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Phill Stansfeld @pstansfeld.bsky.social · 6d

Just in time for Becca’s thesis submission, their paper on MreB membrane interactions is published in @biophysj.bsky.social: www.cell.com/biophysj/ful... 🎉

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Melissa Webby @melissawebby.bsky.social · 8d

I joined School of Life Sciences 3 months ago and these guys have been so welcoming. Gibbet Hill Rovers making it feel like being apart of a community instantly. Thanks to @davidroper2.bsky.social for helping me get involved. Looking forward to season 3!

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Melissa Webby @melissawebby.bsky.social · 9d

People get special things engraved…. We got cryo-EM pucks engraved.
Now time to make some samples @jeremykeown.bsky.social

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Ellie Boardman @ellieboardman.bsky.social · 9d

Great opportunity to do a PhD with Giusy and co in Glasgow!

Giusy Mariano @giusym1990.bsky.social · 9d

🚨PhD Opportunity Alert🚨 Join me, @suzieh.bsky.social and @walllabuoglasgow.bsky.social to investigate how environment shapes anti-phage defences & prophage–prophage conflict in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Apply here:
www.gla.ac.uk/postgraduate...

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 9d

Anyone else had a circuit board blow on a Sorval ultracentrifuge in the recent past?

davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 10d

Two PhD theses submitted to day from @warwicklifesci.bsky.social Kate Willett from my lab and Becca Bailey from @pstansfeld.bsky.social. Supervisor of one, internal examiner for another!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 14d

New from Chris Sham at NUS www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dual transposon sequencing profiles the genetic interaction landscape in bacteria

Gene redundancy complicates systematic characterization of gene function as single-gene deletions may not produce discernible phenotypes. We report dual transposon sequencing (dual Tn-seq), a platform...

www.science.org

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 17d

Lovely trip back to @UniOfYork to the carbohydrate group meeting of the @RoySocChem. Old friends and familiar places

davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 21d

It’s been my honour and privilege to co-organise the Great Wall Symposium with @ivo-boneca.bsky.social for the past 14 years, roll on 2027 more news soon.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · 23d

And that’s a wrap on the Great Wall Symposium 2025!
Roll on 2027, venue to be confirmed shortly …

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Sep 10

Want to know what natural products are in clinical trials? Read this review! Great job from Mark Butler, Rob Capon, Mark Blaskovich! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

#naturalproducts #antibiotic #amr #drugdiscovery #drug

Natural product-derived compounds in clinical trials and drug approvals

Covering: January 2014–June 2025. Previous review: Natural Product Reports, 2014, 31, 1612Natural products (NPs) have long been foundational in medicine, from ancient herbal remedies to the discovery ...

pubs.rsc.org

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News from UK Research and Innovation @news.ukri.org · Sep 9

ICYMI: Simplifying access to MRC applicant-led funding #MRC #AcademicSky

Simplifying access to MRC applicant-led funding

We’re introducing a new flexible research grant and removing closing dates from our board funding opportunities.

www.ukri.org

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Sep 9

And we are off! Professor Tame of Yokohama City University starts his first experiment as part of his sabbatical thanks to an IAS fellowship here

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Zeynep Baharoglu @zeynepbaharoglu.bsky.social · Sep 6

So excited our antibiotic potentiation story is out 🤩 Led by the extraordinary @manonlang.bsky.social with @fox-science.bsky.social & @amazeld.bsky.social +amazing collaborators @immunobladder.bsky.social @imaneelmeouche.bsky.social 🦠 We believe it can make a difference in #AMR infections!

Uridine as a potentiator of aminoglycosides through activation of carbohydrate transporters

Uridine boosts aminoglycoside treatment efficiency against antibiotic-susceptible as well as antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains.

www.science.org

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Sep 5

How it’s started, how it’s going …

davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Aug 29

Have fun in Paris!

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Aug 21

That or you are not sharing that chimkin sandwich in your hand…

davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Aug 21

Yep, totally agree.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Aug 21

I have no issue with constructive criticism or different viewpoints and opinions, which is a very instructive part of the writting process, but don’t reject a paper on a single myopic issue because you have fundamentally no understanding of what you are being critical of

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Aug 21

I recently submitted a paper to a journal and got some of the most ridiculous negative feedback I’ve ever seen citing lack of rigour in experiments and writing. Without going into details, I responded pointing out a lack of rigour in the referees comments to begin with.

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Aug 21

Get well soon, you have horses to ride!!!

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Ian Henderson @hendersonlab.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dear Bluesky, some good news to brighten your day! We are recruiting for the Director of the Centre for Population and Disease Genomics!! I would be grateful if you could share across your networks! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/jo...

Director, Centre for Population and Disease Genomics

Centre for Population & Disease Genomics - Institute for Molecular Bioscience Join a university ranked in the world’s top 50 Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 5 years at Academic Level E Ba...

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Aug 17

Parallel study for Uk/Europe required?

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davidroper2.bsky.social @davidroper2.bsky.social · Aug 17

Sounds like an interesting programme!

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Tobias Warnecke @tobiaswarnecke.bsky.social · Aug 14

Archaea are often surrounded by bacteria. But is there ever active conflict between the two? Can archaea kill bacteria? If so, how do they do it?

Work by @romainstrock.bsky.social shows that some archaea can kill bacteria by secreting peptidoglycan hydrolases. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Archaea produce peptidoglycan hydrolases that kill bacteria

Archaea regularly interact with bacteria but reports of archaea killing bacteria are very rare. This study shows that many archaea encode peptidoglycan hydrolases, which specifically target bacterial ...

journals.plos.org

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