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Microbial sequencing made simple.
Whole Genome Sequencing + Metagenomics: http://microbesng.com
PlasmidSeq: http://plasmidsng.com 😊
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mermanchester.bsky.social
In this week’s seminar we learned about the evolution of intrinsic terminators from @stepadenisov.bsky.social 🧬

Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
Stepan Denisov standing to the right of a lecture slide titled “Evolution of intrinsic terminators between two closely related species”
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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mermanchester.bsky.social
Retrospective post: @fgyapong.bsky.social recently gave his MERMan seminar on his work on the stickleback skin microbiome.

Not pictured: yummy treats sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social
Francis's title slide of his presentation entitled Environmental Variation Shapes the Stickleback Skin Microbiome.
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
microbesng.bsky.social
🦠✨ We are all set up in Surrey!

MicrobesNG aka Olivija has made herself cosy in the Dorothy Hodgkin building (AX/AY) ✅

Make sure to catch her NOW for SWAG and glittery trinkets ✨💫

@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
#MicroSky #MicrobialGenomics #AcademicEvents #PhDLife
October 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
microbesng.bsky.social
@olivijaziu.bsky.social is excited to meet the @uniofsurrey.bsky.social community at the Microbes, Infection & Immunity seminar 21st Oct! 🧬

Hosted by @jaimehat.bsky.social

Join her for coffee & a chat during lunch break (lots of swag! 💝 )

#MicroSky #MicrobialGenomics #AcademicEvents #PhDLife
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨
Exeter Microbial Genomics Early Careers Symposium 🦠🧬

Present your work, chair a session, win prizes & network!
📅 12 Nov
📍 Penryn Campus
⏰ Submit TODAY by 5pm 👉 linktr.ee/microbesng

#MicrobialGenomics #ECR #MNGPopUp
Organised with @drramabht.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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mermanchester.bsky.social
This weeks seminars from PhD students Maisie Czernuszka and Victor Carneiro da Cunha Martirelli!

Special thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for sponsoring refreshments!
Title slide of Maisies seminar on engineering phages. Victors title slide on electricity and Ecoli
October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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plasmidsng.bsky.social
🧬OTD in 1952 Joshua Lederberg proposed the term "plasmid" for extrachromosomal hereditary genetic elements in bacteria 🦠
These tiny DNA molecules play a BIG role in #MolecularBiology, biotechnology & #MicrobialGenomics 🧫

Check out the original paper: doi.org/10.1152/phys...
#Plasmid #MicroSky 🧪👨‍🔬📜
Cell Genetics and Hereditary Symbiosis | Physiological Reviews | American Physiological Society
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October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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mermanchester.bsky.social
Great MERMan seminar today from NSERC PhD visiting researcher @simonjeanneau.bsky.social from @usherbrooke.bsky.social ! Also our first seminar with refreshments sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social , many thanks for the productive chats over nibbles! 🍪 🧪
Simon next to his title slide. If I was a better Canadian, this alternative text would be in French too. :(
September 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Drop us a message if you would like to get your paws on one of our drop-box starter packs 🙀

Or visit our website to find out which sites benefit from FREE delivery 👉 microbesng.com/dropbox-netw...
September 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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hoyuliu.bsky.social
Last week I attended the ECR symposium on Microbial Genomics jointly organised by @microbesng.bsky.social, @norwichmicro.bsky.social and Get Genome.

