MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester)
@mermanchester.bsky.social
Microbial Evolution Research at The University of Manchester
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/merman/
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Was so fun! Got so much feedback and tips for troubleshooting. Always a pleasure meeting MerMAN folx, I come back feeling appreciated 😊
We had two fantastic visiting speakers today
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
December 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Was so fun! Got so much feedback and tips for troubleshooting. Always a pleasure meeting MerMAN folx, I come back feeling appreciated 😊
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Snacks + great science = our favourite combo 😄 🍪
Great to see such exciting science getting shared, thanks for having us involved 🙌
Great to see such exciting science getting shared, thanks for having us involved 🙌
We had two fantastic visiting speakers today
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
December 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Snacks + great science = our favourite combo 😄 🍪
Great to see such exciting science getting shared, thanks for having us involved 🙌
Great to see such exciting science getting shared, thanks for having us involved 🙌
We had two fantastic visiting speakers today
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We had two fantastic visiting speakers today
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
And that’s a wrap for #MicroEvo25! Thank you to @microbiologysociety.org for organising such a fantastic event & to everyone in attendance for sharing such exciting science! Let’s do it again soon?
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
And that’s a wrap for #MicroEvo25! Thank you to @microbiologysociety.org for organising such a fantastic event & to everyone in attendance for sharing such exciting science! Let’s do it again soon?
Massive congratulations to our own @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social for winning the poster prize at #MicroEvo25!! Her poster describes coalescence dynamics in hot spring microbial communities, and featured wonderful photos from Icelandic field work
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Massive congratulations to our own @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social for winning the poster prize at #MicroEvo25!! Her poster describes coalescence dynamics in hot spring microbial communities, and featured wonderful photos from Icelandic field work
Another fantastic poster presented by @knhanga.bsky.social at #MicroEvo25
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Another fantastic poster presented by @knhanga.bsky.social at #MicroEvo25
More amazing posters presented by our researchers @zahraaalbaqsami.bsky.social and Rana at #MicroEvo25!
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
More amazing posters presented by our researchers @zahraaalbaqsami.bsky.social and Rana at #MicroEvo25!
Incredibly insightful talk this afternoon by @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social speaking about within-patient ciprofloxacin resistance in P. aeruginosa #MicroEvo25
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Incredibly insightful talk this afternoon by @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social speaking about within-patient ciprofloxacin resistance in P. aeruginosa #MicroEvo25
Starting day two of #MicroEvo25 strong with our first MERMan speaker of the day! An amazing talk by @mattjago.bsky.social about mutational bias in E. coli 🧬
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Starting day two of #MicroEvo25 strong with our first MERMan speaker of the day! An amazing talk by @mattjago.bsky.social about mutational bias in E. coli 🧬
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Had the best day at #MicroEvo25 yesterday! Excited for day two and to be chatting more about hot spring microbial community coalescence 🌋 find me at poster 62 (likely with a coffee in hand)
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Had the best day at #MicroEvo25 yesterday! Excited for day two and to be chatting more about hot spring microbial community coalescence 🌋 find me at poster 62 (likely with a coffee in hand)
Come chat to Dan at poster 22 to learn about endosymbiosis evolution #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Come chat to Dan at poster 22 to learn about endosymbiosis evolution #MicroEvo25
If you’re interested in antibiotic resistance evolution in Pseudomonas, come to @flanagella.bsky.social’s poster (number 11) 💊 #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If you’re interested in antibiotic resistance evolution in Pseudomonas, come to @flanagella.bsky.social’s poster (number 11) 💊 #MicroEvo25
Learn about hot spring microbial communities from @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social at poster 62 🌋 #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Learn about hot spring microbial communities from @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social at poster 62 🌋 #MicroEvo25
Find out more about DNA repair protein single-molecule tracking from @bexlowrypalms.bsky.social at poster 18🔬 #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Find out more about DNA repair protein single-molecule tracking from @bexlowrypalms.bsky.social at poster 18🔬 #MicroEvo25
Come and see @willpjsmith.bsky.social at poster 71 to find out more about microbial warfare! #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Come and see @willpjsmith.bsky.social at poster 71 to find out more about microbial warfare! #MicroEvo25
Fantastic talk about the impact of inflammation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa evolution by @taoranfu.bsky.social #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Fantastic talk about the impact of inflammation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa evolution by @taoranfu.bsky.social #MicroEvo25
Will we be seeing you at @microbiologysociety.org Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics today and tomorrow? 🧫🧬 #MicroEvo25
Keep an eye out for our talks and posters and come say hi 👋
Keep an eye out for our talks and posters and come say hi 👋
November 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Will we be seeing you at @microbiologysociety.org Understanding and Predicting Microbial Evolutionary Dynamics today and tomorrow? 🧫🧬 #MicroEvo25
Keep an eye out for our talks and posters and come say hi 👋
Keep an eye out for our talks and posters and come say hi 👋
Another great week at our seminar series!
