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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · 19h

💡 Want to be the first to hear about #biofilm #innovation?

📫 Sign up to our monthly newsletter and hear about the latest news updates, publications, events, #funding and industry opportunities!

✔️ Sign up at biofilms.ac.uk

#biofilms #research #AMR #MicroSky

National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · 3d

✨Submit your entries to our #BiofilmCreate #competition by 17 October 2025!

🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in #photography / #art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms

🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories

🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create

#science #scicomm #AMR #MicroSky #biofilm

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · 4d

📢 #PhD Opportunity @unisouthampton.bsky.social
on Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion & Marine Fouling 🌊

Join an interdisciplinary team tackling #biofilm -driven corrosion with cutting-edge genomic, electrochemical and imaging tools

⏰ Apply by 28 Nov 2025 tinyurl.com/yat9j59p

#Biofilms

National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · 10d

✨Our annual #BiofilmCreate Competition is open for 2025!

🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in #photography / #art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms

🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories

🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create

#science #scicomm #AMR #MicroSky

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · 18d

🔭 We are seeking an NBIC Interdisciplinary #Research Fellow to join our @uniofnottingham.bsky.social team, taking a leading role in both fundamental and translational #research.

⏰ Apply by 25 September 2025.

Apply at 👉 tinyurl.com/3f9p4ew5

#biofilms #biofilm #MicroSky #Career

University of Nottingham Opportunity: NBIC Research Fellow - NBIC

We are seeking a National Biofilm Innovation Centre (NBIC) Interdisciplinary Research Fellow to join NBIC at the University of Nottingham.

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · 29d

🚀 Our NBIC Flexible #Talent Mobility Account #funding supports secondments and activities that contribute to the development of researchers and technical staff in industry and academia.

💡Find out more and apply ➡️ tinyurl.com/ypc7n938

#biofilms #biofilm #FTMA #microsky @ukri.org

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Jordan Kirby @jskirby.bsky.social · Sep 3

My entry for NBIC (@ukbiofilms.bsky.social) art competition:

"The Forge of Decay"

Peak force tapping AFM topography map of S. mutans biofilm. The firey coal appearence mirror the damage these acidogenic biofilms can cause on enamel!
(Aquired @uonnmrc.bsky.social)

#BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Sep 3

📌 The Microbiome Innovation One Health Conference will take place from 15-16 September 2025 in Oxford

🌱 The programme will span human and animal health, plant biology, and environmental research

🎤 Our NBIC CEO, Professor Jo Slater-Jefferies will be presenting ➡️ tinyurl.com/3wrsuzrv #MicroSky

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 We're excited to share that our 2025 Annual Report is now available! 👉 tinyurl.com/5m3kb3cy

The report highlights:

🔬 Research Strategy
🌏 International strategy
🏭 Industry engagement
🧑🏽‍🏫 Training
🗣️ Case studies

#biofilms #biofilm #MicroSky

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Prasanth Babu @prashee.bsky.social · Aug 16

Did you know biofilms can change their shape?

My entry for the @ukbiofilms.bsky.social create competition, titled "Pleomorphic Biofilm Adaptation on a PBAT Plastic bag." Marinobacter adhaerens hp15 transforming into circular-shaped cells on compostable plastic!

#BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Aug 11

✨Our annual #BiofilmCreate Competition is open for 2025!

🎨 📷 Showcase your talent in #photography / #art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms

🏆Gift cards will be awarded in both categories

🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create

#science #scicomm #AMR #MicroSky

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Jul 8

‪📢 @uniofnottingham.bsky.social‬ have an exciting #PhD project available - Characterization of the effectiveness of an antibiofilm technology used for the cosmetic and medical devices sector within the context of wound infection treatment.

⏰ Apply by 14 July 2025 tinyurl.com/2uy4499s

#biofilm

National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Jun 26

🔬Our #ResearchInFocus blog series highlights the diverse research taking place across our biofilm network - from safeguarding water quality for the future to using microbial biofilms to generate electricity!⚡

👩🏾‍🔬 Take a look 🔎 tinyurl.com/4r8v8uj7

#science #scicomm #AMR #research #biofilm #biofilms

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Leonid Digel @leodigel.bsky.social · Jun 26

Photosynthetic cascade.