I had the wonderful opportunity to present some of my PhD work @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Our CSO @pathogenomenick.bsky.social is finishing off #MNGPopUp with a fantastic talk on metagenomic pathogen surveillance 👀 @articnetwork.bsky.social

#MicroSky #MicrobialGenomics #Metagenomics #InfectiousDiseases #GenomicSurveillance #PathogenDetection #Bioinformatics
July 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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🪰🦠🧬 We loved hearing from @katiemillar.bsky.social on the stability of K. oxytoca across Medfly diets, regions & populations and the potential for microbiome-targeted biocontrol approaches
🥰 Some beautiful slides too

#MNGPopUp #MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky #InsectMicrobiome #PestControl #Biocontrol
July 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Lovely talk from @hoyuliu.bsky.social explaining how energy production & membrane proteins affect plasmid acceptance during conjugation 👀🧬
@quadraminstitute.bsky.social

#MNGPopUp #ECR #MicroSky #AMR #Plasmids #Microbiology #Conjugation
July 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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langridgelab.bsky.social
And finally at @microbesng.bsky.social #MNGPopUp our @nisbetalice.bsky.social is chairing the last session including the keynote from @pathogenomenick.bsky.social titled “Pathogen surveillance through #metagenomics: the next frontier?" Looking forward to some more great #Genomics #ECR talks first!
July 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Great to hear from @nisbetalice.bsky.social who shared new insights into how Salmonella Paratyphi A adapts during long-term, asymptomatic carriage 👀

#MicrobialGenomics #PathogenSurveillance #PublicHealth #Microbiology #EntericFever #Salmonella #ECR #MNGPopUp @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
microbesng.bsky.social
🌊🌿 How do saltmarsh grasses shape the climate?
DMSP is one of Earth’s most abundant organosulfur molecules—produced by marine microbes & invasive saltmarsh plants like Spartina.
Tamim Kabir takes a deep dive into DMSP dynamics at #MNGPopUp #ECR

@biouea.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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We loved hearing from @c-hill13.bsky.social on a new TIS annotation-independent method that digs deeper into essential and regulatory genome regions 🎉🧬🦠

#ECR #MNGPopUp #MicrobialGenomics @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social
langridgelab.bsky.social Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · Jul 3
Next up from our group at @microbesng.bsky.social #MNGPopUp is Claire Hill talking about a novel pipeline she has developed for analysis of Transposon Insertion Sequencing #TraDIS data which looks at the raw signal to gain information of essentiality in absence of a fully annotate genome! 🤩🧬
July 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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@stevenrudder.bsky.social's talk was 🔥 Extracting ultra-pure DNA from stool & bacteria—trickier than it sounds but critical for long-reads

🔍 Long-reads resolve repeat-rich genomes
🦠 Improve outbreak tracking & #AMR mapping
📈 Better study of mobile genetic elements
#MicrobialGenomics #ECR #MNGPopUp
langridgelab.bsky.social Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · Jul 3
Next up from our group at @microbesng.bsky.social #MNGPopUp is Claire Hill talking about a novel pipeline she has developed for analysis of Transposon Insertion Sequencing #TraDIS data which looks at the raw signal to gain information of essentiality in absence of a fully annotate genome! 🤩🧬
July 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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jcihorton.bsky.social
Excited to be attending the ECR Symposium on Microbial Genomics organised by @microbesng.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social #MNGPopUp
July 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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It's great to be here! The morning session has been fantastic, session 2 is kicking off now with a talk from Manel Chaouachi from the Center of Biotechnology of Borj Cédria Tunisia, about how bacteria living inside plants boost their immune systems 🦠🌱

#ECR #MicrobialGenomics #PlantImmunity
getgenome.bsky.social GetGenome @getgenome.bsky.social · Jul 3
We’re thrilled to host the ECR Symposium with @microbesNG @micronorwich #MNGPopUp
July 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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⚙️💎 Can microbes recover platinum from waste?

Leanne Sims (@quadraminstitute.bsky.social) kicks off #MNGPopUp TODAY with a talk on engineering Shewanella oneidensis to recover platinum group metals (PGMs)!

