky.social

@hollytipper.bsky.social & @rachelapayne.bsky.social led work investigating global trends in the literature on #AMR 🧫🦠in wild animals 🦆🦌🦊 and plants 🌿 @istanton.bsky.social @jenmgshe.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @danread.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Better late than never - our April monthly wrap up! 📆🧬🧫 Check out what we've been up to ⬇️ @ukceh.bsky.social

@rachelapayne.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social started their sampling campaign, sampling wastewater 💩 to look for resistant & multidrug resistant bacteria 🦠🧫 in different demographic populations 👵🏙️🎓

🧵 @hollytipper.bsky.social & @danread.bsky.social have a new paper out titled "Spatiotemporal profiling of antimicrobial agents during wastewater treatment – a national study" with Adegbenro Daso and Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern Check it out ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ukceh.bsky.social

Spatiotemporal profiling of antimicrobial agents during wastewater treatment – a national study

Effective wastewater treatment is critical for public health; however, the persistence of antimicrobial chemicals within these systems presents challe…

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@buzzingbennett.bsky.social's first PhD paper has just been published, titled "Molecular detection of honeybee pathogens in honey from a UK citizen science program" 🐝🦠 Check it out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Summary below ⬇️ @ukceh.bsky.social @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social

Molecular detection of honeybee pathogens in honey from a UK citizen science program

Fruits, legumes, oilseeds and nuts have a high dependency on insect pollination, of which the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) is a critical contributor.…

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Our latest paper has just been published in Environment International! Check it out here ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social

Predicting antifungal concentrations that select for resistance: an enhanced approach to establish environmental thresholds

Antifungal resistance (AFR) is an emerging threat. Understanding the concentrations at which antifungals select for resistance is critical for guiding…

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@oxonandrew.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social travelled to the University of Lincoln meeting for a project meeting for their NERC Seedcorn project on modelling AMR in the environment 🦠🌊. Check out a blogpost on the meeting here: graziellaiossa.weebly.com/news/worksho...

"I work on both bacterial 🦠 and fungal 🍄 #AMR in the environment with a particular interest in how chemical pollutants drive resistance 💊. I also work with policy colleagues to deliver evidence to tackle these challenges" - @istanton.bsky.social

Happy #WomenInSTEM day! 👩‍🔬 The Molecular Ecology group at @ukceh.bsky.social comprises of many fantastic women👩‍🔬 conducting research on all things #molecular #ecology, #AMR, #microbes 🧬🦠🧫 Stay tuned as we introduce you to some them over the course of today ⬇️

@rachelapayne.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social took a trip to their local sewage treatment plant to have an induction and take some practice samples for an upcoming sampling campaign investigating multidrug resistance in different population demographics 🦠🧫💩

🗓️ It's January wrap up time! Our researchers have been busy kicking off the new year with lots of different activities including sampling, presentations, project meetings, training and lots of lab work! Check out what we've been up to ⬇️ @ukceh.bsky.social

🚨Second new #job advert of the week!🚨 We are currently recruiting a Molecular Ecology Research Assistant to the Molecular Ecology group who will be working on all things #microbes, #AMR & #eDNA 🦠🧬🧫 Details on how to apply ⬇️ ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CEH_Ca...

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology@ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨 New Job Alert 🚨 We're currently recruiting a Lab Manager to manage the @ukceh.bsky.social Wallingford labs! 🔬🧪👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 They will be responsible for all labs but will be part of Molecular Ecology group 😊 Details on how to apply ⬇️ ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/CEH_Ca... @lindsaynewbold.bsky.social

Molecular Ecology Christmas party 2025 🎄☃️🥂

📢 All #PhD #adverts now live 📢 All on #AMR 🦠🧫 in the #environment 🌊🌱 and deadlines are throughout January! For details of different projects, see thread below ⬇️ #WAAW #WAAW25 #WAAW2025

Isobel Stanton@istanton.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨New #PhD #adverts alert🚨 I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️ More being advertised soon 👀 @ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social

It's the final day of World #AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW25 🦠🧬🧫 Our researchers have a number of #PhD studentships studying #AMR which will start in Sept/Oct 2026. The @ukceh.bsky.social LinkedIn page has collated all our available PhD studentships here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mabvvus

#amr #amr #waaw #antimicrobialresistance | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)

🚨 PhD opportunities! This World AMR Awareness Week is the perfect time to explore new research projects with our #AMR researchers Isobel Stanton, Holly Tipper, Andrew Singer & Daniel Read, plus UKCEH,...

