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Kevin Whitley

@kevindwhitley.bsky.social

Biophysicist. Lecturer at Biosciences Institute (Newcastle U) doing single-molecule microscopy in bacteria.

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Last chance to apply! Closing 4 Dec!

02.12.2025 14:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, we are lucky to have Imane El Meouche from IAME, France to give a MCM seminar @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social (chaired by @henrikstrahl.bsky.social) on antibiotics tolerance in E. Coli

01.12.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Theres still time to apply for our PhD project on UPEC/immune cell interactions. Deadline December 4th

16.11.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for a PhD opportunity in Microbiology? Consider joining one of the UK's leading microbiology research clusters at Newcastle University. See the thread for MRC DTP studentships currently advertised. @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social @cbcb-newcastle.bsky.social #microsky

04.11.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nicely done!

17.11.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resensitisation of antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Resensitisation of antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Looking for an AMR-themed PhD project? Join us to investigate antibiotic tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus through a fully funded MRC DTP PhD studentship starting in September 2026.

This project is close collaboration with @kateduncan.bsky.social and @mycobacterium-ncl.bsky.social.

01.11.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Hiding in plain sight: How multi-drug resistant pathogens evade detection and killing by human neutrophils at Newcastle University, listed on Fin...

If you are interested in researching how drug resistant bacteria evade killing by our immune system, them this PhD project is for you. Come join the our team at Newcastle, in collaboration with University of Liverpool, and lead research at the interface of microbiology, immunology and metabolomics.

02.11.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Structural and Functional Analysis of Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis via a Novel MmpL3 Binding Site at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Structural and Functional Analysis of Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis via a Novel MmpL3 Binding Site at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD....

PhD opportunity with me and @kshbeckham.bsky.social

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

31.10.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Want to find ways to combat TB? Check out this PhD position πŸ‘‡

02.11.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular mechanism of slow growth and antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.... PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Molecular mechanism of slow growth and antibiotic tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using single-molecule microscopy at Newcastle Universit...

Interested in a PhD at the intersection of biophysics and microbiology?

Apply for this MRC-funded opportunity at Newcastle University to do cutting-edge microscopy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis! πŸ”¬πŸ¦ 

Closing 4 Dec!

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

31.10.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Targeting thioredoxin reductase to combat antifungal resistance in Candida spp. at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Targeting thioredoxin reductase to combat antifungal resistance in Candida spp. at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Want to work within a multidisciplinary group to combat antifungal resistance in Candida spp? Fully-funded MRC PhD studentship in collaboration with @nclfungalgroup.bsky.social and Francesco Del Carratore on the mode of action of a new class of antifungal drugs. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

31.10.2025 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Wow this all sounds familiar. Amen to this!

30.06.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If international law were applied evenly, I'm pretty sure Trump and several in his cabinet would be indicted by the ICC for war crimes for what they just did.

22.06.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here, we show that bacterial ribosomesβ€”often viewed as conserved drug targetsβ€”actually vary across species due to extensive sequence variation in their drug-binding residues. In some cases, this divergence may lead to intrinsic drug resistance in certain bacterial clades: doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

19.06.2025 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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a group of soldiers marching with flags and a picture of kim jong un Alt: A patriotic parade that is definitely not a hallmark of authoritatianism

Won't be awake for Trump's birthday parade. Assume it will look something like this.

14.06.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks super cool! I look forward to reading it (when I actually have time...😭).

03.06.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How does your favorite species elongate? 🧡 "Phenotypic plasticity in bacterial elongation among closely related species". Happy to see this paper in print @natcomms.nature.com. Nice work by @mariedelaby.bsky.social, Liu Yang et al. See original 🧡, different colours, same data and conclusions.

02.06.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Research Assistant/Associate - Mapping the Bacterial Cell Wall with Super-resolution Microscopy at Newcastle University Apply for the Research Assistant/Associate - Mapping the Bacterial Cell Wall with Super-resolution Microscopy role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View det...

Postdoc position available!

This is a 2-year post funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences. You'll be based in the Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology here in Newcastle, using super-resolution microscopy to look at the bacterial cell wall. πŸ”¬πŸ¦ 

Please re-post πŸ™

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY885/r...

06.05.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have 3 openings for ambitious postdocs or PhD students in our #CDlab - for exciting single-molecule biophysics research on nuclear pores, peroxisomes, or archaeal divisomes.

Check it out and apply: ceesdekkerlab.nl/come-join-us/

RT=nice!

13.03.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It's super-cool work. Glad to have been a part of it! πŸ§¬πŸ”¬

01.05.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quantitative Super‐Resolution Imaging of Molecular Tension Quantitative tension PAINT (qtPAINT) is a new method to quantify molecular tension at super-resolution by exploiting force-dependent DNA oligonucleotide dissociation kinetics. Combining hairpin tensi....

Check out our recent progress using 🧬 PAINT kinetics to decode molecular tension in super-resolution force imaging! πŸ”¬ Great team effort from Seongho, Adam, Irving, and Kevin! πŸ‘
#DNA-PAINT #tension #integrin #superresolution #adhesion

doi.org/10.1002/advs...

18.04.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Research Associate Genetic and functional analysis of Gram positive secretion systems and substrates Research Associate Genetic and functional analysis of Gram positive secretion systems and substrates

Two ERC-funded postdoc positions available in the team - one here and second to follow - please repost! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

09.04.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Live Cell Imaging of Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae using Automated Time-lapse Microscopy 42.1K Views. University of Groningen. This protocol provides a step-by-step procedure to monitor single cell behavior of different bacteria in time using automated fluorescence time-lapse microscopy....

Fellow bacterial cell biologists, message me if you use @thermofishersci.bsky.social Gene Frames for microscopy!
Thermo are planning to discontinue these in September but have indicated they will look into this further.
If I make list of labs using them Thermo might not kill the product
Please RTπŸ”¬πŸ¦ 

08.04.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks SΓ©amus!

08.04.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Kate!

08.04.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Susanne!

08.04.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Liam!

07.04.2025 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Tracy!

07.04.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks DJ!

07.04.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Paula!

07.04.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0