Australian Institute for Microbiology and Infection
@aimi-uts.bsky.social
Deciphering interlinked human, animal, and environmental problems in microbiology and disease • UTS, Sydney, Australia
More information: aimi.uts.edu.au
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More information: aimi.uts.edu.au
Follow our researchers: go.bsky.app/QYFfTtT
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Our mission is to decipher interlinked human, animal, and environmental problems in microbiology and disease
We investigate how microbes grow, live, adapt, and survive, with a focus on antibiotic resistance, infectious diseases, vaccine development, and biosecurity
We investigate how microbes grow, live, adapt, and survive, with a focus on antibiotic resistance, infectious diseases, vaccine development, and biosecurity
Join us at AIMI for your PhD!
We have a position open with @iduggin.bsky.social investigating the mechanisms and evolution of cell division across bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.
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We have a position open with @iduggin.bsky.social investigating the mechanisms and evolution of cell division across bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.
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PhD opportunity available at the Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, UTS, with Iain Duggin. | Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection
PhD opportunity available at the Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, UTS, with Iain Duggin.
Join a collaborative team investigating how cells divide across archaea, bacteria, and eukar...
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August 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Join us at AIMI for your PhD!
We have a position open with @iduggin.bsky.social investigating the mechanisms and evolution of cell division across bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.
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We have a position open with @iduggin.bsky.social investigating the mechanisms and evolution of cell division across bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Many fantastic talks from AIMI students and researchers at the annual ASM @aussocmic.bsky.social meeting in Adelaide over the past few days. Congrats to all!
Dr. Gustavo Espinosa Vergara
Lachlan Chisholm
Jonathan Koong
@hannjbrown.bsky.social
Dr. Gustavo Espinosa Vergara
Lachlan Chisholm
Jonathan Koong
@hannjbrown.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Many fantastic talks from AIMI students and researchers at the annual ASM @aussocmic.bsky.social meeting in Adelaide over the past few days. Congrats to all!
Dr. Gustavo Espinosa Vergara
Lachlan Chisholm
Jonathan Koong
@hannjbrown.bsky.social
Dr. Gustavo Espinosa Vergara
Lachlan Chisholm
Jonathan Koong
@hannjbrown.bsky.social
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We did it! What a fabulous learning opportunity to be part of UTS 2025 Research Translation Competition. So excited to see what's ahead for our Wonder Project! @aimi-uts.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social Congrats to other teams & thx to competition organisers and judges.
July 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We did it! What a fabulous learning opportunity to be part of UTS 2025 Research Translation Competition. So excited to see what's ahead for our Wonder Project! @aimi-uts.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social @micro-au.bsky.social Congrats to other teams & thx to competition organisers and judges.
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JAMS June Monthly is next week🥳
📅 Tuesday 24th June, 2024
📍 The Rose, Chippendale (LOCATION CHANGE!)
Can't wait to see you all at this new location! Come for the microbes, stay for the mates 🍻
#microbiolgy #JAMSmicro #science #seminar #networking #biology #research
@doylemt1.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 24th June, 2024
📍 The Rose, Chippendale (LOCATION CHANGE!)
Can't wait to see you all at this new location! Come for the microbes, stay for the mates 🍻
#microbiolgy #JAMSmicro #science #seminar #networking #biology #research
@doylemt1.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
JAMS June Monthly is next week🥳
📅 Tuesday 24th June, 2024
📍 The Rose, Chippendale (LOCATION CHANGE!)
Can't wait to see you all at this new location! Come for the microbes, stay for the mates 🍻
#microbiolgy #JAMSmicro #science #seminar #networking #biology #research
@doylemt1.bsky.social
📅 Tuesday 24th June, 2024
📍 The Rose, Chippendale (LOCATION CHANGE!)
Can't wait to see you all at this new location! Come for the microbes, stay for the mates 🍻
#microbiolgy #JAMSmicro #science #seminar #networking #biology #research
@doylemt1.bsky.social
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🎉 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Early Career Microbiologist Award!
🏆 Winner: Dr Hannah Brown @hannjbrown.bsky.social
🏆 Runner-Up: Dr Binod Rayamajhee
We’re proud to support the next generation of microbiology leaders and can’t wait to see where their research takes them!
