@masseylab.bsky.social
Super cool story from Sam Fenn. He developed a wound model where s. aureus & p. aerunginosa & c. albicans fight it out shows that copper is central to the outcome where Candida and pseudomonas take copper from human tissue to gang up on staph!
But staph being staph is as always one step ahead….
But staph being staph is as always one step ahead….
Copper as a central element critical to interkingdom interactions within a polymicrobial wound environment. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.10.705071v1
February 11, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Super cool story from Sam Fenn. He developed a wound model where s. aureus & p. aerunginosa & c. albicans fight it out shows that copper is central to the outcome where Candida and pseudomonas take copper from human tissue to gang up on staph!
But staph being staph is as always one step ahead….
But staph being staph is as always one step ahead….
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Copper as a central element critical to interkingdom interactions within a polymicrobial wound environment. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.10.705071v1
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Copper as a central element critical to interkingdom interactions within a polymicrobial wound environment. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.10.705071v1
Fascinating story…. kick in the teeth for potential of phage therapy?? (Albeit in larvae)
Bacterial phylogeny explains variation in virulence but not phage efficacy in vivo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Bacterial phylogeny explains variation in virulence but not phage efficacy in vivo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
February 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Fascinating story…. kick in the teeth for potential of phage therapy?? (Albeit in larvae)
Bacterial phylogeny explains variation in virulence but not phage efficacy in vivo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Bacterial phylogeny explains variation in virulence but not phage efficacy in vivo www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Ooohhhhh Ireland 😭☘️
February 5, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Ooohhhhh Ireland 😭☘️
I know she’s only 16 but still…. The daughter had never heard of Take that!! 😱
January 31, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I know she’s only 16 but still…. The daughter had never heard of Take that!! 😱
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www.findaphd.com/phds/project... interested in bacterial antagonism? PhD opportunity in our team, see below. Please repost!
Characterising antibacterial toxins in the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Characterising antibacterial toxins in the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:33 AM
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... interested in bacterial antagonism? PhD opportunity in our team, see below. Please repost!
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🚨 Fully‑funded PhD for Home Students🚨
Explore alternative therapies for UTIs, how they work and interact with antibiotics and help shape new solutions to AMR! Join a our supportive team at UoN and make real impact in infection research.
#MicroSky #UTISky
Apply now: tinyurl.com/38u552bu
Explore alternative therapies for UTIs, how they work and interact with antibiotics and help shape new solutions to AMR! Join a our supportive team at UoN and make real impact in infection research.
#MicroSky #UTISky
Apply now: tinyurl.com/38u552bu
Optimising the use of alternative therapies for the treatment of urinary infections - The University of Nottingham
tinyurl.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
🚨 Fully‑funded PhD for Home Students🚨
Explore alternative therapies for UTIs, how they work and interact with antibiotics and help shape new solutions to AMR! Join a our supportive team at UoN and make real impact in infection research.
#MicroSky #UTISky
Apply now: tinyurl.com/38u552bu
Explore alternative therapies for UTIs, how they work and interact with antibiotics and help shape new solutions to AMR! Join a our supportive team at UoN and make real impact in infection research.
#MicroSky #UTISky
Apply now: tinyurl.com/38u552bu
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Metabolic reprogramming promotes Staphylococcus aureus serum resistance during bacteraemia. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.14.699454v1
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Metabolic reprogramming promotes Staphylococcus aureus serum resistance during bacteraemia. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.14.699454v1
The first of some rather chunky papers coming out of Sam Fenn’s work here at @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social
Here we identify and characterise yet another way S. aureus survives life in the bloodstream, but remodelling a major part of its metabolism
Here we identify and characterise yet another way S. aureus survives life in the bloodstream, but remodelling a major part of its metabolism
Metabolic reprogramming promotes Staphylococcus aureus serum resistance during bacteraemia.
Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of bloodstream infections causing an estimated 300,000 deaths worldwide. Using a functional genomics approach, our group previously identified that adaptation ...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The first of some rather chunky papers coming out of Sam Fenn’s work here at @uccmicrobiology.bsky.social
Here we identify and characterise yet another way S. aureus survives life in the bloodstream, but remodelling a major part of its metabolism
Here we identify and characterise yet another way S. aureus survives life in the bloodstream, but remodelling a major part of its metabolism
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Fabian was quicker :) But yes, we have an open postdoc position in bacterial bioenergetics and membrane biology, using on B. subtilis as the model. Come join us! @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social is a great place to work, and we are a friendly, international lab. Visa+IHS fees covered. #microsky
January 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Fabian was quicker :) But yes, we have an open postdoc position in bacterial bioenergetics and membrane biology, using on B. subtilis as the model. Come join us! @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social is a great place to work, and we are a friendly, international lab. Visa+IHS fees covered. #microsky
MRC….. what have people heard?
