Starting the afternoon session with a fun, interactive talk from @kateduncan.bsky.social exploring the chemical language of microbes🦠
Microbes in Health and Disease
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Research Theme at Newcastle University Investigating microbial interactions in human hosts https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/research/research-themes/microbes-in-health-and-disease/
Great talk from @kasiamic.bsky.social kicking off the Microbiology Research Celebration. @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social
Time for @kateduncan.bsky.social to talk about chemistry and why microbes use it via some interactive questions
We start of the ‘2026 Celebration of Microbiology’ event @newcastleuni.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social organised by PhD and Postdoc reps from @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social Chloe, Natalia, Rachel and Jean-Lou
Exciting programme of talks today at today’s ’celebrate microbiology’ event
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Dr Katherine Duncan@kateduncan.bsky.social · 4mo agoWonderful to have Dr Rebecca McHugh @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social to give a @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar today on her BBSRC fellowship work at @uofgsii.bsky.social - fantastic to see talented people (Becca & group) working with talented bacteria (Streptomyces)
External speaker today at the MHD seminar Dr Becca McHugh @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social from Uni Glasgow. Great to more hear alternative antimicrobial agents.
Want to research the basis of how drug resistant bacteria interact with human immune cells? Fully funded 4-year PhD position available (UK home students). Come and join our amazing interdisciplinary team at the intersection of microbiology, immunity, metabolism and the clinic! Please spread the word
Hiding in plain sight: How a multi-drug resistant pathogen evades detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Hiding in plain sight: How a multi-drug resistant pathogen evades detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Want to work on iron uptake in fungi? Together with Prof Jan Quinn, we have a 4-year funded PhD studentship (UK only) to join us here in Newcastle. Get in touch if you are interested. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Molecular mechanisms of siderophore-mediated iron uptake in Fungi at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Molecular mechanisms of siderophore-mediated iron uptake in Fungi at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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We have a PhD studentship open! (UK only sadly) but if you are or know a student keen to work on some *really* weird mycobacterial enzymes then get in touch! #glycotime Advert below www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Uncovering a new class of toxins in pathogenic mycobacteria at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Uncovering a new class of toxins in pathogenic mycobacteria at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Postdoc @zmaw.bsky.social giving a seminar for our Microbes in Health & Disease @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social research theme today #metabolomics #actinomycetes
Beautiful work from @pmoyniha.bsky.social presented at today’s MHD seminar. 👏🏻
Dr Katherine Duncan@kateduncan.bsky.social · 5mo agoWonderful to have @pmoyniha.bsky.social from Western University, Canada (hosted by @lislowe.bsky.social) giving a @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social #mycobacterium #tb #cellwalls
Two great seminars today. First up Aaron Scott a PhD student with @kshbeckham.bsky.social and @winterhalterlab.bsky.social 👏🏻
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.
James Connolly@ruamicro.bsky.social · 11mo agoRegistration is now LIVE for the 2026 international symposium on Shiga toxin producing E. coli (VTEC), being held in Aberdeen on the the 10-13th of May 2026. The early bird deadline is February 27th so don’t miss out and register now. www.vtec2026.org
Last chance to apply for this exciting PhD with us. Deadline tomorrow the 27th of February!
James Connolly@ruamicro.bsky.social · 8mo agoPhD 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
This project is joint with fab computational biologist @mattbashton.bsky.social - great opportunity to learn computational and molecular biology skills
Tracy Palmer@proftracypalmer.bsky.social · 8mo agowww.findaphd.com/phds/project... interested in bacterial antagonism? PhD opportunity in our team, see below. Please repost!
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Charles Winterhalter@winterhalterlab.bsky.social · 8mo agoE. 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...
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Kate Beckham@kshbeckham.bsky.social · 8mo agoBBSSRC (NEEDL) funded PhD studentship in my lab co-supervised by @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social and @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social If you're interested in structural biology and membrane transport processes, check out www.findaphd.com/phds/project... deadline 27th of Feb! Get in touch for more info
Lots of exciting opportunities to join us here in Newcatsle with the BBSRC Doctoral Landscape (NEEDL) phd programme 🤩 www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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Isn’t it amazing that you can culture a microbe and see what chemistry it produces? Metabolite extracts by @zmaw.bsky.social #naturalproducts
Fab afternoon at the MHD festive gathering 🎉 congratulations to the winning quiz team and @johncorrigall.bsky.social for most festive outfit.
Second talk from BvdB covering cell surface biology in Bacteroides. Always great to see the pedal bin and TonB plug. J’adore the pedal bin. Massive thank you to the #dreamtheme speakers, attendees and organisers. And to @winterhalterlab.bsky.social for chairing!
Another packed room at the MHD seminar for @jlreyre.bsky.social and Bert van den Berg 👏🏻
John Clark-Corrigall@johncorrigall.bsky.social · 9mo agoCouple of @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social updates also. Building upon our structural biology strength int he theme and a little bit of #glycotime too. We had fantastic talks from @jlreyre.bsky.social and Bert van den Berg. Jean-Lou with a fantastic talk building on the Lowe lab work on D-arabinases.
Great to host Matthias Wilmanns for this week’s MHD seminar @embl.org @matthiaswilmanns.bsky.social
Prof Paula Salgado@pssalgado.bsky.social · 10mo agoFantastic to welcome @matthiaswilmanns.bsky.social from @embl.org Hamburg giving a @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar on his work in Type VII secretion
Fantastic to have Prof Matthias Wilmanns from EMBL Hamburg hosted by @kshbeckham.bsky.social to give a @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar on mycobacterial infection #dreamtheme
