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Steve Paterson
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Grumpy Scotsman. Mostly here for the science. Genomics of infectious disease, evolution and environmental science. University of Liverpool pays the salary but views are my own.
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scottishwormboy.bsky.social
Nice profile of my former student @zoologist-flora.bsky.social work on bats and white-nose disease in J Exp Biol with Thomas Lilley and others. Nice to see @jexpbiol.bsky.social promoting ECRs
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

Flora's now doing great stuff with @orlyrazgour.bsky.social
ECR Spotlight – Flora Whiting-Fawcett
ECR Spotlight is a series of interviews with early-career authors from a selection of papers published in Journal of Experimental Biology and aims to promote not only the diversity of early-career res...
journals.biologists.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:05 AM
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livunihls.bsky.social
In partnership with the University of Manchester, we've secured a prestigious Doctoral Focal Award from UK Research and Innovation for a new PhD programme aimed at shaping the future of bioengineering in the UK

📅 Applications will open on 6 February 2026

🔗 bit.ly/3MyLwIy

#TeamLivUni #EPSRC #NERC
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December 17, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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livuni-ives.bsky.social
NEWS | Researchers from the Microbiome Innovation Centre are part of a UK-wide consortium awarded £644,000 by #BBSRC to establish the Microbiome Innovation Network (Microbiome-Net)

➡️ bit.ly/4nCPKfv

#TeamLivUni | #Microbiome | @news.ukri.org | @ukbiofilms.bsky.social
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September 17, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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jcamthrash.bsky.social
Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation www.nature.com/articles/s41... #jcampubs
Experimental evolution in an era of molecular manipulation - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Review, Ascensao and Desai discuss how methodological advances in genotype and phenotype manipulation are transforming experimental evolution approaches and providing new insights into the und...
www.nature.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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psarkies.bsky.social
Exciting postdoctoral opportunity joint between my lab and Mark Viney's at University of Liverpool- Great opportunity if you are looking to apply C. elegans molecular biology skills to study the fascinating role of epigenetics in parasitic nematode lifecycles!

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR771/p...
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool
Apply for the Postdoctoral Research Associate - Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
June 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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hannahmrowland.bsky.social
Eve Schneider & I wrote a @science.org Perspective on a striking new study by Zhang et al.:

Read how a small genetic shift in a taste receptor, led to a big leap in ecological opportunity for birds
🍒🐦

🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#evolution #sensorybiology #taste #birds
Tasting opportunity
How birds retuned sour perception to eat fruits
www.science.org
June 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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emstevens93.bsky.social
I'm very pleased to share the latest paper from my post doc with @kayla-king.bsky.social. We looked at how host microbiota can influence pathogen virulence evolution in a C. elegans model of infection: academic.oup.com/ismej/articl...
Within-host competition causes pathogen molecular evolution and perpetual microbiota dysbiosis
Abstract. Pathogens newly invading a host must compete with resident microbiota. This within-host microbial warfare could lead to more severe disease outco
academic.oup.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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nerc-eof.bsky.social
Revolutionise your biodiversity surveys with eDNA! 🧬 Our in-person training (Sept 8-12, 2025) covers wet lab techniques (DNA extraction to Illumina library prep) & bioinformatics (raw data to taxonomy & diversity analysis). Choose one or both! Register by July 21st: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
June 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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livuni-ismib.bsky.social
Join Dr Adam Burke in our latest blog as he discusses his work as a NERC Environmental Omics Facility Research Associate.

➡️ bit.ly/3FmPO2e

@livuni-livsrf.bsky.social | #Metabolomics | #TeamLivUni
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May 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
scottishwormboy.bsky.social
Some millionaires taking the bus
May 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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edcoakes.bsky.social
12/12 📰 For more background and wider context, check out the @liverpooluni.bsky.social press release covering this study’s impact on understanding and diagnosing infectious intestinal diseases: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/05/20/a...
Advanced genomics study improves detection of hard-to-find diarrhoeal infections - University of Liverpool News
Advanced genomics study improves detection of hard-to-find diarrhoeal infections
news.liverpool.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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klarawanelik.bsky.social
Our new paper, just out “Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population”.

