Copper changed how three wound-associated microbes competed in a lab model. A new study in 𝐧𝐩𝐣 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 found Candida released copper, making S. aureus more vulnerable to P. aeruginosa. @sj-fenn.bsky.social @masseylab.bsky.social 📰 buff.ly/S6SyjXK #Biofilms #Microbiology

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🌍 New paper🌍 Here, I introduce the “cuprosphere” to connect how copper shapes fungal–bacterial interactions across One Health environments. rdcu.be/fwZqD #OneHealth #Microbiology #Copper #Fungi #Bacteria #Interactions @mrccmm.bsky.social @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

Shameless self-plug. Our new paper out in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes @masseylab.bsky.social and Mario Recker Copper at the heart of an interkingdom wound-like biofilm. rdcu.be/fw1Ut

Nick Croucher, Ewan Harrison and I have a project available here 'Pathogen antigen discovery and immune profiling': www.embl.org/editorhub/wp... Applications open until 27th September

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📣 We're recruiting for the EMBL-EBI-Sanger Postdoctoral (ESPOD) programme! ESPOD builds on the collaborative relationship between EMBL-EBI and the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social, offering projects that combine wet and dry-lab experience. Learn more & apply: www.ebi.ac.uk/research/pos...

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New review: Host-driven remodelling of the Staphylococcus aureus cell envelope: mechanisms, consequences and therapeutic implications. Published in Microbiology as part of the Emerging Investigators collection: https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001718 #MicrobioJ

Anyone ever had a journal claim you agreed to review a manuscript when you absolutely didnt??

Recruiting a postdoc to join my lab at @lshtm.bsky.social to work in an MRC porgramme grant funded project to dissect the gut colonziation by Klebsiella. In vivo and in vitro models, and new approaches to identify Klebsiella factors involved. jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Fellow

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...

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🗞️New Paper🗞️ We show that #Candida & #Staph cooperate via copper handling - with fungal copper uptake & bacterial copper export shaping the community. @mrccmm.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @universityofexeter.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Copper-driven mutualism of Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus interkingdom biofilms

Although fungi and bacteria commonly co-exist within polymicrobial communities, the molecular mechanisms underlying their interactions are still not well understood. Here, we show that the fungus Cand...

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Annual department summer BBQ! 🥳🥳🥳☔️☔️☔️

Benzylpenicillin versus flucloxacillin or cloxacillin for the treatment of penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SNAP): an international, multicentre, open-label, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial

Benzylpenicillin versus flucloxacillin or cloxacillin for the treatment of penicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SNAP): an international, multicentre, open-label, non-inferiority randomised controlled trial - PubMed

National Health and Medical Research Council, Medical Research Future Fund, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Accelerating Clinical Trials Consortium, UMC Utrecht, ZonMW Good Use of Medicines programme,...

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Host and antibiotic jointly select for greater virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Host and antibiotic jointly select for greater virulence in Staphylococcus aureus - PubMed

Widespread antibiotic usage has resulted in the rapid evolution of drug-resistant bacterial pathogens. Resolving how pathogens respond to antibiotics under different contexts is critical for understanding...

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New pre-print from the lab! Murepavedin is a Pseudomonas-specific antibiotic, but it disrupts the outer membranes of a wide range of different Gram-negatives. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Murepavadin is a broad-spectrum outer membrane permeabiliser

Murepavadin is a Pseudomonas-specific antibiotic that targets LPS transport protein LptD. However, whilst the mode of action of murepavadin is well defined, the mechanism by which the drug gains acces...

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Second in a recent spree of Massey lab papers published in @microbiologysociety.org - talented PhD student Kate shows how some clinical uropathogenic Staph strains have lost their ability to grow under iron-limited conditions #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Urogenital infections select for reduced ability to grow in a low-iron environment and reduced blood survival for Staphylococcus aureus

Immunity through nutrient sequestration is one of the means by which a host can protect itself from infection. As a consequence, many micro-organisms have evolved strategies to overcome this, includin...

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Some bacteria survive in blood by changing how they use energy. A new paper in 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 shows how S. aureus carrying PdhD V76I resists host defences in human serum. With @sj-fenn.bsky.social and @masseylab.bsky.social. 📰 Read: buff.ly/WsG557r #Microbiology #MicroSky @microbiologysociety.org

jobs.surrey.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Our School of Veterinary Medicine is recruiting a (senior) lecturer in #Microbiome Sciences, deadline is 16th of June 2026. We want to expand our capabilities in the microbiome field, quite flexible on what will be investigated within #OneHealth #MicrobiomeSky 1/n

Job Vacancy at the University of Surrey: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Microbiome Sciences

The University of Surrey is an international University with a world class teaching and research profile that is innovative, forward thinking and achieving notable results. Our research seeks to addre...

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Great to see Sam's work on PdhD out now in Microbiology! Very cool story showing how subtle metabolic adaptations can give Staph an edge during systemic invasion #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

Metabolic reprogramming promotes Staphylococcus aureus serum resistance

Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bloodstream infections causing an estimated 300,000 deaths worldwide. Using a functional genomics approach, our group previously identified that adaptation ...

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Job alert: come to Cork 😊 Ireland, arguably one of the best English speaking countries to be a scientist these days! Link can be a bit finicky on a phone so screen shot of main details provided too. my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru...

One week left to apply for two 3-year postdocs in the lab on molecular mechanisms of Burkholderia pathogenesis. Posts associated with Magdalen College. Our lab is based in the Dunn School of Pathology with amazing collaborators at Oxford and MORU magdalencareers.pinpointhq.com/postings/c90...

Calleva Centre Postdoctoral Researchers- The deadly enigma of melioidosis: Decoding the pathogenesis of Burkholderia pseudomallei.

Job Opening: Calleva Centre Postdoctoral Researchers- The deadly enigma of melioidosis: Decoding the pathogenesis of Burkholderia pseudomallei. at Magdalen College in Central Oxford.

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Next time the forecast is for a storm, believe it and don’t wear sandals and shorts to work…. meteorology: it’s a real science too!

Thinking I must not be following enough micro people with their fingers on the pulse with this, but C4s Dirty Business is the most appalling and upsetting microbiology related ecological disaster I’ve ever heard about. In England. www.channel4.com/programmes/d...

Dirty Business

Shocking real-life drama about the muck in our water and a corporate scandal

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I'm currently advertising a PhD position in my lab, to study the transition from commensal to pathogen in Staphylococcus aureus. Details available here, please share! www.keele.ac.uk/research/pos...

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📣 Whelan lab is hiring 📣 We are looking for an entry level technician to help us with our culturing and DNA sequencing prep of cystic fibrosis lung microbiome samples. Applications close 20 May 2026. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Technician in Microbiology and Molecular Biology:Oxford Road

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Bank holiday sunshine is mocking me as I try to get this manuscript over the hump…. More Strep pneumo stuff to come soon from the lab!

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I’m looking to hire a talented postdoctoral research assistant to work with me on my Wellcome Trust-funded project at the @dunnschool.bsky.social If you’re interested in bacterial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions, please apply below! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Join us! @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position using experimental evolution to understand real-world resistance dynamics. See preprint for the 🤯 strain collection we will be working with www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Closing 15 May. Apply: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #mevosky