Lucy Crouch
@lucyicm.bsky.social
🦠Scientist 🧪loves gut microbes and CAZymes.
Sir Henry Dale fellow at the IMI, University of Birmingham.
Sir Henry Dale fellow at the IMI, University of Birmingham.
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Absolutely delighted to have been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship! I will be moving to the University of Manchester @mermanchester.bsky.social to research early endosymbiont evolution
#microsky #symbiosky
#microsky #symbiosky
Meet the new cohort of exceptional researchers who have been awarded more than £83 million worth of early career fellowships by the Royal Society, working on research spanning the sciences: #RSGrants: https://bit.ly/49jMkKx
Exceptional researchers awarded early career fellowships worth more than £83 million | Royal Society
A new cohort of exceptional researchers at have been awarded funding through the Royal Society’s early career schemes, the University Research Fellowship (URF), Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) and Ne...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Absolutely delighted to have been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship! I will be moving to the University of Manchester @mermanchester.bsky.social to research early endosymbiont evolution
#microsky #symbiosky
#microsky #symbiosky
Excited for the amazing line up at the Society for Glycobiology annual meeting 2025 #glycotime
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Excited for the amazing line up at the Society for Glycobiology annual meeting 2025 #glycotime
Our group has a PhD position available in 'The vaginal microbiota – understanding how this microbial community forms'.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
There are also many other amazing projects to choose between from other groups, so check out the MIBTP website!
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
There are also many other amazing projects to choose between from other groups, so check out the MIBTP website!
Dr Lucy Crouch
Dr Lucy Crouch
warwick.ac.uk
October 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Our group has a PhD position available in 'The vaginal microbiota – understanding how this microbial community forms'.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
There are also many other amazing projects to choose between from other groups, so check out the MIBTP website!
warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa...
There are also many other amazing projects to choose between from other groups, so check out the MIBTP website!
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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
Key takeaways:
🔹 Host ancestry + diet shape Bif evolution
🔹 Mammals enriched for carb-busting enzymes
🔹 Untapped diversity in non-human hosts = new probiotic potential
Bifido adaptations across hosts
@halllab.bsky.social survey insects, reptiles, birds & mammals to uncover how Bifidobacterium adapts to hosts. Bifidobacterium & host exhibit strong co-phylogenetic associations, driven by vertical transmission & dietary selection
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
@halllab.bsky.social survey insects, reptiles, birds & mammals to uncover how Bifidobacterium adapts to hosts. Bifidobacterium & host exhibit strong co-phylogenetic associations, driven by vertical transmission & dietary selection
www.cell.com/cell-host-mi...
Host-specific microbiome and genomic signatures in Bifidobacterium reveal co-evolutionary and functional adaptations across diverse animal hosts
Bifidobacterium are beneficial members of the microbiota across animal hosts. Kujawska
et al. demonstrate that bifidobacteria have likely co-evolved more closely with mammals,
particularly primates, a...
www.cell.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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
Key takeaways:
🔹 Host ancestry + diet shape Bif evolution
🔹 Mammals enriched for carb-busting enzymes
🔹 Untapped diversity in non-human hosts = new probiotic potential
There is a new position open in the Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes! This is for someone in the area of microbial genomics 🧬 Please re-post and send to people, thank you!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham
Recruiting now: Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
There is a new position open in the Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes! This is for someone in the area of microbial genomics 🧬 Please re-post and send to people, thank you!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...
New paper! The characterisation of PNGaseL published in The Royal Society Open Science New Talent Collection. This paper describes a successful bioprospecting-to-commercialisation project royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #glycotime @cassiebakshani.bsky.social
PNGaseL from Flavobacterium akiainvivens targets a diverse range of N-glycan structures | Royal Society Open Science
Peptide:N-glycosidases (PNGases) are used by a wide range of organisms to remove N-glycan structures from proteins for use as either nutrients or in glycoprotein processing. PNGaseF is the most well-characterized enzyme of this family and is widely used ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
August 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New paper! The characterisation of PNGaseL published in The Royal Society Open Science New Talent Collection. This paper describes a successful bioprospecting-to-commercialisation project royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #glycotime @cassiebakshani.bsky.social
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A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Research Associate in Microbiome Ecology:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Reposted by Lucy Crouch
Feeding Britain is circulating a petition to urge the Government to extend the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme during the school holidays in England through to the next general election.
Please do sign and circulate the petition:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please do sign and circulate the petition:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Petition to extend The HAF Programme
Dear Prime Minister,
We are writing to urge you to extend the Government’s support for the provision of meals and activities, for children and young people during school holidays, through to the next...
docs.google.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Feeding Britain is circulating a petition to urge the Government to extend the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme during the school holidays in England through to the next general election.
Please do sign and circulate the petition:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please do sign and circulate the petition:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
New Pre-print! “PNGaseA-mediated N-glycan stripping from peptides by infant-derived Bifidobacterium bifidum”. This is the first manuscript from the Bifidobacterium and breast milk project🍼🤱👶in collaboration with van Sinderen and Lovering groups
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
PNGaseA-mediated N-glycan stripping from peptides by infant-derived Bifidobacterium bifidum
N-glycans are highly common sources of nutrition for human colonic-dwelling bacteria. These microbes have evolved a several methods to remove N-glycans from proteins; herein we describe the biochemica...
www.biorxiv.org
July 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
New Pre-print! “PNGaseA-mediated N-glycan stripping from peptides by infant-derived Bifidobacterium bifidum”. This is the first manuscript from the Bifidobacterium and breast milk project🍼🤱👶in collaboration with van Sinderen and Lovering groups
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New paper from Andy Lovering's group defining pentameric porin-like superstructures in Gram-negative bacteria 🦠@unibirmingham.bsky.social @imibirmingham.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New paper from Andy Lovering's group defining pentameric porin-like superstructures in Gram-negative bacteria 🦠@unibirmingham.bsky.social @imibirmingham.bsky.social
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The latest publication from our lab!
The famous "glomalin" from arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is not a protein but a polysaccharide from AM fungi, so we renamed it "glomalose". Glomalin-related proteins are bacterial proteins stuck in this glomalose.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The famous "glomalin" from arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is not a protein but a polysaccharide from AM fungi, so we renamed it "glomalose". Glomalin-related proteins are bacterial proteins stuck in this glomalose.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The latest publication from our lab!
The famous "glomalin" from arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is not a protein but a polysaccharide from AM fungi, so we renamed it "glomalose". Glomalin-related proteins are bacterial proteins stuck in this glomalose.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The famous "glomalin" from arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi is not a protein but a polysaccharide from AM fungi, so we renamed it "glomalose". Glomalin-related proteins are bacterial proteins stuck in this glomalose.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Very pleased to present the next pre-print from our lab #glycotime We showcase PNGaseL from Flavobacterium akiainvivens that we hope will be a useful tool for the glyco community 🍬🧪👩🔬 Special shout out to @cassiebakshani.bsky.social and Paulina (Ludger)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
PNGaseL from Flavobacterium akiainvivens targets a diverse range of N-glycan structures
PNGases are used by a wide range of organisms to remove N-glycan structures from proteins for use as either nutrients or in glycoprotein processing. PNGaseF is the most well-characterised enzyme of th...
www.biorxiv.org
June 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Very pleased to present the next pre-print from our lab #glycotime We showcase PNGaseL from Flavobacterium akiainvivens that we hope will be a useful tool for the glyco community 🍬🧪👩🔬 Special shout out to @cassiebakshani.bsky.social and Paulina (Ludger)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🍄The Last of Us - NIHR HPRU PhD opportunity🍄 Very exciting project on developing a genomic epidemiology toolkit for fungal outbreaks with @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @scalene.bsky.social and the Mycological Reference Lab Bristol www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The Last of Us: Developing a Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit for Fungal Outbreaks at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The Last of Us: Developing a Genomic Epidemiology Toolkit for Fungal Outbreaks at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
May 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🍄The Last of Us - NIHR HPRU PhD opportunity🍄 Very exciting project on developing a genomic epidemiology toolkit for fungal outbreaks with @mcdonaldmeganc.bsky.social @drjorhodes.com @scalene.bsky.social and the Mycological Reference Lab Bristol www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Reposted by Lucy Crouch
I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I got hit by some rather sudden and extreme financial hardship so if anyone is in need of remote wetlab contract research, strictly BSL1, do let me know. Currently scrambling for gigs.
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Plant, Bacterial, Archaeal Non-model Bioeng
Custom Lab Hardware
Turn Key Genetic Design
Please repost for reach 💚
Our lovely project student Sophia Hill is taking part in Pint of Science @pintofscience.uk this year! 21st May 7.30 pm The Night Owl Digbeth 🧪👩🔬 @unibirmingham.bsky.social
pintofscience.co.uk/event/molecu...
pintofscience.co.uk/event/molecu...
Molecular Battlefield: Microbes, Mutations & Medical Frontiers
Life’s smallest players spark its biggest challenges—and breakthroughs. From decoding how infant gut bacteria thrive on human milk, to battling antibiotic-…
pintofscience.co.uk
April 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Our lovely project student Sophia Hill is taking part in Pint of Science @pintofscience.uk this year! 21st May 7.30 pm The Night Owl Digbeth 🧪👩🔬 @unibirmingham.bsky.social
pintofscience.co.uk/event/molecu...
pintofscience.co.uk/event/molecu...
April 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Leah Burgess has joined the group this week #glycobiology 🍬
@leahburgess.bsky.social Leah will be exploring Clostridium perfringens CAZyme activity against host glycans also supervised by @halllab.bsky.social
@leahburgess.bsky.social Leah will be exploring Clostridium perfringens CAZyme activity against host glycans also supervised by @halllab.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Leah Burgess has joined the group this week #glycobiology 🍬
@leahburgess.bsky.social Leah will be exploring Clostridium perfringens CAZyme activity against host glycans also supervised by @halllab.bsky.social
@leahburgess.bsky.social Leah will be exploring Clostridium perfringens CAZyme activity against host glycans also supervised by @halllab.bsky.social
How to keep mucus-loving gut bacteria happy, in my new article with @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/this-mucus-l...
This mucus-loving gut bacteria is important for health – here’s how to keep it happy
Akkermansia muciniphila is a friendly bacteria which is linked to good immune function.
theconversation.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
How to keep mucus-loving gut bacteria happy, in my new article with @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/this-mucus-l...
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I'm recruiting a PhD student - details on the project and how to apply at this link 🤓
stockholmcazyme.com/2025/03/21/p...
stockholmcazyme.com/2025/03/21/p...
PhD position available: Stable enzyme technologies for a sustainable bioeconomy
Application deadline April 17th 2025! In brief: We have a PhD position available in our group, ideally to start in the autumn of 2025. Email Lauren with questions. Full details below. You must appl…
stockholmcazyme.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD student - details on the project and how to apply at this link 🤓
stockholmcazyme.com/2025/03/21/p...
stockholmcazyme.com/2025/03/21/p...
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PhD position available! The aim is to develop New Generation Prebiotics by incorporating microbiome research 🧫and biomaterials engineering 💊 with Rich Horniblow and Zhibing Zhang.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...
125th Anniversary Scholarships for Black British Researchers - University of Birmingham
This new scholarship scheme will fund up to 10 talented Black students who want to pursue a postgraduate research degree in Autumn 2025.
www.birmingham.ac.uk
February 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
PhD position available! The aim is to develop New Generation Prebiotics by incorporating microbiome research 🧫and biomaterials engineering 💊 with Rich Horniblow and Zhibing Zhang.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Reposted by Lucy Crouch
A҉L҉T҉R҉U҉I҉S҉T҉I҉C҉ ҉Z҉O҉M҉B҉I҉E҉ ҉B҉A҉C҉T҉E҉R҉I҉A҉🦠🧟
Fascinating Nat Comm paper Martin Cann Lab Durham UK
Dead bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism via Lon protease—provides nutrients promoting growth of surviving bacteria
No benefit of Lon to live bacteria to account for this
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fascinating Nat Comm paper Martin Cann Lab Durham UK
Dead bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism via Lon protease—provides nutrients promoting growth of surviving bacteria
No benefit of Lon to live bacteria to account for this
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
A҉L҉T҉R҉U҉I҉S҉T҉I҉C҉ ҉Z҉O҉M҉B҉I҉E҉ ҉B҉A҉C҉T҉E҉R҉I҉A҉🦠🧟
Fascinating Nat Comm paper Martin Cann Lab Durham UK
Dead bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism via Lon protease—provides nutrients promoting growth of surviving bacteria
No benefit of Lon to live bacteria to account for this
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fascinating Nat Comm paper Martin Cann Lab Durham UK
Dead bacteria encode post-mortem protein catabolism via Lon protease—provides nutrients promoting growth of surviving bacteria
No benefit of Lon to live bacteria to account for this
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Lucy Crouch
ÅNGSTRÖM-RESOLUTION IMAGING OF CELL-SURFACE GLYCANS🍬🍬🍬
For the first time, we are able to image the molecular architecture of the glycocalyx at Ångström resolution. A dream come true!
Read the preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
And find our tweetorial below#glycotimeme
For the first time, we are able to image the molecular architecture of the glycocalyx at Ångström resolution. A dream come true!
Read the preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
And find our tweetorial below#glycotimeme
February 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
ÅNGSTRÖM-RESOLUTION IMAGING OF CELL-SURFACE GLYCANS🍬🍬🍬
For the first time, we are able to image the molecular architecture of the glycocalyx at Ångström resolution. A dream come true!
Read the preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
And find our tweetorial below#glycotimeme
For the first time, we are able to image the molecular architecture of the glycocalyx at Ångström resolution. A dream come true!
Read the preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
And find our tweetorial below#glycotimeme
New paper out today from the lab on Akkermansia muciniphila 🦠and how it breaks down host glycans! Very proud of my group, especially @cassiebakshani.bsky.social who did an amazing job. @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Carbohydrate-active enzymes from Akkermansia muciniphila break down mucin O-glycans to completion - Nature Microbiology
Biochemical characterization of 66 carbohydrate-active enzymes from the gut microorganism Akkermansia muciniphila reveals that these enzymes can break down a range of host glycans, including mucin, wh...
www.nature.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
New paper out today from the lab on Akkermansia muciniphila 🦠and how it breaks down host glycans! Very proud of my group, especially @cassiebakshani.bsky.social who did an amazing job. @naturemicrobiol.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...