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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · 1d

📢Join the #BiofilmCreate competition!

📸Send in your photography and art related to biofilms to @ukbiofilms.bsky.social!

⏰5pm UK time, 17 October 2025.

🎉 Awards include gift cards for first (£200), second (£100) and third (£50) place

👉More details here: biofilms.ac.uk/biofilm-crea...

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · 18d

On the 13th of September we had the opportunity to organise a drop-in activity on biofilms in collaboration with the @ukbiofilms.bsky.social

A big thank you to all our volunteers for helping deliver this activity!

👇 Read all about it on our website!

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · 23d

💡 Check out our latest publication in the ACS Omega journal!

In this study, we investigated the use of Raman Spectroscopy in assessing bacterial metabolic activity using the dye Prussian Blue.

#MicroSky #Biofilms #Raman

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Biofilm Regulatory Toolbox @regulatorytoolbox.bsky.social · Sep 8

👏Dr. Mirko Prodanov presented the RegulatoryToolbox cost action at the 4th Regional One Health Conference, 3 Sep 2025, N. Macedonia, organized by (BOHN) bohnetwork.org.

The event brought together experts and decision-makers to discuss solutions to current challenges in public health. 🍀

#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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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · Jul 22

📢Come join us at @liverpooluni.bsky.social for an exciting PhD opportunity investigating the "Electrochemistry of Microbial Cells"!

⏰ Deadline 1st of September 2025

👉Apply here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/elec...

#MicroSky #Biofilms

@livunisps.bsky.social @ukbiofilms.bsky.social

Electrochemistry of Microbial Cells | Courses | University of Liverpool

Bacteria are capable of complex metabolic activities which affect them and the environment surrounding them, for example inducing corrosion. Our understanding of microbial-surface electrochemistry is ...

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · Jul 22

📢Come join us at @livuniphysics.bsky.social for an exciting PhD opportunity "Understanding Microbial Colonisation of Surfaces via Correlative Spectroscopic Imaging"!

⏰ Deadline 01/09/2025

👉Apply here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/unde...

#MicroSky #Biofilms

@ukbiofilms.bsky.social

Understanding Microbial Colonisation of Surfaces via Correlative Spectroscopic Imaging | Courses | University of Liverpool

Microbial attachment to surfaces is the first step to biofilm formation, sophisticated microbial communities encased in a protective matrix. The impact of biofilms on global economies is almost $5tril...

www.liverpool.ac.uk

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · Jul 22

📢Come join us at @livuniphysics.bsky.social for an exciting PhD opportunity "Mapping Bacterial Interactions in Biofilm Colonies"!

⏰ Deadline 01/09/2025

👉Apply here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/mapp...

#MicroSky #Biofilms

@ukbiofilms.bsky.social

Mapping Bacterial Interactions in Biofilm Colonies | Courses | University of Liverpool

Biofilms are complex communities of microorganisms often attached to a surface and encased within protective matrix. They represent a key challenge in healthcare, due to their increased tolerance to t...

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Jontana Allkja @jallkja.bsky.social · Jul 17

A very interesting paper in the @biofilmjournal.bsky.social from the Raval group exploring the limitations of a very commonly used method for assessing bacterial viability.

#MicroSky #biofilms

Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · Jul 17

📢Check out our latest publication exploring the limitation of using Live/Dead staining to determine bacterial cell death using correlative fluorescence microscopy, SEM and super resolution Microscopy.

#biofilms #MicroSky

@ukbiofilms.bsky.social @livunisps.bsky.social

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Jontana Allkja @jallkja.bsky.social · Jul 11

📢Come join our team @liverpooluni.bsky.social!

Three very interesting PhD projects available, applications close 1st of September 2025!

#MicroSky #Biofilms #AnalyticalChemistry #Surfaces

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · Jul 11

📢 3 PhD positions available in the Raval group!

⏰ Deadline 1st of September 2025

🧑‍🔬 The selected students will be enrolled in the
@ukbiofilms.bsky.social BITE doctoral training programme.

Follow the link to apply 👇

www.liverpool.ac.uk/antimicrobia...

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PhD opportunities | Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces | University of Liverpool

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · Jul 9

‼️Deadline extended for oral abstracts submissions to the Vibration at Interfaces Faraday Discussions @rsc.org!

⏰Send you applications in by the 21st of July 2025!

👉 Follow the link to submit: www.rsc.org/events/detai...

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Biofilm Regulatory Toolbox @regulatorytoolbox.bsky.social · Jul 2

🎉Our first open workshop—“Regulatory Science: From Research to Market” happened on 26 June 2025!

