Fingers crossed for his proposal. We were very impressed!
03.02.2026 21:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@molmicrosheffield.bsky.social
A multi-disciplinary research cluster studying the machinery of microbial life - from their fine molecular structure to interactions with their hosts and the environment. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/research/areas/molecular-microbiology
Fingers crossed for his proposal. We were very impressed!
03.02.2026 21:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Weβve had a great range of external speakers over last few months sharing some exiting and diverse work with us π @proftracypalmer.bsky.social @gavinhthomas.bsky.social Stephen Garrett, Rich Puxty
03.02.2026 21:27 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Last thursday we had the pleasure of hosting @lucyicm.bsky.social for our seminar series. #glycobiology #infantmilkoligos #gutmicrobtiota
02.12.2025 20:47 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1External seminar series - @gavinhthomas.bsky.social presenting on Staphylococcus transporters regulating body odour in humans.
20.11.2025 13:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A simplified version of Figure 4 from our paper https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002741 describing the evolution of vancomycin resistance in C. difficile. The shows phase contract and fluorescence microscopy images of a wild type and a vancomycin resistant C. difficile. In the fluorescence channel can be seen vancomycin -bodipy binding to the mid-cells of wild type cells but this labelling is absent in the resistant bacteria
1. Characterising the role of the dual-function VanT in C. difficile vancomycin resistance.
A collaboration between our group in @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social and the groups of @gavinhthomas.bsky.social and Marjan van der Woude at the University of York
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Beautiful CryoEM work by our University of Sheffield colleagues @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social
Structural basis of multitasking by the apicoplast DNA polymerase from Plasmodium falciparum url: academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
Our four 3rd year PhD students all gave great presentations at our School of Biosciences symposium. Thanks to @helenkmatthews.bsky.social for being an excellent chair
25.09.2025 11:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our latest paper on the identification of a key GBT demethylase present in aerobic environmental bacteria. Multi-domain enzyme linking methionine synthesis and osmolyte consumption. @michiamausz.bsky.social @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social @warwicklifesci.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
16.09.2025 18:20 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0We are happy to announce 2 more keynote speakers for #PMS2025!
Weβre excited to welcome:
π¬ @gillesvanwezel.bsky.social β @unileiden.bsky.social
π¦ @iandealidbury.bsky.social β @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Join us at in Malaga on 3-7 November!
Register now: 6thplantmicrobiomesymposium2025.com
Congratulations to Dr Claire Turner @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social and DRN's Professor Ivana Barbaric on their excellent talks in the University of Sheffield @sheffielduni.bsky.social School of Biosciences Inaugural Lecture series today.
www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/...
www.thebarbariclab.com
www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/.... New PhD positions in our @sheffieldpps.bsky.social research cluster
08.05.2025 09:18 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0New paper alert π¨
We've solved the complete structure of a C. difficile-infecting phage using cryo-EM, in both extended and contracted conformations - published today in Life Science Alliance
www.life-science-alliance.org/content/8/6/...
We recently had the pleasure of Vicky Gold presenting her labs work on filamentous phage structure #structuralbiology #phage @exeter.ac.uk @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social
10.03.2025 07:16 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Five people standing in front of a building
The #WellcomeTrust CDA Fellowship team is fully assembled! Saikou Bah, Henna Khalid, Sona Jabang & Jess Buddle, let the #StrepA research commence π₯³π @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social #UniversityofSheffield
07.03.2025 14:25 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 2Exciting times ahead for @claireyt.bsky.social
07.03.2025 15:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is my primary school outreach activity1
06.03.2025 12:13 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Meet our Independent Research Fellows funded by @ukri.org @wellcometrust.bsky.social @royalsociety.org @sheffielduni.bsky.social housed within our cluster (including affiliated). We are always open to discuss future opportunities for scientists wishing to start their independent research groups.
18.02.2025 12:47 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1I'm delighted to announce that the 2025 @microbiologysociety.org meeting on "Understanding and predicting microbial evolutionary dynamics" will be held in Liverpool 26-27 November 2025! Abstract submission will open soon... #microsky π§ͺπ§«π¦ microbiologysociety.org/event/societ...
18.02.2025 09:50 β π 162 π 92 π¬ 3 π 3academic.oup.com/ismej/advanc... advanced online release of our new paper. Great work from 2 undergraduates, 1 masters, 1 PhD @hannahmartin.bsky.social , and my research tech @lailamoushtaq.bsky.social ! smashed it. #glycobiology #plantmicrobiome #Bacteroidota @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social
07.02.2025 10:55 β π 17 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0A photo of the Council Room in Firth Court at the University of Sheffield. The room has a modern interior but retains the original stone-framed picture windows overlooking Weston Park
The view from one of the picture windows showing the park and the corner of the VCs octagonal tower
Every now and then we manage to nab one of the really nice meeting rooms for our regular @molmicrosheffield.bsky.social cluster catch up
07.02.2025 18:47 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0www.nature.com/articles/s41... a timely commentary on microbiome research
01.02.2025 11:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We're hiring! Two new tenure track fellowships available in AMR at the UCD School of Medicine and the Vet School
www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
A few weeks back we had the pleasure of @javierabellon.bsky.social from @newcastleuni.bsky.social presenting work on vitamin B12 import in gut bacteria
31.01.2025 16:05 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Fantastic weather for a fantastic talk from @pstansfeld.bsky.social #moleculardynamics @davidroper2.bsky.social you are doing some great stuff down there
30.01.2025 19:28 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 1