🏆 Winner: Dr Hannah Brown @hannjbrown.bsky.social
🏆 Runner-Up: Dr Binod Rayamajhee
We’re proud to support the next generation of microbiology leaders and can’t wait to see where their research takes them!
June 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
🎉 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Early Career Microbiologist Award!
🏆 Winner: Dr Hannah Brown @hannjbrown.bsky.social
🏆 Runner-Up: Dr Binod Rayamajhee
We’re proud to support the next generation of microbiology leaders and can’t wait to see where their research takes them!
🏆 Winner: Dr Hannah Brown @hannjbrown.bsky.social
🏆 Runner-Up: Dr Binod Rayamajhee
We’re proud to support the next generation of microbiology leaders and can’t wait to see where their research takes them!
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Feeling very humbled by receiving this award and equally excited to attend ASM in Adelaide this year! 🎉
🎉 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Early Career Microbiologist Award!
🏆 Winner: Dr Hannah Brown @hannjbrown.bsky.social
🏆 Runner-Up: Dr Binod Rayamajhee
We’re proud to support the next generation of microbiology leaders and can’t wait to see where their research takes them!
🏆 Winner: Dr Hannah Brown @hannjbrown.bsky.social
🏆 Runner-Up: Dr Binod Rayamajhee
We’re proud to support the next generation of microbiology leaders and can’t wait to see where their research takes them!
June 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Feeling very humbled by receiving this award and equally excited to attend ASM in Adelaide this year! 🎉
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The MIF @aimi-uts.bsky.social is proud to display the new #AcknowledgementGuidelines launched by @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social – helping #ImagingScientists get #CreditWhereItsDue
Download poster & join the campaign! globalbioimaging.org/documents/im...
Download poster & join the campaign! globalbioimaging.org/documents/im...
June 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The MIF @aimi-uts.bsky.social is proud to display the new #AcknowledgementGuidelines launched by @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social and @globalbioimaging.bsky.social – helping #ImagingScientists get #CreditWhereItsDue
Download poster & join the campaign! globalbioimaging.org/documents/im...
Download poster & join the campaign! globalbioimaging.org/documents/im...
Brand new preprint on #AMR plasmids in Acinetobacter from @mehrad-hamidian.bsky.social
@liamtobin1.bsky.social and @margaretlam.bsky.social
Congratulations all 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@liamtobin1.bsky.social and @margaretlam.bsky.social
Congratulations all 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
May 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Brand new preprint on #AMR plasmids in Acinetobacter from @mehrad-hamidian.bsky.social
@liamtobin1.bsky.social and @margaretlam.bsky.social
Congratulations all 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@liamtobin1.bsky.social and @margaretlam.bsky.social
Congratulations all 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Happening TODAY! Don’t miss out!
Hi everyone! This is official, with the participation of @asm-nswact.bsky.social , @aimi-uts.bsky.social will host Prof Leo Eberl from the Univ of Zurich to talk about the most fascinating bacteria: #Burkholderia
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
April 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Happening TODAY! Don’t miss out!
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Hi everyone, just a quick reminder about @aimi-uts.bsky.social hosting Prof Leo Eberl next week for an @asm-nswact.bsky.social event!
Hi everyone! This is official, with the participation of @asm-nswact.bsky.social , @aimi-uts.bsky.social will host Prof Leo Eberl from the Univ of Zurich to talk about the most fascinating bacteria: #Burkholderia
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
April 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Hi everyone, just a quick reminder about @aimi-uts.bsky.social hosting Prof Leo Eberl next week for an @asm-nswact.bsky.social event!
AIMI is excited to host Professor Leo Eberl from the University of Zurich, in collaboration with @asm-nswact.bsky.social
Please join us on April 24th to hear about Leo’s work on Burkholderia quorum sensing, biofilms, and more!
Please join us on April 24th to hear about Leo’s work on Burkholderia quorum sensing, biofilms, and more!
Hi everyone! This is official, with the participation of @asm-nswact.bsky.social , @aimi-uts.bsky.social will host Prof Leo Eberl from the Univ of Zurich to talk about the most fascinating bacteria: #Burkholderia
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
March 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
AIMI is excited to host Professor Leo Eberl from the University of Zurich, in collaboration with @asm-nswact.bsky.social
Please join us on April 24th to hear about Leo’s work on Burkholderia quorum sensing, biofilms, and more!
