This. The US women’s hockey team played an amazing game to win gold and deserves so much respect.
26.02.2026 08:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This. The US women’s hockey team played an amazing game to win gold and deserves so much respect.
26.02.2026 08:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Seconded most stressed*
22.02.2026 15:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That was a lovely goal!
22.02.2026 14:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0100% 🫣
22.02.2026 14:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0In fairness, even I enjoyed the end of that one.
21.02.2026 18:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Devastating eh! They played so well!
19.02.2026 21:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😭 what. a. game.
19.02.2026 21:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This is the most stressed I’ve been all week. Into OT.
19.02.2026 20:35 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2happily here for you today
19.02.2026 20:45 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This is the most stressed I’ve been all week. Into OT.
19.02.2026 20:35 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 2This is such high quality, speedy hockey! Loving what the Canadian women are doing so far 🤞 🇨🇦 🏒
19.02.2026 19:45 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1You need to hear the goal call in Inuktitut.
18.02.2026 21:40 — 👍 126 🔁 54 💬 9 📌 1What's the community of current and former Lister Research Fellows like at the University of Manchester? Read our recent feature lister-institute.org.uk/a-thriving-f...
18.02.2026 10:48 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Chance to work with TWO #ListerFellows on this funded PhD project @manchester.ac.uk 😍
@whelanfj.bsky.social investigates genetic elements of microbiomes in health and disease.
Joanne Konkel studies the immunology and microbiology of mucosal barrier sites.
Don't miss this 2-4-1 offer 😄
Bit different from our usual work
A PhD applying metagenomics to identify microbial plastic degradation and metabolism, fully funded studentship (UK students only).
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📣 2026 PhD studentship 📣
Via @manchester.ac.uk 's President's Doctoral Scholar Awards, we are encouraging applications for a PhD on the effect of pollutant exposure on microbe-immune cross talk. This project will incorporate microbiology, immunology, & bioinformatics. Deadline: 16 March 2026!
Applications for Vacation Studentship Grant are now open. The Society offers a limited number of awards to enable undergraduates to work on microbiological research projects during their summer vacation. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2026: https://microb.io/4kFjubf
16.02.2026 17:30 — 👍 5 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
Sharok presenting a slide on culture enrichment of the gut microbiome.
It was such a pleasure to host a seminar from Sharok Shekarriz @sharok.bsky.social recently during his visit to @mermanchester.bsky.social ! Sharok told us all about the importance of using the right bioinformatic methodology for the right question (& the importance of culture too! 🧫)
16.02.2026 14:04 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0💔
11.02.2026 20:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This blog looks super slick! #microbialgenomics #bioinformatics
11.02.2026 17:15 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 PhD Studentship available! 🚨
We're hiring a UK student to start in Oct '26 via the BBSRC CODEM scheme. Full studentship plus £10k top-up PA. Study the mysterious ZOMBIE PHAGES 🧟 🦠 with our fabulous @mermanchester.bsky.social and @uommib.bsky.social communities!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Calling all microbial genomics early-career researchers in the Midlands, great event in Nottingham (5 June)
04.02.2026 22:01 — 👍 7 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
New round of PhD studentships in microbial engineering, including one with me on engineering non-canonical DNA mismatch repair into E. coli 🦠🧬
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
PhD projects in microbial engineering now up, including one with @whelanfj.bsky.social @willpjsmith.bsky.social and me! 🦠
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Hooman, Mike, Sharok and I caffeinating ahead of our first brainstorm.
I’m in my science happy place this week!
Despite the jet lag, @surettem.bsky.social , @sharok.bsky.social , Hooman Derakhshani, & I kicked off their research visit with our first of 9 (😱) directed brainstorm sessions. A huge thank you to @manchester.ac.uk & @ukri.org for making this possible!
Seconded!!! And that’s even if an email address was included on that paper.
Add your email to your orcid, lab webpage, bluesky, or use GitHub to host a really simple (and free) website with your contact details.
Since 1947, the Canadian Rangers have provided a military presence in the Canadian North.
Experts in wilderness survival, they cover areas of Canada that are not practical for conventional Army units.
Considered to be "always on duty", this is their legendary story.
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I also love that (almost as) long standing host Bob McDonald predicted he would be retired in the year 2025 but is very much still hosting (thankfully)!
16.01.2026 17:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CBC’s long standing science podcast Quirks & Quarks did a 25 year anniversary special in 2000 predicting what kind of scientific advancements we’d see in 2025. It is amazing for so many reasons & well worth a listen:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Bob’s 2-min monologue at the end alone is 🤯