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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's 1st 1st-author paper is now published in @microbiologysociety.org's #MicrobialGenomics

It explores the #genomic #epidemiology of #COVID in Norfolk, UK

Great job by @andrewjpage.bsky.social @drrobkingsley.bsky.social Javier Guitian #COGUK & @gemma-langridge.bsky.social!

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Norfolk, UK, March 2020–December 2022

In the UK, the COVID-19 Genomics UK Consortium (COG-UK) established a real-time national genomic surveillance system during the COVID-19 pandemic, producing centralized data for monitoring severe acut...

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Jul 9

🆕 Here’s how to avoid Salmonella as cases in England reach 10-year high

📰 Our research group leader @drrobkingsley.bsky.social 's article featured in @the-independent.com ⤵️

Here’s how to avoid Salmonella as cases in England reach 10-year high

Salmonella is a species of bacteria that is one of the most common causes of foodborne illnesses globally

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · May 14

...or if you are a glutton for punishment...or just have a long commute...you might prefer this extended version with all the details (17 minutes) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation

Podcast Episode · ReSay · 14/05/2025 · 17m

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · May 14

Prefer a more accessible form of our newly published manuscript? The inimitable @yaasircheema.bsky.social has made this 5 minute podcast...with some AI magic podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation

Podcast Episode · ReSay · 14/05/2025 · 6m

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · May 14

Interested in #Salmonella #genetics and / or #phage ? - check out our newly published manuscript that implicates the reversible deletion of the wzy gene in S. Typhimurium (and likely other important Salmonella serovars) in evasion of phage predation journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

Reversible excision of the wzy locus in Salmonella Typhimurium may aid recovery following phage predation

Author summary Salmonella Typhimurium is a major pathogen of livestock that adversely affects productivity and animal welfare and poses a risk of foodborne disease in the human population. Antibiotics...

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · Apr 2

Please check out our poster B063 #Microbio25 @rafalkolenda.bsky.social presenting on copper used in pig feed acting as an intestinal habitat filter affecting #Salmonella interaction with the #microbiota 1pm today

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · Apr 1

Congratulations to Lindsay Hall @halllab.bsky.social Peter Wildy Prize Lecture 2025!

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Mar 31

"My project at UKHSA focused on a microbe outside of my PhD research called Salmonella. This included looking at clusters of Salmonella cases observed by UKHSA, quantifying which subgroups of Salmonella were responsible, alongside assessing travel associations across the dataset.”

A PhD placement in public health; Eleanor’s experience at UKHSA - Quadram Institute

Eleanor Hayles is a Medical Research Council (MRC) funded PhD student on the Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics (MMB) Doctoral Training Programme, based at Quadram Institute. She recently…

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · Mar 25

Looking forward to some great science at #Microbio25 next week in Liverpool, will be there from Monday to Wednesday

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · Mar 20

Norwich is a fabulous student city and @quadraminstitute.bsky.social is a state of the art research Institute at the centre of a vibrant research hub along with @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @nnuh.bsky.social

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · Mar 20

Exciting #PhD project where you will learn how to study #Host-pathogen interactions including #infection models, cell biology, microbiology, molecular biology and bioinformatics - you will address questions important to global health including #typhoid fever and invasive NTS disease #iNTS pls share

Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · Mar 18

🎓 #PhDPosition !

🔍 Mechanisms of infection and virulence of Salmonella in the liver with Dr Naiara Beraza and Dr Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social

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A digital illustration of the liver and Salmonella with the text "Funded PhD, mechanisms of infection and virulence of Salmonella in the liver with Dr Naiara Beraza and Professor Rob Kingsley. Apply by 14 April 2025"

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · Mar 12

Principal Investigator / Group Leader post @quadraminstitute.bsky.social within the Microbes and Food Safety strategic programme - all research related to food safety and food spoilage. Unsure whether your research interests fit, contact us informally quadram.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety) - Quadram Institute

Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety) Full or Part Time We are looking for an exceptional scientist with a research focus on bacterial foodborne pathogens or microbial spoilage. You will join other ...