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Our recent paper on #stakeholder opinions on the delivery of environmental components of the UK's #AMR National Action Plan has been written up into a blog! 🦠🌊 Check out the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... And the blog below ⬇️ @oxonandrew.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social #WAAW

Stakeholder views on the implementation of the UK’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (2019–2024) in relation to AMR in the environment

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment is an important component of One Health AMR research and is increasingly incorporated into AMR National Action Plans (NAPs), including the UK’s AMR...

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NIHR Policy Innovation and Evaluation Research Unit (PIRU)@piru-lshtm.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What was missing from the #UK #AMR National Action Plan? ✍️🎯 Better evidence & clear objectives to help understand & combat the role of environmental factors in driving #AMR in the #UK. 👉 bit.ly/4pkL5Qc @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @hollytipper.bsky.social @istanton.bsky.social #WAAW2025

We process our monitoring samples in a variety of ways, which include #phenotypic testing for #AMR, as well as using #molecular methods such as #qPCR and #sequencing to look for specific antimicrobial resistance genes 🦠🧬👩‍🔬🧫 #WAAW

Happy World #AMR Awareness Week! #WAAW #WAAW25 At @ukceh.bsky.social our AMR researchers work on both #bacterial and #fungal AMR! We undertake research monitoring AMR in many different environments (water 🌊, wastewater 💩, air 💨, soil 🌱 & plants 🌿), which means we get out in the field a lot!

@hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social went to visit the Unilever labs yesterday to meet up with their PhD student Olivia Mescall and her other supervisors @profjrsnape.bsky.social & Katie Endersby! As well as talking about Olivia's PhD, they went on a tour of the Unilever labs! 🥼🧪

🚨New #PhD #adverts alert🚨 I currently have two PhD studentships being advertised on environmental #AMR ⬇️ More being advertised soon 👀 @ukceh.bsky.social @ukceh-moleco.bsky.social

Yesterday was our Annual Postgraduate Showcase at UKCEH! A number of our PhD researchers participated by presenting their research as either a poster or as a talk! 🦠🐝🧬

Last month, @hollytipper.bsky.social & @istanton.bsky.social attended the Microbiome Innovation and One Health Conference in Oxford 🦠🧫 They co-presented on their work on #AMR in environmental microbiomes, as well as attending the networking event at @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🦖

The work on evaluating the UK's #AMR National Action Plan was recently published which focused on stakeholder opinions on the implementation of the 2019-2024 plan 🦠 Check it out below ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @hollytipper.bsky.social @oxonandrew.bsky.social @rebeccaglover.bsky.social

Stakeholder views on the implementation of the UK’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) National Action Plan (2019–2024) in relation to AMR in the environment

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment is an important component of One Health AMR research and is increasingly incorporated into AMR National Action Plans (NAPs), including the UK’s AMR...

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology@ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@istanton.bsky.social is an Environmental Molecular Microbiologist with a particular interest in dissemination, selection & transmission of both bacterial and fungal #AMR. Isobel has undertaken numerous pieces of work for policy, including an evaluation of the UK’s AMR National Action Plan 🦠🍄🧬

@istanton.bsky.social is an Environmental Molecular Microbiologist with a particular interest in dissemination, selection & transmission of both bacterial and fungal #AMR. Isobel has undertaken numerous pieces of work for policy, including an evaluation of the UK’s AMR National Action Plan 🦠🍄🧬

Tim recently published a paper on how soil properties in agricultural systems impact microbial genomic traits 🦠🌱🚜 Check it out here ⬇️ academic.oup.com/femsmicrobes...

Soil properties in agricultural systems affect microbial genomic traits

Bacterial genomic traits are related to soil properties in agricultural systems.

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology@ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Tim Goodall is a molecular ecologist, applying molecular and functional tools to understand the composition, function, and trait ecology of microbial communities. His work contributes to insights into ecosystem function under anthropogenic pressure and environmental change 🦠

@laurens-colours.bsky.social recently published a paper on the design of an eDNA qPCR assay to detect invasive Chinese mitten crab 🦀 - work that was undertaken during her PhD. Check it out here ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Design and Validation of a Single‐Species Environmental DNA qPCR Assay for the Detection of the Invasive Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis

The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is considered amongst the most damaging invasive species globally; however, the UK distribution of the species is not well known, with current management ....

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UKCEH Molecular Ecology@ukceh-moleco.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@laurens-colours.bsky.social is a Molecular Ecologist & award-winning artist. Her research focuses on #eDNA for #biodiversity monitoring, including invasive/endangered species, community science & integration into policy. She also creates art & animations to communicate ecology & conservation 🧬🎨👩‍🎨