Please join us on April 24th to hear about Leo’s work on Burkholderia quorum sensing, biofilms, and more!
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Hi everyone! This is official, with the participation of @asm-nswact.bsky.social , @aimi-uts.bsky.social will host Prof Leo Eberl from the Univ of Zurich to talk about the most fascinating bacteria: #Burkholderia
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
March 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Hi everyone! This is official, with the participation of @asm-nswact.bsky.social , @aimi-uts.bsky.social will host Prof Leo Eberl from the Univ of Zurich to talk about the most fascinating bacteria: #Burkholderia
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
Please register for this exciting event!!!!!
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Excited to share this article with the community! Many thanks to @dezieleric.bsky.social for allowing me to start this work during my PhD and for his continued support. I also appreciate @mariecg.bsky.social for her amazing contribution and constant support!
New paper out! Phenotypic variation is a feature of several Burkholderia species. We found that quorum sensing and adenosine DNA methylation are two antagonistic systems independently controlling phase variation in B. ambifaria. Great work by @pmlcoulon.bsky.social journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...
Quorum sensing and DNA methylation play active roles in clinical Burkholderia phase variation | Journal of Bacteriology
Some Burkholderia species are pathogenic to plants, animals, or humans. In immunocompromised individuals,
and people suffering from cystic fibrosis, infection from the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bc...
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February 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Excited to share this article with the community! Many thanks to @dezieleric.bsky.social for allowing me to start this work during my PhD and for his continued support. I also appreciate @mariecg.bsky.social for her amazing contribution and constant support!
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Grateful to @tstinear.bsky.social and @abdou-hachani.bsky.social for letting me to continue this work during my time @thedohertyinst.bsky.social
Many thanks to @garry-myers.bsky.social for letting me carry this project forward and start my new chapter of #Burkholderia CMV at @aimi-uts.bsky.social
Many thanks to @garry-myers.bsky.social for letting me carry this project forward and start my new chapter of #Burkholderia CMV at @aimi-uts.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Grateful to @tstinear.bsky.social and @abdou-hachani.bsky.social for letting me to continue this work during my time @thedohertyinst.bsky.social
Many thanks to @garry-myers.bsky.social for letting me carry this project forward and start my new chapter of #Burkholderia CMV at @aimi-uts.bsky.social
Many thanks to @garry-myers.bsky.social for letting me carry this project forward and start my new chapter of #Burkholderia CMV at @aimi-uts.bsky.social
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@aimi-uts.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social Our very own Dr Amy Bottomley presents a talk on potential reuse of student prac data at #APMC13 #ACMM28 👏
February 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
@aimi-uts.bsky.social @australianmms.bsky.social Our very own Dr Amy Bottomley presents a talk on potential reuse of student prac data at #APMC13 #ACMM28 👏
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A simple ex vivo bladder infection model permits study of host-pathogen interactions in UTI
✍️Rixa-Mareike Köhn, Molly A Ingersoll and colleagues @institutcochin.bsky.social @pasteur.fr
@aimi-uts.bsky.social
#MicroSky #Infection #UTI
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✍️Rixa-Mareike Köhn, Molly A Ingersoll and colleagues @institutcochin.bsky.social @pasteur.fr
@aimi-uts.bsky.social
#MicroSky #Infection #UTI
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December 27, 2024 at 6:59 AM
A simple ex vivo bladder infection model permits study of host-pathogen interactions in UTI
✍️Rixa-Mareike Köhn, Molly A Ingersoll and colleagues @institutcochin.bsky.social @pasteur.fr
@aimi-uts.bsky.social
#MicroSky #Infection #UTI
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✍️Rixa-Mareike Köhn, Molly A Ingersoll and colleagues @institutcochin.bsky.social @pasteur.fr
@aimi-uts.bsky.social
#MicroSky #Infection #UTI
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I’m pleased to share the publication of my latest first-author manuscript. I would like to thank @mehrad-hamidian.bsky.social, Eradah Abu Sabah, and @garry-myers.bsky.social—as well as our collaborators, Patrick McGann and Francois Lebreton.
