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Dr Ross McInnes

@roscobacterium.bsky.social

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Postdoc at @cruk-si.bsky.social. PhD University of Birmingham. Studying the gut microbiome, cancer, and bacterial cancer therapy. Co-founder @ContamClub.bsky.social. All views are my own! https://rosssmcinnes.github.io/

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Nov 15

This feels like a good opportunity to reintroduce myself. I'm a microbiologist who has worked on antibiotic resistance and the gut microbiome. I've recently moved to @cruk-si.bsky.social on the beautiful Garscube campus. I'll be using my skills to study various aspects of bacterial cancer therapy!

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · 6h

Our little Cherry tree is losing its leaves in a beautiful show and the sweet peas are already poking their heads up ready for next year! 🌸

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · 18h

Noodlococcus is out in the wild!

Contamination Club @contamclub.bsky.social · 2d

Now published! 🎉🧫🍜

doi.org/10.1099/mgen...

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Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute @cruk-si.bsky.social · 22d

🔬Join us for our upcoming Cancer Immunology Workshop: 'Lessons from the Microbes Within Us; Developing Next Generation Immunotherapeutics'

📅23-24 October 2025
📍CRUK Scotland Institute, Glasgow

Abstract deadline: 26 September
Register by: 10 October

crukscotlandinstitute.ac.uk/immuno_works...

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Ed Hutchinson @socialinfluenza.bsky.social · Aug 11

A lovely essay on scientific supervision

PlantEvolution 🌱🌾 @plantevolution.bsky.social · Aug 10

Wonderful (and humble) essay on mentorship by Brandon Gaut, on occasion of Brandon receiving the inaugural Mentorship Award of @genetics-gsa.bsky.social. I hope this will be widely read!

academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Jul 17

Well done to Freya and Rob, a manuscript a long time in the making!

Willem van Schaik @wvschaik.bsky.social · Jul 17

New manuscript from the group

'IS1216 drives the evolution of pRUM-like multidrug resistance plasmids in Enterococcus faecium'

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

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IS1216 drives the evolution of pRUM-like multidrug resistance plasmids in Enterococcus faecium

pRUM-like plasmids are commonly found in multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium , but the evolution of these plasmids has not been characterised in detail. When we analysed the genome sequences of t...

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Jul 17

As is @prob91.bsky.social

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Jul 13

Do you miss living in Birmingham? What do you think? 😂

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Jul 12

The antisocial behaviour in Milngavie is getting out of hand!

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Jul 11

Orchids on our evening walk! 🪻

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Jul 7

Beautiful!

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Jun 2

Check out this story with Noodlococcus as the star of the show!

Contamination Club @contamclub.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨 Very excited to finally say… 🚨

The story of Noodlococcus - the contaminant that started ContamClub - is available to read 📖🍜🦠

Check it out ➡️ doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Contamination Club @contamclub.bsky.social · May 27

Excited to share something with you all later this week… 🧫🦠🍜👀

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · May 24

Garden update...

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you so much to everyone who sponsored me to walk from Glasgow Green to Loch Lomond in the Kilt walk. My feet are only recovering now, but it was worth it to raise some money for CRUK.

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Maslowski MMIMiC Lab @mmimic.bsky.social · Apr 25

Happy big birthday @roscobacterium.bsky.social ! Celebrated in style at lab meeting with Tiramisu made by @celespin.bsky.social 😋

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Apr 17

I am raising money for Cancer Research UK by walking 23 miles in the Kiltwalk Mighty Stride on the 27th of April. Any donations would be greatly appreciated! www.justgiving.com/page/ross-mc...

Ross's fundraiser for Cancer Research UK

Help Ross McInnes raise money to support Cancer Research UK

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Mar 20

Lovely few days in Copenhagen, off to Malmö today!

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Mar 13

Pretty cool having kingfishers right next to our institute! @cruk-si.bsky.social

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Mar 1

Busy day planting out in the garden! 🏡☀️

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Feb 7

Thinking of colleagues at icddr,b who are being severely affected by the cuts to USAID. World class research is carried out at icddr,b and the world is in a much more vulnerable position without it! www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/d...

Over 1,000 icddr,b staffers receive termination letters

The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) has suffered a major setback due to a new policy by the United States, with over 1,000 employees reportedly receiving ter...

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Feb 4

The @mmimic.bsky.social lab is open to collaborations and we are particularly interested in using human samples from across Scotland in our research!

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Feb 4

As the resident microbiologist in the lab, I am investigating the adaptation of STm to the TME using transcriptomics, next gen sequencing, and molecular microbiology. I will also be drawing on my experience to expand our work on the interaction between the gut microbiome, BCT, and the immune system.

Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Feb 4

In a recent paper (www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....) the @mmimic.bsky.social lab beautifully demonstrated the interplay between S. Typhimurium and T cells in the tumour microenvironment, and how T cell activation can be reinvigorated by altering S. Typhimurium metabolism.

Salmonella cancer therapy metabolically disrupts tumours at the collateral cost of T cell immunity | EMBO Molecular Medicine

imageimageAttenuated Salmonella show promise as cancer therapeutics, yet T cells play no role in efficacy, limiting combined checkpoint blockade therapies or induction of immune memory. Improving T ce...

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Dr Ross McInnes @roscobacterium.bsky.social · Feb 4

This work is done using a mixture of colon and small intestine organoid models and the excellent colorectal cancer mouse models available to us at @cruk-si.bsky.social.