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Another great week at our seminar series!
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
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Absolutely delighted to have been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship! I will be moving to the University of Manchester @mermanchester.bsky.social to research early endosymbiont evolution
#microsky #symbiosky
#microsky #symbiosky
Meet the new cohort of exceptional researchers who have been awarded more than £83 million worth of early career fellowships by the Royal Society, working on research spanning the sciences: #RSGrants: https://bit.ly/49jMkKx
Exceptional researchers awarded early career fellowships worth more than £83 million | Royal Society
A new cohort of exceptional researchers at have been awarded funding through the Royal Society’s early career schemes, the University Research Fellowship (URF), Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (DHF) and Ne...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Absolutely delighted to have been awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship! I will be moving to the University of Manchester @mermanchester.bsky.social to research early endosymbiont evolution
#microsky #symbiosky
#microsky #symbiosky
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 🍪
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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 🍪
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
This week @willpjsmith.bsky.social taught us all about microbial competition & Logan Sauers ( @coytelab.bsky.social ) shared recent gut microbiome work. Thanks @microbesng.bsky.social for the refreshments!
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This week @willpjsmith.bsky.social taught us all about microbial competition & Logan Sauers ( @coytelab.bsky.social ) shared recent gut microbiome work. Thanks @microbesng.bsky.social for the refreshments!
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
Not pictured: yummy treats sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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
Not pictured: yummy treats sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social
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New pre-print: Plasmid dependent phage effectively eliminate AMR bacteria and block plasmid transmission in the chicken gut microbiome
Fun collaboration with Tao He lab (JAAS) and @brockhurstlab.bsky.social lab (Manchester)
#phagesky#microsky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Fun collaboration with Tao He lab (JAAS) and @brockhurstlab.bsky.social lab (Manchester)
#phagesky#microsky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plasmid dependent phage eliminate pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance plasmids from the chicken gut microbiome
Conjugative plasmids are a key reservoir of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in commensal and pathogenic bacteria within the gut microbiome. Plasmid-dependent phage (PDPs) are a promising therapeutic op...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
New pre-print: Plasmid dependent phage effectively eliminate AMR bacteria and block plasmid transmission in the chicken gut microbiome
Fun collaboration with Tao He lab (JAAS) and @brockhurstlab.bsky.social lab (Manchester)
#phagesky#microsky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Fun collaboration with Tao He lab (JAAS) and @brockhurstlab.bsky.social lab (Manchester)
#phagesky#microsky
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowships | Biology, Medicine and Health | University of Manchester
Find out about and apply for a Bicentenary Early Career Research Fellowship.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Three Bicentenary research fellowships on offer at @officialuom.bsky.social @fbmh-uom.bsky.social for exceptional ECRs with <3y postdoc experience
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
3yrs salary + £30k pa research expenses
Do you have a great idea & want to join @mermanchester.bsky.social?
www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/research/sup...
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Recent paper from the lab studying predictors of phage cocktail efficacy against complex clinical Pseudomonas populations
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Led by Rosanna Wright with extraordinary MSc (PhD) student Maisie Czernuska
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Led by Rosanna Wright with extraordinary MSc (PhD) student Maisie Czernuska
Bacteria–phage infection network structure and genomic defence system content predict efficacy of a phage therapy cocktail against Pseudomonas aeruginosa from chronic lung infections
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September 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Recent paper from the lab studying predictors of phage cocktail efficacy against complex clinical Pseudomonas populations
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Led by Rosanna Wright with extraordinary MSc (PhD) student Maisie Czernuska
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....
Led by Rosanna Wright with extraordinary MSc (PhD) student Maisie Czernuska