@aimi-uts.bsky.social
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@aimi-uts.bsky.social
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Genomic analysis of early ST32 Acinetobacter baumannii strains recovered in US military treatment facilities reveals distinct lineages and links to the origins of the Tn6168 ampC transposon
AbstractObjectives. To study the population structure and genomic characteristics, including antimicrobial resistance genes, plasmid types and surface poly
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December 18, 2024 at 12:22 AM
I’m pleased to share the publication of my latest first-author manuscript. I would like to thank @mehrad-hamidian.bsky.social, Eradah Abu Sabah, and @garry-myers.bsky.social—as well as our collaborators, Patrick McGann and Francois Lebreton.
@aimi-uts.bsky.social
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@aimi-uts.bsky.social
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What a great way to end a tough year @aimi-uts.bsky.social with a Dean's award for the 'Wonder" project. This award also belongs to Rachel Landers and her FASS team and featured scientists @carminegentile.bsky.social Yan Liao Claire Richards Amy Bottomley Anya Salih @micro-au.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 4:15 AM
What a great way to end a tough year @aimi-uts.bsky.social with a Dean's award for the 'Wonder" project. This award also belongs to Rachel Landers and her FASS team and featured scientists @carminegentile.bsky.social Yan Liao Claire Richards Amy Bottomley Anya Salih @micro-au.bsky.social
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MinD proteins regulate CetZ1 localization in Haloferax volcanii www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic... #jcampubs
November 22, 2024 at 2:37 PM
MinD proteins regulate CetZ1 localization in Haloferax volcanii www.frontiersin.org/journals/mic... #jcampubs
Four out of five prizes won🎖️ by AIMI students at the UTS Faculty of Science Transdisciplinary ECR Retreat
Congratulations to:
Lachy (best talk)
Liam (runner up talk)
Sophia (people’s choice talk)
@arianacostas.bsky.social (best poster)
Congratulations to:
Lachy (best talk)
Liam (runner up talk)
Sophia (people’s choice talk)
@arianacostas.bsky.social (best poster)
December 6, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Four out of five prizes won🎖️ by AIMI students at the UTS Faculty of Science Transdisciplinary ECR Retreat
Congratulations to:
Lachy (best talk)
Liam (runner up talk)
Sophia (people’s choice talk)
@arianacostas.bsky.social (best poster)
Congratulations to:
Lachy (best talk)
Liam (runner up talk)
Sophia (people’s choice talk)
@arianacostas.bsky.social (best poster)
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AIMI’s end of year event is underway, with many grants, awards, papers, and other outstanding achievements to celebrate 🎉🥂
December 5, 2024 at 4:22 AM
AIMI’s end of year event is underway, with many grants, awards, papers, and other outstanding achievements to celebrate 🎉🥂
Time for prizes!
Speaker prizes go to Abiye Tigabu Molla and Andrey Verich
Poster prizes go to Zein Maatouk, Ghayah Bahatheg, Jiawei Shen, Brodie Gillieatt, and Jonathan Koong
Congratulations to all! 🎉
Speaker prizes go to Abiye Tigabu Molla and Andrey Verich
Poster prizes go to Zein Maatouk, Ghayah Bahatheg, Jiawei Shen, Brodie Gillieatt, and Jonathan Koong
Congratulations to all! 🎉
November 21, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Time for prizes!
Speaker prizes go to Abiye Tigabu Molla and Andrey Verich
Poster prizes go to Zein Maatouk, Ghayah Bahatheg, Jiawei Shen, Brodie Gillieatt, and Jonathan Koong
Congratulations to all! 🎉
Speaker prizes go to Abiye Tigabu Molla and Andrey Verich
Poster prizes go to Zein Maatouk, Ghayah Bahatheg, Jiawei Shen, Brodie Gillieatt, and Jonathan Koong
Congratulations to all! 🎉
Samitha Bandaranayake (UNSW) on #AMR profiles in Salmonella
Breyer-Lynne Woodland (UTS) talking about proteoform-centric technologies for understanding #AMR mechanisms
Andrey Verich (The Kirby Institute, UNSW) on Machine learning for screening diagnostic targets for Neisseria
Breyer-Lynne Woodland (UTS) talking about proteoform-centric technologies for understanding #AMR mechanisms
Andrey Verich (The Kirby Institute, UNSW) on Machine learning for screening diagnostic targets for Neisseria
November 21, 2024 at 5:29 AM
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Excited to present my research at the @aimi-uts.bsky.social symposium on #AMR.
November 21, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Excited to present my research at the @aimi-uts.bsky.social symposium on #AMR.