In a UK first study, Liverpool researchers have shown that advanced sequencing technologies can be used in routine NHS microbiology services to support real-world patient care. Discover more👉 www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/fro... @edcoakes.bsky.social @annasmielewska.bsky.social @acdarby.bsky.social

We are recruiting 🌟2 postdoctoral researchers🌟 for a NERC Large Grant project on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of badger - bovine tuberculosis (bTB) interactions.

Fancy working with a massive amount of cool genomics, life history and TB-infection status data from a couple of thousand badgers? Here's the project for you then. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/84... New project and very multi-disciplinary team.

Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter

View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Evolutionary Genomics This NERC Large Grant- funded ...

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Microbiome Research Day @liverpooluni.bsky.social , Central Teaching Lab, Liverpool, Merseyside, L69 7BX Monday 29th June 2026 @livunihls.bsky.social Book now 🎟️ 👉 www.ticketsource.com/microbiome-i...

Are you a researcher within NERC remit? Do you want to unlock the Power of eDNA? ➡️ attend NEOF's next In-Person Wet Lab & Bioinformatics Training (Sheffield, 13-17/7/26). Register before 1/6! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Why does antibiotic resistance evolution vary between patients? Come to @officialuom.bsky.social @mermanchester.bsky.social to help us find out! 2.5 year @wellcometrust.bsky.social postdoc position in experimental evolution Closing 15 May. Apply here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Research Associate in Microbial Evolution:Oxford Road

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📣 The Whelan lab is hiring a bioinformatics postdoc 📣 Together with @fabricejpierre.bsky.social, we are offering a 1-year bioinformatic PDRA position in comparative genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To find out more please visit whelanlab.co.uk/contact/. Applications close 3 April 2026!

Professor Jo Fothergill and Professor Steve Paterson talk to @timeshighered.bsky.social about their pioneering Microbiome research - a key pillar of our Infection Resilience frontier.💡 Read the article ➡️ www.timeshighereducation.com/.../how-micr....

How does treatment induced antibiotic resistance happen in real-world infections? We analysed 25k Pseudomonas isolates from 180 patients in a clinical trial to find out! TLDR: The ecological and evolutionary paths are surprisingly diverse & complex even in patients receiving identical treatment…

Matthew J Shepherd@matthewjshepherd.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 New pre-print! 🚨 In the largest study of its kind to-date, we investigate the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms driving within-patient evolution of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Read here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... , and follow along with this thread, discussing our findings (1/21)

BBSRC, NERC and Future Leaders fellowships are fantastic opportunities for ECRs to transition to independence. My institute (IVES) at Liverpool Uni is keen to support applicants (vet/ecol/evol/infection/omics etc.). Get in touch with me (ives.fellowships@liverpool.ac.uk) if you're interested!

Nice profile of my former student @zoologist-flora.bsky.social work on bats and white-nose disease in J Exp Biol with Thomas Lilley and others. Nice to see @jexpbiol.bsky.social promoting ECRs journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... Flora's now doing great stuff with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social

ECR Spotlight – Flora Whiting-Fawcett

ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career res...

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In partnership with the University of Manchester, we've secured a prestigious Doctoral Focal Award from UK Research and Innovation for a new PhD programme aimed at shaping the future of bioengineering in the UK 📅 Applications will open on 6 February 2026 🔗 bit.ly/3MyLwIy #TeamLivUni #EPSRC #NERC

NEWS | Researchers from the Microbiome Innovation Centre are part of a UK-wide consortium awarded £644,000 by #BBSRC to establish the Microbiome Innovation Network (Microbiome-Net) ➡️ bit.ly/4nCPKfv #TeamLivUni | #Microbiome | @news.ukri.org | @ukbiofilms.bsky.social

Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs

Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation - Nature Reviews Genetics

In this Review, Ascensao and Desai discuss how methodological advances in genotype and phenotype manipulation are transforming experimental evolution approaches and providing new insights into the und...

