Dillingham Lab
@dillinghamlab.bsky.social
Studying DNA replication, repair and recombination using biochemical, biophysical and structural methods. University of Bristol, UK.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4612-7141
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4612-7141
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🔬 Interested in bacterial immune systems & AMR, or how antibiotics affect phage infectivity?
Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4)
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions
Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4)
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🔬 Interested in bacterial immune systems & AMR, or how antibiotics affect phage infectivity?
Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4)
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions
Three SWBio DTP PhD project opportunities linked to the MultiDefence consortium are now open (1/4)
#PhD #DoctoralTraining #ResearchCarrers #LifeSciences #phagesky #AMR #microsky #PhDPositions
34 fully-funded PhD studentships in the Biosciences across UK Universities in the South West (including Bristol Biochemistry!)
Home and International students eligible
Information and applications here
www.swbio.ac.uk
Home and International students eligible
Information and applications here
www.swbio.ac.uk
SWBiosciences Doctoral Training Partnership
www.swbio.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
34 fully-funded PhD studentships in the Biosciences across UK Universities in the South West (including Bristol Biochemistry!)
Home and International students eligible
Information and applications here
www.swbio.ac.uk
Home and International students eligible
Information and applications here
www.swbio.ac.uk
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Considering the LMB for your PhD?
We’ve got over 25 projects available, covering a wide array of topics. Check them out here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
Apply by 2nd DEC for Autumn 2026 admission.
We’ve got over 25 projects available, covering a wide array of topics. Check them out here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
Apply by 2nd DEC for Autumn 2026 admission.
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Considering the LMB for your PhD?
We’ve got over 25 projects available, covering a wide array of topics. Check them out here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
Apply by 2nd DEC for Autumn 2026 admission.
We’ve got over 25 projects available, covering a wide array of topics. Check them out here: www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/students/int...
Apply by 2nd DEC for Autumn 2026 admission.
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Thinking about your first steps to independent research? We'd love to hear from you. More details below, or contact me directly for details - reposts appreciated!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Biomolecular Science Fellowship Day - St Andrews, Fife (GB) job with UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | 12848597
The School of Biology at the University of St Andrews is inviting applications from outstanding visionary Research Fellow and Future Leader candida...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Thinking about your first steps to independent research? We'd love to hear from you. More details below, or contact me directly for details - reposts appreciated!
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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📢 Interested in #chromosomes 🧬 & #archaea thriving at the edge of life? PhD project in York,UK on how archaea pass on their genome to daughter cells.Friendly supervisors: me, @steve-quinn-lab.bsky.social & @georgerheath.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📅 January 7, 2026
Please RP🙏thx!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📅 January 7, 2026
Please RP🙏thx!
November 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
📢 Interested in #chromosomes 🧬 & #archaea thriving at the edge of life? PhD project in York,UK on how archaea pass on their genome to daughter cells.Friendly supervisors: me, @steve-quinn-lab.bsky.social & @georgerheath.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📅 January 7, 2026
Please RP🙏thx!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📅 January 7, 2026
Please RP🙏thx!
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🧬 List of 2026 DNA repair and genome stability conferences, now updated. Please let me know if there is anything missing!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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DNA REPAIR/GENOME STABILITY CONFERENCES
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November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🧬 List of 2026 DNA repair and genome stability conferences, now updated. Please let me know if there is anything missing!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Exciting PhD opportunity! Uncover the molecular mechanism of the MADS bacterial immune system and its synergy with CRISPR-Cas. Based in the Szczelkun lab in Bristol with strong collaboration with the Blower lab at NEB and opportunities to work with other amazing research groups! Link below:
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Exciting PhD opportunity! Uncover the molecular mechanism of the MADS bacterial immune system and its synergy with CRISPR-Cas. Based in the Szczelkun lab in Bristol with strong collaboration with the Blower lab at NEB and opportunities to work with other amazing research groups! Link below:
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Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Please RT. Post-doc opportunity alert! 💥 closing 10th December.. Come join our team (www.thelowlab.org) at Imperial, London, working on the structure and mechanism of bacterial secretion systems.
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
For more details and to apply please see
www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Applications are now OPEN for the JIF Rotation PhD Programme
This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the JIC, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social.
🗓️ Closing date - 13 November 2025
www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the JIC, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social.
🗓️ Closing date - 13 November 2025
www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Rotation biology PhDs | John Innes Centre
Prestigious studentships, for entry in October 2022, this multi-disciplinary PhD programme includes; plant science, microbiology, biological chemistry, applied mathematics…
www.jic.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Applications are now OPEN for the JIF Rotation PhD Programme
This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the JIC, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social.
🗓️ Closing date - 13 November 2025
www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
This prestigious 4-year #PhD programme trains graduate students in Plant and Microbial Sciences at the JIC, @thesainsburylab.bsky.social and @earlhaminst.bsky.social.
