Delighted to share our latest publication on the extremophilic fungus 'Whiskey Black' or 'Angel's Share' (i.e. Baudoinia spp.) that grows on ethanol vapours around distilleries and whiskey maturation warehouses. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Comparative genomics sheds new light on the microbiology of the whiskey fungus Baudoinia

Baudoinia compniacensis is a melanized saprobic fungus that causes blackening of surfaces in the vicinity of spirit maturation warehouses, commercial …

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Beautiful deep-sea fungi, isolated from the marine sponge Stelletta normani, sampled from a depth of ~750m.

🎵Come you masters of war You that build the big guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks 🎵

PhD position with Natalia Tschowri (@unihannover.bsky.social) and Daniel Rozen (@unileiden.bsky.social @leidenscience.bsky.social) within @spp2389.bsky.social program Regulation and Evolution of Bacterial Multicellularity Application deadline until 15 March 2026 #PhDposition

R.I.P. Seán Ó'Sé. A Cork legend, an extremely genial man and my primary school Príomhoide and choir master for Feis Maitiu. Are their Dé go raibh a h-anam. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

An Poc ar Buile singer Seán Ó Sé dies at age of 89

One of the country's best known Irish traditional singers Seán Ó Sé has died.

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Marine #sponges are generally considered biosynthetic "hotspots" (e.g. Theonella) - but does this always hold true? In our newest study led by @stephenjackson.bsky.social we are looking at Inflatella pellicula's biosynthetic capacity - and our results are surprising doi.org/10.1099/mgen...

New insights into the microbiome of the deep-sea sponge Inflatella pellicula and the secondary metabolic potential of metagenome-assembled genomes and the wider microbiome

Marine sponges are found in all of the world’s oceans, from the surface waters to the deepest abyssal zones. The marine sponge holobiont is a rich source of microbial and chemical diversity. Up to 63 ...

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Delighted to share our latest publication as part of the MARBLES Project describing the metagenome, microbiome and secondary metabolic potential of the deep-sea sponge Inflatella pellicula. @cleverflick.bsky.social @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

New insights into the microbiome of the deep-sea sponge Inflatella pellicula and the secondary metabolic potential of metagenome-assembled genomes and the wider microbiome

Marine sponges are found in all of the world’s oceans, from the surface waters to the deepest abyssal zones. The marine sponge holobiont is a rich source of microbial and chemical diversity. Up to 63 ...

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New most treasured possession. He's Here He's There, Collector's Edition (132 of 857) signed biography of my all-time footballing hero, John Wark. Written with Neil Prentice. @ipswichtown.bsky.social

Magical day at Portman Road on Sunday, ending 16 years of hurt with a comprehensive victory over the old enemy. @ipswichtown.bsky.social I enjoyed that @matthutchings.bsky.social 😜

I'm pleased to announce that I will guest edit a new #MarineDrugs Special Issue, titled 'Enzymes Derived From Marine Sources". Submission details can be found here: www.mdpi.com/journal/mari...

Incredibly proud of this work. International collaborations and a multi-disciplinary effort to discover and describe bioactive compounds from a marine Streptomyces sp. isolate inhibiting the growth of a fish pathogen. www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/23...

We have a fully funded PhD studentship to work on engineering bacteria to degrade food associated plastic waste #microsky Deadline: Feb 3rd www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

PhD Project at Brunel University, London: Engineering Bacteria for Enhanced Degradation of Food-Associated Plastic Waste at University of Reading on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - PhD Project at Brunel University, London: Engineering Bacteria for Enhanced Degradation of Food-Associated Plastic Waste at University of Reading, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Fully funded PhD available to work with me and the fab @paulhoskisson.bsky.social and @rebeccamchugh.bsky.social on the aurodox story- www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate... 💊🦠🧫

Beautiful

Brian O. Bachmann@brianobachmann.bsky.social · 2y ago

From the Jensen lab: Pattern-based genome mining guides discovery of the antibiotic indanopyrrole A from a marine streptomycete www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

**Deadline Extension** The application date for this PhD position is now February 14th. Still time for you to apply. #microsky

Conor Feehily@sligomicrobe.bsky.social · 3y ago

Still time to apply for this PhD. Deadline is January 31st. #microsky

INVITATION We are starting a new round of online community annotathons to populate v4.0 of the MIBiG repository with high-quality data. If you have relevant expertise in natural product genomics or chemistry, please participate! Please register here: forms.gle/LJR9uRTCyLg7...

Our School Seminar Series resumes on Thursday 25th January when Dr Stephen Jackson from Alan Dobson's group will talk about the metabolic potential of a deep sea sponge microbiome with a view to novel drug discovery. Note the new venue! (C_ELECT_L2)

6 days left to apply.... please RT

Detmer Sipkema@detmersipkema.bsky.social · 3y ago

Hi all, I have a postdoc position (3 years) in my group on a very challenging topic: co-cultivation of sponge cells and bacterial symbionts. Looking for someone with experience with marine invertebrate cells AND bacteria. Thanks for sharing! www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Marine Drugs Special Issue: 𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 ‘𝑶𝒎𝒊𝒄𝒔’ 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒔 Further information and submission link here: www.mdpi.com/journal/mari...

Today's the day: Clodagh Carr will talk at our School Seminar Series and will tell us about Marine bacteria as a source of polyester-degrading enzymes with biocatalytic potential

Published by Cork City Libraries as part of the excellent City Council Commemoration Programme, the launch of FIRST CITIZEN on 14 November is fast approaching. The book, co-written with John Ger O'Riordan, tells the fascinating story of Cork's longest-serving Lord Mayor, Seán French.

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Hi all, I have a postdoc position (3 years) in my group on a very challenging topic: co-cultivation of sponge cells and bacterial symbionts. Looking for someone with experience with marine invertebrate cells AND bacteria. Thanks for sharing! www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Issue 797 of 'The GW38 Gazette' is out now. Rest in peace to a legend of the game 😢.

Great interview with our very own Professor Jens Walter , talking about the link between diet & disease & the central roles played by our gut microbiome! @ucc.bsky.social #UCC #SchoolOfMicrobiology #SEFS 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...

I know I'm old, and out of touch, but there has been biblical rain here for the last 26 hours and it's continuing, yet university students are walking and cycling to campus in GAA shorts!! Can anyone explain????

A nice milestone, 2000 citations ☺️

Merck currently have a 4 month lead in time for anaerocult pouches. Can anyone recommend an alternative for me? #slowsupplychain

The next speaker in our School Seminar Series is Shona Uniacke-Lowe who will talk about biomining the deep-sea for new anti-microbials. Really looking forward to this!