Highlights gut microbial signatures for those individuals that have the potential to spread the most infectious disease.

doi.org/10.1186/s425...
Superspreaders have lower gut microbial alpha-diversity and distinct gut microbial composition in a natural rodent population - Animal Microbiome
The microbiome is well known to drive variation in host states (e.g. behaviour, immunity) that would be expected to modulate the spread of infectious disease—but the role of microbiotal interactions i...
doi.org
May 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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jennyrohn.bsky.social
*JOB ADVERT LIVE!* Come be my next MRC-funded postdoc in London, studying uropathogenic E. coli virulence/host response in our lovely human urothelial microtissue model! Great collaboration with @gpollara.bsky.social & @scottishwormboy.bsky.social #UTISky #UTI Join us! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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livuninews.bsky.social
NEWS | £1m of Life Sciences Innovation Zone funding will support the creation of a Microbiome & Infectious Disease Innovation Hub (MaID) to harness our expertise in the rapidly expanding field.

More ⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/04/23/l...

@livunihls.bsky.social @lpoolcityregion.bsky.social
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April 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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jennyrohn.bsky.social
🔈🎉 I will soon be advertising a postdoc in my friendly London lab, funded by MRC @ukri.org, to decipher uropathogen virulence and host response pathways in our 3D-UHU human urothelial model! A great collaboration with co-Is @gpollara.bsky.social and @scottishwormboy.bsky.social #UTISky #UTI
April 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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minomatt.bsky.social
UK Genome Science 2025 is going live for this year - www.genomescience.org.uk - get registering!
Genome Science
9th - 11th July 2025, Newcastle University
www.genomescience.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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brockhurstlab.bsky.social
Job alert ‼️
2x professorships available @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
- ecology www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
- organismal biology (inc genomics, evolution etc.) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMI506/s...
Senior Lecturer/Reader/Chair in Ecology:Manchester
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
scottishwormboy.bsky.social
Nothing says science more than a blue disco light. Looking forward to getting these into our genomics workflow. @nerc-eof.bsky.social @livuni-livsrf.bsky.social @sptlabtech.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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adamrutherford.bsky.social
Now might be a good time to protect your data if you’ve used this service.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
23andMe files for bankruptcy protection
The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.
www.bbc.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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nerc-eof.bsky.social
A new study supported by NEOF proves the potential of eDNA as a tool for monitoring earthworm populations, paving the way to inform agricultural policy and practices for sustainable soil management www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/news/decoding-soil-ednas-breakthrough-sustainable-farming
Decoding soil: eDNA's breakthrough in sustainable farming
A recent study published proves the potential of Environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool for monitoring earthworm populations. Paving the way to inform agricultural policy and practices for sustainable soi...
www.sheffield.ac.uk
March 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
scottishwormboy.bsky.social
Happy Persian new year
March 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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nerc-eof.bsky.social
Kind feedback from Sarena Banu Hull researcher @eeiathull.bsky.social using mRNA-seq in NEOF-VF to study how climate change affects social amoeba (Dictyostelium discoideum). "Had a great training experience at the well-equipped, supportive, and friendly Sheffield NERC Environmental Omics Facility!"
March 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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evelienadri.bsky.social
Come and join me at the Quadram Institute: we're looking for a new group leader working on pathogens and/or spoilage in the food chain.
quadraminstitute.bsky.social Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Mar 13
🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for an exceptional scientist with a research focus on bacterial foodborne pathogens or microbial spoilage to join our Microbes and Food Safety research programme 🧫

💷 Competitive salary and support package
🗓️ Apply by 14 April 2025
➡️ buff.ly/XWvxrTB
Vacancy social card for a Group Leader position, seeking a scientist with a research focus on bacterial foodborne pathogens or microbial spoilage. Competitive salary and support package offered. Apply by 14 April 2025.
March 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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jpjhall.bsky.social
I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting
microbiologysociety.org
February 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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nerc-eof.bsky.social
@uniofcam.bsky.social Zoology PhD candidate @sofiadartnell.bsky.social is SNP_typing at NEOF-VF to estimate the number of Bombus terrestris colonies invaded by cuckoo bumblebees (B. vestalis) across varying landscapes. These cuckoos are obligate parasites & may indicate healthy bumblebee habitats
Postgraduate Researcher Sofia Dartnell in the field collecting bumblebees a bumblebee on a lavender flower in blossom
February 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM