BioPattern Lab
@biopatternlab.bsky.social
Research group based in the Department of Infectious Disease at Imperial College London | Interested in building microbiome models and synthetic tissues 🦠🖨️🔬| (Very) occasionally led by @ravinash.bsky.social
https://bpl-imperial.github.io
https://bpl-imperial.github.io
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Can we leverage bacterial competition for targeted replacement of harmful strains? Maybe! Our recent piece in @natmicrobiol.nature.com provides a theoretical framework and a set of experiments to show what it might take: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Strain displacement in microbiomes via ecological competition - Nature Microbiology
Mathematical modelling and experimental tests reveal principles that govern displacement of a resident strain by an invader in microbial communities.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Can we leverage bacterial competition for targeted replacement of harmful strains? Maybe! Our recent piece in @natmicrobiol.nature.com provides a theoretical framework and a set of experiments to show what it might take: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacterial warfare is associated with virulence and antimicrobial resistance - Nature Communications
Bacteria employ a range of competition systems that deliver toxins to inhibit competing strains. This study shows that these systems are particularly important for the ecology of virulent and antibiot...
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
So happy to share this! Bacteriocins were first discovered over 100 years ago, but what do they actually do? We look at >1000 bacteriocin plasmids and find links to virulence and antimicrobial resistance, and frequent bacteriocin sharing in Enterobacteriaceae.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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I am excited to announce two PhD opportunities! Come and join our interdisciplinary team in Sheffield, UK.
- Destroying forever chemicals with microbes and cold plasma: tinyurl.com/mth8ymx5
- Learning how motile bacteria make decisions: tinyurl.com/2hmc9a8u
UK and overseas students welcome to apply!
- Destroying forever chemicals with microbes and cold plasma: tinyurl.com/mth8ymx5
- Learning how motile bacteria make decisions: tinyurl.com/2hmc9a8u
UK and overseas students welcome to apply!
ECOSOLUTIONS DFA - Harnessing microbes and cold plasma to concentrate and destroy ‘forever chemicals’ in food associated ecosystems at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ECOSOLUTIONS DFA - Harnessing microbes and cold plasma to concentrate and destroy ‘forever chemicals’ in food associated ecosystems at University of Sheffield, listed on Find...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I am excited to announce two PhD opportunities! Come and join our interdisciplinary team in Sheffield, UK.
- Destroying forever chemicals with microbes and cold plasma: tinyurl.com/mth8ymx5
- Learning how motile bacteria make decisions: tinyurl.com/2hmc9a8u
UK and overseas students welcome to apply!
- Destroying forever chemicals with microbes and cold plasma: tinyurl.com/mth8ymx5
- Learning how motile bacteria make decisions: tinyurl.com/2hmc9a8u
UK and overseas students welcome to apply!
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Join us for our next online seminar with Dr Francesco Boccellato from @ludwigcancer.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk.
He will discuss epithelial barrier homeostasis and response to infections.
🗓️28 October, 1-2pm
📌South Kensington/Online
👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19994...
He will discuss epithelial barrier homeostasis and response to infections.
🗓️28 October, 1-2pm
📌South Kensington/Online
👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19994...
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Join us for our next online seminar with Dr Francesco Boccellato from @ludwigcancer.bsky.social @ndm.ox.ac.uk.
He will discuss epithelial barrier homeostasis and response to infections.
🗓️28 October, 1-2pm
📌South Kensington/Online
👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19994...
He will discuss epithelial barrier homeostasis and response to infections.
🗓️28 October, 1-2pm
📌South Kensington/Online
👉 www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19994...
In the spirit of new things at the start of the @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social year, we took a new group photo!
🚨Exciting news🚨: three postdoctoral researchers were awarded external fellowships: Cameron Boggon (SNF), Inez Roegiers (HFSP), Witold Postek (MSCA).
@imperialinfect.bsky.social
🚨Exciting news🚨: three postdoctoral researchers were awarded external fellowships: Cameron Boggon (SNF), Inez Roegiers (HFSP), Witold Postek (MSCA).
@imperialinfect.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In the spirit of new things at the start of the @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social year, we took a new group photo!
🚨Exciting news🚨: three postdoctoral researchers were awarded external fellowships: Cameron Boggon (SNF), Inez Roegiers (HFSP), Witold Postek (MSCA).
@imperialinfect.bsky.social
🚨Exciting news🚨: three postdoctoral researchers were awarded external fellowships: Cameron Boggon (SNF), Inez Roegiers (HFSP), Witold Postek (MSCA).
@imperialinfect.bsky.social
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We have dramatically increased splice switching *and* RNase-H ASO activity by conjugating a nuclear importer!
Published in JACS (@jacs.acspublications.org )
Led by Disha Kashyap, with Tom Milne+@natahub.org
@uclchemistry.bsky.social 🧬🧪 #chemsky
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Published in JACS (@jacs.acspublications.org )
Led by Disha Kashyap, with Tom Milne+@natahub.org
@uclchemistry.bsky.social 🧬🧪 #chemsky
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
August 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
We have dramatically increased splice switching *and* RNase-H ASO activity by conjugating a nuclear importer!
Published in JACS (@jacs.acspublications.org )
Led by Disha Kashyap, with Tom Milne+@natahub.org
@uclchemistry.bsky.social 🧬🧪 #chemsky
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Published in JACS (@jacs.acspublications.org )
Led by Disha Kashyap, with Tom Milne+@natahub.org
@uclchemistry.bsky.social 🧬🧪 #chemsky
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.
See thread for more information and reach out!
See thread for more information and reach out!
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
We are on the lookout for postdocs for two different projects at the intersection of ecology, evolution, and the human microbiome.
See thread for more information and reach out!
See thread for more information and reach out!
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Excited to share the latest paper from the Riglar lab @imperialinfect.bsky.social & @crick.ac.uk.
We use #synbio for biosensor discovery in our quest to build 'smart probiotics' to sense and treat disease.
Well done @clare-r.bsky.social et al!
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding!
We use #synbio for biosensor discovery in our quest to build 'smart probiotics' to sense and treat disease.
Well done @clare-r.bsky.social et al!
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding!
July 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Excited to share the latest paper from the Riglar lab @imperialinfect.bsky.social & @crick.ac.uk.
We use #synbio for biosensor discovery in our quest to build 'smart probiotics' to sense and treat disease.
Well done @clare-r.bsky.social et al!
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding!
We use #synbio for biosensor discovery in our quest to build 'smart probiotics' to sense and treat disease.
Well done @clare-r.bsky.social et al!
Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social for funding!
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Please RT! Call for Fellows! If you’re a structural biologist and wanting to start your lab by applying for an external Fellowship then we at Imperial may be excited to host you. Synthetic biologists too.. Please submit expression of interest with details below 🙏
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
www.imperial.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Please RT! Call for Fellows! If you’re a structural biologist and wanting to start your lab by applying for an external Fellowship then we at Imperial may be excited to host you. Synthetic biologists too.. Please submit expression of interest with details below 🙏
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
Great to see our CIE Mentoring Programme @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social growing every year 🙌 ! We'll be funding lab placements over the summer thanks to EPSRC.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264013/...
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264013/...
Mentoring programme supports record number of young scientists | Imperial News | Imperial College London
The CIE (Confronting Inequality in Education) Mentoring Programme has completed its most successful year yet, supporting 69 Year 12 students.
www.imperial.ac.uk
May 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Great to see our CIE Mentoring Programme @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social growing every year 🙌 ! We'll be funding lab placements over the summer thanks to EPSRC.
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264013/...
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/264013/...