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Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group @molecularpathogen.bsky.social · 5d

Lecturership in Microbiolgy @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Application submission deadline coming soon - October 9th. universityvacancies.com/university-g...

Lecturer in Microbiology, Permanent, 1 FTE, Contract Type B, 011296 | University Vacancies Ireland

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · 13d

Dublin is looking especially radiant this evening, maybe it’s the tenure? Thanks Trinity! 🎉🎓

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations Rachel!

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Rachel M. Wheatley @rachelmwheatley.bsky.social · 23d

Delighted to share that I’ve been awarded a Future Leaders Fellowship to investigate the impact of microbial interactions on antimicrobial resistance evolution 🎉 🧫 really grateful for this investment in my lab and excited to start my fellowship in Jan’26!

www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an...

UKRI announces winners of £120 million Future Leaders Fellowships

Research into the causes of lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are among 77 projects to be funded by UKRI’s Future Leaders Fellowships.

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Daniel Padfield @padpadpadpad.bsky.social · 23d

I have an MRC-funded PhD project available (www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...) on how warming will change the problem of AMR. Join a small and friendly group (padpadpadpad.netlify.app/about) in (sometimes) sunny Cornwall. 🧪🦠 #microsky

Please share the ad below with anyone who may be interested.

A teal flyer for a PhD opportunity to investigate how warming may change antimicrobial resistance. The project will use experiments on Klebsiella bacteria to answer questions about how temperature affects their response to antibiotics, plasmid transfer, and fitness costs. The research involves microbiology lab work, bioinformatics, and mathematical modeling. The flyer includes contact details for Dr. Daniel Padfield and the logos of the sponsoring institutions.

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Flo Débarre @flodebarre.bsky.social · Sep 5

Here's the paper you may be referring to

Flo Débarre @flodebarre.bsky.social · Mar 12

Maybe a reason for the omission: the word "evolution" is often not used in this context in biomedical journals
(or at least was not in a selection of papers when this 2007 article was published)
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @jessieabbate.bsky.social

Evolution by Any Other Name: Antibiotic Resistance and Avoidance of the E-Word

The word "evolution" is rarely used in papers from medical journals describing antimicrobial resistance, which may directly impact public perception of the importance of evolutionary biology in our ev...

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Alan McNally @alanmcn1.bsky.social · Sep 3

We have a position for an Assist Prof in Microbial Genomics in our School of III.

Hod Joan Geoghegan will be happy to field questions if you are interested. No specific area of microbial genomics preferred so please do consider it

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOO184/a...

Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics at University of Birmingham

Apply now for the Assistant Professor (Research and Education) in Bacterial Genomics role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · Aug 22

This was the paper I was trying to remember last night, it looks great - look forward to getting stuck in!

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · Aug 22

Heading home after #ESEB2025. Head is melted but inspired by all of the incredible science. Was great to present our work (mostly by the brilliant @kelbrick.bsky.social) on evolution in multistressor environments, and of course to reconnect with old friends and colleagues from across Europe!

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · Aug 18

Boarding a plane to Barcelona for my first #ESEB since 2018 — two kids and one pandemic later. Excited for the science, slightly worried about my drastically reduced beer tolerance. #ESEB2025

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · Aug 5

Gifted in Euro just to make things awkward

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Meaghan Castledine @mcastd.bsky.social · Aug 5

Want to name a real virus? I have recently discovered 9 new phages which now need names! To enter, you simply need to donate to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on my JustGiving page (£2 = 1 entry) and share your email with me on donation (see link info). Please share 💚 www.justgiving.com/page/meaghan-c-1

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Tim Barraclough @timbarra.bsky.social · Aug 1

Our new paper on experimental evolution in wild tree-holes -Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation

#ISMEJournal
@duhitasant.bsky.social Tom Smith Edgar Wong Juli Cohen
@kayla-king.bsky.social
Tom Bell

academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc...

Eco-evolutionary robustness of wild bacterial communities to experimental perturbation

Abstract. Most knowledge about bacterial evolution and ecological interactions comes from laboratory studies. One difference between the wild and most labo

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · Jul 19

www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...

Global Talent Ireland - Research Ireland

Global Talent Ireland aims to attract exceptional mid-career and established researchers from across the globe to Ireland. Researchers funded through this programme are required to transfer their rese...

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · Jul 19

Research Ireland have a new programme to attract mid and established researchers from abroad to Ireland. Nice starting package and we don’t have REF 😂https://www.researchireland.ie/funding/global-talent-ireland/

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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · Jul 1

Beautiful new review paper in preprint bridging microbial ecology and classic ecology led by Maggie Vogel, @olimeacock.bsky.social and @annasophieweiss.bsky.social, also by @juliensluneau.bsky.social and @lambdapp.bsky.social from our lab (not me :)) ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

Bridging the scales: what can microbial ecologists learn from classic ecology?

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Sara Mitri @saramitri.bsky.social · Jun 12

We are recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in molecular microbiology in our department in Lausanne! Do consider appyling!!

DMF UNIL @dmf-unil.bsky.social · Jun 10

Come join us in beautiful Lausanne! Deadline for applications: August 10th, 2025
wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...

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Nicky O’Boyle @pathonick.bsky.social · Apr 25

Looking to appoint a PhD candidate with background in Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology or related field to work on discovery of infection combatting therapeutics in marine sponge-associated bacteria. Closing date 31st May 2025. International applications welcomed!🌎

Four year fully funded PhD studentship: Bioprospecting Marine Sponge Streptomyces for Novel Anti-Virulence Therapeutics at Trinity College Dublin on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Four year fully funded PhD studentship: Bioprospecting Marine Sponge Streptomyces for Novel Anti-Virulence Therapeutics at Trinity College Dublin, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · Apr 23

Amazing news Hassan, so delighted for you!

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Sadhbh Dodd @sadhbhnidhubhda.bsky.social · Apr 2

Very excited to be presenting my work on how within-patient P. aeruginosa diversity can determine interspecies interactions with S. aureus in CF today at #Microbio25 !! 🦠 Come find me at B064 if you want to chat about Pseudomonas, microbial ecology or anything CF !!👩🏻‍🔬🧪

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Filza Masood @filza-masood.bsky.social · Apr 1

Presenting some of my Masters work today at #Microbio25. Come chat to me at poster A260 :))

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Jamie Hall @jpjhall.bsky.social · Feb 18

I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky 🧪🧫🦠 microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · Feb 18

🥳 Delighted this is going ahead again!

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Siobhán O'Brien @siderophile.bsky.social · Feb 12

if I had to pick one! open.spotify.com/track/2dxXKq...

Boys In the Better Land

Fontaines D.C. · Dogrel · Song · 2019

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Toby Kiers @tobykiers.bsky.social · Jan 22

Are plants more likely to be ‘eavesdroppers’ than altruists when tapped into fungal networks?

Read our new theory paper out today in @pnas.org w/ @stuwest.bsky.social @tomwscott.bsky.social

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
(photo T. Munita)

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