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rafalkolenda.bsky.social @rafalkolenda.bsky.social · Feb 13

Interested in microbiome and Salmonella? Then apply for our summer vacation bioscience research scholarship project: “Niche competition between pathogens and microbiota in the gut” tinyurl.com/33upx4bc
@quadraminstitute.bsky.social @drrobkingsley.bsky.social

Project 20 - Niche competition between pathogens and microbiota in the gut

University of East Anglia

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Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Nov 12

JOB CLAXON!

I am recruiting a post-doctoral researcher on a BBSRC-funded project (36 months) on the genetics and functional genomics of vancomycin resistance in enterococci.

Further details here: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Please DM or email me if you want to discuss this post.

Research Fellow - Department of Microbes, Infections and Microbiomes - 104864 - Grade 7

This exciting BBSRC-funded project aims to mechanistically characterise the fitness costs associated with vancomycin resistance in the Gram-positive opportunistic pathogens Enterococcus faecalis and E...

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Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social · Nov 27

Why are some microbes are better (gastrointestinal) commensals?
Join for a Postdoc 19+12 months to investigate bacterial & fungal evolution in the human gut in a novel family cohort, using 3rd gen seq, metagenomics.
Application deadline is 1st Dec: t.co/FE8tyW3Q3K

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Andreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · Nov 19

The Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of California Davis, School of Medicine, invites applications for a full-time faculty position in Microbiome Sciences. Apply by December 11th at:

recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06847

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · Nov 15

I am co-chairing the 'Evolutionary and comparative genomics' session at i3s Salmonella conference in St Malo in 2025 - will be great to see you there! i3scongress.sciencesconf.org/resource/pag... Submission deadline for abstracts : 30th November

International Symposium on Salmonella and Salmonellosis - Sciencesconf.org

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Michael Brockhurst @brockhurstlab.bsky.social · Nov 2

Use it or lose it: Unless we publish papers in our society owned and published journals they will cease to be, along with all the conferences and meetings the proceeds support. Microbiology Society publishes many excellent journals, all edited by experts. #microsky www.microbiologyresearch.org

Microbiology Society

Microbiology Society journals contain high-quality research papers and topical review articles. We are a not-for-profit publisher and we support and invest in the microbiology community, to the benefi...

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Andreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · Nov 15

Salmonella invades the ileal mucosa to trigger lysine malbsorption, creating a a wave of lysine entering the cecum. Decarboxylation of lysine buffers the cytosol to protect against short-chain fatty acids, enabling the pathogen to invade the cecal ecosystem.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · Aug 8

Abstract submission is open for i3s 2025! i3scongress.innozh.fr

Page d'accueil - I3S

International Symposium on Salmonella and Salmonellosis

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Rob Kingsley @drrobkingsley.bsky.social · Apr 30

Want to focus on your research and early career researcher mentoring and training? Join our friendly and vibrant research community at The Quadram Institute - check out this #Research Group Leader #job opportunity quadram.ac.uk/vacancies/gr...

Group Leader (Microbes and Food Safety) - Quadram Institute

Full or Part Time We are looking for a dynamic, proactive individual to lead a research programme contributing to our goals of reducing foodborne illness through improved food safety and reducing food...

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Kate Baker @ksbakes.bsky.social · Feb 20

Did you know Salmonella Panama is an important cause of diarrhoeal and iNTS disease globally? Our genomics work driven by @1caiseypulford & @BlancaPerSep
characterises diversity, AMR, & invasiveness to bring new insights into this pathogen bit.ly/3I2Uo3B1/8 1/8

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Andreas Bäumler @abaumler.bsky.social · Feb 15

Treatment of sorbitol intolerance is limited to dietary interventions (i.e., a #lowFODMAP diet)🧪🦠

By elucidating the underlying cause of sorbitol intolerance, work published today establishes completely new starting points for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

www.newsweek.com/sugar-free-g...

Why sugar-free gum gives you gas

Scientists have found that Clostridia bacteria in the gut digest the sorbitol in sugar-free gum, so anything that disrupts these bacteria can lead to gas.

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