Vicki Orr

Vicki Orr

@vickiorr.bsky.social

Postdoc with Jamie Hall at University of Liverpool, focussing on mobile genetic elements and gene spread in microbial communities! πŸ¦ πŸ§«πŸ§¬πŸ’»

414 Followers 184 Following 5 Posts Joined Oct 2023
9 months ago
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🧬Happy Transposon Day!

πŸŽ‰Each year on the 16th of June we commemorate the birthdate of the founder of transposable element research, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992).

#TransposonDay2025 #MobileDNAjournal

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9 months ago
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PhD viva passed!!! πŸ₯³ 🍻 Thank you to Liam Shaw and Stephen Cornell for assessing and for a very enjoyable discussion! Thank you to @jpjhall.bsky.social, Ellie Harrison and Calvin Dytham for being an amazing supervisory team throughout my PhD 😁

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10 months ago
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MGE Workshop

We are pleased to announce that registration for 3rd MGE Workshop is now live!

If you are interested in giving a talk please register online through our website by Friday 16th May.

We look forward to seeing you all in Southampton in June!

www.ukmgeworkshop.org

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10 months ago
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Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics - 2025 meeting

This meeting will be great!

Abstract submission open now

See you 26-27 Nov in Liverpool

microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...

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11 months ago
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Congratulations to the Poster Prize Winners at #Microbio25 Poster Block B:

- JMM poster prize winner: Jessica Lester
- JMM poster prize winner: Sami-Jo Terry
- JGV poster prize winner: Kelly Roper
- Mic prize: Victoria Orr, University of Liverpool @vickiorr.bsky.social

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11 months ago
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Excited to be presenting today at #Microbio25! I have a poster at 075 and a flash talk in the Microbial Warfare session focused on the results of my thesis. Happy to chat about plasmid and transposon interactions! @microbiologysociety.org🦠🧬

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1 year ago
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Excited to be at #ISPB2024! I'll be at poster P2-19 during the poster session on Thursday afternoon! πŸ˜πŸ¦ πŸ§«πŸ”¬

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1 year ago
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My poster (85) is up for today and tomorrow! Happy to chat about plasmids and transposons! 🧬🧫🧬🧫 #Microbio24

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1 year ago
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Excited to be back! Great talks so far and it's only just begun! I have a poster in Block B (B085), looking forward to it! #MicroBio24

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