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@halllab.bsky.social
Prof Lindsay Hall’s research group at University of Birmingham & Quadram Institute. Early life microbiota (we love Bifidobacterium!), and influence of diet, host and pathogens.
As the year wraps up, a huge thank you to the team for an outstanding year of hard work. It’s been a fab one, with exciting outputs & great opportunities to share our work.
Here’s to 2026: welcoming new faces, generating new #microbiome discoveries & continuing to enjoy the process & the laughs! 🤩
December 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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📢 We’re looking for Editors to join Microbial Genomics! We’re seeking Editors with some previous editorial experience to support our to help ensure the publication of high-quality, impactful research. Find out more and apply by 19 January 2026: microb.io/Vacancies
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December 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The 2nd round of PhD projects for the DTP in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social, has just launched, funded by @nihr.bsky.social 6 PhD projects are available (UK students only)
www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cen...
PhD Microbial Genomics for Health Protection, Biosciences - University of Birmingham
PhD in Microbial Genomics, exciting new Doctoral Training Programme in Microbial Genomics for Health Protection in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) launches
www.birmingham.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Want to shape future collaboration between Parliament and the research community?

Share your experiences, challenges and ideas by completing a short survey, led by a Parliamentary Thematic Research Lead. Please complete the survey by 31 December: microb.io/4pg68mB
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Delighted to share Magda's new review in Annual Review of Food Science and Technology 🎉

We explore how microbe-diet interactions shape health across the life course and the promise (and challenges!) of microbiome-informed precision nutrition 👇

doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Microbe–Diet Interactions and Personalized Nutrition
Nutrition plays a fundamental role in shaping human health across the life course, influencing both host physiology and the composition and function of the gut microbiota. In turn, the gut microbiota ...
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Whoop whoop! 🎉 @hannahtriv.bsky.social’s first-author paper is officially out as a preprint!

Some super interesting long-read metagenomics results - especially the dominance of MDR Enterococcus faecium in very sick liver patients.

Huge shout-out to the whole team and fab collaborators!
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Last chance to register! #MMEG2025 is just two weeks away, and we’re shining a spotlight on two unmissable panel sessions at the event.
December 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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HoloGen Doctoral Network Retreat #2 – Barcelona! 🌞

All our PhD candidates together for the first time – a week of project presentations, hands-on workshops, industry talks, and an amazing sailing social on the Med. Science + collaboration + tapas = success!

#HoloGen #PhDLife #Microbiome #MSCADN
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🚨 Join us on 2-4th March 2026 for this fantastic UK-based #microbiome conference!

A stellar line-up of speakers, plus plenty of opportunities for selected talks and flash poster pitches.

🗓️ Abstract deadline: 24th November 2025 - don’t miss out!
Final call for #Microbiome26 abstracts!

Submit by 24 November ⏰

Showcase your microbiome research at our friendly and inclusive meeting, and gain feedback from global leaders 🦠 🧪

Join us for excellent speakers and to explore emerging talent in the field.

📎 bit.ly/4kttBOX
#MicrobiomeSky
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🧫 #MMEG2025 is back!

📍 University of Birmingham | 15-16 Dec
🎤 20+ ERC talks, posters & flash talks
🍽️ Social at Indian Brewery Taproom

Keynote: Prof. Corinne Whitby

Abstracts due 2 Nov - get those abstracts submitted!

Join us for a cracking microbial ecology community meeting 👉
Have research, results, or ideas to share with the microbial ecology community? Don’t miss your chance to present it at #MMEG2025 - abstract submissions close 2 November!

📨 Submit your abstract: appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...
October 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Have research, results, or ideas to share with the microbial ecology community? Don’t miss your chance to present it at #MMEG2025 - abstract submissions close 2 November!

📨 Submit your abstract: appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...
October 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New paper out! 🎉 Our collab with Jorge & Amanda shows that Bifido can remotely control placental endocrine function (in 🐀) - modulating >400 proteins! 🚀 Published in J Transl Med - translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Gut microbes shaping the placenta - pretty amazing stuff! 🧫🤰
October 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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MMEG is coming to @unibirmingham.bsky.social in December - look out for some exciting announcements about the programme in the next few weeks! Abstract submission and registration is open 👇🏻
Save the Date: #MMEG2025 is coming to Birmingham!

