MERMan Research Group (University of Manchester)
@mermanchester.bsky.social
Microbial Evolution Research at The University of Manchester
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/merman/
https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/merman/
We had two fantastic visiting speakers today
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
We had two fantastic visiting speakers today
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
MERMan alumnus @rowancallumg.bsky.social spoke about his current work with viral cheating in influenza with @asherleeks.bsky.social
And @lavishaparab.bsky.social talked about phage infection trade-offs
Thanks to @microbesng.bsky.social for our snacks!
Massive congratulations to our own @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social for winning the poster prize at #MicroEvo25!! Her poster describes coalescence dynamics in hot spring microbial communities, and featured wonderful photos from Icelandic field work
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Massive congratulations to our own @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social for winning the poster prize at #MicroEvo25!! Her poster describes coalescence dynamics in hot spring microbial communities, and featured wonderful photos from Icelandic field work
Another fantastic poster presented by @knhanga.bsky.social at #MicroEvo25
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Another fantastic poster presented by @knhanga.bsky.social at #MicroEvo25
More amazing posters presented by our researchers @zahraaalbaqsami.bsky.social and Rana at #MicroEvo25!
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
More amazing posters presented by our researchers @zahraaalbaqsami.bsky.social and Rana at #MicroEvo25!
Incredibly insightful talk this afternoon by @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social speaking about within-patient ciprofloxacin resistance in P. aeruginosa #MicroEvo25
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Incredibly insightful talk this afternoon by @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social speaking about within-patient ciprofloxacin resistance in P. aeruginosa #MicroEvo25
Starting day two of #MicroEvo25 strong with our first MERMan speaker of the day! An amazing talk by @mattjago.bsky.social about mutational bias in E. coli 🧬
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Starting day two of #MicroEvo25 strong with our first MERMan speaker of the day! An amazing talk by @mattjago.bsky.social about mutational bias in E. coli 🧬
Come chat to Dan at poster 22 to learn about endosymbiosis evolution #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Come chat to Dan at poster 22 to learn about endosymbiosis evolution #MicroEvo25
Learn about hot spring microbial communities from @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social at poster 62 🌋 #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Learn about hot spring microbial communities from @magdalenakurteu.bsky.social at poster 62 🌋 #MicroEvo25
Find out more about DNA repair protein single-molecule tracking from @bexlowrypalms.bsky.social at poster 18🔬 #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Find out more about DNA repair protein single-molecule tracking from @bexlowrypalms.bsky.social at poster 18🔬 #MicroEvo25
Come and see @willpjsmith.bsky.social at poster 71 to find out more about microbial warfare! #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Come and see @willpjsmith.bsky.social at poster 71 to find out more about microbial warfare! #MicroEvo25
Fantastic talk about the impact of inflammation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa evolution by @taoranfu.bsky.social #MicroEvo25
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Fantastic talk about the impact of inflammation on Pseudomonas aeruginosa evolution by @taoranfu.bsky.social #MicroEvo25
Another great week at our seminar series!
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Another great week at our seminar series!
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
This session, we explored "Within-patient evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from @matthewjshepherd.bsky.social
Big thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for once again keeping us fuelled with delicious refreshments 🙌🍪
In this week’s seminar we learned about the evolution of intrinsic terminators from @stepadenisov.bsky.social 🧬
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In this week’s seminar we learned about the evolution of intrinsic terminators from @stepadenisov.bsky.social 🧬
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
Made even more fun by snacks kindly sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social 🍪
This week @willpjsmith.bsky.social taught us all about microbial competition & Logan Sauers ( @coytelab.bsky.social ) shared recent gut microbiome work. Thanks @microbesng.bsky.social for the refreshments!
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This week @willpjsmith.bsky.social taught us all about microbial competition & Logan Sauers ( @coytelab.bsky.social ) shared recent gut microbiome work. Thanks @microbesng.bsky.social for the refreshments!
Retrospective post: @fgyapong.bsky.social recently gave his MERMan seminar on his work on the stickleback skin microbiome.
Not pictured: yummy treats sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social
Not pictured: yummy treats sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Retrospective post: @fgyapong.bsky.social recently gave his MERMan seminar on his work on the stickleback skin microbiome.
Not pictured: yummy treats sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social
Not pictured: yummy treats sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social
This weeks seminars from PhD students Maisie Czernuszka and Victor Carneiro da Cunha Martirelli!
Special thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for sponsoring refreshments!
Special thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for sponsoring refreshments!
October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This weeks seminars from PhD students Maisie Czernuszka and Victor Carneiro da Cunha Martirelli!
Special thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for sponsoring refreshments!
Special thank you to @microbesng.bsky.social for sponsoring refreshments!
Great MERMan seminar today from NSERC PhD visiting researcher @simonjeanneau.bsky.social from @usherbrooke.bsky.social ! Also our first seminar with refreshments sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social , many thanks for the productive chats over nibbles! 🍪 🧪
September 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Great MERMan seminar today from NSERC PhD visiting researcher @simonjeanneau.bsky.social from @usherbrooke.bsky.social ! Also our first seminar with refreshments sponsored by @microbesng.bsky.social , many thanks for the productive chats over nibbles! 🍪 🧪
September 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
MERMan seminars are back! Last week, @zahraaalbaqsami.bsky.social presented her #Thermophiles2025 talk which generated a lot of buzz & Qs from the group!
September 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
MERMan seminars are back! Last week, @zahraaalbaqsami.bsky.social presented her #Thermophiles2025 talk which generated a lot of buzz & Qs from the group!
Last week, MERMan went on our annual countryside hike! Fresh air and good science colleagues, what more could one ask for? Maybe the ruins of an old cotton mill... Thanks to @mattjago.bsky.social for organising.
July 29, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Last week, MERMan went on our annual countryside hike! Fresh air and good science colleagues, what more could one ask for? Maybe the ruins of an old cotton mill... Thanks to @mattjago.bsky.social for organising.
This week postdoc Dr. Dolan Evans from the Tank group is presenting on organ-on-a-chip for women's health
@raveentank.bsky.social
@raveentank.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This week postdoc Dr. Dolan Evans from the Tank group is presenting on organ-on-a-chip for women's health
@raveentank.bsky.social
@raveentank.bsky.social
PhD candidate Deniz Ozbilek speaking today about in silico epistasis modelling in bacterial RNA polymerase
May 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
PhD candidate Deniz Ozbilek speaking today about in silico epistasis modelling in bacterial RNA polymerase
This week, PhD student Deepanshi Karwall is telling us about her project with Unilever on microbial-based cleaning products 🧹🧼
May 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This week, PhD student Deepanshi Karwall is telling us about her project with Unilever on microbial-based cleaning products 🧹🧼
Today we're hearing from PhD student Amal Alkhafaji about the role of host organism on mutation rates in bacteriophage 🦠🧫
May 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today we're hearing from PhD student Amal Alkhafaji about the role of host organism on mutation rates in bacteriophage 🦠🧫
The MERMan contingent at #microbio25 headed home today after a great week in Liverpool for the @microbiologysociety.org annual conference - Thanks to the society and organisers for putting on a great event, and supporting us in presenting 6 talks and 5 posters packed full of microbial evolution!
April 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The MERMan contingent at #microbio25 headed home today after a great week in Liverpool for the @microbiologysociety.org annual conference - Thanks to the society and organisers for putting on a great event, and supporting us in presenting 6 talks and 5 posters packed full of microbial evolution!