John Clark-Corrigall
@johncorrigall.bsky.social
BBSRC NLD DTP PhD student working in the Khan Lab. Fledgling molecular microbiologist. From Newcastle-Gateshead, for the world.
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I have a phobia of shallow dishes - I’m petri-fied
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I have a phobia of shallow dishes - I’m petri-fied
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New PhD position in my lab at @uniofbath.bsky.social (with both @tweethinking.bsky.social & Dr Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun)!
We're looking for someone keen on bioinformatics and microbiome evolution.
Important info below on eligibility & URSA competition funding👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
We're looking for someone keen on bioinformatics and microbiome evolution.
Important info below on eligibility & URSA competition funding👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The overlapping microbiome: ecology, function and resilience beyond species boundaries at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The overlapping microbiome: ecology, function and resilience beyond species boundaries at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
New PhD position in my lab at @uniofbath.bsky.social (with both @tweethinking.bsky.social & Dr Bethan Littleford-Colquhoun)!
We're looking for someone keen on bioinformatics and microbiome evolution.
Important info below on eligibility & URSA competition funding👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
We're looking for someone keen on bioinformatics and microbiome evolution.
Important info below on eligibility & URSA competition funding👇
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Professor Joana Falcao Salles, a professor of Microbial Community Ecology at the University of Groningen, has been named as the newest winner of the Basil Jarvis Food Security and Innovation Award. @rug.nl www.the-microbiologist.com/news/horizon...
Horizon Awards 2025: Professor Joana Falcao Salles named as winner of Basil Jarvis Award
Professor Joana Falcao Salles, a professor of Microbial Community Ecology at the University of Groningen, has been named as the newest winner of the Basil Jarvis Food Security and Innovation Award.
www.the-microbiologist.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Professor Joana Falcao Salles, a professor of Microbial Community Ecology at the University of Groningen, has been named as the newest winner of the Basil Jarvis Food Security and Innovation Award. @rug.nl www.the-microbiologist.com/news/horizon...
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Join us for the next webinar in our AMR series on 8 December at 13:00 GMT, ‘Irish National Action Plan (iNAP3) on AMR Panel Discussion'. The webinar is free, and all are welcome to attend. Register now: microb.io/486F0kl
AMR in Focus: Irish National Action Plan (iNAP3) on AMR Panel Discussion
8 December 2025
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November 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join us for the next webinar in our AMR series on 8 December at 13:00 GMT, ‘Irish National Action Plan (iNAP3) on AMR Panel Discussion'. The webinar is free, and all are welcome to attend. Register now: microb.io/486F0kl
Great to attend @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar series yday, 1st talk from Kathleen of @jmarlesw.bsky.social lab with a brilliant Structural Biology 101 from an ÄKTA aficionado for the angstrom averse, to explain the structure discovery pipeline and what’s making structural biologists so sad.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Great to attend @mhd-newcastle.bsky.social seminar series yday, 1st talk from Kathleen of @jmarlesw.bsky.social lab with a brilliant Structural Biology 101 from an ÄKTA aficionado for the angstrom averse, to explain the structure discovery pipeline and what’s making structural biologists so sad.
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Funded PhD opportunity for anyone interested in using cutting-edge chemistry to look at glycan profiles in prostate cancer samples 🙌🏻
The successful student will be based at the University of York with Prof Alison Parkin with the opportunity to carry out a placement at the @nucancer.bsky.social
The successful student will be based at the University of York with Prof Alison Parkin with the opportunity to carry out a placement at the @nucancer.bsky.social
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Rapid and sensitive diagnostic ‘fingerprinting’ of prostate cancer O-glycans using Fourier-Transform alternative current voltammetry (FTACV) at University of Y...
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Rapid and sensitive diagnostic ‘fingerprinting’ of prostate cancer O-glycans using Fourier-Transform alternative current voltammetry ...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Funded PhD opportunity for anyone interested in using cutting-edge chemistry to look at glycan profiles in prostate cancer samples 🙌🏻
The successful student will be based at the University of York with Prof Alison Parkin with the opportunity to carry out a placement at the @nucancer.bsky.social
The successful student will be based at the University of York with Prof Alison Parkin with the opportunity to carry out a placement at the @nucancer.bsky.social
Last few hours to get your abstracts in!! Lots of exciting sessions to submit to for Belfast next year! #Microbio26 #microbiochamps
Final call! Abstract submissions for Annual Conference 2026 close at 23:59 GMT tonight. Submit your work and join us in Belfast: microb.io/AC26Abstracts #Microbio26
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Last few hours to get your abstracts in!! Lots of exciting sessions to submit to for Belfast next year! #Microbio26 #microbiochamps
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Final call! Abstract submissions for Annual Conference 2026 close at 23:59 GMT tonight. Submit your work and join us in Belfast: microb.io/AC26Abstracts #Microbio26
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Final call! Abstract submissions for Annual Conference 2026 close at 23:59 GMT tonight. Submit your work and join us in Belfast: microb.io/AC26Abstracts #Microbio26
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Last year, we funded our Champions to conduct activities during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Dr Yinka Somorin discusses his outreach work last November. We are proud to be funding activities again! Watch this space to see the outreach we are supporting to help tackle AMR.
