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Dr Katherine Duncan
@kateduncan.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer, Newcastle Uni UK

We study the chemical language of bacteria (& what influences it) for antibiotic discovery

http://www.medicinesfromthesea.com

Editor Microbiology, Young Academy of Scotland, SAB RSC NatProdRep & EAB ACS JNatProd
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‘The latest surveillance data found that the number of antibiotic-resistant infections in 2024 equated to an average of nearly 400 newly reported cases a week.’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Deaths linked to antibiotic-resistant superbugs rose 17% in England in 2024
Data also shows an average of nearly 400 newly reported cases of antibiotic-resistant infections a week last year
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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hobbslabmicro.bsky.social
📣 Calling all senior microbiology postdocs! The University of St Andrews is inviting applications from outstanding visionary Research Fellow and Future Leader candidates to attend a Biomolecular Science Fellowship Day. Applications due by 12th Dec, see link for full details: tinyurl.com/4n3na8vn
Exciting Opportunity: Biomolecular Science Fellowship Day
The School of Biology at the University of St Andrews is inviting applications from outstanding visionary Research Fellow and Future Leader candidates to attend the Biomolecular Science (BMS) Fello…
biology.st-andrews.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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New paper alert! DNA replication and repair conflicts lead to cell death in gram positive bacteria, possible new targets for novel antimicrobials.
@microbiologysociety.org @winterhalterlab.bsky.social www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
Conflicts between the DNA replication and repair machineries promote cell death in Gram-positive bacteria
Cellular proliferation relies on the successful coordination and completion of genome replication and segregation. To help achieve this, many bacteria utilize regulatory pathways that ensure DNA repli...
www.microbiologyresearch.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Brilliant to have Prof Malcolm White from the University of St Andrews giving a Newcastle University Biosciences Institute seminar (hosted by @heathmurraylab.bsky.social) #microbiology #phage #bacteriology
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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johninnescentre.bsky.social
EVENT - Apply today for the John Innes/Rudjer Bošković: Applied #Molecular #Microbiology Summer School (Microbial Specialised Metabolites: Discovery, Biosynthesis and Function)

🗓️ 12 - 20 Sept 2026

📍Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Deadline: 23 Jan 2026

www.jic.ac.uk/training-car...
Applied Molecular Microbiology | John Innes Centre
John Innes/Rudjer Bošković – Summer Schools in Applied Molecular Microbiology Applications are invited for a summer school on Microbial Specialised Metabolites: Discovery…
www.jic.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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jonathanparra.bsky.social
Genome-Mining Based Discovery of Pyrrolomycin K and L from the Termite-Associated Micromonospora sp. RB23 | Journal of Natural Products pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
Genome-Mining Based Discovery of Pyrrolomycin K and L from the Termite-Associated Micromonospora sp. RB23
Natural products derived from symbiotic microbes remain a rich source of structurally diverse and bioactive molecules. In this study, we report de novo genome sequencing of the termite-associated iso...
pubs.acs.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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the-vicar.bsky.social
We are incredibly lucky 🤗

We also love sharing this space and keep a benchtop with a ✨view✨ open for visiting collaborators and students.
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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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-...
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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nusbf.bsky.social
We are very much looking forward to the Grand Opening of the Northern Eye Imaging facility tomorrow!

Follow us here for all the news coming from NUSBF!
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
kateduncan.bsky.social
Molecules to medicine: advances in metabolomics for natural product drug discovery by Victoria Deleray,
Pieter C Dorrestein & Nicole E Avalon
#naturalproducts #secmet #metabolomics
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Molecules to medicine: advances in metabolomics for natural product drug discovery
Recent advances in metabolomics are accelerating natural product (NP) drug discovery. NPs possess diverse biological relevance and comprise a signific…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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nclfungalgroup.bsky.social
Come and join us!
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social
Looking for a PhD opportunity in Microbiology? Consider joining one of the UK's leading microbiology research clusters at Newcastle University. See the thread for MRC DTP studentships currently advertised. @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social #microsky
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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kshbeckham.bsky.social
Want to find ways to combat TB? Check out this PhD position 👇
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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arianebriegel.bsky.social
Interested in microbial sensing, signaling and regulation? Don’t miss the 2026 GRC! Submit your abstract to be considered for a short talk! I hope to see you in sunny Ventura in January! www.grc.org/sensory-tran...
2026 Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms will be held in Ventura, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social
PhD opportunity with me and @kshbeckham.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Structural and Functional Analysis of Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis via a Novel MmpL3 Binding Site at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Structural and Functional Analysis of Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis via a Novel MmpL3 Binding Site at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD....
www.findaphd.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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www.nature.com/articles/d41... work from Greg Challis and colleagues
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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ruamicro.bsky.social
If you are interested in researching how drug resistant bacteria evade killing by our immune system, them this PhD project is for you. Come join the our team at Newcastle, in collaboration with University of Liverpool, and lead research at the interface of microbiology, immunology and metabolomics.
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University, listed on Fin...
www.findaphd.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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henrikstrahl.bsky.social
Looking for an AMR-themed PhD project? Join us to investigate antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus through a fully funded MRC DTP PhD studentship starting in September 2026.

This project is close collaboration with @kateduncan.bsky.social and @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social.
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resensitisation of antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resensitisation of antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
kateduncan.bsky.social
The walk home 🍂 🌌
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
kateduncan.bsky.social
If you’re interested in metals, microbes and maths 🤘 - please check out this PhD on the impact of metals on microbial communities with @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social @blindmath.bsky.social Denis Patterson and myself, you’d be based in Durham & be part of a vibrant interdisciplinary research group
blindmath.bsky.social Andrew Krause @blindmath.bsky.social · 19d
We're advertising a PhD at the intersection of mathematical ecology, metallobiology, and microbiology to study the impact of metals on microbial communities with @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social @kateduncan.bsky.social and Denis Patterson. Come join us in lovely Durham!

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
When nutrients turn toxic: how metals shape microbial coexistence
iapetus.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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blindmath.bsky.social
We're advertising a PhD at the intersection of mathematical ecology, metallobiology, and microbiology to study the impact of metals on microbial communities with @thecopperdoctor.bsky.social @kateduncan.bsky.social and Denis Patterson. Come join us in lovely Durham!

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
When nutrients turn toxic: how metals shape microbial coexistence
iapetus.ac.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Marine Biosciences Assistant/Associate Prof job at University of Florida explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... [for MNP folks, this is where Sansa Loesgen @loesgenlab.bsky.social is based]
University of Florida - Details - Assistant/Associate Professor in Marine Bioscience
explore.jobs.ufl.edu
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
kateduncan.bsky.social
Autumn in the North Pennines
🍃🍂🍁🌲
[Hexham-Dilson-Corbridge 10Km]
October 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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🧬 Share your science at Natural Products in the 21st Century (NP21C) — 9–11 Feb 2026, Leuven
Join researchers exploring genomics, metabolomics & microbial natural products!
www.conferencemanager.dk/naturalprodu...
#NP21C #secmet
@tilmweber.bsky.social @marnixmedema.bsky.social @kblin.bsky.social
Natural Products in the 21st Century Conference
www.conferencemanager.dk
October 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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allostericstate.bsky.social
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
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