🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a well-rounded Postdoctoral Research Scientist to join a collaborative team working on the study of microbiome-host interactions using New Approach Methodologies with living microbiomes. 💷 £39,000 to £46,500 🗓️ Apply by 17 August 2026 ➡️https://buff.ly/ulMNG5O
Yasir
@yaasircheema.bsky.social
Scientist @quadraminstitute.bsky.social, Host of Science Soundbites, Founder of @resaypodcast.bsky.social
🆕 Science Soundbites episode! @yaasircheema.bsky.social speaks to Dr Lizbeth Sayavedra about the bacteria Bilophila wadsworthia 🦠 buff.ly/qNVGbhI
Bilophila wadsworthia: a friend or a foe?
Listen and watch Episode 21 of Science Soundbites where Dr Muhammad Yasir, Researcher, speaks to Dr Lizbeth Sayavedra, Group Leader, about the bacteria Bilophila wadsworthia. Read more about the…
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Very interesting talk and a point made by Prof. Tsaftaris @aibio-uk.bsky.social annual conference 2026 about absence of negative data as bottleneck for AI models training and solutions could be provide incentives to scientists to share negative data
The March newsletter has arrived! > #GGFungi2026 gaining interest from around the world getgenome.net/callforproje... > Submit your abstract for the Early-Career Symposium getgenome.net/.../microbia... > Highlights from Asilomar 2026 > Community-led initiatives making real impact
GetGenome Newsletter -- February 2026 ✔️#GGFungi2026 now open for applications! ✔️ECR Symposium: Open for abstract submission and virtual attendance ✔️Stay up to date by joining the mailing list today getgenome.net/network
New PhD project @imibirmingham.bsky.social, supervision by @drjorhodes.com and myself, now open! 'Multi-omic surveillance of microbial dynamics in river and flood-impacted environments: implications for public health in a changing climate' www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline 9 Jan 2026!
Multi-omic surveillance of microbial dynamics in river and flood-impacted environments: implications for public health in a changing climate at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Multi-omic surveillance of microbial dynamics in river and flood-impacted environments: implications for public health in a changing climate at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAP...
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Congrats @efosternyarko.bsky.social and team for this great work building capacity for public health genomics to investigate cholera and other enteric bacteria, across Africa 👏 www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
Concerning levels of antibiotic resistance detected in cholera-causing bacteria
Concerning levels of antibiotic resistance detected in cholera-causing bacteria across Africa | LSHTM
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📢Persistent antibiotic resistance of cholera-causing bacteria in Africa revealed from a multinational workshop for strengthening disease surveillance, hosted by PulseNet Africa and @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social. Read more here: microb.io/4aDdPze%F0%9... #MGEN #AntimicrobialResistance #Microbiology
We are looking for an enthusiastic scientist to work with me on exciting microbiome research. If you’re curious, motivated, and ready to explore microbial sulfur and nitrogen metabolism, take a look and apply! 🗓️ Apply by: 5 January 🔗 buff.ly/afSMl14 #Postdoc #Academia
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🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to investigate how microbial sulfur and nitrogen metabolism influences host health in the context of protein malnutrition and obesity 🦠 🗓️ Apply by 28 December 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/afSMl14
We are happy to announce there will be a free crèche available at Annual Conference 2026 for children of all registered delegates. Learn how to register your child for the crèche: microb.io/48tq0w8 #Microbio26
The annual Norwich Medical School Cancer Genetics Team Movember bake sale is on! Come along to the Bob Champion Research and Education building and feed yourself with some tasty treats. @ueamedical.bsky.social
Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre. Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026. Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years. Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
⏰ Closing soon! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to establish gut-brain/gut-CNS microfluidic chip systems to enable the study of the role of microbial products in regulating gut-immune-CNS communication 🔬 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 28 November 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/ZJfDHIP
We gathered brilliant minds across disciplines to tackle a challenge: how do we integrate omics data to advance biology? Huge thanks to our supporters: @norwichmicro.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org @aibio-uk.bsky.social Microbial Genomics The blog captures the highlights of the journey!
