Our pQBR plasmid paper is out! A model environmental plasmid collection that contains no known AMR genes and worldwide relatives! @jpjhall.bsky.social @ellieevolves.bsky.social @dwrivett.bsky.social and Rosanna Wright @microbiologysociety.org microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/mgen/10.1099

The pQBR mercury resistance plasmids: a model set of sympatric environmental mobile genetic elements

Plasmids are extrachromosomal mobile genetic elements that can facilitate rapid bacterial adaptation by transferring genes between individuals. Whilst plasmids are known to exist in diverse habitats a...

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Made it onto bluesky at long last! And with a new review to boot with Solomon Garland, @vickiorr.bsky.social and @jpjhall.bsky.social. Invasive plasmids as ecosystem engineers—from mechanism to application portlandpress.com/essaysbioche... #plasmids

The pQBR mercury resistance plasmids: a model set of sympatric environmental mobile genetic elements https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.27.714766v1

The pQBR mercury resistance plasmids: a model set of sympatric environmental mobile genetic elements https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.27.714766v1

Thank you Microbial Genomics and @microbiologysociety.org for the poster prize! Made my day! 😊🦠#microbio26

🧬Happy Transposon Day! 🎉Each year on the 16th of June we commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable element research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992). #TransposonDay2025 #MobileDNAjournal

PhD viva passed!!! 🥳 🍻 Thank you to Liam Shaw and Stephen Cornell for assessing and for a very enjoyable discussion! Thank you to @jpjhall.bsky.social, Ellie Harrison and Calvin Dytham for being an amazing supervisory team throughout my PhD 😁

We are pleased to announce that registration for 3rd MGE Workshop is now live! If you are interested in giving a talk please register online through our website by Friday 16th May. We look forward to seeing you all in Southampton in June! www.ukmgeworkshop.org

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This meeting will be great! Abstract submission open now See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting

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Congratulations to the Poster Prize Winners at #Microbio25 Poster Block B: - JMM poster prize winner: Jessica Lester - JMM poster prize winner: Sami-Jo Terry - JGV poster prize winner: Kelly Roper - Mic prize: Victoria Orr, University of Liverpool @vickiorr.bsky.social

Excited to be presenting today at #Microbio25! I have a poster at 075 and a flash talk in the Microbial Warfare session focused on the results of my thesis. Happy to chat about plasmid and transposon interactions! @microbiologysociety.org🦠🧬

Excited to be at #ISPB2024! I'll be at poster P2-19 during the poster session on Thursday afternoon! 😁🦠🧫🔬

My poster (85) is up for today and tomorrow! Happy to chat about plasmids and transposons! 🧬🧫🧬🧫 #Microbio24

Excited to be back! Great talks so far and it's only just begun! I have a poster in Block B (B085), looking forward to it! #MicroBio24