Join us on 15–16 December 2025 for the 31st edition of MMEG. This year's event is your chance to:
🔬 Share your research
🤝 Connect with peers
🦠 Discover the latest in molecular microbial ecology

Register now: appliedmicrobiology.org/ems-event-ca...
October 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
📢🚨 Check out @drgdavidson.bsky.social's 3-year senior PDRA role below @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social!
Super exciting project exploring wildlife ecology 🐾 and gut microbiome bioinformatics 🧬!
👉 Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...
💬 Informal enquiries to Gabrielle welcome!
September 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Come join us 2-4th March 2026 for a cracking #microbiome conference in Hinxton UK! Speaker line up is AMAZING and lots of opportunities for ECRs for selected talks, flash talks and posters.

Bursaries are also available!

See details below 👇
Showcase your microbiome research at our 2026 conference! #Microbiome26

Demonstrate how #genomics tools and technologies are contributing to a deeper understanding of the microbiome.

🗓️ 2-4 March
Submit an abstract by 24 November ✍🏼

📎 bit.ly/4kttBOX
#MicrobiomeSky #AcademicSky
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
We were gutted that @eliza-coli.bsky.social’s stunning illustration wasn’t chosen for the front cover - I mean, just look at it! ✨

Working with Eliza was a joy & if you’re looking for a brilliant scientific illustrator to bring your projects to life, I can’t recommend her highly enough 🎨🧫🦠
Bifidobacteria co-evolve with their hosts - new research by the @halllab.bsky.social published in @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social and illustrated by me!

Another #NotTheCover for the books, but in this case, it's really their loss 😋

🧫🧪🐡 #microbiome #cartoon
September 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Such an engaged audience at #EESMicrobiome with lots of great questions after my talk!

Big thanks to the organisers for inviting me to present some of the teams recent early life #microbiome work.

Conference has been AMAZING so far!
🦠🔬 We’re starting #EESMicrobiome Session 3: Early life microbiome – development and impact

🔸Chaired by Tami Lieberman (MIT) & Mani Arumugam (University of Copenhagen)

🎤 First talk:
'Exploring early life microbiome interactions'
by Lindsay Hall @unibirmingham.bsky.social @halllab.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🚨 An excellent opportunity for scientists in Africa, at all career stages, working on maternal & child microbiome research 🚨

📚 Blended learning (3 months) incl. prep modules, hands-on training (12-17 Apr 2026) & mentoring.

coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/human-...
Human Gut Microbiome Metagenomics – Africa — 20260412
Build skills in microbiome metagenomics, bioinformatics, and data interpretation to advance maternal and child health research
coursesandconferences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org
September 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Excited to share our @cp-cellhostmicrobe.bsky.social led by Magda showing how Bif has co-evolved with different animal hosts 🐒🐭🐷🐦

Key takeaways:
🔹 Host ancestry + diet shape Bif evolution
🔹 Mammals enriched for carb-busting enzymes
🔹 Untapped diversity in non-human hosts = new probiotic potential
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Bursaries to support your participation at our Microbiome research conference! #Microbiome26

Get up to 50% off the conference registration fee - apply by 24 November 📩

Join us to explore the latest tools and approaches driving advances in the field.

📎bit.ly/4kttBOX
#MicrobiomeSky #AcademicSky
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Really pleased to see this study led by @raymondkiu.bsky.social now published in @natcomms.nature.com!

We show that probiotics help modulate the preterm infant 👶#microbiome - to reduce ARGs, lower MDR bacteria 🦠 & increase beneficial Bifido ✨

Huge team effort!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🧠🌍 Free Online Symposium
African Microbiomes & Mental Health
📅 29 Sept 2025 | 🕒 14:00 SAST / 13:00 BST
🔗 Register or submit an abstract: forms.gle/8WBZnimr3xui...
🎤 Join leading researchers, clinicians & lived experience experts.
🌟 Submit an abstract for a 10-min spotlight talk!
📄 Speaker info below
August 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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🚨 2 funded #PhD positions (ERC Adv Grant) in the Moissl-Eichinger Lab, Graz! Study Methanobrevibacter as a keystone in the gut microbiome.
💡 Omics, modeling, synthetic consortia
📅 Deadline: Sept 10, 2025
🌍 Int’l applicants welcome!
Application link below.
#microbiomesky #archaeasky #microsky
August 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Interested in bacteriocins targeting Gram-negative bacteria causing UTIs? Come and work with me and PI @davidnegus.bsky.social as a research assistant on a 12-month project, funded by The Urology Foundation. #UTIsky
Research Associate:Clifton Campus
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August 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Barnstorming talk by @coytelab.bsky.social at the @imibirmingham.bsky.social seminar series today!

🧬 “An ecosystem on a leash: understanding the drivers of gut microbiome dynamics”

Thanks for making the trip down from Manchester and sharing some super cool published & preliminary data! 🚀
July 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM