Lilly Cummins
@lillycummins.bsky.social
she/her | Postdoc in Sheppard Lab @ University of Oxford | bacterial evolutionary genomics, pangenomes, AMR | I believe in equality
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🔊 Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial Evolution.
Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠
3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share!
hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠
3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share!
hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
🔊 Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Bacterial Evolution.
Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠
3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share!
hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
Looking to recruit a postdoc to join a UKRI FLF-funded project on antibiotic resistance evolution in the microbiome 🦠
3 years funding, deadline 26th Jan, please share!
hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...
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Microbial pangenomics is reshaping our understanding of microbial diversity. Reaching new frontiers of an open and evolving discipline, hear the latest insights at Annual Conference 2026. Registration is open: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26
Annual Conference 2026
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January 2, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Microbial pangenomics is reshaping our understanding of microbial diversity. Reaching new frontiers of an open and evolving discipline, hear the latest insights at Annual Conference 2026. Registration is open: microb.io/AC26Register #Microbio26
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The first preprint from @izziepotterill.bsky.social PhD. A clone within ST131 clade C with a totally unique capsule region.
Genomic rearrangement of the capsule operon in a phylogenetically distinct cluster of the multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli lineage ST131 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.15.689991v1
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The first preprint from @izziepotterill.bsky.social PhD. A clone within ST131 clade C with a totally unique capsule region.
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We're pleased to announce the annual IOI Early Career Researcher Conference will be held on 20 March 2026 at Saïd Business School, Oxford.
A conference for early career researchers, designed by early career researchers.
Register for your free place now:
www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/event/ioi-ea...
A conference for early career researchers, designed by early career researchers.
Register for your free place now:
www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/event/ioi-ea...
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We're pleased to announce the annual IOI Early Career Researcher Conference will be held on 20 March 2026 at Saïd Business School, Oxford.
A conference for early career researchers, designed by early career researchers.
Register for your free place now:
www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/event/ioi-ea...
A conference for early career researchers, designed by early career researchers.
Register for your free place now:
www.ineosoxford.ox.ac.uk/event/ioi-ea...
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The ContamCalendar 2026 will likely be the final calendar we make, so we wanted it to be a great one.
The new design folds out to be A3, perfect for displaying the beautiful microbes inside 😍
Also full of microbe-related days throughout the year 📆🦠🧫🍄
The new design folds out to be A3, perfect for displaying the beautiful microbes inside 😍
Also full of microbe-related days throughout the year 📆🦠🧫🍄
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The ContamCalendar 2026 will likely be the final calendar we make, so we wanted it to be a great one.
The new design folds out to be A3, perfect for displaying the beautiful microbes inside 😍
Also full of microbe-related days throughout the year 📆🦠🧫🍄
The new design folds out to be A3, perfect for displaying the beautiful microbes inside 😍
Also full of microbe-related days throughout the year 📆🦠🧫🍄
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💥CONTAM CALENDAR GIVEAWAY💥
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
💥CONTAM CALENDAR GIVEAWAY💥
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
Here's your chance to win a ContamCalendar 2026! 🗓️🍄🦠
Just follow @contamclub.bsky.social and repost this post to enter the competition
Winner will be randomly selected from Bluesky or Twitter on Wednesday @ 6pm UTC
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‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2026 🗓️🚨‼️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‼️🚨🗓️ CONTAMCALENDAR 2026 🗓️🚨‼️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
Excited to say the ContamCalendar is back for its fifth edition! We’ve created a fresh new design, folding out for an A3 monthly spread. It’s our best yet, we hope you’ll love it 🗓️🦠🧫🍄
Get yours here ➡️ www.contam.club ⬅️
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Look out for an exciting announcement later…. 👀 #ContamCalendar
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Look out for an exciting announcement later…. 👀 #ContamCalendar
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Our latest is out tonight in @microbiologysociety.org MGen. Using long read seq to ID and then control hospital transmission of a CRKp we believe shows genomic and clinical signs of hypervirulence
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Identification and response to a putatively hypervirulent, carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST395 hospital outbreak in the UK
Here, we describe a putatively hypervirulent, carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (hv-CRKP) outbreak. Nanopore sequencing guided the infection prevention and control (IPC) responses during the ...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Our latest is out tonight in @microbiologysociety.org MGen. Using long read seq to ID and then control hospital transmission of a CRKp we believe shows genomic and clinical signs of hypervirulence
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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Brilliant day having a project meeting with @sheppardlab.bsky.social and @lillycummins.bsky.social today on our BBSRC project. I still love my research even if I get less time on it now.
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Brilliant day having a project meeting with @sheppardlab.bsky.social and @lillycummins.bsky.social today on our BBSRC project. I still love my research even if I get less time on it now.
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Just submitted my abstracts. Make sure to pop yours in 📝
Tomorrow is the final day to submit your work for presentation at #Microbio26 in Belfast!
Abstract submissions close at 23:59 GMT on Tuesday 11 November: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
Abstract submissions close at 23:59 GMT on Tuesday 11 November: microb.io/AC26Abstracts
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Just submitted my abstracts. Make sure to pop yours in 📝
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So much of this article is full of hope then,
"About 43% of respondents had experienced some form of discrimination or harassment.. in around four out of ten bullying cases, a student reported bullying by their supervisor."
We need safeguards in place to stop this from happening.
"About 43% of respondents had experienced some form of discrimination or harassment.. in around four out of ten bullying cases, a student reported bullying by their supervisor."
We need safeguards in place to stop this from happening.
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
So much of this article is full of hope then,
"About 43% of respondents had experienced some form of discrimination or harassment.. in around four out of ten bullying cases, a student reported bullying by their supervisor."
We need safeguards in place to stop this from happening.
"About 43% of respondents had experienced some form of discrimination or harassment.. in around four out of ten bullying cases, a student reported bullying by their supervisor."
We need safeguards in place to stop this from happening.
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External Event Grant awards of up to £750 are available for eligible members as a contribution towards the costs of registration, travel, and accommodation to attend an event beginning in the period 01 Jan – 30 April 2026. Apply now before the deadline 01 Nov at 23:59 GMT: microb.io/ExternalEven...
External Event Grant
Login to apply
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October 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
External Event Grant awards of up to £750 are available for eligible members as a contribution towards the costs of registration, travel, and accommodation to attend an event beginning in the period 01 Jan – 30 April 2026. Apply now before the deadline 01 Nov at 23:59 GMT: microb.io/ExternalEven...
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Join us online for the Education and Outreach Network Winter Conference on 7 November 2025. Attendance is free, and registration remains open until 4 November 2025 at 23:59 GMT. Register now: Link in bio
October 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us online for the Education and Outreach Network Winter Conference on 7 November 2025. Attendance is free, and registration remains open until 4 November 2025 at 23:59 GMT. Register now: Link in bio
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To celebrate Black in Micro Week, the @blackinmicro.bsky.social have published a new commentary, Reclaiming Microbiology: Scientists as Community Members & Advocacy Leaders. Read the article: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen #BiM2025
Reclaiming microbiology: scientists as community members and advocacy leaders
Microbiology Society journals contain high-quality research papers and topical review articles. We are a not-for-profit publisher and we support and invest in the microbiology community, to the…
microb.io
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
To celebrate Black in Micro Week, the @blackinmicro.bsky.social have published a new commentary, Reclaiming Microbiology: Scientists as Community Members & Advocacy Leaders. Read the article: doi.org/10.1099/mgen... #MGen #BiM2025
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To celebrate and support the great @blackinmicro.bsky.social initiative and what joining could mean for you, please take a look through the commentary in Microbial Genomics @microbiologysociety.org hot off the press today! #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪🦠 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Reclaiming microbiology: scientists as community members and advocacy leaders
Microbiology Society journals contain high-quality research papers and topical review articles. We are a not-for-profit publisher and we support and invest in the microbiology community, to the benefi...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
To celebrate and support the great @blackinmicro.bsky.social initiative and what joining could mean for you, please take a look through the commentary in Microbial Genomics @microbiologysociety.org hot off the press today! #MicroSky #MicrobiomeSky 💻🧬🧪🦠 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
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📣 Reminder of the below fully-funded PhD studentships in exposome immunology! Projects interfacing with other areas (e.g. the human microbiome) are also on offer. Please reach out if you have any questions.
Applications due 2 Dec 2025 📣
Applications due 2 Dec 2025 📣
🎓 6x fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships 🎓
We are recruiting our first cohort of PhD students to start Oct 2026.
Students will shape their own projects within supervisory teams spanning the universities of Manchester & Oxford.
www.findaphd.com/phds/program/mrc-core-in-exposome-immunology/?p6899
We are recruiting our first cohort of PhD students to start Oct 2026.