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Exciting postdoctoral opportunity joint between my lab and Mark Viney's at University of Liverpool- Great opportunity if you are looking to apply C. elegans molecular biology skills to study the fascinating role of epigenetics in parasitic nematode lifecycles! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR771/p...

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool

Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Eve Schneider & I wrote a @science.org Perspective on a striking new study by Zhang et al.: Read how a small genetic shift in a taste receptor, led to a big leap in ecological opportunity for birds 🍒🐦 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #evolution #sensorybiology #taste #birds

Tasting opportunity

How birds retuned sour perception to eat fruits

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I'm very pleased to share the latest paper from my post doc with @kayla-king.bsky.social. We looked at how host microbiota can influence pathogen virulence evolution in a C. elegans model of infection: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...

Within-host competition causes pathogen molecular evolution and perpetual microbiota dysbiosis

Abstract. Pathogens newly invading a host must compete with resident microbiota. This within-host microbial warfare could lead to more severe disease outco

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Revolutionise your biodiversity surveys with eDNA! 🧬 Our in-person training (Sept 8-12, 2025) covers wet lab techniques (DNA extraction to Illumina library prep) & bioinformatics (raw data to taxonomy & diversity analysis). Choose one or both! Register by July 21st: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join Dr Adam Burke in our latest blog as he discusses his work as a NERC Environmental Omics Facility Research Associate. ➡️ bit.ly/3FmPO2e @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social | #Metabolomics | #TeamLivUni

Some millionaires taking the bus

12/12 📰 For more background and wider context, check out the @liverpooluni.bsky.social press release covering this study’s impact on understanding and diagnosing infectious intestinal diseases: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/05/20/a...

Our new paper, just out “Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population”. Highlights gut microbial signatures for those individuals that have the potential to spread the most infectious disease. doi.org/10.1186/s425...

Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population - Animal Microbiome

The microbiome is well known to drive variation in host states (e.g. behaviour, immunity) that would be expected to modulate the spread of infectious disease—but the role of microbiotal interactions i...

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*JOB ADVERT LIVE!* Come be my next MRC-funded postdoc in London, studying uropathogenic E. coli virulence/host response in our lovely human urothelial microtissue model! Great collaboration with @gpollara.bsky.social & @scottishwormboy.bsky.social #UTISky #UTI Join us! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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NEWS | £1m of Life Sciences Innovation Zone funding will support the creation of a Microbiome & Infectious Disease Innovation Hub (MaID) to harness our expertise in the rapidly expanding field. More ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/04/23/l... @livunihls.bsky.social @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social

🔈🎉 I will soon be advertising a postdoc in my friendly London lab, funded by MRC @ukri.org, to decipher uropathogen virulence and host response pathways in our 3D-UHU human urothelial model! A great collaboration with co-Is @gpollara.bsky.social and @scottishwormboy.bsky.social #UTISky #UTI

UK Genome Science 2025 is going live for this year - www.genomescience.org.uk - get registering!

Genome Science

9th - 11th July 2025, Newcastle University

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Job alert ‼️ 2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social - ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... - organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...

Senior Lecturer/Reader/Chair in Ecology:Manchester

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Nothing says science more than a blue disco light. Looking forward to getting these into our genomics workflow. @nerc-eof.bsky.social @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @sptlabtech.bsky.social

Now might be a good time to protect your data if you’ve used this service. www.bbc.com/news/article...

23andMe files for bankruptcy protection

The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.

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A new study supported by NEOF proves the potential of eDNA as a tool for monitoring earthworm populations, paving the way to inform agricultural policy and practices for sustainable soil management www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/news/decoding-soil-ednas-breakthrough-sustainable-farming

Decoding soil: eDNA's breakthrough in sustainable farming

A recent study published proves the potential of Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for monitoring earthworm populations. Paving the way to inform agricultural policy and practices for sustainable soi...

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