January 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
MRC….. what have people heard?
Started the day with 507 unread emails, worked all day on them, finished the day with 542 unread emails…..it’s like magic!
two little girls are dancing together on a stage in tutus .
ALT: two little girls are dancing together on a stage in tutus .
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Started the day with 507 unread emails, worked all day on them, finished the day with 542 unread emails…..it’s like magic!
Funeral and house clearance aside, nit too shabby a pre-Xmas view…. Beat that @proftracypalmer.bsky.social 🤣
December 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Funeral and house clearance aside, nit too shabby a pre-Xmas view…. Beat that @proftracypalmer.bsky.social 🤣
Rural Australia has a lot of interesting quirks, but free roaming actual dinosaurs I wasn’t quite expecting!
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Rural Australia has a lot of interesting quirks, but free roaming actual dinosaurs I wasn’t quite expecting!
@holafly.bsky.social these travel sims are a great idea but your set up system is so clunky and whatever the opposite to user-friendly… that’s what this is!!
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
@holafly.bsky.social these travel sims are a great idea but your set up system is so clunky and whatever the opposite to user-friendly… that’s what this is!!
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We're advertising for a bacteriology technician and a post-doc to work on AI-guided antibiotic development as part of a large multidisciplinary Fleming Initiative project:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
www.imperial.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:23 AM
We're advertising for a bacteriology technician and a post-doc to work on AI-guided antibiotic development as part of a large multidisciplinary Fleming Initiative project:
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
Have clearly displeased the airplane gods, after 6hr at schiphol last week, now 5hrs at Bristol followed by a coach trip from Dublin to cork 😭
December 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Have clearly displeased the airplane gods, after 6hr at schiphol last week, now 5hrs at Bristol followed by a coach trip from Dublin to cork 😭
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Our Annual Meeting in Ireland was another success! Thank you to everyone who joined us for #MicrobioIrish25.
Congratulations to this year’s prize winners:
Dr Lizzie Ledger – Best Offered Oral Presentation
Amelia Cox-Fermandois – Poster Prize
Meghana Srinivas – Microbial Genomics Poster Prize
Congratulations to this year’s prize winners:
Dr Lizzie Ledger – Best Offered Oral Presentation
Amelia Cox-Fermandois – Poster Prize
Meghana Srinivas – Microbial Genomics Poster Prize
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our Annual Meeting in Ireland was another success! Thank you to everyone who joined us for #MicrobioIrish25.
Congratulations to this year’s prize winners:
Dr Lizzie Ledger – Best Offered Oral Presentation
Amelia Cox-Fermandois – Poster Prize
Meghana Srinivas – Microbial Genomics Poster Prize
Congratulations to this year’s prize winners:
Dr Lizzie Ledger – Best Offered Oral Presentation
Amelia Cox-Fermandois – Poster Prize
Meghana Srinivas – Microbial Genomics Poster Prize
6hr layover at Schiphol airport due to a cancelled flight…. Magical start to the week! 😭
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
6hr layover at Schiphol airport due to a cancelled flight…. Magical start to the week! 😭
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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...
Play list for a bit of a disco-pissco for dads 80th on Saturday:
Mr brightside
Living on a prayer
I got a feeling
Dancing queen
Footloose
More suggestions please….
Mr brightside
Living on a prayer
I got a feeling
Dancing queen
Footloose
More suggestions please….
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Play list for a bit of a disco-pissco for dads 80th on Saturday:
Mr brightside
Living on a prayer
I got a feeling
Dancing queen
Footloose
More suggestions please….
Mr brightside
Living on a prayer
I got a feeling
Dancing queen
Footloose
More suggestions please….
Both the UCC and Bristol based lab members getting together in person at the Irish Division @microbiologysociety.org meeting.
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Both the UCC and Bristol based lab members getting together in person at the Irish Division @microbiologysociety.org meeting.
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The Streptococcus Great Britain & Ireland 2026 meeting will bring together ECRs and experts to highlight cutting-edge research focused on crucial aspects of Streptococcal biology, in Durham on March 30th/31st 2026. More information strepgbi.wixsite.com/strep-gbi. Registration opening soon.
September 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The Streptococcus Great Britain & Ireland 2026 meeting will bring together ECRs and experts to highlight cutting-edge research focused on crucial aspects of Streptococcal biology, in Durham on March 30th/31st 2026. More information strepgbi.wixsite.com/strep-gbi. Registration opening soon.