Students will shape their own projects within supervisory teams spanning the universities of Manchester & Oxford.
www.findaphd.com/phds/program/mrc-core-in-exposome-immunology/?p6899
FindAPhD : MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester
Apply for a PhD: MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology at The University of Manchester
www.findaphd.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📣 Reminder of the below fully-funded PhD studentships in exposome immunology! Projects interfacing with other areas (e.g. the human microbiome) are also on offer. Please reach out if you have any questions.
Applications due 2 Dec 2025 📣
Applications due 2 Dec 2025 📣
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Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️
We’re back! ✨ The next #MeeHubs26 is coming with 7 hubs across the globe and incredible lineups at each. Can’t wait to share more soon! meehubs.org
Home
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October 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Note it in your calendars! Aug 3-5, 2026. Excited to bring back MEEHubs to a hub near you (Switzerland, USA, Canada, Mexico, UK, Ukraine, or virtual only)‼️
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After being with the journal since its very inception, the time has come for me to step back from Microbial Genomics. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a leadership role in one of the leading journals for microbial genomics research
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
<i>Microbial Genomics </i> Deputy Editor-in-Chief: Call for Expressions of interest
microbiologysociety.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 AM
After being with the journal since its very inception, the time has come for me to step back from Microbial Genomics. This is a wonderful opportunity to have a leadership role in one of the leading journals for microbial genomics research
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
microbiologysociety.org/news/society...
Great science-filled afternoon at @microbiologysociety.org HQ watching finalists present at the Early Career Microbiologist of the Year Finals! All the speakers gave fantastic talks on a wide variety of subjects 🦠🧫🔬
October 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Great science-filled afternoon at @microbiologysociety.org HQ watching finalists present at the Early Career Microbiologist of the Year Finals! All the speakers gave fantastic talks on a wide variety of subjects 🦠🧫🔬
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Applications for Outreach and Engagement grant are closing tomorrow at 23.59 BST. Members can apply for up to £1000 to support relevant science outreach or public engagement initiatives. Check your eligibility and apply now: microb.io/OutreachandE....
Outreach and Engagement Grant
Eligible members can apply for up to £1000 to support relevant science outreach or public engagement initiatives that engage new audiences in the art and science in any aspect of microbiology.…
microb.io
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Applications for Outreach and Engagement grant are closing tomorrow at 23.59 BST. Members can apply for up to £1000 to support relevant science outreach or public engagement initiatives. Check your eligibility and apply now: microb.io/OutreachandE....
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Our fantastic @sheppardlab.bsky.social DPhil student Madison Goforth gives us a global overview of Campylobacter source attribution and the spread of AMR 🌎💊🌎 #CampyUK2025 @microbiologysociety.org @ineosoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Our fantastic @sheppardlab.bsky.social DPhil student Madison Goforth gives us a global overview of Campylobacter source attribution and the spread of AMR 🌎💊🌎 #CampyUK2025 @microbiologysociety.org @ineosoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
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Are antibiotics a dead parrot? 🦜Prof Aidan Taylor kicks off the ‘From farm to fork’ session discussing Campylobacter AMR and vaccine development 🧫💉 #CampyUK2025 @microbiologysociety.org @ineosoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Are antibiotics a dead parrot? 🦜Prof Aidan Taylor kicks off the ‘From farm to fork’ session discussing Campylobacter AMR and vaccine development 🧫💉 #CampyUK2025 @microbiologysociety.org @ineosoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
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Another speaker sponsored by @microbiologysociety.org , Prof Sitara Ajjampur talks about age and exposure to infected poultry in backyard chicken flocks as determinants of Campylobacter infections in children in rural south India 🐓🇮🇳 #CampyUK2025 @ineosoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Another speaker sponsored by @microbiologysociety.org , Prof Sitara Ajjampur talks about age and exposure to infected poultry in backyard chicken flocks as determinants of Campylobacter infections in children in rural south India 🐓🇮🇳 #CampyUK2025 @ineosoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
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@sheppardlab.bsky.social collaborator Francesca Schiaffino, sponsored by @microbiologysociety.org explains patterns in persistent Campylobacter infections in LMICs, using data from Peru to investigate complex long-term carriage 🐓🇵🇪 #CampyUK2025 @ineosoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
@sheppardlab.bsky.social collaborator Francesca Schiaffino, sponsored by @microbiologysociety.org explains patterns in persistent Campylobacter infections in LMICs, using data from Peru to investigate complex long-term carriage 🐓🇵🇪 #CampyUK2025 @ineosoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk