Super exciting news 🚨 I am hiring a technician to join my brand new lab at the University of Birmingham! @imibirmingham.bsky.social Come and support my BBSRC-funded research on understanding how staphylococci survive antibiotics. Please share! 🧫🧪 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRH271/a...

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Come and study for a PhD with us on antibiotic-producing Streptomyces, trying to understand the roles of primary metabolic enzymes with additional cellular roles - Details below - please repost www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Primary metabolic enzymes in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces bacteria, but not as we know them! at University of Strathclyde on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Primary metabolic enzymes in antibiotic-producing Streptomyces bacteria, but not as we know them! at University of Strathclyde, listed on FindAPhD.com

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🚨PhD studentship alert! Join @gailmcconnell.bsky.social, @liam-rooney.bsky.social and I for an exciting imaging project characterising inter-species interactions in the oral microbiome. Details here: www.centreforbiophotonics.com/oralmicrobio... Application deadline 10th April 2026!

Another fantastic project with a fabulous supervisor. This is a great opportunity!

Andreas Haag@andreashaag.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 Funded PhD in molecular microbiology & phage biology How do bacterial stress responses control prophage activation and horizontal gene transfer? Join us at St Andrews to dissect Clp protease–mediated regulation in Staphylococcus aureus. Apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Why does daptomycin resistance appear so fast in Enterococcus? We finally have a clue. DAP resistance in enterococci pops up quickly. What’s been missing is why resistance-associated membrane changes look the way they do, and why the classic path of mutations is so predictable.

bioRxiv Microbiology@biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A two-component system signaling hub controls enterococcal membrane remodeling in response to daptomycin https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.16.688641v1

Another day, another PhD with a fantastic supervisor! For those interested in staphylococcal prophages, this is a brilliant opportunity to join Andreas’ lab. 🤩

Andreas Haag@andreashaag.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 PhD opportunity! 🚨 Join us at St Andrews to study how multiple prophages shape bacterial behaviour & AMR. Co-supervised with @tatianadimitriu.bsky.social This is a competition-based EASTBIO PhD. Full details and the application link are in the advert 👇 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A fantastic opportunity with two amazing supervisors!

Giusy Mariano@giusym1990.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 PhD Opportunity 🚨 Interested in microbiology, phages & water security? Join me and Prof Cindy Smith to test phages as a sustainable alternative to chlorine in drinking-water biofilters. Metagenomics, phage discovery & ecology — all in one exciting project! Apply: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

🚨PhD Opportunity Alert🚨 Join me, @suzieh.bsky.social and @walllabuoglasgow.bsky.social to investigate how environment shapes anti-phage defences & prophage–prophage conflict in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Are you fascinated by phages? An admirer of anti-phage systems? Bewitched by biofilms? Well, what are you waiting for?! Come and join us in Glasgow to work on this brilliant project! 🦠

Giusy Mariano@giusym1990.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚨PhD Opportunity Alert🚨 Join me, @suzieh.bsky.social and @walllabuoglasgow.bsky.social to investigate how environment shapes anti-phage defences & prophage–prophage conflict in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Apply here: www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

We are still looking for a motivated student to join us in the wonderful world of mosquito microbiome genomies! Funding unfortunately only for UK students for this one. If interested, please send CV & letter of motivation (email in image below) #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬 🧪Please share widely😊 1/2

Eva Heinz@evaheinz7.bsky.social · 2y ago

#PhD alert, here @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the very friendly, diverse, artsy & welcoming city of Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Disentangling the functional modules of #mosquito #microbiomes - what puzzle pieces build our #holobionts? #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪 More here 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Join my lab as a postdoctoral research scientist to investigate the diversity of drug-resistant #Salmonella and how #bacteriophages can help future food safety. Apply by 2 July, details below!

Quadram Institute@quadraminstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to join Dr @evelienadri.bsky.social‬ 's group to study bacteriophages, drug resistance and genetic evolution of Salmonella 🦠 💷 £36,720 to £39,750 🗓️ Apply by 2 July 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/7M2mDaa

🚨New pre-print out now!🚨 We 3D printed a large optical element that enhanced the illumination, contrast & image quality in transmission stereomicroscopy. This simple addition to the illumination path lets us detect refractive structures & dynamics unobserved by conventional stereomicroscopy. (1/5)

bioRxivpreprint@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social · last yr.

A large 3D-printed integrated lens-biprism element enhances contrast in transmission stereomicroscopy https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.20.655140v1

🚨 PhD opportunity in my lab with @mfwhite2.bsky.social! Use bacterial viruses (phages) to take on antibiotic-resistant superbugs 🦠🧫 Join us at St Andrews to explore virus–bacteria battles. 🔬 Apply now: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #PhD #Microbiology #PhageTherapy #AntibioticResistance

Harnessing Bacterial Viruses to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Infections at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Harnessing Bacterial Viruses to Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Infections at University of St Andrews, listed on FindAPhD.com

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New mechanism of gene transfer! With @tcostalab.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, we discovered that cf-PICIs form tail-less elements that, once released, spread among different bacterial species by hijacking tails from various phages. More exciting news soon! shorturl.at/kRJqE

Chimeric infective particles expand species boundaries in phage inducible chromosomal island mobilization

Some mobile genetic elements spread among unrelated bacterial species through unknown mechanisms. Recently, we discovered that identical capsid-forming phage-inducible chromosomal islands (cf-PICIs), ...

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Love phage-bacteria interactions, anti-phage systems, and a sprinkle of evolutionary biology? There’s still time to apply and join our team in Glasgow at @uofgsii.bsky.social !

Giusy Mariano@giusym1990.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨We are hiring! A MRC-funded PDRA position to study novel anti-phage systems & their evolutionary dynamics in P. aeruginosa, in collaboration with @friendlymicrobe. If you are passionate about phage-bacteria interactions & evolution, apply now ! tinyurl.com/bddz4z44

#PhD alert, here @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the very friendly, diverse, artsy & welcoming city of Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Disentangling the functional modules of #mosquito #microbiomes - what puzzle pieces build our #holobionts? #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪 More here 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

🚨 #PhD opportunity! 🚨 Come and work with @evaheinz7.bsky.social and me at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow) on an exciting project investigating the roles that #bacteriophages play in the evolution and virulence of #enterococci. 🧫🧬 Details here: www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Eva Heinz@evaheinz7.bsky.social · 2y ago

And another #PhD, again @unistrathclyde.bsky.social in the very friendly, open-minded and diverse Glasgow! #Enterococcal #phages and their role in infections - how much do they contribute to success of nosocomial pathogens? Details here, led by Suzie Humphrey 😊 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

This is so cool! 🤩 Congratulations!

Liam Rooney@liam-rooney.bsky.social · 2y ago

New Scientist (@newscientist.bsky.social) wrote a feature on our work! 🧪✨🔬 We made the first fully 3D printed microscope, with potential for rapid customisation and low-cost manufacturing. newscientist.com/article/2462618-worlds-first-fully-3d-printed-microscope-made-in-under-3-hours/

New Scientist (@newscientist.bsky.social) wrote a feature on our work! 🧪✨🔬 We made the first fully 3D printed microscope, with potential for rapid customisation and low-cost manufacturing. newscientist.com/article/2462618-worlds-first-fully-3d-printed-microscope-made-in-under-3-hours/

World’s first fully 3D-printed microscope made in under 3 hours

The microscope cost less than £50 to build using an open-source design and a common 3D printer

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Liam Rooney@liam-rooney.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 New pre-print out! 🚨 The world’s first fully 3D printed microscope! Is Santa bringing you a 3D printer for Christmas, or maybe you need a gift for your favourite microscopist - print the lenses, print the frame, and start imaging! ✨🔬 Check it out below and please repost!👇🏻🙏🏻 (1/N)

New paper from the group. Very proud to share our recent work for the first time here on Bluesky- give me 50 likes and it’s a permanent move!🤣. doi.org/10.1098/rsob...

A fully-funded PhD studentship (UK & International) is available in my group on Multi-Scale Imaging of Host-Pathogen Interactions to Characterise the Effects of Anti-Infective Therapeutics. More information at shorturl.at/TrrMD, apply at shorturl.at/LCaRX. Deadline 6th January, DM for more details.

🚨Fully funded #PhD position available with Taya Forde, @suzieh.bsky.social and me, evaluating the health risks of #zoonotic diseases in fish farms in the context of #climatechange 🐟☀️🌡️🧫 NorthWestBio DTP Link: tinyurl.com/jcmcmyh7 Apply here: tinyurl.com/z4srm48a

Use it or lose it: Unless we publish papers in our society owned and published journals they will cease to be, along with all the conferences and meetings the proceeds support. Microbiology Society publishes many excellent journals, all edited by experts. #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org

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Funded PhD project now open via NorthWest Bio DTP - Space invaders: genetic and metabolic factors underpinning successful pathogen invasion into microbial communities 🦠 Project description: shorturl.at/RmMeR How to apply: shorturl.at/JOtaH 🌟 Applications now open with a deadline of January 6th 🌟

to not leave this on 𝕏 only: @ASMicrobiology Dr. Esther Lederberg discovered lambda phage—the first known virus with a lytic-lysogenic life cycle. She reported on the findings in a 1953 paper, available at the Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives: asm.social/1AV #phagesky #MicroSky