🆕 Blog! Organisers of a functional multi-omics symposium reflect on the process of planning the day, highlights from the event and the future directions for omics research buff.ly/6y47OXF
🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist to explore the impact of novel carbohydrate containing foods on the gut microbiome and on health. 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 30 November 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/CKyGwgD
Congratulations to @hannahvpye.bsky.social @lizzicoy.bsky.social and Claire Hill for winning poster prizes. The symposium was organised at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
Congratulations to the winners of the Microbial Genomics prizes at the Functional Multi-Omics Symposium organised by @yaasircheema.bsky.social. Best Poster Prize: Claire Hill Runner-up Best Poster Prize: Lizzi Coy Communication Prize Winner: Hannah Pye
Congratulations to the winners of the Microbial Genomics prizes at the Functional Multi-Omics Symposium organised by @yaasircheema.bsky.social. Best Poster Prize: Claire Hill Runner-up Best Poster Prize: Lizzi Coy Communication Prize Winner: Hannah Pye
Did you know E. coli has 525 adhesin genes across 102 systems? That “sticky” secret is what makes it so dangerous, from UTIs to foodborne outbreaks. A really nice work by scientists from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and collaborators @Uwr Poland @BTU Germany open.spotify.com/episode/78Am...
adhesiomeR: a tool for Escherichia coli adhesin classification and analysis
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Interested in compound- microbiome interactions, and how they affect health? Join my lab at the Quadram Institute.
🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist (Xenobiotics) to investigate xenobiotic–microbiome interactions and understand the variation in responses across different individual microbiomes. 💷 £37,500 to £45,350 🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/8abEye5
Prefer to hear about the latest, awesome science in podcast summary instead of reading the entire paper? Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode! Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Norfolk, UK, March 2020–December 2022
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Very interesting paper, how viral mutants might have strategically spread and survived. Thanks you Eleanor for very important insight about this massive data.
Massive thank you to @yaasircheema.bsky.social for this great podcast about the paper!
happy Transposon Day @yaasircheema.bsky.social and co :)
🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬 Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025
Are you feeding your “Friend or Foe” present in your gut? Very interesting study how high fat diet favours one type of bacteria. A just 5 min podcast of the paper on Spotify and Apple podcast open.spotify.com/episode/7vNf...
Bacterial microcompartments and energy metabolism drive gut colonization by Bilophila wadsworthia
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Excited to share our new paper! We show how Bilophila wadsworthia uses clever metabolic tricks to thrive in the gut — with links to high-fat diet🦠🔬 📖 rdcu.be/eoI4o Published at @natcomms.nature.com with @springernature.com #Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila
Excited to share our new paper! We show how Bilophila wadsworthia uses clever metabolic tricks to thrive in the gut — with links to high-fat diet🦠🔬 📖 rdcu.be/eoI4o Published at @natcomms.nature.com with @springernature.com #Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila
Bacterial microcompartments and energy metabolism drive gut colonization by Bilophila wadsworthia
Nature Communications - Here, the authors show that Bilophila wadsworthia uses bacterial microcompartments and anaerobic respiration of host-derived compounds to thrive in the inflamed gut,...
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"Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has been an inspiring and active champion for science over many years, and we are deeply honoured that The Princess Royal will support our institute with her Patronage.” 💬 Our Director and Chief Executive Officer Professor Daniel Figeys
Quadram Institute honoured to announce The Princess Royal as Patron - Quadram Institute
The announcement of The Princess Royal’s patronage of the Quadram Institute follows a recent visit to the institute to meet scientists, PhD students, patients, clinical trial volunteers and NHS staff…
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🍺 @pintofscience.uk 2025 starts tomorrow ! Here's where you can find our researchers talking about our food, health and gut microbiome research in pubs and venues across our fine city of #Norwich ➡️ buff.ly/YAcEOAu
Interested in #Salmonella #genetics and / or #phage ? - check out our newly published manuscript that implicates the reversible deletion of the wzy gene in S. Typhimurium (and likely other important Salmonella serovars) in evasion of phage predation journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...
Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation
Author summary Salmonella Typhimurium is a major pathogen of livestock that adversely affects productivity and animal welfare and poses a risk of foodborne disease in the human population. Antibiotics...
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...or if you are a glutton for punishment...or just have a long commute...you might prefer this extended version with all the details (17 minutes) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation
Podcast Episode · ReSay · 14/05/2025 · 17m
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Prefer a more accessible form of our newly published manuscript? The inimitable @yaasircheema.bsky.social has made this 5 minute podcast...with some AI magic podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation
Podcast Episode · ReSay · 14/05/2025 · 6m
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🆕 Vacancy! We are looking for a Group Leader in Functional Microbiome Research to join the laboratory of Professor @dfigeys.bsky.social 💷 Competitive 🗓️ Apply by 28 May 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/Kef1N76