🗓️ Closing date - 13 November 2025
www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
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Please join us in the North East on the 5th of November as we celebrate with a one day symposium for the launch of our BBSRC funded 100 keV Tundra TEM aka the Northern Eye:
nusbf.ncl.ac.uk/ccpem-tfs-ne...
The symposium has been kindly sponsored by
@thermofishersci.bsky.social & @ccpem.bsky.social
nusbf.ncl.ac.uk/ccpem-tfs-ne...
The symposium has been kindly sponsored by
@thermofishersci.bsky.social & @ccpem.bsky.social
Grand Opening of the Northern eye, a cryo-TEM in Newcastle
Grand Opening of the Northern Eye in Newcastle, a100 kV Tundra cryo-TEM in Newcastle University on Wednesday 5th November 2025
nusbf.ncl.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Please join us in the North East on the 5th of November as we celebrate with a one day symposium for the launch of our BBSRC funded 100 keV Tundra TEM aka the Northern Eye:
nusbf.ncl.ac.uk/ccpem-tfs-ne...
The symposium has been kindly sponsored by
@thermofishersci.bsky.social & @ccpem.bsky.social
nusbf.ncl.ac.uk/ccpem-tfs-ne...
The symposium has been kindly sponsored by
@thermofishersci.bsky.social & @ccpem.bsky.social
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I’m really excited to share that I’ve been awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award to start my own research group at Oxford University Biochemistry Department @BiochemOxford 🧬🎉
October 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I’m really excited to share that I’ve been awarded a Wellcome Trust Career Development Award to start my own research group at Oxford University Biochemistry Department @BiochemOxford 🧬🎉
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First ad for a position in my new lab at the University of Bristol! If you are looking for a fully funded PhD in cutting edge science that will be based in a supportive environment, and in a great city, check out the link below!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Funded PhD: Understanding the role of the ribosomal P-stalk in immune responses at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Funded PhD: Understanding the role of the ribosomal P-stalk in immune responses at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
First ad for a position in my new lab at the University of Bristol! If you are looking for a fully funded PhD in cutting edge science that will be based in a supportive environment, and in a great city, check out the link below!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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How do SMC complexes load onto DNA to get ready for loop extrusion?
@roisnehamelinf.bsky.social & co discovered that Wadjet, an SMC complex involved in bacterial DNA immunity, performs some impressive molecular gymnastics 🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️.
Check out the new paper: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
@roisnehamelinf.bsky.social & co discovered that Wadjet, an SMC complex involved in bacterial DNA immunity, performs some impressive molecular gymnastics 🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️.
Check out the new paper: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
October 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
How do SMC complexes load onto DNA to get ready for loop extrusion?
@roisnehamelinf.bsky.social & co discovered that Wadjet, an SMC complex involved in bacterial DNA immunity, performs some impressive molecular gymnastics 🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️.
Check out the new paper: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
@roisnehamelinf.bsky.social & co discovered that Wadjet, an SMC complex involved in bacterial DNA immunity, performs some impressive molecular gymnastics 🤸♂️🤸♂️🤸♂️.
Check out the new paper: www.cell.com/molecular-ce...
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Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the Fellows Conference, which will be held on 10 March 2026.
Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.
Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Candidates who win Fellowships will be offered a Tenure Track Group Leader position from the outset, initially for 5 years.
Find out more: www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Independent Research Fellowships Leading to Tenured Faculty Positions | John Innes Centre
The John Innes Centre (JIC), is a world leading centre of excellence in plant and microbial sciences based on the Norwich Research Park, UK. We are inviting applications from outstanding researchers…
www.jic.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!
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2026 PhD recruitment is now open.
As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
PhD student recruitment
PhD recruitment information.
www.crick.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
2026 PhD recruitment is now open.
As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
As well as our main PhD recruitment, which is open to all, we are pleased to be offering scholarships for candidates of Black or mixed Black heritage. Learn more and apply on our website:
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Our lab is offering 3 PhD projects this year across 3 different topics: antibiotic resistance mechanisms, evolution of pathogenic bacteria, and fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation.
www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
grainger birmingham PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships - 3 PhDs Listed
FindAPhD. Search Funded PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in grainger birmingham. Search for PhD funding, scholarships & studentships in the UK, Europe and around the world.
www.findaphd.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Our lab is offering 3 PhD projects this year across 3 different topics: antibiotic resistance mechanisms, evolution of pathogenic bacteria, and fundamental mechanisms of gene regulation.
www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
www.findaphd.com/phds/?Keywor...
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Still a couple of days left to apply for this postdoc #job. With access to world-class facilities, you will unravel the DNA-packaging mechanisms used by #phages and the unusual #GeneTransferAgents, and explore the impact of these tiny machines on evolution, resistance, and biotech. @ukri.org #bbsrc
🚨Exciting #Postdoc opportunity in the Fogg & Antson labs: 3-year post based @biologyatyork.bsky.social to explore the #StructuralBiology & mechanism of viral DNA-packaging motors using cutting-edge #Cryo-EM, biophysical and molecular approaches. Apply by 9th Oct at bit.ly/3Iz3bOu #ScienceJobs
Jobs - The University of York
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October 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Still a couple of days left to apply for this postdoc #job. With access to world-class facilities, you will unravel the DNA-packaging mechanisms used by #phages and the unusual #GeneTransferAgents, and explore the impact of these tiny machines on evolution, resistance, and biotech. @ukri.org #bbsrc
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Please RT 🙏 If you’re an early career researcher working in the fields of structural or synthetic biology wishing to start your lab then come join us at Imperial. We’re looking to support outstanding individuals for external Career Development Awards/Fellowships.
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
August 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Please RT 🙏 If you’re an early career researcher working in the fields of structural or synthetic biology wishing to start your lab then come join us at Imperial. We’re looking to support outstanding individuals for external Career Development Awards/Fellowships.
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
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Please RT! Call for Fellows! If you’re a structural biologist and wanting to start your lab by applying for an external Fellowship then we at Imperial may be excited to host you. Synthetic biologists too.. Please submit expression of interest with details below 🙏
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
www.imperial.ac.uk
July 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Please RT! Call for Fellows! If you’re a structural biologist and wanting to start your lab by applying for an external Fellowship then we at Imperial may be excited to host you. Synthetic biologists too.. Please submit expression of interest with details below 🙏
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi...
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Sussex is the host for this year's South West Structural Biology Consortium meeting [we snuck in... !]. Looking forward to hearing talks from Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Portsmouth, Southampton and of course, Sussex!
July 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Sussex is the host for this year's South West Structural Biology Consortium meeting [we snuck in... !]. Looking forward to hearing talks from Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Portsmouth, Southampton and of course, Sussex!
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Recently I learnt that EMBL-EBI has a free online course about AlphaFold — how it works, strengths and limitations, how to use it — and it's very good!
There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
AlphaFold - A practical guide
AlphaFold - A practical guide
www.ebi.ac.uk
July 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Recently I learnt that EMBL-EBI has a free online course about AlphaFold — how it works, strengths and limitations, how to use it — and it's very good!
There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
There are also little quizzes and interactives.
www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
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Less than two weeks left to apply!
Postdoc positions in my lab to study
1. initiation of DNA replication.
2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.
Great for biochemists, biophysicists & structural biologists.
Deadline 3 August 2025.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
Postdoc positions in my lab to study
1. initiation of DNA replication.
2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.
Great for biochemists, biophysicists & structural biologists.
Deadline 3 August 2025.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
Postdoctoral Fellow - Costa Lab
Salary for this Role: From £45,500 with benefits, subject to skills and experience. Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow - Costa Lab Reports to: Alessandro Costa Closing Date: 03/Aug/2025 23.59 GMT Job Desc...
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Less than two weeks left to apply!
Postdoc positions in my lab to study
1. initiation of DNA replication.
2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.
Great for biochemists, biophysicists & structural biologists.
Deadline 3 August 2025.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
Postdoc positions in my lab to study
1. initiation of DNA replication.
2. chromatin replication/epigenetic inheritance.
Great for biochemists, biophysicists & structural biologists.
Deadline 3 August 2025.
crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job...
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Interested in the "Crystallography Through The Decades" session at #aca2025?
Take a tour of the PDB over the years at PDB-101
pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...
Take a tour of the PDB over the years at PDB-101
pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...
PDB101: Molecule of the Month: Fifty Years of Open Access to PDB Structures
The Protein Data Bank is celebrating its golden anniversary!
pdb101.rcsb.org
July 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Interested in the "Crystallography Through The Decades" session at #aca2025?
Take a tour of the PDB over the years at PDB-101
pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...
Take a tour of the PDB over the years at PDB-101
pdb101.rcsb.org/motm...
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PRESS RELEASE - Major funding boost to bring world leading researchers to the John Innes Centre
We have been awarded an equal share of the new £54 million Global Talent Fund, to attract and support leading researchers and their teams to relocate to the UK:
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
We have been awarded an equal share of the new £54 million Global Talent Fund, to attract and support leading researchers and their teams to relocate to the UK:
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
July 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
PRESS RELEASE - Major funding boost to bring world leading researchers to the John Innes Centre
We have been awarded an equal share of the new £54 million Global Talent Fund, to attract and support leading researchers and their teams to relocate to the UK:
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
We have been awarded an equal share of the new £54 million Global Talent Fund, to attract and support leading researchers and their teams to relocate to the UK:
www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...
BBC News - Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of hereditary disease
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Babies from three people's DNA prevents heriditary disease
The method was pioneered by UK scientists to overcome devastating, sometimes fatal inherited diseases.
www.bbc.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
BBC News - Babies made using three people's DNA are born free of hereditary disease
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...