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ReSay Podcast @resaypodcast.bsky.social · 10d

Did you know E. coli has 525 adhesin genes across 102 systems?
That “sticky” secret is what makes it so dangerous, from UTIs to foodborne outbreaks.
A really nice work by scientists from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social and collaborators @Uwr Poland @BTU Germany

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adhesiomeR: a tool for Escherichia coli adhesin classification and analysis

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Daniel Figeys @dfigeys.bsky.social · 23d

Interested in compound- microbiome interactions, and how they affect health? Join my lab at the Quadram Institute.

Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · 23d

🆕 Vacancy! We're looking for a Research Scientist (Xenobiotics) to investigate xenobiotic–microbiome interactions and understand the variation in responses across different individual microbiomes.

💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 2 October 2025
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Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Prefer to hear about the latest, awesome science in podcast summary instead of reading the entire paper?

Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode!

Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

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

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · Jul 16

Very interesting paper, how viral mutants might have strategically spread and survived. Thanks you Eleanor for very important insight about this massive data.

Eleanor Hayles @eh-hayles.bsky.social · Jul 16

Massive thank you to @yaasircheema.bsky.social for this great podcast about the paper!

Langridge Lab @langridgelab.bsky.social · Jul 16

Prefer to hear about the latest, awesome science in podcast summary instead of reading the entire paper?

Our @eh-hayles.bsky.social's @microbiologysociety.org paper has already been turned into a podcast episode!

Listen here or read the paper here www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...

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Andrea Telatin @telatin.bsky.social · Jun 16

happy Transposon Day @yaasircheema.bsky.social and co :)

Molly Gale (Gale-Hammell Lab) @mollygale.bsky.social · Jun 16

🧬🌽 Happy Transposon Day! 🌽🧬

Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara McClintock - scientist extraordinaire and discoverer of jumping genes. Still the only woman to have an unshared Nobel Prize in the biomedical sciences #TransposonDay2025

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · Jun 4

Are you feeding your “Friend or Foe” present in your gut?

Very interesting study how high fat diet favours one type of bacteria. A just 5 min podcast of the paper on Spotify and Apple podcast

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Lizbeth Sayavedra @lizsayavedra.bsky.social · May 30

Excited to share our new paper! We show how Bilophila wadsworthia uses clever metabolic tricks to thrive in the gut — with links to high-fat diet🦠🔬
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Published at @natcomms.nature.com with @springernature.com
#Microbiome #GutHealth #Bilophila

Bacterial microcompartments and energy metabolism drive gut colonization by Bilophila wadsworthia

Nature Communications - Here, the authors show that Bilophila wadsworthia uses bacterial microcompartments and anaerobic respiration of host-derived compounds to thrive in the inflamed gut,...

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · May 27

"Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has been an inspiring and active champion for science over many years, and we are deeply honoured that The Princess Royal will support our institute with her Patronage.”

💬 Our Director and Chief Executive Officer Professor Daniel Figeys

Quadram Institute honoured to announce The Princess Royal as Patron - Quadram Institute

The announcement of The Princess Royal’s patronage of the Quadram Institute follows a recent visit to the institute to meet scientists, PhD students, patients, clinical trial volunteers and NHS staff…

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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · May 18

🍺 @pintofscience.uk 2025 starts tomorrow !

Here's where you can find our researchers talking about our food, health and gut microbiome research in pubs and venues across our fine city of #Norwich

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · May 14

Here are the links for podcasts about this article open.spotify.com/episode/3Q4m...

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

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · May 14

Thanks Rob! Happy to make the research more accessible. Here is a link for Spotify users 🎙️ open.spotify.com/episode/3Q4m...

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

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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 · 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

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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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Quadram Institute @quadraminstitute.bsky.social · May 8

🆕 Vacancy! We are looking for a Group Leader in Functional Microbiome Research to join the laboratory of Professor @dfigeys.bsky.social

💷 Competitive
🗓️ Apply by 28 May 2025
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Falk Hildebrand @bioinf.bsky.social · Apr 7

We have an open PhD position (deadline 14th March) in my group at QIB, Norwich, UK: buff.ly/1zRakR6
This might be of interest for researchers who want to understand gut microbial evolution, and how this changes when the human host is sick. Please RT.

PhD Gut bacterial adaptation to disease and inflammation (HILDEBRAND_Q25MMB) 2025/26 | UEA

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Jags Pandhal @jpandhal.bsky.social · Apr 4

Very proud of postdocs Josie and Zongting for presenting their algae-bacteria engineering work @microbiologysociety.org annual conference. Papers soon to follow! 🧪🧫

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thank you for the brilliant science and lecture!

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · Apr 2

Superb end of the day with Fleming Prize Lecture by @delafuentelab.bsky.social @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · Apr 2

Apparently it can be predicted from your microbiome with 96% accuracy if one is a coffee drinker or not using machine learning. #Microbio25 #coffee #Liverpool

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · Apr 1

Fab talk about effect of location and supercoiling on gene expression by Caroline from @quadraminstitute.bsky.social #Microbio25

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · Apr 1

Nice presentation by @lucydillon.bsky.social on use of ML in AMR #Microbio25

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · Mar 31

All set for Prize Medal lecture @microbiologysociety.org #Microbio25

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Yasir @yaasircheema.bsky.social · Mar 12

All set to attend NR 4ward session ”Growing and nurturing a stellar startup” #UEA #NRP #QIB #NR4ward

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Rowena Hill @rowenahill.bsky.social · Feb 28

Thanks @microbiologysociety.org, and to @norwichmicro.bsky.social for organising a great inaugural annual meeting!

Microbiology Society @microbiologysociety.org · Feb 28

Congratulations to @rowenahill.bsky.social and Ndeye Bineta, winners of our #MicroJ and #AccessMicro sponsored poster prizes at the @norwichmicro.bsky.social Annual Conference. #CMINorwich25

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