A scientist in a lab coat and safety goggles uses a pipette to transfer liquid into a small tube, surrounded by various lab equipment and bottles with blue and red caps. Shelves with additional lab supplies are visible in the background.
Close-up illustration of multiple rod-shaped bacteria with hair-like structures and long whip-like appendages, set against a black background. The bacteria appear pink and fuzzy, with intricate details on their surface.
Toxic bug E. coli uses a secret weapon to survive in our gut even when it is being treated with antibiotics 🧪
Our scientists have unmasked a super-pump inside the bacteria that is activated by our stomach acid.
Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/gomzlvmqrd
04.12.2025 09:29 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Love RNA biology and care about reproducibility? I’m co-editing a @bio-protocol.bsky.social special issue with @marionhogg.bsky.social & Renate Weizbauer —focusing open access and transparent RNA detection protocols.
Submit yours today - en.bio-protocol.org/content17
#OpenScience #ReproRNAbiology
12.07.2025 13:34 — 👍 11 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 2
Advert for PhD studentship on PIF protein in wheat with Matthew Terry, University of Southampton
I have a PhD studentship available to work on PIF proteins in wheat with Stephen Pearce @rothamsted.bsky.social and @colleendrapek.bsky.social at Phytoform labs. Any reposts greatly appreciated.
06.11.2025 11:41 — 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Thrilled to share the core of my PhD work, now published in NAR!
This project was a true collaborative effort across multiple teams, and it was a joy to bring it to life.
Huge thanks to everyone involved, and especially to @fnobrega.bsky.social for the incredible support and guidance 🙏🏻
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22.11.2025 18:11 — 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
New collection of bacteria-eating viruses to tackle hospital superbug
New collection of bacteria-eating viruses to tackle hospital superbug
Our researchers have mapped 52 different bacteria-eating viruses (phages) in the fight against antibiotic resistant hospital superbugs. The research was made possible by Bowel Research UK.
Find out more 👉 https://southampton.pulse.ly/czdvrfqaem
21.11.2025 16:57 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Dark and light blue text on a sky blue background that reads: University of Southampton, Call for exhibitors now open, Southampton Science and Engineering Festival, 6th – 15th March 2026 Visit the Exhibitor Area at sotsef.co.uk/sed-registration, #SOTSEF. Accompanying image: a young girl with a padded purple jacket, wearing a VR headset and holding a VR controller in one hand, looking up in amazement.
The call for #Southampton #Science and #Engineering Festival 2026 at @unisouthampton.bsky.social - including Science and Engineering Day, is NOW OPEN!
↘️ Visit sotsef.co.uk/sed-registration to find out more
🗓️ Deadline for contributors: Monday 12th January 2026
#SOTSEF🔍
#BSW25 #WeAreUoS
20.11.2025 17:05 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
⭐ NAR Breakthrough! ⭐
A community-driven collection uniting 52 phages, 74 Klebsiella isolates, and extensive genomic + phenotypic data — all freely available at klebphacol.org.
🧬 Learn more: doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
@fnobrega.bsky.social @danielarothschild.bsky.social #antimicrobialresistance
20.11.2025 18:01 — 👍 11 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 2
A scientist wearing a blue lab coat and gloves is working in a laboratory. They are using a pipette to transfer liquid into a petri dish inside a fume hood. Several bottles of liquid and lab equipment are visible in the background.
Could weight loss drugs like Ozempic help to boost the effectiveness of breast cancer treatments in women with obesity?
Our researchers have been funded by Against Breast Cancer to investigate.
Read more 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/vitxspwdgm
18.11.2025 12:29 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
This week is #AntiBullyingWeek ! To celebrate what makes us unique and to raise awareness we're wearing #OddSocks ! Let's empower everyone to use their #PowerForGood to speak out, support others, and build a world where kindness wins.
@sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisotontechs.bsky.social
12.11.2025 12:15 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
AI detects hidden objects on chest scans better than radiologists
AI detects hidden objects on chest scans better than radiologists
Our researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can spot hard-to-see objects lodged in patients’ airways better than expert radiologists, highlighting how AI can support doctors in diagnosing complex conditions.
Read more 👉 www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/11...
12.11.2025 15:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A reminder that heroes come in many guises. The Cornish caped carrot at the Parliamentary celebration of Sustain’s Sustainable Food Places at Portcullis House. Eat healthily, eat more veg, eat for the planet. #SouthamptonFoodPartnership
05.11.2025 18:50 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📢 #PhD Opportunity @unisouthampton.bsky.social on Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion & Marine Fouling 🌊
Join an interdisciplinary team tackling #biofilm -driven corrosion with cutting-edge genomic, electrochemical & imaging tools
⏰ Apply by 28 Nov 2025 tinyurl.com/yat9j59p
#Biofilms #MicroSky
04.11.2025 11:04 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New ‘miniature T rex’ rewrites the history of the world’s largest predator
The fossil may help end a long-running debate in palaeontology.
Scientists have confirmed the existence of a miniature T rex - around one tenth of the size of a fully grown T rex!
@gruiformabi.bsky.social says the identification of Nanotyrannus overturns decades of research.
theconversation.com/new-miniatur...
31.10.2025 10:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I'm delighted to share that I have joined the School of Biological Sciences at @unisouthampton.bsky.social as Professor in Microbial Biofilms. I'm very excited about this next step in my academic journey and the opportunity to work more closely with all the great scientists at Southampton and
23.10.2025 05:49 — 👍 57 🔁 6 💬 9 📌 0
Southampton Arts and Humanities Festival 2025 - Whats-on
⭐Join us on 8th Nov - With puppeteers & artists bringing bones to life & discovering that no skeleton is ever quite the same !!💀 🎭 Book now 👇 - part of our #Inyourbones project @artcareuk.bsky.social @salisbury-history.bsky.social #HOHD2025
www.southamptonartshumfest.co.uk/artshumday/w...
10.10.2025 11:30 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
✨ The NBIC Innovation Voucher Scheme at the University of Edinburgh is live!
🚀 Academic-industry partners can apply for up to £10,000 to support projects aligned with NBIC’s strategic themes to Prevent, Detect, Manage and Engineer #biofilms
Find out more 👉 tinyurl.com/wh7prb4s #funding #MicroSky
29.10.2025 08:40 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Could phages in your own urine shape future UTI treatment? Esme Brinsden @phagecollection.bsky.social joined us for an interview to share insights about The Phage Collection Project and how you can get involved. Watch now: https://youtu.be/sLZ498LegBA
#phagetherapy #liveutifree
14.10.2025 15:03 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Seven things Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats
Bats are our allies, not enemies.
Dr Veronica Zamora-Gutierrez unpicks the things that Halloween and Hollywood get wrong about bats 🦇
theconversation.com/seven-things...
28.10.2025 14:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New adventures, same old fantastic companions. @lharkova.bsky.social and I just joined @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social at @unisouthampton.bsky.social with the whole @ronanmccarthy.bsky.social lab. Looking forward to collaborating with such a great research community!
24.10.2025 09:43 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
Really chuffed to be featured. Lovely work led by @gruiformabi.bsky.social. @unisouthampton.bsky.social @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social
16.10.2025 08:29 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations Professor Mark Chapman!! 👇🎉
14.10.2025 16:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy World Mental Health Day! @sotonbiosciences.bsky.social @unisotontechs.bsky.social
We're raising awareness by wearing green and checking in with ourselves and each other, sometimes a smile and a chat is all you need! #worldmentalhealthday
10.10.2025 12:49 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We’re getting ready to bring our annual Arts & Humanities Festival to Southampton city centre next month 🎭
Join us for a series of events from 6 to 15 November, and for our family-friendly Arts & Humanities Day.
Find out more and reserve your free tickets here 👉 https://tr.pulse.ly/hnrwrrkvzi
10.10.2025 09:14 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
What's the secret to building an interdisciplinary dream team?
We spoke to Professor Jon Swann, who's leading the new Gut-Immune-Brain Axis Network+, about collaboration and the microbiome 🦠
10.10.2025 07:57 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
The Russell Group represents 24 universities located across the UK.
We work to advance and champion the positive economic, societal & cultural impacts of UK research-intensive universities.
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PhD student at Royal Holloway 🐟🌴 little fish in a big oil-polluted pond 🐠
Professor at Brunel University of London. Into all things Antibiotic Resistance, Drug Discovery, Biofilms and Signalling
Research assistant and PhD student | biofilms | regulation | pathogens | AMR | microbiology | bioremediation | part of McCarthy lab at University of Southampton
Regulation, regulation, regulation. Also a bit of biofilm. Postdoc at Ronan McCarthy lab, University of Southampton 🏳️🌈 Editor in #AccessMicro
Professor of Public Health MBE
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Medical Education promotes high quality learning, teaching and education research. Part of the School of Primary Care, Population Sciences & Medical Education.
Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
Representing LGBTQ+ students across the University of Southampton 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Join us for socials, educational resources, activism, community, and more! 🌟
Find more at https://www.sotonlgbt.org.uk/
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Associate Prof of #Sociology at Uni of Southampton. Queer lives, visual methods, kinship & identity.
Ask me about my queer feminist trans agenda. She/they 🌈🏳️⚧️
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Improving health and resilience throughout life, generating the next generation of improved and personalised treatments.
The UK’s campaign for improving health opportunities. Together, let's #MakeHealthEqual.
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In vivo imaging scientist and crochet enthusiast
Advocate for PCD @pcdsupportuk.bsky.social
@unisouthampton.bsky.social
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The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
Skeletal biologist in the mechanical engineering world 🦴☢️👩🏽💻. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mechanical Engineering at UCL. Shameless foodie and fluffy animal fanatic 🍟☕️
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