An excellent turn out: 70+ participants from 20 countries!

Many thanks to our great speakers!

🤝Visit our website to join and find out more!

www.biofilmtools.eu

#MicroSky #Biofilms #Regulations

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Jontana Allkja @jallkja.bsky.social · Jun 9

🎉My first corresponding author credit! So proud of this chapter!

🔍 If you want to know about what fungi have been found in wounds of all kinds, this is the chapter for you!

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

#MicroSky #mycology #wounds #infections

Prevalence and Influence of Fungal Biofilm in Wound Infections

Wound infections disrupt the normal wound healing process leading to longer treatment, hospitalisation, patient discomfort, and in extreme cases severe outcomes like amputations and death, representin...

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · May 30

💫Exciting times at the SSRC!

💪Our new @brukercorporation.bsky.social AFM-IR platform is up and running! We cannot wait to start using this cutting edge technology in our work!

#microsky #biofilms #surfacescience

@livunisps.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · May 28

📢 Join us in April 2026 for the Faraday Discussion series!

📌 The Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University

📅 8 - 10 April 2026

⏰ Deadlines:
Oral abstracts: 07 July 2025
Poster abstracts: 26 January 2026
Register: 16th March 2026

👇 Find out more:

www.liverpool.ac.uk/antimicrobia...

Vibrations at Interfaces Faraday Discussion | Stories | Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces | University of Liverpool The Original RedbrickUniversity of Liverpool on FacebookLivUni on...

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · May 23

Last week our team had the opportunity to showcase their work at the annual @ukbiofilms.bsky.social summit in Cardiff!

🥳Well done to PhD student Abbie Johnson winning the prize for best presentation!

@livunisps.bsky.social

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Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · May 14

A logic gate to release antimicrobials from deep within silicone medical devices in response to temperature and pH indicators of microbial presence - super cool talk from Yuri Diaz Fernnandez from @livuniopenhub.bsky.social at #Biofilms11 #MicroSky (Image: pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1...)

A cartoon showing logic gates of high/low temperature and high/low pH triggering release of an active molecules to target either biofilm or planktonic bacteria.

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Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · May 14

Now at #Biofilms11, @liam-rooney.bsky.social is showing us how mesolens imaging (large field of view + high resolution) reveals macrocolony biofilm structure, and can be combined with other sensing techniques to track metabolites like O2 #MicroSky (Image: www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-p...)

Images of mixed macrocolonies of C. albicans and S. aureus, with fluorescent tags used to show spatial structure of the communities. The two species are not fully mixed.

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Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · May 14

Some biofilms are dry, not hydrated: Gordon Ramage & collaborators used repeated cycles of wetting with media, then drying, to culture dry surface #biofilm of Candida auris to explore how they persist and tolerate antimicrobials #Biofilms11 #MicroSky (Image: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...)

An electron micrograph showing a surface view of a biofilm. It is dry and quite flat, with a cracked surface like dried mud.

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Jontana Allkja @jallkja.bsky.social · May 15

Excellent talk by Darla Goeres at #biofilms11 in Cardiff! Come join our cost action and help improve biofilm standards!

www.cost.eu/actions/CA23...

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Freya Harrison @friendlymicrobe.bsky.social · May 15

How did I miss this paper? @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social lab screened nosocomial bugs for plastic-degrading enzymes, reasoning that they've been selected for this ability. They found a P. aeruginosa enzyme that efficiently degrades plastic #Biofilms11 #MicroSky (Image: www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Electron microscopy images showing pitting and degradation of a plastic bead by P. aeruginosa.

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · May 15

👏Well done to PhD student Abbie Johnson for her flash presentation at #biofilms11!

There's still time to check out her poster #116 in the last poster session!

@ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org
@livunisps.bsky.social

#microsky

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · May 13

Come and check out the excellent posters from our group members Dan Smaje, Abbie Johnson and @ericasl.bsky.social at #Biofilms11!

#microsky

@livunisps.bsky.social @livunihls.bsky.social
@ukbiofilms.bsky.social
@microbiologysociety.org

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Open Innovation Hub for Antimicrobial Surfaces @livuniopenhub.bsky.social · May 13

#Biofilms11 has officially started! Looking forward to three days full of #biofilm centric talks!

#microsky

@ukbiofilms.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org

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Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · Apr 30

Registration for #Biofilms11 closes tomorrow, 1st May at 12:00 midday BST! Secure your place now: microb.io/Biofilms11

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