The evolutionary invention of oxygenic photosynthesis by ancestral cyanobacteria forever changed life on Earth. On a warm sunny day, we can appreciate the beauty of cyanobacterial biofilms making oxygen we breathe.
#BiofilmCreate #BiofilmAware @ukbiofilms.bsky.social

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Lars Dietrich @laahrs.bsky.social · Jun 25

www.quantamagazine.org/how-a-biofil...

How a Biofilm’s Strange Shape Emerges From Cellular Geometry | Quanta Magazine

Micro decisions can have macro consequences. A soft matter physicist reveals how interactions within simple cellular collectives can lead to emergent physical traits.

www.quantamagazine.org

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Jun 25

💡 Want to be the first to hear about #biofilm #innovation?

📫 Sign up to our monthly newsletter and hear about the latest news updates, publications, events, #funding and industry opportunities!

✔️ Sign up at biofilms.ac.uk

#biofilms #research #AMR #MicroSky

National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Jun 24

🧫 Are you engaged in #biofilm #research, #regulation, or industry applications? Your expertise is crucial in shaping the future of biofilm management

✍️ Participate in the Biofilm Alliance survey to help us gather insights for developing the Biofilm Alliance network

➡️ tinyurl.com/35fmraxe #biofilms

National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Jun 9

🫁 It's #CFWeek - this @cysticfibrosis.org.uk campaign raises awareness of the daily realities of living with #cysticfibrosis (CF).

👩🏻‍⚕️ We examine how #biofilms present a major problem for those living with CF and highlight new treatments and tools being developed to tackle CF 🔎 tinyurl.com/53e2n938

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Jun 3

🔬The Biofilm Alliance Forum will take place 1–2 July 2025 at @manmetuni.bsky.social & will bring together industry, academics & regulators to identify challenges in #biofilm methodologies, regulatory guidelines & needs in:

🍽️Food
💧Water
🏗️Built Environment & Industry

➡️ tinyurl.com/5n9yr96f #MicroSky

National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · Jun 2

📌 BBSRC-STFC facility access funding aims to support the UK #bioscience researchers and businesses in accessing and benefitting from access to STFC skills, expertise, capabilities and world class facilities.

Apply by 12 June 2025 ➡️ tinyurl.com/4h26r5tp

@ukri.org #innovation #biofilms #MicroSky

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · May 30

📌 Applications are open for ' #Science Policy: Improving the Uptake of #Research into UK #Policy ' - a @connectingscience.bsky.social course taking place 18–20 August 2025

🤝 The course aims to foster collaboration between researchers and policymakers

Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/2v3mdj9y #MicroSky

National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · May 28

📌@ucddublin.bsky.social are seeking a temporary Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Level 1 or 2 in #Microbiology #Imaging

🔬This project aims to develop new mechanistic insight in the interaction between #biofilms and aggregates/particulates

Apply by 6 June 2025 tinyurl.com/5n7ner3d #microsky

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · May 23

✨Our annual #BiofilmCreate Competition is now open for 2025!

📷🎨🧑‍🔬Showcase your talent in #photography / #art whilst highlighting the impact of #biofilms

🏆 Gift cards will be awarded in both categories

🗳️biofilms.ac.uk/create

#biofilm #science #scicomm #AMR #microsky #biofilmaware

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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) @ukbiofilms.bsky.social · May 20

❗️Applications close for Biofilms ICURe Engage at 23:59 tonight (20 May 2025) - an @innovateuk.bsky.social ICURe programme funded by NBIC and delivered by SETsquared, tailored for researchers, students and technicians of NBIC partner universities working in #biofilms

🔎 tinyurl.com/3awht9xv #MicroSky

Biofilms ICURe Engage - Applications Close 20 May 2025 - NBIC

Biofilms ICURe Engage is an ICURe programme themed around biofilms exclusively available to NBIC research partners.

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Lonely Joe Parker @lonelyjoeparker.bsky.social · May 15

Another @ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org #biofilms11 day, another great programme of science! Firstly hearing about leaf-microbiota interaction in keynote from Gabriel Castrillo and co www.gabrielcastrillo.com

Many astonishing messages here:
* Between-leaf diversity is massive
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A man in front of a big screen with illegible text, i a dimly lit conference room

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