Centre for Microbial Interactions

Year in industry student Poppy Leslie is presenting her great work on the evolution of wheat-infecting root fungi, check it out at poster 47! 🌾🍄 #CMINorwich26
@earlhaminst.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social @dsw-isp.bsky.social @mcmullan0.bsky.social

How single-cell genomics is unmasking the hidden diversity of protists From giant kelp forests to the microscopic parasites in a single drop of water, protists represent the vast bulk of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity.

Speaking today at #CMINorwich26 with @norwichmicro.bsky.social Dr Sally Warring will be sharing the weird and wonderful world of #protists!

Sally's current research focuses on developing high-throughput #singlecell methods for sequencing protists directly from environmental samples.

Photo of green grass and a body of water in the background, with trees around.

Excited for day 2 of the @norwichmicro.bsky.social annual conference. I got to start my day with a lovely walk in. The @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social campus is quite lovely.

Great first day of the @norwichmicro.bsky.social annual conference. Poster session in full swing.

Inspired by @hassansalem.bsky.social’s CMI Conference @norwichmicro.bsky.social talk? Or perhaps simply excited to get involved in such fascinating research? 🌱🦠

Apply to join the Salem Group as a Postdoctoral Researcher today: www.jic.ac.uk/vacancies/po...

Fascinating talk from Elaine Bignell on Aspergillus fumigatus, including identification of a putative regulator of effector secretion. @mrccmm.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk #CMINorwich26

Join @berasymbionts.bsky.social , @tatsuyanobori.bsky.social and us for a postdoc on the remarkable developmental biology of symbiosis!

Applications are due March 25th 🪲🦠

@johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social

Great to be at the CMI Annual Conference and presenting a poster about my PhD project! If you're here, be sure to come find me at poster 33 #CMINorwich26 @norwichmicro.bsky.social

Mark Webber opens the Centre for Microbial Interactions Annual Conference at Norwich Research Park @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @quadraminstitute.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #CMINorwich26

And here we go: #CMINorwich26 @norwichmicro.bsky.social

GitHub - AlisonMacFadyen/SCCmecExtractor: Pipeline for extracting SCCmec sequences from Whole Genome Sequencing Data Pipeline for extracting SCCmec sequences from Whole Genome Sequencing Data - AlisonMacFadyen/SCCmecExtractor

Looking forward to the @norwichmicro.bsky.social Annual Conference tomorrow as I will be presenting a poster on my tool: SCCmecExtractor. It is able to extract SCCmec elements from whole genome sequence data for staphylococci and mammaliicocci. #AMR #MGE #MicroSky #MRSA

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Fungal genome sequencing for free! 👇🏼 #GGFungi2026

How single-cell genomics is unmasking the hidden diversity of protists From giant kelp forests to the microscopic parasites in a single drop of water, protists represent the vast bulk of eukaryotic phylogenetic diversity.

Discover how scientists at Earlham Institute are adapting #singlecell methods to decode the complex and fascinating diversity of protists directly from from environmental samples.

🧬🦠🔬

#microbialgenomics #protists

We’re looking for a Research Scientist to investigate how microbial sulfur and nitrogen metabolism in the human gut affect host health, with relevance to nutrition and metabolic disease.

💷 £37,500 to £45,350
🗓️ Apply by 22 March 2026
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The Microbial Genomics ECR Symposium will return again this summer!

Co-organised by @norwichmicro.bsky.social and @getgenome.bsky.social the symposium will take place on 15th July 2026 at the John Innes Conference Centre.

Please register here: web.novogene.com/2026TheMicro...

Had a great time volunteering at the microbe zoo in #NorwichScienceFestival manning the soil tunnel and plant pathogen board. Last chance to give the exhibit a visit tomorrow!

Thanks @samfrowe.bsky.social for organising the volunteers.

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@sawtrust.bsky.social

Centre for Microbial Interactions – Conference 2026 Centre for Microbial Interactions – Annual Conference 2026. Registration is free and the deadline to sign up is Wednesday 25th February 2026.

Big news! I'll be co-chairing a session and presenting a poster at the @norwichmicro.bsky.social Annual Conference this March.

Deadline for abstract submission coming up soon.

#CMI2026 #Microbiology #Astrobiology #NRP #Extremophiles

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Quadram Institute spinoff Quadlytics shortlisted for innovation award - Quadram Institute Quadlytics, led by Dr Hannah Morelli, is developing technology that identifies combinations of bacteriophages, commonly called phages, which are helpful viruses that can be used as alternatives to…

“It’s an honour to be included amongst such an inspiring group of founders and companies showcasing innovation which is taking science from the lab and commercialising it to solve real-world problems.”
💬 Dr Hannah Morelli

Meet the Microbe Zookeepers from the Quadram Institute - Quadram Institute This year at Norwich Science Festival there will be a “Microbe Zoo”. In the Microbe Zoo visitors will be transported into a world usually invisible to the naked eye, one inhabited by bacteria, fungi,…

🆕 Blog! We hear from some of our scientists taking part in the upcoming Microbe Zoo outreach activity about why they decided to volunteer and what being a “Microbe Zookeeper” involves 🔍️

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Wow - our opening night was amazing!

We can't wait to welcome everyone to the #Microbe #Zoo for Norwich Science Festival.

Here's some of the feedback we've recieved tonight.

Here’s a sneak preview of the Microbe Zoo coming to Norwich Science Festival soon 👀

📅14 - 21 February 2026
📍The Gallery, the Forum Norwich

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@norwichmicro.bsky.social @johninnescentre.bsky.social @thesainsburylab.bsky.social @earlhaminst.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

Article out about our work on #protists at the Earlham Institute🦠🧬

#protistsonsky
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@nrpdtp.bsky.social
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EVENT - OPEN Friday Seminar - HOPWOOD LECTURE: Prof. Julia Vorholt, ETH Zurich - "Establishing causality: Opportunities of synthetic communities for plant microbiome research"

🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏰ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
💻 Register to join online: okt.to/s7xUb5

Our new preprint co-led with colleagues from #IOCAS and #BGI

The genetic repertoire of the deep sea: from sequence to
structure and function

@ueaenv.bsky.social @norwichmicro.bsky.social

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Quadram Institute spinoff Quadlytics shortlisted for innovation award - Quadram Institute Quadlytics, led by Dr Hannah Morelli, is developing technology that identifies combinations of bacteriophages, commonly called phages, which are helpful viruses that can be used as alternatives to…

🆕 Quadram Institute spin-off venture Quadlytics has been shortlisted in the #21 to Watch 2026 innovation showcase for Cambridge and the East of England.

Delighted to welcome Nanne Taks (@nwtaks.bsky.social) as a new postdoc in our lab! Nanne completed his PhD in Amsterdam with @havandenburg.bsky.social and @pfeilmeier.bsky.social, working on plant-pathogen interactions at hydathode water pores. Welcome!

Darwin Day 2026, Endless Islands Most Beautiful, Weds 11th Feb 2026; 1.00pm–5.00pm, Julian Study Centre, UEA. An excellent afternoon of talks linked to islands and adaptation. See the attached flier for the schedule. Everyone is welcome…and it’s free …. but please sign up

Darwin Day 2026, Endless Islands Most Beautiful on Weds 11th Feb 2026; 1.00pm–5.00pm, Julian Study Centre, UEA. An afternoon of excellent talks linked to islands and adaptation. See attached flier for the schedule and the link to sign up. Everyone is welcome.

Microbe Zoo | Norwich Science Festival Microscopic adventures await – visit the Microbe Zoo at Norwich Science Festival! Once inside the ‘zoo’, you’ll be transported into a world usually invisible to the naked eye – one inhabited by…

🦠 Microbe zoo

📅 14 February to 21 February

Inside the microbe ‘zoo’, you’ll be transported into a world usually invisible to the naked eye – one inhabited by bacteria, fungi, viruses and algae! A team of ‘zookeepers’ from @norwichmicro.bsky.social will guide you through 🔍

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Plant Pathogens Moonlighting as Beneficial Insect Symbionts Herbivorous insects can shape the epidemiology of disease in plants by vectoring numerous phytopathogens. While the consequences of infection are often well-characterized in the host plant, the extent...

Can plant pathogens boost vector fitness?

Together with @hassansalem.bsky.social, we review how phytopathogens can spread further by moonlighting as insect symbionts 🪲 More on this nifty lifestyle in @annualreviews.bsky.social!

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Radio Norfolk - Listen Live - BBC Sounds Listen live to Radio Norfolk on BBC Sounds

@jonathandgjones.bsky.social on BBC Radio Norfolk sharing why Norwich Research Park hosts some of the top scientists in the world.
Starts at 11:40 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...