📍 JIC Norwich + Online
🕘 Reg from 9am
📋 Agenda 👉 linktr.ee/microbesng
#ECR #MicrobialGenomics
Promotional poster for the Norwich Pop Up event featuring speaker Leanne Sims from the Quadram Institute. Her talk is titled: “Engineering Shewanella oneidensis for improved platinum group metal recovery from industrial waste.” The image includes a smiling photo of Leanne in an outdoor jacket, with an aerial view of Norwich Research Park in the background. The word “SPEAKER” appears vertically in bold pink on the right. Logos of MicrobesNG PopUp, Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are shown at the top left. A banner indicates the talk is happening “TODAY,” and registration is at linktr.ee/microbesng. The event date is July 3, 2025, and it takes place at the John Innes Conference Centre.
July 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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helenmcneil.bsky.social
I had a brilliant time at #CBNP18 with @microbesng.bsky.social

Thank you @albertilab.bsky.social for inviting us & modelling fungi tattoos to celebrate our FREE fungal DNA extractions

@microkim.bsky.social @pannyinthelab.bsky.social @warwicklifesci.bsky.social
#MicrobialGenomics #MicroSky #Fungi
June 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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📣 Excited to announce our #MNGPopUp keynote: @pathogenomenick.bsky.social
🎤 “Pathogen surveillance through metagenomics: the next frontier?”
🗓️ 3 July | 📍 Norwich + online
🎟️ linktr.ee/microbesng
#MicroSky #Genomics #ECR @getgenome.bsky.social
@imibirmingham.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social
Promotional poster for the Norwich Pop Up event featuring Prof Nick Loman from the University of Birmingham. His talk is titled: “Pathogen surveillance through metagenomics: the next frontier?” The image includes a professional photo of Prof Loman in a grey blazer against a background showing an aerial view of the Norwich Research Park. Logos of supporting organisations (MicrobesNG PopUp, Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome) are at the top left. A bold pink vertical "SPEAKER" label is on the right. Registration is available at linktr.ee/microbesng before 25 June 2025. The event is on July 3, 2025, at the John Innes Conference Centre.
June 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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🌵Can a cactus microbe boost crop growth in salty soil?
Naima Sayahi found Serratia sp. that helps tomatoes thrive under salt stress—thanks to VOCs, IAA & more

See her talk at #MNGPopUp
🗓️ July 3
📍Norwich + online
🎟️ linktr.ee/microbesng #MicroSky #ECR @getgenome.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social
Promotional graphic for the Norwich Pop Up event featuring speaker Naima Sayahi from the University of Sfax. Her talk is titled: “Genomic Insights into Serratia sp. 201: Potential for Plant Growth and Salt Stress Tolerance.” The poster includes a photo of Naima smiling, with a background of the Norwich Research Park aerial view. Behind her is an aerial view of the Norwich Research Park. Logos for "microbesNG PopUp" the Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are displayed at the top left. A bold vertical pink text reads "SPEAKER" on the right side. The event is on 3 July at the John Innes Conference Centre. A registration link is provided: linktr.ee/microbesng.
June 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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🌱🧪 Can Soil Bacteria Stop Crop Fungi?
Come along to our Microbial Genomics #ECR symposium to find out!

🔬 From sugarcane to cactus, 9 Pseudomonas strains went head-to-head with fungal plant pathogens—and won 🏆

📅 July 3 | 📍Norwich
🔗 linktr.ee/microbesng
#MicroSky #ECR #MNGPopUp @upna.bsky.social
Promotional poster for the "Norwich Pop Up" event featuring Izzah Shahid from the University of Navarra as a speaker. The title of her talk is: “Genomic & Metabolomic Perspectives on Pseudomonas chlororaphis.” The poster includes a formal photo of Izzah wearing a light pink and floral-patterned headscarf. Behind her is an aerial view of the Norwich Research Park. Logos for "microbesNG PopUp," the Centre for Microbial Interactions, The Sainsbury Laboratory, and GetGenome are displayed at the top left. A bold vertical pink text reads "SPEAKER" on the right side. The event is on 3 July at the John Innes Conference Centre. A registration link is provided: linktr.ee/microbesng.
June 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM