Xena Dyball
@xenadyball.bsky.social
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NRPDTP PhD student with Evelien Adriaenssens @ QIB 🦠 Previously at UKHSA & Warwick Uni 👩‍🔬
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ryancook94.bsky.social
Happy to say this has now been published in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social 🫁🦠 #Phages #Viromics

www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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hannahvpye.bsky.social
Looking forward to presenting the latest results from the PhageLand project during the ‘Phages in Health and Remediation’ session at 4.30pm in Brown 1&2 at @femsmicro.org #FEMS2025 #phagesky #microsky
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ryancook94.bsky.social
New pre-print alert! 🚨🫁

COPD affects millions worldwide. While we know bacterial dysbiosis drives disease, the role of bacteriophages remains unexplored. We re-analysed 135 COPD metagenomes to characterise the lung virome for the first time 🫁 1/9

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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quadraminstitute.bsky.social
🆕 Vacancy! We’re looking for a Research Scientist to join Dr @evelienadri.bsky.social‬ 's group to study bacteriophages, drug resistance and genetic evolution of Salmonella 🦠

💷 £36,720 to £39,750
🗓️ Apply by 2 July 2025
➡️ buff.ly/7M2mDaa
A social card with an illustration of a bacteriophage and bacteria and the text "Research Scientist to join Dr Evelien Adrianssen's group to study bacteriophage, drug resistance and genetic evolution of Salmonella, Salary: 36,720 to 39,750, Contract length: 1.5 years, Apply by 2 July 2025
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evbc.bsky.social
What a week in Lisbon! 🇵🇹 ViBioM 2025 brought 150+ virus bioinformaticians from 34 countries to explore viral evolution, ML tools, & taxonomy challenges. 🌱 All plant-based thanks to @desafiovegetariano! Huge thanks to organizers, speakers, and community! #ViBioM2025 #Viromics
xenadyball.bsky.social
Had a great time attending the #ViBioM2025 meeting in Lisbon this week with @ryancook94.bsky.social 🇵🇹☀️
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evelienadri.bsky.social
Less than a week left to apply for this #PhD position!
evelienadri.bsky.social
🎓 #PhDPosition available in my group!

🫁 Understanding the microbiome and phageome in chronic lung infections for the development of phage therapy with me & Prof Eleanor Mishra

📅 Apply by Monday 14 April

➡️ buff.ly/7v9JVDU

Happy to answer questions, but don't send your CV through email.
Illustrations of the microbiome including bacteriophages with the text "Funded PhD, understanding the microbiome and phageome in chronic lung infections for the development of phage therapy with Dr Evelien Adriaenssens and Professor Eleanor Mishra. Apply by 14 April 2025" Logos of the Quadram Institute and Microbes Microbiomes Bioinformatics Doctoral Training Partnership
xenadyball.bsky.social
Happy to be presenting my poster titled ‘Exploring phage-mediated adaptation of Ruminococcus gnavus to the human gut’ at the Microbiology Society conference today! Come find me at B78 🦠 #Microbio25
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evelienadri.bsky.social
🎓 #PhDPosition available in my group!

🫁 Understanding the microbiome and phageome in chronic lung infections for the development of phage therapy with me & Prof Eleanor Mishra

📅 Apply by Monday 14 April

➡️ buff.ly/7v9JVDU

Happy to answer questions, but don't send your CV through email.
Illustrations of the microbiome including bacteriophages with the text "Funded PhD, understanding the microbiome and phageome in chronic lung infections for the development of phage therapy with Dr Evelien Adriaenssens and Professor Eleanor Mishra. Apply by 14 April 2025" Logos of the Quadram Institute and Microbes Microbiomes Bioinformatics Doctoral Training Partnership
xenadyball.bsky.social
A huge thanks to the festival organisers and everyone who helped make the stall a success!
@hannahvpye.bsky.social,
@deuskamya.bsky.social,
@rikhaagmans.bsky.social,
Nicholas Martin, and Gemma Beasy 😊
xenadyball.bsky.social
We had a great time representing @quadraminstitute.bsky.social at Norwich Science Festival! ✨

Our ‘Fantastic Phages!’ stall had lots of great engagement! It was exciting to share our passion for bacteriophages and their ‘superhero’ qualities with the public 🦸🦠
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hannahvpye.bsky.social
It was great to be interviewed about our latest publication ‘Phage Diversity in One Health’. In the interview we discussed the importance of expanding phage diversity to support One Health! 🌍

Read the full interview below ⬇️
contagionlive.bsky.social
Dr. Hannah Pye and Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens discuss expanding phage diversity to enhance #OneHealth. Their insights on overcoming challenges in isolation methods & exploring underutilized ssDNA & RNA phages, and more. #phagetherapy #IDsky #Medsky

www.contagionlive.com/view/expandi...
Expanding Phage Diversity for One Health: Challenges and Opportunities
Hannah Pye, PhD and Evelien Adriaenssens, PhD explore the potential of phages in combating antimicrobial resistance and advancing health across human, animal, and environmental domains.
www.contagionlive.com
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evelienadri.bsky.social
If you're in Norwich in February, check out the #MarvellousMicrobes trail, a microbial treasure hunt through the city.
The activity was developed by @rapher97.bsky.social and @norwichmicro.bsky.social

More information: norwichsciencefestival.co.uk/whats-on/mar...
Marvellous Microbes Trail | Norwich Science Festival
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xenadyball.bsky.social
Had an incredible time in Newcastle at the 3rd VoM-UK meeting this week! 🦠 It was a privilege to present my PhD project and connect with so many amazing people ✨
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evelienadri.bsky.social
I’m excited to share our latest preprint in collaboration with @Halllab.bsky.social

In this work, led by PhD student James Docherty, we investigated the presence of #prophages and anti-phage defence systems in human-associated #bifidobacteria:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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quadramsf.bsky.social
Yesterday we held the Student Science Showcase, with some great talks and posters from the student community at @quadraminstitute.bsky.social
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evelienadri.bsky.social
We also had Xena present her work on Ruminococcus gnavus prophages today. Watch this space for the prophage discovery pipeline she developed!

Quadram Student Science Showcase