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Last year, we funded our Champions to conduct activities during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Dr Yinka Somorin discusses his outreach work last November. We are proud to be funding activities again! Watch this space to see the outreach we are supporting to help tackle AMR.
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You can get two-day tickets for Annual Conference 2026. Registration is already open. Learn more and secure your spot: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
You can get two-day tickets for Annual Conference 2026. Registration is already open. Learn more and secure your spot: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26
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Another exciting day in Newcastle for structural biology! The CCP4 Structural Biology Meeting 2025 is here!
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Another exciting day in Newcastle for structural biology! The CCP4 Structural Biology Meeting 2025 is here!
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Next up @augustsilale.bsky.social telling us about molecular motor proteins
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Next up @augustsilale.bsky.social telling us about molecular motor proteins
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No! You're a toxic burden?! 😅
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health dealss with this 🤔 this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
The @langridgelab.bsky.social is looking for #PhD candidates to join the group in October 2026 - please share!
Apply by 6 Jan🗓️
#PhDposition
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health dealss with this 🤔 this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
The @langridgelab.bsky.social is looking for #PhD candidates to join the group in October 2026 - please share!
Apply by 6 Jan🗓️
#PhDposition
PhD Carrying a toxic burden: the continuing spread of “Shiga toxin stx2a”-harbouring phage in E. coli (LANGRIDGE_Q26MMB) 2026/27 | UEA
PhD Carrying a toxic burden: the continuing spread of “Shiga toxin stx2a”-harbouring phage in E. coli (LANGRIDGE_Q26MMB) 2026/27 | UEA
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November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
No! You're a toxic burden?! 😅
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health dealss with this 🤔 this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
The @langridgelab.bsky.social is looking for #PhD candidates to join the group in October 2026 - please share!
Apply by 6 Jan🗓️
#PhDposition
Ever wonder how bacteria become more toxic via phages? & how public health dealss with this 🤔 this project could be for you🦠🏥🧬
The @langridgelab.bsky.social is looking for #PhD candidates to join the group in October 2026 - please share!
Apply by 6 Jan🗓️
#PhDposition
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In 2019, a mysterious contaminant lead to the start of Contamination Club, an online club dedicated to weird and wonderful intruders.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In 2019, a mysterious contaminant lead to the start of Contamination Club, an online club dedicated to weird and wonderful intruders.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
🎧In this month's Microbe Talk, two of the team, Rob Moran and Greg McCallum, join us to talk about their journey and the online community that they've built.
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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...
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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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Want to find ways to combat TB? Check out this PhD position 👇
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Want to find ways to combat TB? Check out this PhD position 👇
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If you are interested in researching how drug resistant bacteria evade killing by our immune system, them this PhD project is for you. Come join the our team at Newcastle, in collaboration with University of Liverpool, and lead research at the interface of microbiology, immunology and metabolomics.
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University, listed on Fin...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If you are interested in researching how drug resistant bacteria evade killing by our immune system, them this PhD project is for you. Come join the our team at Newcastle, in collaboration with University of Liverpool, and lead research at the interface of microbiology, immunology and metabolomics.
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We are very much looking forward to the Grand Opening of the Northern Eye Imaging facility tomorrow!
Follow us here for all the news coming from NUSBF!
Follow us here for all the news coming from NUSBF!
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
We are very much looking forward to the Grand Opening of the Northern Eye Imaging facility tomorrow!
Follow us here for all the news coming from NUSBF!
Follow us here for all the news coming from NUSBF!
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Looking for a PhD opportunity in Microbiology? Consider joining one of the UK's leading microbiology research clusters at Newcastle University. See the thread for MRC DTP studentships currently advertised. @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social #microsky
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Looking for a PhD opportunity in Microbiology? Consider joining one of the UK's leading microbiology research clusters at Newcastle University. See the thread for MRC DTP studentships currently advertised. @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social #microsky
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One week to go! Abstract submissions for Annual Conference 2026 close at 23:59 GMT on Tuesday 11 November. If you study microbes, there’s a home for your work at #Microbio26
Submit your work to one of >20 available sessions at: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
Submit your work to one of >20 available sessions at: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
One week to go! Abstract submissions for Annual Conference 2026 close at 23:59 GMT on Tuesday 11 November. If you study microbes, there’s a home for your work at #Microbio26
Submit your work to one of >20 available sessions at: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
Submit your work to one of >20 available sessions at: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
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Prospective PhD Students!
The MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Projects are now online.. lots of exciting opportunities to join us here in Newcastle.
Take a look 👀
www.findaphd.com/phds/mrc-dim...
The MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Projects are now online.. lots of exciting opportunities to join us here in Newcastle.
Take a look 👀
www.findaphd.com/phds/mrc-dim...
Newcastle University, MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 21 PhDs Listed
FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships at Newcastle University, MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Prospective PhD Students!
The MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Projects are now online.. lots of exciting opportunities to join us here in Newcastle.
Take a look 👀
www.findaphd.com/phds/mrc-dim...
The MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership PhD Projects are now online.. lots of exciting opportunities to join us here in Newcastle.
Take a look 👀
www.findaphd.com/phds/mrc-dim...
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Registration is now LIVE for the 2026 international symposium on Shiga toxin producing E. coli (VTEC), being held in Aberdeen on the the 10-13th of May 2026.
The early bird deadline is February 27th so don’t miss out and register now.
www.vtec2026.org
The early bird deadline is February 27th so don’t miss out and register now.
www.vtec2026.org
About - (VTEC 2026) International Symposium On Shiga Toxin Producing Escherchia Coli Infections - P&J Live
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November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Registration is now LIVE for the 2026 international symposium on Shiga toxin producing E. coli (VTEC), being held in Aberdeen on the the 10-13th of May 2026.
The early bird deadline is February 27th so don’t miss out and register now.
www.vtec2026.org
The early bird deadline is February 27th so don’t miss out and register now.
www.vtec2026.org
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Pinch, punch, it's Microbe of the Month 🦠 Introducing Umbribacter vaginalis!
The novel bacterium was isolated from vaginal fluid samples of people with bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common condition in which the vaginal microbiome becomes disturbed by an overgrowth of bacteria.
The novel bacterium was isolated from vaginal fluid samples of people with bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common condition in which the vaginal microbiome becomes disturbed by an overgrowth of bacteria.
November 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Pinch, punch, it's Microbe of the Month 🦠 Introducing Umbribacter vaginalis!
The novel bacterium was isolated from vaginal fluid samples of people with bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common condition in which the vaginal microbiome becomes disturbed by an overgrowth of bacteria.
The novel bacterium was isolated from vaginal fluid samples of people with bacterial vaginosis (BV), a common condition in which the vaginal microbiome becomes disturbed by an overgrowth of bacteria.
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Looking for an AMR-themed PhD project? Join us to investigate antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus through a fully funded MRC DTP PhD studentship starting in September 2026.
This project is close collaboration with @kateduncan.bsky.social and @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social.
This project is close collaboration with @kateduncan.bsky.social and @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social.
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resensitisation of antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resensitisation of antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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November 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Looking for an AMR-themed PhD project? Join us to investigate antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus through a fully funded MRC DTP PhD studentship starting in September 2026.
This project is close collaboration with @kateduncan.bsky.social and @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social.
This project is close collaboration with @kateduncan.bsky.social and @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social.
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Interested in a PhD at the intersection of biophysics and microbiology?
Apply for this MRC-funded opportunity at Newcastle University to do cutting-edge microscopy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis! 🔬🦠
Closing 4 Dec!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Apply for this MRC-funded opportunity at Newcastle University to do cutting-edge microscopy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis! 🔬🦠
Closing 4 Dec!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular mechanism of slow growth and antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle University on FindAPhD....
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular mechanism of slow growth and antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle Universit...
www.findaphd.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Interested in a PhD at the intersection of biophysics and microbiology?
Apply for this MRC-funded opportunity at Newcastle University to do cutting-edge microscopy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis! 🔬🦠
Closing 4 Dec!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Apply for this MRC-funded opportunity at Newcastle University to do cutting-edge microscopy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis! 🔬🦠
Closing 4 Dec!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...