We have a funded 4-year wet/dry PhD position (UK applicants) available to work with me at Strathclyde, and Ashleigh Holmes and Sonia Humphris at the James Hutton Institute. Closing date: 3rd August 2026 🧵 www.findaphd.com/phds/project... www.ibioic.com/skills-train... 1/5

PectoCAZy: mining plant pathogens for industrially-relevant enzyme mixtures at University of Strathclyde on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - PectoCAZy: mining plant pathogens for industrially-relevant enzyme mixtures at University of Strathclyde, listed on FindAPhD.com

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We are heading to Prague for the Viruses of Microbes 2026 conference! We will be presenting our latest research on phage formulations and delivery systems (skvortsovlab.com). Looking forward to a week of fantastic science! See you in Prague! #VoM2026 #phage

Happy to announce that the second paper from the doctoral work of Akash Shambharkar describing two Proteus phage endolysins, is now available on the website of the journal Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology doi.org/10.1007/s002... #phage #endolysin #lysin

I am looking forward to participating in the Health Tech Spring Conference 2026, where I’ll be speaking about our research into #phage based pharmaceutical products. See more here: hira-ni.com/health-tech-spring @hiranihealth.bsky.social

Our lab is attending @microbiologysociety.org Annual Conference in Belfast! I will be talking later today about new approaches to use phages against urinary tract infections caused by Proteus mirabilis. If you miss the talk or would like to learn more about this work, check the poster A224.

Have you developed a new #bioinformatics tool to understand #phage or #virus? Make sure you add it to #awesome-virome github.com/shandley/awe...

Are you interested in doing a #PhD? Are you excited about research and solving challenging problems? Do you like #phage? If you answered 'yes', I would be happy to support your application for a one of two studentships to join my research group (skvortsovlab.com) at Queen's University Belfast.

One Week left to apply for this exciting PhD via the QUARTILES DLA w/ @micecoevo.bsky.social , @timskvortsov.bsky.social & Julianne Megaw) on understanding drivers of virus ecology in the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles, Lough Neagh! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

QUARTILES DLA: Understanding phage-host dynamics in cyanobacteria for sustainable biocontrol of harmful algal blooms at Queen’s University Belfast on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - QUARTILES DLA: Understanding phage-host dynamics in cyanobacteria for sustainable biocontrol of harmful algal blooms at Queen’s University Belfast, listed on FindAPhD.com

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I have a PhD position available on freshwater phage pollution, in terms of AMR impact and persistance of phage used in food and agriculture. #PhageSky #MicroSky www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Bacteriophages as river pollutants: determining the impact of phage pollution, with focus on antimicrobial resistance. at Bangor University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Bacteriophages as river pollutants: determining the impact of phage pollution, with focus on antimicrobial resistance. at Bangor University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Superb news to kick off the week! 🎉 Our new paper is out today in @natcomms.nature.com 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗙𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀

Are you interested a fully funded PhD? We would like to understand the role phages play in well- and poorly-performing broiler flocks using AI! Learn more here: sustain-cdt.ai/advertised-p... Apply by Friday, 17 October @ 12:00:

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Are you interested a fully funded PhD? We would like to understand the role phages play in well- and poorly-performing broiler flocks using AI! Learn more here: sustain-cdt.ai/advertised-p... Apply by Friday, 17 October @ 12:00:

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🌟 Exciting news! We’re launching three fully-funded postdoc positions for "New Horizons for Synthetic Phages” Join us in tackling antimicrobial resistance with cutting-edge synthetic biology + AI bioinformatics. Based at Flinders Uni in vibrant Adelaide. 👇 Read on for details! #Phage

I really enjoyed working on this piece about #AI in #microbiology research with @thomacillin.bsky.social We are exploring how the data and the user affect the performance of AI, discuss reasoning, and outline 5 key principles of working with AI. #MicroSky

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“We are currently living through a period of AI boom. But as the AI fatigue starts settling in, should microbiologists be racing to embed AI into every pipeline?” This opinion piece explores this question, and gives you 5 principles for responsible #AI use. www.the-microbiologist.com/opinion/clea...

First official guidance on the development and use of #phage therapies in the UK has been published by MHRA! www.gov.uk/government/n...

Helping bring phage medicines to UK patients – guidance for industry

Bacteriophages – viruses that selectively fight bacteria – may offer new hope in fighting infections and tackling antimicrobial resistance.

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Thanks to #AI enhanced TEM, we can now see previously missed details of #phage morphology

Extremely proud of Akash Shambharkar, who successfully defended his PhD thesis investigating #phage based approaches against CAUTIs! It was a pleasure supervising Akash with Brendan Gilmore. Many thanks to Brian Jones and Matthew Wylie for examining, and to Sheiliza Carmali for chairing the viva!

I am looking for a post-doctoral researcher to develop a joint application for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship 2025, focusing on #phage biology and bioinformatics. If interested, please send me your CV and a brief outline of your research project at your earliest opportunity.

Delighted to represent our lab together with our PhD student Shauna at the NI Science Festival 2025 (@niscifest.bsky.social) and to talk about the exciting bacteriophage research we are conducting at the QUB School of Pharmacy (@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social ! #NISF25 #phage

It's Phriday! Huge thanks to our student Maria for the #phage cake - it was as delicious as it was cool looking!

Happy to announce that our study on the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 across the island of Ireland has now been published in Genome Medicine! Using phylogenetics and geospatiotemporal analysis, we traced 4,439 #SARS-CoV-2 introductions to Ireland (2020–2022).

SARS-CoV-2 introductions to the island of Ireland: a phylogenetic and geospatiotemporal study of infection dynamics - Genome Medicine

Background Ireland’s COVID-19 response combined extensive SARS-CoV-2 testing to estimate incidence, with whole genome sequencing (WGS) for genome surveillance. As an island with two political jurisdic...

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If you are interested in prophages, we have a new database: Prophage-DB. Check it out and all feedback is welcome biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Prophage-DB: A comprehensive database to explore diversity, distribution, and ecology of prophages

bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution

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