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Tung Le @tunglejic.bsky.social · 9d

Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions at the John Innes Centre.

Repost = nice. Thank you very much!!!

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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

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Michael Webster @michaelwebster.bsky.social · 8d

Start independent research at the JIC with us 👇.

Really interested in finding those with an interest in structural biology and biochemistry of plants and microbes.

Please do get in touch by email if you'd like to know more 👍

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · 9d

VACANCY - Independent research fellowships leading to tenured positions

We’re inviting applications from outstanding researchers who either hold, or wish to apply for, Independent Research Fellowships.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 10 November 2025

Click here to apply: jic.link/Fellows

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Barrie Wilkinson @barriewilks.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Matt Hutchings @matthutchings.bsky.social · Sep 4

🤣🤣🤣 A Liberal Democrat source said: "We don't know who to feel more sorry for, Kemi Badenoch or Nigel Farage.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK - BBC News

The ex-MP told the Daily Mail the Tory Party was dead and its members now "need to think the unthinkable".

www.bbc.com

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Susan Schlimpert @s-lab.bsky.social · Aug 21

There is still some time left to apply for these two Group Leader positions in Plant Biology and Microbe-Plant Interactions. Spread the word, apply & become our colleague @johninnescentre.bsky.social

John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Jul 17

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute:

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🗓️ Closes 25 August

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🗓️ Closes 5 September

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Melissah Rowe @melissahrowe.bsky.social · Aug 16

Interested in host-associated microbiomes? Attending @eseb2025.bsky.social? Then come check out Symposium S07 on Monday August 18th and hear all about how microbiomes contribute to adaptation. Gut microbiomes, climate change, thermal physiology, behaviour, invasion biology, blood-feeding, and more!

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Barrie Wilkinson @barriewilks.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Matt Hutchings @matthutchings.bsky.social · Aug 12

Congratulations to Bromley FC !

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Aug 9

VACANCY - We’re recruiting for a visionary group leader to lead fundamental research on Discovery Plant Science as part of our vibrant research community

Successful candidate will be offered a six-year tenure-track position with the opportunity to apply for tenure:

www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

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Matt Hutchings @matthutchings.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ever wondered why some antibiotics are made by Streptomyces on agar plates but not in liquid cultures? Read this work on redox control of antibiotic biosynthesis. Led by katienoble241.bsky.social and Rebecca Devine, and in collaboration with @barriewilks.bsky.social

journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

journals.asm.org

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Barrie Wilkinson @barriewilks.bsky.social · Jul 19

Here we go 🇬🇧🦁🇮🇪🏉

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Christine Faulkner @pdchristine.bsky.social · Jul 18

Exciting times to be at @johninnescentre.bsky.social !

www.jic.ac.uk/press-releas...

Major funding boost to bring world leading researchers to the John Innes Centre | John Innes Centre

The John Innes Centre has 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. The new Global Talent...

www.jic.ac.uk

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · Jul 17

We’re pleased to announce two new vacancies for senior roles at our institute:

Group Leader in Discovery Plant Sciences: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

🗓️ Closes 25 August

Independent Fellowship in Plant-Associated Microbial Interactions: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/in...

🗓️ Closes 5 September

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Barrie Wilkinson @barriewilks.bsky.social · Jul 16

Congrats, great to see this out in full!

Sam Mugford @samtmugford.bsky.social · Jul 16

Aphid Saliva fans, happy news, this amazing story is now out in Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... congrats @qunliu07.bsky.social @saskiahogenhout.bsky.social et al @johninnescentre.bsky.social 24h after a triumphant presentation at #ismpmi2025

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Barrie Wilkinson @barriewilks.bsky.social · Jul 15

A great story begun by Siobhan Dorai-Raj and taken over the line by @thombooth.bsky.social and Juan Pablo Gomez-Escribano. It's been tremendous fun and wonderful to watch old lab members become collaborators and leaders!

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Barrie Wilkinson @barriewilks.bsky.social · Jul 2

Congratulations Tung and team, great to see this fab story out in full!

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Barrie Wilkinson @barriewilks.bsky.social · Jun 26

Delighted to be speaking on "A platform for lantibiotic diversification" at SynBioAustralasia 2025 this November in Wellington.
If you’re working at the intersection of biology and engineering — don’t miss it.
🔗 synbioaustralasia.org/upcoming-conference
#SBA2025 #SyntheticBiology #SynBioCommunity

SBA 2025 conference

SBA 2025 conference Synthetic Biology Australasia New Zealand synbio conference

synbioaustralasia.org

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Andy Truman @andytruman4.bsky.social · May 20

Super happy to see our work on lydiamycin biosynthesis, structure and function published in @pnas.org 😀
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The work is described in the thread below, where we use BGC info to guide the discovery of multiple key features of this antibiotic.
@johninnescentre.bsky.social

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John Innes Centre @johninnescentre.bsky.social · May 9

EVENT - Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium

Join our Department of Molecular #Microbiology Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium.

Application deadline: 9 June 2025.

Event: 15 - 16 September 2025.
The John Innes Centre, NR4 7UH

Find out more and apply: www.jic.ac.uk/event/early-...

Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium 2025 | John Innes Centre

The Department of Molecular Microbiology is organising a one and a half day Early Career Microbiologists Mini-Symposium. The symposium will be held from Monday 15 – Tuesday 16 September 2025.

www.jic.ac.uk

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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Apr 29

Happy International Day of Immunology! 🧬🔬💉

“Measles: A Dangerous Illness” — a letter by Roald Dahl

'It is not yet generally accepted that measles can be a dangerous illness. Believe me, it is.'

“Measles: A Dangerous Illness” — a letter by Roald Dahl — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us

Originally published in a pamphlet for the Sandwell Health Authority in the West Midlands in 1986

www.superbugs.online

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Brian Stevenson Ph.D. spirochete lab @bstevensonlab.bsky.social · Apr 24

Identification of a specific, pre-existing beta-lactam antibiotic for treating Lyme disease Borrelia infections. Cool new report from @jutraslab.bsky.social Brandon Jutras & colleagues.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40267215/

#MicroSky 🦠🧫🔬

Cover of new issue of Science Translational Medicine, showing an Ixodes scapularis tick

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Nature @nature.com · Apr 23

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by Gregor Mendel more than 160 years ago

https://go.nature.com/3EC3eqT

Century-old genetics mystery of Mendel’s peas finally solved

Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.

go.nature.com

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Barrie Wilkinson @barriewilks.bsky.social · Apr 23

Congratulations Hassan

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Antony Dodd @antdodd.bsky.social · Apr 10

PhD opportunity in my lab @johninnescentre.bsky.social, on circadian interactions between plants and bacteria. Fully funded. Part of @microclockerc.bsky.social in collaboration with @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social @marthamerrow.bsky.social #chronobiology #ERCSyG www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

How plants and microbes synchronize their daily rhythms to keep fit at John Innes Centre on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - How plants and microbes synchronize their daily rhythms to keep fit at John Innes Centre, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Gerry Wright @gdwantibiotics.bsky.social · Mar 26

The latest discovery from the lab and great colleagues at McMaster and U Illinois, Chicago. Lariocidin, a new lasso peptide antibiotic that inhibits the ribosome. rdcu.be/efdha

A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome

Nature - A new lasso peptide antibiotic exhibits broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis, is unaffected by common...

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Micah @rincewind.run · Mar 24

congestion pricing is one of the most comprehensively successful policies NYC has ever seen, so of course all the worst people want to get rid of it

Sam @samd.bsky.social · Mar 24

some more congestion pricing Ws:

Broadway attendance: up 21%
Restaurant reservations: up 7%
Pedestrian traffic: up 4%
Retail sales: up $900M
Commercial leasing: up 61%
Subway crime: down 37%
Car crashes: down 50%
Honking complaints: down 69%

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Sam Williams @samwill.bsky.social · Dec 10

MiBIG 4.0 is online!

#secmet #BGC #mibig #microsky

academic.oup.com/nar/advance-...

MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration

Abstract. Specialized or secondary metabolites are small molecules of biological origin, often showing potent biological activities with applications in ag

academic.oup.com

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