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Kim Hardie
@kimhardie.bsky.social
Prof Bacterial Pathogenicity University of Nottingham. Chair elect Publications and council member Microbiology Society. Deputy Academic Director National Biofilms Innovation Centre
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PhD opportunity in my lab: exploring how commensals and pathogens build biofilm communities on endotracheal (ventilator) tubes. Microbial ecology, medical microbiology and fancy imaging! Co-supervised with the fabulous Saskia Bakker and Jeremy Webb warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... #MicroSky
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October 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Celebrated every 15 October, Global Hand Washing Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of hand hygiene in curbing the transmission of certain diseases and the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
October 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Abstract submissions for Microbiology Society Annual Meeting in Ireland 2025 are open! Open to both members and non-members. Submit yours before 1 August 2025 for a chance to present your research - microb.io/IrelandMeeti... #MicrobioIrish25
June 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Heard all fantastic talks about AMR and Microbiomes at @microbiologysociety.org annual conference? Could your next conference be biofilms 11? @ukbiofilms.bsky.social
Biofilms 11
microbiologysociety.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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On 16 February 2025, the Microbiology Society celebrates 80 years since its founding in 1945 by visionary microbiologists like Ralph St John Brookes, Muriel Roberts, Marjory Stephenson, and Alexander Fleming.
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Join us at Nottinghsm Science and Curiosity Festival to make your own germs and find how to avoid catching them by taking part in our great greetings experiment @ukbiofilms @MicrobioSoc @UoN_BDI @UoNLifeSci @AMHTGroup
February 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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🚨 PhD opportunity 🚨 The Whelan lab & @brockhurstlab.bsky.social are seeking a PhD student interested in investigating the ecol & evol of pathogens in cystic fibrosis exacerbations. This PhD is funded as part of @pulse-cf.bsky.social w @alexhorsley.bsky.social et al. More info & link to apply below.
Ecological and evolutionary strain-level dynamics of key pathogens in the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome. at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Ecological and evolutionary strain-level dynamics of key pathogens in the cystic fibrosis lung microbiome. at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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According to CDC's wastewater program, almost all wastewater sample sites in California, from San Diego in the south to Redding in the north, have tested positive for H5 bird flu.
December 2, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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2 exciting PhD opportunities:
- with @fionawhelan.bsky.social understanding evolution of transmissibility in Pseudomonas www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
- with @claudiaigler.bsky.social Patrick Cai on AI-powered phage genome design www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Please spread the word!
[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Generative AI approaches for synthetic phage genome engineering at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - [FSE Bicentenary PhD] Generative AI approaches for synthetic phage genome engineering at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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Another PhD opportunity in the team! This time its an exciting collaboration with @halllab.bsky.social and @kimhardie.bsky.social looking at why not all bacteria become resistant! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Deadline 10th Jan and open to Uk and overseas! Pls repost!
Why does Acinetobacter lwoffii not become resistant to antibiotics? at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Why does Acinetobacter lwoffii not become resistant to antibiotics? at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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November 26, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Hope you like this historical overview of Microscopy and microbiology: great working with @SLIM_Nottingham underpins cutting edge imaging @UoN_BDI @ukbiofilms @MicrobioSoc doi.org/10.1088/1742-6… via @ioppublishing https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2877/1/012111
Microscopy and microbiology: Moving forward together - IOPscienceSearch
Microscopy and microbiology: Moving forward together, Kim R. Hardie, Tim Self, Robert Markus
iopscience.iop.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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Can I ask you to share a PhD advert at Bristol Uni please? Rhomboid proteases play a role in neurons that is essential for life- but it is not characterised. Got a student interested in cell biology, electrophysiology and neurobiology? Send them our way! tinyurl.com/56f24f7c
November 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the University of Birmingham, we are recruiting 100 Anniversary Fellows and 25 Anniversary Chairs fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk

If you are interested to join our community of researchers in infection, inflammation and immunology, please DM me!
125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs | University of Birmingham
This is 125 years of NobelPrize-winning research.This is your opportunity to become one of our 125th Anniversary Fellows and Chairs.
fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk
November 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
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Incredible graphic - the myriad of ways that bacteria defend themselves against antibiotics.

14 resistance mechanisms, summarised by Idan Yelin & Roy Kishony in Cell

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 13, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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I'm advertising a PhD studentship (open to international students) working on long read pangenome / assembly algorithms in bacteria. Would suit someone with maths/compsci/coding background. Aptitude + interest more important than experience.
Details here:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
New graph algorithms for analysis of the genomes and pangenomes of bacteria and their mobile elements. at University of Bath on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - New graph algorithms for analysis of the genomes and pangenomes of bacteria and their mobile elements. at University of Bath, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 11, 2024 at 2:23 PM
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My department is hiring! We're looking to fill three academic posts:

One in host-pathogen interactions: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Two in plant sciences: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

Closing date 15th December #MicroSky
November 8, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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Over here in Amsterdam, we are still looking for a postdoctoral researcher with microbiome bioinformatics skills and a mindset for statistics: vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Post...
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiome Analysis of the Soil-plant-gut-health Axis
vacatures.uva.nl
October 13, 2024 at 9:42 AM
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKD365/a... Come and join us, use our state of the art facilities including cutting edge microscopy for live pathogen imaging, high throughput drug discovery platforms. ⁦‪@ukbiofilms‬⁩ ⁦‪@MicrobioSoc‬⁩ ⁦‪⁦‬⁩ #AMR #microbiome ⁦‪@UoN_BDI‬⁩ @asm @ami
Assistant Professor (Research & Teaching) in Microbiology at University of Nottingham
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October 11, 2024 at 8:09 AM
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Come find me at poster number 1️⃣ at #Pseudomonas2024 on Wednesday if you’re interested in the interface between antibiotic resistance and microbial interactions 🦠🫁
September 4, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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Microbiology Society will be hosting an online meeting about innovative infection models - 13 November

Great line-up including @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social @kendrarumbaugh.bsky.social @kimhardie.bsky.social Marvin Whiteley, Albert Bolthuis

microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Microbiology Symposium: Innovative infection models- capturing the in vivo environment
microbiologysociety.org
August 30, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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What. A. Day. @ the East Midlands Microbiome Res Network Day! Got to pitch some of my crazy ideas and meet *so* many faces I am used to only seeing online. Thank you so much for the invite @bugsinyourguts.bsky.social , Leah Cuthbertson, @kimhardie.bsky.social et al.
July 3, 2024 at 7:21 PM
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Fully funded PhD studentships on @ukbiofilms CTP BITE with @Unilever based in @UoN_BDI and @AMHTGroup Deadline May 21st. You’ll be one of a pair of aligned students supported by our vibrant teams in fabulous facilities
Dynamic Imaging for Real-Time Visualization of Bacterial Species Co-Distribution and Biofilm Matrix Components at University of Nottingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Dynamic Imaging for Real-Time Visualization of Bacterial Species Co-Distribution and Biofilm Matrix Components at University of Nottingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
May 8, 2024 at 10:22 AM
www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Fully funded PhD studentships on @ukbiofilms CTP BITE with @Unilever based in @UoN_BDI and @AMHTGroup Deadline May 21st. You’ll be one of a pair of aligned students supported by our vibrant teams in fabulous facilities
Evaluating Bacterial Acid Production and pH Dynamics in a Real-Time In-Vitro Polymicrobial Biofilm Model at University of Nottingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Evaluating Bacterial Acid Production and pH Dynamics in a Real-Time In-Vitro Polymicrobial Biofilm Model at University of Nottingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
May 8, 2024 at 10:20 AM